Assassin's Creed Mirage

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Assassin's Creed Mirage
Developer(s)Ubisoft Bordeaux[a]
Publisher(s)Ubisoft
Director(s)Stéphane Boudon
Artist(s)Jean-Luc Sala
Writer(s)Sarah Beaulieu
Composer(s)Brendan Angelides
SeriesAssassin's Creed
EngineUbisoft Anvil
Platform(s)
ReleaseOctober 5, 2023
Genre(s)Action-adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

Assassin's Creed Mirage is an upcoming action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux and published by Ubisoft. The game will be the thirteenth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla. It is scheduled to release for Amazon Luna, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 5, 2023.

Mirage is principally set in 9th-century Baghdad during the anarchy at Samarra, and follows Basim Ibn Ishaq (a character first introduced in Valhalla) and his transition from street thief to fully-fledged member of the Assassin Brotherhood, who fight for peace and liberty, against the Templar Order,[b] who desire peace through control. The game has been described as a return to the series' roots, with a bigger focus on linear storytelling and stealth gameplay than more recent installments, which primarily focused on role-playing and open world elements.

Gameplay

Assassin's Creed Mirage is an action-adventure stealth game intended to be reminiscent of older Assassin's Creed titles, being more linear and story-focused and reducing the number of role-playing elements present in recent installments of the series. Parkour, close-quarter combat, and stealth are core elements of the gameplay. For assassination missions, Mirage adopts the "Black Box" design previously seen in Assassin's Creed Unity and Assassin's Creed Syndicate, where players have to explore the environment to find different ways to reach and eliminate their targets.[2]

The game is set principally in the city of Baghdad, which is divided into four districts, but also features Alamut, the fortress headquarters of the Hidden Ones. Baghdad is much smaller than the worlds of recent Assassin's Creed titles, being closer in size to Unity's and Revelations' depictions of Paris and Constantinople, respectively.[3]

Similarly to previous Assassin protagonists, the main character, Basim, has a large arsenal of weapons and tools at his disposal, including the signature Assassin Hidden Blade, smoke bombs, throwing knives, and poison darts. Both weapons and tools can be upgraded through a skill tree which allows different effects to be applied to them.[4] Basim also has access to both Eagle Vision and an avian companion named Enkidu (after the character from the Epic of Gilgamesh), an eastern imperial eagle that can be used to scout nearby areas.[5] Unlike previous Assassin's Creed games which featured avian companions, enemy archers can detect and shoot at Enkidu.[2]

Mirage introduces a new ability called "Assassin Focus", which is recharged by performing stealth assassinations and allows Basim to eliminate multiple enemies simultaneously as long as he remains undetected; time is slowed after each assassination, allowing the player to target the next enemy.[4] Another new feature are various poles located around Baghdad, which can be used to cross wide gaps.[6] Furthermore, moving and running animations have been refined to improve mobility and fluidity, with the development team taking inspiration from "samurai, ninja, and even Jedi to a certain point".[7]

Synopsis

Set decades before the events of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Mirage is a "coming-of-age story" following Basim Ibn Ishaq (Lee Majdoub), a street thief who will learn to fight for a cause larger than himself by becoming a Hidden One under the tutelage of his mentor Roshan (Shohreh Aghdashloo).[8]

Development

Mirage has been described as a smaller Assassin's Creed title, with the main campaign lasting around 15–20 hours, similar to older games in the franchise. It was designed to celebrate the series' 15th anniversary, in which the developers used the technology built for Assassin's Creed Valhalla to create a game that pays tribute to the first Assassin's Creed.[9]

Prior to its announcement at Ubisoft Forward on September 10, 2022, details about Mirage leaked–under the codename Rift–when it was revealed that the game started out as an expansion pack for Valhalla before being turned into a standalone release.[10] On June 4, 2023, it was announced that the game would have an Arabic dubbing.[11]

The game includes an educational database on the history of Baghdad, including articles that are gradually unlocked as the player progresses.[12] These illustrate 9th-century Abbasid culture with photographs of objects from the Khalili Collections; the David Collection; Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design and the Institut du Monde Arabe.[13] The creation of the database involved four academic experts in Islamic art,[14] and was supported with grants from the UK's Economic and Social Research Council and the charity Barakat Trust.[15]

Mirage features compatiblity with a tie-in haptic vest designed by the gaming company Owo. This is a wireless skinsuit that registers movement from the upper body and arms.[16]

