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Platform: PLAYSTATION 3 | Edition: Standard Edition
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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is an epic action game for PlayStation 3 set across a blend of present and historical time periods, that places the player in the role of the leader of a Renaissance-era guild of assassins out for vengeance against the remnants of the Knights Templar. Set primarily in Rome, this sequel to the critically acclaimed Assassin's Creed II features returning characters from the previous game and includes new features such as the ability to command members of your guild in combat, a new arsenal of weapons and multiplayer game support in which players can assume different assassin characters.
Story
Live and breathe as Ezio, a legendary Master Assassin, in his enduring struggle against the powerful Templar order. He must journey into Italy’s greatest city, Rome, center of power, greed and corruption to strike at the heart of the enemy. Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire brotherhood of assassins who will rally to his side. Only by working together can the assassins defeat their mortal enemies and prevent the extinction of their order.
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Live and breathe as Ezio, a legendary Master Assassin, in his enduring struggle against the powerful Templar order. He must journey into Italy’s greatest city, Rome, center of power, greed and corruption to strike at the heart of the enemy. Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire brotherhood of assassins who will rally to his side. Only by working together can the assassins defeat their mortal enemies and prevent the extinction of their order.
Multiple Ways to Play
Expanding on the game world woven across the first two games in the franchise, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood provides players with multiple ways to play. In single player mode you take on an engrossing campaign playing as Ezio, the hero from Assassin's Creed II, who has now risen to the level of Master Assassin. Here players scour the expansive environment of Renaissance-era Rome, tasked with ridding the Eternal City of the continuing stain of the Templars and in the process ensuring the survival of the guild of assassins. You are not in this alone though. Additional AI members of your guild are at your command, and can be summoned to your aid if need be. In addition to this, for the first time in the Assassin's Creed franchise players can compete with other would-be assassins in multiplayer action. In multiplayer modes players choose from a range of Assassin characters, each with their own backstory, unique weapons and assassination techniques. Choose your assassin character, utilize the virtual reality capabilities of Abstergo Industries' Animus technology and match your skills against other assassins from around the world. There's no time like now to join the Brotherhood.
Deadly Weapons Arsenal
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood features a wide variety of weapons, depending on the mode of play. In single player players primarily utilize Ezio's weapons of choice, the hidden blade and crossbow, while in multiplayer modes players gain access to a wide variety of weapon, depending on the character they choose to play as. Examples of this include: the Axe, wielded by the Executioner; the Fan, used by the Courtesan; the Syringe, the tool by the Doctor; the Dagger, used by the Priest; the Switchblade, carried by the Prowler; and the Claw, used by the Nobleman.
Key Game Features
- As Ezio, a legendary Master Assassin, experience over 15 hours of single player gameplay set in the living, breathing, unpredictable city of Rome.
- Recruit and train promising young Assassins. Deploy them across the city as you see fit, or call upon them to aid you in your quests.
- Collaborate with real historical characters such as Leonardo DA Vinci, Niccolo Machiavelli and Caterina Sforza.
- Use your hard-won currency to revitalize the crumbling capital city. Rally the citizens to your cause and unlock extra factions and missions.
- Swiftly eliminate your enemies using tools such as poison darts, parachutes, double hidden blades, hidden guns, and an advanced flying machine at your disposal.
- Choose from multiple authentic character classes, each with their own signature weapons and killing moves. With richly-detailed maps and a wide variety of unique multiplayer modes, you’ll never fight the same way twice.
Manufacturer's Description
Ezio Auditore da Firenze returns for the last time, in a direct sequel to 2009's smash hit Assassin's Creed II. For the first time ever in the series a fully-featured multiplayer mode will allow you to compete against your friends, as well as continue the centuries old battle against the Knights Templar.
Ubisoft's huge development studio in Canada has created many of the French publisher's biggest hits, including the Splinter Cell series, the modern Prince of Persia games, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Assassin's Creed, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja and the Far Cry sequels and spin-offs.
 The courtesan is just one of the unique new characters |
 Horse riding and combat is vital for some missions |
 Assassin's Creed cityscapes are more amazing than ever |
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The multiplayer modes are no simple deathmatch game though, as you play the various different character classes against each other and play the role of predator and prey simultaneously. You won't be working alone in the single player mode either, as Ezio commands a whole team of fellow assassins. Each has their own skills and weapons and it's up to you to train and customise them, as they evolve throughout the game.
