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Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the direct sequel of 2009's Assassin's Creed II. Featuring Ezio Auditore da Firenze once again, the game pictures him, now a legendary Master Assassin, leading his newly found brotherhood in a hunt for Templars in Rome. This is also the first game of the series to include a multiplayer mode of any kind.

Desmond Miles will make an appearance in Brotherhood, so the main storyline does progress. His voice actor Nolan North had admitted to be working on a new Assassin's Creed game, and game developers announced that his story would "take an interesting turn." [1]



Story

Following his experience in the vault, Ezio left the Vatican with Mario Auditore, and the two rode back to Monteriggioni on horseback. After Ezio explained to Mario things Minerva that had said, Mario replied that, since the events she had spoken of would occur many years in the future, it was not of their concern. Once in Monteriggioni, the people greeted Ezio and Mario, praising them for their actions. Ezio assisted a few citizens before relaxing in a tub in the Villa, where he is greeted by Caterina Sforza.

However, he soon learned that the Templar threat had diminished little, when Cesare Borgia, the son of Rodrigo Borgia a high ranked Templar, laid siege to Monteriggioni. Cesare's army of soldiers, towers and cannons attacked in full force, destroying much of the city and Villa. Ezio, who was sleeping with Caterina at the time of the attack, was shocked when a cannonball shot through his wall and hit the centre pillar of his room, destroying the Armor of Altaïr in the process. He quickly got dressed and met with Mario to discuss their options. Mario tasked Ezio with keeping the Templars from the city walls, whilst Mario himself led the evacuation of the city.[8]

Ezio made his way to the city walls and, using the cannons, destroyed several of Cesare’s siege engines. Eventually however, the Templars breached the city gates, and entered, bringing a mortally wounded Mario Auditore and a captured Caterina Sforza with them. Seeing his uncle injured and lying on the ground, Ezio ran on the rooftops to reach Mario before Cesare could kill him. Standing at the city gates, the Apple of Eden in hand, Cesare "invited" Ezio to come to Rome with a shot of his firearm; the shot killed Mario. Cesare then returned to Rome whilst Ezio, who had been shot by a Borgia arquebusiers atop the city walls, blacked out and fell from the building he had been observing from.[8]

Ezio regained consciousness while being dragged by Mario's mercenaries. He, along with the others, evacuated the city via a secret passageway behind the statue of Altaïr in the Sanctuary. After escaping, Ezio told Claudia and Maria to leave for Firenze, while he rode on a horse for Rome. Tired, injured and weak, Ezio passed out on the road in the night.

War in Rome

He woke up being tended by a woman in a small house in Rome. She told him that a man had brought him there, and had supplied him with new armor and clothing. After leaving the house, Ezio met Machiavelli after visiting a doctor to heal his wound, aiding a distressed civilian and assassinating the Executioner. Through Machiavelli, He discovered that Rome is in disrepair and the citizens oppressed by the Borgia. He also discovered that Cesare Borgia is his new arch nemesis. Ezio also stumbled across the Followers of Romulus and explored their lair, the Hall of Nero.

Basing himself on Tiber Island, in the center of the city, Ezio rebuilt the complex, and began his mission to rid the city of Cesare and his father. Ezio reestablished relationships between his Assassins Guild and the other guilds in the city, namely Courtesans (led by Madame Solari, and later Claudia, Ezio's sister), Thieves (led by La Volpe ) and Mercenaries( led by Bartolomeo d'Alviano).

In 1501, Ezio took in other Assassins as understudies, such as Francesco Vecellio, after the latter's former master Perotto Calderon had betrayed the Assassins and was taken down. After they had completed their trainings, he placed them in teams and sent on missions across Italy.[9]

After Ezio received intelligence reports from his fellow guild leaders in the city that Cesare Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia and Caterina Sforza will be in the Castel Sant Angelo, he infiltrated the heavily fortified fortress. However, Cesare had already left and Rodrigo was nowhere to be seen. Ezio managed to rescue Caterina from Lucrezia Borgia , sister of Cesare and guardian of the Castel. After the ordeal in the Castel, where Ezio barely held off the Borgia guards that pursued him (only an explosion in the Castel prevented more guards from pursuing him), Ezio decided that he will rebuild the Assassin Brotherhood. Ezio aided distressed citizens who became Assassin Apprentices to rid Rome of the Borgia influence. Ezio sent them on missions all over Europe to help them become better Assassins. Ezio then assassinated two Templar agents, the Doctor (Malfatto) and the noble. Later, Ezio got a surprise visit from Leornardo Da Vinci, who gave him upgrades to his equipment, such as double hidden blades, a climb leap glove and poison darts. Leornardo also informed Ezio of the war machines he was forced to build for the Papal Army, such as a machine gun, a naval cannon, an advanced flying machine, and a tank. Ezio destroyed these war machines, further weakening the Borgia.

