AC Mirage Is Exactly What I Feared From MrMattyPlays - Luke Reacts

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[@MadProphet1306]

"Guards chasing me, my notoriety going up and having to hide was reminiscent of the worst parts of old AC".. that's what we want tho 😭 the chase and escape loop was a fun and important part of the older games. and it's arguably very well executed in Mirage. Other than this, I do agree with some of Matty's criticism of the open world activities and the script of the game.

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

the thing is it's not just his criticisim, the stuff he was bringing up was stuff people back in the day also didn't like, but i do agree with you on the idea of the escape loop, it makes sense that the guards could overwhelm you to the point where you have to flee or die on the spot. we don't want the game to be a walk in the park, but i feel the fighting mechainics are a bit lackluster, they often play like an assassins creed that was meant for the lesser paltforms, if you remember assassins creed liberation where you play that french black girl, well that game was made for one of the lesser platforms and it played like it too, this game is on one of the big platforms and it plays like it was meant for the lesser platforms. the animations in combat are very limited and lackluster even worse than the first ever assassins creed game and that makes it very sad to compare it with from that standard, but the game also brought back game modes nobody liked even in the older games, like the poorly thought out tailing missions or the escort missions or the stupid missions when you have to chase a stupid paper in the air or the stupid missions where you race another NPC, like really dumb game modes like these that they just threw in because of nastalgia reasons, but people were looking for something more.

[@jockslifeatliftvideoproduc8528]

@@user-tp5yb4hr4w Thats a whole lot of conjecture of what people liked and didnt like about the games. Mirage has issues, yeah, as to be expected by a small spin off game... But the elements it focuses on are what made AC, AC. We can all agree tailing and maybe escort missions have never been great. I am sure there is people that like them, but on a gameplay side they have never been engaging. However, the other missions are what people enjoyed. Catching the flying paper is a parkour test in the open world, a chance to test your mastery of the navigation, and thats the same as the races. Actually sounds like you just dont like missions revolving around parkour... It's mission variety, something not focusing on combat or sneaking but instead the 3rd pillar of the series, parkour. Including these missions doesnt detract from the core of the game and are optional so it's really a non-criticism.

[@keybladerxiii]

@@user-tp5yb4hr4w Legit, I watched his video and honestly found everything he said to be an L every time like did he even play the games cuz legit he's doing a revisionist history like what Mirage does is WHAT the old AC games made Assassin's Creed, Assassin's Creed regardless of the flaws to say that all the stuff that the old school ac games made AC stand out years ago is not what Assassin's Creed is just outright dumb.

[@mister-pinkman]

It’s not executed that well because the enemy AI is the same crap as 10 years ago, Ubisoft has some of the most breakable stupid AI ever and it’s immersion breaking

[@DeadUponAll]

That's not what we want, we want more AC games like Valhalla. Valhalla is a masterpiece.

[@williammalone2057]

Personal when it comes to the discussion on the old formula for AC. I believe the only reason people grew tired of it was because of the annual releases. If Ubisoft gave the developers more than a year for a game they could've really experimented and innovated upon that formula.

[@badpuppy3]

People grew tired of it because they grew tired of it. It got boring and repetitive.

[@defatgames2796]

Nah the original comment is 100% accurate. The style was amazing. The gameplay felt repetitive because they were busting out a game every year and putting in lots of filler gameplay to make the games feel more full but also less interesting.

[@zorroknowsbetter]

Matty said that Valhalla was “one of the best in the series” That’s all you need to know.

[@lordmolag45000]

Yeah. I usually like Matty, but Valhalla is extremely boring. Far from being "one of the best".

[@susanna8612]

Matty is entitled to his opinnion like everyone else. I think its good that he dont parrot other people's opinnions in his game reviews but is true to his own opinnion and experience. And he never said that u have to like all the same games he does.

