Ubisoft really took its time with this game, and it has kept the good name of Assassin's Creed intact. These games are almost always terrible, but Bloodlines has a lot more going for it than most titles of its ilk.
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Many times publishers will release a throw-away portable version of their console hit just to capitalize on the good name of their series. Overall, I think Bloodlines is going to surprise a lot of people.
So even a simple task like looking behind you to see who is chasing you isn't really practical. But moving the camera while moving is practically impossible. When you're standing still it's not so bad. Being able to center the camera behind the character is a nice touch, but in order to move the camera you have to hold the L button, and then use the face buttons to pitch the camera one direction at a time. The only aspect that isn't fluid and intuitive is the camera control. It's far from perfect, but Bloodlines does a pretty decent job of mapping a lot of complex functions to the PSP - a system notorious for horrid controls. While the sound is a glitchy mess, the controls are much better. Perhaps a quarter of the spoken lines in the game will experience at least minor glitches such as repeats, two of the same voice speaking the same line at once, and sometimes the sound just cuts out completely. The sound glitches rear their head consistently in dialogue as well. It detracts from the intensity of combat and pulls you out of the experience. Imagine pulling off a counter that will crescendo with Altair stabbing his sword fully through an enemies back, just to have the sound cut out as the sword makes contact.
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It's really a bit of a letdown when you're in the full swing of combat. The anti-climactic silence that will often come when you plunge your sword through an enemy can't be understated. The only thing that serves as a detriment to the intensity of the kills is the constant sound glitches that plague much of this game, especially the combat.