#16: Assassin's Creed II (Ubisoft, 2009) - PS3 (also on 360 and PC)
Oh Assassin's Creed 2, what a delightful surprise you were. Back when AC1 was first released, I got hyped. It reminded me of Prince of Persia (which I enjoyed), so I made sure to play it as soon as I had the chance. Had a blast with it... for a few hours. Then I became INCREDIBLY bored by that game, it was sooooo goddamn repetitive, and every city looked the same, which didn't help.
So when the sequel was announced, I couldn't give two shits. "Eh, looks like they're improving some things. Nice". But a friend of mine had this game, and he let me borrow it and HOLY SHIT, what a huge, HUUUUUGE improvement. This game right here is a contender for "best sequel ever". I didn't got bored a single time with this game. The story was more interesting. The characters were FAR more charismatic, Ezio is actually one of my favorite characters of the gen! Minor details like double and air assassinations went a long way in improving the game. I could write a huge post with all the things that impressed me (compared to the first game). In the end, one of my favorite games of the 7th gen.
