A Skeptical Look at 'Assassin's Creed: Mirage'...

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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 PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 5, 2023, and iOS on iPhone 15 Pro models in early 2024.
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, 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 elements.
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[@vishalvenkat6]

Petition to change the channel name to LukeSkepticEye. 😂

[@yukikid2195]

I’ll sign 👌🏼

[@mikeayers8951]

Luke Eye the Skeptic Guy

[@NoMansLand98]

Might get sued by the Irish guy...

[@BradenMeyer0]

Yea could get sued but it's so good it's worth a try

[@bleak4lls]

LukeSkepticEye Vs JackSepticEye

[@eljefe308]

I’m probably just a history nerd but one of the best parts of the rpg ac’s was the discovery mode. Loved that shit.

[@lakingsgeek]

Discovery mode is all I care about these days. I feel like AC games have always had a ton of potential but rarely rise above even a mediocre game. There are some decent entries in the series (AC2, BF, Origins) but even the best of them could get repetitive. The recreation of historical cities is amazing, the gameplay and secret society story lines not so much. Discovery mode gets rid of all the distractions and focuses exclusively on what is, in my opinion, the best part.

[@12gmkk29]

The game is fiction and a lot of buildings and events are made up so don’t get excited

[@ReikiMaulana]

Landmarks and architecture is the reason why I'm very into Unity and Syndicate.. I still have doubts for Mirage though

[@CustardCream22]

@@12gmkk29 You clearly don't know how much research actually goes into these games

[@Ewbie]

I actually wrote my dissertation on AC Origins and used it's discovery mode to show how historically accurate (and how significant that is) it is! as a history nerd lol

[@Michael_Shay]

Honestly I hope to see more titles focus on a smaller map with increased density. Open world is cool and all but I feel like most of the time it results in 80% procedural generation, repeated outpost/cave/dungeon whatever design. And then like 20% underwhelming cities/towns. I would rather see a smaller map with more hand designed elements that makes the world feel more immersive and alive. I think that sometimes it's good to give the writers and designers a box to fill, rather than a blank canvas. Because often times a blank canvas results in a bunch of good ideas but most of them end up half finished and unpolished. Constraint breeds creativity.

[@lakingsgeek]

I think this is the right idea. I like the idea of a Hitman type game set in a historical city. There should be a number of high density areas and buildings where the main missions take place. They could still use an open world to make the place feel more alive and let you explore daily life in the ancient city.

[@callmesxege1878]

I believe that’s they’re goal have 2 types of games on a rotation basis

[@ReikiMaulana]

@@lakingsgeek literally Assassin's Creed Unity and Syndicate.. You guys have been sleeping on those games hard

[@jpsevenplays48]

Instead of all that empty space...give the structures interiors that we can go into...

[@tarnishedpose]

@@ReikiMaulana Both Unity and Syndicate precisely suffer from those things too if you think about it for more than 5 seconds. Sure, smaller dense world... but what's the actual content like? It's the same generic icon-riddled map repetitive crap that Ubisoft are known for(like, how many useless collectibles were there in each game?). And the story and characters? Two great settings totally wasted with a very poor narrative all around. I still love Unity, and had my fair share of enjoyment with Syndicate, because at the end of the day those games still provide the power fantasy / mindless entertainment I look for in an action franchise like Assassin's Creed... But to put it in a weird way, there are more "M;eh" and wrongs than "Nice" and rights with those games.

[@TheWrightMovies]

Also very very very sick of the level based enemies compared to different variation enemies that change the play style. The stupid number hanging above the enemies is the stupidest concept in modern games now.

[@paulmuntean1459]

19:53 Luke casually explaining us where the G spot is

[@RJRedtail]

Even if Mirage just ends up being a smaller, more focused version of Valhalla that would still be a huge improvement, since the bloated size and meandering plot were Valhalla's biggest flaws.

[@Diegoshadow85]

Yea get excited for yet another same AC.

[@RJRedtail]

@@Diegoshadow85 I didn't say get excited, I said what I said

[@shikniwho7215]

same with Odyssey, huge map side without much thing to do or just the long travel time.

[@jorgosgustavus3183]

"Huge improvement" no, no it would not be an improvement at all. Ubisoft is a large company if they start making their games smaller yet demand almost the same $$$ as they would for Valhalla (60 hours+ up to 120hours of gameplay for 60€ compared to Mirage 50€ for 20 hours no upcoming dls) it wouldnt be an improvement, and far from it.

