History VideoGame / AssassinsCreedBrotherhood

* HeroesWantRedheads: Ezio is much pickier in this game than he was in the previous. The only relationship he forms is with the red-headed Caterina Sforza. Well, a one-night stand, anyway. Unfortunately, when Desmond asks Shaun what became of Caterina, he says she languished in Florence and eventually died there.

''Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood'' is the third chronological game in the ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series, and is the first main game to not be a numbered sequel, released in 2010 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation3, UsefulNotes/Xbox360 (playable on Xbox One via backward compatibility), and [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], as well as in 2016 on UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne via The Ezio Collection.

* ProchronicProduct: The DLC "The [=DaVinci=] Disappearance" makes Creator/LeonardoDaVinci this. Ezio must save his old friend from the Templars who have forced him to create four weapons of war for them; a bomber glider, a machine gun, a one man gun boat, and a tank. While Leonardo's notes do indeed contain plans and drawings for some fantastical devices that see their creation today, he never actually got around to making any of them[[note](A few modern day engineers have dubbed them unworkable, if only because Leonardo didn't yet understand the necessary science behind them[[/note]]. Needless to say all four are destroyed by the hero, and thus have to wait until their proper dates of creation to see use again.

** This can be taken to ludicrous proportions with a couple unlockable outfits. Completing all the VR training with at least a bronze medal unlocks Raiden's outfit from VideoGame/MetalGearSolid4. Beating the game will give you the ability to play as Desmond even while in the Animus. Needless to say, neither of these fit well with the attire of those around you, but as they are both purely cosmetic changes, no one will notice you any more than wearing Ezio's default robes.

* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Leonardo was coerced into building war machines for the Borgia family, with his life at stake.

** There's also the Copernicus Conspiracy, an exclusive for the [=PS3=] system that has Copernicus and his fellow scientist hunted down in an effort to silence them.

* KickTheDog: To remind the player that the mooks they're sneaking by might not be JustFollowingOrders, one of the later sequences has a cutscene of Cesare having his soldiers stab an innocent [[ForTheEvulz for no reason other than asking them to save her son]].

* TotallyNotACriminalFront: ''La Volpe Addormentata'' (The Sleeping Fox), the Thieves' Guild disguised as an inn.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: ''La Volpe Addormentata'' (The Sleeping Fox), the Thieves' Guild disguised as an inn.

* ProchronicProduct: The DLC "The [=DaVinci=] Disappearance" makes Creator/LeonardoDaVinci this. Ezio must save his old friend from the Templar who have forced him to create four weapons of war for them, a bomber glider, a machine gun, a one man gun boat, and a tank. While Leonardo's notes do indeed contain plans and drawings for some fantastical devices that see their creation today, he never actually got around to making any of them[[note](A few modern day engineers have dubbed them unworkable, if only because Leonardo didn't yet understand the necessary science behind them[[/note]]. Needless to say all four are destroyed by the hero, and thus have to wait until their proper dates of creation to see use again.

* BreakTheCutie: The Cristina memories display Ezio's descent from dorky teenager to [[HurtingHero Grim]] HeartbrokenBadass.

* HistoricalRelatinshipOverhaul: Similarly to their depiction in other media, the rumors of Lucrezia and Cesare's incestuous relationship are played up despite the lack of credibility the accusations had in RealLife. The game takes it further though by upgrading them to full on VillainousIncest with at least one scene showing the two kissing, and implying that Lucrezia's son Giovanni is possibly Cesare's rather than Perotto's; the implication isn't helped in the slightest by Lucrezia's genuine romantic interest in her brother, although the feeling ultimately isn't mutual on Cesare's part. She later [[HeelFaceTurn turns on]] Cesare's in part because of this.

* CameraScrew: Usually you can turn your camera with the mouse, and move Ezio by issuing commands ''relative to the camera''. However in some platforming situations the camera will fixate at a specified angle, which is deliberately done to give you a clear view of where you're supposed to jump. This in turn leads to situations where the command for "going forward" from Ezio's point of view is now "right", because you cannot turn the camera, and input is relative to it. Especially annoying in situations where you're under pressure, because it might lead to you suddenly jumping in the wrong direction. The PC-version suffers the most from this, because you have no analogue stick to fine-tune your directional commands, and have to very carefully adjust your directions with the keyboard.

** The Heavy Sheath now allows you to carry axes and two-handed swords permanently, but [[BladeOnAStick polearms]] still need to be taken off of Seekers, and are still dropped if performing Off-Hand actions or sprinting/free-running.

The game opens in 1499 {{immediate|Sequel}}ly after the end of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'', and centers around Ezio Auditore's continuing conflict against the power-hungry and Templar-aligned Borgia family in UsefulNotes/{{Rome}} at the time of the early UsefulNotes/ItalianWars, and his efforts to restore the local Assassin Brotherhood to its former glory. And back in 2012, Desmond and the other Assassins continue their search for the Apple of Eden that Ezio left behind.

* ChristmasCake: Ezio starts getting a few jabs about his age in this game from people who don't know just how physically fit he is. Considering he's living in an era with terrible life expectancy to begin with, maybe he ''is'' crossing over into what they would consider CoolOldGuy territory[[note]]For the record, he was born in 1459. In 1499, he's 40 years old. By the end of the game, in 1507, he's 48, so he's definitely up there in years[[/note]].
-->'''Ezio''': Someone my age. ''Imbecille''.\\
'''Ezio''' (moments later while climbing up a wall): Ugh. My back.

* NotWorthKilling: Remember when Ezio ''[[WhatAnIdiot spared]]'' [[spoiler:Rodrigo Borgia]]? That turns out to have been a mistake in hindsight, [[spoiler:although in the end Rodrigo is not the real threat. In fact, Ezio's "mercy" caused him to focus on power consolidation to the consternation of his son, splintering their family. So, it was actually a good thing, oddly enough]].

Gameplay improvements include a more robust fighting system that allows chaining instant kills together if you don't miss or take damage, riding horses inside the city, and control of larger weapons such as cannons. In addition, multiplayer has been added to the roster for the first time in the franchise's history, with the "plot" being Templars in training at Abstergo to think and work like Assassins, thereby introducing the fact that Abstergo managed to have ancestral memories visited by other people than said memories' owner's descendants in the metaplot. ''Brotherhood'' featured two story-DLC: a (formerly [=PS3=] exclusive) one titled ''The Copernicus Conspiracy'', and another (general-release) titled ''The Da Vinci Disappearance''.