[@WildBill0]

​@@lordmolag45000Vahalla is a masterpiece... Graphically

[@SkipBaylessBurner]

I actually loved Valhalla I understand Luke’s point tho i guess everyone’s tastes are different

[@BorNeoProg]

Personally for me, Mirage is EXACTLY what I wanted. Now I want a game with more precise parkour that was present till Revelations. This game holds me responsible for my actions in the city. After a long time, it felt like a well thought out and planned ubisoft game. Edit: Set your run/walk to the right trigger and The tools to the left stick press. That way The control scheme feels much closer to The originals.

[@itsoldtyde]

Yeah, you can tell that parkour was tweaked just a little for Mirage, better than the previous 3 games but still a little stiff/unwieldy at times, especially when trying to jump either left or right just slightly. In older games, you pretty much got where you wanted to because it was so precise and almost seemed like the game knew where you wanted to go before you did.

[@colemacgrath2005]

if mirage´s parkour was a bit more fluid, and the game had good faacial animations (cause those are terrible lol) it would be in my top 3 AC games, despite the fact that the story is kinda generic

[@cloudthekell]

I like the parkour in mirage however it feels weird not being able to launched yourself from the ground towards anything, like the game requires you to have something in front of you to begin jumping. A return to ac revelations would be cool imo

[@pb2325]

Same. I can’t take people who rated this game badly seriously. Between Mirage and Starfield I unsubscribed from a lot of channels.

[@tiltingart9276]

Bet you also liked Starfield right?😂

[@saintjerome3298]

It's evident Matty wanted Mirage to be something it was never meant to be and is holding that against it.

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

normally he gives way to much praise to games which gets me to recoil and cringe when he talks about most games, but i suppose in this case he's finally showing he can change a little bit and show some real critisism and not rely on his reputation for being way too praisworthy. and honestly for someone like him to not praise a game is kind of refreshing for once because man oh man does he praise shit way too much. the thing is, Mirage is well it's a MIirage of a good assassins creed game, it's got some good things in it, but it's also got some of the bad stuff from the stupid RPG assassins creed games in it as well, and that stuff should always be critisized no matter what.

[@MrRiceGuy95]

@@user-tp5yb4hr4wI’ve always found Matty to be very critical of games hence why both Bethesda, Xbox and Sony stopped sending him review codes for years.

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

@@MrRiceGuy95 no that's not what i have seen these passed years, he's got a reputation of being way to damn praise worthy of bethesda games especailly. there are times i will avoid watching his videos because he's way too damn praise worthy and almost never critical. i also recoil with how he opens every video lol, like he gets kind of annoying way to happy and energetic, like is he on some happy drugs or some shit lol. i have never seen him critical until now. if he was critical in some of his past videos it wasn't the entire video, it was more than likely a very small section of the video only being critical about some small thing.

[@swiftchancellor159]

Isn't that the same thing that could be said about people complaining about the last 3 games?

[@landfillao4193]

@@user-tp5yb4hr4w He was critical of Deathloop, 76 and Redfall. Just this year he was pretty critical of FF16 and Immortals Of Aveum. Not sure how many of his videos you've watched if you think he just heaps nonstop praise tbh.

[@ikennaonyegbula6062]

The part MrMattyPlays talks about at the beginning where Basim and Nehal end their tension pretty much as soon as they are reunited makes sense when you understand the story at the end. It actually works better like that than by having them have pointless tension lol.

[@bishopcruz]

Yeah, makes me feel like he didn't even finish the game. Like the Basim Nehal stuff was done for a specific reason.

[@DarthDainese]

If I half filled it, it’s half full, if I’ve drunk from the glass it’s half empty

[@TheQSwizzle]

Miss the synchronization % they used to have for every mission. Alot of people never see the advanced level design built into some of the missions because they don't look for it as its not typically the easiest route. Game had a lot of good city design to allow parkout movement directly for a specific mission

[@AbeLuvsTheatres]

Mirage was an homage to the AC’s of old and Bordeaux killed it! In 2 years they kicked ass with it and I hope they get another shot at a mainline release.