You'll need all the help you can get too, with enemy soldiers that are more intelligent and aggressive than ever before, in the biggest and most action-packed historical adventure yet.
Key Features- Return Bout: Become Ezio the master assassin once again, with a new 15 hour single player epic that lets you take the fight to the heart of the Templar organisation.
- The A-Team: Find, recruit and train your own team of assassins, and customise them to work alone on secret missions or help you track down targets.
- Multiplayer Creed: For the first time ever in an Assassin's Creed game enjoy a host of new multiplayer modes and play as a range of character classes - from blacksmith to courtesan.
- Roman Holiday: Fight to liberate Rome from tyranny in the largest city ever seen in the series. Use your own money to rebuild landmarks and unlock extra missions.
- Weapons Master: Utilise a range of new weapons and equipment provided by Leonardo da Vinci, including poison darts, double hidden blades and a parachute.
Ubisoft's huge development studio in Canada has created many of the French publisher's biggest hits, including the Splinter Cell series, the modern Prince of Persia games, Rainbow Six: Vegas, Assassin's Creed, Naruto: Rise of a Ninja and the Far Cry sequels and spin-offs.
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25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
I have a love/hate relationship with Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. On the one hand, the game is a natural extension (and direct sequel) to Assassin's Creed II. The open world of the city of Rome and cornucopia of tasks on offer besides the main story missions provide great value.
However, while the Ezio Auditore protagonist is well-realised with a veritable arsenal of moves and free-running skills, he cannot be depended upon if you're in a hurry. Several of the missions only award '100% synch' if you complete them within a near-impossible time limit. It's during such spells that you either learn a lot about your controller's innards or even worse, give up with a newly-discovered inferiority complex. The point is, these timed events require absolute precision and allow no margin for error. Is it a coincidence that on such occasions, Ezio seems to delight in doing everything except what you ask of him? A planned forward jump from a platform results in him dropping casually over the edge and dangling, almost smirking at the leisurely pace at which he climbs back up (tick-tock, tick-tock). Or, at the very instant he needs to climb the wall in front of him, it's time for a bravura display of kicking off it to face the one opposite (tick-tock, tick-tock).
Obviously, the game designers did not pick the constraints on a whim. For the utterly committed gamer, at one with his controller in a harmonic, Zen-like synthesis, and who doesn't get out much, I'm sure that an eight-minute completion of a level is worth all those lost moments of life that lead up to it. After taking an hour and a quarter to finish one such memory, I've decided that the game is so much more fun if you do your own thing and aim for 50% synch across the board. You can kill as many guards as you like, take as long as you want and - far from trying to remain undetected - announce your presence in fortified areas as brazenly as possible with a devil-may-care swagger that says, "Bring it on!"
So long as you don't care a jot about 100% achievement, you'll love it. Alas, if you're one of those that takes it as a serious challenge, be prepared to doubt your sanity as you realise it's several days of your existence that you'll never get back. Your children will grow up and your pets will die but least Ezio gets some cool armour.
However, while the Ezio Auditore protagonist is well-realised with a veritable arsenal of moves and free-running skills, he cannot be depended upon if you're in a hurry. Several of the missions only award '100% synch' if you complete them within a near-impossible time limit. It's during such spells that you either learn a lot about your controller's innards or even worse, give up with a newly-discovered inferiority complex. The point is, these timed events require absolute precision and allow no margin for error. Is it a coincidence that on such occasions, Ezio seems to delight in doing everything except what you ask of him? A planned forward jump from a platform results in him dropping casually over the edge and dangling, almost smirking at the leisurely pace at which he climbs back up (tick-tock, tick-tock). Or, at the very instant he needs to climb the wall in front of him, it's time for a bravura display of kicking off it to face the one opposite (tick-tock, tick-tock).
Obviously, the game designers did not pick the constraints on a whim. For the utterly committed gamer, at one with his controller in a harmonic, Zen-like synthesis, and who doesn't get out much, I'm sure that an eight-minute completion of a level is worth all those lost moments of life that lead up to it. After taking an hour and a quarter to finish one such memory, I've decided that the game is so much more fun if you do your own thing and aim for 50% synch across the board. You can kill as many guards as you like, take as long as you want and - far from trying to remain undetected - announce your presence in fortified areas as brazenly as possible with a devil-may-care swagger that says, "Bring it on!"
