Assassin's Creed 2 - Discovery
Assassin's Creed II: Discovery follows Ezio into fifteenth-century Spain to rescue Assassins through side-scrolling running, climbing, stealth, and assassination. This catalogue entry evaluates the recorded original-platform release, including its period-specific controls, presentation, content structure, hardware limits, and intended mode of play.
- AI score · out of 10
- 7.7 / 10
About this game
Assassin's Creed II: Discovery follows Ezio into fifteenth-century Spain to rescue Assassins through side-scrolling running, climbing, stealth, and assassination. Fluid parkour, route choices, and animation give the NDS version independent action value, while its story fills a gap in the main plot. Combat and stealth AI are simple, touch minigames and repeated goals interrupt pacing, and stages are linear. It is a strong portable adaptation. This description covers the original nds release represented by this catalog entry and does not assume conveniences introduced by later ports. The assessment also treats period hardware limits, documented mechanics, original controls, and release-specific access as explicit evaluation boundaries.
Collected in series
Assassin’s Creed turns historical settings into places to climb, explore and infiltrate. The conflict between Assassins and Templars links its adventures, while individual games shift the emphasis between stealth, seafaring and character-building RPG systems.
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Assassin's Creed II: Discovery follows Ezio into fifteenth-century Spain to rescue Assassins through side-scrolling running, climbing, stealth, and assassination.
Fluid parkour, route choices, and animation give the NDS version independent action value, while its story fills a gap in the main plot. Combat and stealth AI are simple, touch minigames and repeated goals interrupt pacing, and stages are linear. It is a strong portable adaptation. Overall, its main strengths are Side-scrolling parkour and route choice; Supplemental story and animation. Its material limitations are Simple combat and stealth AI; Touch minigames and repeated objectives. This score covers the original platform release represented by this catalog record and excludes conveniences added by emulators or later ports. The conclusion also accounts for original hardware readability, input, and access conditions. Documented uncertainty remains explicit. The evidence supports this balance.
Strengths
- Side-scrolling parkour and route choice
- Supplemental story and animation
Weaknesses
- Simple combat and stealth AI
- Touch minigames and repeated objectives
Who it is for: Players who value side-scrolling parkour and route choice.
Play notes: Expect simple combat and stealth ai and touch minigames and repeated objectives.
View scoring basis
| Dimension | Review state | Score | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dimension Supplemental story and animation; Touch minigames and repeated objectives. | Reviewed | 7.6 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Side-scrolling parkour and route choice; Simple combat and stealth AI. | Reviewed | 8.0 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Supplemental story and animation; presentation is judged within the original platform conditions, with no bonus for age alone. | Reviewed | 7.8 / 10 | Not provided |
| Dimension Judged on the original nds release's input, readability, saving, and accessory conditions. Simple combat and stealth AI. | Reviewed | 7.0 / 10 | Not provided |
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Core information
- Developer
- Griptonite Games
- Publisher
- Ubisoft
- Release date
- 2009
- Platforms
- Nintendo DS
- Content kind
- Game
- Release state
- Released
- Region
- Worldwide
- Official website
- Not provided
- Offline minimum players
- Not provided
- Offline maximum players
- Not provided
- Online minimum players
- Not provided
- Online maximum players
- Not provided
- Categories
- Action · Primary genre
- Tags
- HistoricalSolo-friendlyStealthPlatformingSide-scrolling2D GraphicsFast-pacedLinear LevelsMelee Combat
- Supported game languages
- Not provided
- Requires base game
- Not provided
- Standalone
- Not provided
- Age ratings
- Not provided
- Play modes
- Not provided
- Perspectives
- Not provided
Release editions
- Nintendo DSWorldwide2009
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