[@murruelaflaga]

Return to roots for me is simple. 1. Can I use stealth (hidden blade, different tools, social stealth, just general sneaking) 2. Parkour, can I jump from building to building, fluid climbing that isn't totally mindless, 3. Finding creative ways to get to your target. Not just simply go in kill everyone and take out your target without so much as thinking about it. 4. Bonus as it's what I prefer in all games, a decent story with some side stuff to do. Could Mirage be better sure but I'll gladly take the stealth assassination gameplay over Valhalla's attack every enemy until they are dead approach. Though I'm not against Valhalla myself, it was just more of the same from other games and very bloated.

[@birboartt6598]

I´m having a great time with the game just because it permits lots of skill expression specially in stealth. Seriously, there is some really cool trick shots you can do with the tools they gave to the player. I also thought the game is actually more responsive and polished then Unity. The setting and music is just great, and some parts of the story was really compeling. I see that this is not for everyone but it is exactly what I wanted

[@BorNeoProg]

Exactly. Skill expression!!

[@thepathfinder11387]

While you can definitely tell it’s got Valhalla’s dna, it’s constantly reminding me of Unity in terms of how much freedom of expression you have when it comes to stealth and the tools given to you. Actually feels like an Assassin sandbox again

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

i think some of the game is in the right direction but they are still leaning a bit too heavly on the RPG stuff for my taste. it's hard to get into it because it's basically a hybrid game, not really returning to form as advertised.

[@SARKAZYMYT]

@@user-tp5yb4hr4wI hear what you’re saying, but it’s a spin off from an RPG game taking it away completely just isn’t realistic. Mirage is genuinely the most true to real life style of combat and movement I think Ubisoft has ever done

[@ivanlim3180]

​@@user-tp5yb4hr4w RPG elements in what way? If it's the menu and UI, I will say that is a good change from old games. It takes the best from 2 directions and combines. Not everything from the old games is good to be brought back 100%. You see you are from one side of the argument, the other side complained AC Mirage plays too similar to old games and they want RPG back. So which side is the right one may I ask?

[@shadymello9146]

Mirage was good enough if you weren't expecting Unity.

[@komix1873]

Lol...mirage is maybe even better than unity

[@Lilbomber23]

Mirage is slightly better than unity, worst parkour yeah, but the stealth system is more fleshed out with better enemy placement, just as good as worldbuiling with Baghdad, I can say mirage has a better story than unity, it definitely wasn’t as buggy at launch and still is less buggy in its mechanics today, very dynamic open world, and the combat in unity was so clunky that the dark soulsy combat in ac mirage has me more intrigued, the graphics were well crafted for unity, but mirage clearly has better fidelity and level of detail.

[@decryus5591]

@@komix1873 it is Unity is not that great that people seems to praise allot this later years..is still quite bad especially the story.. u can't assassinate while u smoke bomb if u where in combat in unity in mirage u can assassinate them if they spoted u and u throw a smoke bomb...and that's one example... both are great stealth games and we need to see another evolution of this type games in the series no more combat focus...

[@sageblack2925]

All I want from AC is Origins pt2. Probably my favourite game in the series and currently replaying it for a 6th time. I haven't beaten Odyssey and I bought Valhalla day 1 and played for a solid week back to back and I didn't even come close to beating it. I like the rpg elements of the newer games but I want the side missions to be like Origins in the way that the characters all connect to the story and have stories of their own. That blew my mind, it still does considering not a lot of game companies do that and the fact that it was Ubisoft just blew my mind. Mirage looks good too though but I need to wait until I can get a PS5 to play it cos I don't wanna see it on my janky (it's semi functioning) PS4 Pro.

[@stephanleonard1771]

I’m with you on that. I liked Origins, but loved Odyssey better. I’m on my 6th play through. Now Valhalla was too drawn out and though I finished it, I wasn’t a fan. Hopefully Mirage will be better.

[@ppgranja3]

I love Origins and finished it like 3-4 times. Odyssey I only finished once and I won't ever play it again. Valhalla was toooo longgg so I gave up. I'm really excited to play mirage!