So long as you don't care a jot about 100% achievement, you'll love it. Alas, if you're one of those that takes it as a serious challenge, be prepared to doubt your sanity as you realise it's several days of your existence that you'll never get back. Your children will grow up and your pets will die but least Ezio gets some cool armour.
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
I got really excited about this game, having both of the AC games beforehand, and having delved deep into Project Legacy on Facebook. But it doesn't live up to all the hype, sadly.
The opening sequence is gobsmacking, I was almost blown out of my chair...but then that's it.
Once you get to Rome, there's little to no storyline apart from "Rebuild Rome!". You're told the story at the beginning of the game, and at the very end. An engaging storyline to keep you hooked throughout the game? Don't count on it.
The Full Synchronization feature. It sucked a load of fun out of the actual assassinations. Half of the joy of the AC games was you could experiment and come up with a way to assassinate the enemy, and then feel pride and satisfaction as your hidden blade sliced in to their throat (or gun or throwing knife - whatever).
Now, the computer tells you what you have to do to achieve Full Synchronization and then penalizes you when you dont do it - it ranges from the menial (Use the gun, use a smoke bomb) to the irritating (Don't touch the ground, don't swim). It sounds a really good idea in theory, I like a challenge, but it's not. Finishing the mission your own way and being told you failed and have to do it again in future sucks. So not doing as the game tells you results in having to go back and do the mission again.
And the Full Sync parts where they add time limits are completely infuriating and should not have been mandatory. Trying the first few times to complete The Halls of Nero in 8 minutes would have been a fun challenge, except when (and this happens in every AC game a few times, and apart from the water killing you in the original AC, there was never really a problem) the character doesn't jump to the part you want him to. Fair enough, except in Brotherhood this means having to restart the entire memory again to even stand a chance of completing it in the alloted time. A 'Restart at latest Checkpoint' system would have been nice. Having the 'play the memory again' feature was a fantastic addition, but it shouldn't have come bundled with this awkward feature. As a result it's a lot more repetitive than ACII, a lot less fun, and those VR missions are a completely pointless distraction. Most of Rome just looks like it's been copied and pasted as well, and everywhere apart from the Vaticano district looks just the same.
That being said however, the last part of the game where you play as Desmond is absolutely brilliant. Shocking that they packed all the storyline at the start and end of the game, and left out the rest. And I haven't gone online for multiplayer, so I'm not going to say anything about a feature I haven't used yet.
Essentially , it's ACII with some added features, no real storyline, hours of backtracking to get full sync, and (a very personal one here) - no atmosphere. One of the most electrifying moments in ACII were the Assassin's Tombs to get the armour of Altair. Replaced in Brotherhood with 6 Romulus Lairs to get the Armour/Dagger of Brutus, they just completely lack any magic whatsoever. It's a really strange one.
All in all, what I hoped to be the "Best Assassin's Yet" turned out to be a distinctively average and unfulfilling experience. Brotherhood is not a bad game - it's just not all that good either. It's a case of one step forward and two steps back, sadly.
But here's to ACIII, I have every confidence they'll iron out the small problems for it's release!
The opening sequence is gobsmacking, I was almost blown out of my chair...but then that's it.
Once you get to Rome, there's little to no storyline apart from "Rebuild Rome!". You're told the story at the beginning of the game, and at the very end. An engaging storyline to keep you hooked throughout the game? Don't count on it.
The Full Synchronization feature. It sucked a load of fun out of the actual assassinations. Half of the joy of the AC games was you could experiment and come up with a way to assassinate the enemy, and then feel pride and satisfaction as your hidden blade sliced in to their throat (or gun or throwing knife - whatever).
Now, the computer tells you what you have to do to achieve Full Synchronization and then penalizes you when you dont do it - it ranges from the menial (Use the gun, use a smoke bomb) to the irritating (Don't touch the ground, don't swim). It sounds a really good idea in theory, I like a challenge, but it's not. Finishing the mission your own way and being told you failed and have to do it again in future sucks. So not doing as the game tells you results in having to go back and do the mission again.
And the Full Sync parts where they add time limits are completely infuriating and should not have been mandatory. Trying the first few times to complete The Halls of Nero in 8 minutes would have been a fun challenge, except when (and this happens in every AC game a few times, and apart from the water killing you in the original AC, there was never really a problem) the character doesn't jump to the part you want him to. Fair enough, except in Brotherhood this means having to restart the entire memory again to even stand a chance of completing it in the alloted time. A 'Restart at latest Checkpoint' system would have been nice. Having the 'play the memory again' feature was a fantastic addition, but it shouldn't have come bundled with this awkward feature. As a result it's a lot more repetitive than ACII, a lot less fun, and those VR missions are a completely pointless distraction. Most of Rome just looks like it's been copied and pasted as well, and everywhere apart from the Vaticano district looks just the same.
