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Assassin's Creed 2 review *

Remember all of the free-running, horse riding, stealth killing "fun" from the first Assassin's Creed?  I do.  The second addition in the franchise is fantastically...the same.The story is slightly different but all of the missions are eerily similar.  So similar that you may need to check the box a few times to make sure there is actually the number 2 on it.   You play an Italian nobleman named Enzio, who looks and acts like Altair from the first game (I do realize they are related, but no two people are this much alike)  The setting is Italy during the Renaissance instead of Jerusalem.  Although everything looks the same (this isn't surprising being as Italy has taken a lot of it's styling cues from ancient Israel) it is a "nice" change.  I also think they are trying to sell more games to Canada.  Ubisoft's newest ad slogan is:  "Assassin's Creed 2- Run around inside a boot!" There are added bonuses, like being able to kill your ho