Saturday 28 April 2018

Collection Update #4

Collection Update #4
(April, 2018)

Nintendo 2DS
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Nintendo Gameboy Advance Link Cable
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Playstation Memory Cards
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Mario Kart Wii (Nintendo Wii)
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Ready Player One (Cinema)
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Avengers: Infinity War (Cinema)
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Nintendo 2DS has the power of a 3DS but looks like a door stop or a cheese wedge. It's just a marketing gimmick to sell more Nintendo products. It fix nicely between the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo 3DS. It can play 3DS games but only 2D. Don't get me wrong, I quite like the Nintendo 3DS with the 3DS Effects, but it makes my eyes hurt after while, so I thought for £30 less I'll get a 3DS instead.

Nintendo Gameboy Advance Link Cable allows users to play with other users, in the same game, using two different consoles. The reason I got one is so I could play 3rd Generation Pokemon Games, battling against my friends, I can also complete the Pokedex as can get Pokemon which evolve by trading. The Link Cable can also connect to a Nintendo Gamecube to play with users on various other games, such as Pokemon Colosseum, Metroid Prime & The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker.

Playstation Memory Cards are external memory storage devices which allow you to save data of a game playing on the Playstation 1 & Playstation 2. They are only 1 Megabyte in Storage each, but that is around 7 games I can cram into each Memory Card, unless games of today taking up around 70-100 Megabytes just for one game, that is loads of storage. Also the Memory Cards are about £3 each, so they are dirt cheap.

Mario Kart Wii, in somes eyes, is the best Mario Kart Game so far. Which I have to admit, I'm almost agree with them. It's a standard Kart Racing Game, you can either race in Grand Prixs or in Battle Mode. A Grand Prix is 4 races back to back in a single Cup - just normal Mario Kart Racing; while Battle Mode is one of two games; Coin Collecting or Balloon Bursting - both say what they do on the tin. I have never owned the game, but have always played it round friends houses when I was younger, so I thought I would pick it up.

Ready Player One is a really awesome movie, with the idea of pretty much everyone has the easy ability to connect to a virtual reality world, via The Oasis. You can be whatever you want to be, do whatever you want, the world has an endless supply of jobs, movies, games, activities to do and complete. But when the creator of the world died, he left an Easter Egg, locked behind 3 mysterious keys, which would allow the finder of the Easter Egg, the right to own the Oasis. So the hunt was on, following the story of Wade Watts (Parzival) to find the Easter Egg and stop the ongoing enslavement of the public other the thumb of the evil world-controlling company IOI. The movie looked amazing and with all of the pop culture references, which must be in the thousands, was really awesome. Highly recommend the film to all video game & pop culture lovers.

Avengers: Infinity War, the year 10 wait is over and it didn't disappoint. I'm going to say much about it to avoid spoiling the film, but I absolutely loved it. A massive 10/10 from me. I thought the story was amazing and seeing everyone from the Marvel Cinematic Universe (except Hawkeye & Ant-Man) all on the scene in the same movie was awesome. Loved how the Guardians of the Galaxy met some of the other Earth's Mightiest Heroes. The Stan Lee Cameo, as always, was funny. Probably the best film of this century, not even lying, it is certainly one of my favourite movies.

Thank you - Happy collecting

Wednesday 25 April 2018

How to get the Raiden Skin - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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To get the Raiden Skin, you need to get at least a Bronze Medal in all of the Animus Virtual Training Program. You can access the Virtual Training Program anytime in the Main Menu. There are 4 Training Programs Categories to choose from, each having multiple tasks with 3 levels of completion - Bronze, Silver & Gold. 

Animus Virtual Training Program Categories:
Free Run
Stealth Assassination
Locate
Combat

The Raiden Skin can be "worn" once all programs have a Bronze Medal. Raiden is the Cyborg Ninja from the Metal Gear series.

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Raiden Skin

Tuesday 24 April 2018

Perfection #4 - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Assassin's Creed Brotherhood is the second installment of the Ezio Collection, taking place right after Assassin's Creed II. You play as Ezio Auditore is adamant of taking out the Borgia Family for killing his Uncle Mario, destroying Monteriggioni and attempting to control Rome, later the world, by using the Apple of Eden. Ezio travels to Rome and begins the Brotherhood in Rome, later becoming the Creed's Mentor. He and the Brotherhood need to fight against the Borgia Family and their private army to allow Rome to lead themselves with democracy, rather than being forced to live under the thumb of the Borgia Dictatorship.

