Assassin's Creed 2 is set in the 21st century where players control "Desmond Miles", the descendant of a long line of assassin's. Using the Animus 2.0 device, Desmond will train to become a modern-day assassin by reliving the memories of his ancestor Ezio Auditore da Firenze. Live and breathe as Ezio, inheritor of the talents and creed of Assassin's as he hunts down the political figures who murdered his family. The journey will take Ezio on a perilous path from Florence, to San Gimignano, Forlì, Venice and eventually to Rome.
You'll ally yourself with important historical figures and arm yourself with amazing new devices designed and built by the greatest mind of the Italian Renaissance. Armed with an impressive arsenal of weapons and tools, your options in combat, assassination and escape are vast.