Assassin's Creed Mirage Is EXACTLY What I Feared... | Review 

Its insane that ubisoft has been making the AC for more than 10 years, and then Ghost of tsushima comes out and is superior in every thing, from combat to movement to stealth to side quests to graphic to characters and story and music too

I would play ghost of Tsushima over any assassins, Creed any day we will never get assassin’s creed game set in Japan Ubisoft makes games they want to make

Swear I just saw a video titled like that🗿

​@@daethmer7834 the AC story peaked at the Ezio trilogy. Ever since then it's just become some boring ass anthology series with poorly written narratives.

​@@daethmer7834Ghost is what a modern AC should look like.

Well there ya go! That’s great to hear.

I like it if the entries are voiced.

So true! That was really awesome ❤

​@@Volker_A4too bad they only did that for AC2, not just the target description but also the letter is voice acted

What do you mean back? Codex entries never left. Valhalla had a Codex 😂

I really liked Valhalla, up until the Odin/Asgard quest line. That killed my interest instantly 😅

Agreed

Right vahalla was ass imo

​@@f.c.m.3865same. I never finished it cuz the odin stuff was beyond tedious

@@urekmazino6800 I 100% every game up until Odyssey. Origins Really strained me But i loved Bayek and the Egyptian setting so i pushed throuh. Odyssey i Hated alexwhatever the fuck, I hated Layla and they Ruined the setting with the greater focus on the fucking ISU. The world was slow bogged down with shit that i just gave up at some point, blitzed the main story. I tried some of atlantis but that point really pissed me off enough that i swore it off. I never touched valhalla but from what iv seen its literally odyssey but more of what i hated.

both origins and mirage have a simmilar kind of puzzle element in the form of papyruses and "i cant remember the name" or maybe not its been a while since ive played any old ac games

Play Valhalla there are some puzzles like excaliburs sword that will rack your brain.

You're absolutely right. The weird shards and fragments that throw you into a strange decoding puzzle have been missing ever since Brotherhood or maybe AC3. I really miss those 'intellectual puzzles' that required a cursory knowledge of history. There's none of that in Mirage or any of the modern AC games.

It's because that story line got finished with the original trilogy. Ubisoft dosent have writers that can do that anymore

The charm of the old games was the mystery and the creepy atmosphere

I fizzled out after a bit too, then went back and replayed it and ended up with 170 hrs. There were some really good elements in the game, the forts, the river battles, alliances with other territories, things like that were cool, expanding the base was a pain in the ass though, getting it to level 5 sucked.

After 50 hours of playing that shit I contemplated what I was doing with my life. you experience most of what the game has to offer within the first 10-15 hours and it’s exceedingly longer than that

Agreed. I hate grinding in every way, shape or form. Grinding is just repetitive, mindless time wasted to level up a stat or get some gear. It comes to a point where enough is enough and I never want to touch the game again. This happened years ago with Gran Turismo 2.

​@@joshalan5125same I think I played for like 10 hours just hoping it would get better

@@marty5300They could've just made it a Viking game instead of AC and people would've bought it cos Vikings r popular in media.

Ubisoft make and have made the best open world rpg experiences over the last 2 decades. their quality and attention to detail are unparalleled. sure there's flaws in all of them to some extent or another, but this whole 'its ubisoft its bad bullshit is pure cringe.

​@@m0rianneneed to play more games bud

​@@m0riannehard disagree. Ubisoft used to be what you're describing but they really lost the plot in the last 10 years. Their games are now soul-less, filled with meaningless repetitive content and bad writing. I think Rockstar, CD Projekt Red, FromSoftware and Bethesda Game Studios have made far superior open-world action RPGs.

In the last decade they have shifted their focus on games as products and recurrent spending. The Ubisoft from the past died a long time ago.

