After Valhalla, it was clearAssassins Creedhad fallen into a slump.
Instead, Mirage is another sign that Ubisoft has no idea what to do with the franchise.
Kassandra and Bayek are both iconic Assassin’s Creed protagonists.
But Origins and Odyssey offer different experiences from prefs to mechanics.
If theres a single word I could use to describe Mirage, its dated.
Rather than taking place across an entire country, Mirage sticks to a single city and its surrounding countryside.
Baghdad feels lifeless, with crowds blandly milling about and very little to explore outside of the missions.
Mirage is a game that feels distinctly out of time for all the wrong reasons.
Even the side-missions are great.
These arent small distractions, theyre often full-blown missions with their own challenges.
The high points are the assassinations themselves.
Youfeellike an assassin, but sadly this power fantasy is much too fleeting.
Theyre effectively quick-time events, yet another thing Ubisoft should have left in 2012.
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Reviewed on PS5.
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