[@PsychoSavage88]

Origins is my fav A. Creed game I too want something around those lines.

[@x0x0skiller2]

Odyssey had the better side quests by far

[@whenallelsfails21]

Jesus. People finishing a ubisoft game, let alone their longest games, 3-4 times is unheard of to me. I guess that's how they keep making this crap lol.

[@MizzterFu]

Once it was revealed that this was meant to be a Valhalla expansion, it set my expectations straight and im having a blast with it. I hope this studio can focus on these type of stealth focus games outside of the limitations of the Valhalla tools. Also i did find Valhalla fun, platinumed it actually 😅 500 hours on it. BUT i love that time period and the themes so im biased

[@pressrepeat2000]

Valhalla was great fun, and so is Mirage despite being very, very different. Both have amazing worlds and fun gameplay.

[@verbon47]

If you don’t find that time period interesting honestly that game is genuinely boring, and it’s purely because of the setting.

[@whenallelsfails21]

​@@verbon47no it fucking isn't. Valhalla is boring bc is bloated and repetitive, not because vikings aren't actually cool. You personally just feel that way, which is fine. Nobody thought that way when it came to God of War though.

[@ivanlim3180]

What I like about Mirage is the main missions are in form of investigation, which is very similar to AC1. Basim by far is one of the best assassin who literally investigate and stalk his prey before landing a final kill on them. He also questioned Al Hasan's partnership with the doctor knowing he was one of the Order of the Ancients, as Al Hasan is breaking the third rule by unknowingly helping enemies achieving their goals further. His training montage plus the soundtrack makes me feel sympathy and understand how he become who he is later in Valhalla.

[@schwakyl000]

The way I look at Mirage is like this: It’s Ubisoft testing the waters of how the public’s reception would be if they *did* do a full-fledged old-school AC title, similar to how FromSoft was testing certain gameplay features in Sekiro before they got too far into developing Elden Ring. They wanted to see how players would react to things that either did or didn’t end up being in Elden Ring, such as stealth, swimming, etc. I could be (and probably am) wrong in my thoughts about Ubisoft’s intentions with this, but it would make sense for them, after hearing countless times how fans want a return to the old games, to turn a DLC for Valhalla into a bit of an experiment to see how something like that would realistically be received if they did it, rather than giving a full-blown game the go ahead first.

[@DeadPixel1105]

I unsubscribed from Matty a few months ago actually. I got sick and tired of his click-bait videos. For example, anytime Matty simply heard the words "Starfield" mentioned anywhere, he'd rush to make a new video, and of course the video title and thumbnail would be something like: "OMG IT'S HAPPENING! STARFIELD NEWS IS GETTING CRAZY!" But then the video is something like: "So some random dude in line at the super market was talking about Starfield and according to him...."

[@Sun-Eater616]

Yeah i'm a long term subscriber but most of his videos lately are absolute trash like that.

[@carbagehealth9634]

He's a complete douchebag... as soon as I heard "he's a friend of the channel" i stopped the video and blocked on my homepage lol He is everything wrong with youtube, he literally plagiarizes other peoples work, makes dozens of videos talking about the same exact thing, has 0 criical eye, and is OBJECTIVELY wrong in most his takes (probably all due to the fact he just copies other peoples video's including his own videos over and over and over and over!) Any video showcasing him or mentioning him is an instant block from me, its pretty gross most youtubers feel the need to "be nice" to other youtubers even ones notorious for being harmful to the platform (and indirectly their own channel for supporting these people and refusing to criticize them at all!) and have no originality!

[@pressrepeat2000]

LOL, so many KZbinrs are doing this now… headlines that are pure exaggerations. Do they realise they lose subs with that type of unreliable content?

[@ShadowMoses900]

I unsubscribed from him ages ago after he turned into a giant fanboy.

