
While the console Assassin’s Creed has lovely draw distances and Mediterranean climates, this version comes off as cloudy.

First, the cities of the Middle East look like San Francisco in the Sunset district at five in the afternoon in August. Let’s get down to the obvious issues they’ve had to deal with in making this a PSP game. I was told, however, that people who do not play this version will not be left out of important plot elements. Players who are looking forward to Assassin’s Creed II will certainly be interested in this game, if anything for the plot. Will this be the Assassin’s Creed we love? Maybe.Īssassin’s Creed: Bloodlines explores a little bit more into the life of Altair and the future’s Desmond as he discovers his lineage. This game takes place in between Assassin’s Creed and Assassin’s Creed II, and helps explain how we end up in the land of codpieces. So that’s why I was really stoked about the PlayStation Portable game, Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines. Sure, Italy is cool, but there was something really fascinating and unexplored with Altair. That’s why I’m so disappointed with the change from Altair’s Middle Eastern, Crusader’s era to Ezio’s Renaissance Italy in Assassin’s Creed II.

Yes, some of the stuff was boring, and yes, I wasn’t able to finish the game due to my stolen Xbox 360 and the save file, but damn if that game didn’t offer exhilarating moments in an incredibly fascinating world. Assassin’s Creed was one of my favorite games to come out in 2007.
