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'''TRANSLATING ASSASSIN'S CREED'''
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{{Infobox VG
| title = عقيدة الحشاشين
| image = [[Image:Assassin's Creed.jpg|256px]]
| developer = [[يوبي سوفت|يوبي سوفت مونتريال]]
| publisher = [[يوبي سوفت]]
| designer = [[جايد ريموند]] (منتج), [[باتريس ديزيليتس]] (مخرج فني)
| engine = [[سيميتار (محرك ألعاب)|محرك سيميتار]]
| released =
'''[[‘كس بوكس 360]]''', '''[[بلاي ستيشن 3]]''':<br/>
{{vgrelease|أمريكا الشمالية|أمريكا الشمالية|[[نوفمبر]] [[13]], [[2007]]}}<ref name="Assassins creed Dated">{{cite web | url = http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/35048/Jades-Ass-Has-Gone-Gold | title = Launch date announced | work = IGN | accessdate = October 25 | accessyear = 2007}}</ref><br/>
{{vgrelease|آسيا وأستراليا|[[نوفمبر]] [[14]], [[2007]]}}[http://www.xbox.com/en-au/games/a/assassinscreed/] <br />
{{vgrelease|الإتحاد الأوروبي|[[نوفمبر]] [[16]], [[2007]]}}<ref>http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/index_old.php</ref><br />
{{vgrelease|اليابان|[[نوفمبر]] [[29]], [[2007]]}}[http://www.ubisoft.co.jp/games/products/069/productinfo.html]<br />
'''[[مايكروسوفت ويندوز]]''':<br/>
Early 2008<ref name="acdelay">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamernode.com/News/4339-PC-Assassins-Creed-and-Mercs-2-delayed-till-2008/index.html | title = تأجيل إصدار عقيدة الحشاشين وميركس حتى 2008 | work = GamerNode | accessdate = سبتمبر 22 | accessyear = 2007}}</ref><br/>
'''[[Nintendo DS]]''': <br/>
February 2008 [http://press.nintendo.com/articles.jsp?id=13691]
| genre = [[إثارة - حركة]]
| modes = [[منفرد]]
| ratings = [[مجلس تقييم الألعاب|ESRB]]: بالغين (M)<br />[[PEGI]]: 18+<ref>http://www.ubi.com/FI/Games/Info.aspx?pId=4820</ref><br />[[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]]: 15
| platforms = [[مايكروسوفت ويندوز]], [[بلاي ستيشن 3]], [[إكس بوكس 360]], [[نينتندو دي إس]]
| media = [[دي في دي]], [[بلو راي]]
| requirements =
| input = [[Gamepad#Xbox 360|Xbox 360 Controller]], [[PlayStation 3 accessories#Sixaxis|SIXAXIS controller]], [[PlayStation 3 accessories#DualShock 3|DualShock 3 controller]], [[Computer keyboard|keyboard]], [[Computer mouse|mouse]] [[Touchscreen]]
}}
[[Image:Example.jpg|thumb|Left|200px|[[الطائر]] نموذج تمثيلي.]]
'''''عقيدة الحشاشين''''' [[لعبة فيديو]] تم تطويرها من قبل [[يوبي سوفت مونتريال]] ومن المفترض طرح هذه اللعبة في نوفمبر 2007.
is a [[video game]] being developed by [[Ubisoft Montreal]] and published by [[Ubisoft]]. The game is due for release in November 2007.<ref name="Assassins creed Dated" /> On [[September 22]], [[2007]], Ubisoft announced the PC version has been delayed until early 2008.<ref name="acdelay">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamernode.com/News/4339-PC-Assassins-Creed-and-Mercs-2-delayed-till-2008/index.html | title = PC Assassin's Creed and Mercs 2 delayed till 2008 | work = GamerNode | accessdate = September 22 | accessyear = 2007}}</ref>
The game takes place during the [[Third Crusade]], in the year 1191. The player assumes the role of [[Altaïr]] (الطائر, Arabic, "The Flying One"), a member of the [[Hashshashin]] sect (the original "assassins"), whose objective is to slay the nine historical figures who are propagating the [[Crusades]]. As the player finds and kills these targets, their conspiracy is unveiled. The player will be able to travel through three cities: [[Jerusalem]], [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] and [[Damascus]].
