The villa in Monteriggioni is destroyed and Ezio loses everything. Cesare Borgia – Rodrigo Borgia's son – is ticked off, and mounts a full scale attack on the assassins.

Ubisoft Montreal has stressed that Brotherhood has a number of innovations and evolutions designed to keep the experience fresh, and we can certainly tell you that there's easily as much content here as in Assassin's Creed II, but will it be enough to really help this title distinguish itself from last year's stellar outing? Let's find out.Īfter confronting Rodrigo Borgia and having his mind blown far beneath the Vatican at the end of Assassin's Creed II (and no, that's not a euphemism), the story picks up with Ezio ready for some well-earned R&R. The game cuts between the two time periods but the bulk of the gameplay occurs in renaissance Rome. The game is once again framed by the on-going battle between the Templars and Assassins, and players are actually assuming the role of Desmond, who lives in the present day and is able to experience the memories of his ancestor Ezio using a device called the animus. Like previous titles, there's also a modern-day component. Rather than moving to a new time period, it continues directly on from the events of Assassin's Creed II, only with the action shifting almost entirely to Rome. It was a big leap, in other words: a worthy sequel in all regards.īrotherhood, on the other hand, will have a slightly harder time proving its worth. It was a meaty gaming meal that took several steps towards fulfilling the promise of the original, with new mechanics, more variety in gameplay, and an alluring new setting: renaissance Italy. Assassin's Creed II is definitely one of my favourite games of the last 12 months.

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