Assassin's Creed Mirage

Awesome game, and just buy the base edition. Other editions not worth the extra $$$, cuz they're all about cosmetic items.

AC Mirage is weird. Mechanically it is an improvement on the last 3 "RPG AC" games, but plotwise it is so goddamn lukewarm I could barely care about anything regarding Basim's story. The game features a smaller, and therefore much more involved and lively city which you learn to navigate far better than any other city of the past 3 games, and each area has a couple of animus fragments which reveal themselves as codex entries. This in my oppinion is what every AC game should've been doing with their codex, and should be doing from now on. You find a new area, you discover a place of interest with an animus fragment, and the games shows the history of that place, while being accessible both via an icon on the map, or by going into the codex and then pointing it out in the map. Brilliant, simple, good. Movement is an improvement over the other AC RPG's for two reasons: more control on the part of the player, and a city that ACTUALLY supports parkour. Who would've thought that creating AC games set in time periods where there are barely any densely packed buildings would NOT create an environment conducive for parkour? Anyways, I love The Round City of Baghdad in every way shape and form. The puzzles are for the most part fun and they will reward with unique stuff, so good job there as well. Some are dependent on upgrades you get on your tools, but I think that's alright. Combat is a mess, however, it's boring and dull, but at least incentivizes stealth play. But what is truly awful about combat are the use of Adrenaline to insta kill enemies. The issue isn't insta-killing mind you, it's the fact that Basim teleports around like a goddamn superhero. A "return to roots" my ass. You could've easily made it so Adrenaline tags enemies for insta-kills and faster assassinations both inside and outside combat, so you could tag the most annoying enemies, and if or when you had to deal with them, you could dispatch them without issue. Assassinations are awful though, they feel brutish and "un-Assassin-like", mostly because this game "grew" from AC Valhalla's engine as a dlc, and gained sentience. The only "sneaky" assassination you get is when stealth-killing a man, while Basim is sitting on a bench. Mechanically, the missions of this game are truly a "return to form". You get three Assassin Bureaus that you must restore to their former glory, and it involves slaying 3 high value targets, all the while killing lesser value ones. Good job again. All in all, it's a meh experience, but it points in the right direction. Now make a story that is actually good, a combat that doesn't feel like it belongs in a Devil May Cry game, stealth assassinations that actually make you feel like an Assassin, and keep doing what you did well here.

Ubisoft briefly remembered how to make an AC game. After the Valhalla experience I thought I'd never touch another, but I got this in a bundle, gave it a shot, and for once I wasn't disappointed. Adequate job, Ubisoft.

Yes, it's the old AC again, but it brings all the bad things with it, makes something even worse and barely improves anything. THE GOOD The parkour controls have been taken from the newer instalments, which is fine — they're definitely better than the controls from the older games. They're still not perfect, but Ubisoft apparently has no idea how to improve them at this point. Parkour is great fun; after the modern AC games, which barely feature any parkour, it was refreshing to have so many movement options again. THE BAD Combat is probably the worst in the entire series. When you are attacked, you are supposed to either dodge or parry, depending on the colour of the telegraphed attack. The problem is that the colour prompt appears for such a brief moment before the actual attack that, even after hours of playing, I am physically unable to react that quickly. Ultimately, I just mashed buttons and hoped for the best. For some reason, restricted areas are not indicated on the map, and the HUD indicator is very easy to overlook. This caused me to constantly trigger alarms when I just wanted to travel around the city. The game uses the same key for both a normal attack and a silent assassination. It happens quite often that you intend to stealthily assassinate someone, but instead attack them, blowing your cover and sometimes failing the whole mission in the process. There are also some technical problems. For me, the most apparent was that the display settings constantly reset, forcing me to go to the settings menu and select full-screen mode and vsync every time I ran the game. THE UGLY The writing in the AC series has always been poor, but here it's almost insulting. I played this game right after Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, and I was shocked at how much worse the writing was. Even the smallest quests and the most insignificant NPCs in KCD had better dialogue and backstory than the main quest in AC Mirage. No one in this game sounds like a real human. Everyone speaks like a mystic or a philosopher, either giving you exposition or drowning you in endless, empty, metaphorical babbling. Later in the game I started skipping most of the dialogue because it was unbearable to listen to. Is there really no one left at Ubisoft who can write believable dialogue between two flesh-and-blood characters? Overall, Mirage is not a terrible game, but it's so mediocre and forgettable, even within the Assassin's Creed franchise, that I cannot recommend it.