[@raylancarver7347]

AC Mirage is what I enjoyed about the og AC games. Actually feel like being an assassin like in the originals. That’s just how I see AC series. Origins was the last one I really liked. There are little things about Mirage like getting in trouble for looting a chest. I turned on the iconic filter and turned on guarantee pickpocketing. I don’t mind the assassins focus, it also reinstates the concept of the Animus. I haven’t used it all that much either. The range of it is a bit limited. I’m loving AC. The only thing off for me was yes button layout. AI can be improved to give a little more challenge. Had a guard walk on after another to my hiding spot.

[@csberry95]

You can revisit an old formula and modernize it. Feeling outdated isn’t ever really a good thing imo

[@lkay398]

The fact we consider a 50 dollar game nowadays to be budget priced is part of the problem...

[@garrettpalmer5662]

Mirage is a great step in the right direction. If we as a community want it, go in this direction. We need to give it positive enlightment. With constructive criticism.

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

the only constructive criticism i could give it is to take out all the RPG mechanics, because right now it's more of a hybrid of both worlds and most people who heard return to form wanted it to be more like Unity in stealth and animations when it came to parkour, but many of us liked combat from the old games as well, but maybe not so much fighting like Altiar, that is maybe a bit too far back, i was thinking more like the Ezio games, but also taking some elements from AC3, black flag fighting to a more perfect gameplay style. so there were some good things in all of the games, but there were some elements that were also bad and i think Ubisoft didn't really fully investigate what people meant in order to make this game, so instead of it being a slam dunk, it's more like a hybrid of ideas some good and some bad.

[@dcsworldphilippinesrunner6041]

too bad Bordeaux is not going to be making the next AC Game :V

[@badpuppy3]

Sorry, but I don't want the old Assassin's Creed games back. They were fine for 2007-2013, but the bar for video games back then was pretty low. I wouldn't mind the RPG elements going away, but I don't want the games to be any smaller. Being confined to a single environment in the first few games was boring. A game with a world the size of Valhalla but replace the RPG elements with better written scripted sequences like in God of War is where I think the games should evolve.

[@65firered]

​@@badpuppy3I think the mindset that returning what was lost would result in reverting the series is more criticism of Ubi$oft than the series itself. Because normally returning cut features and core elements to series doesn't require regressing unless the company is cutting corners.

[@x0x0skiller2]

Nope, it was a subpar game with outdated mechanics (which y’all asked for for some reason??) that is a getting a pass most games get because it scratches some outdate nostalgia itch. It needs to be left in the early 2010s…

[@agent_aphelion]

Yes!!! Syndicate might finally get the recognition it deserves! I've believed thus since I first played the game, but Syndicate is one of my top AC games and is severely underrated and underappreciated. Maybe it caught so much flak because it followed Unity, which although is fine today, had the really rough launch. But there are so many great things about Syndicate in my opinion. Amazing soundtrack, beautiful recreation of Victorian Era London, Assassins that actually look like they're trying to be incognito and not wearing lavish robes and armor and branding a sword for everyone to see. A great parkour system that is perhaps a slight step down from Unity's in some ways, but overall more consistent, polished, and predictable. I'd definitely love to see you revisit Syndicate with a fresh look on the game.

[@dzizs03]

for me it's Syndicate > Unity in almost every way

[@glasgowblackchigowski6117]

Mirage is that one game in the year that's been anticipated that people are trying hard to find bad stuff about even if half the stuff they point out is just nonsense

[@tcampbell397]

If he’s saying AC Mirage is boring then AC1 was boring because both are in the level design was pretty much the same and the plot of the story was pretty much the same

[@BorNeoProg]

Exactly. Mirage basically spiced up the investigation phase of the first ac when you just collected info by eavsdropping, pick picketing, brawling, etc.

[@pressrepeat2000]

Yeah I don’t get it either. It’s a very good “Assassin” story, which IMO is very compelling. What did he expect?

[@ShadowMoses900]

If this game were a Microsoft exclusive, Matty would love it. That's why I can't trust his "opinions" on games because he's become too much of a fanboy.

[@ClaudioSilva-xl9we]

AC1 was boring as fuck, also mirage could be released before ac unity if you compare side by side.

