- Sharpen your skills to become a Master Assassin in Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines as you pursue a deadly mission against the Templars
- Explore a stunning open – world environment in which you have free rein to run and climb
- Unlock exclusive material by connecting the PSP system to Assassin’s Creed II on the PlayStation 3 system (Assassin’s Creed II and PS3 not included)
- Dynamic Locomotion – Like the next-gen SKUs, Altair on the PSP reacts to the terrain fluidly, diving through holes and climbing ledges with only the creative application of the Free Run button.
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Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines on PSP is the first Assassin’s Creed game on the PSP. It follows the story of Altair right after the events of Assassin’s Creed as Altair tracks down the last Templars who fled the Holy Land and retreated to the Island of Cyprus.
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I have played through AC: B finishing it for the second most recently last night and have found that the game is decent but lacks some polish. Overall this game is worthy of a 3 or even 4 star rating given the fact that it is a new story that is coherent and interesting. The visuals may be lacking but the controls are good making this game worthy of your time if you enjoyed AC on the PS3, PC or 360. However, this is not a game I would buy a PSP just to play.
Pros:
Decent controls–once you become accustomed to adjusting the camera using the X, square, circle or triangle buttons while holding down the Left shoulder button (and tapping the Left shoulder button quickly to re-center behind the character) you can move through the world with ease.
Good story–decent cut scenes keep the pace and move the story along.
Game mechanics–a hallmark of the franchise is the climbing/roof top running and stealth abilities of the game. It is safe to say that this translates well onto the PSP. While not as refined as on the bigger consoles, it is still a satisfying experience given it is on a portable system. However, there are some cons to the mechanics as well which I will discuss shortly.
Cons:
Game feels rushed–I have a feeling that the game was rushed to get it out for the holidays and to coincide closely with the release of AC: II. Notable screen tearing appears throughout the game and audio glitches such as stuttering and skipping are also present.
The camera will kill you–the place where this comes to mind the most is about halfway through when you are on your way to fight two templar boss brothers. You move from an outdoor environment to an indoor one but the camera refused to adjust allowing me to see inside. I ended up luring the guys outside so I could clear that area and then just using trial and error to get the camera to reset and let me see inside so I could find the exit to get to the boss battle.
Not difficult at all–this portable version feels “dumbed down” with little to no AI present. I could surround myself with 6-8 regular enemies or even a boss and 3-4 regular enemies and make it through without much effort. Bosses wouldn’t attack you if you were engaged with their minions (although minions attacked you if you were engaged with the boss) and if you were surrounded by a bunch of regular enemies outside boss battles, they would attack you until your health was low and block all your attacks during the process but once you only had 1-2 synch bars left you would magically kill them all in rapid succession and they could block nothing. The only times I died was from falls or jumping from too high a location.
Conclusion: Overall the game is OK and fun to play, I cannot deny it, but the time has come to move on. You will enjoy the new story but after that there is little replay value unless you are a diehard AC fan.
Rating: 3 / 5
This game is a lot of fun. It is AC in your pocket. It is a little short, but I like how it is more action based than the original AC. A lot of professional reviewers don’t like that, but with a PSP you can’t really stalk your target for an hour before each kill. I originally rented this game and then bought it.
An added bonus is that you can you can connect this game to AC2 on the PSP for unique upgrades. Pick this game up and you won’t be disappointed.
Rating: 4 / 5
This is another fine game for the franchise. At first I thought it would be too “small” since it’s on the PSP & I’m used to playing AC on the “big” screen (PS3) but you don’t even notice that, the game is very vivid, the color sharp, the action all there. The best part is I can take it with me, will always love that. All in all this game is alot of fun, and more adventures that feature Altair is great.
Rating: 5 / 5
The game is pretty good, I agree with most of the other reviewers. The only annoying thing is that in order to play the game, you have to update to version 5.55 or later.
Rating: 4 / 5
Overall, this is a really fun game to play: it’s Assassins Creed in your pocket!! Other than that, it’s a short game and I easily unlocked everything within a few hours. The graphics and combat are good, but the free-running can easily become frustrating. If you loved Assassins Creed 1, you’ll at least enjoy this.
Rating: 4 / 5