Assassin's Creed II is a third person action-adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. It is the sequel to the action-adventure game Assassin's Creed, and was released on PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in November 2009,[2][7][8][10] with a PC version scheduled for release in 2010.
The story revolves around the "Animus", a machine which makes it possible for the player to view the genetic memories of protagonist Desmond Miles' ancestors. In Assassin's Creed II, the machine is used to view the memories of a young nobleman-turned-assassin named Ezio Auditore da Firenze in the late 15th century in Italy, during the Renaissance.
Assassin's Creed II received generally positive reviews, with critics praising the games stronger emphasis on open world exploration, nonlinear gameplay and mission variety compared with the first Assassin's Creed.
