ButtonMasher writes: "The first Assassins Creed seems like a world away at this point. It was an ambitious open world game all about free-running and stabbing people in the neck. While it was quite harshly criticised for the repetitive nature of the optional side missions, it fared better commercially, and now the promised part two of the trilogy-in-progress is upon us. So Desmond's strapping himself back into an animus chair and this time he's channelling his Italian ancestor Ezio for an adventure that can only be described as "viale apprezzamento galassia molto indosso biancheria intima da donna" (which I have it on good authority means "really quite good", cheers, Brian)."
GF365: "Oftentimes, video games have characters who are antagonistic and really not very pleasant. Here are some of the friendliest characters in games where you might not otherwise expect to find them."
This weekend from August 10-14, players can play for free Assassin’s Creed II, Brotherhood, Revelations, Black Flag and Valhalla on Xbox, PlayStation and PC (availability dependent on platform).
GF365: "Most games are not perfect and that may be because of a character or an enemy. Here are 10 mediocre bosses in great games."
The Pursuer from Dark Spuls 2 was great, I think the author just sucks at games.