This is difficult to recommend, because on one hand the game runs flawlessly (Unlike most Ubi titles.) The map is not massive with copy/paste locations added to pad the world size. While the main campaign was short, it felt unburdened by constant fetch quests or collect-a-thons. Graphically it looks good and the combat is also good, not great, but not bad either. Where it falls apart for me is that it's just another Assassin's Creed game in a different locale; if you've played them before you know how it's going to go: [list] [*]Tragedy/Accident befalls main character [*]Main character introduced to The Order of Assassins/Hidden Ones/The Brotherhood [*]Training montage [*]Main character hunts Templars by "investigating" crimes [/list] Lather. Rinse. Repeat. I was so excited for Assassin's Creed Shadows, but it turns out it's just Assassin's Creed: Japan. Personally, i'm tired of the samey gameplay and story. I'm ready to take it to the Templars to expose and eliminate them once and for all, and until that story comes about I am done with this franchise.

Is it the best Assassin's game - no, is it innovative - no, should I recommend it then? I liked it, whether because of a cool city and history behind it or some sort of nostalgia for initial games in series, and if steam offered not a binary rating it would have and average rating, but I enjoyed the game, so I'm gonna put thumbs up.

Всю игру опять вывезли художники и левелдизайнеры. Насколько гениально сделан мир с художественной точки зрения, настолько же неталантливо сделан геймдизайн и сюжет. Аниматоров для кацсцен вообще забыли пригласить.

Went back to the roots, way better than odyssey and if you liked 1-3 you will like this. Pretty short and sweet game. Contracts in this missions were really fun to do. Skills are kept straight forwards just 20 or something. Only downside is game is short,and sometimes the game doesnt tell you what to do next.that's it everything else is good. 7.8/10.

Assassin's Creed feels like the equivalent of doom scrolling. It doesn't take that much thought to do, and yet I keep coming back. It's one of those games where the story doesn't matter that much, but you can still follow it even if you're not paying attention to the game. Very little variety in equipment, there is like 6 swords, daggers, and armor sets. Also you can only use swords and daggers. So no maces, spears, etc. The game is also very short (for an assassin's creed game) it took me 26 hours to do everything in the game. I would say that if you like Assassin's Creed, get it on sale. Overall, I had fun playing even though I wasn't really paying attention to it.

I have played almost all assassin creed games, now this isn't top 3 but it is definitely one of my favourites, similar to Origins, odyssey and Valhalla but back to the roots, it was a fresh break from the new AC, I will say story did feel a bit rushed, and I still do not fully understand what happened with MC, if you know you know, but all in all a good game, still a Ubisoft game but a good game regardless.

It's okay. If you've never played the classic AC games, then this might be a fun game for you, but if you played it all, then it's just the same gameplay and the NPCs are still dumb, but it's an okay game, nothing special.

Liked the story and gameplay options to assassinate in different ways was good.

I have not finished yet but it is a decently fun romp in historical baghdad. I am having fun with the immersion.

Feels more like classic Assassin's Creed not the modern action RPG style. The gameplay relies on your stealth ability, it does still contain a skill tree but it is minor but effective. The story and the world feels authentic to its time period unlike Shadows. Ubisoft need to go back to this games style for Assassin's Creed. This game is well worth it.

