Although Ubisoft had an almost limitless number of new avenues to explore with the next installment in the Assassin’s Creed series; they felt Ezio’s story was far too compelling to be put into a single game. Retuning to renaissance Italy, Ubisoft takes us through the next phase of Ezio’s life and further explores his history in Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood.

Rome calling

The story of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, picks up immediately where Assassin’s Creed II ended, with Ezio retuning home after defeating Rodrigo Borgia. His victory, however, is short lived as his villa is attacked and decimated by a very angry Cesare Borgia, Rodrigo’s son. Ezio dons his Assassin colors and heads to Rome to confront Cesare and exact his revenge on the Templar. There is a great deal of back story to Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood so if you have not completed Assassin’s Creed II, you will be somewhat lost at the beginning of the game
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The Good

Borgia towers – They may not have completely transformed the face of Assassin’s Creed, but they added a flare to your campaign. Within Rome you will find a number of Borgia towers in areas that are under Borgia control. In order to free these areas you most locate and assassinate the captain of each tower and then set fire to it. Doing this will free the areas surrounding the towers allowing you to operate more freely, purchasing shops, stables, and various weapons and items. You are not required to burn any Borgia towers to complete the game, but it offers a great detour that yields benefits.
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Roma – Although you will explore other regions of Italy, Rome will be your primary base of operations, but don’t think that means you will be limited in exploration, because Ubisoft has given you a lot to do. Along with the main story missions you will have dozens of great side quests such as the Sons of Romulus dungeon style missions, exploration of historical sites, and upgrade based missions for weapons.
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New mechanics – The combat controls have been tightened up in Brotherhood, and they make taking out your enemies a lot more enjoyable. You can now kick enemies to bring down their guard, and carry a kill streak from one enemy to the next.
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Multiplayer – It took a little while to get used to, but once I got the hang of it, the multiplayer portion of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood was very enjoyable. You will have a variety of different renaissance style assassins you can play as in multiplayer, and upgrade as you gain experience from kills. The multiplayer mode itself is a cat-and-mouse style game in which you hunt down enemies, while at the same time being hunted yourself. You must cautiously choose your moment to strike your target, as attacking them will expose you to a killing strike. When you are being chased you will have a length of time to either outrun an enemy or find a hiding place from them, as you will have no way to deflect their killing strikes. The multiplayer mode of Brotherhood is a really great foundation for future Assassin’s Creed games.
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The Brotherhood – The recruiting of citizens into the Assassin Brotherhood is really where the game took off for me. You will have the ability to recruit citizens, mostly victims of Borgia tyranny, and recruit them into the Assassin brotherhood. You can then target enemies and call on your assassind to take them out. This comes in handy when you are taking out Borgia towers, as you can take them much more quickly. You also get the sense that Ezio has become a master assassin, taking down enemies by summoning waves of assassins silently from shadows.

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