Assassin's Creed Mirage Reviews
With some buggy hiccups, Assassin's Creed: Mirage offers a tightly packed experience with a good story.
On one hand, the game is tight, focused and has that unmistakable classic feel people asked for after Valhalla. On the other, it feels derivative and stuck in the past.
Assassin's Creed: Mirage serves as a heartfelt tribute to devoted fans of the franchise, evoking the nostalgia of the earlier, arguably superior days of Assassin's Creed.
Despite its problems, Assassin’s Creed Mirage genuinely feels like a love letter to the games in the series that kickstarted its legacy.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is simply a very enjoyable title. If you're interested in the setting, then go right ahead.
Review in Slovak | Read full review
Assassin's Creed Mirage shows such a glaring lack of ambition that it's almost hurtful. It doesn't excel in anything beyond its setting, leaving us with a lackluster adventure that feels like a chore to play. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone other than a die-hard fan of the franchise.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Assassin's Creed Mirage is here to embrace both hardcore fans and newcomers to the series. If you're attracted to living worlds with their own dynamics in video games, I can recommend a visit to Baghdad. With the stealth-oriented gameplay we miss, the twists and turns of the story and the weight of the characters, Mirage is a game that both winks at old games and opens the door to new ones.
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A built-in codex features a treasure trove of historical research, all of which has fed into this version’s immaculate creation and, while its various systemic changes will annoy some, there’s no denying that its representation of historical Baghdad is a joy to explore.
Assassins Creed has taken many forms to date, but this has been my favourite, a return to its roots while taking many of its adaptions and changing the title for the better.
Basim's story, while disappointing in some aspects, has a nostalgic bittersweet taste to the true veterans of the Hidden Ones order, as Assassin’s Creed Mirage represents a sort of homecoming by picking the Middle East as the stage for an adventure in which a clean and silent execution will always be the best way. Full of issues? Absolutely. Objectively limited, a product that is always shadowed by the expansiveness of its direct predecessors, [which are] more robust and concise? Safely. Pleasantly fun? There's no doubt about it.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Assassin's Creed Mirage is a complete return to roots, from the return of parkour, stealth and tactical assassinations to all the systems that made the older titles great, it also delivers one of the most vibrant settings ever in Baghdad with a great emphasis on producing an authentic Islamic and cultural image but I can never say the same about its main story as it really flops hard near the end with no ties up to the main lore despite it being on a crucial point in lore toe to toe with Assassin's Creed Valhalla.
Review in Arabic | Read full review
The franchise's next installment arrives at a crucial point where it needs to pave a new path after the myth-based trilogy. While it successfully combines various systems from its predecessors, somehow the game seems remained at an ordinary level as its lack of new, interesting experiences.
Review in Korean | Read full review
Assassin's Creed Mirage takes a step back to focus on the franchise's stealth roots, and it does offer an enjoyable experience despite its hiccups. While the stealth gameplay could use some refinement and the graphical fidelity falls short of expectations, the pared-down character management and emphasis on strategy add a layer of depth often missing from bigger, broader RPGs. It's clear that Mirage could have benefited from a bit more polish and attention to detail. If you're a fan of the series or enjoy stealth-focused games, Assassin's Creed Mirage might be worth your while, but go in knowing it's not flawless.
Assassin's Creed Mirage takes the franchise back to its roots and becomes itself again. Although not without flaws, it is certainly an improvement over what we got with Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla.
Valhalla is simply a thing of the past. Assassin’s Creed Mirage has brought the fine art of stealth back to the franchise in a great fashion. And with many exciting ways, including the brand-new focus mechanic, you have more than enough tools to accurately portray the ultimate assassin. Although the story isn’t perfect, besides that, the developer has done splendidly to take the franchise back to the top by moving to the more traditional side, and that’ll surely give the fans hope for projects in the future.
After many years of whining and complaining from the fan base, Ubisoft finally seemed to give in last year: There would be an Assassin's Creed game "according to the old formula", entitled Mirage. A so-called return to form, with fewer RPG elements and more old-fashioned sneaking and blending into the crowd on a smaller scale than the previous three games (read: Valhalla, Odyssey & Origins). It was music to the ears of many fans, but has Ubisoft managed to keep these promises? The short answer: yes! But that does come with some caveats.
Review in Dutch | Read full review
More confined and familiar to players from earlier eras of the series, Assassin's Creed Mirage doesn't always hit the level of polish and satisfaction promised. But once in autopilot, the resolution of its missions turns out to be enjoyable.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Assassin’s Creed: Mirage is an experience tailored to those who remember the early days of the franchise fondly. Yet, it relies on the coattails of its founding games without evolving what made them great. Furthermore, this lack of innovation harms your time exploring beautiful parts of its scenery. Your time could be well spent when completing its story if Basim carried more weight and did not fall prey to a haphazard ending. Overall, the game is nothing more than a mediocre trip down memory lane while Ubisoft prepares for its next big entry.
My time with Assassin’s Creed Mirage was enjoyable, but it’s also difficult not to look at everything else that is completely absent that was introduced in Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. Ultimately, Mirage feels like a game that is old with outdated mechanics, but that’s also what Ubisoft aimed for. It’s an interesting way to experience a title, almost like Mirage is a remake of another game that didn’t exist before. Instead, it’s channeling that trilogy of Assassin’s Creed titles that began in the early 2000s – and I think that’s exactly where it should stay. Mirage makes for a great goodbye nod to that era, but it’s not one I want them to continue pursuing if it’s going to be this toned down.
Assassin's Creed: Mirage is an adventure and parkour game in which we will take control of Basim, a master assassin from the 9th century in Baghdad. It is a fairly short title that provokes mixed opinions because on the one hand it is seen as a very well done return to the past, while on the other it is perceived as insufficient due to everything cut out, even so it can take you about 12-15 hours to finish it and 8 p.m. if you dedicate yourself to exploring everything. Graphically it is spectacular, although it has deficiencies in terms of gameplay movement and outside scenes, while the soundtrack is shown as a notable element.
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