I have more faith in Ubisoft than others although this is a great title 🤣🤣

I did enjoy the modern day it sets the potential for the story since at the end of the day the real story is about geting the isu items befor abstergo and saving the world in the process , the gripe i had with mirage is I completed the main story , side activites and collectables all in about 20ish hours didnt feel like i got much from mirage. Plus there is no Modern day for what is surpost to be its own game , big dlc energy, along side no Newgame+ once again

@@DannBerries New Game+? Wait you guys are serious? AssAssIn's Cheek titles are known to have that mission replay function since the first one and now in order to replay earlier missions you have to restart but even that mechanic is absent from the latest game? Jesus Mary on a motorbike, what even is Assassin's Creed anymore?

I know I was so in love with AC3s modern segments that I was hoping later games would have us doing stealth missions in the modern day in between the animus stuff. I enjoyed Black Flags and Rogues, but still wish they would have built up kore on what they did with AC3. AC3 has my absolute favorite modern day segments with the flavor text, stealth missions, and parkour challenges.

You can go back to your roots but still be new. Ratchet and Clank rift apart, Zelda Breath of the wild, Harvest moon friends of mineral town. It can be done, ubisoft just didn't do it well.

From software is releasing the same game for years and somehow they manage to improve them. Rockstar with the GTA formula is the same

​​​@@44zeex botw went as far from the roots as possible and turned Zelda into a "cinematic open world fake RPG"

9:08

ROFLMAO....nobody is ever going to be happy with any video game it's kinda like the president being blamed for every single thing when it's not even his fault.

Yeah, but Dooms is unlocked within a single playthrough and gives you an excuse to replay the game with full upgrades.

Have you ever played a game that starts you off with everything unlocked? I've been playing Castlevania: SOTN lately and it starts you briefly with everything before taking it away. Games have always had progression and sequels have often poked fun at this or theorized why the character is reset. Whether its levelled skills or items/weapons which grant you new abilities, this isn't really anything new. I'm 99% certain that developers understand through millions of hours of playtesting that players get overwhelmed if given all abilities immediately. This is why most games always start you off by instructing you how to move or look around. You can argue about how it should be paced, but NG+ ultimately seeks to solve this by letting you replay the full game with everything. Do you want lots of skills and abilities? Then the trade off is unlocking it over time and hopefully getting NG+. Triple A games are developed for audiences of millions, it's in their interest to make their product accessible. Granting abilities without explaining them isn't accessible. So we get tutorials and unlockable progression. The system itself isn't the problem, it's the implementation. If it affords you gameplay options, totally unique mechanics with trade-offs, then it's fun. If it's simple incremental stat boosts, yeah, that sucks... but if it is giving you new gameplay abilities and allowing you to engage with the game world in a better way, then what's the problem? Would you really be happy to start the game as an unstoppable force? Even in the original DOOM you start with just a pistol. It's a flimsy criticism. It's basic game design and it's up to the devs to make it work... to make it make sense... to make it fun.

Some people like the checklist, Ubisoft -style open world game. In fact, they are very good. The problem isn't with the games, the problem is with OTHER games. Meaning, when everyone else tries to do it too.

That was the first game I played on the new gen consoles at the time (Xbox one) and I thought it was so freaking boring and hardly anything like old Thief. That bummed me out hard cuz I was so stoked for the new console generation and expected more from them. Didnt play the Xbox One for almost two years after that.

Skill tree fans seething rn

Don’t worry, that’s for the next game. 😂

@@Masokista93I hope they use ghost for their template, better not mess up that Japan era haha

Because AC1 is in the middle east? The only thing worth taking from AC2 apart from maps is combat, which they did, everything else was trash there.

AC1 is incredible.

AC 2 started the trash ass tailing missions. AC 1 was the last AC before Unity that was truly open. If anything, they should have based this game on Unity.

😅🤣

Facts.. people these days just love to cry & complain about every little thing. .

@@504Trey or maybe people complain about regress in every aspect,thats mirage,regresses in every aspect,parkour is worse than unity,graphics are somehow worse wile not being a huge open world anymore,its not ''back to the roots'' as you have ac pddysey magical teleport abilities still

You really thought this sounded witty

@@dustyroflman8926 I'm sorry it wasn't up to the ol' dustyroflman standards. I'l try harder next time.

@@dustyroflman8926 even if it's not, it's actually true...

@@alexandredufresne7464 Have you played the game?

