This was an introduction to young Florentine nobleman Ezio whose reputation as a ladies man was far more interesting than Altair’s hooded stoicism. This was an ambitious world and Eagle diving into haycarts was heart-in-mouth fun, but assassination missions and – painful memory alert – flag collecting quickly became rote.Īssassin’s Creed 2’s fast-forward to Renaissance Italy though, was, quite literally, a game changer. While the original had impressed technically with its journey to the Crusades via genetic time travel device the Animus, Altair’s adventure felt a little flat. I listed friends, tattoos, food, coffee, and “oh, Assassin’s Creed.” And it’s all Ezio Auditore da Firenze’s fault.Īgeing us all rapidly, Assassin’s Creed 2 was released twelve years ago in 2009 to happily surprised critical acclaim.
READ MORE: How friendships in ‘Final Fantasy 14’ have changed lives for the betterĬase in point, when I was discussing with a friend recently that I just followed a small number of ‘life things’ on Instagram.Even when it comes to talking about your favourite game, there’s no forgiving a self-indulgent intro, is there? The kind of paragraph that a good editor immediately deletes before circling the one below in red pen and scrawling ‘this is where you actually start.’ But, hopefully, everyone can try and forgive this one because when it comes to my relationship with the Assassin’s Creed series, there’s now just a part of my brain that’s permanently made up of Animus fragments.