No One Cares About Assassin's Creed Mirage, And That's Bad For Gaming

There's little interest in Assassin's Creed Mirage, which doesn't bode well for games deviating from the open-world blueprint.

[jambola]

It's a DLC that was turned into a full game in a franchise that has had a game a year roughly for 20 years
It's back to the ones people were already sick of before
It's a Ubisoft game
Many reasons to have no interest

[seanpitt23]

I think the old school type of AC games better than the new ones, but mirage was very lazy you can tell the Devs did absolutely nothing to innovate on the old AC games it's basically worse than AC2 and 3 on a mechanical level with shinier graphics and world. They could have mixed up the combat made it more enjoyable but they just made it totally bare bone and that's just sad.. it basically Ubisoft all over

That why rockstar are so much more successful they innovative and won't make a game unless its superior on nearly every level to its predecessor.

[lucian229]

Old AC games were stale ever since the very first game lmao only reason two was good was ezio. Then the rest were all just bad games period.

The newer ones like origins and etc were good but needed to cut down on bloat and make the game Linear and tight. They're fun for a bit the. Get repetitive

[seanpitt23]

I would take AC1 to 3 black flag and unity over Valhalla and origins

[BISHOP-BRASIL]

It doesn't really matter if it is more linear than the last entries or not, by this point people are not tired of open world or linear Assassin's Creed games, they roll their eyes just from hearing the words "Assassin's Creed". They released 25 games (13 main line games) since the inception of the franchise 16 years ago, it's one fo the best examples of franchise fatigue in gaming, nothing they can really do about it but hold back a couple years (which for the Ubisoft suits must sound like I'm Martian or some shit).

[Gamingsince1981]

I'm a bit of a mix of each myself, I loved black flag and I loved the one with ezio in, I also loved origin, I would have loved valhalla too but there was sooooo much bloat and I am a completionist and it drove me crazy how much stuff there was to collect and do that was pointless but I had to do it to feel like I finished the game. AC mirage, well I haven't even bothered with it, it seems like AC 1 DLC

[glennhkboy]

@seanpitt23 Origin has one of the best story in AC.

[GhostScholar]

1. I enjoy Ubisoft games

2. There hasn’t been a bad assassins creed game

3. That being said this is my least favorite ac game since odyssey

[Sonic1881]

Just like COD. Another Copy and paste DLC

[Ashunderfire86]

Just like Call of Duty lol 😆 DLC for both games, but one has legs with multiplayer.

[Shubhankar]

"games deviating from the open-world blueprint"
??
Mirage is open world

[gold_drake]

yes, because Assassins Creed Mirage carries the entire gaming industry on its back.

sarcasm intended.

[-Foxtrot]

Not really

They basically turned DLC into a full on game, used the “it’s going to be like the old games” as an excuse to why it’s not as big as the main titles but even then still lied because there’s things in the game the guy can do which you could never do in the older games…like teleport to a target and stab them like the Blink ability in Dishonored.

If they are going to go back to AC roots then actually do that

[isarai]

Exactly! That's what killed it for me, like I was hoping it would be back to a more grounded experience. Gathering Intel, planning your approach, and using that combined with your skill to pull off sweet assassinations and make smooth escapes. Instead I teleport kill like 4 guys and parkour with the most limited parkour mechanics in the entire franchise?.

Funny cause I was waiting for them to f#ck it up somehow, and then they showed gameplay and I just laughed like "yup! There it is!"

[-Foxtrot]

Yeah they made the series super fantasy like so when they said it was going back to its roots I was all in.

Obviously we can’t say the franchise was full on grounded with some of the things in the game or story plot elements but the point is it was more grounded than what it is now

However using a character from the main games (Valhalla) was already a red flag, you don’t aim something towards the old school fans then make a character from your last main game the main lead in this one. Why? I want to play this to get away from the new games.

Soon as I saw the abilities and teleporting shit I was out .

[RNTody]

The warp kill was more stolen from Middle Earth the way it looked. But it also killed my buzz for the game, because I wanted a slow, grounded realistic type game like the original. They should just remake it at this point with AC Unity level art direction and that same Jesper Kyd soundtrack and I'd throw my money down!

[wesnytsfs]

I will buy the next RPG AC Im just not a fan of the stealth in video games its jut trial and error till you get it right.

