Assassin's Creed Mirage vs Assassin's Creed 1 - Physics and Details Comparison 

I swear AC1 doesn't get enough recognition for how well it holds up.

The fact we are actually comparing a game from 2023 to a game from 2007 is just astonishing

The original had surprisingly impressive graphics for it's time, you'd think comparing it to mirage would be a night and day difference

_FOR THE RECORD_ it's not that Altair can't swim, it's that he was such an impeccable free-runner that the idea of him falling into the water by accident is SO at-odds with the Animus's reading of his genetic memory that it causes _immediate_ desynchronization 🧐

I've always found AC one truly incredible graphics wise. The character had weight, the way clothes moved and lighting affected surfaces gave it a pretty believable overall look to the game. It is only when you get real close that you see how much textures haven't really held up over time. But from the normal point of view you spend playing most of the game, it still holds up remarkably well.

7:04 mirage is definitely faster, but the older games had a rock climbing type, is it slow yes??? but it made climbing more of a puzzle and gave side ejecting and back ejecting to scale buildings more satisfaction as there was a fine contrast between climbing slowly up a building and carving out a path up that was quick and efficient

I'll always prefer the parkour in the original ACs. Those games made you feel more like an expert assassin. Apart from the weightiness and the staggering animations, climbing was more thoughtful; you had to observe your environment to know if you could climb something, or find the most efficient route. In the new games you're a super mutant. Just aim at a wall and he'll find his way up.

One thing that annoys me so much is how choppy the jump is in mirage but in AC (2007) the jump is smooth and not choppy looking

AC1 is underappreciated.

The cloth physics in the first game is something else. Ubisoft was always ahead when it comes to cloth physics.

ASSASSIN'S CREED 1 still holds up well in today's standards in some terms its better like the leap of faith , parkore, story , characters, smooth animations , cloth physics . It was revolutionary in 2007

AC1 is not just a game. It was the first gate to AC series and I want to experience that feeling again.

A major difference in thinking between those two can be summarized with the interactions with the NPCs. In the original one, they could help you but they could also be hindrances to you. If you collide too much, you fall and get caught by the guards. They'll also become hostile to you and would literally call the guards on you. In Mirage it looks like they're just there to make the city look like a city. They dumbed down the system by just trying to reproduce what's there without actually thinking about the reason and pushing the thought process further

The parkour in AC1 looks so much smoother compared to Mirage. The character doesn't snap weirdly onto surfaces and feels like his jumps are actually "physics based" instead of having some sort of precalculated path that makes him all snappy and stuff. We really do need a parkour system overhaul with Assassin's Creed. A real one.

AC1 was way ahead of it's time.. and still better in most aspects

My biggest criticism of Mirage is the climbing is way too leapy and jumpy. It's so brazenly unrealistic that it can be emersion breaking sometimes.

When AC came out I thought they were the most impressive graphics ever. All these years later, I think it still holds up. For it's time, the textures and models are seriously impressive.

AC1 blew my mind back in the day and still holds up now, great memories from that game

Very interesting comparisons mate! Mirage has certainly skipped out some things. I found it confusing how the faces and graphics of the faces are so bad

2:14 Npc : some one should stop him before he hurt himself

When they said that Mirage is going to be more like older titles I expected them to implement the parkour and combat system from the older titles, where you actually had more control over things you were doing. But instead we got a slightly reskinned Valhalla with some simple stealth mechanics.

7:11 the jump from the Original Assassin have a camera effect that makes it so much better!

You should've shown the other 2 assassinations from AC1 , if you hold right click and assassinate while running you get the running one and if you walk slowly then right click and assassinate you get another one which is far cooler then the normal versino

AC1 still impresses me.

You forgot that you couldn't move when you used eagle vision and you couldn't see the enemies through walls in AC1

I think Mirage is a pretty good starting point and met my expectations for a “return to form” kind of game, but there’s definitely room for improvement. I think we just need better control over parkour and then I’d have little to no issues with the game

8:25 im guessing the comparison was running through npcs?? to those who dont know in low profile when u hold right click altair will push npcs out of the way but in high profile he will tuck in his arms knocking npcs out of the way. I feel like the video shouldve explained that as it kinda makes ac 1 look bad

Thats crazy dude.. AC1 and AC Mirage look about 5 years apart graphically but AC1 handles better mechanically. Its especially apparent when running, stealing and doing parkour.. wow.. just wow

You should have used the Altair outfit so it could looke more of a 1:1 ratio comparison. That would have been cool.

This makes me want to buy the first Assassin's Creed, not Mirage...

The parkour and leap of faith appears to be better in AC 1

2007 AC looks so much better. I really miss those years...

AC1 is a really amazing game for its time. The idea of a hidden blade, the animus being a main menu screen for memories, certain movements and ways to interact etc.... so ahead of its time and so cool to see. Really shows how thought through the game was back in the day. Now they try and play it safe and reuse old game mechanics and stuff.