The environment is completely interactive, from the people to the historically accurate cities. These cities are populated by many people, and the way the player controls Altaïr affects how the bystanders around him react to his presence. For example, when going through a crowd, if the player lightly moves someone out of the way, it will not have a significant effect. However, if the player throws someone to the ground and kills them, the crowd may unite against him and he will then have to find a way out. Similarly, if the player shoves a person aside, they may shove him back. If he climbs walls, civilians will gather around, attracting unwanted attention from guards.
The producers of the game take pride in its historical accuracy. The locations in the game are distinctive models of the cities. All of Altaïr's targets are also historic leaders who died or disappeared in the year [[1191]] (though not necessarily assassinated).
==Gameplay==
The player will be able to grab onto and climb almost any aspect of the environment, which means exploration will be possible to a greater degree than in most other games. Ubisoft boasts that any object that stands out more than two inches will be interactive.
The control scheme in ''Assassin's Creed'' will be significantly different from that of the typical game. Rather than explicitly specifying what actions Altaïr will take, the player presses buttons corresponding to his various body parts and the game attempts to figure out what action should be taken. For example, running toward a wall and pressing the "legs" button will cause Altaïr to jump over a wall, while pressing the "arms without weapons" button will cause him to vault it. Virtually all movement through the environment can be done with just the left thumbstick alone, including walking, running, climbing, jumping, and swinging from poles. The only movement exception appears to be sprinting and starting a wall climb, which requires one to be sprinting first. Also, at the E3 2007 playable demo, pressing the R1 button will switch Altair from ''free-running'' mode to ''fighting'' mode However, when moving through crowds at a run you will stumble over anyone you run into, so you can also shove people aside as you run past to move faster and avoid tripping. It has not been revealed what the control scheme will be for PC users.
A major selling point is "social stealth": the ability to blend in with a crowd (as opposed to simply hiding in shadows) by performing actions that would be socially inconspicuous; for instance disguising the character among a crowd of monks, as was shown in the trailer.
It also appears that the player will be able to battle many historical figures, including the Order of the [[Knights Templar]].
==Background==
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News has also circulated about a "[[sci-fi]] twist", due to information from developer interviews, and some effects visible in trailers of the game. It is theorized that the historical setting may be a simulation, or perhaps some sort of [[racial memory|genetic memory]], for purposes of training or other gain, being undertaken by an unknown group in the present or near future. During a trailer shown at E3, the screen would glitch and go fuzzy at times, and at one point where Altaïr is killed, the screen fades to black and then shows a head's up display with the words "computer offline" with a woman in a labcoat behind the display. Trailers shown at E3 07 reveal further evidence of this, such as a futuristic looking health bar, effects resembling readouts surrounding locked-on enemies and a rather lengthy conversation with a dying enemy surrounded by a white background. Ubisoft has confirmed that ''Assassin's Creed'' will be part of a trilogy, and has also stated that one or both of the sequels may have a futuristic setting.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}
In support of the idea that it centers around genetic memory, structural formulas for [[nucleic acid]]s, apparently arranged into a strand of [[DNA]], can be found in the background of the official website. <ref>http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/experience/</ref>
On September 28, 2006, in an interview with IGN, producer [[Jade Raymond]] confirmed that [[Altaïr]] is "a medieval hitman with a mysterious past" and that he is not a time traveler.<ref>http://ps3.ign.com/articles/736/736393p1.html</ref>