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

​@@jorgosgustavus3183you want a 30$ 20 hour game or what ? The price is good enough, stop saying nonsense

[@GOOBANGI]

I guess this is an unpopular opinion but I loved the old combat system, fights felt way more convincing and I miss it so much, wish they’d add back at the very least as an option

[@bwhere45]

What was fun about two button combat?

[@jasonashley9853]

​@@bwhere45AC Brotherhood. Slaughtering 20 guards was satisfying because Ezio was that good of a fighter.

[@SPDRM]

@@bwhere45 not having to spend 10 minutes killing one person

[@mclovinjr9086]

@@bwhere45it at least looked good and could be a fun loop chaining kills together. Since origins combat has been clunky and weirdly floaty. They should’ve tried to get somewhere close to Ghost of Tsushima

[@ReikiMaulana]

The closest one they have to that was Unity.. But for some reason they decided to change the formula once more after Syndicate instead of improving it

[@Zsokorad]

"Not trying to please everyone." Been saying since Odyssey, please split the franchise. Have "Assassin's Creed" go back to the original style like Mirage is claiming to do. And create a new franchise called "Odyssey" that does the open world RPG stuff with only minor references to the assassins existing. Odyssey 2...Kassandra in Rome. She lives 2400 years, afterall. Let's follow her RPG adventures throughout history.

[@hannahw7023]

Frl. I think Origins and Odyssey are good games, but they are not AC games. They really just aren't. Narratively AND gameplay wise, they are almost completely separate from the rest of the series. I totally think everyone would be happy if it were split into two separate series. But that's also a big task for Ubisoft to undertake so that'll never happen

[@braveheart1320]

I wish they would go that, but sadly it never would, because the Assassin's Creed IP sells like hotcakes

[@TheOnceandFutureJake]

Odyssey was bland as hell. Origins was the best of the RPG ACs.

[@SA80TAGE]

@@hannahw7023 it's not that big a task to undertake.... just change the titles and remove most of the connections to the Creed.... doing that could have very well made the origin, odyssey and valhalla a legit split off from the AC franchise.... as they never felt like AC games in the firstplace.

[@thesufficientgatsby]

I wish companies were less afraid of making new IPs in general. A separate franchise where they can lean completely into fantasy elements, magic, open worlds, etc. sounds amazing to me. Fenyx Rising would have been a good attempt if they tried to make a new world instead of copying Odyssey so heavily. (I also wish it was more visually realistic, but that's a personal preference)

[@hockey66191]

I think it really says something that one of the things I'm the most excited for in this game is a smaller map. Origins was fun, Odyssey started to be a bit much, didn't even come close to finishing Valhalla.

[@junaidunar9148]

Valhalla even though the starting hours of the game were fun, later parts of the game were big mess. Didn't finish it either.

[@DV-ou1yu]

The beginning imo was definitely good, the mid section was definitely a mess then it comes back together towards the end.

[@hockey66191]

@@DV-ou1yu yeah I quite enjoyed it as an rpg, just saw level 200 or whatever on the map and it just felt like too much.

[@DV-ou1yu]

@hockey66191 It was quite ridiculous. But thankfully, this was released around the pandemic lol

[@badpuppy3]

The Map Size in Valhalla was fine. The problem was the Plot felt like an essay written by 12 year olds for History class.

[@twanner_]

I don’t know when this happened but the modern AC games have become my comfort games. They relax me after a long day. Maybe something about the simplicity, maybe the repetitiveness.

[@Fanthomas1742]

Yeah you could do worse tbh

[@sorryshiina6264]

They're like pizza. Accessible, easy to consume and consistently mediocre. You'll basically never be surprised or disappointed.

[@papafoundry5537]

It’s the brain dead nature of the games that helps your brain go on autopilot.

[@timotmon]

They're great. I have to open Odyssey all the time just so I can go kill a few people. Very satisfying. lol.

[@Bambeakz]

Some people only like to game on tryhard mode and i needed Powerwash Simulator to discover it can be fun to game with my brain switched off sometimes. Palia did the same and i can understand that AC is exactly that for a group of people.

[@orenju465]

I really wish they don’t high light the NPCs the way they do (literally highlighting the whole body) I feel like I’m eliminating toys and not actual people. I wanna feel immersed, and the labels and health bars and the whole body highlighting ruin it.

[@costanzafaust]

One of the best ways to play is turning off all the HUD elements and going for a more cinematic experience. In Valhalla you could get rid of all of that junk, and it was much more immersive.

