Assassin's Creed 2

The first few hours aren't that bad, sneaking around and parkour is pretty fun for the first few hours. The stealth is as shallow as it gets, run behind (or in front) of a guy and stab him, hide in haystack if stopped, repeat ad nauseam. I started playing AC2 because I wanted to get into stealth games, a genre I am extremely unfamiliar with. I enjoyed it at first but it gets so repetitive, same goes for the missions and non-stealth combat. I felt brain dead after a while. It seems this kind of stealth that (I believe) AC franchise helped popularize is called popcorn stealth. Games like MGR:R, Insomniac’s Spiderman and Elden Ring all have stealth, but it sucks donkey dick. It's so incredibly lame. While I haven’t gotten far it in, MGS3 seems like the perfect stealth game to me, especially on European Extreme. There is no room for failure, you can't just run up to a guy, shank him and run away. Getting back on track, while I find AC2 to be a brain-numbing slop, I can't say I hated it. Ezio is really cool, especially his kill animations, the parkour is fun and snappy, the graphics are pretty good for its time. I’d recommend AC2 if you just want something to turn your brain off to, if you aren’t too picky

The most interesting thing I have left to do in this game is to explore the Secret Location of the Auditore Family Crypt. On my map, I don't have an icon for it, and when I go there it says "Unlock this map through the Ubisoft Club.
Shouldn't the Crypt be available to me since i bought the game and there is no addon for that location

Still the best Assassin's creed to date. This phrase is definitely overused at this point and tbh rightfully so. The storytelling, pacing and the emotions you get from this game is out of this world. Maybe it's all outdated at this point but back then this game's story packed a punch. I'm replaying this after 9 years myself and the bucket of feels I got from playing this (with its God-tier music playing throughout the game) is unreal. Hands down, the best title of the series and yet it feels tragic knowing Ubisoft will probably never reach this peak.

"Assassin's Creed 2" is a masterpiece that elevated the series to new heights. With its rich historical setting, engaging story, and memorable characters, it's a must-play for any fan of action-adventure games.

forces you to create a ubisoft account,which did not work for me for some reason. then, customer service requires you to have a ubisoft account...????? absolute degeneracy, death to ubisoft

I would love to play the game I spent money on but “ubisoft service is currently unavailable“. Ubisoft, why do I need to connect to your crusty servers to play a 10+ year old game… and more importantly why can you not support the servers that I am mandated to connect too.

Great game that really started the whole series becoming one of Ubisoft's main staples for both better and worse. Unfortunately the port over to PC ain't that great and the game-play while good, definitely feels aged.

bought this out of nostalgia. no controller support but still a good play

Assassin's Creed II Review

This game has an amazing story and the combat system is definitely really good but I do have to say that both stealth and parkour are absolutely atrocious.

I can't play the game here on steam because of the cr4p uplay keeps popping up, it is bugged out, nice joke, I need to do the black magic in order to play it.

Dont buy
it is not controller supportive considering it was a Playstation game. Make sense dosent it. ruined the experience and can not get refund
if you play pc controls and dont mind playing this on pc controls then by all means

Thank god for the internet for allowing me to cheat on some of the puzzles.

I played the first game long time ago and am glad to play this game while it was on discount. It's plays about the same as the first but has a bit more content. If you enjoyed the first game then you should be fine with this game too. The flaws in the first game are still here too so hopefully you didn't mind them too much.

I should mention that there are some puzzle elements that weren't in the first game and they are really though. There are also tomb raiderish levels too that you can find that eventually lead to a great reward. There is one optional collectable but far fewer of them when compared to the first game and I didn't bother to get them all.

I would be curious to see what the online multiplayer is like and who knows, maybe one day I'll get to try it. The single player is just fine for me

I eventually get assassin's creed 3 and see where the story goes form there. Genentic time travel, who knew??

Do NOT waste your money on this. Ubisoft does not work and will not help you make it work. You will not be able to play the game without downloading Ubisoft's launcher and the Ubisoft Launcher does not work.

Still holds up in 2024. Surprisingly good graphics, intuitive and virtually seamless controls/parkour, and an engaging story.