[jznrpg]

I’m not a big stealth guy but I enjoyed some of the AC games , Metal Gear Solid and a couple other stealth games.
But I hate the follow the guy for 10 minute missions. They are more tedious than anything. If they could make them suspenseful instead of annoying I wouldn’t mind them but they’re just annoying.

[wesnytsfs]

I hate escort missions I think in any game.

[z2g]

no its not. all it says is that people are sick of the same shit over and over. I mean.... how many assassins creeds can you release every year before ppl tune out. you actually want to leave people wanting to create desire. cramming release after release down everyones throat gets old.

pretty sure that's why games like Alan Wake II are so well received. refreshing, innovative, different... there was only one other game and it was released years and years ago

[Vengeance1138]

Assassin's Creed in general is bad for gaming.

[Rutaprkl]

Agree 100%

[jznrpg]

Why is it bad for gaming that people are bored of a series they pumped out too quickly ? If they slowed releases down and focused on quality ( story wise and less filler with some) I think AC would be in a better place. I thought about getting the game but I have so many games to play that I will buy it someday but I’m in no hurry to play another AC game. Since Black Flag I’ve lost interest. We all know another AC game is coming so these games have no anticipation from most people. That’s all on Ubisoft pumping out too many games.

[TheColbertinator]

Big fan of Assassin's Creed and have been since the first game. Ubisoft is at fault here and they are too gutless to admit it.

[RNTody]

Actually what's bad for gaming is seeing DLCs turned into full priced games, but by all means carry on.

And I'm not talking about the scale of the game or number of hours. But you can see when a short story was bloated into a full movie just like you can see when a DLC was bloated into a full game.

[badboyz09]

I stopped playing assassin creed after 2 and I'm huge gamer so this post is pointless.

[bloodymeatballz]

This post is pointless because you gave up on a franchise from ps3? Or it’s pointless because of the comments you’re reading?

I’m actually having a blast playing the game. What I’ve noticed is you don’t actually ever hear anyone talking positively about games too much anymore in the comments sections yet everyone keeps buying and playing them…

Riddle me this… cripr baby why do you comment on pseudo neutral articles

[dumahim]

That's what happens when your focus is on putting out regular AC games that just get more and more bloated and pushing more and more reasons to buy extra crap. It certainly doesn't help when that game is riddled with bugs and you have a progression blocking one that you put on the back burner for several months so people can't even finish the damn thing.

[Mtgames]

I can never forgive Ubisoft for killing off Juno in the side Graphic Novel and not the main series or buggy AC unity. Nothing they do can bring me back to the series.

[Espangerish]

I miss when climbing required thought and had jeapordy…

[Inverno]

No one cares because it wasn't what has been asked for years. Assassin's Creed fans been wanting a true evolution of the original formula, instead they turned it into a bloated "RPG" and when they said they were gonna go back to the old style, it was everything people were tired of mixed in with what people didn't like from the new games. Also how the hell does it deviate from the open world blueprint?

[Trilithon]

could it be that people are finally growing tired of the old AC. Time for something new. I do like the sound tracks though. Use the engine to make a new tenchu style game.

[RiseNShine]

I actually think Valhalla is incredible, the ridiculous amount of high quality content in terms of quests and story is amazing, every kingdom has a huge quest storyline and there're a ton, add also the Asgard, France and Ireland DLC that are great, and much more,
Mirage looks like a big side quest with a lot less features, skill trees and different play styles, but also looks uglier than Valhalla, which had some incredible graphics.
I think Valhalla is one of the greatest RPG i've ever played up there with Witcher 3 or Skyrim, and I swear I tried to hate it since i dislike Ubisoft, but the game is too good.

[Chittlins]

After reading this thread I thought that perhaps there was something wrong with me. I really liked AC Valhalla. Glad to see that someone somewhere also liked it.

[anast]

Valhalla is my favorite. It's the only AC that I really enjoyed.

[Walweeze]

I enjoyed the games smaller scale and shorter length but still ended up with 30 hrs( Messed around a lot and getting chased by guards just to listen to the encounter music). I am currently playing odyssey and i think im gonna drop it. Not because i think its a bad game but i just dont want to do tons of side quests just to keep up with the level range for story missions, fun gameplay though.

[Crows90]

Nonsense. Half assed attempts at single player shouldnt be cared for...remake the original AC and youll see how much support it gets.

[OneLove]

Honestly although there are a lot of AC games, every single one ive played was pretty good(tried up to black flag). Never bought it more than once though.

