Difficulty:

Just Right

Time Spent:

20 to 40 Hours

The Bottom Line:

"Immersive"

The Good: Great visuals; Countless improvements on predecessor; Improved combat system; Wide variety of kill styles; Incredible storyline; Two storylines in one; Great voice acting; Believable characters; Plenty of side missions; Side missions add plenty to the story; Fleeing gameplay is more fluent and realistic than previously; Assassinations are brilliant fun; New, added economy system; Plenty of weapons; Plenty of new outfits and colors to choose from; References and flashbacks to the first one add value to series players; Tombs are fun and similar to gameplay found in Prince of Persia; Great humor, yet plenty serious;

The Bad:

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I cannot honestly include anything bad about this game. The only reason I'm not giving this game a 10 is because I feel that for a game to truly earn a 10, it has to have a REAL wow factor, and this game does that, but it's not perfect. My standard for 10's is very high, and one of the few other things that holds this game back is the lack of a multiplayer mode.

All in all, Assassin's Creed II is a MUST play for players of the first game, and I feel confident that anybody could pick up this title, and thoroughly enjoy it.