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Intricate building detail should<br />

<br />

be perfect for the new parkourup<br />

and -down moves but there’s<br />

still bug-squashing to be done.<br />

Portable<br />

Revolution<br />

Slot Paris into your pocket<br />

with Unity’s companion app<br />

Right Paris is<br />

huge: there<br />

Arno, no-no-nono,<br />

no-no-no-no,<br />

no-no there’s no<br />

limit. (Not true.)<br />

Like gore? You still can’t lop<br />

off limbs in combat, but one<br />

early cutscene shows a<br />

man’s leg being sawed off.<br />

An upgrade to last year’s Black Flag<br />

companion, Unity’s second screen<br />

app is an excellent reason never<br />

to have to go anywhere near that pesky<br />

map button. With the same impressive<br />

3D map of Paris as the one on your TV,<br />

the Companion App shows enemies,<br />

missions, and even has extra content<br />

that can only be accessed via your tablet.<br />

Plus, your Brotherhood is always ready<br />

to be called upon to earn you much<br />

needed cash. “This is without a doubt the<br />

best companion app we’ve ever done,”<br />

says creative director Alex Amancio.<br />

“Maybe you don’t want to be standing<br />

there in front of your console and<br />

reading the database? When you’re on<br />

the bus you can read about different<br />

monuments. You can also manage your<br />

Assassin, your loadout and your gear so<br />

that when you get home your Assassin is<br />

updated.” There’s also a unique heat map<br />

feature that shows the activity hotspots<br />

of the wider gaming community in<br />

completed sequences and your next<br />

mission, too. It’s the first time that<br />

Ubisoft has lifted the lid of the sneaky<br />

analytics data it’s been hording of our<br />

playtime, and it’s certainly welcome.<br />

049<br />

NOV<br />

ASSASSIN’S CREED<br />

BLOODLINES<br />

Altaïr took to the PSP for this little<br />

slice of slaughtery action where,<br />

despite a lack of dual analogue action,<br />

we got the chance to explore the cities<br />

of Limassol and Kyrenia.<br />

ASSASSIN’S CREED II<br />

A shiny OPM Gold Award and 9/10 met<br />

the first outing of AC poster boy Ezio<br />

Auditore da Firenze upon its release.<br />

Exploring Renaissance Florence,<br />

Venice and Tuscany, AC II was a<br />

spectacular success.<br />

ASSASSIN’S CREED II:<br />

DISCOVERY<br />

Following Ezio to Spain 14 years after<br />

the events of Assassin’s Creed II<br />

and embroiling him in the Spanish<br />

Inquisition, this DS title was a<br />

successful side-scrolling addition.

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