This is Ezio Auditore de Firenze. He's been leaked as the new main character for the upcoming Assassin's Creed 2 game. I wouldn't usually write a gaming post, it isn't exactly my field of expertise; but I loved the first game, and rumour has it that Ubisoft have really stepped it up a notch with the sequel.
It's set in 1476 in early Renaissance Italy, and you play Ezio, a nobleman from Florence and descendant of Altair from the first Assassin's Creed. While his outfit may be a little camp, those puffy sleeves are housing a multitude of new weapons, and supposedly all the monotony and faults of the original have been remedied. There are now 16 different mission types, none of which involve pick pocketing or eavesdropping; the hidden objects and flags actually gain you some kind of bonus this time round, instead of being a completely worthless waste of time; and you can finally swim, as well as apparently getting chances to glide on Da Vinci's flying machine. On top of all this, all the fighting has been improved with a number of new techniques and enemies, and there's a (ever so slightly) higher level of realism, with a night and day sequence, street doctors to regain your health, and the ability to assassinate people from your hiding places (along with the risk of being discovered).
All in all, it sounds like a massive improvement, and everything I didn't like about the first game seems to have been fixed, assuming the rumours are true. The nerd in me is very excited about it, and my housemate and I will be taking over the television for a good few weeks when it eventually comes out. So should you.
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