Assassins Creed Bloodline
Ok, so I got Assasins Creed Bloodline today and I played it. For those of you who haven't played it I am writing this review to help you to decide whether or not you want to buy it.
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When I loaded up the game I was greeted by something pleasant. Good Graphics for a PSP game the graphics are awesome almost on par with Final Fantasy: Crisis Core but not nearly as good. Another thing that surprised me was that the cutscenes and the game itself uses the same graphics engine. For those of you who don't understand tech lingo that means that the cutscenes and the actual game look EXACTLY the same not like Kingdom Hearts which had better graphics for its Cinematics (Much like that of Advent Children).
On to the Actual Game:
When I started the game I was surprised on the amount of dexterity and flexibility you could make Altair do even though the PSP lacks one Analog Stick and 2 of the shoulder buttons. But, after the first jump you soon realize that Altair is really hard to control. Mainly because of the camera and the fact that the toggle run button is the same as the Jump button so you'll be finding yourself falling off a lot. For the combat system I was really impressed, not only do you have 3 weapons to choose from but each weapon is designed for a certain task (i.e. Hidden blade for Stealth kills). I was also amazed at the special finishers Altair could perform with each weapon. Overall this could have been an awesome game but soon after your first assassination mission you see a flaw that you cannot dismiss easily: the AI. The AI in this game is terrible. When you see two guards talking and you take one out with a throwing knife maintaining stealth the other guard won't notice him dead and simply walks away. Another AI flaw is that when you stealth kill a guard with the Hidden Blade with a guard behind you looking "Directly" at you (You've drawn attention but not disturbance) as long as you use the stealth kill he won't mind his fellow guard dying.
This would've been a great game if only the AI was improved.
My Rating: 8.9