That being said however, the last part of the game where you play as Desmond is absolutely brilliant. Shocking that they packed all the storyline at the start and end of the game, and left out the rest. And I haven't gone online for multiplayer, so I'm not going to say anything about a feature I haven't used yet.
Essentially , it's ACII with some added features, no real storyline, hours of backtracking to get full sync, and (a very personal one here) - no atmosphere. One of the most electrifying moments in ACII were the Assassin's Tombs to get the armour of Altair. Replaced in Brotherhood with 6 Romulus Lairs to get the Armour/Dagger of Brutus, they just completely lack any magic whatsoever. It's a really strange one.
All in all, what I hoped to be the "Best Assassin's Yet" turned out to be a distinctively average and unfulfilling experience. Brotherhood is not a bad game - it's just not all that good either. It's a case of one step forward and two steps back, sadly.
But here's to ACIII, I have every confidence they'll iron out the small problems for it's release!
102 of 113 people found the following review helpful
Platform for Display:PLAYSTATION 3|Edition:Standard Edition
Fun:
Prior to release, I was sceptical. After less than a year in development, it was unlikely that this could be anywhere near as good as AC2. Yet somehow, it builds upon what AC2 did right and manages to add and expand the AC formula, to create, what I believe, is now the best Assassin's Creed game.
But if you already own an Assassin's creed game, and played last year's AC2, why should you buy ACB?
Combat: A vast improvement over the original. Quicker, sleeker, more stylish, much more brutal.
Rome: Bigger, more beautiful and much more varied than all the cities in AC2 combined. Horses can go anywhere barring interiors (obviously) making getting around a breeze, and there are plenty of tunnels, which act as warp points so you can get from A to B in seconds.
100% sync: Completing a mission alone is fine, but fulfilling objectives (such as not touching the water, not being seen, or completing a mission under a certain time limit) will give you further missions which delve into some of the events left unexplained in AC2. These also apply to the Lairs of Romulus areas, making the game a bit more of a challenge.
The Lairs Of Romulus: These essentially replace the Assassin's Tombs in the second AC, but they are much better and much bigger (there's a theme developing here) and just like in AC2, they're extremely well designed making them exceedingly enjoyable areas to explore and complete (with added difficulty coming from the aforementioned time limits among other optional tasks).
Graphics: It's clearly still the same engine, but Ubisoft have improved it for Brotherhood. Close ups of characters now (especially Ezio) are stunning in their clarity, which I don't remember being the case with some characters in AC2. Facial animations seem to be a little tighter too. The horses are no where near as good as Red Dead Redemption's but they're fluid and relatively easy to control. Water looks a lot better too (I found AC2's water too shiny. It was extremely odd stuff..).
Length: I'm currently on the 4th sequence (there are roughly 9 overall I believe) and I've played for almost 20 hours so anyone thinking this was somehow going to be a short game is wrong. Although there may not be as many story sequences as AC2 there are a lot more other things to do. The Courtesans, Thieves and Merchants all have separate sequences and challenges that you can complete throughout the game and even shops will have individual tasks for you to complete which earn you exclusive items/ weapons etc. There are also Borgia captains to kill, Towers to topple, Rome to rebuild, feathers and flags to collect, Leonardo's Weapons to destroy and Assassin's to recruit, send out on missions and build up (stat-wise) individually. Things are continually happening on screen, with information about how much money you're earning, if your assassin recruits have been successful on a certain mission, the availability of new weapons etc. all flashing up on screen pretty much every 20 mins or so (which believe me, flies by). Needless to say, it's a little overwhelming at first, but the game never becomes repetitive as past games have done at points because the sheer amount to do is monumental.
The 'Brotherhood': Probably the most satisying gameplay addition to the series, and I'll want to see it back in the next one. By coming to the aid of certain citizens in Rome, you'll begin to amass Assassin recruits who will be more than willing to repay the favour whenever you require it. They are also individually upgradeable via globe-trotting missions which have you sending them off to London, Paris and Moscow, to name a few, in order to train and hone their Assassin skills. While they're away, they're obviously inaccessible to you, but their missions don't take long to complete and once they've achieved Assassin status (though you can use them beforehand if you want), they're a potent and effective force, which you'll call on time and time again. Sure, they make the game easier, but their inclusion adds tremendously to the experience.