[@PrimedSnake]

I am loving this game cant stop playing it! This is what i want more from the AC series! Imagine if ubisoft bordeux had the budget that montreal has to make the game they want i hope they are able to get another standalone game and make it there own, not off an expansion which was meant to he in vallhalla. If they can do this in 2 years imagine what they could do if they had 4/5 years making one! The KZbin channel MasterAssasin nails the points perfectly on this game.

[@Amigmamale]

I generally think Mirage is a good step in the right direction, even if it is just for this one game unfortunately. But I hate it when people use the term Outdated, it's such a catch all term that can be made to refer to anything people don't like when reviewing something.

[@NigiVlogs]

Matty is a type of guy that recently retconned his review of AC Syndicate and said that it was a good game and that he's bummed that they didn't continue with those mechanics when he trashed them when the game came out. When the AC Red comes out, it will be "Mirage was actually great game, they should've made Red like that".

[@FordHoard]

That's exactly what I said. EVERYONE seemed to hate Unity back in the day, but now you would think it was the highest rated game in the franchise.

[@michaelcallan5336]

​@@FordHoard I still have Unity at the bottom of the list of AC games for me, I still think it was stupid that they locked you out of gear and rewards if you didn't have internet, I think half of the list required you to do online co-op to get them. No single player game should ever lock you out of content that you paid for simply because you didn't have internet.

[@trananhson9455]

@@michaelcallan5336 I don't know about consoles, but on PC you can single-play the coop missions and get the rewards from them without connecting to Ubi server

[@user-uz3oo1zl4m]

Miraj was excellent and brought me back in.

[@shirez1654]

If anyone is using Assassin focus for chaining kills, clearly doesn't know the potential of traversal it has. (Old AC community agrees) It's an amazing addition which makes clearing camps even faster if used right. Gaining height with it, or using it with a smoke bomb to move one area to another and so much more to be done. This is the problem with modern gamers. They don't wish to explore mechanics and just autopilot. And yes, Basim canonically is the fastest assassin to exist ( so far ).

[@TurkishQuandaledingle.]

Quit yappin ppl can use the Assassin focus however they want 🤷‍♂️

[@shirez1654]

@Thatoneguy71759 Of course but don't sit here and complain about it when you don't bother about seeking its potential.

[@adambull1268]

The teleport ability is exactly like the AC revelations and brotherhood Assassin Recruits which I think would work way better instead of teleporting around.

[@billionthguide8]

When he said the Maps were not great for stealth, I wouldn’t say that. Like maybe some restricted areas are bad, but I did some missions in a splinter cell fashion of ghost. Where I didn’t touch a single soul, and was able to complete the mission. To me I felt like stealth had a big improvement. Compared to Valhalla.

[@1992zorro]

Agree with both guys. I can see Matty's point as they took 'going back to the roots" to literal and I understand Luke point that the this idea is basically what AC fans wanted. I think Ubisoft should focus on the "Roots idea" with a modern implementation

[@TheBadasssnoopy]

Okay, I really like you, Luke, but I feel like you are being kind of a hypocrite here. You say that pointing out that AC mirage's attempts to harken back to old mechanics and design shouldn't be pointed out as a negative point toward the game because it's intentional, and the fans want it, but then you basically say the opposite about Starfield. To be clear I don't like Starfield, and agree with you about the problems with it, but there is something really disingenuous about pointing out that Starfield is dated and feels like something that should have come out a decade ago, only to then complain and try to defend when people try to say the same about Mirage. You are clearly a big fan of the AC franchise, so obviously you are going to have a bias toward it, and that includes the older games. So obviously a return to form for you is a positive, but for anyone who is more of a casual fan it's a big step back, pretty much all the points you make against criticizing Mirage's dated design can be made by a BGS fan for Starfield, but if you saw someone make those points for Starfield you would have called them a fanboy and talk about how Hype makes you stupid and stuff. You can like something while also acknowledging that one of, if not the main reason, you like it is because of personal bias, and there is nothing wrong with that as long as you recognize that and make that clear, everyone have biases, it's a natural thing. I just always felt you came across as very fair and objective, and it's one of the reasons why I generally really enjoy your content, even when I don't agree with you, I get your perspective and mindset, but this is the first time when I feel like you are being kind of hypocritical. Sorry if this is maybe a little aggressive, still love you dude.