This is consistent with this particular design team, as in ''[[Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time]]'', death was interpreted as a mistake in the [[Prince (Prince of Persia)|Prince of Persia]]'s recounting of his story to [[Allies from the Prince of Persia series#Princess Farah|Farah]]. In an [[Xbox 360]] gameplay demo of Assassin's Creed at [[X06]], a screen appears with the words "memories /01" in the center with "hard drive" on the left and "options" on the right after the character dies. Above "memories" it says "animus", Latin for "soul/life/spirit" (and where the word "animate" comes from) and under it are the words "access your genetic memory". The word "shutdown" can be seen in the lower right-hand corner, and the outline of a person can be seen past the words, almost as if the person was standing over someone on their back, and the player can also see on the right-hand side a light bulb and a grate on the ceiling. Also, in the upper-left hand corner on the screenshot, it reads "in progress" so this may be something involved in the development.<!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Assassins creed hud hd.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The enigmatic death screen]] -->
On [[December 13]], [[2006]], in an interview with [[IGN]], [[Kristen Bell]] (who will have her voice and likeness lent to the game) talked about the plot. According to the interview, the plot centers on [[genetic memory]] and a corporation looking for descendants of an assassin.<ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/750/750843p3.html</ref>
{{bquote|It's actually really interesting to me. It's sort of based on the research that's sort of happening now, about the fact that your genes might be able to hold memory. And you could argue semantics and say it's instinct, but how does a baby bird know to eat a worm, as opposed to a cockroach, if its parents don't show it? And it's about this science company trying to, ''Matrix''-style, go into people's brains and find out an ancestor who used to be an assassin, and sort of locate who that person is.}}
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Altaïr is voiced by actor [[Philip Shahbaz]].<ref>http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1717255/</ref>
It was mentioned in the UbiDays interview that Altaïr is not religious but rather "spiritual" and is the son of a Christian Mother and Muslim Father.
[[Altair]] (meaning "The Flying One" in Arabic) is a star in the Northern Sky in the constellation of [[Aquilla]] ("eagle" in Latin); this ties in well with a white eagle seen in the trailer for [[PS3]] and [[Xbox 360]] which is shown flying over the city of Acre, and lands on the bell tower Altaïr himself is standing on. To complete the theme the Assassin's clothes consist of white flowing robes. His hood also has a hook on the end and his lower robe features a stream on each side, therefore making Altair's shadow in air look like an eagle.
It is also stated that in events before the start of the game, there is an initiation where Altaїr's left ring finger is cut off, so that he is no longer a Novice, but an Assassin. Once his finger is cut off, a hidden blade is installed, as noted below in "Weaponry".
==Story==
''Assassin's Creed'' is set in AD [[1191]], when the [[Third Crusade]] was tearing the [[Holy Land]] apart. Shrouded in secrecy and feared for their ruthlessness, [[Hashshashin|the Assassins]] intend to stop the hostilities by suppressing both sides of the conflict. Players, assuming the role of the main character, will have the power to throw their immediate environment into chaos and to shape events during this pivotal moment in history.
The story follows [[Altaïr]], a disgraced master assassin who embarks on a quest to restore his status within the Assassin Order. After failing to assassinate the Templar leader [[Robert de Sable]] and recover the legendary Templar Treasure, Altaïr is demoted to Uninitiated (the lowest rank in the Assassin Order).
But Sinan, leader of the Assassins, offers him an opportunity to redeem himself. Altaïr must venture out into the Holy Land and assassinate men said to be exacerbating and exploiting the hostilities created by the Third Crusade. In doing so, he will stabilize the region, allowing Sinan to usher in an age of peace.
When the game begins, [[Richard the Lionheart]] has just recaptured the port city of [[Acre, Israel|Acre]] from occupying [[Saracen]]s. With a base of operations established, the [[Crusades|Crusaders]] prepare to march south. Their true target is [[Jerusalem]] – which they intend to recapture in the name of the [[Church]]. However, [[Saladin]], leader of the Saracen army, currently rules the city. Stinging from his army’s defeat at Acre, he will not allow Richard to humiliate him again. The Saracens are massing at the ruins of Fortress Arsuf, intending to ambush the Crusaders and prevent them from reaching Jerusalem.
