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· Games / Assassin’s Creed II
Here’s the full checklist, broken down by district. Keep your map facing north and use the DNA menu to check which district still has feathers left. The numbers restart in each section. Some areas open as the story progresses. These are sho...
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ACII doesn’t have a skill tree where you dump points into a build. Your options open up through the story, training, equipment, and learning how the movement actually works. So if you’re waiting for a menu full of abilities to buy, that isn...
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Combat and guards 33. Fly Swatter: kick a guard from Leonardo’s flying machine. See the edition warning above. 34. Street Cleaner: put five dead bodies into hay hiding places. Pick them up and actually drop them inside. 35. Messer Sandman:...
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Tombs Finish the route and open the sarcophagus. Merely locating the building isn’t the useful stopping point. 18. Undertaker: Santa Maria Novella, Florence. This first tomb is part of the story. 19. Choir Boy: Santa Maria del Fiore, Floren...
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If you’re going back through ACII and want to finish the achievements, here’s the checklist. I’d do the story, work on the villa as money comes in, and keep track of collectibles by district instead of picking things up randomly and trying...
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Assassin’s Creed II is where Ezio’s story starts, and there is a lot more going on here than just introducing another Assassin. The first game brought us into the conflict through Altaïr. This one lets us watch someone get pulled into it. E...
Read the full post· Games / Assassin’s Creed Altaïr’s Chronicles
Altaïr’s Chronicles is a smaller game, so the guide doesn’t need to be bigger than the game itself. The things worth understanding are the orbs, the combat, the movement and what opens up as you go. Orbs and upgrades Red orbs restore health...
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Altaïr’s Chronicles is one of the smaller games I wanted to go back over because it’s easy to lose track of where these fit when you’re talking about the whole series. This one came out in 2008, originally on Nintendo DS. It takes place in...
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The flags are the part of AC1 where I would keep a checklist right beside me. There are 420 of them. Finding most of them isn't the problem. Getting to the end and trying to work out which one you missed is the problem. I'd keep one guide o...
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Assassin’s Creed: the abilities worth getting comfortable with Original AC1, not ACII or one of the RPG entries. The first Assassin’s Creed doesn’t have a skill tree where you sit there deciding which build you want. Altaïr loses his rank a...
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Flags and Templars: 8 achievements, 145G 37. Keeper of the Creed (10G): Masyaf: 20 Assassin flags. 38. Keeper of the Lions Passant (25G): Kingdom: 100 King Richard flags. 39. Keeper of the Crescent (20G): Damascus: 100 Saracen flags. 40. Ke...
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Fighting, stealth and movement: 14 achievements, 220G 23. Blade in the Crowd (30G): Kill a main assassination target with a low-profile hidden-blade attack. Tamir is an early opportunity: wait for his scene to finish, get behind him without...
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Conversations, investigations and city completion: 8 achievements, 200G 15. Conversationalist (20G): Exhaust Lucy’s optional conversations during the modern-day breaks after Memory Blocks 1 through 6. Let her finish, then see whether anothe...
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Assassin’s Creed: all 44 achievements Xbox 360 achievement list, including the same game through Xbox One/Series backward compatibility. 1,000G total. Story spoilers below. The original PS3 release has no native trophies; the PC Director’s...
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The first Assassin’s Creed was the start of something that became absolutely massive. When it came out, this wasn’t an established series with a formula everybody already knew. It was a new idea being put in front of people, and for me, wha...
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8/8 — Collections, other experiences, and what comes next Remasters and collections make the release history look even bigger, but most bring existing adventures to another platform or update their presentation. Liberation HD arrived in Jan...
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7/8 — Mirage, VR, Japan, and a return to Black Flag Mirage — October 5, 2023 Basim’s story goes back to ninth-century Baghdad, before Valhalla. He starts as a street thief and joins the Hidden Ones while trying to understand the visions hau...
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6/8 — The RPG-era expansions and smaller releases Origins: • The Hidden Ones — January 23, 2018. • The Curse of the Pharaohs — March 13, 2018. Odyssey: • Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted — December 4, 2018; Shadow Heritage — January 15, 20...
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5/8 — Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla These are the three I got the most absorbed in. I love the earlier games, but Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla are the ones I put the most time into. The worlds, the exploration, and how much there is to g...
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4/8 — Unity, Syndicate, and Chronicles Unity — November 11, 2014 Arno Dorian’s story takes place during the French Revolution, with his relationship with Élise caught in the Assassin–Templar conflict. Rogue connects directly to events in hi...
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