Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood

Although there is no number in the title, Assassin's Creed Brotherhood continues the action exactly where it ended its predecessor, Assassin's Creed 2, and from many points of view can be seen as Assassin's Creed 2.5. Thus, Ezio Auditore da Firenze returns victorious from Rome after confrontation with Rodrigo Borgia, the beginning of the story being one apparently calm, where players can explore the villa Monteriggioni and to discover some new things introduced in Brotherhood (such as "elevators" or the possibility of using cannons). But the silence is quickly shattered by Cesare Borgia, Rodrigo's son, who kills one of your best friends.



After he manages to save his family, Ezio decides that it is time to make a visit to Cesare in Rome to square accounts once and for all. When arrived in the citadel of the Seven Hills, you will discover that the biggest city created so far in the series of Assassin's Creed (about three times larger than Florence) is practically under martial law, Borgias exercising their influence through the 12 towers under the command of trustworthy captains.

Despite the vehement desire of Niccolò Machiavelli, the Murderers Order is not ready to confront with the Knights Templar. Therefore, your first objective will be to reconnect with the three known factions - the mercenaries, the thieves and courtesans to get the necessary help to start the release of Rome. To remove the harmful influence of a certain area you will have to fire the Borgia tower, which controls the district, which will allow you to renovate the nearby shops and access certain missions, the guards being also less in number. To do so, you will have to kill the captain charged with the protection of the tower, each with its own specific.

In terms of updates, we can include the possibility of using the horse inside the city, which will greatly facilitate travel from one end of the map to another, at list until you finish the grid of tunnels that serve as fast-travel system.

The most significant change to single-player mode is the option to train other assassins to help you during missions. Their number depends on how many Borgia towers you have destroyed, so you can have up to 12 recruits.

Exploring crypts of master assassins from the previous game is replaced with the parchment search and the levels are somewhat more elaborated, Leonardo da Vinci will also ask for help, being forced by Cesare to build war machines. The action from "present" is also more developed, having the opportunity to explore some places practically in to two different eras.

The music composed by Jesper Kyd is once again at a height, and in addition to new songs such as Countdown, Master Assassin, City of Rome and The Brotherhood Escapes, it has been infiltrated emblematic songs from its predecessor, including Ezio's Family and Leonardo's Inventions songs.

You will also be pleasantly surprised by the optimization of the game, Brotherhood running much better than its predecessor and being more technically refined.

Although you cannot say that is an impressive evolution from Assassin's Creed II, Brotherhood is undoubtedly a more refined version of its predecessor, and the introduction of a highly addictive multiplayer transformed it into the best title of the series so far.