Love you. Can we get a parkour comparison bw recent assassin creeds?

mirage might have better graphics but OG beats it in almost everything else

I totally forgot that NPCs WERE part of the game/world in the old entries.Remember the crazy guys in AC1 that shove you and draw alot of attention? remember the annoying bards in AC2 that made the stalking/assasination missions harder? i forgot which AC was it,but when you were followed there was some random npcs that punched you in order to help the guards,they also threw stones at you if you were being followed and started climbing...you had to be aware of the people too i don't really know why they removed all of that but makes this AC fan sad.

Swimming at 3:29 Altair: "Well god damn it."

It's amazing how similar they look. They really did a good job of capturing the way Mirage felt in the Altair game. I would say AC improved the parkour significantly since Mirage, what with the inclusion of smooth ejects, the ability to modulate running speed, prec landings, and the combat feels more realistic and immersive too thanks to the sound design. Great work Ubisoft for improving upon Mirage's formula! ... Wait, Mirage came 15 years later, what am I talking about

The major difference in Assassin's Creed 1 over Mirage and only complaint I have in Mirage is you cannot hide in plain sight. A major creed of the game cannot be honored. There's two parts in the game you can use disguises but the game needed more of Basim sneaking past guards by walking past them in plain sight like how Altair would pretend to be a praying monk, or at the very least being to use to use crowd more effectively. Another minor one, I really miss stealth killing guard with the hidden blade in front of other guards and the guards confused on why one of them just died. It added a great detail about how good an Assassin Altair was and why the assassin's were so feared. I miss that being a major Assassin's Creed feature.

Assasins creed 1 best game

Parkour feels a bit janky cause it feels like basim runs at speed of 3 but jumps from roofs at speed of 10 whereas you can see how smooth the old game parkour feels

Graphics seem to be the only thing Mirage has going for it!

This is just sad.. They were saying the were going back to roots but all they did was just put less effort in new game and market it.

I remember first playing AC1 back in day, I was impressed with graphics and artistic style. Even if I don't really like gameplay of newer AC games, gotta give it to them how visually stunning they are.

The new mirage parkour seems off. Animation looks kinda floaty. It doesn't have weight or momentum like old altair or ezio

I like how AC1 has so many details and is so well built that if we just switch the textures and shadows to HD it will be as good as ACM, maybe even better because of the game being an actual assassin's gameplay instead of a one man army sim.

basim climb-jumping like for 3 sizes of his body, can you try to jump with your legs at least for half your body? it felt really cool when you climbing to something tall for like 10 mins and when you up there watching the sight and your path that you overcome, you feel like it was worth it, like you completed some mini-adventure and standing on top of the world

I can't believe it, but AC1 is better in many aspects

It makes me think I'd really love to see AC1 Remake

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AC1 i can just play over again. That shit was my whole childhood.

Both games have their ups and downs. Mirage is definitely 10x more cinematic, but for the rest, parkour was a bit of a let down, interactive objects seen to be in different areas, AC had more grounded approach refering to safer parkour (climbing slower), falling over npcs, increased collision and all that. Mirage is much more of a playground now, meant for carefree enjoyment As a side note, I absolutely love what they've been doing with camera manipulation in recent games. I always hated it in previous games and it's a massive step up now

As basic as AC1 is, it has a lot of great details. The game felt so much more realistic and gritty than the others 😅

Shows what amazing quality they even had in 2007! Way ahead of their time.

The delays in AC1 parkour and climbing just add to the realism.

It is truly impressive comparing AC: Mirage with AC 1. In this great video, good job Gamebest, one can tell how AC1 was truly original and ahead of its time, as some people mentioned on RU-vid. I am actually surprised that there are some better environmental details in AC1 than in AC: Mirage. Despite Altair not being able to swim (I read somewhere on the internet that it was due to the fact that his equipment was too heavy let him be able to swim - if someone has different (better) explanation of it, feel free to bring it up) and wielding just couple different weapons, it is still a masterpiece to this day. When I see it, I wanna play it. I also hope that Ubisoft is working on the remake, as AC1 deserves it so much!! With many achievements and other improvements. That feature of being able to break the objects in the market is truly impressive for that time of AC1 being released. I was doing it so much whenever I played this game :D Love to make mess around create chaos in any game where possible :D AC: Mirage lacks of this feature, for some unknown reason. Also, tbh, I find the combat system in AC1 cooler than in AC: Mirage. In the new AC it doesn't stand out, from my perspective. I will definitely see some good walkthrough of the new AC, because I am a big AC fan, and do not have the system to play it myself, haha, or at least a console. On PC it is really demanding, wow. Thanks Gamebest again for making this video!! I love such comparisons, plus the highlights during the video.

YES the graphic improves dramatically especially when atop of building seeing the view. But apart from that we been playing the same for over a decade. I remember correctly when playing AC1 on some gamecon pre launch (I am a big fan of Prince of Persia), it was a remarkable experience of parkour assasination and sword fight. I had some excitement sweat on the controller chasing some badies and stumble from wall or people. after a decade. I dont have that feeling anymore. I played odysea as my last AC.