These war maneuvers have left the rest of the Holy Land wide open. While Richard and Saladin battle one another, the men left to govern in their stead have begun taking advantage of their newfound positions of power. Exploitation, manipulation, and provocation rule the day. It is in this chaotic mess that Altaïr now finds himself. He is ordered to eliminate those most active in their exploitation. This is how the Assassin begins his mission.
Along the way, however, he will begin to discover that his targets are bound by more than just a shared interest in personal gain. They share membership in a secret society familiar to the Hashshashin. And they are not simply looking for profit. Their true goal and how they plan to achieve it leads to a modern-day conspiracy with secrets to be discovered during the course of the story.
==Weaponry==
There are four main types of weapons which Altaïr will be able to use in ''Assassin’s Creed'': a long sword, a short sword coupled with throwing knives on a belt, his fists, and his hidden blade, a concealed mechanical dagger that retracts to avoid notice (similar in concept to an OTF or "out-the-front" switchblade. All that is known is that the hidden blade uses a complex system of gears to somehow extend and retract. This hidden blade is attached to the underside of his left arm, which emerges from under his wrist. Altaïr is also missing his left hand ring finger which was severed as part of the initiation ceremony when he received his mechanical dagger. When the blade is extended and the hand is balled into a fist the blade extends through the space left by the removed ring finger. A trailer showing the dagger being "unsheathed" shows a complex clockwork mechanism. A crossbow was shown in the first trailer for Assassins Creed, but has not been seen since, meaning that it was either used for cinematic effect or it has been cut from the game in favour of throwing daggers.
Jade Raymond has stated that the player will be able to unlock new abilities such as improved boots (better grip for climbing) and climbing gloves and customizations for Altaïr's weaponry. In the newest trailer, Altaïr also carries a knife on his back, in addition to his sword. The players can select the weapon they want to use by pressing the directional buttons, this allows quick switch capability during combat.
==Other media==
=== Books ===
Pocket Books had announced it was planning to novelize ''Assassin’s Creed'' in a trilogy, written by [[Steven Barnes]]. However, the series has reportedly been cancelled.<ref>http://darkush.blogspot.com/2007/10/why-even-care.html</ref> The title of the first book would have been ''Assassin’s Creed Book One: The Invisible Imam'', and would have detailed events leading up to the beginning of the game.
There was a small comic given out to [[EB Games]] managers during the company's 2007 annual conference. This was scanned and put on [[Photobucket]] soon after.<ref>[http://s166.photobucket.com/albums/u86/sircuddlesGHII/Assassins%20Creed/ Assassin's Creed comic, ''Photobucket'']</ref>
=== Film ===
According to Xbox.com there have been some discussions between five major studios and Ubisoft, concerning making a film adaptation of ''Assassin's Creed''.<ref>http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/news-features/news/Cramming-Assassin’s-Creed-250507.htm</ref> However the identities of the film companies have not been revealed and neither has Ubisoft's response.
Ubisoft and [[Independent Film Channel|IFC]] held a contest for short films based on ''Assassin's Creed''. The winning film can be watched [http://medialab.ifc.com/film_detail.jsp?film_id=5595&list=1 here].
=== Trailers ===
One of the most notable trailers for ''Assassin's Creed'' was the "Lonely Soul" trailer that debuted on [[May 23]], [[2007]] at Ubidays '07, using [[trip-hop]] band [[UNKLE|UNKLE's]] song ''[[Lonely Soul]]'' as the background music.<ref>[http://www.gametrailers.com/player/19860.html Lonely Soul trailer, ''GameTrailers'']</ref>
=== Limited Edition ===
Announced in May of 2007, a Limited Collector's Edition will be released as well. However, the Limited Edition version will only be available to PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 owners. In addition to the game disc the Assassin's Creed Limited Edition will contain:
*Collectible 3-inch Altaïr figure
*Penny Arcade comics
*Mini strategy guide
*Bonus disc including:
**Winners of Assassin's Creed short film contest
**Behind-the-scenes videos
**Developer diaries
**Trailers
**Producer interviews
==Demos==
On [[July 10]] [[2007]] during the [[Microsoft]] [[E3]] Press Conference, a demo was shown using a previously unseen city, [[Jerusalem]]. Features that were demonstrated included improved crowd mechanics, the "chase" system (chasing after a target trying to flee), as well as deeper aspects of free running. This was the first time where [[Altaïr]] could be heard speaking. It was again showcased for nearly 20 minutes on Wednesday, [[July 11]]. The video showed an extended version of the [[E3]] demo, and included Altaïr trying to escape after his assassination of Talal the Slave Trader.
