The follow up to Ubisoft’s wildly successful 2007 franchise, Assassin’s Creed 2 puts you in control of a new assassin named Ezio to take down targets in Renaissance Italy. The player is able to accomplish the missions in this game any way that they see fit, as Ubisoft has made everything free roaming and non-linear. With all new weapons designed by Leonard Da Vinci himself this sequel is sure to satisfy your bloodthirsty fixations. ($59 Xbox, PC, Playstation 3)
Ok, so you need an awesome game to tide you over until 11/10/09 when Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 arrives huh? Well look no further than Uncharted 2: Among Thieves on the Playstation 3. This sequel once again allows you to become treasure hunter Nathan Drake; this time in search of Marco Polo’s lost treasure. With this third person adventure-shooter, Naughty Dog really drives the experience with very little down time which makes the game very hard to stop playing. The amount of visual detail in each scene plus the musical score are a beautiful assault on the senses. The multi-player element is addictive and flushed out, and you will be playing it for a long time after the single player as there is really nothing else like it on the PS3. ($59)
Most of the prior Batman video games have been really weak (i.e. Batman: Dark Tomorrow). Batman: Arkham Asylum breathes new life into the franchise, despite not having a movie or comic book to fall back on. Eidos has borrowed some of the best styles of gameplay from other successful video games like the free roaming style of Grand Theft Auto, the stealth of Splinter Cell, and the mini-games of God Of War! Batman: Arkham Asylum is a lot of fun to play and will maximize your greatest expectation for the franchise! (All Systems $59)
