Assassin's Creed 2 teaser lacks gameplay, oozes melodrama

I consider myself teased.

o god another game coming out around christmas hate that time of year so many good games come out at once then we have to wait few months for another good game to come o well.

of course it lacks substance.

how do you think they were able to dupe millions into buying the first one?

So did they steal that from the History Channel?

Although I am looking forward to that game, that teaser trailer did nothing for me.

Well the first game was boring and crapping melodrama Hayden Christensen style, and since sequels only get better I can only imagine...

sorry fell asleep there...

I wonder what the "mission objectives" will be like this time around...
Please god, oh please, don't be the same 5 or 6 things to "collect intel"
...which in fact was pretty much pointless. Seeing how I memorized the map halfway through the MOST repetitive game EVER.

The first one to me was like taking Nyquil, it was so boring that I used it to get sleepy and fall asleep.Hopefully this one can deliver but I don't like the release date.

....1 more thing, Am I the only one who thought part 2 was going to take place somewhere in Japan?? Stupid ending hints in part one... what was the point of all those kanji characters and what looked like a temple gateway?

Give me variety and less repetition and stupid flag collecting, and consider it a day one purchase.

That would have been a much better trailer with no voice over at all.

For those of us who loved the first game (we do exist), there are some fun clues hidden in this trailer. Yes, the narration is doofy. But toward the end are some storyline clues.

First, there are three family crests (presumably representing three warring factions in the game) just before the "written in blood" bit.

Second, DaVinci's famous double-helix stairway appears to lead to the game's title (AC2). Presumably, this means we'll get more on genetic memory and whatnot.

Third, the eagle cries and we see what looks (to me) like a new version of Eagle Vision (you can just make out what appear to be rooftops and spires as though in a film negative).

Fourth, immediately after that you get a quick flash of three frames. I did my best to pause the video to catch them, and I saw three things. One, some organic chemical structure. I don't know my organic chemistry that well, so I'll leave it to someone else (a bunch of O's, H's, N's together with lines and hexagons). Two, the Vitruvian man with the knife blade that we've already seen. Three, a strange symbol with interlocked triangles. It looks like a modified version of the "Valknut," the three interwoven triangle symbol of the Norse. It's visually similar to the "Borromean knot" found at the end of the first game.

Anyway, doesn't help the "missing gameplay" bit, but it definitely is fun for us fans!

I was also let down by the first game and this horrible teaser trailer is doing nothing to make me want to rush out for the second. I hope Ubisoft gets smart and does a better job with this one because I think a lot of us consumers are going to want to pass on that feeling of buyer's remorse when the second comes out.

Stupid!

Hmmm.. interesting and cliche ridden as hell!
My guess is the 'written in blood' thing refers to the writing at the end of the first game on the wall in the apartment thing, that only is visible with the Eagle vision. This could give a clue to this game???

Teased indeed....too bad we dont get to kill Da Vinci...

at any rate can't wait til this game comes out...

Sounds like he's being paid in ham

Consider me extremely excited :]

If you take a step back and just look at the teaser its pretty damn beautiful. There are some really talented poeple out there. Damn I can't wait to play this game!

"We're left to wonder if this is some sort of code."

Don't you mean....DaVinci Code!?

So... No lessons learnt from the first game then.
No way would I buy this, it's predecessor is the only PlayStation 3 title I've felt the need to return before completion.

Science isn't big in Assassin's Creed. SCIENCE! is.

This is coming from a huge fan of the first game. Assassin's Creed might as well be called a fantasy game (as most so-called sci-fi movies/TV shows/games should be.) I'm not super anal about how sci-fi must rigidly conform to our current view of science (honestly, most sci-fi would suck if there was no faster-than-light travel). But when you start getting into things like genetic memories, which is nothing more than ancestoralism dressed up in SCIENCE! words!, you're officially in Fantasyland.

the compound in question appears to be a derivative of adensoine (not all of it is visible). it is a nucleoside (ribose sugar connected to a nucleobase), i.e. it is related to DNA.

the significance here is simply that it is related to DNA, and probably cause they thought it looked cool. I dunno what the drawing in the background is, if that might be connected.

cheers,
scratch

I really didn't like the first one... the controls were annoying on the PC. I don't think I'll give this one a chance...

At first I was wondering why I had to enter my birthday to verify I was 18 or older to watch this video when they don't actually show anything. I mean, there was no violence or anything, just a bunch of dialogue and text. Then, I caught site of the giant penis they flash for just one frame towards the end, and it all suddenly made sense. Very edgy.

Hmm... I'll prolly give this 1 a shot. The original was ok. I guess we'll see what this has to offer coming in November.