New Assassin’s Creed 2 details from May Game Informer

Altair’s out of the picture in Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360), but there’s another eagle taking his place: Ezio Auditore de Firenze, a nobleman from Florence who just so happens to also kill people. A lot of details about Assassin’s Creed 2 are being revealed in the new issue of Game Informer, and while I have yet to read the mag, ScrewAttack has posted up a few bits of info found in the feature. Handy dandy list after the jump!

Altair’s out of the picture in Ubisoft‘s Assassin’s Creed 2 (PS3, Xbox 360), but there’s another eagle taking his place: Ezio Auditore de Firenze, a nobleman from Florence who just so happens to also kill people.

A lot of details about Assassin’s Creed 2 are being revealed in the new issue of Game Informer, and while I have yet to read the mag, ScrewAttack has posted up a few bits of info found in the feature.

Provided that all of this stuff is correct, Assassin’s Creed 2 may really be quite a step up from the first, which did tend to get rather monotonous after a few missions. Here they are in handy dandy list form:

• You’ll have a ton of new weapons to choose from including an axe, a hammer, a mace, a spear, 2 different sword types, a spear axe, and 2 smaller blades
• You CAN swim
• Da Vincis workshop is in the game
• Locations include Saint Marks Basilica, The Grand Canal, The Little Canal, and the Rialto bridge.
• The game opens in 1476, Altair is from 1191
• So you do indeed play as a new ancestor of Altair / Desmond
• -You will see the countryside of Tuscany
• The “Auditore” family is mentioned
• The main characters name is Ezio Auditore de Firenze
• He is a nobleman of Florence
• Big characters are in the game including Machiavelli, Caterina Sofrza, and Lorenzo de Medici
• YOU DO INDEED GLIDE on Da Vincis flying machine.
• Game will feature a new notoriety system that governs how enemy soldiers and people will treat you.
• You can disarm enemies and use their own weapons against them this time.
• Each weapon has a special move.
• 16 unique mission types.
• No more ease dropping or pick pocketing missions.
• If you get beat up to much you will need to see a street side doctor to regain full strength.
• Hidden objects (like flags in the first one) are there to uncover but this time if you track them down you will get in-game bonuses that make it worth your time.
• Items include, flags, statues, and gold coins and more that isnt mentioned.
• New enemy types with unique attitudes and weaknesses are present in the game. Archers are mentioned, as well as elite enemies, dagger wielders, “Brutish” armored troops with heavy armor and 2 handed swords and axes, and an intelligent halberd enemy will probe hiding places with their weapons if they think you’re near by.
• While hiding in a hay bail you can assassinate people this time, but it may expose your position.
• You can still climb towers and ride horses
• The Lorendo de Medici assassination attempt is in the game.
• There is now a night and day sequence in the game.
• 240 people are working on this title.

• New gameplay details for Assassin’s Creed 2