Ubisoft doesn't disappoint in Assassin's Creed II's long awaited release of Brotherhood.

User Rating: 1 | Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Auditore Edition) X360
Brotherhood is a great addition to the Assassin's Creed series.

It has an epic story of family, love, justice, vengeance, conspiracy, and secrets. And this time around, we have mutiplayer! Even better.

One of the things I loved about Brotherhood, it begins right where Assassin's Creed II ended...

Ezio has seen, and done things he never thought possible. He has found himself amongst a great war that has existed for hundreds of years. A war, between the Templars, and the Assassins. With his family taken from him, he becomes an Assassin to seek revenge upon those who betrayed his family. Only later, to finally understand what will happen if the Templars are not stopped, to finally seek justice.

In Assassin's Creed Brotherhood, Ezio is back. But he is not alone...

Ezio must again protect Italy from the powerful Templar Order. This time, the adventure is in the beautiful city of Roma. Cesare Borgia, Rodrigo Borgia's son, is planning to take over Rome, as well as the whole of Italy. Maybe even the world. Ezio knows he must stop the Borgia family once and for all... but one man can not accomplish such tasks alone. With the help of Machiavelli, and of course Leonardo Da Vinci, Ezio builds a new Brotherhood of Assassins to take back Roma.

Brotherhood has a lot of new features, never seen before in an Assassin's Creed game.

The horse combat, as well as riding has improved rather well. Now instead of Ezio idly swinging his sword while on horseback, is more... 'realistic' to say. You can also use most of all Ezio's weapons, the pistol, hidden blade, short blade, throwing knives, etc, while on horseback, which is very useful, as it is cool. Though there is no more plowing down Rome's people with horses, the riding system has been changed for the better.

Also, for the first time in an Assassin's Creed game, we finally have a crossbow! Personally, I think it's way cooler then the hidden pistol. You can also use the crossbow while on horseback, and they are just as useful in the middle of fights, as they are from a distance using stealth.

Some of the secondary memories include War Machine missions to help Leonardo. Now under the Borgia's control, Leonardo was forced to create highly dangerous, and amazing war machines such as a tank, cannon, gun, and yet another flying machine. Ezio must find these machines, and destroy them before the Borgia can use them in their Templar army. These missions were by far, my favorite.

As I said before, Ezio now must build a new Assassin Brotherhood. This is one of my favorite features in the game. Around the city of Roma, there are some citizens who need you're help. If you save them, they will join the Brotherhood, and fight the Templars. You can start training them right away, you can send them on missions to different places around the globe, as well as call upon them in battle to help. Each time you do either of these, they gain XP, and when they have enough to advance to the next level, you then get one skill point to either level up their amour, weapons, or equipment. Each new recruit can be leveled up to 10, at which point they are finally somewhat Master Assassins.

I'm sorry I wont be able to review the mutiplayer of Brotherhood, as I do not have LIVE. But, I hear it's superior.

As I said before, the story is amazing, as it is mind blowing. I will say, Assassin's Creed III can not come fast enough after the events, and ending of Brotherhood.

Thank you for reading!

~GamerNerd~