but rises again, harder and stronger.

That doesn't surprise me.

Your opinion on it is noted.

Civ 5 is fantastic. I really can't wait for One World.

I was considering that too. It would be pretty awesome to find out it was set in the same universe.

Lore wise, does it look like he's kinda not following the creed very well? I like it.

How was Brotherhood a failure? It was widely considered one of the best in the series. It won several awards and sits at 88-90% on metacritic.

How would a fan of Civ 5 feel with the total war games? I enjoy the slow paced aspect of Civ.

I want this game, but I really don't want to drop that much money on it :/ Does anyone else know what I mean?

Sadly, I think it's half the reason the character was so boring and uninteresting. Roger Craig Smith (Ezio) put a lot of passion into his voice, and made him sound alive.

But Connor's voice actor was flat and unlikable.

Whether it's default or 'intended' the facts are that the game was more balanced without them on.

this too of course.

Try to listening to that without whistling

Granted, it's the start menu, but:

Well items being on does completely ruin the balance of it :/ It's the equivalent of having a mechanic in SSIV that suddenly gives one of the fighters a ton more power at random intervals.

The physics were slower and the game felt sloppier. Melee was more fast paced and had better balance.

EVO has always been incredibly snobby about Smash Bros. The tournie scene is relatively big for Melee, and in fact Melee is going to be at EVO this year.

Diversity for the sake of diversity would be awful.

So I guess everyone who competes in the melee tournaments are morons who need to go back to Tekken then?