And then he walks away.Įzio goes with all his Assassin allies to a tower and gets anointed the title of Mentor to the Assassins, thereby taking Machiavelli’s place. Ezio is on his way to get revenge, he’s taken all the steps, worked his way up, Rodrigo is right in front of him. Cooler HeadsĪs the story goes on we learn that the man behind the betrayal of Ezio’s family is none other than Rodrigo Borgia, the Grandmaster of the Templars and soon to be pope. He offers a direct juxtaposition to Altair, where all Altair’s targets pushed doubt into his mind, Ezio’s make him more resolute in his beliefs. All these cost a small amount of money.Īs you kill your targets you get similar cutscenes as in the first game that all serve to push Ezio further into the doctrine of the Assassins. The thief is representative of the thieves guild that will distract guards by picking their pockets, the muscle man represents the mercenary guild which will fight alongside you, and finally, the nun represents the courtesan guild who will distract the guards with kind words. Along the way of assassinating targets and reinstating the Auditore name, he gets tasked by current Mentor to the Italian Assassins, Niccolo Machiavelli, to recruit a thief called La Vulpe, a big muscle man married to his sword named Bartolomeo d’Alviano, and a brothel running nun named Paola. Getting EvenĮzio is told he needs to become an assassin to set things right and he reluctantly works towards being a master assassin. Ezio manages to escape with his catatonic mother and younger sister to their uncle Mario and his run-down estate. Ezio’s father, older brother, and preteen younger brother get hanged as traitors. He also takes a broken hidden blade to a family friend, Leonardo Davinci, which sets a precedent for all games to have a famous and easily recognisable historical figure inexplicably be involved with the main character of the games.Īnd then…we get a deeply unsettling scene. He tells Ezio to open his bookcase, put the clothes on, and take the documents to a man. Ezio sneaks into prison to visit his dad. Ezio’s family gets betrayed by a mysterious robed man because he’s a templar and Ezio’s dad is/was an assassin. Back into the Animus Animus 2.0 ( Source)īasically, Desmond is being strapped back into the animus to live out the life of Ezio to fast track his assassin training which I have some gripes with but that’s for another time. You get on a truck and you are whisked away to an assassin stronghold. Animi? I feel like that was addressed in the game. She tells you to get on the animus and you witness the birth of Ezio, then you fight your way down Abstergo past numerous Animus…es. It begins with Desmond breaking out of Abstergo with the help of Lucy before she bursts into the lab covered in blood with alarms blaring behind her. Swimming in the canals as Ezio ( Source) Assassin’s Creed 2 StoryĪssassin’s Creed 2 gets straight into the action from the very start. I’ve already done the whole intro spiel in the last analysis so let’s just get this bread. Introducing Ezio Auditore Da Firenze, teen heartthrob born and raised in Italy, and this time you can swim. This time we’re out of the bleakness of the 12 th century Middle East and into the swinging renaissance. It continues the story of Desmond Miles as he becomes more and more important to the plot.
#Assassins creed 2 review series#
Assassin’s Creed 2, the second instalment of the series was released on November 2009.