[Chocoburger]

Actually this is good news! Screw Ubisoft and their greed. I want to see them tank, especially after the way they've treated their employees.

I used to love the AC series, pre-ordered the first 5 games in the series even. But the yearly cycle was producing less and less polished games year after year. It all came to a head with Unity's disastrous launch, a release so messy that they gave away the story DLC for free and had to release new patches to fix rushed out patches that made the game worse!

Ubisoft only cares about turning their games into micro-trash-action stores, and rushing them out unfinished for Black Friday. They can not under any circumstance miss Black Friday sales, even if it means selling us junk and apologizing later. Screw companies who behave this way!

But worst of all is what happened to the series with Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. Games so big and bland, filled with nothing interesting to do, and throwaway plots that don't progress the overall story anymore. Just a giant checklist of generic open world junk to partake in, and none of it is memorable in any way.

Forcing in experience points, skill trees, resourcing collecting, equipment upgrading, and infinitely respawning named enemies that constantly hunt you down, all to artificially extend the length of the game. They don't do this to make the game better, but rather to keep you engaged and play longer, for the sole purpose of nudging you towards their micro-trash-actions.

F Ubisoft, they had me as a fan, and purposefully ruined their games, as well as burned a bridge with me out of their never ending greed. The more bad news I hear about them, the better!

[PRIMORDUS]

I like open world games but, enough with the same shit year after year, release Beyond Good and Evil 2 already. This also goes for COD and Far Cry just stop or take a huge break, these games wore out their welcome long ago.

[raWfodog]

I've loved all of the AC games that I've played (listed below). I know it's unheard of these days to actually like the styles of both the old and new games but I'm weird like that lol.

Assassin's Creed
Assassin's Creed II (and DLC)
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag (and DLC)
Assassin's Creed: Origins (and DLC)
Assassin's Creed: Odyssey (and DLC)
Assassin's Creed: Valhalla (and DLC)

I'll probably check out Mirage sometime in the future, once it's cheaper.

[Binarycode]

It's not bad for gaming.

Ubisoft is bad for gaming, They pump out the same crap over and over again.

If it's not AC it's Farcry, the same engine all the time and it hasn't aged well.

Avatar : Frontiers of Pandora uses the same engine and just looks like Farcry with blue people.

I'd be happy for Ubisoft to go away.

[hiawa23]

I am loving the game right now. This is a nice break from the 300 plus hours I have invested in Valhalla.

[ROCKY28]

Ubisoft is trash now
They have absolutely fell of the peak 10 years ago
Bad management all around
to many egos and not enough focus on creating amazing games
Bring back Speed Devils LMAO !

[Unknown_Gamer5794]

A bit of mental gymnastics involved in that conclusion, don’t you think? It’s bad for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, sure, but gaming as a whole will be fine, I promise, or at least, if things go South I guarantee it won’t have anything to do with that one game not doing as well as Ubisoft would like.

[SimpleSlave]

Hey, UbeSawft! Ever thought about making an Ass's Creed in the Hitman World of Ass template?

At the very least it'll be something different that actually makes you out to feel more like an Assassin. Keep the Parkour and keep the Periods motifs while adding all of the gameplay elements that made Hitman last Trilogy a classic.

Keep it all contained in more thought out and better designed levels as opposed to the whole Open World thing and it might actually turn out to be the best Ass's Creed game ever.

Who knows? You might like it if you try it.

[Games1st]

Its doesn't matter if no one cares about Mirage.

[KwietStorm_BLM]

I haven't cared about ass creed in years. Mirage is just another one. So I guess franchise fatigue is only a thing when it doesn't fit your narrative?

[anast]

It's a Valhalla DLC, people have moved on.

[chicken_in_the_corn]

I loved it. Best AC since Unity imo

[L1ghtz4lyfe]

Here I’ll help you fix it.

There's little interest in Assassin's Creed Mirage, which doesn't bode well for Ubisoft corporate interest or quarterly profits.

Meanwhile the rest of us are moving in with our lives and playing games worthy of our time and money. This is exactly how you get their attention. Stop making trash.

[BillyCrystals]

There's no deviation. It has the same tired gameplay as the last 3. And sandy and brown Baghdad isn't very appealing either.

