Assassin's Creed 2 'Bonfire' DLC and 'Black Edition' content out today

I can't see myself going back to this game..

Played it, loved it, got rid of it. It wasn't something I could see myself ever wanting to play again, for some odd reason...

Glad it's getting some decent DLC though.

dammit....I was hoping for a bundle with both DLC packs together for a discounted price....I think I am going to hold out for a month or so in hopes that they will do that...

The same for me. I downloaded The Battle of Forli while I was playing Mass Effect 2, and have yet to go back and play it. And I'm not sure why - maybe because there's no achievements? I don't know. The original game had achievements for completing each DNA sequence, so why aren't there any for these two? It just looks like there are "holes" in the game that way going from 11 to 14, but the plug for those holes *IS* there.

I still don't know why they did that.

Sorry for the offtopic comment, but is something wrong with the Joystiq Ultrafeed? It works when I visit it directly, but not when I use it as a live bookmark in Firefox or on my phone. Really odd.

For anyone that has played them, are the templar lairs worth it? For some reason, with Heavy Rain only a couple of days away, I'm having a hard time bringing myself to pick up this DLC, even though I absolutely loved AC2. It's weird, because I'm always excited about the prospect of DLC, until it actually comes out (same case with the Grand Theft Auto 4 DLC).

Looking forward to giving it a try. The first DLC was a bit disappointing on several levels:

- Disappointingly short (ok it was cheap, but I got myself all psyched up for it then it was gone so quickly)

- No achievements, which just seems ridiculous. Unless they have some other massive DLC coming that would use up their allocation of extra points, I don't see why they couldn't add some for this DLC. Doing anything on the 360 that doesn't have achievements seems unsatisfying. Even zero point achievements would have been something.

- The story being so completely unrelated to the main plot line. I know that this was intentional (i.e. they wanted the retail content to make sense without having to buy DLC), but I feel that they could have done something clever - like maybe having something that happens or is referenced to have happened in sequence 14 which is not critical to the plot but doesn't make much sense, then the backstory to that plot element could be covered in the DLC, so you'd get an "ahh, that's how that came to be" moment. Maybe some cool weapon that you have in seq 14 that you earn in 12/13.

Still, more AC is more AC. If they make it i'll buy it :)

I look forward to these being deals of the week!

Are those the same Templar lairs that came in the Gamestop pre-order or no?

Exactly

Man, often when they release pre-order bonuses to the masses it's for free. I don't know if I want to spend an extra $3 for the lairs, but I probably will. I heard they aren't that great.

DAMNIT!!

I bought the item that Microsoft had in the spotlight this morning and they linked directly to the cheaper one without the bonus DLC.

Ubisoft - Please release the bonus content seperately!!! =(

wait for the people who bought black edition to start complaining about their not so exclusive content, i on the other hand enjoy the black edition statue infinitely more than 3 small lairs.

Glad to see it will include the Black Edition content.

I paid for both the 560 and the 320 mainly because when I clicked the dashboard link it didn't give me the option to download 1 or the other. Shame Microsoft don't do refunds

Ruh roh.. the XBL pricing is as the article says, but the PSN prices are actually $4.99 and $9.99. That's a.. serious difference in value.

Dammit Joystiq, it cost $4.99 and $9.99 on PSN. I got excited for the cheaper price of the extra lairs and then it turned out to be $5 extra. Bought it anyway, so this really is that much cheaper on 360? Man, what a rip.

Just finished the main story portion, overall it's a way more satisfying experience than Battle of Forli. In terms of the story it was pretty bland, and after completing this and Battle of Forli it's really easy to see why Ubisoft decided it wasn't really necessary.

The memories though were varied enough to keep it interesting and even at times slightly difficult to figure out the best approach which was appreciated. All assassinations. None of this defend Sforza while you fight guards up front and mercilessly mash square garbage. It took about 2-3 hours, but that may because I haven't touched AC2 in a long time.

I've gone through 1 templar lair and I am not looking forward to going through the next 2. In fact, I probably won't. It was really straightforward and required very little thinking. It totally could have been a lair you'd find at the very beginning of the game given it's simplicity.

All in all though, it washed away the bad after taste that Battle of Forli left, but the extra 3 templar lairs probably aren't worth it. Save yourself 5 bucks and just get the main DLC.