[@ianchinsor9248]

I agree, ruins a game for me. Usually you can turn it off and trust me, it’s the best way to play an Ubisoft game. Turn all hud off and navigate the map yourself, makes it so much more immersive (except when you get hopelessly lost and have to turn the quest marker back on 😂)

[@gabepagan8949]

The deluxe edition is $59 and the base game is $50. Safe to say Ubisoft knows how everyone feels about them

[@thatkid1673]

also there’s an interactive shirt for $600 OWO is the brand it works with more the ac mirage somehow translates to rocket league

[@spencertheobald]

Knowing Ubisoft, this game will be on sale in like 2 months for $25. The AC games go on sale every 2 weeks or so

[@giants2k8]

I highly doubt they will put it on sale for over 50% off after just 2 months. That’s a stretch bro. Lol I don’t remember them ever putting an AC game on sale for such a cut price after 2 months. Lol Especially considering that’s the Christmas season.

[@ArtilleryAffictionado1648]

Man someone is not afraid of loosing their Ubisoft early acess codes haha. Thank you for the honest pre-review. I enjoy these.

[@Enoc63]

Ubisoft have thiccc skin, respect 🫡

[@alpsalish]

Meh, his grift is just to complain and contradict. Ubi doesn't care because they sell anyway.

[@JackycakesV2]

Most companies literally don’t care what you say unless you tell the people to not buy the game.

[@Vaytra]

One thing I always loved about AC was climbing around London, or the pyramids, and exploring historical cities, sometimes meeting historical figures to do silly missions for and stuff.. it was silly and fun, and the buildings and cities were so amazing to explore. I am excited to explore Baghdad and those beautiful buildings! I love to parkour on the rooftops!

[@leeroynaggins]

Yep. Same here. Meeting Ben Franklin in AC III and Socrates in Odyssey and climbing up the Parthenon was fantastic… or is fantastic! I’m still playing them 😂

[@Warrior_of_Sparta]

I always get nervous when the review/KZbin embargo for a game is a day before release

[@SouLP196]

Well, but it wasn't. Luke himself had uploaded a video roughly 2 weeks ago as other KZbinrs did showing off the gameplay. So no the embargo was not lifted today, it was lifted 2 weeks ago.

[@Warrior_of_Sparta]

@@SouLP196 that’s a preview, the full release of videos and review scores are on the 4th

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

The only thing that worries me is eating some spoilers of the story... everything else is good enough for me

[@carpathianhermit7228]

​@@dreadedTanker3173westy and jack frags shill so hard

[@EliT3xEleM3nT]

Ubisoft needs to pull a Rockstar, and spend a few years on a title. Something with fluent movement, incredible combat and captivating story. If they can take Unitys movement and polish it I think the fans would approve

[@carpathianhermit7228]

I'm hoping the AAA companies collapse big time

[@SoySilent]

@carpathianhermit7228 and then what? We play indies forever?

[@carpathianhermit7228]

@@SoySilent so only our civilisation has existed and none prior ?

[@ryderwilson7955]

@@SoySilent so that new AAA will rise. if the companies fall, you still have a bunch of players just waiting to buy a game and if a team is good enough an wins our support, they can become AAA

[@andipajeroking]

Why? They make alot of money with mediocre games as well.

[@bazah23]

I live in the south of Iraq and a week ago I visited Baghdad and now I’m even more excited to to buy this game to be my first assassin creed game and explore the old Baghdad 😄

[@brandonreyes7113]

As a og AC fan I’m gonna stay optimistic but Ubisoft might let us down. God I never thought I’d be begging for trailing missions again lmao

[@GermanPyroBeast]

Yeah same lmao, there's still some hope, but then again it's Ubisoft..

[@Diegoshadow85]

"might let us down" - bro it's going to be boring sht 100%

[@Fanthomas1742]

Yeah like what are your expectations at this point? This is a side studio taking a crack at the franchise. Most assets are reused also reduced price

[@johnxiong6983]

I miss the old AC games but I will never miss the tailing missions lol. I haven’t played AC4 in so long so when I went back, I forgot how many tailing missions that game has, they’re a chore to go through. That’s one thing that can go & never return

[@cartuxo999]

Sry mate, but its still an rpg i just saw the char doing a huge dodge roll and i bet the attacks feel empty light ....

