Assassin's Creed Brotherhood Standard Edition - PlayStation 3

Not so much of a sequel, appears to be a filler release to look more into Ezio's life and of-course to buy some time for the next big release extending the story-line. UBISOFT has done an excellent job in enhancing the graphics compared to AC 2. The new weapons and combat choreography gives an outstanding gaming experience, not to mention the best designed multi-player modes of this year. The guild assignments are well placed to fit into the story line, except for a few annoying ones like the rooftop racing thief missions. The guild challenges makes it more interesting for the players to explore all that EZIO could do during the game-play, the challenges brings the various skills of the character to the spotlight and also a few unwanted ones, like taking a dive of 25 meters high, not sure how that going to help the game play. The Assassin's guild is the best, I've been waiting for this since the first release of this series. Its a wonderful experience to be able to summon your fellow assassin's during a fight or on a target. For those who haven't played AC revelations yet, this gets better :)

It will look and feel a lot like Assassins Creed II, but has some great added features. The events take place directly after Assassins Creed II, and even though it is not Officially Assassins Creed III, it does not feel like a cheap spin off either. The storyline for one is top quality and just as good as the first two games, added weapons and items are limited, but there is a whole slew of new abilities and features. Create your own brotherhood, that's right, obtain assassins that you can call in for backup, or send out on their own missions. Easy to recruit, but can also be killed, this can be avoided if you plan ahead though. Your assassins can gain levels, and you can upgrade their weapons and armor to make them more effective in combat. Multi-player is pretty entertaining, though I hope you are a fast learner, because it pretty much throws you into the action and is fairly fast paced. There are a few glitches where items or quests wont load properly, just let your game save, then quit and start it back up again, it has always fixed any errors for me.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is filled with historic references and characters, giving it a depth rarely seen in video games. It's a quest with plenty of swordplay, thieves, courtesans, mercenaries and the Borgia's in all their glory. In a cool twist, you are time traveling as well. A great game!