@@dustyroflman8926 course I have... on xbox and ps5. xbox series x version is a pile of crap. No music most of the time, (no music while in conflict sometimes, other times not even while syncing the towers. Screen tearing, stutttering, FPS drops every fews seconds sometimes... It's just a mess. On PS5 though, whole different experience. Music much more frequent and triggers as expected 99% of the time, no screen tearing, no drops, only a bit of chromatic abberation which gives the game a somewhat unwelcomed blue tint (hurts my eyes a bit, quite common on PS5 apparently). but nothing too serious. I just feel like overall, the game lacks the quality standards that the franchise deserves for its 15th anniversary... but who cares right

The feathers and flags I never got hahaha

@@DarthVenomussI hated those damn feathers lol

I don't think they could even if they wanted to

It wasn’t really the act of collecting the feathers, it’s having to hunt them down without a map.

it's just a cash grab. This was supposed to be Valhalla DLC but by calling it a new game they can charge you $50 for it

I felt the same way as you about Valhalla, i disliked that game imensely, yet i agree with everything he said about Mirage, I loved Oddyssey, and i also loved AC2 and brotherhood back in the day. But Mirage is a 100% skip for me.

If the main issue is the story and combat then idc. I’ll still play it. Story? I’m not expecting it to be good. Combat? I’m actually in favor of them regressing it for the sake of making you play more stealthily. As long as the tools and stealth are fun and the parkour is doable and a bit faster, I’m okay with whatever else the game brings

@@ci825same

Damn I’m back on board with mirage then! I’ll get it when I’m back home!

I agree

Exactly. The Assassin's Creed subreddits have a lesser form of the problem with the old Fallout boards: a small, loud, group with nothing better to do has taken over the narrative and shouts down the majority and they hate the new games so Ubisoft thinks that's what the fandom is actually like.

100 percent correct!!

Yup, you got it. How to fix? Do what Nintendo does and make the game you want and ignore everything else. This whole “let the fans make the game” level of transparency has gotta go.

I agree. I didn’t expect anything narratively groundbreaking tho. Im just excited to play as a real assassin again.

The movment just looks like the last 3 games

started playing, so far i'm really into the story

@@sid-alitelab8958 same.

unfortunately mate, I bought this and the gameplay is much worse that the Ezio games...Ezio series gameplay actually feels more " advanced" compared to Mirage...though Mirage and more recent games has more tricks and things....it's very basic and well..."less"

Yeah I'll think I'll like this more than valhalla but I'll wait to get it on sale or just get it for free on pc lol

@@urekmazino6800 I’m probably just gonna get Ubisoft plus for a month and beat it in a weekend honestly.

I had to stop playing Valhalla not cause it was boring the map size was just to big

I'm not sure what the reason is since I haven't beat Valhalla/Don't remember a lot of the Basim talks, but I don't see why they would explain the lack of tension in Valhalla, but not explain it in the actual game where it happens. Seems weird

Same

Agreed, it's always important to play a game yourself. RU-vidr opinions are kind of ruining the atmosphere of gaming imo. People need to think for themselves.

​@@AurielnlThe problem is a lot of people tend to take their favorite reviewer's opinion as gospel, without even giving a game a chance. Really the best way to see if you'll like a game is just to watch a livestream/let's play. That works great for me at least.

@@mdog86EXACTLY! Most people are cut outs of each other nowadays. They instantly take what a RU-vidr is saying and regurgitate it as fact and even get toxic and defensive. It's crazy honestly. It's like everyone is becoming the exact same nitpicking, never-happy, always negative and repeating what they've heard human being. Free thinking is a huge issue in the world now exacerbated by the obsession with watching youtubers and streamers.

@@Aurielnl Definitely, and it can be exhausting dealing with it. It's a shame cause I imagine there's a lot of people who've missed out on some really great games cause of that. But what can ya do 🤷

Same

It's really good if you look at actual real people's reviews on xbox ect it's doing really well. It's just all these Nancy RU-vid creators that act entitled that the game wasn't made for them.

It is not linear as far as I know

@@CrohnsWarriorGaming I agree

@@user-sv8nf1ve9m it’s almost as linear as AC 1 from what I’ve played so far.