[Murdability]

Well reboot it or kill. Tired of the same old same old

[Knightofelemia]

I just got bored with AC same shit different game Odyssey was the only one I liked out of this latest round of new AC games. Valhalla I was bored and stopped part way through. As for Mirage I am not touching it with a 10ft stick for my reasons as well. I'll stick to the Ezio trilogy, AC4, Rogue, Odyssey, and Syndicate.

[Rimeskeem]

I enjoyed it more than Valhalla but man, it was terrible compared to Spider-Man 2

[SP84]

AC mirage is a bad game, and that's bad for gaming. Far too pared down.

[ApocalypseShadow]

.. I never bought one. They milked it to death while not making Splinter Cell or Beyond Good and Evil.

[ibrake4naps]

I'm more interested in Assassin's Creed Nexus

[glennhkboy]

I think gamer/ critic & game consumers are 2 different groups of people now. the latest MW III are universally hated by gamer & critics, yet selling very well. AC Mirage are precised by gamer & critics for the "back-to-basic" approach, yet customers don't buy it.

[RhinoGamer88]

As a long time AC fan, Mirage was decent...but the leads were not compelling, the story was turnkey, and the core loop was not the deep experience expected. Frankly, it should have been priced at $39.99.

[MehmetAlperTR]

Played the game on PC.. Nice game though. But Valhalla was better.

[il-JumperMT]

I don't care about Ubisoft games anymore and that is great for gaming.
If only more people did like me and stop supporting certain studios until they fix their shit. Actiblizzard, Bethesda, Take-Two, EA, Konami, Tencent (and Roblox) are on my black list and I will never buy a game from them until they get their shit together.

PS. and all mobile game publishers that prey on vulnerable people with their dark design games.

[lellkay]

I would say it's the opposite. Hopefully no one cares about any future AC games either.

[bigfish]

Awesome game, got the platinum too.

[RedDeadLB]

I'll care for it more when it gets discounted. I appreciate they went smaller with this one with a bigger emphasis on being stealthy, but the half-ass is evident and as such I do not intend to spend more than 20€ on it.

[Angyobangyo]

AC Mirage was simply an OK game that was easily forgotten in a sea of quality titles this year. The article headline is overly dramatic.

[bigfish]

This is an opinion article, the authors views don't reflect those of the general public. Here in the UK the game has stayed in the top ten sales chart since it debuted.

[CrimsonWing69]

I think milking a franchise to that point where consumers don’t care is bad for gaming.

[Gabrielmpf]

I feel the same way. These guys don't take risks anymore. It's the brand that sells, no matter how bad it gets.

[CrimsonWing69]

I honestly think had they not been greedy with annual releases and maybe spaced out 4 years or so between releases improving visuals and elevating mechanics and design it really could’ve been an incredible series. It was special with the first few entries, but now it’s… ugh, it’s just boring and they so don’t know what to do with the series. They tried turning it into an RPG and now we’re basically back to the beginning.

They need to let it go.

[ravens52]

This IP is old and worn out. They need to move on

[TheOptimist]

Shit takes from journalists

Not a new thing

[Kratos_Kart2007]

Maybe because its SHITE, I'm still playing Skyrim a billion years later..

[SoloGamer1]

False. I care about it and enjoyed it quite a bit...speak for yourself. 🙄

[Soulsborne]

Still better than anything Xbox put out this year, thats for damn sure.

[sadraiden]

Man, I hate games journalism.

[LethalButterfly]

id say its more a case of AC fatigue. GTA 6 will do just fine.

[hombreacabado]

assassins creed and ubisoft have been boring for quite some time. noone i know is looking for them to break new ground in gaming and so some random deviation from the formula they regurgitate every year is not going to change things. besides a new rayman i dont think theres any game id want to play of theirs.

[HellspawnPR1981]

Maybe because it is an uninspired stale game? Apparently "going back to our roots" to Ubisoft means removing all the RPG bullshit they've added through the years but ALSO not applying all the knowledge about what works and doesn't in the franchise.

[mastershredder]

It’s NOT bad for gaming. That’s bad for the Marketing and production. What is bad for gaming is pushing out a franchise like animal fodder expecting basic-instinct to kick in. Ubisoft broke Assassin's creed. Valhalla fell into that common current trends type game and that was the end of it. Going from stealth action to a full-on action rpg and then into button masher, and then back again? Yeah, I’d easily say I don’t care.

[Spenok]

Two MIGHTILY contrasting headlines... which one is correct?

https://gamerant.com/assass...