Assassin's Creed Mirage Review - Back To Basics | GameSpot

Assassin's Creed Mirage's focus on social stealth and detective work makes for a compelling dive into ninth-century Baghdad.

[seanpitt23]

This just looks like the old school AC games like AC1 to AC3 with shiny graphics! we are in 2023 not 2010 I expect more innovation the combat looks sub par the AI is stuck in Ps3 era
At least it's not like Valhalla wow that was a borefest after 20 hours!

This is just a run of the mill Ubisoft game sad times!

[Huey_My_D_Long]

I'm saddened that I agree with the sentiment

[neutralgamer1992]

Absolutely it looks like a higher res AC1 with less content

[Tacoboto]

I remember the first game as being really short and thought "No way!"

Well yes way. HowLongToBeat has AC1 several hours longer in all three time categories...

And the game isn't even on Steam so they're not getting my money any time soon

[SyntheticForm]

The effort here is so laughably minimal; this game deserves a score of 5, tops.

The maddenization of this franchise is in full swing at this juncture and I don't see anything saving it. The parkour system is stiff, outdated, and in dire need of streamlining. The animation work needs overhauling. The NPCS and main characters need updating - they look like shit. The combat needs reworking. The buildings and other world assets are in dire need of updating. The whole structure is uninspired and rotten.

Assassin's Creed is pure, utter laziness and copy/paste cardboard banality.

I usually recoil at the term 'reimagine' but I think it's exactly what this series needs.

[GrizzliS1987]

I could take this take word for word and apply it to starfield/any Bethesda game

[Huey_My_D_Long]

@GrizzliS1987
Glad I'm not the only one that feels that way. I love Ubisoft titles and AC series, but i'm not gonna defend them when they just wont learn their lesson, like people have been doing with Bethesda.

[Roiu89]

Valhalla was one of my personal favourite AC's and I've played them all, Origins is probably the best one in my opinion.

[JeffGUNZ]

Yeah, I don't get the hate for Valhalla, I loved it. I also enjoy the Vikings culture, so maybe that helped?

[Profchaos]

I do think they needed to do something new however the formula was getting stale after Valhalla again but back to basics was not the right call

[RiseNShine]

Let's pack 10 year old gameplay with modern day price, profit.

[nmbr1esq]

Really enjoyed Origins, can we go back to that? Odyssey and Valhalla were fun for some time but way too bloated

[RhinoGamer88]

I will buy it at $34.99 on Black Friday...fair price.

[GoodGuy09]

Quite the mixed reviews but mostly positive. I think I'll pick it up though because I loved classic AC and it's $50.

[TriniOutsider]

Some of you, people in comments make no sense to me. People have been screaming at Ubisoft to back to the basics with the AC games. They finally do what people wanted now some of y'all are hating it? Because it's gone back to what people liked about the first set of games. Before they turned into some Action RPG with lore that didn't make sense.

[ZeekQuattro]

I agree and I happen to like Origins, Oydessey &
and to a lesser extent Valhalla. I liked the viking setting but the game burned me out because despite having the second map damn near 100% completed the main story was still locked because somehow I didn't meet the right criteria to progress further. Mirage is a breath of fresh air in my book as an old school Creed game fan.

[Ninver]

Gamers are a confused bunch. Always complaining about something.

[Xenial]

It seems the main concern behind this "back to the basics" iteration, is that it lacks any innovation. You would think after years of titles in between, they would do more than just a copy and paste of the AC1-Revelations Era.
Yes, the return to the OG style of format is welcomed, however, there's nothing new fundamentally added to that formula to justify this purchased at full price.

[TriniOutsider]

What do you think back to the basic means? It has to do with subtle changes. Or would you rather they keep the AC games a jumbled mess with useless skills and side quests?

People have no idea what to complain about for real no more.

[PRIMORDUS]

Same shit every year, same with Far Cry, COD, pathetic, next...