The AC Mirage Stealth Experience

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Published on October 5, 2023 11:00:12 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzK1FuqcNFI

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Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)

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Thanks to Ubisoft for providing me with access to Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

I spent the last day or so playing through AC mirage, staying away from the internet at all costs as spoilers and reviews started flooding my feed. I wanted to experience this game as a fan first. Not as a content creator, and not as a member of the community. I wanted to see what I’d FEEL about the game before taking into account what anyone else THOUGHT. And well, I absolutely love it. It’s a game that delivered pretty much exactly what i was expecting it to, and that makes me very, very happy.

I won’t give a full review here since you’ve probably already watched 6,000 of those, but I will give you some of my thoughts and observations about my experience:

The stealth in AC Mirage is…good. In fact, it's very good, but in my opinion, it's not great. To me, AC stealth can only be great when it is facilitated by a good and complex movement system since, for an Assassin, movement and stealth are often joined at the hip more than in other games. Since the movement is still the same mediocre formula that started with Origins, I feel like a lot of Mirage’s additions, such as the different tools, are often stunted and not allowed to shine as much as they should. (this would be even worse if we didn't have Assassin focus as a great movement tool in stealth scenarios)

What I love about the game is exactly what I was hoping I would love: the story, the world and the mission design. Those three things combined have led me to be emotionally invested in a game in a way I haven’t in a long time. The game has effortlessly created countless moments of tension both in and out of missions, where stealth not only feels fun, but necessary, and the risk of detection is so high and the consequences so dire that you really stop and think Jesus this is crazy. You can FEEL the character’s tension and sense of urgency, you can sympathise when they freak out over the possibility of getting caught and its consequences because the game makes them real.

This is a game that I plan to replay many times, since its smaller size has allowed the developers to handcraft all missions and fort layouts, allowing for organic experiences to pop up all the time. I remember one time I was infiltrating a fort in order to assassinate a target: a general of some sort. At the same time, I had a high enough notoriety level that I was being hunted by a mercenary looking to kill me for a reward. So there I was, a hunter looking for his prey, while at the same time being hunted himself.

In any other game like Origins, Odyssey or Valhalla, this would be nothing but a mild inconvenience, since you could easily dispatch them with your overpowered character and resume your mission. But not in this game. In this game, meeting blades with a mercenary means almost certain death, especially in a restricted area where other guards will launch at you the second they detect you. Basim is not a fighter, he is a glass cannon that can deal damage but not take it. So a simple mission about infiltrating a guard outpost and killing a target became a double cat and mouse game where I clear through the stationed guards WHILE staying out of sight of a lurking mercenary WHILE looking for my target and figuring out how to lure him out from his safe box. It was mesmerising how a simple gameplay loop became such a memorable experience, and how many of those there are in this game. (Not to mention those crafted by the narrative itself)

There clearly too much to talk about in this game, but I wanted to let you know that I have been having an amazing time, AC Mirage is a wonderful addition to the franchise and a game I will be playing for many years to come.

Also Top Tip: Use Assassin Focus for movement, rather than multi-kills. It can really speed things up and compensate for the lack of parkour.

Assassin's Creed Mirage is an action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux and published by Ubisoft. The game is the thirteenth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla.

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