Should've just been a DLC for Valhalla. Took me about 20ish hours to 100% the game. The story is good but tbh it only really starts to tie back into AC Valhalla literally at the endgame. Felt like they rushed the ending a little as well imo and it could've been expanded out more. T.L.D.R. - Id only really recommend if you're a dedicated AC fan. 7/10 (No need to buy at full price it like 20$ during summer & winter sale)

Playing as a Norse god hiding in the body of an Iraqi Islamic man is possibly one of the most unintentionally hilarious things Ubisoft could have done story wise, also it's nice to have an AC game be focused on stealth again.

Weak as hell story and the voice acting is bad enough that even I noticed but still a better AC game then the previous two, least you get to be an Assassin in this one. 6/10

Return to classic AC gameplay, albeit it feels limited or rushed in certain ways

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s return to the stealthy style that launched this series doesn’t do everything right, but everything it does feels like it was done with purpose. This means a shorter game with a smaller map, fewer collectibles, smaller scope in combat, and a limited selection of gear to play with – all of which I found refreshing relative to the arguably bloated scale of 100-hour games like Odyssey and Valhalla. It also means an overly simplistic plot with mostly forgettable characters, but what the story lacks in depth it makes up for with its straightforward quest progression and fast pacing. Though there's no big standout “wow” moment, Baghdad is a beautiful location in its own right, and the world’s detail is focused inward, making every alley and hovel feel well travelled and full of detail and history. I’d recommend Mirage to anyone who’s lapsed on Assassin’s Creed, as its back-to-basics approach is a successful first step in returning the feeling that the earlier industry-defining games gave me so long ago.

surprisingly good. story was interesting, but feels kinda cut short and uneventful. its some of the best gameplay in these games in a long time though.

A true-to-form classic AC game that brings you back to the feel of the original, but with vastly improved graphics, gameplay, and a story to rival Odyssey and Valhalla. It feels more constrained in scope and length than the former two titles, but still feels very much like a complete game. Worth the money. Stunningly beautiful. Dramatic story. Combat requires skill not just button mashing or build-maxing. The setting is spectacular and the Codex is a huge help in learning a (relatively) foreign culture (as a white Christian American playing a 9th Century Baghdadi street thief turned Hidden One- good to see Islam and Iraq represented in a neutral/positive light; the history of humanity across cultures and time is a unified story of messiness for sure!) 9/10. Only reason not 10/10 is I already know I'll have the Big Empty feeling once the story's over, but the replay of the permadeath mode might be something to check out, before moving onto AC: Shadows

If you like stealthy games you may like this one. The game is worth it, but because is not a new game at the time of this writing I would not pay full price. Wait for a good sale. Of course, it is just a suggestion. You do as you please. :) Also, if you are a gamer that does pay attention to voice acting I would recommend to you to first watch some spoiler free videos and see if that would be a deal breaker for you.

Good vibe, good modes, colour filter of old AC I, priceless.

my brother told me to pay it because he found it so amazing as a game on PS5 lol so i bought this game and i found it so great and deserve to be bought by people who love to play solo (: cool game (:

Brings back memories from the classic AC games. Great stealth and decent combat mechanics. The stories are really captivating and well written with excellent actors.

A passion project from Ubisoft Bordeaux, Mirage is the most 'back to roots' AC game I've played in recent years. A short story with minimal side quests, but because of that it does not get boring. And due to the fact that Basim is not physically strong we also need to use stealth in a lot of situations. That coupled with a dense city like Baghdad enabling better parkour makes it very interesting.

