Sequence 14

X Marks The Spot: You must have all 30 Codex pieces to play this Memory. With this task accomplished, visit the shops in Monteriggioni to repair armor and replenish your stocks of Medicine, Throwing Knives and Bullets. Now enter Mario’s office to meet with the assembled Brotherhood members and follow instructions. To continue, you must activate Eagle Vision and rearrange each square on the Codex Wall to form a map of the world. Once satisfied with the result, approach and interact with the Piece of Eden on its pedestal to trigger a cutscene.

In Bocca Al Lupo: Your fist task on arrival in Rome is to scale the wall. Make your way up to the hanging platform, then leap across to the hand-holds on the south face of the wall tower. At the top of these, jump to the right to grab the wooden beam. Wall run to the ledge above, then traverse all the way to the left. Perform a climb leap to reach a final small hand-hold, then continue upward. You can leap over and engage the soldiers straight away, or reduce their numbers with the Assassinate from Ledge technique. Pull the lever to open the gate. In the next area, the necessary lever is on a balcony in the northeast corner-but you’ll need to fight your way to it. Once through the second gate, defeat the guards before you climb the tower to the west. After Ezio leaps onto a horse, gallop over the small obstacles to avoid the guards until you reach a gap in the wall. You  can either dispatch the guards from horseback, or jump off and free run over to the opposite side. Either way, it may be wise to defeat all adversaries to ensure an uninterrupted climb once you reach the next tower. The following gameplay section, encompassing several wall sections and towers, provides the opportunities to use Ezio’s many assassination techniques. After leaping from the final tower, you will be confronted by a large group of combatants, including Brutes and Seekers. The fight will become immeasurably easier if you Disarm and disable the guards wielding two-handed weapons first. Climb up to the waypoint and pull the lever to open the way forward. The next section marks a brief change in pace; Blend with the robed figures to avoid the guards in the two corridors as you make your way to the two levers. Killing the sentries is fine but only if Ezio isn’t caught in the act. Once inside the Sistine Chapel the easiest solution is to free run to a platform above Borgia, then perform an Air Assassination. This, naturally, is not the end-as the following cutscene soon confirms. Ezio uses the power of his appropriated Piece of Eden to create doppelgängers to distract the Templar leader during the fight. This provides opportunities to strike Borgia from behind while his attention is elsewhere. The staff he wields is a two-handed weapon, so avoid Counter Kills-and, for that matter, Disarm attempts, as neither will work. One sneaky trick is to wait until he is facing elsewhere, then unleash a quick flurry of Throwing Knives. Once Borgia’s Health Meter is depleted, a cutscene will begin. When it ends, use Eagle Vision to detect two switches, then activate both to open the way forward. In the final climatic battle between the two adversaries, follow the onscreen prompts to end the confrontation.