On [[August 26]], [[2007]] an 11 minute demo of Assassin's Creed was shown at the [[Penny Arcade Expo#PAX 2007|Penny Arcade expo]]. The level that was shown was the same as in the E3 demo, however a different path was taken to reach the target. At the end of the demo, a conversation between Altaïr and the head of the Assassin's bureau in Jerusalem called Malik was shown.
==Reception==
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|<center>''[[Famitsu]]''
|<center>37/40
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[[Famitsu]] awarded ''Assassin's Creed'' a 37 (10, 8, 9, 10) out of 40, citing the story, presentation, and acrobatics, while criticizing the one button combat, map layout, and camera problems.<ref>[http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/11/02/famitsu-reviews-assassins-creed-37-40 Famitsu reviews Assassin's Creed: 37/40]</ref>
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==Awards==
The following awards were awarded to Assassin's Creed at [[E3]] [[2006]]:
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;[[Game Critics Awards]]
*'''Won''': ''Best Action/Adventure Game''.<ref>{{cite web| title = 2006 Winners | url = http://www.gamecriticsawards.com/win.html | publisher = gamecriticsawards.com | accessdate = 2006-06-25}}</ref>
;[[IGN]]
*'''Won''': ''Best Action Game'', ''PS3 Game of the Show'', ''Best PS3 Action Game'', ''Best PS3 Graphics''
*'''Runner-up''': ''Best Console Game'', ''Best PS3 Artistic Design'', ''PS3 Award for Technological Excellence''
*'''Nominations''': ''Game of the Show'', ''Best Graphics Technology''
;[[GameSpy]]
*'''Won''': ''Best PS3 game of the show''
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;[[GameSpot]]
*'''Won''': ''Best PS3 game of the show''
*'''Runner-up''': ''Game of the Show'', ''Best Trailer'', ''Best Graphics'', ''Best Action Adventure Game''
;[[Gametrailers]]
*'''Won''': ''Best of Show''
*'''Runner-up''': ''Best Trailer'', ''Most Innovative'', ''Best Action/Adventure''
;[[1UP]]:
*'''Won''': ''Best PS3 game''
*'''Runner-up''': ''Best Visuals'', ''Game of the show''
{{col-end}}
Assassin's Creed won 'One to Look Out For' at the Golden Joystick Awards in 2007.
==Trivia==
{{Trivia|date=October 2007}}
*The popular phrase used to describe Assassin's Creed's gameplay, "Nothing is true. Everything is permitted."<ref name="qa">{{cite web|url=http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=85121 | title=Exclusive Assassin's Creed Q&A | date= 11-06-2006 | publisher=Gamepro.com}}</ref> is in fact a quotation generally attributed to the founder of the Hashshashin, [[Hassan-i Sabbah]].
*The case of the game appeared in the "The Dinner Party" episode of popular UK Television series ''[[The IT Crowd]]''. Roy picked it up on his way out of the apartment of a woman who he had just walked home asking "Could I have a lend of this?"
==Notes==
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==External links==
;Official websites
* [http://assassinscreed.uk.ubi.com/ Assassin's Creed UK site]
* [http://assassinscreed.us.ubi.com/ Assassin's Creed US site]
* [http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/frm/f/5251069024 Assassin's Creed Official Forum]
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