Assassin's Creed II
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Assassin's Creed II is an adventure developed by Ubisoft Montreal, released 17 November 2009 on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 25.8 hrs to finish.
What Assassin's Creed II is
Assassin's Creed II is an adventure game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released in 2009. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Anvil. It carries an ESRB M age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The lineage continues as this new chapter introduces Ezio, inheritor of the talents and creed of the Assassins. His family murdered by rival families, Ezio resolves to learn the ancient art of the Assassin in order to seek revenge. He will not do so alone though, allying with historical figures such as philosopher and writer Niccolò Machiavelli. You will also be able to master the art of the assassin with all new weapons and instruments created by the renowned inventor and genius of the Renaissance, Leonardo Da Vinci himself.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and open world. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Assassin's Creed series
Assassin's Creed II is the eighth of 205 entries we hold in the Assassin's Creed series. The next entry was Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines in 2009. Its critic score of 90 is 15 points above the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Assassin's Creed III: Deluxe Edition at 96.
How it was received
Assassin's Creed II holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 23 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 88, across 3,236 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 25.8 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 37.2 hrs, roughly 1.4 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ, 1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7® of RAM and 256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list). At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 8GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Assassin's Creed II launched on 17 November 2009, within three weeks of Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Bayonetta. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Dragon Age: Origins, Left 4 Dead 2, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Bayonetta.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Assassin's Creed II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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