Great game and i like the story of the family
for the new player if you meet issue in uplay when launch the game, should unistall it from your device and install ubisoft connect create account if you haven't and enjoy

Its an fantastic game with great gameplay and an amazing story

Up there with Halo 2 and MW2 as one of the best sequels ever. Improved game play, characters and veriety, it took the potential of AC and realised it, still worth a play and unlike the orginle has aged very well.

even though it has old graphics and is from 2010 I still recommend playing this game,it just shows u what the italia was like in the 15th century.

I love the game.
Why dont the do them like this no more.....

The problem with this game as well as with all games by Ubisoft its the fact that even though I bought the game from Steam, I do not have any Steam functionality (no cloud saving, no time tracking no achievement). Furthermore, when I look at this game in my steam library, I get the same view I would get with a pirated game: no description no nothing!
It is a shame but until Ubisoft does not fully support the steam client with all its features I will simply play other games and spend my money on other titles.
The game itself is really good but the problem is the unsopported steam client experience and beign forced to launch the game from Ubisoft launcher which is inferior under every perspective when compared to the steam launcher.

Bought it on sale for $4.99USD. Tried to run it but Uplay doesn't work. Went to Ubisoft Connect website, installed UC, tried to run it again. Still doesn't work.

Lesson learned: don't buy Ubisoft games on Steam. They won't work, at least not without forcing you to jump through several hoops including installing malware on your computer.

I hope Steam likes me asking for refunds, because that's what this garbage earned them.

I love this game but FUCK UBISOFT THE GAME DOESN'T WORK PROPERLY ANYMORE FOR SOME REASON THEY CAN RUIN A GAME FROM 2009 THIS IS RIDICULOUS I AM SO FUCKING MAD. "This game wasn't designed to support controllers" WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN THE GAME WAS LITERALLY MADE FOR THE X360 AND PS3. I should buy a jailbroken x360 Ubisoft will never again get even a single penny from me.

Assassin's Creed 2: A Gaming Legend

Assassin's Creed 2 isn’t just a game—it’s a masterpiece that elevated the entire series. With the charismatic Ezio Auditore as the protagonist, players are taken on an unforgettable journey of revenge, betrayal, and power, all set against the stunning backdrop of Renaissance Italy. Florence and Venice aren’t just beautiful; they feel alive and demand exploration.

The improvements over the first game are massive: smoother gameplay, more engaging combat, and deeper character development. It was the perfect game at the perfect time, and to this day, it remains a timeless classic. If you haven’t played it, you’ve missed out on one of the greatest games of all time.

Ubisoft made this game a chore to play with their Ubisoft connect. When you start your pc, you have to launch the game with wifi on or it won't start at all.

Pirate it so you won't have to deal with bullshit.

It's good, but not worth the corporate greed. You'll have a better experience by doing something illegal. Kinda laughable honestly.

Compared to AC1 this was 10/10 I definitely recommend imo literally everything was good story combat parkour just great and the most important thing for me at least no BUGS or GLITCHES unlike in ac1

Assassin's Creed 2 is a great late 2000's game with simplified third person gameplay that features basic combat, advanced movement, decent stealth mechanics and a variety of stunning locations & cities that hold up to this day.

Besides, the Renaissance locations, AC2's main selling point is Ezio Auditore himself as you experience the beginning of his life and evolution as a person, from a reckless young adult to vengeful assassin. That being said it remains a late 2000's game and therefor you should not expect a lot of significant depth or connective tissue to his character & progression. Alongside that, his supporting cast are rather hollow outside of 1-2 people (Mario & Leonardo) that follow across the full timeline.

The games story is solid for the time but mainly suffers in the latter stages due to time skips & rapid introductions of characters. While the base game suffers from the aforementioned issues, the now merged DLC adds to the issues by affecting the flow of the story by bringing it to a halt, introducing more characters and conflict, failing to successfully flesh out the base games time skips relative to the previous events in the story and has character moments that will affect how one views Ezio, his capabilities & decision making.

Outside of the locations, one of the best parts of Assassin's Creed 2 and the Ezio Trilogy that holds up to this day and set up a majority of what is featured in later Assassin's Creed titles is 'The Truth' segments, if you're going to play AC2 you must do yourself the pleasure of listening and understanding what these segments and glyphs have to offer.

