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By now you may have already seen the E3 Assassin's Creed 2 trailer that we posted earlier today, but what you haven't seen yet is the actual footage that Sony showed off at the press conference earlier today. You can check that out now, which shows off both cutscenes and gameplay. I have to admit, it looks pretty cool to me despite the fact that I was kind of ambivalent about the first game.

What do you think -- is this your jam?


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alliwanabeisanelf's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:07
alliwanabeisanelf
Who won the Red Faction thang?
TewDee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:16
TewDee
Certainly looks awesome, but I want to know what they are doing about the side missions. I never didn't enjoy an assassination, so I expected them to be that cool.
Kraid's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:16
Kraid
I have a thing for this game ; and by thing I mean a HUGE EFFIN' BONAR!!

I can't wait to play this goddamn beauty!
grafkhun's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:20
grafkhun
AC1 could of been an absolutely amazing game, but we all know what happened. I'm still rooting for AC2 from the sidelines, but this video makes me want to rush on the field and give it a piggy-back ride. Double hidden blade assassination, better AI, it seems to be less artificial, more weapons/disarming/use enemy weapons, and smoke bombs all are looking like great steps in the right direstion. But that glider... hope it's not overused.
Adolf's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:21
Adolf
Here's a link to that video, in HD, that was posted on ACII's Facebook page.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=100622523281564

It's a looong time till November, I want to get my dirty little hands on this game.
nebones's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:24
nebones
It does look sexy, but this game still doesn't really interest me.
Trevor McGee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:29
Trevor McGee
Love the dual facepalm of death. It's looking very impressive, the variety in ways you can kill people seem to have definitely been upped.
Arttemis's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:30
Arttemis
Oh hot damn, you know this is my jam! Keep my videogamin' till AM!

Every single new addition looks fantastic, and the city is breathtaking. I'd want to play it simply to wander around (and climb all over) late 17th century Italy!

I do hope they add some variety to the actual assassination missions, though; the final execution seemed so linear. Ubisoft should definitely take a page out of the books from Eidos's Hitman games for the remaining missions.
Cadtalfryn's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:33
Cadtalfryn
That looks awesome and really makes me want to play the first one. If only I could steal some time on my housemate's PS3. Too bad he's busy playing inFAMOUS at every free moment.
comtruise's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 21:38
comtruise
I had to struggle to play through Assassin's Creed aggressive monotony. But Assassin's Creed 2 pretty much won me over again. The only major gripe I have is that the combat looks way too slow.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 22:05
Chronic Logic
Putting both your hands on a enemy's face and watching both your blades plunging into the guy's face is always great to watch. But I hope they learned the lessons from the first game and fix it for the second game.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 23:12
Dexter345
This is not my jam until I can get the game off of Goozex for the equivalent of $10.
pascuz46's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/02/2009 23:39
pascuz46
This looks great, but I said the same thing about the first Assassins creed and only the first 5 hours of that game where great. So I approach with caution. A rental first.
Chocobo Knight's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 00:49
Chocobo Knight
This clip didn't feel as stealthy as I thought an assassin should be, but I thought the same thing as I played through the first game. :|
Cacophony's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 01:07
Cacophony
I'm hoping they change those horrible, horrible, horrible briefing missions that consisted solely of you staring at your character while someone explained everything to you in the most uninteresting fashion to some more interesting cutscenes.

Hell, keep the boring delivery, but make the people involved do something other than just stand there and stare at each other.

That said, this still does look fun!
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 02:59
KyleGamgee
I've been meaning to get my hands on the first one. This one looks FANTASTIC.
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 03:52
BattyAdroit
this is MY JAM. With bread.
mmmpek's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 04:16
mmmpek
heres the possibility of it not sucking...!
mmmpek's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 04:17
mmmpek
i mean heres *TO* the possibility... :S
GameraTheGreat's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 04:58
GameraTheGreat
If it had a co-op mode similar to Tenchu, this game would be an unstoppable force on the gaming scene....as is; it will simply be amazing...oh well.
Freefall's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 11:15
Freefall
Say what you want, but I loved the original Assassin's Creed, and this just takes the cake.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 11:47
Holyetheline
Seems stealthy! I really like what I see so far. I love the double take down!
elysse's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 14:05
elysse
you know what? FUCKIN' A. I'm really extraordinarily bad at the first one, but I'm looking forward to doing my particular brand of fail in this one as well.

GOOD E3 ANNOUNCEMENT YEAR IS GOOD.
andycadaver's Avatar - Comment posted on 06/03/2009 14:32
andycadaver
This is my jam, Ms. Bennett!
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