[@coopstain1728]

PEOPLE LISTEN.....READ THIS...........UBISOFT GAMES GO ON SALE VERY VERY EARLY. FARCRY 6 AND VALHALLA WENT ON SALE WITHIN 3 MONTHS. $24.99 IS WHAT IT DROPPED DOWN TO AFTER THE SALE. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME AT FULL PRICE!! ESPECIALLY SINCE BLACK FRIDAY AND XMAS ARE COMING UP. THE PRICE IS GOING TO DROP FAST.

[@OkByeNw]

I didn't hear about that price tag before. That's really exciting that they're going for a shorter length and reflecting that into the price. I was in the fence about buying it before but I think I'm definitely going to pick it up now as long as it can get 7 out of 10 scores on average.

[@San.Garcia]

I'm convinced no game wants to replicate the Batman Arkham series' AI in regards to the fear they demonstrate when you start picking them off.... I feel like a system like that would work great in AC games.

[@bharat-dz9wi]

Agreed. They should try fear systems. But it would be weird to implement it in an AC game.

[@Ministu-ws4yp]

So funny enough they should have taken a page from the Hitman games. Smart A.I and your choice of how to kill the target.

[@rasulmuhammad2343]

Love your takes on these

[@Eladelia]

Mirage sounds promising as a potentially decent game where you get to do some stealthy stuff and get to enjoy the atmosphere of a city (Baghdad) that doesn't get the credit it deserves for being a center of culture and a unique place in history. I'm happy to see signs that studios are open to the idea of building games that are more tightly aimed at a specific experience instead of trying to be the one game that absolutely everyone should play. I'd truly love to have more options to buy games that take more of a Sekiro-approach in terms of being willing to limit player options in order to make the options that are there extremely good.

[@Thincrust128]

I’m just worried that if this doesn’t sell well that Ubisoft can come back and be like, “see we told you gamers didn’t want this”. Then they go back to the Valhalla style of games.

[@sirochsittisombut1063]

Yeah the rp hack-and-slash games are much more accessible for kids.

[@aLikeSupreme]

It should do fine

[@alpsalish]

You many worry, but the numbers won't lie. I think there will be a lot of interest in mirage even if it is less of my thing.

[@Even_N.D.]

Thats exactly what will happen. This game is a test

[@LingDingKing]

I really did try to love/play Valhalla. 30hrs in, my main area was only level 2, and I reached a point where I have to level it up, do side missions and also hunt down the order to even continue the main story. I asked my buddy how long it took him to get back into the MAIN story missions after doing all the extra crap and he told me 50hrs. I just don't have another 20hrs in me to put towards grinding. I loved how they handled origins and the way they did missions. You didn't have to absolutely grind side content just to be able to do main quest missions, now if you wanted to do end game raids/boss battles then yeah you had to do the side content to max Bayek out. If you're not a big end game kind of person though, Origins gave us a straightforward campaign that was actually a lot of fun. Granted the parkour was subpar but just how much of Egypt you could explore, and all the hidden Easter eggs and lore were definitely worth it.

[@alabanghills]

Always love Ur content, critical, and bottomline.

[@k1ssmyfast]

This channel has quickly become one of my new favorites! Keep making great content Luke and thanks for all the work you and your team puts into the channel!

[@xXNova42Xx]

He definitely is very good at giving a well-balanced non bias opinion depending on what kind of perspective you view his content. I also just stumbled on his channel and I really like his detailed process of breaking things down for what they really are and not being caught up by all the hype.

[@calebchant3116]

I would love if they did an ezio style trilogy in Japan/ Korea/China/ India. Those areas have so much potential

[@thewoodchipper]

Fuedal japan would be so fucking awesome

[@nathanlalonde7212]

Well next years game is in feudal Japan, so at least we'll get that

[@David-nq8cv]

Chronicles China and Code Jade is Ubi's answer to that area as a game

[@sahar3820]

​@@David-nq8cvor Persia considering that's where the real life 'Order of the Assassins' originated from. That would be so freaking cool.

[@bytesize0801]

Woah I never considered India that is such a cool idea

[@walteravila4072]

I feel like they presenting something like is new and fresh, but in reality, is a formula that they already exhausted like 10 years ago.

[@robbiej6845]

9:16 wth was that throw😂 the knife was like : not today brother

[@tonydeluna8095]

The one I’m definitely hyped for is Lords of the Fallen. It looks way better than the 2014 original

[@andreeamociran2360]

Is it a souls game?

[@combatwombat2134]

​@@andreeamociran2360I hate to use the overused term "SoulsLike" but the 2014 one was very much so.

[@andreeamociran2360]

And would you recommend for a newb? Do you find it forgiving?

