Given the enormous success of Assassin's Creed (8 million copies sold worldwide and generally positive reviews) it is interesting that the lasting impression is that it failed to live up to the enormous expectations and that it was repetitive. The team at Ubisoft are humble at that and have looked to improve and remodel the sequel in order to avoid similar disappointment this time around. From what we have seen it looks like they are heading in the right direction. Just by taking a look a the single new screen below you can see what a stunning world we will get to explore with Ezio in Assassin's Creed 2.