Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010, PS3) - Chillin with Bros in Ancient Rome

Released one year later, Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood is a direct sequel to 2009's Assassin's Creed 2, opening almost immediately where that game ended. It's only a sequel in the technical sense; in reality, it's actually the second half of AC2's incomplete story, featuring the same characters in the same part of the world with refined but mostly the same gameplay. Taken together, the two games make one decent, complete title that were unfortunately sold separately for full price. This matters a lot less now that you can pick up each of them for $5-10. 

Review - Assassin's Creed II (2009, PS3)

Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed has proven to be one of the most successful new franchises of the PS3/Xbox 360 generation, but one that I somehow missed out on playing entirely as it was ascending in popularity. It was actually videos of 2013's Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag that got me interested in checking out the series, and since each previous game is easy enough to find for around $10 now, it wasn't much of an investment to just pick up a couple of the old ones. I skipped the original 2007 title at the recommendation of some friends and went right into Assassin's Creed II, the first of a trilogy of games starring Renaissance-era assassin Ezio Auditore. What I found was a flawed but fun game with enough repetitive side content to make any completionist's life miserable.