Ezio found out that the Banker, Juan Borgia, was financially aiding Cesare Borgia in his campaign to conquer all of Italy. Claudia told Ezio that a senator, Egidio Troche, was in debt to Juan. Ezio decided to help Egidio by fending off attackers and raising money to settle Egidio's debt. In return, Ezio discovered the location of Juan. Ezio tailed Egidio to a Borgia Captain where Egidio turned over his money. Ezio then assassinated the Captain and took his place. He then infiltrated the pagan party held by Juan undetected and assassinated the Banker from a bench. Ezio then escaped the party.

Next, Ezio visited Bartolomeo D'Alviano and his mercenaries, who were hard pressed by the French forces led by Baron Octavien de Valois. To make matters worse, Bartolomeo's wife, Pantasilea Baglioni, was kidnapped by the Baron. Bartolomeo decided to surrender, when Ezio came up with a brilliant plan. Ezio then killed off a large number of French infantry while Bartolomeo's men collected their armor. After that, Ezio and the Mercenaries infiltrated the Baron's fortress, disguised as French troops delivering Bartolomeo to the Baron. When the Baron attempted to kill Bartolomeo, Ezio intervened and blew his cover. He then assassinated Baron de Valois, who was going to shoot Pantasilea at the first sign of trouble.

Ezio visited La Volpe after the events of the Baron. La Volpe suspected that Machiavelli betrayed the Assassins by guiding the Papal Army to Monterriggioni and informing Rodrigo and Cesare to stay away from the Castel when Ezio infiltrated it. Ezio then helped La Volpe by fending off the Borgia troops who were attacking the Thieves. He was informed that Pietro, an actor and Lucrezia Borgia's plaything, had the key to the Castel and that Cesare intends to kill Pietro. Ezio then tailed Micheletto, Cesare's personal assassin, who will infiltrate the play that Pietro will appear in with his men. Ezio's apprentices assassinated Micheletto's men to take their place in the play. After infiltrating the Colloseum (where the play is to be held), Ezio spared Micheletto's life because Pietro was poisoned. After taking Pietro to a doctor and taking the key to the Castel, Ezio saw a thief that was present during the Fall of Monterriggioni. He caught the thief and discovered that he was the traitor, not Machiavelli. Ezio then raced back to Tiber Island to stop La Volpe from killing Machiavelli. Ezio inducted Claudia into the Assassin Order. He was then elected by Machiavelli to the rank of Grand Master of the Assassin Order.

Ezio infiltrated the Castel once again and witnessed the murder of Rodrigo Borgia by his son, Cesare. Cesare forced the location of the Apple of Eden from Lucrezia. Ezio successfully reach the Apple before Cesare and recovered the Apple. He then used the Apple to demilitarize Cesare's forces. In one last battle, Ezio and his fellow Assassins fought Cesare and his surviving men at the gates of Rome. Cesare was arrested by Fabio Orsini by order of the new Pope but not before commenting that he will not be in chains for long and that he will never be killed by a man.

Ezio, troubled by Cesare's comments, visited Leornardo and gave him the Apple. Ezio decided to look into the Apple in order to see if Cesare's comments are true. Apparently they are, because Ezio left Rome immediately.

Viana

In 1507, Ezio finally tracked Cesare down in Viana. Ezio fought through the infantry in his way and finally pinned Cesare down. In this climatic battle, Ezio managed to destroy Cesare's armor. He then proceeded to throw Cesare down the city wall, after Cesare said that he will not die by the hands of men. It was presumed that Cesare died from the fall.