There are 9 Memory Sequence, each with Optional Objectives, which I completed. There are 50 Achievements, worth 1000 Gamerscore. I also bought all weapons, armour, paintings and upgrades for Ezio. I also renovated Rome 100%; I also completed the Leonardo's War Machine Missions, as well as the Da Vinci Disappearance Missions. Also the Assassination Missions, Thief Assignments, Courtesan Assignments, Copernico Missions, Templar Agent Missions, Lairs of Romulus Missions, captured all Borgia Towers & Cristina Repressed Memories. I earned at least a Silver Medal in all of the Animus Virtual Training Program, this is because I was losing my mind trying to get Gold Medals, plus the achieve I needed was to get 3 Gold Medals anyway.

Difficulty 5/10
Time to complete: 26 Hours to 100%
Overall Enjoyment: 9/10

I real struggle I had was running out of money really quickly, if send Trainee Assassins on missions and buy structures, you will make your money have quicker. Buying structures will incoming your bank income, as well as shop discount - sending Assassins on Missions will also help you towards the Welcome to the Brotherhood Achievement.

The Gloves Come Off - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection

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Win the highest bet at the Fights - 10

Once the Barracks is available, you'll be able go to the Fights. This is a unarmed mercenary fighting arena. You will have to knock out a certain amount of mercenaries in the tight time limit; there are 5 rounds you have to defeat, with each being able to place a bet, the next level becomes available once the previous level has been completed. 

You need to work your way up to the highest level and place a max wager on yourself to win, then win the round.

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Mercenary

Friday 20 April 2018

High Roller - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Win 10,000 Florins playing Hazard - 20

Hazard is a Dice Rolling Gambling Game you can play the Thieves Guild in the South-West of the Antico District.

The rules are extremely complex and I don't really understand the game still, even through I've spent a bunch of time looking through websites for simple rules. All I understand is that you are wanting to match roll of your first dice. But there will be a certain number that will make you lose, which depends on what your starting roll was. Rolling anything else you have to continue to roll. Hazard is kinda similar to the gambling game Crabs. You can look at the rules when playing the game, if you are like me and still don't understand.

The smallest wager is 150 Florins, but the best way to get this out of the way is to Max Wager which is 7,500 Florins - then on your second roll you have to bet at least 2,500 Florins; this way you win a total of 10,000 Florins.

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Men playing Hazard

Wednesday 18 April 2018

Elite Four Champion: Blue - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

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Elite Four Champion: Blue - Rival

Blue has six Pokemon; but it depends on what your starter is:
If you chose Squirtle - Pidgeot, Alazakam, Rhydon, Arcanine, Gyarados & Venusaur
If you chose Bulbasaur - Pidgeot, Alazakam, Rhydon, Gyarados, Exeggutor & Charizard
If you chose Charmander - Pidgeot, Alazakam, Rhydon, Exeggutor, Arcanine & Blastoise

Pidgeot
Level: 59
Type: Normal/Flying
Ability: Keen Eye
Attacks: Aerial Ace, Feather Dance, Quick Attack & Whirlwind
Weakness: Ice, Rock & Electric
Strategy: A Solid Ice, Rock or Electric Type is gonna be great here, watch out for Whirlwind as it will force your Pokemon out, switching it with something else.

Alakazam
Level: 57
Type: Psychic
Ability: Synchronize
Attacks: Psychic, Reflect, Future Sight & Recover
Weakness: Ghost & Bug
Strategy: A bulky Ghost or Bug Pokemon, something like Gengar or Venomoth will work well against Alakazam.

Rhydon
Level: 59
Type: Ground/Rock
Ability: Lightning Rod
Attacks: Rock Tomb, Take Down, Earthquake & Scary Face
Weakness: Ice, Ground, Water, Grass & Fighting
Strategy: Both Venusaur & Blastoise work great against Rhydon.

Gyarados
Level: 59 or 61
Type: Water/Psychic
Ability: Intimidate
Attacks: Hydro Pump, Dragon Rage, Bite & Thrash
Weakness: Electric & Rock
Strategy: Same with Lance's Gyarados - A powerful Thunderbolt is gonna take it out easily.

Exeggutor
Level: 59 or 61
Type: Grass/Psychic
Ability: Chlorophyll
Attacks: Sleep Powder, Light Screen, Giga Drain & Egg Bomb
Weakness: Ice, Flying, Bug, Fire & Ghost
Strategy: Exeggutor will give your troubles with Giga Drain & Sleep Powder; it might be worth putting a Chesto Berry on your Pokemon to avoid being put to sleep.