[@GDsergio]

@@andreeamociran2360 nope the 2014 was absolutely riddled with unfair bs, it was still a fun game but definitely wouldn't recommend for a first time souls-like player

[@GrimAbstract]

@@andreeamociran2360the new one looks amazing, you can play with friends, so it might be easier than a souls game if you play it co op.

[@xFaZebRuTaLx]

I always went swords blazing in every AC when stealth wasn’t required and did fine.

[@SuperAerie]

Same here, and in Unity I went guns & grenade launcher from start to finish. Stealth has never been that big part of AC as some claims, you even got a frigate in a couple!

[@callmesxege1878]

@@SuperAerieyou very much didn’t have too but the counter to kill made it very easy to not use stealth but having parkour and an actual assassins story and the option of stealth seems like something they could put in their RPG games and for some reason just don’t

[@ThinkAbstract]

This is not true

[@SuperAerie]

@@callmesxege1878 I disagree. The option of stealth was in the newer games too, lots of tool available for that if you really wanted too. Just had to spec that way for it to be really effective. Just like it always been minus some mission parameters that did show up in the earlier titles. Im just against the notion that AC used to be a stealth-game, hear that a lot and dont agree, it had the option of stealth.

[@callmesxege1878]

@@SuperAerie my point was more towards recent games like odyssey and Valhalla not having the core pillars of original AC games mainly being an assassins story and parkour stealth is more subjective and was required in some games for certain missions such as AC3 fort mission as haytham kenway

[@3enLiamMichael]

Great preview mate. At $50 for a 20 hour campaign I think that's solid. Let's not forget AC1 & AC2 were 15 & 20 hours respectively.

[@carpathianhermit7228]

Quality isn't quantity

[@DV-ou1yu]

​@@carpathianhermit7228 Please be true

[@carpathianhermit7228]

@@DV-ou1yu i don't get hyped for games. Wait 6 months post release before even thinking about getting it. First few weeks or months will be the journalist shills giving huge scores for mediocre trash so their industry access, review copies and E3 passes aren't taken away

[@acvalhalla7306]

Thank you for this. Well Done !!!!

[@jamesbone4557]

I love your vidéos, keep it up

[@lorddaniel20061]

A shot every time Luke says Valhalla

[@hannahw7023]

I think the small scope of the Mirage quest that he is talking about can be chalked up to the fact that it was a closed event and Ubisoft didnt want to throw a huge quest at the participants. Plus, i assume this is an early game quest and it basically functions as a tutorial.

[@Even_N.D.]

I thought so too.

[@matthewflores4183]

Hey luke 👋hope your days going well

[@stormtastic7083]

i only have played unity but it kinda got me hooked to the franchise, am really excited about it, i literally enjoyed walking around paris so i was really excited to see all the diffrent cool features like pickpocketing, what i really missed in unity was npc interaction so i think this game will tickle my little monkey brain

[@angelgomez7081]

Yeah unity was the last good one

[@Dupylo]

If mirage had the combat and physics unity had it would be an amazing game

[@jordanosman]

I don’t think this will live up to people hopes in the way they’re expecting. I see a stripped down, reformulated version of Valhalla. I think the fact that this is just a beefed up DLC is Ubisoft once again not taking meaningful risks. I be you they caught wind of peoples frustrations with Valhalla and decided to spruce up an already in development DLC. If this underperforms, it probably wouldn’t cost them a whole lot in comparison anyways. Which could also leave AC Red in some sort of limbo until the numbers are in on Mirage. Just speculation, but I’ve been pretty underwhelmed with what’s been shown. I just see all the remnants of previous games rather than something new and exciting.

[@aphilli97]

I agree

[@Even_N.D.]

The Game was never wanted by Ubisoft but was an idea from.the devs working on it. They wanted to make the game more on par with the older style. This game is a test. If it flops... good bye old AC Style

[@ggarcia393]

Great video. Awesome room setup. Shirt need to be ironed.

[@domuk7844]

i was sold on the return to form tagline and then i seen the magical abilities and zoned out again

[@puregibberish]

X-ray vision will never not ruin these games. “Don’t use it then” no, the game mechanics and levels have been designed from the ground up with it.

[@Even_N.D.]

U mean the eagle eye?

[@joshcrawshaw5410]

Like: plays all the newest games giving incredibly informative and entertaining videos on them Also Luke: doesn’t own an iron

[@dmcsahu]

U don't know how many times I searched ur channel by " luke spectacle"

[@SpaghettiTop]

I've always thought sound should be much more important than vision, you would hear alot more things before you saw them, so the natural instinct is to be SILENT. They should implement an AOE for guards that is larger than their visibility that you can see when you use eagle vision. They would be able to hear "loud abilitys/ Objects " and they would react with suspicion and haste.

