Numerous side-activities are available all throughout Rome. Apprentices also occasionally take part in Ezio's missions, such as assassinating major targets and acting as his backup. Apprentices gain experience while under Ezio, gaining better equipment as they go along, until they can be fully initiated into the Order, wherein they gain superior equipment and armor and becoming fully fledged Assassins. Ezio can also send apprentices to other countries in Europe and Asia to take on contracts, wherein they can gain additional experience, as well as money and trade objects for Ezio. While in Rome, Ezio can command several apprentices to incapacitate guards on his command, and can call forth an arrow storm once he has recruited enough apprentices. Several civilians being harassed by the Borgia can be rescued by Ezio, and will pledge their allegiance to him once saved.
Some time later, Ezio is able to recruit apprentices into his cause. Other buildings include horse stables and buildings for mercenaries, thieves, and courtesans to occupy, as well as various landmarks, such as the Pantheon and the Colosseum.Įzio, recruiting a civilian as an apprentice
Stores and stalls such as doctors, blacksmiths, art merchants, tailors, and banks, have to be renovated by Ezio in order to fully restore Rome. Select areas of Rome are kept under watch by the Borgia with their towers, and in order to begin renovations, Ezio must eliminate the tower's captain, and then destroy the tower. The renovation system, limited only to Monteriggioni before, has now been updated to encompass all of Rome. Replacing the fast travel booths are the tunnels, which Ezio can access to go to fixed points in Rome. Ezio can now also perform assassinations while on horseback, as well as assassinate enemies that are mounted on a horse in addition to being able to hijack them while on foot. Combat on horseback now allows Ezio to utilize some of his ranged weapons, namely the Hidden Gun and the crossbow. Ezio can now take a horse through city districts rather than just the countryside, and can call for his horse at any given time while free-roaming. Also, every utility in Ezio's weapon wheel can now be manually assigned to one of the four quick-access buttons, instead of being given a default setup.Įzio about to assassinate a guard on horseback In addition, the poison darts have also been introduced as an extension to the Poison Blade, which can be gained through upgrades from Leonardo da Vinci himself, along with the second Hidden Blade and the Climb Leap Glove. The crossbow has also been added to Ezio's arsenal, allowing silent ranged takedowns. Utilizing dual-wielded weapons also allow Ezio to perform dual executions that work in conjunction to the kill-streak feature.Įzio can now carry heavy weapons after upgrading his sheath, and is able to hurl them towards enemies to perform an instant kill, which can also be done with spears and halberds that Ezio picks up. In addition, a new kill-streak feature allows Ezio to continuously move from enemy to enemy and perform multiple takedowns and executions using melee weapons. This allows Ezio to seamlessly utilize the ranged weapons in the middle of combat. Combat with the knife, sword and mace is now dual-wielded, paired with throwing knives and the Hidden Gun respectively. Ezio, dual-wielding a sword and the Hidden Gunīrotherhood retains the gameplay from its predecessor, with many significant new additions.