

It starts by clearing your enemy’s influence over the city. The themes of leadership carry over directly into gameplay. The Assassins are spreading their influence across an entire continent, and he sits at the head of the movement. The power Ezio now exerts reaches far beyond what he can touch with his sword or strike with a throwing knife. As its name implies, Brotherhood introduces a new wrinkle. I turn without a word and melt into the crowd.Įzio Auditore is a master assassin, but before now his missions were almost always completed in isolation.

A slowly building roar rolls across the crowd as my trainee leaps onto a nearby horse and gallops off. Her hidden blade cuts deep into his neck, and the man falls before he knows what has happened. The woman I recruited weeks earlier drops from the rooftop where neither I nor anyone else saw her hiding. But he must pay for his crimes against my family, no matter how indirectly he was involved. His role in the conspiracy is a minor one – hardly worth my notice. He stands speaking to a group of guards, oblivious to the danger stalking him. Citizens crowd around me, providing cover as I move closer to my target.

The Pantheon rises to my left, majestic and ancient. I stride through the cobbled streets of Rome.