This game is absolutely beautiful. I hear a lot of critiques of the Assassin's Creed games recently, saying that they're repetitive, but yeah that's kind of how the gameplay loop works for a franchise such as Assassin's Creed. Just as in Fortnite, you focus on honing your skills at shooting, building, and editing, or in FIFA games where every year the franchise is set on simply updating the players but keeping the same gameplay loop that it has had for literal decades, Assassin's Creed hinges on the idea of being an Assassin, yet focuses on the story element as that is LITERALLY all there is for a game franchise such as this to change! The story and setting and art style is what truly gives this game greatness, the effort put into the atmosphere and the history you can find; a truly remarkable experience. Especially as Assassin's Creed Mirage owes the literal naming of the whole franchise to the history of this game with the very real Order of the Hashashins centered out of Alamut castle bringing the word Assassin into the English language via the Arabic Hashashin. Of course, there is lots of historical creativity featured in this game, but this isn't a history book; it's a video game that wants to tell its story using the mysticism and vibes of real historical 9th century Baghdad to weave a tale befitting to the time and location. Much of this game in the world building aspect and the literal historical information you can find in the game is true to the best of historians' knowledge. Truly, Mirage grants a glimpse into a Golden Age of Arabia that remains infrequently visited by western audiences, and for that and much more, I praise this game on all that has been said.

Its a great game, really worth it. Personally i think its one of the better games if you want a more assassin based approach and the parkour is really good too!

I absolutely love this! I love AC games, of course, but this one was perfect. It wasn't too long and wasn't too short. The other, more recent, AC games seemed to be soooo bloated. In this one, the characters and locations are memorable since you're not being sent on random smash and grab missions all over the map. I got the deluxe edition simply because it was on sale. It's fine if you're into cosmetics. I'm not sure if it's me, but the thing that irked me about the other AC games is being dragged out of the Animus for the cheesy Isu story line. I get it. It's what ties the games together. But this game was great because you were fully immersed in Basim's story. I highly recommend this.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a refreshing throwback to the classic style of the franchise. If you’ve been missing the stealth-focused gameplay, tighter city design, and the old-school assassin vibe, this game delivers exactly that. It strips away the RPG-heavy elements of recent titles and brings the series back to its roots with parkour, stealth kills, and a more focused narrative. The setting is beautifully crafted, and the atmosphere feels authentic and immersive. It’s a joy to explore the city, blend into crowds, and take down targets with precision. However, the biggest downside is the campaign length—you can finish the main story in around 20 hours. While that might be perfect for players looking for a more compact experience, others may find it lacking in depth and replayability compared to previous entries.

I bought this amazing game again mainly because of its beautiful culture and the stunning recreation of old Baghdad. I had already completed the game 100% when I first played it through the Ubisoft launcher, but I still decided to get it on Steam and replay it. Surprisingly, all my 100% achievements from Ubisoft transferred to Steam automatically, so I got full completion on Steam without even replaying it yet, probably because I already owned it on Ubisoft. Still, that won’t stop me from diving back in and exploring the incredible world of Baghdad all over again. Note for players: If you already own an Assassin’s Creed game on the Ubisoft launcher and buy it again on Steam (with your Ubisoft and Steam accounts linked), your achievements from Ubisoft will automatically carry over to Steam.

I enjoyed this very much, the tools and the stealth mechanics are VERY fun

nice game nice story but controls have bugs like when sprint we use shift right one press and character runs fast but when we press s button that time player don't break meaning don't stop immediately from sprint player keep sprinting a little bit then stops and there is a lot of other bugs too in game like if i jump from a tower to bush that time character don't get out from bush sometimes then i had to restart game from load

[h1] A Refreshing Change [/h1] Oh man, it kind of makes me sad that this one wasn't more popular, as it means that we'll likely never see the closer to roots formula ever again, the pacing of Mirage, the layout and design of the open world and the gameplay mechanics involved in investigations, assassinating targets and visiting bureau's is leaps ahead of the likes of Valhalla & Shadows. They simply trimmed the fat, the checklists, the time sink fetch quests, the 2000 viewpoints and bloat are gone. What you have here instead is a concise story that doesn't waste your time or beat around the bush, and a gameplay loop reminiscent of AC1 and AC2. While still missing the mark to be a spiritual successor to said games, it does manage to create a far better experience than I've come to expect from AC titles in recent years, in fact this is the first Ubisoft game I've played in a long time that didn't give me "Ubisoft fatigue" where I just end up B Lining the story and skipping content because there's too much. There's some jank with the parkour, but for the most part the game is polished and the combat mechanics are far less actiony than we've come to expect, I had forgotten how FUN it is to stealthily plot out ghosting an entire outpost or barracks again and go into a stronghold with intent rather than abilities and bursting it all down. Clocking in at 18 hours to beat the main story, I'm not too sold on the price point, but this was a refreshing enjoyable experience that's certainly worth it on a sale if not full price

