Third-person action game set in Renaissance Italy where you play Ezio, a nobleman turned assassin after his family's execution. You parkour across Venice's rooftops and canals, blending into crowds to approach targets undetected before striking with hidden blades, poison, or improvised weapons. Missions let you choose your approach—social stealth, direct combat, or environmental kills. Between assassinations, you explore an open-world recreation of Italian cities, collecting feathers, discovering tombs, and upgrading your villa. Leonardo da Vinci supplies custom gadgets like a wrist-mounted gun and flying machine. Machiavelli and other historical figures weave through a conspiracy plot involving Templar rivals. Combat's more fluid than the original, with weapon variety and counter-kill chains. If you want historical tourism mixed with stabbing from hay carts, this nails both.
