14 DAY TRIAL // Published by Gameloft under license from Ubisoft Entertainment, Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles is now available for iPhone and iPod touch users running Software Update 2.2.1. The publishers tout the title as being recommended for fans of action, adventure, and historical games.
Connoisseurs (console players) needn't any updates as far as the game's plot goes, but iPhone and iPod touch owners might be interested in knowing that Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles takes place in Jerusalem, 1191 AD – the time when the Third Crusade between the Crusaders and Saracens was tearing the Holy Land apart.
As the iTunes description reveals, players jump in the shoes of Altaïr, a Master Assassin sent by the Order of the Assassins on a quest to find “The Chalice,” an object of such power that it can end the Crusades, depending on which camp owns it. Players are tasked with stealing The Chalice from the Templars before someone offers them the right price for it, thus determining the fate of the Holy Land.
The title offers a rich gameplay and a well-balanced mix of stealth, action, and puzzles, according to Gameloft. Fully 3D-rendered historical environments of the Crusade's Middle East are also key elements of the game. Main features, as listed over at the iTunes App Store, include:
– Master the assassin's skills to benefit from a wide range of acrobatic moves and perform impressive combo attacks, mixing sword skills and kicks. – Choose your fighting tactics based on six weapons for both close combat and long-range attacks: swords, daggers, grappling hooks, and bombs. – Skill-based mini-games put your patience & dexterity to the test: perform pickpocket maneuvers to carefully steal precious items from the crowd and make informants speak. – Unique dramatic tension on iPhone, intensified by 3D cinematic cutscenes and characters' voices. – Collect orbs to upgrade health and weapons.
Download Assassin's Creed: Altair's Chronicles via iTunes ($9.99)