As someone that came to the franchise when the RPGs came out, this was very new for me in terms of gameplay and combat style but it was really good. Basim is well written.. I don't agree with some of his choices but ehh (I'm biased because I ADORE Roshan's voice actress XD) Overall a solid 9/10

The scenery, the history lessons, the atmosphere of the city are really good, the parkour on the other hand was a bit janky and sticky. Took me 33 hours to complete the game and i was taking my time. If you see it on a good sale its an easy buy.

Excellent and back on form, capturing some of the previous magic of the originals. The map doesn't have to be a vast expanse of nothingness. Instead, Mirage offers an engaging story and beautiful map design. Certainly recommend.

AC mirage is not a bad time. the City of Baghdad is one of the best locations in the series (not rage bait) the story is pretty forget-able but the last ACT is decent enough. the writing is pretty bad with some one off service-able moments. Basim is a character that i want to see more of and see another game with him. unfortunately the writing for Basim like everyone else in this game isnt that great. the voice acting as well is very wooden from everyone in the game. the graphics are Fucking gorgeous! the world looks fantastic, the character models are decent enough and the lighting is stellar. the sound design is also very good! there were times where a bird would be chirping in the game and it sounded like it was right next to me, and i kept pulling my headphones off to check. the soundtrack is also very nice! its unfortunate that Ubisoft Bordeax used the same tracks throughout the game because i listened to the whole soundtrack on spotify and half the songs were barely used in the game (other than the credits) the gameplay is what you expect from an Assassins creed game, the vibe is very "old school" AC, which is nice! the parkour whilst isnt AC unity, its a step up from valhalla. the combat is...fine, can be somewhat challenging on higher difficulty. but it is merely just counter, attack, repeat. But yeah, this is a good buy on a sale. good game to smash through in 15-20hrs 7/10

i loved everything especially the details of the city Baghdad .. the walls decorations , the life on rooftops and the markets were my favorites besides the historical facts with its stories .. i got to know a lot about that time inventions and world trade .. i just wish that i never ended the game.. it was this good to me , the gamplay is perfect the graphics and sound effects too.. i loved the arabic language included i liked hearing people stories in arabic ..please make another part of this game :"))

this game is not only intense, its also action packed with a lot of strategy i swear i the guards be ruthless as fuck they will slaughter you and leave you in the woods crying for your mama while you are trying to revive yourself, running from the chaos and screaming at your computer screen for your character to go faster as you are getting mauled to death by 6 guards 2 of which are super armored. i have played overall 48 hours of this game and so far sneaking around like its your sneaky link hooking up with you on your birthday. I am not even halfway through the story line im doing hella side quests and just taking my time because its so fun to explore and find all the artifacts and neat outfits you find throughout the game. its frustrating and feels like a meat grinder on your finger tips as your pressing the buttons as hard as you can thinking thats going to make that impact harder pro tip here (it doesn't) overall super action packed and overall fun as hell give it a try hell i know i did and now im addicted okay bye have a great time <3

It's alright. It's just more assassin's creed. Story was relatively good and doesn't overstay its welcome

Excessively long cutscenes, horrendous movement and parkour mechanics, and an awful storyline. All of this could have been dismissed as on par for a Ubisoft game, however I ran into a bug that is preventing me from even continuing the story. I have tried every supposed fix for it, and still am unable to progress any further in the story.

