Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Xbox 360)

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Description

The modern-day Assassins, including Desmond Miles, make their escape and go into hiding from the Templars. They take refuge into modern-day Monteriggioni, which has been preserved as an historical site. There, they setup the Animus for Desmond to explore deeper into Ezio's past and discover more about the missing Pieces of Eden. Ezio's story takes place immediately after the end of Assassin's Creed II, and has him leaving Rome to head back to Monteriggioni. There, he is ambushed and the Piece of Eden he has found is stolen. He must head back to Rome, which has since been seized by the Borgia, rescue its people, and recover what has been lost.

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood continues the story from Assassin's Creed II. Players take on the role of Ezio as they use their assassin skills to liberate Rome and fight against the Templars. Players take on missions to progress the story, earn money and gradually free the city from the influence of the Borgia. Specifically, by burning down the thirteen Borgia towers that are being used to enforce their rule, Ezio can reclaim areas of Rome back for the people, and use his money to restore shops, shortcut tunnels, and even Roman landmarks. By doing this, players also earn a regular income from Rome, which they can claim from any of Rome's banks.

New to the Assassin's Creed series is a multiplayer component. The backstory behind the multiplayer mode is that that Abstergo, the Templar organization, is using Animus devices to train their recruits to become Assassins. You take on the role of an Abstergo recruit, and must find and assassinate your target while being tracked for assassination yourself. You must make sure that you do not arouse suspicion, otherwise it will become obvious that you are an assassin rather than a citizen, making it easier for you to be spotted and taken down. As you play, you earn points which allow you to level up and upgrade your character's skills and abilities.

The Windows version, both on Steam and the boxed retail package, includes two bonus maps: The Trajan Market and The Aquaduct.

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Alternate Titles

• "Assassin's Creed: La Hermandad" -- Spanish title

Part of the Following Groups

• 3D Engine: Anvil
• Assassin's Creed series
• Covermount: Fullgames
• Games made into books
• Middleware: FaceFX
• Middleware: Wwise
• Physics Engine: Havok
• Uplay supported games

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The Press Says

Xboxygen	Nov 19, 2010		100
GamePro (US)	Nov 16, 2010		100
God is a Geek	Nov 25, 2010	10 out of 10	100
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Nov 16, 2010	10 out of 10	100
GameSpy	Nov 16, 2010		100
Game Chronicles	Dec 18, 2010	9.7 out of 10	97
Gametactics	Dec 01, 2010	9 out of 10	90
AusGamers	Nov 17, 2010	8.9 out of 10	89
GameSpot	Nov 16, 2010	8.5 out of 10	85
Brash Games	Nov 26, 2010	8 out of 10	80

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Trivia

DLC inaccuracies (mild spoilers)

It is interesting that if the player decides to play The Da Vinci Disappearance DLC alongside the main story he will eventually meet two versions of Leonardo Da Vinci. The first Leonardo will show up in the main game and offer his help and some quests. The second Leonardo is the one who's been captured by the mysterious cult. So it is absolutely possible to be playing the DLC quest of searching for Leonardo while chatting with the other Leonardo sitting on a bench in Rome. Talk about parallel worlds!

Awards

• GameSpy
  • 2010 – Stealth-Action Game of the Year
• Spike Video Game Awards
  • 2010 - Best Action/Adventure Game
  • 2010 - Best Dressed Assassin (for Ezio Auditore da Firenze)

Related Web Sites

• PS3trophies.org (Trophy guide for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood)
• X360A Achievement guide (X360A's achievement guide for Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. (English))