Ezio's story and characters
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 positive reviews
“THE STORY LINE. This is your classic revenge arc mission.”
Steam review · 40.2 h played ↗
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Very Positive · 89%Very Positive · 89%Ubisoft Montreal2010Stealth · Action · Adventure
The verdict
A classic Renaissance Italy adventure with a great protagonist, story and music, but a rough PC port: forced Ubisoft launcher, poor controller support, clunky controls. Skip it if launcher hassles or jank frustrate you.
Great for
Story lovers who want Ezio's revenge saga, Renaissance Italy and great music, and can tolerate dated controls
Main risk
Ubisoft Connect login problems or poor controls may stop you from playing or enjoying it
What players love
Huge improvement over the first game
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 positive reviews
“Improves on every aspect of the original game.”
Steam review · 25.5 h played ↗
Beautiful Renaissance Italy setting
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Renaissance Italy looks unreal. Florence, Venice, rooftops, music… everything feels alive.”
Steam review · 17.9 h played ↗
Fun parkour and varied missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Best character and one of the best parkour mechanics in the franchise.”
Steam review · 12.6 h played ↗
Iconic soundtrack
Mentioned in ~1 in 7 positive reviews
“The crazy music of this game is a masterpiece.”
Steam review · 21.4 h played ↗
What players complain about
Forced Ubisoft Connect launcher and login issues
Mentioned in ~1 in 2 negative reviews
“This is a two decade old *single player* game that will not launch when the ubisoft servers fail which they do about half the time”
Steam review · 35.8 h played ↗
Poor PC port, crashes and bugs
Mentioned in ~1 in 4 negative reviews
“The game keeps crashing and quests get bugged out.”
Steam review · 19.6 h played ↗
Clunky parkour and controls
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 negative reviews
“You want him to jump forward? Too bad, he’s going to leap sideways off a roof to his death.”
Steam review · 17.9 h played ↗
No controller support
Mentioned in ~1 in 8 negative reviews
“Terrible port to pc. You cannot use a controller for this in like any capacity.”
Steam review · 0.5 h played ↗
Console icons instead of key prompts
Mentioned in ~1 in 9 negative reviews
“this game tells you to press the green button with a foot in it, rather than the actual key it is assigned to.”
Steam review · 1.8 h played ↗
Repetitive, shallow combat and missions
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 negative reviews
“Repetitive missions, endless climbing. Mid slop”
Steam review · 20.9 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable8 GB
Minimum
OSWindows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)*
ProcessorIntel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
Memory1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7®
Graphics256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Storage8 GB free space
Recommended
OSWindows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)*
ProcessorIntel Core® 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz or AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ or better
Memory1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7®
GraphicsGeForce 8800 GT or ATI Radeon HD 4700 or better
Storage8 GB free space
OSWindows® XP (32-64 bits) /Windows Vista®(32-64 bits)*
ProcessorIntel Core® 2 Duo 1.8 GHZ or AMD Athlon X2 64 2.4GHZ
Memory1.5 GB Windows® XP / 2 GB Windows Vista® - Windows 7®
Graphics256 MB DirectX® 9.0–compliant card with Shader Model 3.0 or higher (see supported list)
Storage8 GB free space
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