Assassin's Creed 2
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Innuendo and flirtatious dialogue, a womanizing protagonist, and courtesans presented as part of the setting.
Realistic melee and stealth combat against human guards and assassination targets using swords and a hidden blade, with blood spatter but no gore or dismemberment.
Courtesans and some female characters wear low-cut, revealing Renaissance attire.
Alcohol is served and consumed in taverns as part of the period setting.
The story centers on a family publicly hanged and a years-long quest of vengeance and conspiracy.
The player assassinates targets and can pickpocket, steal, and kill city guards as core gameplay.
Some missions have the player beat an informant to coerce information out of them.
A brothel appears and courtesans form a hireable faction the player pays to distract or shield him, without sexual engagement.
Occasional strong profanity in English and Italian within dialogue.
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What it is
Assassin's Creed 2 is an open-world action-adventure set in Renaissance Italy, where you play Ezio, a young nobleman who becomes an assassin after his father and brothers are executed in a political conspiracy. Gameplay mixes free-running across cities, social stealth in crowds, and counter-based sword combat, with the central loop being tracking down and killing the conspirators responsible for his family's death. Along the way there is realistic bloody combat against human enemies (no gore), interrogation beatings, theft and pickpocketing, alcohol in taverns, flirtatious and suggestive dialogue, and courtesans the player can hire—mainly as a distraction tool. A modern-day framing story involves ancient artifacts and a shadowy corporation.
How it's framed
The game frames Ezio's killings as justified retribution against the corrupt figures who murdered his family, casting the Assassins as defenders of free will against a controlling Templar order; violence and crime are presented as tools of a righteous vendetta rather than condemned, while historical figures and settings add a semi-realistic backdrop.
Details
- Developer
- Ubisoft Montreal
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Released
- Mar 9, 2010
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