Why Everyone Prefers Assassin’s Creed II to the Original – Except Me
Why Everyone
Prefers Assassin’s
Creed II To The
Original Except Me
A
game disc in each hand, I stand in front of
my well-worn PS3 with a dilemma. When
it comes to Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed
series, I’ve always had two favourites; the original
game, Assassin’s Creed, and its immediate sequel,
Assassin’s Creed II. But which deserves the title of
‘King’ of the series: the flamboyant Ezio da Firenze,
or the arrogant Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad? It’s a tough
one to call. When it comes to popular opinion, the
debate is apparently pretty one-sided. No matter
who you ask, the answer always seems to be the
same – Assassin’s Creed II. In fact, many people
were so quick to answer me, it seems as if there is
little to debate about.
There are various reasons why this appears to
be the case. Some found the often repetitive
tasks before each assassination in AC of scaling
the viewpoints, aiding citizens, pick-pocketing
information from lackeys, and listening in to
informative conversations, a turn off – one which
was not removed but made much less repetitive in
the second game.
Issue 50 • December 2013
16 • GameOn Magazine