Assassin's Creed II

[Skyblade]

I have 97% of the trophies, and all 3 trophies I have left depend on me getting those stupid feathers! I really hope someone comes out with maps labeling everything and locations of stuff. I have way too many other games to worry about getting all those feathers.

Thoroughly enjoyed the entire game, definitely one of my favorites this year. Though, Demon's Souls is still probably my favorite so far.

THE JACKAL

I'm having trouble with a couple, but not the feather ones. No Hitter is giving me huge trouble (usually, I get to 4 or 5 enemies dead before the rest all run away and I leave combat), and Sweeper (how the heck do you sweep enemies with the long weapons?). How'd you get them?

Both are easy in Venice, San Marco. There are tons of soldiers there. For the Long Weapon sweep, make sure you go to the Training Circle and buy all the training things. There's throwing sand, Long Weapon sweep, and two handed weapon strong attack there, as well as a pistol intimidate thing.

Basically, for No Hitter, use a Smoke Bomb, kill a bunch, use another smoke bomb, kill more, use the last smoke bomb, kill more. You should get enough kills in that time period. Just make sure there are enough soldiers there before you start using the bombs. As for the Sweeper, you need to steal the lance, then try and get enough guys around you. It was frustrating because they would hit me as I was readying the sweep. You can do the sand throw in the same area.

THE JACKAL

Yeah, I had missed the training, and it took me a while to find it. But I did (before I saw your post). Training in AC didn't have any point like that, so I didn't expect it in ACII, especially since they never mentioned it. You don't need to train to throw sand though.

I had thought Smoke Bombs would count as leaving conflict, or I would have done that earlier.

So I've gotten all the trophies now. Done pretty much everything in the game except for the 3 inaccessible Secret Areas that won't show up until it's released as DLC.

The cross content with Bloodlines is kind of interesting. Some money, and a series of new weapons, which have low damage, but high stats. Since they're unlocked as soon as you get to the villa, they come in handy.

The content Bloodlines gets from ACII is just ridiculous though. The upgrades to the hidden blade mean Altair can counter kill anything with it, or use it at range (as the pistol) to instant kill any non boss. It's overpowered as heck. But fun.