Arcanine
Level: 59 or 61
Type: Fire
Ability: Intimidate
Attacks: Flamethrower, Extreme Speed, Bite & Roar
Weakness: Ground, Rock & Water
Strategy: A solid Earthquake or Surf will work best, watch out for Roar it will force you to switch out. Also Extreme Speed always goes first so what out for that.

Blastoise
Level: 63
Type: Water
Ability: Torrent
Attacks: Rain Dance, Hydro Pump, Bite & Skull Bash
Weakness: Electric & Grass
Strategy: If Rain Dance is up, it might be worth putting up a Sunny Day as Blastoise will be weak in the sun, also with Rain Dance, Hydro Pump doesn't have to take a turn to recharge.

Venusaur
Level: 63
Type: Grass/Poison
Ability: Overgrow
Attacks: Solar Beam, Synthesis, Sunny Day & Growth
Weakness: Psychic, Flying, Ice & Fire
Strategy: If Sunny Day is up, it might be worth putting up a Rain Dance as Venusaur as Sunny Day allows Solar Beam to hit straight away rather than waiting a turn to charge up, also Synthesis work half as well when it's raining.

Charizard
Level: 63
Type: Fire/Flying
Ability: Blaze
Attacks: Fire Blast, Aerial Ace, Slash & Fire Spin
Weakness: Electric, Rock & Rock
Strategy: Fire Spin will trap you in in a blazing tornado which is annoying. Also with Charizard can hit hard with Fire Blast but will be forced to rest the next turn.

Once you defeat Blue, you get to put your Team in the Kanto Hall of Fame.

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Blue

Elite Four Member #4: Lance - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

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Elite Four Member #4: Lance - Dragon

Lance has five Pokemon; Gyarados, Dragonair, Dragonair, Aerodactyl & Dragonite

Gyarados
Level: 56
Type: Water/Flying
Ability: Intimidate
Attacks: Bite, Dragon Rage, Twister & Hyper Beam
Weakness: Electric
Strategy: If you have a Raichu, Electrode or Magneton, you are gonna do great for this battle, easy knock out with Thunderbolt.

Dragonair
Level: 54
Type: Dragon
Ability: Shed Skin
Attacks: Safeguard, Outrage, Dragon Rage & Hyper Beam
Weakness: Dragon & Ice
Strategy: If you don't have any super effect attacks, just hit hard.

Dragonair
Level: 54
Type: Dragon
Ability: Shed Skin
Attacks: Safeguard, Outrage, Thunder Wave & Hyper Beam
Weakness: Dragon & Ice
Strategy: If you don't have any super effect attacks, just hit hard.

Aerodactyl
Level: 58
Type: Rock/Flying
Ability: Pressure
Attacks: Wing Attack, Ancient Power, Scary Face & Hyper Beam
Weakness: Electric, Rock, Ice & Water
Strategy: Ice and Electric Types are be best here.

Dragonite
Level: 60
Type: Dragon/Flying
Ability: Inner Focus
Attacks: Safeguard, Outrage, Wing Attack & Hyper Beam
Weakness: Dragon & Ice
Strategy: Dragonite is just a Tanky Sweeper - If you are not packing moves like Dragon Pulse or Ice Beam, you are gonna have a hard time. Hit hard with what ever you have.


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Lance

Elite Four Member #3: Agatha - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

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Elite Four Member #3: Agatha - Ghost

Agatha has five Pokemon; Gengar, Golbat, Haunter, Arbok & Gengar.

Gengar
Level: 54
Type: Ghost/Poison
Ability: Levitate
Attacks: Confuse Ray, Shadow Punch, Double Team & Toxic
Weakness: Psychic & Ghost
Strategy: A Fast Psychic Type will work best, especially avoiding Toxic otherwise that will become a real hinder to the rest of the battle.

Golbat
Level: 54
Type: Poison/Flying
Ability: Inner Focus
Attacks: Confuse Ray, Bite, Air Cutter & Poison Fang
Weakness: Psychic, Ice, Electric & Rock
Strategy: A Fast Ice, Rock or Electric Type Pokemon will have a ball against Golbat.

Haunter
Level: 53
Type: Ghost/Poison
Ability: Levitate
Attacks: Mean Lock, Curse, Hypnosis & Dream Eater
Weakness: Psychic & Ghost
Strategy: I recommend having Awakens on stand or a Chesto Berry, so it can wake up straight away.

