Assassin's Creed 2 info - Page 2

Arclight · 05-19-09, 05:53 AM

Assassin's Creed II dev team triples in size

Highbury · 05-20-09, 12:19 AM

Thanks for the info!!

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Originally Posted by Arclight

- Locations include Saint Marks Basilica, The Grand Canal, The Little Canal, and the Rialto bridge.

This line actually says more then you may think. These locations are all in Venice. The protagonist is from, and the Lorendo de Medici assassination attempt happens in Florence. That gives us a scope of the area to be included in the map. I would not expect it to go much further North or South, but we will probably get Venice, Bologna, Verona, Modena (maybe Ravenna) and of course Florence for the cities, assuming they use several cities dotting the map like in the first game.

I am surprised more Florence locations are not named, like the Duomo.. ( I was gonna say Ponte Vecchio but that would be about 100 years early :P) ... Piazza della Republica is implied in the assassination attempt so it will be there... should be very interesting.

I am really looking forward to this, especially the Venice areas. I was lucky enough to have a very long stay there in '07 (walking around Piazza San Marco at about 2am when there is maybe a handful of other people is an experience I recommend fully) and know the town very well. Should be interesting to see how their 15th Century version looks!

Arclight · 05-20-09, 12:23 PM

I'm hoping for at least a quick visit of Rome actually, more particularly the Sistine Chapel. No, not to assassinate the pope, just to see it. It's architecture is evocative of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem (link to first game), and the decoration was done by Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli. With the second game taking place during the Renaissance, it's almost a must.

Falkirion · 05-20-09, 06:37 PM

Can we get a free climb in the Sistine? I've love to scale the walls to get up close with Leo's work.

Highbury · 05-20-09, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Arclight

I'm hoping for at least a quick visit of Rome actually, more particularly the Sistine Chapel. No, not to assassinate the pope, just to see it. It's architecture is evocative of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem (link to first game), and the decoration was done by Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli. With the second game taking place during the Renaissance, it's almost a must.

LOL not possible. The game opens in 1476. The restoration of the ruined Capella Magna didn't start until 1477, the next year. It wasn't completed and renamed the Capella Sistina until 1481. The ceiling painting was started in 1508.

So not really a must

Arclight · 05-21-09, 04:55 AM

Ack, that's right, got my dates mixed up.

No matter, I'm sure there will be enough visual splendor to gaze upon. If my card can still hack it, offcourse.

Arclight · 05-22-09, 05:28 PM

Gamestop expects November release for Assassin's Creed 2

Arclight · 05-30-09, 06:40 PM

, if you can even call it that.

Arclight · 06-03-09, 07:40 PM

There we go, something substantial. Feast on this.

Not too convinced by the glider, but it seems to be just a part of a mission, rather than something in your possesion for a prolonged period.

Arclight · 07-30-09, 05:02 PM

First impressions.

Very promising.

05-19-09, 05:53 AM	#16
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Assassin's Creed II dev team triples in size __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-20-09, 12:23 PM	#18
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	I'm hoping for at least a quick visit of Rome actually, more particularly the Sistine Chapel. No, not to assassinate the pope, just to see it. It's architecture is evocative of Solomon's Temple in Jerusalem (link to first game), and the decoration was done by Renaissance artists such as Michelangelo, Raphael, Bernini, and Sandro Botticelli. With the second game taking place during the Renaissance, it's almost a must. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-21-09, 04:55 AM	#21
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Ack, that's right, got my dates mixed up. No matter, I'm sure there will be enough visual splendor to gaze upon. If my card can still hack it, offcourse. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-22-09, 05:28 PM	#22
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Gamestop expects November release for Assassin's Creed 2 __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-30-09, 06:40 PM	#23
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	, if you can even call it that. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

05-20-09, 06:37 PM	#19
Falkirion Ace of the Deep Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Melbourne, AUS Posts: 1,043 Downloads: 34 Uploads: 0	Can we get a free climb in the Sistine? I've love to scale the walls to get up close with Leo's work.

06-03-09, 07:40 PM	#24
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	There we go, something substantial. Feast on this. Not too convinced by the glider, but it seems to be just a part of a mission, rather than something in your possesion for a prolonged period. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

07-30-09, 05:02 PM	#25
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	First impressions. Very promising. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.