Originally posted by ordonez1307:
Originally posted by UMfan:
[b] I'm loving this game. Much more of a storyline behind it than the first. Lots of in game puzzles too...kind of like the old Prince of Persia games.
Is it as repetitive as the first one? [/b]It's more repetitive than some games, but not as repetitive as the first one.
In AC there was only 5 types of missions you could do. Now there are 15. And you don't have to collect all those flags and climb towers and stuff to unlock achievements. There are hidden feathers and you can climb towers to see the map better, but you don't have to do them.
There are hidden clues that you find and then you have to figure out a puzzle to unlock each clue. I think there are about 30 clues, I've only done 4 so far but they are pretty cool. Then the 30 clues must be arranged in another puzzle (not sure what happens when you solve it).
There are also hidden tombs of your ancestor assassins scattered around. When you find them, you unlock that assassin's armor. When you unlock them all, you get Altair (AC 1's main character) armor.
Your villa is something you can upgrade and the more you upgrade it, the more income you get to buy weapons and armor.
When you are being chased, you can hire prostitutes to distract the guards, or throw money on the street to distract them. I thought both of these were cool. Oh and when you are a wanted man, the guards put "wanted" posters up around the city, and if you tear them down, your wanted level goes down. I thought that was kind of cool.
When you blend into crowds you do it just by walking with them. You don't have to "lock" into a crowd like before. It's more natural now.
Plus there are cool assassinations now like jumping out of a bale of hay and then dragging the body into the hay, or while hanging on a ledge you can attack and then throw the body over the ledge.
There are also hidden blueprints and when you find them you take them to Leonardo DaVinci and he will build you new weapons.
So yeah, some of the missions themselves are still a little repetitive but there are enough of these other side missions or mini-games to help break the monotony of it. If you just want to race through the game and do the storyline it may get boring. if you are like me and want to find EVERYTHING...well it's going to take awhile and it breaks up the game a lot more.
EDIT: Right now, there are so many options I don't know what to do first. I want to continue the story line, but I also want to search for the tombs and to get better weapons.