To dispatch them, Ezio can use melee and ranged weapons at the same time, including his hidden pistol, which could previously not be used in combat. The AI in this game is thus more aggressive and enemies can attack simultaneously. Before, this made the player wait until their AI opponents struck, which slowed down the pace of fighting.
Striking first and offensive actions are more deadly than in previous games where counter-attacks were the most efficient. The series' combat system has been modified in Brotherhood. Desmond can also access virtual training missions via the Animus, which test the player's skills in combat and free-running. For the first time in the series, Desmond can leave the Animus at almost any given time to explore Monteriggioni, where the Assassins have set up base, and find hidden secrets. For most of the single-player campaign, which is estimated to provide 15+ hours of gameplay, the player controls returning protagonist Ezio Auditore da Firenze from Assassin's Creed II at predetermined points in the narrative, the player takes control of Desmond Miles, who is reliving Ezio's memories through the Animus in the modern-day. The game features both single-player and multiplayer modes, a first for the series. A remastered version of Brotherhood, along with Assassin's Creed II and Revelations, was released as part of The Ezio Collection for the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One on November 15, 2016, and for the Nintendo Switch on February 17, 2022.Īssassin's Creed: Brotherhood is an action-adventure, stealth game set in an open world environment and played from a third-person perspective. The final installment in the Ezio Trilogy, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, was released in November 2011. It was also commercially successful, shipping 7.2 million units by May 2011. The game won multiple awards including a BAFTA award for Best Action Game. The narrative was also positively received, although it was generally seen as inferior to that of Assassin's Creed II. Upon release, the game received critical acclaim, with praise directed at its setting, new content, gameplay improvements over its predecessor and the new multiplayer mode. A number of downloadable content (DLC) packs were released to support Brotherhood, including The Da Vinci Disappearance, a story expansion set during the events of the single-player campaign. The game introduces a multiplayer component to the series, in which players assume the role of a Templar in training. As Ezio, players can freely explore Rome to advance the narrative, or complete a variety of side missions unrelated to the main storyline. The main story takes place during the Italian Wars, spanning the years 1500–1507, and continues from the events of Assassin's Creed II, as Ezio takes the fight against the Templars (led by the powerful Borgia family) to Rome, where he attempts to rebuild the Assassin Brotherhood in Italy and liberate the city from the Borgias' control.īrotherhood features an open world and is played from the third-person perspective, with a primary focus on using Desmond's and Ezio's combat, climbing and stealth abilities to eliminate targets and explore the environment.
The framing story is set in the 21st century and features series protagonist Desmond Miles who, using a machine known as the Animus, relives the memories of his Assassin ancestor, Ezio Auditore da Firenze, to find a way to avert the 2012 apocalypse.
The plot is set in a fictional history of real-world events and follows the millennia-old struggle between the Assassins, who fight to preserve peace and free will, and the Templars, who desire peace through control.
The game was first released on the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November and December 2010 and was later made available on Microsoft Windows in March and June 2011. It is the third major installment in the Assassin's Creed series, and the second chapter in the "Ezio Trilogy", as a direct sequel to 2009's Assassin's Creed II. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a 2010 action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft.