Assassin's Creed 2 finally gets the next-gen remaster we've longed for

Assassin’s Creed is one of the most popular action-adventure series in recent memory and with each release, Ubisoft aims to improve the experience for its consumers. Whether that improvement is achieved consistently is somewhat debatable.

Regardless of whether each game improves on its predecessor, the continued commercial success of the Assassin’s Creed series is the main reason why this series will last for many more years to come. Since its inception in 2007, we have seen a lot of sequels and spin-offs, as to which one is the best is subjective. Perhaps one game that will likely get mentioned as one of the best games in the series is 2009’s Assassin’s Creed II.

Check out the Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection trailer below!

In 2016, Ubisoft released Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection which included remasters of Assassin’s Creed II, Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood and Assassin’s Creed: Revelations all bundled with previously released DLC. However, at launch, it’s fair to say that the visual quality of the remasters included in the collection was not to the expected standards of fans. Thankfully, now that several years have passed, I can confirm that this collection looks lush and performs as intended, especially when being played on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S.

That being said, as good as these remasters look on current-gen consoles, the PC platform not only has a distinct advantage of being able to power up games with up-to-date components but thanks to the wizardry of talented modders, beloved video games can look better and even have new content. One example of the fine work of modders is the aforementioned Assassin’s Creed II.

Thanks to the talents of Claimer, Assassin’s Creed II now looks better than ever due to the applied reshade, ray tracing, global illumination and more. What’s more, Claimer has promised to enhance all the games included in the Ezio Collection. Happy days!

Of course, you’ll need a capable PC to enable the modifications by Claimer, but if you’re able to, you will be able to play the absolute best version of these Ubisoft stealth classics.

Assassin’s Creed The Ezio Collection is available on PC, PlayStation, Xbox and Nintendo Switch.