[@John-996]

I have seen that type ot Thing With skillup many times really nitpicky over games he does not like. Like Calling out bad Ai in last of us 2 but not calling it out in Ghost of Tushimia. Its important to be consitant when reviewing things.

[@mister-pinkman]

@@John-996the AI in tlpu2 is directly effected by the difficulty. Their aggressiveness, field of vision, flanking capability, etc. Same with tlou1 remake, it even states it in the difficulty menu. Tlou2 has great ai so I don’t get why he said that. GoT has some dumb ai in stealth but fighting them head on is no problem, although it’s all about the context of the game

[@FordHoard]

There's a difference between a game returning to it's roots, and a game feeling outdated because it's on an engine that was used in 2002.

[@sleepingnarrative2639]

I really enjoyed the game but I think you hit on one of the main things missing from the game, which was the historical side characters. For example, Al-Jahiz in history is a subversive comedic philosopher, but in mirage he is resigned to a fetch quest character.

[@oukeith]

I watched a youtube video comparing Orgins vs. MIirage which pretty sums my feelings on Mirage its a shallow fun stealth based video game.

[@cmatbola]

As someone who has been clamoring for AC to get back to the roots for a while now, I find myself agreeing with Matty on this one. What i wanted was an AC game that had major elements of the early days of the franchise, but MODERNIZED. I dont need the good and the bad. Just take the good and modernize the bad. However, im still happy with mirage because Its fun enough, and it feels like a stepping stone to get to where i would like the franchise to go. Its something they can build on. So overall, solid game that im happy exists and gets me excited to see if they can build on.

[@HandsomeMain]

Id like them to blend something like mirage and odyssey where its a shorter compact game with one big city and rpg choices with a heavier emphasis on assassinations

[@drinnerd8532]

Honestly, my biggest complaint about this game is ironically, the combat. It's not that the execution of your character's moves or the combos are bad or anything... it's that, when you strike your enemy with a regular attack, like, when you actually land a hit, your enemies, barely stagger at all! They just kind of stand there and don't hardly even flinch! It's like, what the hell, man?! Why would you go through all this effort to make the game look and feel like a classic AC game, and then get all lazy with basic combat response, mechanics?! Anyway, other than that, I have been really enjoying the game. Just.. really annoyed by this aspect of the combat.

[@justinstoll4955]

Girlfriend reviews Starfield is hilariously awesome.

[@Nodiee1]

It was the first one of her videos I've ever watched and that Life on Mars parody was just absolutely *chef's kiss*

[@mgk-metalgearkelly5054]

Completely irrelevant and weird that you bring it up

[@killergamerz2716]

In ac valhalla there is an option to make the text bigger everywhere thats why it looks like that

[@josephking3654]

Im having a great blast with Mirage, definitely taking me back guving the old school Ac vibes which is great. Of course there are aspects that are less to to be desired which have already been mentioned. One thing in particular is rhat i want thay Unity free running back, miss it so much and it was hands down the best in the franchise . I totally agree about there being special missions for unlocking new tools , tjay was always a nice charm in the older games that should be bought back. Fianlly, waiting for the day they give back double hidden blades , that was so dooe back in the Ezio days

[@Goomba_Smash]

The gameplay footage in this video looks like the game is a lot faster than it’s running on my ps5.

