At the end of the level, he runs into Maria Thorpe (Robert de Sable’s female decoy that Altair spared in AC1) and learns of Templar plans on the island of Cyprus. As Bloodlines opens, Altair is attacking a Templar harbor fortress in Acre. The story takes place not too long after the end of AC1 in Altair’s time, so we’re left to assume that these memories are being viewed during Desmond’s remaining time at Abstergo before Assassin’s Creed II starts. The menus are very much based on the Animus from Assassin’s Creed 1, but you never leave the machine at any point in the game. Only invested AC fans should even consider this game, so this review will assume familiarity with (and for plot purposes, completion of) the first title in the series.Īssassin’s Creed: Bloodlines stars Altair, with Desmond Miles strangely nowhere in sight. The PSP, lacking this power, does not seem a wise system on which to attempt to replicate the experience, and playing Assassin’s Creed: Bloodlines serves only to accentuate that point. Although people couldn’t agree on the overall quality of the first Assassin’s Creed, it was generally accepted that the game made impressive use of the new HD game systems to pump out detailed cities with a LOT of people milling about.