Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles
Description (IGDB)
As the direct prequel of the critically acclaimed console title Assassin’s Creed, discover more of the story of Altaïr as he must find “the chalice,” an object of such power that whoever is in possession of it can end the Crusades. Altair will explore a fully realized 3D world traveling through four cities of the Crusade’s Middle East. The game will feature acrobatic moves and exhilarating combo attacks that mix both sword skills and kicks. The setting is 1190 AD. The Third Crusade is tearing the Holy Land apart. You, Altaïr, intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. • Be an Assassin Master the skills, tactics, and weapons of history’s deadliest and most secretive clan of warriors. • Action-platforming Gameplay Fast-paced action features swordfights, combo attacks and acrobatic moves that journey through historical 3D environments • Choose Your Weapon Learn and master 11 weapons for both close combat and long-range attacks, featuring five swords, varying types of daggers, explosives and a grappling hook • Immersive Storyline A deep and compelling storyline that will appeal to those who have both played the console title or are new to the franchise • Touch-Screen Mini-games Players will be able to use the Stylus to perform pickpocket maneuvers to carefully steal precious items from the crowd and make informants speak • Upgrade and Rank Up Collecting orbs will upgrade Altair’s health and weapons The game is no longer available for iOS and Android.
Histoire (IGDB)
In the year 1190, the wars of the Third Crusade engulfed the Holy Land, and Crusaders clashed with Saracens for the control of the Holy City, Jerusalem. Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad, a renowned Master Assassin of the Assassin Order, arrived at Alep from an arduous journey and found it under attack by the sworn enemies of the Assassins, the Knights Templar. Left with no choice but to repel the attack, the Assassin defeated many of them, even killing a low-ranking captain before the attack was halted. Afterwards, tasked by Rashid ad-Din Sinan, the Mentor of the Levantine Assassins, Altaïr was sent to find and retrieve a sacred object known as the Chalice, which was said to have the power to unite all the factions under one flag of whichever side possessed it, ending the Third Crusade in victory for either the Crusaders or the Saracens. Setting off immediately, Altaïr embarked on his new quest.
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Critiques de la Presse (Metacritic)
« Strangely enough, Altair's Chronicles feels more stealth-centric than its console predecessor. [Mar 2008, p.87] »
« Although some slight problems exist, Altair’s latest adventure is more of the same while offering new challenges and innovative segments. »
« It's not very long (probably about three hours give or take), and by the time you earn all the cool Assassin abilities, there aren't a whole lot of opportunities to use them...Even with the issues, I had a good time playing through Assassin's Creed multiple times. »
« It's okay, but hardly a killer effort for the franchise. »
« Exhilarating. Exasperating. Joyous. Torturous. Assassin’s Creed: Altair’s Chronicles is a lot of things. Perfection isn’t one of them. »
« Altair's Chronicles occasional control speed, framerate, and camera issues make us think that this would have been a superior game in 2D, but no one's returning our calls about making classically-influenced 2D platformers for the DS. »
« A fun platformer that ends up feeling more like Prince of Persia DS than Assassin’s Creed. That’s not necessarily a bad thing, as the DS could use more action games like this. Sadly, the adventure lasts about a weekend, and there are no real unlockables after beating the game aside from an extra difficulty mode. »
« While we wished Altair had packed a stylus instead of a sword, we're delighted he's returned to us so soon. Still, don't play Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles if you're looking to build on the console experience. You'll be disappointed if you do. »
Avis des Joueurs (Metacritic)
« بثاني لعبة ألعبها اسوء لعبة اضن بكل حياتي الشئ الوحيد قبل الجزء اللي خلاني نكملو هو معرفة ماضي التايير »
« Theworstpiece of crap that I have ever played. The mechanics aren't even correct!!! You want to do something and something else happens!! I had to restart a mission because I couldn't grab a ladder so I needed to have full HP. Metacritic is even fking worse towritehere. »
« This was a slog to get through, clunky controls, outdated mechanics, and writing that couldn’t keep me interested. The difficulty mostly comes from how bad the character handles, and the game drags on way longer than it should. I wanted to play it for Altaïr, but it didn’t even feel like him. A few moments were okay, but I’m just glad it’s over. »
« reseña en español: bueno empecé a probar este juego en su versión de ds para mi sorpresa me encontré con un juego con graficas semejantes a play 1, igual nada que en un juego de ds puedas encontrar, el juego tiene un gameplay tosco con un sistema de combate pesado y que llega a ser aburrido y repetitivo, con plataformas inentendibles y casi imposibles, todo muy mal hecho y con una historia que queda inconclusa, el juego esta bien es decir que no es tan mal juego, pero tiene bastantes errores de diseño, la música es decente pero el juego no me acabo de convencer, parecía mas una tortura completarlo para mi que algo divertido, jugarlo desde ds es todavía mas frustrante teniendo que repetir casi una zona completa desde el inicio. no lo recomiendo como un juego para divertirse mucho rato, pero si quieres jugar assassins creed desde ds si juégalo. »
« Questo Assassin's Creed e un bel gioco per questa console che già ha le sue limitazioni, lo provato su un emulatore e devo dire che non e male, gameplay buono come sempre. »
« AC: Altair's Chronicles is a title that I feel was ambitious, especially for the time. However, the ambition did not age well. Visually, the game looks really good. It has a neat concept considering the DS's limitations and it does a fairly good job of working the gameplay around that. I think many of the minigames that Gameloft implemented come off as gimmicky and unnecessary. The combat is that titular classic AC style. Block, counter, block, counter, block... you get the idea. The moderate satisfaction you get from that is ruined by the frame-rate which is just horrid. While alone, you get 20-30 fps. When you come into a busy scene or combat, the framerate tanks to single digits and it felt like I was playing a slideshow at times. I think the game on the DS showed potential and that was recognized by Ubisoft when they released other AC Chronicle titles. Due mostly to the abhorrent frame rates I cannot recommend this to anyone. »
« The gameplay it’s... ok: some parts are so boring and frustrating, you can literally kill every basic enemy with X+X until you get Y+Y+X, nothing else is needed in order to complete the game, the spikes insta-kill the player and some jumps are odd and the history is mostly interesting. In matter of bugs and glitches, there is some invisible walls that you can climb, and parts when those walls can leave you out of bounds. I did not have fun while playing this game, but it’s really ok for being a 2008 game released for the DS and mobile. »
« Horrible frame rates, and combat system. Minigames are pretty bad. Storyline is too simple. But I guess it is a good one, to its prize. »
