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	<title>Comments on: Assassin&#8217;s Creed II is a Perfect Sequel</title>
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		<title>By: Christoffer Radsby</title>
		<link>http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2009/assassins-creed-ii-is-a-perfect-sequel/#comment-27631</link>
		<dc:creator>Christoffer Radsby</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 08:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great review, the game is indeed a good sequel. I must say that I still find the game repetitive and boring not because of the gameplay but the way you control the assassin. The game lacks interactivity you just hold a button to do various things in the game, it feels like going on a rail and when the player makes a mistake it often feels like it is the games fault. 
 
This game would probably be a 10/10 for me if you actually had to press the jump button when you want to jump. It&#039;s a bit like Mario Bros 2d but instead of running and jumping, you press the button to run the whole time and the game automatically fixes the jumping for you. And what kind of Assassin doesn&#039;t crouch down when he tries to move around stealthy? You walk around rooftops in the middle of the night, looking exactly like you do when you&#039;re wandering about on the streets. It&#039;s pretty ridiculous. 
 
In my opinion they should have a low-profile mode (LT), normal profile (no button pressed) and a high-profile mode (holding RT) or something like that so that you actually can pull of the stealthy moves when needed.  I think it&#039;s a major problem with the game, I don&#039;t feel &quot;stealthy&quot;, and wearing a white robe doesn&#039;t help, mainly since all the NPCs in the game wears darker colors. It might look good and all, but even a guy with serious eye-problems would see a white character running around the rooftops in the moonlight.  But yeah you can change your robe-color, but it&#039;s just aesthetics and doesn&#039;t provide with something practical, which is just useless actually. 
 
I just wish the would implant some Splinter Cell, Tenchu, Metal Gear Solid feeling in there, I can&#039;t feel it. To me it&#039;s just an action game, with a stealthy package, sometimes it feels more like Mass Murderer Creed than Assassins Creed. They really should amp up the difficulty as well, I mean the boss battles were a joke, especially the last one. Embarrassing stuff really. 
 