[@rafaelorona1395]

I don’t really care much about the branching decisions on how to eliminate a target. If my objective is to kill x templar, even if I do it differently than another player the result is that I killed x templar. So usually this only matters when a game wants to have multiple choices to give you multiple endings, but in this case Basim is alive and we know what happened on Valhalla, so I would ditch the multiple endings and choices when the story is already going that direction.

[@funkykrunc6857]

I think Luke is pointing out that if there is only one way to kill x Ancient who is always locked behind a single cutscene, this hurts the replayability of smaller games like these which is one of their biggest selling points. It's just another testament that Ubisoft isn't too concerned about the success of Mirage. It hurts to say it but it's true. AC Red is where all the money is being thrown.

[@Even_N.D.]

​@@funkykrunc6857This Most likely was a Tutorial mission so later missions may be different. They did that before. Also of course Ubisoft isnt too concerned because this game was a dev idea not a ubi idea. Its a test. If it flops, ubisoft wont go back to the older style anytime soon. And Red will he an rpg game

[@uhhh1453]

Finally an unbiased review not just looking to keep Ubi happy

[@mrenigma1564]

oh you are among the people who when you see a good review you say it's bribed and when you see a review that suits your conclusion you say that's a fact nice how old are you ? wait let me guess 17 ?

[@uhhh1453]

@@mrenigma1564 lol

[@imadubsfan1]

Interestingly enough, I feel like this may be a way for Ubisoft to test the waters for reviving the Splinter Cell franchise. Maybe they're trying to both fix AC as well as gauge if there really is interest in the stealth genre.

[@ariz2578]

Completely off topic but where’d u get the display cases in the background, I have the same Lego pyramid and I’d like to put it in a case!

[@RangoSledge]

50 dollars is very reasonable for this game. If it's only a 7/10 it's still worth it. It's a decent size open world game. Plus it looks good. People pay more for way less like indie side strollers with 5 hour stories

[@Lexpionage]

can you NAME one of these 50 dollar 5 hour indie side scrollers?

[@GRGCompletionist]

it's not about the length, it never was. After playing Valhalla you should've demanded more from Ubisoft in terms of quality and if Mirage is identical to Valhalla with a few minor tweaks here and there it'll still not worth the asking price in my opinion not to mention it'll be even shorter.

[@RangoSledge]

@GRGCompletionist If you think this is an exact copy then you are not worth arguing with.

[@RangoSledge]

@@Lexpionage if you take everything literal you're gonna have a bad time

[@Lexpionage]

@@RangoSledge well you cant judge a game and say "its fair its priced like this because its better than this hypothetical game i made up"

[@dain6492]

I was looking forward to it, until I saw the magic teliport ability. I'll probably just play and not use that ability

[@junaidunar9148]

Yeah that ability sucks, it takes away AC playstyle that OG fans of the series love.

[@raf686]

Yeah becuase there has not been magic crap in AC games before. Yup! First time.

[@raf686]

​@@junaidunar9148you don't speak for me as an OG fan

[@Mitch93636]

When Ubisoft did the very last update to AC Valhalla, and after your kill all of the targets, you get a couple of extra missions. I haven't even done have of those targets to get those extra missions.

[@CustomIzzy]

What is that pyramid in the back you have? And is it still available to get somewhere?

[@white6505]

im not very excited. Assassins creed fans suffer from battered wife syndrome. they think that by supporting ubisoft they will change something. i think mirage will be a massive letdown.

[@cimsocosmic]

Was going to pre order but couldn’t find a game store in my area that takes a check, bummer.

[@sirleeproductions]

Assassin's Creed brotherhood and black flag multiplayer back then hit different man

[@patriot459]

Man I know we will never get it but why couldn’t we get a sequel to unity?? The time period was awesome, the parkour was goated, and Arno was the last good assassin. Such a shame.

[@JamJohn]

Unity is definitely a favorite in my list of AC games, especially after the update from bug fixes and stuff.

[@Phirestar]

Yeah, the reason that “nothing really feels like an action-adventure RPG” is because developers have created what I would call the “Melting Pot” genre of video games. It’s where to take a bunch of individual, scattered pieces of all different types of games, and you just mash them together to create a blobby mass of stuff that you then stick into an open world setting. It doesn’t work because they don’t fully commit to any one thing. They’re trying to create the mythical game-for-everybody formula by shoving all of the mechanics and ideas into one package, much like if you were to try and cook a meal that would appeal to everyone by throwing every single spice and seasoning in your rack into the same pan of meat.

