<s>
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Altaïr	I-Application
's	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2008	O
action-adventure	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Gameloft	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Ubisoft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
the	O
first	O
spin-off	O
installment	O
in	O
the	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
franchise	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
prequel	B-Application
to	O
2007	O
's	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taking	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
year	O
1190	O
AD	O
,	O
one	O
year	O
prior	O
to	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
,	O
the	O
game	O
revolves	O
around	O
Altaïr	O
Ibn-LaʼAhad	O
'	O
s	O
search	O
for	O
an	O
artifact	O
called	O
the	O
Chalice	O
,	O
which	O
brings	O
him	O
into	O
conflict	O
with	O
the	O
Templar	O
Order	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Altaïr	O
travels	O
to	O
several	O
cities	O
in	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
including	O
Jerusalem	B-Application
,	O
Acre	O
,	O
and	O
Damascus	O
(	O
also	O
featured	O
in	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
)	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Tyre	O
and	O
Aleppo	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
new	O
to	O
the	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
in	O
February	O
2008	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
webOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Symbian	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
Java	B-Language
ME	I-Language
operating	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
received	O
mixed	O
to	O
positive	O
reviews	O
from	O
critics	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Bloodlines	I-Application
(	O
another	O
spin-off	O
following	O
Altaïr	O
)	O
and	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
II	I-Application
:	I-Application
Discovery	I-Application
(	O
a	O
spin-off	O
to	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
II	I-Application
)	O
,	O
both	O
of	O
which	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
November	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
were	O
removed	O
from	O
the	O
App	O
Store	O
and	O
Play	O
Store	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Altaïr	I-Application
's	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
is	O
an	O
action-adventure	O
game	O
in	O
which	O
players	O
assume	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Altaïr	O
Ibn-LaʼAhad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
rendered	O
in	O
3D	O
from	O
a	O
third-person	O
perspective	O
and	O
takes	O
advantage	O
of	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
 '	O
features	O
,	O
but	O
unlike	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
not	O
open	O
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
combines	O
hack-and-slash	B-Application
combat	O
with	O
stealth	O
assassinations	O
and	O
parkour	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
bombs	O
,	O
throwing	O
knives	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
crossbow	B-Application
are	O
also	O
made	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
player	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
is	O
set	O
during	O
the	O
Third	O
Crusade	O
in	O
1190	O
,	O
roughly	O
a	O
year	O
before	O
the	O
events	O
of	O
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
then	O
travels	O
to	O
Jerusalem	B-Application
and	O
discovers	O
that	O
Lord	O
Basilisk	O
has	O
the	O
third	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
exchange	O
for	O
sparing	O
his	O
life	O
,	O
Basilisk	O
tells	O
Altaïr	O
that	O
the	O
Chalice	O
has	O
been	O
taken	O
to	O
Jerusalem	B-Application
,	O
and	O
that	O
the	O
Templars	O
are	O
sieging	O
Acre	O
and	O
plan	O
to	O
poison	O
the	O
water	O
supply	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
fending	O
off	O
the	O
Templar	O
attack	O
in	O
Acre	O
,	O
Altaïr	O
heads	O
to	O
Jerusalem	B-Application
and	O
rescues	O
the	O
Chalice	O
,	O
whom	O
he	O
identifies	O
as	O
Adha	O
,	O
a	O
girl	O
he	O
met	O
and	O
had	O
feelings	O
for	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Assassin	B-Application
's	I-Application
Creed	I-Application
:	I-Application
Altaïr	I-Application
's	I-Application
Chronicles	I-Application
for	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
has	O
an	O
aggregate	O
Metacritic	O
score	O
of	O
58	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Slide	O
to	O
Play	O
's	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
version	O
,	O
they	O
gave	O
it	O
a	O
2/4	O
.	O
</s>
