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Revision as of 23:39, 5 February 2023
Developers | |
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Ubisoft Montreal | |
macOS (OS X) | Ubisoft Ukraine |
Publishers | |
Ubisoft | |
Akella | |
Engines | |
Anvil | |
Release dates | |
Windows | March 9, 2010 |
macOS (OS X) | October 1, 2010 |
Reception | |
Metacritic | 86 |
IGDB | 90 |
Taxonomy | |
Monetization | One-time game purchase, DLC |
Modes | Singleplayer |
Pacing | Real-time |
Perspectives | Third-person |
Controls | Direct control |
Genres | Action, Stealth |
Art styles | Realistic |
Themes | Europe, Historical, Renaissance |
Series | Assassin's Creed |
Assassin's Creed II is a singleplayer third-person action and stealth game in the Assassin's Creed series.
Key points
- Very poor mouse input due to aggressive acceleration. A controller is highly recommended, though Xbox controllers may require a fix. See Controller support.
- Online services shut down on October 1, 2022.[1]
General information
Availability
Source | DRM | Notes | Keys | OS |
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Retail | ||||
Amazon.com | ||||
Epic Games Store | ||||
GamersGate | ||||
Green Man Gaming | ||||
Humble Store | ||||
Origin | As of Nov 12, 2022, it requires the following user-agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) QtWebEngine/5.8.0 Chrome/53.0.2785.148 Safari/537.36 EA Download Manager Origin/10.5.115.51547 |
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Steam | ||||
Ubisoft Store | Included with Ubisoft+. | |||
Amazon.co.uk (unavailable) | ||||
Games for Windows Marketplace (unavailable) | [2] | |||
Mac App Store (unavailable) |
- All Windows versions require Ubisoft Connect DRM.
- A constant internet connection is no longer required. The game is playable offline.[3]
Monetization
DLC and expansion packs
Name | Notes | |
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Battle of Forlì | Included in the Deluxe Edition. No longer available.[4] Sequence patched into the game. See Force unlock Ubisoft Connect Rewards & Deluxe Edition Bonus Content to unlock the Bonus Content. | |
Bonfire of the Vanities | Included in the Deluxe Edition. No longer available.[4] Sequence patched into the game. See Force unlock Ubisoft Connect Rewards & Deluxe Edition Bonus Content to unlock the Bonus Content. |
Essential improvements
Force unlock Ubisoft Connect Rewards & Deluxe Edition Bonus Content
Download modified save file[5] |
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Notes
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Patches
- Version 1.01 patch can be downloaded here.
- Among other fixes, it adds ATI Eyefinity support and provides some performance enhancements for multi-core processors.
Graphical improvements
Assassin's Creed 2 Visual Fixup Mod
- Improved draw distance/LODs & Increased shadow resolution.
- Hide spots on roofs wont load in with the fabric unless you are very close to them (actually further draw distance on them without this mod) also flags will show without the flag pole at far distance but when closer to them it swaps and you only see the pole but no flag till you are up very close to them and any ai wearing capes will bug out (capes fall off and float in the air)
Assassin's Creed 2 MixSets Mod
- Improved draw distance/LODs & Increased shadow resolution. Similar to Visual Fixup Mod, but it's an ASI plugin that auto injects (no need to minimize and run a .exe) and configurable by .ini file.
- Since this is the same as the Visual Fixup Mod but in a dll form, it contains the same bugs with the hide spots, flags lod and ai capes falling off.
Skip intro videos
Delete/rename video files |
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Game data
Configuration file location
System | Location |
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Windows | %APPDATA%\Ubisoft\Assassin's Creed 2\Assassin2.ini |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33230/pfx/[Note 1] |
Save game data location
System | Location |
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Windows | <Ubisoft-Connect-folder>\savegames\<user-id>\4\ |
macOS (OS X) | |
Steam Play (Linux) | <SteamLibrary-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/33230/pfx/[Note 1] |
- Save games before the new patch are in
%LOCALAPPDATA%\Ubisoft Game Launcher\savegame_storage
- The save folder was relocated in a November 23, 2012 patch.
