The first installment was released in 2007 and since then it has gradually landed on PC, macOS, video consoles (Xbox, PlayStation, and Nintendo), as well as smartphones and tablets (Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Symbian and even WebOS).

Some bugs are hard to stamp out.The series of video games Assassin's Creed has only needed 10 years to become an adventure and action classic. seven years ago in the original Assassin’s Creed 2. What’s more, we haven’t seen PlayStation 4 players affected by the same glitch, though I did find a GameFAQs post where someone experienced the glitch. Update: Polygon’s Arthur Gies tested Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection on another Xbox One and was unable to reproduce the same fast Ezio traversal glitch that I got. The strange new animation choices and character updates of the remaster take away some of the charm from a much-loved game. Replaying the original Assassin’s Creed 2 on the Xbox One emphasizes how much it is a product of its time. The roof tiles and stonework look great - these are definite improvements.īut I don’t think anyone could say that the character models have been improved, and somehow the gameplay has become clumsier. Check out the 2:16 mark to see a beautiful Italian sunrise. When I reached the top of a building, Ezio would refuse to climb up onto the roof. In playing the remaster, it felt like I was getting stuck on buildings more often. Ezio now climbs like a freaking spider monkey. The faces aren’t the only thing that changed. He applied a nice shade of plum lipstick and did some work on his brows. What happened to him? His outfit has even changed between the original (top) and the remaster (below). But the biggest victim is this guy right here: Cos'è questo? Ubisoft Montreal/Virtuos/Ubisoft via Polygon All the main characters suffer a little from patchy skin and popping eyes. Ezio’s tan skin has been lightened to blotchy pink, in what looks like an effort to add texture. The stonework on the buildings is also more defined.īut whatever attention was paid to rendering the beautiful buildings of Florence seems to have gone missing on the characters’ faces. The draw distance is clearer, it has better anti-aliasing and colors are more vibrant. There are some definite improvements in the remastered version. Right off the bat you’ll notice that something. We took a spin in the remastered Assassin’s Creed 2, and compared it to the backward-compatible Assassin’s Creed 2 that was originally released on the Xbox 360. It encompasses the trilogy of games about Ezio Auditore da Firenze, which are widely considered the strongest portion of the long-running Assassin’s Creed series. 15, Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

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