Assassin's Creed 2

Assassin's Creed 2

Steam Deck Playable

Ubisoft Montreal · Action · Mar 9, 2010

Yes, worth buying.

At $19.99. It has been as low as $4.99.

89%
Very Positive
61k player reviews
High confidence
Buy it if you like
  • Story and characters: 155 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Gameplay: 78 reviews raised it, mostly praise
  • Audio: 28 reviews raised it, mostly praise
Think twice if you dislike
  • Crashes: 14 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Bugs: 9 reviews raised it, mostly criticism
  • Difficulty: 8 reviews raised it, mostly criticism

Based on 61k player reviews · updated 5 days ago

What players think

The recurring themes across 300 analysed reviews: what players praise, what divides them, and what to know.

Why players love itThings to know
37% of themes are praise27% are divided36% are caveats
Story and characters
Players who bring up Story and characters mostly praise it.
-The main story missions were creatively designed, and for a while I genuinely couldn’t stop playing because of how intresting the story was.
155 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Gameplay
Players who bring up Gameplay mostly praise it.
When you've played for 100+ hours, the gameplay loop becomes second nature.
78 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Audio
Players who bring up Audio mostly praise it.
On top of that, the soundtrack stood out to me—it has this almost “Minecraft-like” charm that I really enjoyed.
28 of 300 sampled reviews raised it
Graphics
Players who bring up Graphics mostly praise it.
I like the washed-out, greyish tone of the graphics.
22 of 300 sampled reviews raised it

Theme by theme

Every theme is scored by what reviewers actually said about it, not just whether they recommended the game.

LovedMixedComplained about
Players love4 themes
Story and characters155 reviews
Gameplay78 reviews
Audio28 reviews
Graphics22 reviews
Divided opinion% still recommend
Combat71 reviews
90%
Controls31 reviews
71%
Performance13 reviews
69%
Players complain% still recommend
Crashes14 reviews
71%
Bugs9 reviews
67%
Difficulty8 reviews
88%
Servers and matchmaking6 reviews
67%

Ranked by how many sampled reviews mention each topic. A topic sits in a column by what reviewers said about that topic; the percentage beside it is how many of them recommended the game anyway. One more theme was raised by fewer than 6 sampled reviews and is not shown.

Should you buy it now?

Crit’s read on the price, from Steam price history.

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Currently $19.99. The lowest we've tracked is $4.99.

4 points recordedtoday · $19.99

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Player review score
89%
Very Positive
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