Come on, admit it. In one way or another, we’re pretty much all looking forward to the follow-up of the Ubisoft smash hit, Assassin’s Creed. In Assassin’s Creed II (creative titling, no?) you’ll be playing as a completely new character, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, seeking revenge on a certain family enemy. As you play as Ezio, you’ll find a whole new array of weapons, skills and items spread throughout the game. Developers have released a good bit about the new campaign. Assassin Creed II’s campaign will be even more open world oriented than the original, as it creates a whole new way of completing tasks and missions. Fortunately for many of us nit-picky gamers out there, it has also been confirmed that you’ll finally be able to swim, and even be able to drive small boats.

  The first Assassin’s Creed, as many would know, boasted of a deep and even intriguing historical storyline. Being based off the Crusades, a series of religion based military campaigns spanning between the years of 1095 and 1291, Assassin’s Creed has a very interesting story to tell indeed. A lot of this story was told through beautiful, two to ten minute long cutscenes depending on the particular event. This was fine by me, as I became very interested in the story and wanted to know as much as I could about it.

  Assassin’s Creed II was predicted to have the same style of historical story. Being based in Italy, and during the same time period, it’s been confirmed that at least a few historical figures, a young Leanardo Da Vinci for example, will make an appearance as NPC’s. As one would expect, this game is going to be told mostly through cut scenes. At least three hours worth of them.

  That is a lot of movie watching. Personally, I don’t mind it one bit. It sounds like yet another deep and interesting story to me. To other gamers, however, this might pose as a turn off. Many players across the internet have criticized it, saying that it’s going to be more of an interactive movie at this point. Or that they would simply rather skip the cut scenes.

  I am relatively sure that I’ll end up watching them all at least once. Even if I do skip one or two while playing, or miss one, I will most likely be going onto the internet or going back in the game to watch them at one point or another.

  Anyway, feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you think. Whether you think this is a great idea, or it made you want to run over your mother, I’m interested so don’t be shy!