After the events in Viana, Ezio returned to Rome and hid the Apple of Eden inside a vault under the Santa Maria Aracoeli, within The Temple of Juno. He then continued his tenure as the Grand Master of the Assassin Order.

At some point, an older Ezio returned to the Sanctuary beneath the Auditore Villa, although his reasons for doing so are unknown. [10]

Features

Characters

Below is a list of known characters to appear in-game:

Renaissance Assassins

Modern-age Assassins

Templars

Allies/others

Enemies

Multiplayer characters

Main article: AC: Brotherhood multiplayer characters

Note: Ubisoft has stated that some of the multiplayer characters will make an appearance in the Single-player game as targets for Ezio to kill.

Harlequin

The harlequin striking at the executioner, with several other characters in the background.

Each character in Multiplayer will also have several options for customizable appearances that can be unlocked.


Locations

Singleplayer

Multiplayer

Weapons

Singleplayer

The weapon wheel in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood remains the same with the addition of the Crossbow. Also, there are smaller symbols added to the set weapon symbols, such as the Hidden Gun paired with the Longsword, the Throwing Knives with the Short Blade , and the Poison Darts with the Poison Blade . These symbols represent the weapon that can be combined with the current weapon. This combination is shown in the E3 2010 Demo of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood and in a screenshot when Ezio kills a guard with his Sword and then quickly shoots another with the Hidden Gun.

Note: Weapons with an asterisk (*) next to them are introduced in Brotherhood.

Ezio's Weapons

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The tool selection HUB

Enemy Weapons

Assassin Apprentice Weapons

Multiplayer
  • Axe - used by the Executioner.
  • Bladed Fan - used by the Courtesan.
  • Syringe - used by the Doctor.
  • Trench Knives - used by the Footpad.
  • Holy Blade - used by the Priest.
  • Twin Daggers - used by the Harlequin (more needle-like than the Hellequin's).
  • Switchblade - used by the Prowler.
  • Claw - used by the Noble.
  • Razor - used by the Barber.
  • Hammer - used by the Blacksmith.
  • Captains Swords - used by the Soldier.
  • Inverted Hidden Blade(s) - used by the Smuggler.
  • Scissor Blade - used by the Thief.
  • Compass - used by the Engineer.
  • Epieu - used by the Officer.
  • Twin Daggers used by the Hellequin.
  • Short Sword used by the Mercenary.

Multiplayer Abilities

  • Morph
  • Disguise
  • Sprint Boost
  • Hidden Gun
  • Smoke Bomb
  • Poison
  • Throwing Knives
  • Firecrackers
  • Power Charge
  • Dishonor

Multiplayer Perks

Multiplayer Streak Bonuses

Other Tools

Other than the weapons, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will include some old and new tools available to Ezio Auditore.

Singleplayer

Ubisoft claims (through conferences, videos and announcements) that Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood will include new features, especially small, "exotic" gameplay add-ons (i.e.: the flying

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Shaun Hastings, Lucy Stillman and the new Hideout in Brotherhood

sequence in Assassin's Creed II, different from the rest of the gameplay). New weapons such as the crossbow will be introduced, as well as new combat elements that reward those who take the offensive and strike first, for example. Additionally, enemies will more likely attack together, instead of just one or two at a time, as seen in previous installments. Ezio will also make use of a parachute throughout the game, most likely designed by Leonardo da Vinci himself. [2]. They are maneuverable enough to land on horses and other specific spots. Unlike in Assassin's Creed II, you can re-play to a previous memory. While possible in Assassin's Creed II, it was only available for secondary memories such as courier assignments or Assassin Tombs.[3] The player will be able to see how Ezio actually completed the missions and then can try and replicate his actions exactly to try to achieve 100% synchronization with that memory. Interrogation missions return in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, along with stalking targets and burning important information. This implies that the genres from Assassin's Creed have returned to the gameplay.