And you're not wrong. In my opinion, Origins was the last actually good AC game with a decent story. Odyssey was all over the place and nothing made sense as well the characters seemed like they couldn't care less about what was happening. The "choices" you made was literally pointless, choosing a nice dialog option and the very next sentence being a dick and there was no consequences for it like there was supposed be. Valhalla was just vikings. It was a decent viking game and that's pretty much it

Bars

I feel you bro, I mean I’ll still play this game as I’m interested but with other game titles I feel the same way. I used to love pokemon, don’t know if I’m just older or hate how barely anything has changed since I was kid lol. Now call of duty as well, used to love playing with friends and now I cringe every year I see a new one come out.

AC unity is the best looking feels next gen

Oh bo ho you don't like assassin's creed nobody cares.

Yea this is hands down the best ac game since origins, im okay with valhalla however i cant stand odyssey, and i am tired of the rpg style, the stealth focus of this game was very refreshing to see, which is a sentence i never thought id have to say about an assassins creed game. Its very strange how the rpg games divided the fanbase so far apart, most of the people who praise odyssey call this game garbage and somehow already miss the rpg mythological style, while ppl like me who dont like odyssey and valhalla as much, believe mirage is how ac should have been for the last few games and needs to stay. Theres way more to be said ab it but i dont feel like typing out a novel rn lol

What do you mean by "stuck in the past"?

I worked a little bit in the game design field a while back, so this is just my thoughts. I think technology is making it easier for artists to create high quality assets quickly. Maybe AI will be the thing that helps the design and coding side be easier. I feel like it's difficult to innovate new gameplay, implement it bug free, test it, and make it fun within the deadlines they set. Feels like gameplay is more of a "let's hope this works and make changes for the next game or go in a totally new direction" which I guess works if your business goal is to pump out a ton of titles COD style.

When they change things up people want the old and trash the new you can’t please gamers these days.

@@jonathanforsythe445 TBH, you don't even need to create stuff that much by yourself because of asset stores and such, at least the more "mundane" stuff like ground, rocks etc. can shave off a lot of time and who is going to even notice that

@@morbidzombii no one wanted AC1 glorified dlc

You arent in the minority. People just got fatigued or havent played them in a long while. And are dishonest about it. I'm willing to bet there are more people part of the old fanbase that haven't played a game since Unity and continue to trash on the games than people who actually dislike the newer games. It's evident in the criticisms that don't apply. Sorta like "Bugthesda" with Starfield... even though the least of Starfield's problems have to do with bugs. Just people who don't play the games.

Same. I genuinely love the newer direction even though I love the series as a whole. Playing Mirage is fun, but I kinda miss the build diversity of Valhalla.

yep I have no interest in the classic AC playstyle. Give me a huge open world rpg, let me specialize and gear my character for melee, range, or assassination and let me explore and do side content if I want to. I want more like odyssey/valhalla or I have zero interest.

Black Flag is easily the best AC game in the franchise. Loved it!

​@@mattrayne7788Black Flag definitely holds the title

@@mattrayne7788 AC Unity would like to have a word with you

@@mattrayne7788loved black flag

*Black Flag is getting a remake.*

I do too. I just finished it and in the middle I wasn’t really invested (due to the forgettable order members) but the last 2 hours of the game blew my mind

yeah...

Research? Nah. They say back to roots so we are going back to 2007 What do you mean people ment Removing the RPG mechanics?

@@BlueBD 😂😂😂 it’s hilarious they thought this was the way to go. It’s like everyone forgot the common complaint with AC before origins was that this gameplay, that is now in mirage, was boring & repetitive etc 🤣

@@RidPhantoyeah its way more boring than hitting counter to one shot then chain that one shot until everyone is dead.

Years upon years of people saying tailing missions are terrible so Ubisoft being ever so in touch with the community decides to add more tailing missions to the game. Classic.

@@coltonwilkie241 ppl wanted the old games with better graphics, dont ask for this and then complain 😂

Rogue came out alongside unity between 4 and unity as a middle ground for those unable to make the console generation leap. So new Gen got unity. Past Gen got rogue. Technically rogue would be considered one to be played first. Also it's gameplay is basically 4 but was the ice. It's better to keep the momentum going by playing 4 then rogue then unity.

