Is Assassins Creed: Altairs Chronicles Worth It?
Though a significant departure from the current-gen console version of Assassin’s Creed, Altair’s Chronicles is quite entertaining. The graphics are horrendous in comparison to the original – no surprises there – but they work well enough on the DS. All of the basic visual elements are present – the Synchronization Bar, pedestrian traffic, the sights of the cities, Altair himself – but all of it has a rough, heavily pixilated look. The controls are mostly smooth, though the not-quite-3D perspective can be confusing when Altair is jumping “into” the environment instead of to the left or right. Anyone who played the original Prince of Persia games will find the controls – particularly Altair’s context-sensitive acrobatics – to be similar, though not quite as floaty. Thankfully, generous helpings of checkpoint markers – Altair’s Chronicles is entirely autosave – ensure that backtracking is never too much of an issue. As for combat, it’s pure, dumb fun. Mash the buttons correctly and thing