AC1 can't be compared... AC1 will always be my favorite...

That parkour of Ezio jumping to the planks are like a princess jumping with a dress 😂

Parkour slowly started to become unrealistic from the first game, like basim and Arno clinms fu*kin 5 feet in one jump.

There are some really interesting details in the original that I didn't realize were missing in Mirage, like the objects and how they react to Altaïr. But let's be real, it was wild that for the longest time you couldn't crouch in a game about stealth 😂.

1 is still far superior , more money and more technology but we can’t get games as good or as detailed as they once were. Sad

for 2007 AC1 looks insane. I bought it when I got my ps3 in 2008 and it was so impressive

3:17 Bro, I legit thought this was Mirage. It still looks incredible for a game fron 2007.

The more I see of Mirage the less impressed I am

Было бы интересно глянуть сравнение AС Мираж и AC Origins) Все таки почти 6 лет прошло) Глянуть различия за это время)

1:16 I mean I did not know that Horses have crazy pupils like that 😂

One thing I appreciate about the newer games is at least horses look proportionally correct. AC1-AC3 made horses look giant

Just finished the game though it was short I really liked it and going back to the roots away from RPG is definitely what is good for the series. Aside from the usual AC bugs my only complain is the off centered camera - for which we had an option to turn off in valhalla btw, bringing no positive aspect for the game in anyway and only hindering some awesome throwing knife kills I could have done.

What game do you think became the game of the year?

R2 we need to get up, not down

Ac mirage : Spider-man Ac 1 : realistic man who knows parkour

AC1 felt innovative back in the day. Mirage feels dated. Can't believe what this franchise has become. It could have been something that released a superb game every 3 to 4 years instead of a COD.

Look at AC1 Graphics still shining 17 years later ! with a proper MOD AC1 looks more and more stunning.

I like the fact that in AC1 guards and people reacts to unusal things that altair do like running climbing...etc idk if this is present in mirage tho

Companies still want the game made in a year or two, which is why we keep getting these gorgeous sandboxes, where all the NPCs move/interact like a PS1 game.

In the later AC you cannot jump by pressing X. You are simply limited to the Parkour the character does, but if you press X, he cannot jump

Despite visual improvements it feels like they still have lost a lot of what made the original games good. Like I miss when climbing and crowd traversal had a level of challenge. The character in the new one can literally jump higher than himself vertically while climbing... Not too mention many other small details missing.

Imagine comparing a game from 2007 to one from 1992

“Is there a reason for his nonsense” Yes, lamp moved 👌😂

Man, RPG era butchered the AC animations so hard.

Climbing used to be more fun, and I much prefer the lightweight parkour of the older assassins creed compared to the heavier parkour of the more recent ones. In general, the last several games have made you feel like a heavy tank of a human. Even pushing NPCs without staggering yourself or falling down just goes to show how _heavy_ your character is. I think the animations play a huge role in it too. Overall the parkour mechanics aren't functionally that different. But you feel like an unstoppable force in Mirage, barreling through parkour without losing any speed or worrying about who or what might be in your way. In AC1, you're lightweight, each jump has to be calculated. You can parkour fast, sure, but each jump has this intent and momentum in it, which makes it feel so much more real.

Thr climbing in mirage is better imo, but junping from ledge to ledge hurts my eyes. It's like basim clips through them, or he has very flexible legs that could bend like that

I NEED Altair's sassy walk for Basim!

AC 1 had cool parkour moves too, why didnt you show that?

Souless assassins creed

I havent played one of these games since Unity. Pretty shocking how similar these are. Is AC1 that good or is Ubisoft still phoning it in?

ac1 jumping just feels natural,mirage feels like bahsim is teleporting

Nothing will ever come close of the emotion of playing AC 1 in November of 2007. Some of the best times of my live, entirely gone now.

Mirage seems like a fantastic game, and if AC1 holds up well with a great modern game, it shows how much of a beast it was and is. Also Mirage's eagle vision is one of the best visually, in the same level as Unity's and Syndicate's

Why is it in assasins creed 1 the npcs feel more real.

Fun fact @1:10 the original assassin's creed horse was made out of human skeleton, it was stretched and contoured to make it look like a horse

Playing AC1 for the first time was quite the experience.

ac 1 winner.. but I hope to see ac origin vs mirage.

Since PS3 and Xbox 360 gen we don't see such improved graphics on video games from generation to generation as it was previously. If we were to do the same comparaison but with AC 1 being the newer game we would compare it with Prince of Persia 2, which would be like comparing a Ferrari and a scooter.

yoooo whats that game on the right??!?!?! the walking and running animations look sooooo much better than the one on the left!

God the Parkour in the new one looks like absolute trash.

7:18 Just no. That would not happen surely 😂

Basim looks like not sleep for days, just look at his face

No one understands how important is the clear picture and the given access to the adjustment of the FOG and other effects.