- If you change the XML config file to allow offline play, or if you select the Uplay launcher to stay offline in the options, then your progress and games will NOT be saved!
- You CAN turn cloud-sync OFF in the options, but you must allow Uplay to go online to allow Assassin's Creed II to save games to this location on your local hard drive.
Save game cloud syncing
System | Native | Notes |
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Epic Games Launcher | ||
Origin | ||
Steam Cloud | ||
Ubisoft Connect |
Video
Graphics feature | State | WSGF | Notes |
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Widescreen resolution | Higher vertical aspect ratios (e.g. 16:10, 4:3, 5:4) are letterboxed. | ||
Multi-monitor | |||
Ultra-widescreen | Cutscenes and some menus are pillarboxed. Use this fix for 21:9 / 16:10. | ||
4K Ultra HD | |||
Field of view (FOV) | |||
Windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Borderless fullscreen windowed | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anisotropic filtering (AF) | See the glossary page for potential workarounds. | ||
Anti-aliasing (AA) | Up to 8x MSAA. | ||
Vertical sync (Vsync) | |||
60 FPS | The game has a poorly implemented 59 FPS cap which can jump between 57 to 63 FPS; however, it allows a high refresh rate. | ||
120+ FPS | |||
High dynamic range display (HDR) | See the glossary page for potential alternatives. |
Input
Keyboard and mouse | State | Notes |
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Remapping | ||
Mouse acceleration | Aggressive mouse acceleration. Can't be disabled. | |
Mouse sensitivity | ||
Mouse input in menus | ||
Mouse Y-axis inversion | X and Y inversion can be set independently for first-person, third-person, or both. | |
Controller | ||
Controller support | A fix is needed for wireless Xbox 360 Controllers and Xbox One Controllers; see Controller support. | |
Full controller support | Controller support must be enabled in the options menu on first launch, which requires mouse. | |
Controller remapping | For non-XInput devices only. | |
Controller sensitivity | ||
Controller Y-axis inversion | X and Y inversion can be set independently for first-person, third-person, or both. |
Controller types |
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XInput-compatible controllers | ||
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Xbox button prompts | ||
Impulse Trigger vibration |
PlayStation controllers | ||
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PlayStation button prompts | Use this mod. | |
Light bar support | ||
Adaptive trigger support | ||
DualSense haptic feedback support | ||
Connection modes |
Generic/other controllers | ||
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Button prompts |
Additional information | ||
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Controller hotplugging | ||
Haptic feedback | ||
Digital movement supported | ||
Simultaneous controller+KB/M |
Controller support
- Wireless Xbox 360 Controllers and Xbox One Controllers are not detected correctly resulting in incorrect button mappings due to a driver bug. Windows 10 users can find a fix at the bottom of this section.
Controller support doesn't work correctly
Use X360CE (Current)[6] |
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Audio
Audio feature | State | Notes |
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Separate volume controls | SFX, Character Voices, Music. | |
Surround sound | 5.0 | |
Subtitles | Some in-game dialogue is spoken in Italian. Translations are displayed in the subtitles. | |
Closed captions | ||
Mute on focus lost | ||
Royalty free audio |
Localizations
Language | UI | Audio | Sub | Notes |
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English | ||||
Simplified Chinese | ||||
Traditional Chinese | ||||
Czech | Available only at local distributors. | |||
Danish | ||||
Dutch | ||||
French | ||||
German | ||||
Hungarian | Fan translation. | |||
Indonesian | Fan translation by IGTC Team, download. | |||
Italian | ||||
Korean | ||||
Norwegian | ||||
Polish | Available only at local digital distributors. use this if the game won't run in Polish. | |||
Portuguese | ||||
Brazilian Portuguese | Fan translation. | |||
Russian | Retail version, download. Origin version has a full official translation by Akella. | |||
Spanish | ||||
Swedish | ||||
Turkish | Fan translation. |
VR support
3D modes | State | GG3D | Notes | |
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Nvidia 3D Vision | Use Helix Mod: Assassin's Creed 2 for better support. | |||
TriDef 3D | ||||
iZ3D | ||||
vorpX | G3D, DirectVR Officially supported game, see official vorpx game list. |
Issues unresolved
Selecting Story mode in Steam version simply displays an exit to windows screen
When starting a game; selecting "Story mode" option in main menu displays an incorrect message requiring you to quit the game; preventing you to play[7][8] |
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Issues fixed
Stuttering/Tearing with Vsync On or Off
Ingame FPS Cap workaround and CPU load fix |
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To fix the uneven cap. Set the refresh rate to 50hz in game instead (use CRU in case no such option is available in game for you) and use the Vsync as below:
When using VSync, excessive single core use is also evident (typically 99%) with any Quad Core CPU and above. Removing the first core of your CPU availability manually using the Task Manager affinity or alternatively using utility Process Lasso to automatically remove CPU 0 access from the AC2 executable resolves this. The affinity fix also fixes the same issue with ACB, ACR and AC3 when using VSync.