Release

Assassin's Creed Mirage was originally set to be released on October 12, 2023, before having its release date brought forward to October 5.[17] It will be available on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, and Amazon Luna.[5] The game will be made available on Day 1 for all players subscribed to Ubisoft+.[18]

Shortly after the game's announcement, the title was reported as receiving an Adults Only rating from the Entertainment Software Rating Board, which would have limited the number of outlets it could be distributed at in the United States, following a listing on the Xbox Store a week prior to the game's reveal, with one of the reasons being for containing "real gambling". Ubisoft later corrected both claims, stating the game had not been rated yet and "no real gambling or lootboxes [will be] present in the game".[19][20]

Additional content

Ubisoft announced that they would release an exclusive mission titled The Forty Thieves for players who pre-ordered the game. A Deluxe Edition of Mirage includes the base game, a Prince of Persia-inspired pack featuring additional weapons and cosmetic items, the game's soundtrack, and a digital artbook. The Prince of Persia pack is also available for purchase separately.[6]

In July 2023, it was confirmed by game director Stephane Boudon that Ubisoft had no plans to release post-launch downloadable content.[21]

In August, Ubisoft confirmed that the game would have cosmetic microtransactions, in the form of "cosmetic bundles that will be purchasable directly on first-party stores at launch."[22]

Notes

  1. ^ Additional work by Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft Kyiv, Ubisoft Odesa, Ubisoft Singapore, Ubisoft Philippines, and Ubisoft Bucharest
  2. ^ Within the series' continuity, the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order adopted their modern names during the Crusades in the 11th century. Prior to this, they were referred to as the "Hidden Ones" and the "Order of the Ancients", respectively.[1]

References

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  3. ^ Wutz, Marco (June 19, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage map size is comparable to Revelations and Unity". Video Games on Sports Illustrated. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Su, Jake (September 10, 2022). "Assassin's Creed Mirage Goes Back To Basics With Stealth, Parkour & Assassinations Gameplay Pillars". GeekCulture. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
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  6. ^ a b Tran, Edmond (May 25, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage: Everything you need to know". GamesHub. Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  7. ^ Gould, Elie (June 20, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage's movement is based on 'samurai, ninja, and even Jedi'". TechRadar. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  8. ^ Carpenter, Nicole (September 10, 2022). "Assassin's Creed Mirage sets up Basim's origins in Baghdad, decades before Valhalla". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 10, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Purslow, Matt (September 11, 2022). "Future Assassin's Creed Games Will Not All Be 150-Hour RPGs". IGN. Archived from the original on September 14, 2022. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  10. ^ Good, Owen S. (September 1, 2022). "Ubisoft confirms Assassin's Creed Mirage after multiple leaks". Eurogamer. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
  11. ^ ""Assassin's Creed: Mirage" gets Arabic dub". WIRED Middle East. June 4, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.
  12. ^ Mainka, Inga (July 6, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage Goes Back To Its Roots: Most Accurate AC In Years?". EarlyGame. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  13. ^ Irorita, Franz Christian (July 6, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage will have "History of Baghdad" Feature". ClutchPoints. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  14. ^ Harley, Nicky (July 5, 2023). "Abbasid architecture to the fore in new Assassin's Creed Mirage video game". The National. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  15. ^ "'My son showed me Assassin's Creed, now I've helped build the new one'". STV News. July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 11, 2023.
  16. ^ Wutz, Marco (July 13, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage lets you feel punches with haptic vest compatibility". Video Games on Sports Illustrated.
  17. ^ "Assassin's Creed Mirage release date change announced by Ubisoft". GAMINGbible. August 14, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2023.
  18. ^ "Assassin's Creed Mirage". Ubisoft Store.
  19. ^ Goslen, Austen (September 12, 2022). "Assassin's Creed Mirage isn't actually rated Adults Only, won't have 'real gambling'". Polygon. Archived from the original on September 24, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  20. ^ Dinsdale, Ryan (September 12, 2022). "Assassin's Creed Mirage: Ubisoft Says It Won't Have Gambling or Lootboxes After Rating Confusion". IGN. Archived from the original on September 22, 2022. Retrieved September 15, 2022.
  21. ^ Verbrugge, Kieron (July 17, 2023). "Ubisoft Has No Plans For Assassin's Creed Mirage Post-Launch DLC". Press Start. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
  22. ^ Square, Push (August 10, 2023). "Assassin's Creed Mirage Returns to Series Roots, But Won't Ditch Cosmetic Microtransactions". Push Square. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

External links

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