I was waiting months for this game to come out, since i cannot afford a PS3. when i tried it out, i was gravely disapointed. the world is ten times smaller than that on the consoles, and the fight scenes were boring, next to the gory counter attacks that got ever so redundant. the graphics were alright, but the joy of rooftop running was greatly diminished.
Rating: 3 / 5

This game is awesome. It explains the time after the events of Assassin’s Creed 1. It also hints to how Altair started the bloodline that leads to Ezio and Desmond. Game is like the first one only for the psp. If you have assassin’s creed 2 for ps3 you can link this game to it and unlock some weapons. This game is my favorite psp game and this game will basically make you forget your playing it on the psp.
Rating: 5 / 5

1) The gameplay is better than Assassins creed 1 on the consoles – though it would have been pretty hard to do worse after all this time.

2) Without the second analog the game lacks the fluidity of AC1 though – but it is still well done.

3) Decent length by psp standards

Rating: 4 / 5

Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines is a fine game. It gives you a fun journey through Cyprus, allowing you to be Altair one last time before taking on Ezio in 15th Century Italy. There were problems. The control system was difficult, and only functioned by sacrificing the eagle view. Altair had an accent that was not there in the first game. Jumping from one rooftop to the next wasn’t very feasible.

That being said, the control system was easy to pick up. By the third main assassination I had completely synched my style of play to the PSP version. Hearing Altair’s altered accent was annoying, but only for the sake of continuity. It had no adverse effect on the gameplay. There was always an avenue back to the rooftops to conceal yourself within a garden, and if not, then dispatching of a group of four templars/pirates was an easy matter.

All in all the PSP version was great for what it was. The PSP itself isn’t a great system with the lack of a second analog stick, but it took a great console game and made it portable while still retaining most of the mechanics, feel, and graphics (minus the blocky faces) that made the first game so fun. It won’t win any awards, but it’s a great portable avenue of AC and a good bridge between the lost time of the two console versions.
Rating: 3 / 5

I just got a psp and this was my first game for it. It took my a little while to figure out how the psp system works but, once I figured it out it was awsome. I’ve played assassins creed altiars chronicles for the ds and, this game was 50 times better! The ds version has next to no assassinations but, this game has quite a few. Not only that but, you can assassinate random soliders with the hidden blade instead of breaking out the sword. The one thing I did not like was that it was pretty short but, you can get a few days out of it.
Rating: 5 / 5