In Assassin’s Creed II, we watched as a brash boy grew to be a wise man over the course of 10 or so years, and it was amazing to see his character arc continue to grow over the course of story. Ten years later, the activities hold up, but the world itself is kinda of dull.Įzio proves himself once again as one of gaming’s all time most iconic protagonists. Assassin’s Creed games are known for their sprawling open-worlds, crammed with things to do and Rome at the time was the grandest city in the series. As Ezio is now hunting down his family’s murderer Rodrigo Borgia, who has become the Pope and fled to the city of Rome. Brotherhood took those improvements and just pumped everything up to eleven, adding improved and more diverse side quests, a deeper narrative and an in-game economy that actually mattered.īrotherhood starts immediately where Assassin’s Creed II left off. Assassin’s Creed II set the bar for open-world action games, and made many improvements on the first game. This in fact, is the game that started the yearly release cycle that would be followed all the way up to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate. With that out of the way I can finally talk about what was (and still is) my personal favorite game in the long running franchise, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood.Īssassin’s Creed: Brotherhood came out in 2010, a year after Assassin’s Creed II. In fact, I have decided to not let time constraints get in my way and hamper my enjoyment of the experience. My original plan was to play one a month but life really got in the way of that one, so my goal now is to relax and enjoy each entry as I would any normal game. A few months ago I decided to replay every mainline Assassin’s Creed game.

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