In the end I feel like it&#039;s a good game, not a great game. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great review, the game is indeed a good sequel. I must say that I still find the game repetitive and boring not because of the gameplay but the way you control the assassin. The game lacks interactivity you just hold a button to do various things in the game, it feels like going on a rail and when the player makes a mistake it often feels like it is the games fault.</p>
<p>This game would probably be a 10/10 for me if you actually had to press the jump button when you want to jump. It&#039;s a bit like Mario Bros 2d but instead of running and jumping, you press the button to run the whole time and the game automatically fixes the jumping for you. And what kind of Assassin doesn&#039;t crouch down when he tries to move around stealthy? You walk around rooftops in the middle of the night, looking exactly like you do when you&#039;re wandering about on the streets. It&#039;s pretty ridiculous.</p>
<p>In my opinion they should have a low-profile mode (LT), normal profile (no button pressed) and a high-profile mode (holding RT) or something like that so that you actually can pull of the stealthy moves when needed.  I think it&#039;s a major problem with the game, I don&#039;t feel &quot;stealthy&quot;, and wearing a white robe doesn&#039;t help, mainly since all the NPCs in the game wears darker colors. It might look good and all, but even a guy with serious eye-problems would see a white character running around the rooftops in the moonlight.  But yeah you can change your robe-color, but it&#039;s just aesthetics and doesn&#039;t provide with something practical, which is just useless actually.</p>
<p>I just wish the would implant some Splinter Cell, Tenchu, Metal Gear Solid feeling in there, I can&#039;t feel it. To me it&#039;s just an action game, with a stealthy package, sometimes it feels more like Mass Murderer Creed than Assassins Creed. They really should amp up the difficulty as well, I mean the boss battles were a joke, especially the last one. Embarrassing stuff really.</p>
<p>In the end I feel like it&#039;s a good game, not a great game. </p>
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		<title>By: Almog Koren</title>
		<link>http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2009/assassins-creed-ii-is-a-perfect-sequel/#comment-27451</link>
		<dc:creator>Almog Koren</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Great review, I think it&#039;s also one of those games were you can play it for a while and then drop for a bit playing a different game, later going back to it. At least thats what I&#039;m doing playing Gears of war 2. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great review, I think it&#039;s also one of those games were you can play it for a while and then drop for a bit playing a different game, later going back to it. At least thats what I&#039;m doing playing Gears of war 2. </p>
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		<title>By: Matt Brett</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Brett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And there&#039;s an actual reason to collect the feathers, too.  Poor mother has been crying by the bed side for like 10 years now!  ;) </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And there&#039;s an actual reason to collect the feathers, too.  Poor mother has been crying by the bed side for like 10 years now!  <img src='http://mattbrett.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  </p>
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		<title>By: Matt Brett</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Brett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Yeah, no more flags.  There are 100 feathers to collect, but there&#039;s a purpose to those. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, no more flags.  There are 100 feathers to collect, but there&#039;s a purpose to those. </p>
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		<title>By: Kenneth Ormandy</title>
		<link>http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2009/assassins-creed-ii-is-a-perfect-sequel/#comment-27418</link>
		<dc:creator>Kenneth Ormandy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>ACII is the first game I picked up in a really long time, so I had pretty high expectations. Mass Effect 2 and this were bascially the only games I&#039;ve been looking forward to. For the first couple of hours I was a little worried it was going to be too similar to the original, but the further I got the more impressed I was. I loved having the villa especially. The length was great, too. I&#039;ll be collecting everything in this one for sure, the fact that it actually seems do-able without getting tedious, not like ACI, is a great incentive. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ACII is the first game I picked up in a really long time, so I had pretty high expectations. Mass Effect 2 and this were bascially the only games I&#039;ve been looking forward to. For the first couple of hours I was a little worried it was going to be too similar to the original, but the further I got the more impressed I was. I loved having the villa especially. The length was great, too. I&#039;ll be collecting everything in this one for sure, the fact that it actually seems do-able without getting tedious, not like ACI, is a great incentive. </p>
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		<title>By: Jandy Stone</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jandy Stone</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Have they done away with the time-consuming and annoying &quot;find the ten gazillion flags&quot; achievements? I spent a day or so trying to track those down on the first game, and it got old reeeaaally quick. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have they done away with the time-consuming and annoying &quot;find the ten gazillion flags&quot; achievements? I spent a day or so trying to track those down on the first game, and it got old reeeaaally quick. </p>
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		<title>By: Matt Brett</title>
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		<dc:creator>Matt Brett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:30:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If anything, it will take you a lot longer to get through it than AC1.  Replay value isn&#039;t huge, but since the achievements are all within reach, you&#039;ll probably want to spend the extra time to go after them. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If anything, it will take you a lot longer to get through it than AC1.  Replay value isn&#039;t huge, but since the achievements are all within reach, you&#039;ll probably want to spend the extra time to go after them. </p>
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		<title>By: Matt Brett</title>
		<link>http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2009/assassins-creed-ii-is-a-perfect-sequel/#comment-27410</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Brett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hopefully you can rent for longer than a few days.  Or you&#039;re able to sink many hours into it in a sitting.  There&#039;s a lot to do, and you really can&#039;t rush through it. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hopefully you can rent for longer than a few days.  Or you&#039;re able to sink many hours into it in a sitting.  There&#039;s a lot to do, and you really can&#039;t rush through it. </p>
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		<title>By: Matt Brett</title>
		<link>http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2009/assassins-creed-ii-is-a-perfect-sequel/#comment-27409</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Brett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:27:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The feathers.  I&#039;ve only got like 20 at the moment, and 2 of the 3 achievements I have left are to do with them.  I have a feeling I&#039;ll be sitting down with a map for a few hours over the holidays to track them down.  At least there are only 100 of them! </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The feathers.  I&#039;ve only got like 20 at the moment, and 2 of the 3 achievements I have left are to do with them.  I have a feeling I&#039;ll be sitting down with a map for a few hours over the holidays to track them down.  At least there are only 100 of them! </p>
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		<title>By: Matt Brett</title>
		<link>http://mattbrett.com/blog/videogames/2009/assassins-creed-ii-is-a-perfect-sequel/#comment-27408</link>
		<dc:creator>Matt Brett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:26:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Glad you picked it up, despite not loving the first game in the series.  Many people would write it off all together. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Glad you picked it up, despite not loving the first game in the series.  Many people would write it off all together. </p>
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