Arbok
Level: 56
Type: Poison
Ability: Intimidate
Attacks: Bite, Sludge Bomb, Screech & Iron Tail
Weakness: Psychic & Ground
Strategy: Just sent something in with Earthquake for the easy knock out.

Gengar
Level: 58
Type: Ghost/Poison
Ability: Levitate
Attacks: Shadow Ball, Sludge Bomb, Hypnosis & Nightmare
Weakness: Psychic & Ghost
Strategy: The Gengar is just a pain in the ass - it's gonna put you to sleep and keep using Nightmare over and over again. If you have Psychic or Shadow Ball, hit hard and knock it out quickly.

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Agatha

Elite Four Member #2: Bruno - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

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Elite Four Member #2: Bruno - Fighting

Bruno has five Pokemon; Onix, Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee, Onix & Machamp.

Onix
Level: 51
Type: Rock/Ground
Ability: Rock Head
Attacks: Earthquake, Rock Tomb, Iron Tail & Roar
Weakness: Grass, Ice, Water, Fighting & Ground
Strategy: If you choice Blastoise, it's a quick Surf to knock it out.

Hitmonchan
Level: 53
Type: Fighting
Ability: Keen Eye
Attacks: Sky Uppercut, Mach Punch, Rock Tomb & Counter
Weakness: Flying & Psychic
Strategy: Hitmonchan can counter Flying Type Pokemon with Rock Tomb, so Psychic is the way forward.

Hitmonlee
Level: 53
Type: Fighting
Ability: Limber
Attacks: Mega Kick, Foresight, Brick Break & Facade
Weakness: Flying & Psychic
Strategy: Flying Type with Fly will take it out quickly.

Onix
Level: 54
Type: Rock/Ground
Ability: Rock Head
Attacks: Double-Edge, Iron Tail, Earthquake & Sand Tomb
Weakness: Grass, Ice, Water, Fighting & Ground
Strategy: If you choice Blastoise, it's a quick Surf to knock it out.

Machamp
Level: 56
Type: Fighting
Ability: Guts
Attacks: Bulk Up, Cross Chop, Scary Face & Rock Tomb
Weakness: Flying & Psychic
Strategy: Psychic Types are gonna work the best as Rock Tomb will take your Flying Types out of the air.

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Bruno

Elite Four Member #1: Lorelei - Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen

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Elite Four Member #1: Lorelei - Ice

Lorelei has five Pokemon; Dewgong, Cloyster, Slowbro, Jynx & Lapras.

Dewgong
Level: 52
Type: Water/Ice
Ability: Thick Fat
Attacks: Surf, Ice Beam, Hail & Safeguard
Weakness: Fighting, Grass, Electric & Rock
Strategy: A heavy hitter Electric-type will work best, as Ice Beam will tear through your Grass Types.

Cloyster
Level: 51
Type: Water/Ice
Ability: Shell Armour
Attacks: Spikes, Dive, Hail & Protect
Weakness: Fighting, Grass, Electric & Rock
Strategy: Fighting & Electric Types are gonna work well here, strike fast to avoid Spikes and Hail.

Slowbro
Level: 52
Type: Water/Psychic
Ability: Oblivious
Attacks: Surf, Ice Beam, Yawn & Amnesia
Weakness: Grass, Electric, Bug & Ghost
Strategy: Bug and Ghost Types are gonna have a ball here, Amnesia can be scary as it will double it's stats making it a dangerous sweeper.

Jynx
Level: 54
Type: Ice/Psychic
Ability: Oblivious
Attacks: Double Slap, Ice Punch, Lovely Kiss & Attract
Weakness: Bug, Fire, Rock & Ghost
Strategy: A fast fire type will work great here, just avoid Attract and Lovely Kiss.

Lapras
Level: 54
Type: Water/Ice
Ability: Water Absorb
Attacks: Body Slam, Confuse Ray, Surf & Ice Beam
Weakness: Fighting, Grass, Electric & Rock
Strategy: Tanky Pokemon like Snorlax, Arcanine or Machamp are going to work the best here as Lapras can be annoying and bulky.

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Lorelei

Tuesday 17 April 2018

How to get the Dagger & Armour of Brutus - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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To get the Dagger & Armour of Brutus, you need to discover all the Romulus Scrolls of the Romulus Shrines.

You'll complete one, Shrine of the Terme di Traiano, natural through completion of the story.

