Game-Ending Glitch Found in Assassin’s Creed II

Assassin’s Creed II has been getting lots of mixed reviews, but everyone can agree that it’s one of the biggest titles to hit this year. Ubisoft got a lot of criticism for the first game, and they had plenty of time to build a sequel that improves upon its predecessor to create a significantly better game. Surely, there won’t be any glitches in the game that make you delete your save file and start over, right?

Oh, wait.

It looks like that might be too much to ask. One gamer wrote in to CVG, explaining what happened to him.

I, like many others, seem to be getting a glitch after finishing sequence 11. After the save I quit out of the game. After I returned the next day it loads the hideout level and nothing happens. You just walk about with nobody there.

It’s unclear which systems this issue affects, and what percentage of gamers are experiencing it. I did a quick search on GameFAQS and the twitters, turning up no instances of anybody complaining of this issue. There is a thread about it on Ubisoft’s forums, though, where many players seem to have congregated to share their pain. It’s claimed at the beginning of the thread that Ubisoft is aware of the issue and is working on a fix to be included in their “upcoming patch” for the game, which I can’t seem to find any other details about.

Regardless of whether it’s a widespread issue or not, you should be able to avoid it by simply playing a bit past the end of Chapter 11. Save manually when you have a chance to after that point, and you should be good.