Assassin’s Creed 2 Bonfire of the Vanities Review
| Game Name: | Assassin's Creed 2: Bonfire of the Vanities |
| Platforms: | PS3, Xbox 360 |
| Publisher(s): | Ubisoft |
| Developer(s): | Ubisoft Montreal |
| Genre(s): | Action Adventure |
| Release Date: | February 25, 2010 |
| ESRB Rating: | M |
Ubisoft has released its final DLC for Assassin’s Creed 2 which takes place during the Bonfire of the Vanities. Ezio has returned to his hometown and is in search of the piece of Eden that was taken from him in the last DLC episode “Battle of Forli”.
Like in my review of the last Resident Evil 5 DLC “Desperate Escape”, there is little here that we have not seen before in terms of gameplay. Sure you can do a new springboard jump now but I used that once and it really did nothing to help me in any way. Everything else is the same; same weapons, hiding spots, types of assassinations, enemies, etc.
What I did like about this is there are nine assassinations that need to be done and most of the time there are different conditions that need to be met in order to complete them. This in itself gives it an edge over the last DLC offered with varied gameplay that keeps it fresh.
I did notice that this had more bugs than usual. At one point I was playing the game with a few of the yellow guard alerts stuck on my screen. About 4 assassinations later they went away because I failed one and it had to reload, clearing the error. I also noticed that some guards would get stuck in some strange animation and vibrate for a while before walking again. Nothing that kills the game but it shows that they rushed this episode out to make the deadline. The game also suffers from a common theme with DLC which is a short playtime. This took a little over an hour for me to finish, not very long at all but I did have fun playing through it.
For $3.99 it’s not a bad price to play more Assassin’s Creed 2, but once you play it it’s over and you can’t get back to it unless you start a whole new game. I still can’t help to think that these two episodes could have been sold together for $5.99 as one. These companies are really starting to milk every dollar from the player by giving them about an hour of gameplay per $4-$5. It’s worth it if you really liked Assassin’s Creed 2 and like always, only the hardcore need apply as it only adds a little to the overall game.
