Hey guys! I’m playing AC2 for the first time. I’m still at the beginning, doing one of the first missions where Ezio delivers a letter for his father.

I noticed that some guards become suspicious of me even when I’m not doing anything illegal. I was just walking past one, and the yellow detection indicator filled up and turned red.

Is this normal? Why do guards become hostile when I’m just walking around?

Listening to some Sabaton, and reading from their history page for some of their songs. In paticular this one:https://www.sabaton.net/historical-facts/the-battle-of-castle-itter/ for the song Last Battle about how the Nazis, US and Polish resistance allied together to rescue French hostages from other Nazis, it got me thinking how this setting could work for a game.

First off the backdrop is obviously Europe late 1930s - early 40s.

You are not taking part in any actual fighting or major battles directly. Instead you are an assassin fighting for the Polish resistance, maybe French, and you are using info gathering or major guerrilla tactics to weaken the Nazi strength in the area for allied forces.

This excerpt from the link made me think of this premise:

Major Josef Gangl, who was a career soldier in the Wehrmacht since 1935. From the war’s beginning, to Stalingrad, Normandy and Bastogne, Gangl had seen everything, but he too had returned a disillusioned man, and like Schrader, chose to betray his oath to the Nazis. It is not known how such decorated soldiers gained the trust of the resistance, but at that moment it mattered little.

It could be revealed that Pieces of Eden were being used to control certain soldiers of the German Army and you were able to break that control with an artifact.

Unlike other games it allowed for a grid-based free placement of buildings, items, decoration and pets.

Personally, I'm not a fan. I like the pieces, the ponds, the archery stalls etc. But overall it was too restrictive in a way that made it feel hard to design something nice. No hideout will look as good as a dev-designed castle.

And of course, a lot of the treasure you find (which AC has steered towards as a thing to hunt down) will be resources.

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I would have preferred a system a bit like the others, where there are places for everything, the dojo goes there, the smith goes there, and you can choose how they are decorated, connected (maybe swap with another building). The reasoning could be you are rebuilding a burned down castle. This way, the decoration could be more hand-placed, giving more detail without having to conform to the grid system. I still get more customisation than in other AC games, but it still looks good.

An example would be there are ruins in the east of the hideout, and you can use resources to build a kakurega, as you have unlocked different wall and roof styles, you can choose them. Then you want to connect it to the Hiroma with a long engawa. The details, such as flowers, rocks, trees, grass will auto generate, making it look really detailed and nice, but they can also be swapped with items you've found.

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What do you think about the system? Did you use it a lot? Did you create cool hideouts?

I got the gods edition second hand. It’s in perfect condition but I can’t figure out how to put the sword into Bayek’s hand. The fingers are very close and I’m afraid to break it when pushing too hard. Anyone knows this statue?