An amazing sequel to AC2 and the best AC imo

pros:
good replay value
good gameplay, the parkour is nice, the combat is miles better than ac2 (for me at least) and killstreaks are fun
good story, nice continuation to ezio's story after ac2
good visuals especially for its time

cons:
uplay
ubisoft

Very solid entry to the series. Good story, great character in Ezio, not much else to say, if you like the Assassin Creed games, the chances you will like this are high. The combat has improved since AC2 at least which makes it more streamlined, but it still isn't perfect yet at this point in the franchise. Just get it, it's probably cheap as hell here on Steam with a sale so stop crying and put it in your cart. Like right now it's on sale for $5 US, so if you can't afford that or that is too much money for you then maybe you shouldn't be playing video games.

Good

Gameplay: 9/10
Story: 9.5/10
Graphics: 9/10
Music: 7/10

This game is the successor of AC2, it is pretty much a sequel for the story with improved gameplay/mechanics!
I highly recommend this game especially if you've played AC2! 9/10 recommended!

Dealing with the Ubisoft Launcher on a Steam Deck was a major pain. After successfully getting into the game, I thought never closing the app and using the Deck's sleep feature would keep me safe from interacting with the launcher again. However, towards the end of the story, the game crashed once and forced me to go through the whole process one more time. The game itself actually runs pretty well and looks good, though.

I'm somewhat in the middle when it comes to Assassin's Creed games, I neither hate nor love them. This has caused me to experience the series roughly one game per decade, giving myself just enough time to forget about the frustrating parts, which caused me to take such long brakes in the first place.

The first major pain point comes from the movement controls. Pretty important, considering the game is all about sneaking and parkour. When it works. it feels absolutely great to cruise through obstacles or set up an assassination just the way you want. On the other hand, sometimes it feels like the game does the exact opposite of what you want it to do. The direction Ezio moves in seems to be to some extent based on the direction the camera is facing, however the camera will change on its own as you jump and climb on stuff. Meaning, in some scenarios, if you want to just move forward and you're just pointing the joystick up, Ezio will not go forward. The solution is to recognize areas where navigation is more wonky, and make sure you locate Ezio and the camera to where you want him to go. Sounds easy, but this does break the flow of what is supposed to be a smooth and badass looking movement system.

Combat can also be pretty frustrating at times. Once again, the game sometimes behaves in unexpected ways. Target locking, camera, and Ezio's ability to hit an enemy standing literally in front of him are not always as functional as you'd expect them to be. But, when the combat works, it becomes way too easy, once you get a kill, you can sweep through an entire group of enemies. You can also recruit junior assassins and have them kill whoever you don't feel like killing yourself, which is pretty funny.

While Ezio's story is perfectly servicable, the bits of Desmond's scenes you get are nothing to write home about. There's lots of banter which is not funny at all and the whiny guy becomes annoying real fast. Finally, the general gameplay is good. There is enough variety to keep you occupied for a while. Eventually I felt like I got as much from the game as I could, and finished the main story without completing, probably, around half of the open world content.

Overall, Brotherhood was a fine enough action-adventure game and I'm sure I'll get to the next game, eventually.

The added game mechanics are a nice addition and make the gameplay way more more exciting than AC2. It feels way more polished but I still manage to encounter some bugs like falling through the map. The final fight was awful. The fighting gets quite repetitive in general after a couple of hours but is still more engaging than AC1 and AC2 and I believe it very much fits the flow of the game. I am a fan of the parkour which feels more polished, even though there a multiple instances where it feels very restricted, like the game clearly tells you what path to climb the monument from, which I don't like.

The church at the very ending of the game is one of the most beautiful game areas I've ever seen.

All in all this is definitely still one of the Assassin's Creed which is worth to play, simply for the parkour and story. (7.8/10)

Good game 🎮

Yes.

The game is amazing. The Ubisoft bureaucracy is unbearable. Gotta hate them for it.