[@alwaysdisputin9930]

It doesn't work for you maybe. AC Odyssey tried to be a jack-of-many-trades & I loved it. Admittedly, the parkour was rather lame but it made up for in other ways. Similarly Starfield, space combat, open world, FPS, base & ship builder. Yes it's a blobby mass of stuff. Sure, they talk to the fucking wall a lot of the time. But it's a good game. Or at least so I'm told.

[@Even_N.D.]

The thing is that this game was from a smaller studio and also limited in resources. Ubisoft never wanted it

[@SpadeApeiron]

Here comes ~ SKEPTIC Stevans ! i think u should put this name into segment of this channel

[@marty0678]

Recently discovered you through JorRaptor and been going back and watching a lot of your content. Really like your take on games and your humor, and agree about not getting hyped about games until you see reviews... But I'm dumb and hyped for Mirage haha. I was hyped for Origins and was disappointed, was mid-mild for Odyssey which became my favorite AC game of all time, and was not looking forward to Valhalla and walked away mid-medium from that... So, what do I know haha. Who knows what I'll end up thinking about Mirage, but for now I'll continue to be hyped.

[@jordick8427]

I feel genuinely offended that you keep calling Assassin's Creed V'laha wrong.

[@Admiralofthedeeps]

Does anyone else miss the crunchy, weighty combat of the old games? Whenever i see the health bars and the feather weight knockbacks I long for the old one shot counter system.

[@carpathianhermit7228]

Modern games mechanically are really no different nor have done much since PS3/360 era, now it just has ray tracing, more bugs and predatory monetisation practises

[@alpsalish]

​@@carpathianhermit7228yeah, not the dif.

[@imkindofcanadian9]

Thank you so much for being honest and critical of these games but at the same time being fair

[@jackluffy7914]

This is why I feel like Mgs have the best stealth system. The reason I say this is because the A.I are actually smart. If they see a little bit of you they send people to search the room you are in and even if you are hidden they search around the room and look in lockers and door’s just to find you. There is so many ways to deal with them from placing a playboy magazine on the brown for them to read and get distracted or just pointing a gun to their head so they will surrender. I don’t like stealth games because I’m a very impatient person especially the stealth games we get now. But Mgs is one of the only ones I play and I actually like because how smart the Ai are and how they actually feel like real people.

[@VillageFlowerno1]

I just want a fun 20-30 hour complete game. It doesn't need to be a masterpiece, it just need to be fun. I dont have time for every game to be 70-100+ hours long

[@alpsalish]

How many 20-30 hour games can you play? It isn't about time per se, but can a longer game be creative enough to enjoy that long.

[@SkepticallySound]

On your inflation argument, games, when adjusted for inflation, are actually cheaper than they were 20 years ago. PS2 titles used to get $50/$60 back then.

[@hanzo3381]

I already got my copy since October 2 and have played it since then 6 hours. From what I have seen it's a great game.

[@leecohen8578]

Ubisoft rlly needs to learn from the hitman franchise as they’ve really mastered stealth and mission variations

[@Joeyplaysguitar1082]

“The series became known for pretty intense stealth” I’m sorry dude AC has had some the worst stealth mechanics in the entire industry until like Unity and Origins. I’d barely call the preceding games stealth-oriented

[@bwhere45]

Yeah, there’s too many people with rose-tinted glasses. The old games had their charms, but holy shit there were so many downsides.

[@Sandy-ik1ic]

Hard disagree on the historical accuracy stuff you were saying about recent AC releases. By far the most consistent aspect of every AC game is the very clear very obvious dedication to historical accuracy. It’s the series’s entire identity, and they’ve stuck hard to it all this time. I get it if people don’t like Valhalla for one reason or another, I don’t like it either, but pretending the problems with Valhalla stem from the one aspect of Valhalla that is objectively cool and easy to appreciate - participating in the countless and infamous Viking raids on England, which is indeed historically accurate - is very weak.

[@holdencollins1462]

Roller Champions was a lot of fun!

[@Kenneth_James]

that's the t shirt you found in a ball next to the hamper

[@SoulGriever13]

Also, I'm afraid you have rose tinted glasses where the early AC games are concerned. 'Freedom of approach' in those was very theoretical, with the key targets always having a very particular way that you had to go about taking them down ... which you got penalized for not using, or outright barred for not pursuing depending on the game. It was really annoying and handholdy.