Assassin's Creed 2 has its issues and if you're coming into the game off of the 'hype' from old fans, those with nostalgia or simply comparing it to the quality of later titles in the franchise or modern games, you'll probably be disappointed but if you're going to play it with the mindset that it's a late 2000's game and the second game in the series, I believe you'll enjoy it.

It's worth the current full price of $14.95AUD but if you can pick it up on sale for $3.73, that's a steal and well worth the price of admission if you're curious about this glorified classic.

"Old but gold". In relation to the time it came out, I would give it a solid 8/10 (maybe even higher, but I don't remember which other games were released in that time period). Much love to details and history. A bit clunky controls. Everything else is fine i would say. I love the soundtrack, really great music in my opinion.

Will not even start. Uplay will not even try to connect to the internet. DO NOT BUY UNTIL IT IS FIXED BECAUSE IT WON'T START.

Edit. I have found a way to open the game. You just have to uninstall the preinstalled uplay and download the new one.

Mmyeah nice and polished, doesn't take much storage space, a bit too much parkour for my taste. Don't like being an assassin and the stupid logic this kind of game promotes but nobody forced me to buy it. I'll give it a thumbs up because even if I never finished it, it was a nice game to try and I don't regret it

Graphically and mechanically not the best in 2024. But if youre looking for a 10/10 story then look no further. Amazing story of love, betrayal, and revenge with an amazing plot. The setting is 8/10 but feels very good for what they were going for.

one of the best open world games with best story line and graphics

Enjoying the story, frustrated by gameplay. Mouse and keyboard control are inaccurate most of the time, no controller support to make it worse. And then there's ubisoft launcher.
For the price (when on sale), would still recommend tho.

Keyboard and mouse controls are abysmal, and controller support is non-existent.

Still the best AC of all times. With the advancement of technologies, it is sad to see how latest AC unable to beat or exceed expectation like AC2.

this is the first good Assassins Creed. play AC1 for the Story but AC2 is when they made the game worth playing

amazing game, lots of customization, fantastic sequel to the original. would 100% recommend playing that first.

Its a classic, can't recommend it enough if you haven't played it.


Just no matter what I do, the stupid Uplay launcher keeps erroring out and won't let me play it on my Steam Deck. I don't have this issue with Black Flag or Rogue, but this is the one I really wanna replay. Please just fix this Ubisoft, get rid of your stupid broken launcher on all your singleplayer titles.

Did not expect to take so long to finish it but it was pretty good, a big upgrade from the first Assassin's Creed.
Only bad thing was the parkour is kinda buggy and that there is a bad sequence at the last mission in the game. Everything else is pretty much perfect I can't lie.

"It is a good life we lead, brother.
The best. May it never change.
And may it never change us,,,"
The best game....the best story...
I had a disc with the game that my brother gave me, the disc is lost, but now the game is in my steam, thanks for the childhood Ezio Auditore da Firenze

This game has a strong ambience. The story is captivating, and the music will always be incredible- Dreams of Venice, Home in Florence, Ezio's family, are just a few of many excellent tracks. The game play is a little janky, but the story, music and 'feel' really make up for it. Definitely recommend playing the trilogy to follow Ezio's life. This game was a big part of my adolescence.

Have to admit, I don’t share the same level of excitement about Ezio’s story as most people do, but I get why it’s so beloved. It’s all about empathy, connection, and a well-crafted narrative. The goal is revenge, and we’re taught the art of vengeance. The plot is truly solid, especially when you compare it to other entries in the series. A lot of the missteps from the first game were corrected here. I particularly enjoyed Venice—I've got a real fondness for that city in real life, and it’s sorely underrepresented in games.

I played this game in 2024, and i really enjoyed doing so. Even though the game is old and yes you can get frustrated by some buggs, the story is good and not boring. Make sure you buy it when it is in sale, it really will be worth your time and the little money u will pay for it :)

Great game for the discounted price; Wouldn't recommend to buy at normal price, but buy at discounted price with the other 2 from trilogy to get the best experience (Brotherhood and Revelations)
Great story overall with a plot that is guaranteed to make even a grown man cry.