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Lights shine through walls and other objects
Nvidia Control Panel Fix[citation needed] |
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Press "2" to select the weapon to continue the cut-scene[citation needed] |
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Download and install the UPlay client[citation needed] |
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Program hangs and screen flashes repeatedly on launch
Set monitor resolution to 1280x720 on launch and change resolution in-game[citation needed] |
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Other information
API
Technical specs | Supported | Notes |
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Direct3D | 9.0c | |
OpenGL | 2 | OS X only. |
Shader Model support | 3 |
Executable | 32-bit | 64-bit | Notes |
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Windows | |||
macOS (OS X) |
Middleware
Middleware | Notes | |
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Physics | Havok | |
Audio | Wwise | |
Cutscenes | Bink Video | 1.9n |
Mods
Assassin's Creed 2 Overhaul
- Updates most of the textures and particle effects in-game with a mix of Assassin's Creed Brotherhood textures and custom textures.
System requirements
Windows | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | XP | Vista, 7 |
Processor (CPU) | AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8 GHz |
AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+ 3.1 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 2.6 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 1.5 GB | 2 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 8 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | ATI Radeon X1950 ATI Radeon HD 2000/3000/4000/5000 series Nvidia GeForce 7/8/9/100/200 series 256 MB of VRAM DirectX 9.0c compatible Shader model 3.0 support |
ATI Radeon HD 4700 Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB of VRAM |
Sound (audio device) | DirectX 9.0 compatible | 5.1 sound card |
Other | Xbox 360 Controller |
macOS (OS X) | ||
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Minimum | Recommended | |
Operating system (OS) | 10.5 | 10.6 |
Processor (CPU) | Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06 GHz | Intel Core i5 2.66 GHz |
System memory (RAM) | 3 GB | 4 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) | 9 GB | |
Video card (GPU) | 256 MB of VRAM Shader model 3.0 support |
AMD Radeon HD 4850 Nvidia GeForce GT120 512 MB of VRAM |
- Does not support Lion X (OS 10.7). Should work on any versions 10.8 and above.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
- File/folder structure within this directory reflects the path(s) listed for Windows and/or Steam game data.
- Use Wine's registry editor to access any Windows registry paths.
- The app ID (33230) may differ in some cases.
- Treat backslashes as forward slashes.
- See the glossary page for details on Windows data paths.
References
- ↑ Decommissioning of online services for older Ubisoft games (October 2022 update) - last accessed on 2022-08-31
- ↑ Hitman 2 : Silent Assassin - Games for Windows - last accessed on 19 August 2022
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II now allows offline play - Steam Users' Forums (retrieved)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 AC2 Deluxe Edition - The Ubisoft server is not available at this time
- ↑ Assassin's Creed II Unlock Bonus Content
- ↑ X360CE Wiki Compatibility List
- ↑ [1] - last accessed on
- ↑ [2] - last accessed on