Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles
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…
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles is an adventure developed by Gameloft, released 5 February 2008 on Nintendo DS, Android, iOS and Legacy Mobile Device.
What Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles is
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles is an adventure game developed by Gameloft and released in 2008. It was published by Ubisoft Entertainment. It is available on Nintendo DS, Android, iOS, Legacy Mobile Device and Windows Phone. It carries an ESRB T age rating.
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Assassin's Creed series
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles is the fourth of 205 entries we hold in the Assassin's Creed series. The next entry was Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition in 2008. Its critic score of 60 is 15 points below the series average of 75. The highest-rated entry is Assassin's Creed III: Deluxe Edition at 96.
How it was received
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 15% of the 7,530 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.
What it launched against
Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles launched on 5 February 2008, within three weeks of Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4 and Audiosurf. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Super Smash Bros. Brawl, Burnout Paradise, Devil May Cry 4, Audiosurf.
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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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