@@aliquidgaming1068 I understand what you mean, I'm just thinking of it from a story perspective. The twist at the end of Rogue has no impact if you haven't played Unity beforehand

Enjoy paying full price for ac Valhalla dlc 😂

@@sebm7912 I paid more than full price, bought the deluxe edition.

Same

The side content in ACII, Brotherhood, ACIII, and ACIV were well executed. Especially with 3 and 4 having their own unique progressions with a town and ship.

Same

They went with the rpg route because at the time Witcher 3 was a massive success, even the developers admitted it. Ubisoft just blindly follows the biggest trends.

Difference is, Ubisoft can't make a game as good as Witcher 3 if their lives depended on it.

Agree

Same.. The critics have been all over the place with this one. I’ve seen guys praise things in one review, and completely lament the same thing in another.

@@brandonmclain2933 How about old time gamers actually criticizing the game for everything it's not in "returning to Groot"? Or like the new marketing strategies say, old fans no longer needed and welcomed?

Facts.. people these days just love to cry & complain about every little thing. .

Exactly 💯

@@simplySY8 Yeah and it is even a Deluxe edition of AC mirage for those 14.99€, I am absolutely playing it there.

It’s already only $50

​@@josiahmccallister3150image waiting until it was $25

​@@josiahmccallister3150 double the price that a current ubi game deserves tbh

@@josiahmccallister3150 it’s not just the cost tbh , because I play on pc it will have a few patches by then aswell

@@josiahmccallister3150soooo like most games? 😂

Brother the pacing in Odyssey was shit

Red flag for me was how little this game seemed to be advertised. Maybe I live under a rock, but there seemed like there was no hype for this game. Just the same bad ad I skipped that played hip-hop music of all things. No one was really talking about this game being released soon, to the point where I didn't realize it was even supposed to be out this year.

Going back to the roots of a tedious 2007 really shouldn’t mean its the same 😂 very fair point

@@HumanPerson_final agreed. Seen some others in here say it’s Valhalla DLC and tbh, it kinda feels like that. Can’t wrap my head around it, rly shows how out of touch and lazy Ubisoft are

@@rikkibesti4980 honestly, why not take inspiration from those older games and innovate / expand on those ideas? They’ve basically done a carbon copy gameplay wise

@@RidPhanto Excatly it’s so incredibly backwards, i’m fine if the use the template if the actually build on what was wrong with it, which there was alot even for a 2007 game.

u are one of a kind

True😢

4 isn't even a good AC game. It's a good pirate game, nothing about it is AC though.

100% agreed it could've gotten the Resident Evil Remake treatment.

Because then people would eant a remake of AC2 and then we’re into a cycle of remaking games and not innovating.

B/c the right wing nutsos kept crying about everything being “Woke” now look at them!

Facts

peaked with odyssey😂😂

For me personally: -The story telling of the Ezio Trilogy -The Parkour and traversal of Unity -The feeling of exploration from Black Flag -The feeling of being in an actual assassin brotherhood similar to AC1 -Good modern day segments from brotherhood -Stealth not being necessary but encouraged which I've heard that Mirage does well -Social stealth again I've heard mirage has improved it -Instead of just unlocking a skill and suddenly we can just use it, we have to actually LEARN it, either via challenges/missions -The fluidity and ferocity of combat from AC3/Black Flag although not as easy, I've heard enemies in Mirage are more hostile rather than just waiting to be picked off from counters one by one

Ever since Unity they've all been downgrades.

​@@SwungCookie Odyssey is the best AC game zero cap.

​@@makokenji4350odyssey is an abomination to most of us.

The thing is, i dont think that era can ever be recaptured, im never going to experience playing ac2 on christmas a month after it came out, i feel like we all wanted that magic that we felt when we were all pre teens and teens, but it just wont happen

Well that’s Ubisofts fault. The story hasn’t gone anywhere in over a decade because they killed off their next big bad in a book. Every games modern day story has been reduced to “we want the shiny thing because we don’t want the other guy to have the shiny thing” and that’s it. There’s no greater purpose for that shiny thing it’s just gone forever now.

