I'd love Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, thank you!
Why this game? You play as Ezio who is looking to become a master assassin. In AC II you explore Florence, Venice, and Rome with more smaller towns along Italy, using your capabilites to assassinate the Templar order.
Along the way you meet Leonardo Da Vinci, which even though he's just a character it's still pretty awesome. Leonardo becomes a significant part of the main story because he works on your iconic hidden blade, poison blade, pistol and also brought the story from Florence to Venice.
This is why I want it, it's an iconic game and I want to experience it all.
The story begins as soon as the previous game ends, with Ezio returning to Monteriggioni, taking a nap (yes, that's exactly what he was doing the entire, "sleeping"), and then waking up to the town under siege by catapults and a group of invaders. From this point on Ezio needs to liberate Rome from the rule of the Borgia, not that it seems like the citizens are that terrified.
The Fighting: It's the fighting system we all know and love, while simplistic, it's a classic in the series and essentialy an upgrade from Assassin's Creed II.
Gameplay: Parkour and stabbing people. A great combination for a game to make it fun, simple as that and it's been a staple in the Assassin's Creed series.
The Lore: First of all, take to account this is about the series as a whole, not just Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood. Lore is about a series or a setting, not just one game.
In the very close distant future (2012, yes, future), a bartender by the name of Desmond is captured by the loveable corporation we all know and love, Abstergo Industries. Once there, he's put onto a program called the Animus, a machine that allows a person to relive their ancestors' lives via "genetic memory". It's revealed that Abstergo is actually run by our even more loveable ancient group, the Templars, who continue their tradition of attempts at world domination. Using Desmond's ancestor, the Templars attempt to discover the location and nature of the "Pieces of Eden", ancient artifacts sought after by the Templars and The Brotherhood of Assassins.
By force, Desmond enters the boots of his distant ancestor Altair from 12th century Holy Land, who, after dispatching a number of morally questionable individuals, discovers a fragment of the "Piece of Eden." Deciding they no longer need him, Abstergo attempts to kill Desmond but falls short, allowing his escape. Desmond then uses an Animus held by the present-day Brotherhood of Assassins to relive the life of another ancestor, Ezio from the Renaissance, who discovers the final part of the "Piece of Eden". Knowledge in hand, the stage is now set for an epic confrontation between Brotherhood and Templars in the distant past, the slightly less distant past, and the not so distant future.
Graphics: The game is astonoshing. The vibrant colors throughout Rome and the way the whites and reds stand out really add to the atmosphere and feel of the game. Rome is awesome.
Obviously, like everything else in this game, it's an upgrade from AC II, with more vibrant colors and more detail on everything from buildings, architecture to the characters.The game makes Rome look stunning, even by 2015 standards, if you have an open mind for older titles, anyway, I know those who would look at Portal and say the graphics are hideous.
What i'm most interested about: Jumping in hay stacks, nothing more satisfying than jumping how many dozens of meters and dropping off completely fine.
Missions: There is plenty of side missions, most of it fun. Christina's missions let us know more about his past with her in AC II. There are also many thief, courtesan, and assassin contracts we are free to take.
Finally, the Assassin's Guild. Ezio is eventually able to recruit civilians, and train them up by sending them on their own quests, to become assassins. Once they have been obtained, they can be called upon to assist Ezio in combat so long as they are not deployed on a mission. While they are extremely powerful, I thought it was a lot of fun to recruit and train them, and I guarantee that you will likely feel the same.
The Soundtrack: While it does use some of the greats of AC II, it does develops a separate feel. This feel brings more of a tension filled environment and it works, the game succeeds at developing its own atmosphere apart from AC II.
Replayability: In my opinion, AC: Brotherhood is the game in the entire series which you simply can't get enough of. It brings so many varied objectives, namely by the Assassin's Guild recruiting, that the game never feels boring. While replayability and game quality depends on the player, I'd say that as far as I can tell this is the most beloved game to date.
Thanks for reading and I hope it wasn't too boring!