Each of the Lairs of Romulus you discover will give you 20 Gamerscore.

Lair of Romulus Locations:
Lateran Palace - Shrine of Palazzo Laterano
The Colosseum - Shrine of Il Colosseo
St. Peter's Basilica - Shrine in the Basilica di San Pietro
Pyramid of Cestius - Shrine in the Catacombe di Roma
Baths of Diocletian - Shrine in the Cloaca Maxima

The Seal of the Romulus will now become available as you'll have collected all 6 Keys & Scrolls of Romulus.

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Armour of Brutus

Fly Like an Eagle - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Jump with the Parachute off the top of Castel Sant'Angelo - 10

The Parachute can bought from Tailor Shops, once you have completed all of Leonardo's War Machine Missions. Then you need to climb to the top of the Castel Sant'Angelo, You need to climb to giant Flag Pole, where the Collectable Borgia Flag is. Jump off and then use the parachute by pressing X.

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Castel Sant'Angelo

Mailer Daemon - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Access your email in 2012 - 20

This can be any time after Sequence 2. Go into the main menu and exit the Animus. There is a computer in the Sanctuary which Desmond can use to access his emails.

Mailer Daemon is the software used in emails - it's the name of the email account you are sending to. For example JohnJohnson@gmail.com - the "JohnJohnson" is the Mailer Daemon.
P.s. sorry if your gmail address is JohnJohnson@gmail.com

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Gmail Logo

Going Up - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Kill a guard with the bag that drops from a lift - 5

You will need guards to be chasing you, this will probably happen quiet often through your play through of the game. Then you need to be running through the streets and use a Lift. Lifts can be found throughout Rome, the guards need to close enough to crushed by the falling bag from the lift. This might take a couple of tries.

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Ezio Auditore using a Lift

Easy Come, Easy Go - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Pay 500 Florins to an orator, then pickpocket him afterwards - 5

This is easy, you need build up your Notoriety Level. You can find Orator all over Rome, just walk up to him and talk to him, it will cost you 500 Florins. Your Notoriety Level will go down by 50%, afterwards you can pickpocket him, doing this will give you back your 500 Florins, plus whatever was in his pocket.

Florentine Florin

Monday 16 April 2018

Grand Theft Dressage - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Steal 5 Horses from their riders, while remaining on Horseback - 20

Firstly you need to find yourself a horse, then you need to come alongside a Borgia Guard on Horseback, once alongside them you will be able to hijack their horse by pressing X. You need to do this 5 times, jumping from horse to horse. If you come off before the 5 horse hijacking, you will have to start over.

This is a play on words from "Grand Theft Auto" & "Dressage". Dressage is the skill and art of horse training, while the criminal act of stealing a motor vehicle.

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Knight on Horseback

Special Delivery - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Double Assassinate from a Parachute - 20

The Parachute becomes available after completion all of the Leonardo's War Machine Missions. Then Parachutes can be bought from Tailors Shops.

You need to find 2 guards who are standing around talk to each other, who are standing near a building which is tall enough for you to use the Parachute. Parachute above them and perform a Double Assassination.

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Leonardo da Vinci's Parachute Sketch

Sunday 15 April 2018

Clowning Around - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Beat up the 5 Thirsty Harlequins - 20

There are 5 Thirty Harlequins located around Rome;
Campagna District - West of the Barracks Tunnel, near a small building, near a cliff.
Centro District - Underneath the Bridge in the South-East of the District.
Centro District - West of the Rosa in Fiore Tunnel, on the docks, on the stairs.
Centro District - East of the Bridge to Castel Saint'Angelo, on the stairs to the river, in the North.
Centro District - Just North of the Augustus Mausoleum Tunnel, on the stairs, near the river.

You need to make you don't kill them; ie stabbing them or pushing them into water or off a cliff

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Harlequin

Airstrike - Assassin's Creed: The Ezio Collection - ACB

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Kill 10 Guards with a Single Arrow Storm - 20

Arrow Storms are only unlocked if you have 6 Assassin Apprentices active in Rome, it will cost you three Assassin Apprentice call-outs. You need to "encourage" 10 Guards to chase to catch you, this may take a couple of tries. It can be done easiest in the DNA Sequence 6 - Memory 1 "Gatekeeper", instead of closing the gates like you are meant to, allow a lot of guards to come into the facility and then call in an Arrow Storm Attack.

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Leonardo da Vinci's Crossbow Sketch