@@unbeatable617 there are ways to innovate on improving parkour, or adding new stuff that makes sense for the time period they chose without abandoning the core gameplay of AC like Odyssey and Valhalla did. And I’ll tell you that for me personally. I hated Odyssey. So much so that it made me drop the series and I didn’t even play Valhalla. I don’t play AC to be some Brutish warrior. I play it to be a stealthy Assassin jumping across rooftops. If the series doesn’t offer what I enjoyed about it I Will Not Play It.

@@unbeatable617 People didn’t like Unity because of the bugs and the fact that it felt weird going back to basics right after Black Flag created a perfect balance between traditional AC and new stuff.

​@@frenchfriedbagel7035so sounds like you should like this game. I'll pass. If it was like Odyssey I'd buy it in a heartbeat.

@@unbeatable617 Multiplayer was a mistake. It’s made Arno feel more limited because he had to be balanced around working in a multiplayer group.

Yeah...played odyssey 3000 hours

Lmao half of it probably was. They probably made AI consume AC mirage content

They did say they are experimenting with AI programming for them.

It’s a shame the map and graphics look beautiful but the game is boring with lack of content

Bloated and also I found it extremely boring. The characters were lacking for me. I have other issues with the game as well. But bloated is not the only thing for me.

@@raf686 extremely boring?! I don’t know what to say

@skywalk3x awe I am sorry I have a different opinion than you. 😢

@@raf686 don’t be sorry that’s what makes conversations happen. But also don’t be a dick about it either.

Nah. They could just copy/pasted Unity and change the setting. 10/10 game without Valhalla DNA.

​@@ProtectusCZkinda true but I still like what we got

They don't know, these are the same people who complain that gaming is filled with microtransactions but participate into it

If people actually read when we say what we want it is actually really simple

They know what they want. The devs don't know what they want, is the case.

A fun game that goes back to the classic AC mechanics, an urban environment, and good writing? Games can have all three, you know

@@yamasaa yes they can. Just look at AC2.

Most people only remember the horrible performance, floating eyes and teeth with missing heads and constant crowds related bugs popping in and out (that still can happens with clothes and whole NPCs models changing) or NPCs glitching out. It's why 1st impressions are VERY important because current unity Is STILL the best AC gameplay in the series but only the true AC purest fans can see how goated Unity really is unfortunately. We are few.....

The only thing I'll ever remember from Unity is that early Chapel mission and the atrocious framerate.

Unity was the last AC Game. Underrated and forgotten

For some reason unity looks much better then fucking new ac games. Wtf is wrong with ubisoft???

​​@@Free_HugzYeah, Unity is one of the worst running games in console history, on Xbox One. I don't even think that changed much. Great on new consoles or PC tho

It's almost like it's an actual assassin game and not just a historic Open World RPG game with the name Assassin's Creed name slapped on top of it

@@wintersong2266 "They want you to focus on stealth" is not a good excuse for horrible combat.

@@dragonzlucas The combat is not horrible. It's just not meant for you to tear apart armies on your own like previous games. It is kind of similar to Soulbornes combat in that you can't just swing your sword mindlessly and expect results.

It is nothing like Soulsborne...there is 1 weapon@@wintersong2266 If you have played any other game and still think this combat is good then idk what to say. Also you can take on an army on your own. Parry, counter, next.

Played ODYSSEY 3000 hours...

Yeah...played odyssey 3000 hours

Should of bought a ps5

That's an interesting take on why your purchased the game. Hope you enjoy it.

wasted ur money on a trash console AND a trash game😭

​@@nextgenjahThat's a relative statement. Maybe OP doesn't care about console exclusives and wanted a 3rd party console. In that regard, the Xbox isn't a trash console. Most casual people don't care about exclusives and only care about 3rd party games, so the console war bs doesn't matter.

​@@annonjames2433Unless OP is interested in PS exclusives, there's no reason to buy a PS5 over an Xbox.

EXACTLY