Assassin's Creed Mirage

PostAssassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:46 am

Out tomorrow (Thursday 5th October 2023)

Anyone else getting it?

It's said to be approx 20 hours to complete the story and has removed a lot of RPG elements of the more recent games.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **OrangeRKN** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:05 am

The release of this completely snuck up on me

I'm interested, the move back to the original style and 20 hours playtime are both really appealing. I probably won't pick it up immediately though, might make a good Christmas game.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 10:55 am

I suspect that by Christmas it'll be £25 digitally. Also feels like a game that will be reduced on Black Friday.

They've said no DLC or expansions for this as I think they are focused on next year's Assassin's Creed Japan.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Christopher** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:09 am

I’ve got it installed ready, looking forward to getting stuck into it. I miss the older Assassin’s Creed games.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Photek** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 11:48 am

Ubisoft+ ing it if the reviews are good.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **rinks** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:02 pm

Xbox version is £35 on CDKeys (up £1 since yesterday).

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Photek** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:15 pm

There's a member in here who thinks Sony games shouldn't be allowed on CDKEYS and only sold via their own shop on their console, if you call this person a fanboy he blocks you. :capnscotty:

Reviews around the 8/10 mark which is fine for me.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **jawa_** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:35 pm

Photek wrote:There's a member in here who thinks Sony games shouldn't be allowed on CDKEYS and only sold via their own shop on their console, if you call this person a fanboy he blocks you. ...

Unfortunately Sony doesn't seem to issue full game codes for sale outside of the Store itself. Thankfully they do currently allow top-up code sales although even these seem to have crept up in price recently at online discounters; presumably they are no longer able to get quite the bulk discount that they used to.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **DarkRula** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 12:49 pm

Ready and waiting to get stuck in. Download it later on to make sure I can boot it up as soon as I get to games tomorrow. Does mean going handheld with Starlink while I keep an eye on the download, but that shouldn't be for long.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:22 pm

Reviews are out....

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:23 pm

Currently 77 on meta critic

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Photek** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 1:41 pm

My one gripe is that, unlike many, I actually prefer the more recent AC games compared to the old ones, I loved Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla. The only one that was amazing to be before them was AC4 Black Flag so I'm a little hesitant about this if it's just older ones tarted up.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **rinks** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:06 pm

I’m really glad they’re continuing with both types. To have a current-gen original-style AC will be a treat.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Christopher** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:37 pm

Donlan’s review has me excited.
https://www.eurogamer.net/assassins-creed-mirage-review

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 3:55 pm

It's good to see that the default language is Arabic and all NPCs speak it too. Will help with immersion and it's nice to see some representation in a triple A game.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **BOR** » Wed Oct 04, 2023 8:23 pm

It's on the way to me and it should arrive tomorrow, but I won't play it until Christmas Day.

I'm not rushing to play it just yet.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 12:46 pm

About 3 hours in. So far very good. It's classic assassin's creed. Stealth is the only real option as sword fights end quickly. The game's world is huge but not stupidly so like note recent games. It feels good to play, runs well and has the usual Ubi map full of stuff to do.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Vermilion** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 2:24 pm

I will definitely get this at some point, not sure when yet though.

Godzilla wrote:It's good to see that the default language is Arabic and all NPCs speak it too. Will help with immersion and it's nice to see some representation in a triple A game.

I also enjoyed learning this.

PostRe: Assassin's Creed Mirage by **Godzilla** » Thu Oct 05, 2023 3:33 pm

Played some more and started to upgrade a few bits. Which looks like changing the game massively as some of that optional upgrade paths make knives poison and then resolve bodies.

Hiding in the bushes and whistling never gets old. Then a quick kill and a yoink into the hedge.

The Arabic language needed to be downloaded as they decided to make English the default. But it only took a couple of minutes. Makes a big difference to the atmosphere.

I've also unlocked contracts which are side missions with very useful rewards. So I'll focus on them and then back to the story. The aide missions have additional objectives which if completed give more rewards, so you'll get more gold if you don't kill anyone.

It feels like Assassin's Creed 2 and has a very nice atmosphere. Very pleased they decided to return to the old style, even if it's a one off it's a reminder of how good the games were at stealth.

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