From what I know about my friends on Skype, the people who hated Assassins Creed 1 usually likes Assassins Creed 2. Although I can't be sure, because I liked the first one pretty good. I would advise playing it, as I believe it is at least worth a rent, and you could very well like it. I know there's a lot of cool new features with it, like changing the colors of your clothes, using different weapons, having the ability to assassinate more than one person at once, recruiting people to help you fight, etc.