Should I grab/play AC1 before AC2 .. does it matter?

[GCS]

Going to grab AC2 as a filler for my Gamestop B2G1 Free sale. Never played AC1 or 2 so should I grab/play AC1 first?

AC1 can be gotten for less than $10 so its not that expensive.

Greg

 

[Kabob]

It'll help with the story. Were I you I'd rush through AC1 as it gets pretty repetitive, AC2 is a much better game.

 

[purbeast0]

they both suck, i wouldn't buy either of them for $5.

 

[bl4ckfl4g]

I SUFFERED through 1. It is so boring. I think 2 is one of the best games of the last couple years.

If I were you, I'd just watch the cutscenes from AC1 on youtube.

 

[gorcorps]

The story in 1 isn't REALLY necessary for 2, but helps a bit. Definitely play 1 first because it was never great in the first place, and then looks awful in comparison to how good 2 was. I wouldn't pay any more than $30 for 2 though, because it took me less than 40 hrs to 100% the game and there's no other difficulties so the replay value is zero here. Really you could get away with renting it.

 

[Kabob]

they both suck, i wouldn't buy either of them for $5.

You're in the vast minority when it comes to #2. I thought it was great.

 

[GCS]

Well 1 is available for under $10 and 2 is available for about $15.

Greg

 

[Queasy]

Well, $10 isn't bad for AC1. If you're just interested in the story though, just go read the Wiki page.

 

[GCS]

Gotcha.

I think I will grab just AC2 for now and read up on 1.

Thanks

Greg

 

[R Nilla]

Gotcha.

I think I will grab just AC2 for now and read up on 1.

Thanks

Greg

Good plan. AC1 is not worth playing all the way through, especially if just for the story (which I found to be pretty lame anyway).

 

[JoPh]

ive been looking to play 2 also. i thought 1 was alright..

 

[Kabob]

1 wasn't bad, it was just horribly repetitive. 2 is MUCH more varied and there's just alot more to do as a whole.

 

[Furyline]

I never played 1 but I'm playing through 2 right now. It is pretty great so far. The start of the game was very confusing for me since I knew almost nothing about AC1. So I'd say looking at a synopsis of 1 is a good idea, and knowing exactly what happened in 1 doesn't seem to be THAT critical to enjoying 2.

 

[BW86]

ehhh AC 1 was alright - nothin special it felt like I was doing the same thing over and over and over again.

 

[fbrdphreak]

Soooooo - WTF is AC?

 

[Beev]

FYI, Gamestop will have #2 for sale for $20 starting Sunday.

 

[DaveSimmons]

Soooooo - WTF is AC?

Apollo Creed. You play a Mohawk Night Elf who kills people for money.

 

[KeithTalent]

WTF, I never knew they released Asheron's Call 1&2 for consoles. Colour me surprised.

KT

 

[Kabob]

FYI, Gamestop will have #2 for sale for $20 starting Sunday.

Oooh, pretty good price!

 

[Qbah]

I played AC2 without playing AC1 and enjoyed it immensely. I couldn't stand the dynamic shadows in AC1 (yeah, that's the initial reason I didn't play it ). Then I was told AC1 gets very repetitive so I didn't really care about not playing it. Tried it again recently and just can't push myself to play it.

Now, AC2 was simply amazing! I enjoyed the story very much. The whole templar/assassin conflict, the history of man and all the other connected things were done in a superb way. The way it was presented was incredible. The part I enjoyed the most was "The Truth". Though Ezio's story was nice too.

Now, I read through the AC1 wiki and frankly, I didn't miss much. So I'd say drop AC1 and dive immediately into AC2

 

[JoPh]

are they coming out with an edition that has all the dlc?

 

[JoPh]

a used copy at gamefly is 17.99

 

[mmntech]

I'd say skip AC1 entirely. It was a terrible game. I have no idea why it was praised so much. AC2 is pretty decent though. Ubisoft actually (surprisingly) fixed a lot of the issues from the first game.

 

[GCS]

Well I got AC2 Used for $14 and change was the end result.

Greg

 

[sao123]

Apollo Creed. You play a Mohawk Night Elf who kills people for money.

daamit... i thought you guys were talking ace combat.