Ezio enlisted aid by recruiting rebellious citizens who were being bullied by Templars. Upon being saved, each knelt before him and swore their allegiance. Twelve Borgia Towers tyrannized Rome, and Ezio found more allies with their destruction. [4]

Ezio's ability to train and send other Assassins on jobs and missions may have a key gameplay element, in such that their success may have a small impact of the storyline, much like the progression of the game through upgrading Rome. This success will depend on abilities of the Assassins sent, where less experienced assassins will have a higher failure rate than more experienced ones. If your Assassins die on a mission, they will not return. Ezio also has the ability to call a group of Assassins to assist in his missions, wherein Ubisoft has said that, in Brotherhood, leadership is as vital a skill as the ability to use a sword. Also mentioned was the ability to select an Assassin as Ezio's "personal Assassin," though no further information about this was given. Ezio will also be able to visit Spain according to the Dev Diary 3. From a singleplayer gameplay video when Ezio is speaking to Machiavelli he buys some things from a Blacksmith, in the menu there is an option "Sell Items", although it was discovered in playing the game that this is merely for shop quests and making a little bit of cash on the side. Items that are found in treasure chests, such as: Tomatoes, Elephant Ivory, Buddhist Prayer Beads, Totems, and other trinkets, can be sold to tailors, doctors, artists, and blacksmiths for money, or saved up to contribute to shop quests.

Multiplayer

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is the first Assassin's Creed game to feature a multiplayer mode. The players are Templars in training at the Abstergo facility. They use the Animus and the Bleeding Effect to train in combat, stealth and free running. The simulation consists of stalking and killing one another. The area in which the Templar assassins train is selected manually, as pre-set maps.

One of the multiplayer game modes, called "Wanted," was announced in the July edition of PlayStation magazine. Here, six to eight players are dropped on a map where they must find and kill each other. Each player is given another player as a target, and the goal is to find and kill them without being seen or killed by the player's own hunter. If you break cover and your hunter sees you, a chase sequence will commence, wherein they will try to catch and kill you, until you are able to hide or until your hunter assassinates you.

In Hunter mode, one player will take the role of an Assassin, while other players play as guards. Before the beginning of the mission, the player will have to choose his class - each class will have different animations and weapons. After the player has chosen his class, the radar will show him the area where his target is located, as well as the number of enemy players that are searching for him. After the player has found the location where the victim is hiding, they must then locate their target. The NPCs that populate the multiplayer world will be modelled on the characters that actual players are using making it harder to identify the actual target. Killing an innocent bystander will result in the contract being terminated and the player not receiving any points.

Another mode is Alliance. In this mode players are assigned a double (both players have the same character) and both work together to kill their targets.

No further specifics about other game modes are known.

Interestingly, in the recent screenshots it seems all of the characters are customizable and one of them (the Harelquin) has a female counterpart (the Hellequin). The players are able to customize themselves using a menu. More customizability is available as players raise in level.

Physics and effects

After some criticism from PC gamers about the ragdoll physics in previous installments, Ubisoft has stated that the physics will be improved upon in Brotherhood, as well as several graphical effects in the game.

Ragdolls fall much more realistically due to the new, edited "Havok" engine. In previous games, ragdolls sometimes would convulse when hitting the floor after being thrown off a building. Although the new game has not completely fixed the issue, there are notable improvements on the realism of the death poses.

Controlling the Assassins

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The customization hub.

During the game, you will have the option of sending Assassins to different areas to complete tasks. Ezio manages The Assassins Guild by using the pigeon coop communication system set up by Machiavelli, to send messages to his apprentices. You will have the ability to send new assassins to other European countries and complete missions to gain status. The cities you can send Assassins are Florence, Venice, Barcelona, Rome, London, Calicut, Lisbon, Constantinople, Cologne and Moscow. Once an Assassin has proven themselves effectively, they can accompany you on missions in Rome. The new Assassins are recruited when Ezio rescues them from harassing guards, which inspires them to join the Assassins. Before rescuing and recruiting the novice assassin's Ezio has to blow up an observation tower where a Borgia commander along with a bunch of soldiers rule and make sure the local area remains under their influence and power. Once the deed is done and the tower is destroyed "save missions" will be unlocked and shops will be available for purchase in that area..

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Ezio ordering apprentices to strike.

If an Assassin fails to pass a mission, he or she can't be used again. You can also customize the assassins' armor and weaponry, and each one has a different personality. Later on, you can use experience points they've gained to upgrade their fighting and free-running abilities.

  • Ezio is able to train up to 12 apprentices, male or female.
  • The number of assassins you can have in your brotherhood depends on the number of Borgia Towers that have been burned. Once there is an empty slot for a new recruit, many different locations for the rebels will appear all throughout Rome.
  • In Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Dev Diary #1, it shows how effectively Ezio can use his apprentices.

