It didn’t take us long to identify our next target in scenic Venezia, and acquire allies in our fight against him. The merchant king has bought himself time, but not much of it.
Looking over a Let’s Play of the original version, the issue I have with the eyes on Rosa’s model is still there, but much harder to see then it was here in this re-released version. We can only partially blame the up-res here.
Having said that, one of the things that this episode demonstrates, and a key contributor to why Ezio became so popular, is that even as a revenge-seeking adult, he retains the charisma and charm of his younger self. His banter with Rosa, like Catarina back in Forli, feels natural.
And given the time period this was developed in, it would have been easy to write this in a chauvinistic manner, but at least from my viewpoint the writing team does an excellent job at avoiding that trap. He’s more than happy to learn from anyone who can do something better than he can, like Paolo back in Florence or Rosa in Venice. It’s not perfect, but it’s a lot better than I’d expect from games written in the late 2000s.
It makes him a very easy character to like, despite the job description.
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