Assassin's Creed: Altaïr's Chronicles was an incredibly disappointing prequel to the first entry, with a lackluster story and bad gameplay.
The story takes place in 1190, a year prior to the events of the first game. Altaïr returns from a mission to be met with Al Mualim, who alerts him of a plot involving an object known as the Chalice, and the Templar's are attempting to get it. The story of the Chalice was incredibly underwhelming, and I get it, it's just a simple little platformer for the DS, but if this game serves as a canon prequel to Altaïr's mainline adventure, I hope it is near as good, and expected more. The ending was the worst part, rushing the plot of the actual Chalice and not the adventure to get it, even though they really should've spent more time with it. Altaïr's Chronicles ends with a cliffhanger, and feels so unrewarded and anti-climactic.
The gameplay is honestly so frustrating. The hardest part of the game getting the controls to work in your favor, with the imprecise controls often getting in the way of successful platforming. However, I do think that the parkour feels somewhat fine for a DS-era game if you have the controls and bugs in your favor. Combat is really boring, with enemies just being sponges for you to spam the same combo.
Altaïr's Chronicles is such a disappointing game, and doesn't deserve the right to be called a prequel to the first game. I don' think I like a single thing about this game, but it isn't the worst game I've ever played.
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The story takes place in 1190, a year prior to the events of the first game. Altaïr returns from a mission to be met with Al Mualim, who alerts him of a plot involving an object known as the Chalice, and the Templar's are attempting to get it. The story of the Chalice was incredibly underwhelming, and I get it, it's just a simple little platformer for the DS, but if this game serves as a canon prequel to Altaïr's mainline adventure, I hope it is near as good, and expected more. The ending was the worst part, rushing the plot of the actual Chalice and not the adventure to get it, even though they really should've spent more time with it. Altaïr's Chronicles ends with a cliffhanger, and feels so unrewarded and anti-climactic.
The gameplay is honestly so frustrating. The hardest part of the game getting the controls to work in your favor, with the imprecise controls often getting in the way of successful platforming. However, I do think that the parkour feels somewhat fine for a DS-era game if you have the controls and bugs in your favor. Combat is really boring, with enemies just being sponges for you to spam the same combo.
Altaïr's Chronicles is such a disappointing game, and doesn't deserve the right to be called a prequel to the first game. I don' think I like a single thing about this game, but it isn't the worst game I've ever played.
Assassin's Creed Franchise: Ranked
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The only Assasin's Creed game I played. Don't @ me. lolol