These are just some of the notable improvements which make Brotherhood's existence easier to swallow and recommend for others to enjoy. The fact that it's taken only a year to make, is even more outstanding too.
So no this is not AC3, but it follows the trend of the Assassin's Creed series by incrementally improving itself with every new release and for that, I think Ubisoft should be applauded. If you liked AC, and AC2, you will love Brotherhood. It's as simple as that.
But if you already own an Assassin's creed game, and played last year's AC2, why should you buy ACB?
Combat: A vast improvement over the original. Quicker, sleeker, more stylish, much more brutal.
Rome: Bigger, more beautiful and much more varied than all the cities in AC2 combined. Horses can go anywhere barring interiors (obviously) making getting around a breeze, and there are plenty of tunnels, which act as warp points so you can get from A to B in seconds.
100% sync: Completing a mission alone is fine, but fulfilling objectives (such as not touching the water, not being seen, or completing a mission under a certain time limit) will give you further missions which delve into some of the events left unexplained in AC2. These also apply to the Lairs of Romulus areas, making the game a bit more of a challenge.
The Lairs Of Romulus: These essentially replace the Assassin's Tombs in the second AC, but they are much better and much bigger (there's a theme developing here) and just like in AC2, they're extremely well designed making them exceedingly enjoyable areas to explore and complete (with added difficulty coming from the aforementioned time limits among other optional tasks).
Graphics: It's clearly still the same engine, but Ubisoft have improved it for Brotherhood. Close ups of characters now (especially Ezio) are stunning in their clarity, which I don't remember being the case with some characters in AC2. Facial animations seem to be a little tighter too. The horses are no where near as good as Red Dead Redemption's but they're fluid and relatively easy to control. Water looks a lot better too (I found AC2's water too shiny. It was extremely odd stuff..).
Length: I'm currently on the 4th sequence (there are roughly 9 overall I believe) and I've played for almost 20 hours so anyone thinking this was somehow going to be a short game is wrong. Although there may not be as many story sequences as AC2 there are a lot more other things to do. The Courtesans, Thieves and Merchants all have separate sequences and challenges that you can complete throughout the game and even shops will have individual tasks for you to complete which earn you exclusive items/ weapons etc. There are also Borgia captains to kill, Towers to topple, Rome to rebuild, feathers and flags to collect, Leonardo's Weapons to destroy and Assassin's to recruit, send out on missions and build up (stat-wise) individually. Things are continually happening on screen, with information about how much money you're earning, if your assassin recruits have been successful on a certain mission, the availability of new weapons etc. all flashing up on screen pretty much every 20 mins or so (which believe me, flies by). Needless to say, it's a little overwhelming at first, but the game never becomes repetitive as past games have done at points because the sheer amount to do is monumental.
The 'Brotherhood': Probably the most satisying gameplay addition to the series, and I'll want to see it back in the next one. By coming to the aid of certain citizens in Rome, you'll begin to amass Assassin recruits who will be more than willing to repay the favour whenever you require it. They are also individually upgradeable via globe-trotting missions which have you sending them off to London, Paris and Moscow, to name a few, in order to train and hone their Assassin skills. While they're away, they're obviously inaccessible to you, but their missions don't take long to complete and once they've achieved Assassin status (though you can use them beforehand if you want), they're a potent and effective force, which you'll call on time and time again. Sure, they make the game easier, but their inclusion adds tremendously to the experience.
These are just some of the notable improvements which make Brotherhood's existence easier to swallow and recommend for others to enjoy. The fact that it's taken only a year to make, is even more outstanding too.
So no this is not AC3, but it follows the trend of the Assassin's Creed series by incrementally improving itself with every new release and for that, I think Ubisoft should be applauded. If you liked AC, and AC2, you will love Brotherhood. It's as simple as that.
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hard work but fun!
the plot is grate and the the weapons are better then assassins creed two and 1 but the one on it better ac.r
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Challenging!
Great game this third sequel of the series which i love the most. Ezio is evolving to a true assassin master and he will be remembered as a great action hero amongst others. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alex
Good Game
This is one of the great's game I played until now. I recommended to all the assassins fans.
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Best game 2010
This game is amazing everything about starting from story mode and then online.You cant get enough of online this game is really addictive. Read more
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One of the greatest games ever!
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