Gamespot Assasin's Creed 2 review error?

I love Assassin's Creed 2, but, I couldn't help but to laugh at this clip from the official Gamespot review of AC2. It's simply not true, as the game tasks you with eavesdropping on several Templar meetings.:D

". Eavesdropping missions are gone completely, and beat-'em-up tasks are mostly optional"

I think he just meant you don't have to collect all the info like on the first,which I liked.