Afterwards, Altaïr is tasked by Al-Mualim, the Mentor of the Assassin Brotherhood, with finding the "Chalice", which is said to have to power to unite all factions and end the Crusades in victory for the side that possesses it. After learning about this from a dying Assassin, Altaïr is given a sword which he uses to fight off the attackers. After an unknown mission, the assassin Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad arrives in Aleppo, which is under siege by the Templars, who are searching the city for someone on the orders of their grandmaster, Lord Basilisk. The game is set during the Third Crusade in 1190, roughly a year before the events of Assassin's Creed. The game features three levels of difficulty: Easy, Medium, and Hard. Later in the game, bombs, throwing knives, and a crossbow are also made available to the player.
In combat, players can make use of weak and strong attacks, blocks, and various combos to defeat enemies. The gameplay combines hack-and-slash combat with stealth assassinations and parkour, which can be used to explore the environment. The game is rendered in 3D from a third-person perspective and takes advantage of the Nintendo DS' features, but unlike Assassin's Creed, it is not open world. It received mixed to positive reviews from critics, and was followed by Assassin's Creed: Bloodlines (another spin-off following Altaïr) and Assassin's Creed II: Discovery (a spin-off to Assassin's Creed II), both of which were released in November 2009.Īssassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles is an action-adventure game in which players assume the role of Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad.
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The game was originally released for the Nintendo DS in February 2008, and was later ported to the Windows Phone and the Android, iOS, webOS, Symbian, and Java ME operating systems. Altaïr travels to several cities in the Middle East during the game, including Jerusalem, Acre, and Damascus (also featured in Assassin's Creed), as well as Tyre and Aleppo, which are new to the series. Taking place in the year 1190 AD, the game revolves around assassin Altaïr Ibn-LaʼAhad's search for an artifact called the Chalice, which brings him into conflict with the Templar Order. It is the first spin-off in the Assassin's Creed franchise and a prequel to the 2007 game Assassin's Creed. Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles is a 2008 action-adventure video game developed by Gameloft Bucharest and published by Ubisoft.