Character background and motivation doesn't equal RPG
beetnemesis Send a noteboard - 06/11/2012 02:29:57 PM
I mean, it sounds like your main problem is that the game isn't structured like AC1.
AC1 was extremely mission-based. Each "chapter" focused on killing one dude. And then you more or less HAD to do the repetitive, tedious "information gathering" sidequests.
One of the things I think AC2 does better is shake up that formula. The plot flows much better. The tutorial missions, instead of being in some cold Animus database, are playing as Ezio in his youth. The story and characters develop, instead of just being "Now you will kill this man."
Just racing ahead to get to the next "main" assassination sort of defeats the purpose, I think.
That said, there's a reason I and others have said that each AC game improves upon the last. AC Brotherhood adds in a lot more "side" assassinations, where you have to assassinate various Templar Captains to reclaim neighborhoods.
The collectibles in Assassin's Creed games have usually been terrible. AC2's feathers are AC1's flags- just ignore them.
AC1 was extremely mission-based. Each "chapter" focused on killing one dude. And then you more or less HAD to do the repetitive, tedious "information gathering" sidequests.
One of the things I think AC2 does better is shake up that formula. The plot flows much better. The tutorial missions, instead of being in some cold Animus database, are playing as Ezio in his youth. The story and characters develop, instead of just being "Now you will kill this man."
Just racing ahead to get to the next "main" assassination sort of defeats the purpose, I think.
That said, there's a reason I and others have said that each AC game improves upon the last. AC Brotherhood adds in a lot more "side" assassinations, where you have to assassinate various Templar Captains to reclaim neighborhoods.
The collectibles in Assassin's Creed games have usually been terrible. AC2's feathers are AC1's flags- just ignore them.
I amuse myself.
Since everyone is making Assassin's Creed threads, I might as well do so 
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Character background and motivation doesn't equal RPG
- 06/11/2012 02:29:57 PM
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But that's not all.
- 06/11/2012 06:04:47 PM
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I won't argue with your points, but I will say: I loved AC2, and enjoyed it far more than 1.
- 08/11/2012 07:58:52 PM
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One of the problems everyone (including me) has is that the AC games are not actually stealth games
- 13/11/2012 04:04:50 PM
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