The first official details for Ubisoft"s Assassin"s Creed 2 were released after several people managed to get an early copy of the upcoming issue of Game Informer. As confirmed by Gamer Informer, Assassin"s Creed 2 will be the cover story for the May edition of the magazine. Some of the features to be included in Assassin"s Creed 2 are as follows:
- New weapons to choose from including an axe, hammer, mace, spear, two different sword types, spear axe, and two smaller blades
- The ability to swim
- Leanardo Da Vinci"s workshop and flying machine
- Locations such as Saint Marks Basilica, The Grand Canal, The Little Canal, Tuscany, and the Rialto bridge
- The game will open in 1476
- You will play as Ezio Auditore de Firenze, a nobleman of Florence who is a descendant of Altair
- People such as Machiavelli, Caterina Sofrza, and Lorenzo de Medici
- New notoriety system
- Each weapon has a special move
- New way of disarming enemies by using their own weapons against them
- Sixteen unique mission types
- No pick pocketing missions
- You will be able to see a street-side doctor when injured
- Hidden objects
- New opponents including archers, elite enemies, dagger wielders, armored troops and an intelligent halberd enemy
- The ability to assassinate people while hiding in a hay bale
- The Lorendo de Medici assassination attempt
- A day and night sequence
In addition to the details mentioned above, screenshots of some of the gameplay were scanned from the upcoming Game Informer issue.
Screenshot courtesy of Game Informer