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Assassin's Creed II Xbox 360
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Metascore
90 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 82 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 499 Ratings

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  • Summary: Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy. Ezio's subsequent quest for vengeance plunges players into an epic story that offers more variety in missions, surprising and engaging new gameplay elements, diverse weapons and a profound character progression that appeal to fans of the original Assassin's Creed as well as entice players new to the brand. [Ubisoft]… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 82
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 82
  3. Negative: 1 out of 82
  1. GamesRadar
    100
    A huge improvement over the first game, Assassin's Creed II offers up an enormous, beautiful open world that's easy to get lost in, an epic storyline and all the fun that comes from creatively killing villains and tearing across 15th-century rooftops at ridiculous speeds.
  2. DarkZero
    60
    To say the least, Assassin's Creed II is a disappointment – not because it's bad, but because we were promised so much more. Everything Ubisoft claimed they were changing has stayed the same, and what little new touches they've included fail to impact in the long run.
  3. Destructoid
    45
    The game's variety and length come across as nothing more than smoke and mirrors, the endless, grinding busywork that contributes nothing to the overall gameplay is inexcusably plentiful and mind-numbingly repetitive, and to top it all off, the game can't even compete in the visuals department and somehow looks worse than the original.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 99 out of 113
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 113
  3. Negative: 8 out of 113
  1. Karthik7Nike
    10
    Story: 10/10 Presentation: 10/10 Character Development: 10/10 Gameplay: 9.5/10 Graphics: 9/10 Music: 10/10 Sound: 9/10 Replay Value: 7/10 Achievements: 9/10 (+2 point = Ezio, Terrific Character) (+2 point = WTF Ending) Total = 87.5/90 Rating = 9.72/10 Result: Breathtaking Experience. Game of the Year. The Best Sequel Ever. Must-Play before you die.… Expand
    • 3 of 3 users said yes
  2. SpartanEdge
    5
    This is definately an improvment over the first game.It is less repetative,with a little more variety,& have built on the already great combat system,but the developers are still insisting on keeping the pretentious & unnesasary Animus & Desmond parts of the game!... This really kills thewhole game for me personally,& i actually prefered the character & setting in the first game,but it is a better game technically,hence the higher marks,but said Animus/Desmond fiasco keeps the score low.Drop all that rubbish,& just set it all in the historical setting,for crying out loud! I cant say it clearer than that..… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. harrys
    3
    This game is not all that. What amazes me is that the only honest review I've seen of this game was not factored into the metacritic score. Interesting. Very, very interesting. Destructoid gave it a 4.5 but I guess that would have brought down the average too much so it's not here. Destructoid reviews are included on this site a lot, so there is something wrong when metacritic is throwing out lower scoring reviews for profit.… Expand
    • 2 of 15 users said yes

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