Assassin’s Creed II
…and time isn’t due just to its visuals”, wrote Kevin Van Ord, “Its high-quality sound design is equally responsible, delivering a busy-sounding Florence while still allowing the little quips of citizens commenting on your acrobatics to shine through.” The lively rendition of Italian gesture and social interaction patterns in AC2 may also help one overlook the occasional hammy performance. In “Assassin’s Creed Taught Me Italian […]”, language professor Simone Begni describes how “Anime-like” games like AC2 can be used as tools for language acquisition. “These animated, interactive adventures serve as fully inhabitable environments that enhance language and culture acquisition.” By…