Limited Editions

Three special Editions have been revealed so far for the game. Europe will have the 'Codex' and 'Auditore' Edition. The Codex Edition will only be available through Play.com or Ubisoft.com, while the Auditore Edition will be available through other retailers. North America will have the 'Collector's Edition' with the exclusive Harlequin figure available at Gamestop, while the Collector's edition with the Doctor figure is available at other retailers[5] [6] [7]

The Codex Edition

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The Codex Edition

  • Renaissance Collector Chest.
  • Altaïr's exclusive Codex book.
  • Hard Copy Strategy Map of Rome.
  • Multiplayer characters cards.
  • DVD of the Assassin’s Creed: Lineage short-film (European version only).
  • Game Soundtrack.
  • Bonus Disc.
    • Exclusive Making-of Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood Video.
    • Digital Sneak Peak at the comic book series.
    • Trailers.
  • Two exclusive single player maps (Aqua Gear & Trajan Market).
  • Two exclusive multiplayer characters (The Harlequin & The Officer)
  • Helmschmied Drachen Armour.
  • Three ubi workshop artcards

The Auditore Edition

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The Auditore Edition

The Collector's Edition

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The Collector's Edition (Harlequin)

  • Collectible black package.
  • The Harlequin Jack-in-the-Box Collectible exclusive to GameStop customers only, or The Doctor Jack-in-the-Box if purchased at other participating retailers.
  • Harlequin multiplayer character (exclusive to GameStop)
  • Two exclusive single player maps (Aqua Gear & Trajan Market).
  • Hard Copy Strategy Map of Rome.
  • Exclusive Art Book.
  • Bonus Disc.
    • Exclusive Making-of Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood Video.
    • Digital Sneak Peak at the comic book series.
    • Trailers and Dev Diaries.
    • Game Soundtrack.
  • Helmschmied Drachen Armour (Amazon.com pre-order only).

Special Edition

  • Exclusive Packaging.
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    The Special Edition

  • Trajan Market exclusive single player map.
  • The Officer Multiplayer Character.

HMV Exclusive Edition

  • Exclusive Packaging.
  • Aqua Gear exclusive single player map.
  • The Harlequin Multiplayer Character.

Trophies/Achievements

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood will have 51 Trophies and 50 Achievements; the full list can be found here, http://www.ps3trophies.org/game/assassins-creed-brotherhood/trophies/

http://www.xbox360achievements.org/game/assassins-creed-brotherhood/achievements/

One of the Trophies/Achievements for AC: Brotherhood which requires the player to "Solve all of Subject 16's puzzles" is titled in Morse Code ".. .- -- .- .-.. .. ...- ."; when translated spells "I AM ALIVE". It is unknown what relation this has to Subject 16, as he has long been thought to be dead.

Trivia


  • In the E3 2010 Single Player Walkthrough, the "Press Start/Enter" menu background keeps cycling every few seconds from the original Abstergo "blue" Animus (1.28) of Assassin's Creed to the "white" Animus 2.0 of Assassin's Creed II.
  • In the multiplayer mode, despite all the characters being Templars and using Abstergo's Animi, the desynchronization animation with the numerous white lines, and the blend animation with the white lines at the character's feet is from the Animus 2.0.
  • The outfit of Ezio's apprentices look similar to that of the Assassin guards on the first game. Ezio's own outfit has also changed, being more plain and simple rather than flashier, nobility robes from Assassin's Creed II.
  • The "Sprint Jump" from the Assassin's Creed II Bonfire of the Vanities DLC is said to appear as a regular part of free-running sequences.
  • The covers of the Xbox 360 and PS3 versions of the game show Ezio with dual Hidden Blades in an "X" pointing upwards, while on the PC version cover, the Blades are facing downwards.
  • A list of the achievements can be found here: [1]
  • According to Eurogamer, once a player has achieved 100% synchronization with a sequence/memory, a "cheat" will be unlocked. [9]
  • Apples seem to be very significant in Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, as many civilians are seen eating apples and Cesare was poisoned with an apple. This may be a reference to The Apple of Eden.

Videos

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Other Videos

  • Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood Videos
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Notes and references


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