[@Lookad24]

we all know what this game will be. its the cycle of insanity again and again over and over and it will make hundreds of millions of dollars

[@carpathianhermit7228]

Give money now.

[@carpathianhermit7228]

It'll be different, it'll be how it is in your bwain. Just give us the money. Unsure watch one of our trusted reviewers like shill I mean skill up Consume good, expectation of quality product bad.

[@Maizefire]

They have done like couple updates on the game I think there was one today that was like 3 GB so hopefully they are fixing the bugs that you mention

[@paulianhodgson]

This looks cool, looking forward to it.

[@HeyBaumeister]

Absolutely loving Mirage. As much as I like the idea of open world games, I just found myself getting too lost and overwhelmed by them. Keep it smaller and linear and I'll be happy. Mirage is perfect with one lively city and nice sorroundings.

[@DarthDainese]

As Geordie I was pissed when I saw Hadrian’s wall and no sign of the Tyne

[@solace6700]

if you gotta pull the inflation calculator you know you riding AC D

[@naveenkumarreddy9269]

should we go for standard / deluxe edition. also should we pre-order as we only got extra mission with pre-order. can we get that mission after official release.

[@ArthurVIIJuliusPendragon]

The Notre Dame quest was the E3 demo for unity and it was the only quest that had that much variability in the end. That should bot be forgotten

[@FlyCreece]

Well I never played Valhalla so to me this will feel like a new experience and I’m exited.

[@WaterWyndz]

I started w AC3. Stroke recovery. It took me 400hrs to be competent on controller. Then I made astonishing improvements. More progress in stroke recovery vs any other modality. I absolutely love the new AC. Valhalla. Origins. Odyssey. It’s really the only games I play. Did try Elden’s Ring last year omg. So hard but excellent stroke recovery sensory input modulation gained. I know first players missed this style of AC. It’s funny that I struggled so much in AC3 to teach my brain to play. Now I want full builds, 99 levels of combat, endless exploration, giant worlds and yes those 700 hours you mentioned 🧠💪🏽😆😆

[@omar1337x]

luke stephens the goat of assassins creed reviews

[@prestonhoffman811]

I saw a video telling people that Mirage is coming out free if you have Ubisoft plus and I’m looking for some clarity. I’m on PS5 and we don’t get Ubisoft+ right? Just their classics so I will have to buy the game?

[@TheOnlyTaps]

Great watch as always 👊🏿

[@Theodisc]

I preordered, but I like all of the games. I just hope it is not bugged come launch.

[@actionvids35]

I already bought waiting for pa5 release date. Hope won’t have to re-sell it

[@gogetta159]

When you mentioned it being DLC for Valhalla originally it got me excited cause I was like Ohhh they took a small little thing and made it bigger and bigger it could be similar to like Freedom Cry but bigger scope. Then I also remember that most DLC for Assassins Creed sucks and they’ve been really slacking recently across the board and the excitement died.

[@SpeedDemon55]

I hope this game is good. I just want a good recreation of a city, some decent parkour and counter kill styled combat along with black box stealth missions. Unity had really good stealth so I hope Mirage is like that.

[@goodxnew]

ah... the Menorah/flower theory when it comes to quest design

[@brownie4819]

hey at this point as long as we don't get more games like golem i see this as a win

[@MidKnightZ28]

Random here but....is that an origins pyramid in your display case behind you? If so where the F did you get that

[@masy9595]

I honestly think that auction mission is actually more of a tutorial to introduce players to the idea of finding your own way to assassinate your targets in future missions. Sure it wasn't done as well as the Notre Dam mission in Unity, but it seems limited in a sense that a tutorial would. I'm guessing that mission structure and options will be much better later in the game but that's just what I think.

[@hannahw7023]

Yeah, he's comparing one of the more iconic quests in the entire series to what is essentially a tutorial for play-testers. Maybe Mirage is going to have bad quest designs. Or maybe it was just ONE small quest to get the play testers used to the gameplay, especially considering how long its been since AC had this sort of gameplay and they don't want their play testers (who had limited time to play) to get lost in a huge quest. We'll have to wait and see ig

[@skulltula1352]

Man watching this just makes me want to play Unity again...

[@austinjones2554]

That was a spectacular Owen Wilson impersonation at 10:51

[@Jacob-et7ez]

Man I hope he streams this