The eager arrival of this DLC has had Assassin's Creed fans wanting ever since a hint towards the release of a DLC (Downloadable Content) and they have been delivered a work of pure genius. The Da Vinci Disappearance.
WARNING: This review has many, many spoilers in it. If you have not completed this, then do not read it.
This DLC, on first experience, shortly gives the gamer a small insight to what is happening to Desmond after the events of the Campaign, with two unknown men speaking about Desmond. One being William, a man who is a higher up in the Assassin Creed and another unknown and unnamed man. They discuss the new memories and then upload it into Desmond, clearly wanting something important.
The memory shows the date as 1506, taking place months before the final conclusion of the Campaign (Ezio taking after Cesare) With a quick visit and errand asked by Leonardo, Ezio finds his young helper and escorts him home, only to find Leonardo gone and his home in a messy state, indicating a struggle. (Side note: Before Ezio leaves to find Salai, Da Vinci's model, helper and lover, they discuss one of his recent paintings. Da Vinci, critical of his work while Ezio applauds it. This painting turns out to be The Mona Lisa)
After finding clues inside paintings, recovering them from merchants, a man named Duccio De Luca (Claudia Auditore's childhood sweetheart) and a quick visit to Lucrecia Borgia (With a little foreplay for the painting) Ezio maps out clues by Leonardo written in "Invisible ink", discovered by his talent with the Eagle Vision.
After sorting out a map (That is bloody annoying and frustrating. Trust me, you'll need help with it) Ezio takes off after Leonardo and saves his friend from a bloodthirsty new creed called the Hermeticists, bent of transforming mankind with a vault Leonardo had discovered. After killing them all, Ezio and Leondaro travel into the vault together.
WARNING: Major, major spoiler for the game series. If you want to keep it a secret to yourself, now would be the time to stop reading
At the end of the Vault, they find a code. This code is unknown and makes no sense to Leonardo but Ezio simply leads him away and begins to talk to him about the lost time they haven't had together.
The code is as follows: 43, 39, 19, N, 75, 27, 42, W.
You can quickly realise that this is Latitude and Longitude. When placed together from Italy, it seems to turn out its near a little town called Glenfield, in the USA.
Its very possible that Assassin's Creed 3 is going to be based there, whether in the Animus or not.
As the gameplay fades, we hear the men at the beginning talk. They say that they have the coordinates (Also indicating that the Lat, Long theory may yet be correct) and that they needed to focus on Desmond. However one of them dismisses this and says that they cannot, as he has slipped into a coma.
It is all up to Desmond now to see if he wakes up or not.
This game is a treasured favourite of mine and this DLC, which I have now just ruined for some poor soul, forgive me, is a great piece of gameplay. I foretold the DLC not to ruin it purposefully, but to give an insight to what to expect and what lays ahead of you.
Have fun and happy gaming!
DLC Review - Da Vinci Disappearance
Cost: 800 Microsoft Points (Or $10 credit card payment)
Package: 8 new missions, new gear, new costumes, new multiplayer maps - catergories and characters
Graphics: 9/10
Acting: 9/10
Gameplay: 8/10
Storyline: 10/10
Overall score: 9/10
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