14 DAY TRIAL // There hasn't been an official organization dedicated to game spoilers, but the ESRB is doing the best job it can. Some of the things it spoils are in our advantage, while others are a real kick in the shin. Every time a new game enters the initial stages of production, it gets registered with the ESRB and pretty soon news of it makes its way to the gaming community, in spite of the publisher's intetnion of keeping it a secret. But, sometimes, the ESRB reveals some details about the games one doesn't want to know. The players are a bit divided on the matter, with those that will relish in the spoilers and only have something more to look forward to, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, those that are disappointed to have the story of the title ruined for them.
The ESRB last tampered with the Assassin's Creed franchise when it spilled the beans on Assassin's Creed II: Discovery, and, now, it gives a little extra inside information on the main Assassin's Creed 2 game. In its description of just why the game received an M for Mature rating, the ESRB was a bit overzealous and delved a little bit too much into the game's action.
Whether this is a plus for you or if it's something you want to avert your eyes from and keep the surprise just like that it's up to you. The violence part of the rating isn't really elaborated, but the adult minigames are. Just as we saw before, it seems like killing people isn't nearly as offensive or traumatic as interactively participating in the stalking and assassination of one of your fellow men.
The ESRB report of Assassin's Creed 2 states that, “During one 'seduction mini-game,' players are able to press buttons to kiss a woman and remove her dress; with the woman's back facing the camera, the two characters lower to bed and blow out a candle. Some scenes take place inside brothels, though no nudity or sexual acts are depicted.”
What started off as a really exciting piece of news got somewhat snuffed out towards the end, but there's still plenty here to warm our hearts, that being of course the candle light. Still, the concept of successfully undressing your soul mate through a cleverly designed minigame sounds more efficient, more reliable, just as rewarding and would even yield better end-results. A motion-controller support for Assassin's Creed 2 would spell wonder.