[h1]Game value: $3[h1] AC Mirage is one of the worst in its series. This game felt like a pocket version of any of the other games. The story was meaningless, the abilities lacking, finishers lackluster, and the main character is one of the most dislikable I have ever had the displeasure of playing. The story is not too simple or complex, rather, it is simply devoid of meaning. There exists nothing to draw the player in. It is not the least bit engaging. Basim goes around killing bad people, which for an "assassin" game, would have been forgivable had it been the first in its series. The characters are devoid of depth. "This is a slave trader. That is bad. They are a Bad Guy." Compared to the other AC games, this one had a stripped down ability tree. It is incredibly simple with three paths that divert each two to three times. This is in-it-of-itself not bad. An AC-lite kind of game could be good; it could be fun. In this case, the lack of abilities simply added to the lack of everything overall. The abilities are neither creative, often just unlocking an item slot. I don't believe I've witnessed all the finishers, but compared to other AC games, it felt kind of lackluster. I'm not sure if that's just because the novelty has worn off on me or the fact that the rest of the game drags it down. Basim has absolutely no redeeming qualities. I do not know if this was intentional. His introduction shows him as a helpless idiot lacking all conviction. He treats the people around him poorly. He is directionless until provided direction. It is frustrating playing as this character. The only thing that brings any amount of difficulty to the combat in this game is the fact that you don't really want this guy to live. Overall a waste of time and a waste of human resources spent developing this. I would value this game at $3.

I gotta say this game is pretty alright, a shame it’s company is a bunch of delusional, greedy pigs who want me to destroy my copy once they deem it too old and not worth maintaining in a playable state. Should probably just pirate their stuff from now on.

It's just MEH. Nothing really that exciting with some maddening combat mechanics and poor forced combat

Good story, best ending of all games. But. That is the worst AS C ever. The AI of enemies? Non existant. Working parkour? Not here. Bosses? there is none (every "boss" get assasinated by blade (1 click)) Map? Random zones you cannot enter in the middle of the city that you will enter every 2 min and get chased. CHASE ??????? - It will start always and take hiper long to finish AND when it finish AND not have the "reserched" bar filled (like not a droplet of red color in the bar 0/3 points reached) SOME ENNEMIES WILL STILL START A RANDOM CHASE AFTER YOU??????? Menu navigation? Terrible. Weapons you get? 99% are useless. You most likly will finish the game with he starter weapons equiped + the starter set equiped. I literally only changed my dagger and set in the endgame. And just for fun beacause i have not used the dagger power once. Enemies difficulty? Yeah sleep dart. Like? What? Why even bother fighing when on normal diff you one shot everyone with a knife, and if impossible you use a sleep dart????? I will not even mention the worst AI of a horse there is but it was the same in Origins and Odyssey (they were good) The only ability in game? The multi assasination? I used it twice. And one of those times it was for a achivment. Completly useless when you have knives and the AI of ennemies is non-existent. MAPPPPPP - Bruh you have to fully zoom to see the "?" on it. Looking for smth you missed takes forever. And finally ACHIVEMENTS: One of the bugged (crowd kills (you have a solution on internet but why is it not solved???) And fight for 10 min? Ik your game is so short that you have to make it longer but i have betters options that running in a circle for 10 min (and get killed by ubisoft connect random popup)

The Game is broken. Can't complete a mission to continue the story, so I'm locked out and about 10% of the way done, too late for the refund window. Stay away from this abandonware, and think hard about if you'll ever buy another AC game at all.

Watched cutscene for 5 minutes, played for 5 minutes, game crashed, spent 20 minutes trying to get it to fully boot again. Refunded.

Listen... If you played a lot of games in the series you'll be happy to welcome back a play style that is more reminiscent of the "golden era" of these games. But... It seems a little mediocre. There were some elements (like the teleport assassinations) that feel rushed. The world is beautiful and very optimized, the killing and navigation is decent, the story is a little boring. 7/10

Always trust Assassin's Creed's franchise! but this one the skill tree is less complex which i enjoy more complex skill tree