Assassin's Creed 2 pre-orders up 10 to 20% over original

It's not so obvious to me. A lot of people were disappointed with the original despite the great sales. It didn't even get amazing scores (80 on metacritic) considering it was supposed to be a triple A game.

That ACII jumped over those hurdles and managed to earn more pre-orders probably has a lot to do with the double hidden blade. :P

I realize that, and I by no means considered the first game to be amazing. It was a really solid game, if a bit repetitive. But I think what's going to really be reeling the people in is the continuation of the story. Those that finished the first one no doubt have questions that they want answered and can't help but be intrigued. And if most people did anything like I did, I took the game over to my friends and got them hooked on it.

anything above 7 is not bad at all. Thats one of the reasons why a try to avoid game reviews, its just another gamers opinions. Assassins Creed could have been better though but cant wait for Assassins Creed 2.

Oops I meant to type 70, but it could be 7 out of 10 also, doesn't matter.

Yeah, good one Ludwig!
Wait, what?
Randy...

You're better than that.

if you hate screen-tearing, you might as well just skip this entire generation of gaming. i can tolerate occasional framerate chugs, but I cannot believe no one has fixed rampant page tearing in games by now....it occurs in maybe half the games i own...most people see it, and it's a game-immersion-breaking experience, but they're not sure what it is or what it's called...sometimes it's a clear break/tear, sometimes it looks like digital static...once i point it out to people, they're like "oh yeah, i see that all the time."

Chomsky.. you should see Heavy Rain.. I saw it at EuroGamer Expo.. the first thing I saw were the screen tears, even the tears had tears. AVP dropped frames whenever players were in the same vicinity, it could drop to about 10fps..
(and to add to the main post) of all the games at EuroGamer, AC2 was grabbing the biggest crowd.. I heard one of the reps there, telling a guy how to play the game, he was clueless, so maybe a lot of gamers skipped AC..

I still don't even understand what a screen tear is, I think I know what it is but not exactly sure. For a long time I didn't understand what AA was, this can't be any worse, can it?

I have some friends here at work that swear by XIII. Like, if they had the money, they'd bankroll a current-gen sequel. Personally, I've never played it so I can't relate. It always looked like a cel-shaded Goldeneye ripoff to me.

A cel shaded Goldeneye ripoff is actually a pretty good description, but that still equals awesome. The sequeal was meant to come but it didn't sell well and so it never happened, but I have never met anyone who has played it who didn't think it was incredible. It was one of the only shooters last gen where the aiming felt half decent. Consoles do it well enough now (never as good as PC) but back then (with a few exceptions), first person aiming was a mess. XIII's multiplayer was my favourite of last gen with some awesome options and bots! Local multiplayer has never been so fun. The campaign was incredible with a great story too. Check it out if you have a gc, xbox or ps2 lying around. In my humble opinion it is the most underrated game of the last gen, it's that freakin' good!!!

Cool I haven't heard this yet... I wanted the MAG Pre-Order beta invite deal but EBgames still hasn't received their codes. I didn't see anything in the store mentioning AC2.