[@gimonkey98]

In all honesty, Mirage is kinda what i wanted back, personally Unity and Syndicate kinda was like the perfect point for me maonly unity cause you had so many options and combat still required strategies with tools and watch whos gonna smack ya but anyway, Mirage is fine being like ac1 but okay parkour and combat but the stealth is perfect for me, im actually climbing, avoiding combat or use my tools to escape or give me a w in a fight, and the contracts remind me of the classics like ezio games. So me personally this budget AC i think shows they knew what made it just fun in a way. Idk that's just me lol plus on the pickpocket i turn off the mini game so i feel like ezio pickpocketing 😂 Nice edit: I recommend also not only avoiding the teleport move but also the eagle when being stealthy, feels good relying on eagle vision again. 😁

[@landfillao4193]

Unity should be the target to return to. Syndicate did have better stealth imo but parkour, the city environments etc. Unity is what the natural progression of AC felt like and is what they should be aiming for, with improvements obviously.

[@lowskeelow9301]

@@landfillao4193 I’m playing through unity now. Love it more now than I did then. Flaws aside in my opinion it’s the perfect AC game. Different weapon choices, mix and match attire, the multiple ways to approach and complete missions, the traversal everything

[@landfillao4193]

@@lowskeelow9301 I actually also just downloaded Unity to play a bit. Agree with you. I also loved the focus on Assassinations. It has a little bit (emphasis on a little bit) of Hitman in it with the unique kills and different approaches you could take. It actually feels like a game about an assassin while also having some level of personal stakes. Everything you said is spot on, as well. Unity is still absolute peak AC.

[@BenthewildchildE750]

I feel like the teleport could’ve worked better with the Loki thing and pulling from norse myth a bit god of mischief.

[@chucklesn2o774]

I’m currently playing through Assassin’s Creed 1 with plans to go through the franchise. The first game brings back so much nostalgia and reminds where it all started, and although it is very clunky and repetitive, it gives me more appreciation for the later games. Seeing mirage return to the basics is refreshing and it’s nice to have a new coat of paint. With all that being said, I would rather play the first if I had to choose 💀

[@verbon47]

I mean it’s what you find repetitive, how many times did you have to do the same thing in valhalla and odyssey? We can criticise those trailing mission, but I rather have that then breach a fucking castle

[@chucklesn2o774]

@@verbon47 Couldn’t agree more. Valhalla and Odyssey aren’t favourites of mine. I too would rather trailing missions instead of breaches and raids.

[@ChaseSchleich]

I wish they'd remake AC3 from the ground up. I loved playing as a Native American, loved the time period, the maps, the historical characters, and the relationships between the main characters. The game flow needs redesigned though so it moves faster and allow us to skip the beginning in a New Game + mode (some parts of that story were a slog to get through and having to replay the opening kills any replayability). All the bugs need fixed including the DLC content which I've never played, but have always heard is so buggy it's almost unplayable. There's a ton of good in AC3, but the bad stuff drags down the entire experience, but I think it would be easily fixable with some editing and rewrites.

[@nikjovan4816]

The only real 2 problems I have are that the facial animations for most cutscenes, other than the really important ones are so weird just like with Odyssey and Valhalla. Robotic. Like they don't use mocap for those but just stock animations that they combine together. I thought this would go away because this isn't a game the size of those other 2 and there aren't 2 playable characters. So I thought the quality would be more AC Origins level when it comes to characters animations in cutscenes. And secondly, I very much appreciate how much work they put into the world design for better parkour and some of the additions. But man, the manual side and back eject are missing so much. If it were a developed system like the older games it would make the parkour so much more varied and deeper than basically just holding one button and joystic forward. I know they exist but are very random and not accurate. But I have only played a couple of hours. Those are the big two things.

[@verbon47]

They don’t use mocap for most things, mostly because it was born out of a game with too much diologue options. Could they still do mocap? Absolutely, but you would see about 1 or 2 games per generation of consoles since they want to make these games so damn big, it’s a very noticeable thing tho.😊

[@cloudthekell]

5:20 the HUD is enlarged to the biggest size, it’s a setting

[@BraveInstance]

Hard to take him seriously when he was gushing about Starfield just a month ago. It's a clickbait title as well.

[@samgill133]

He’s extremely biased bless him

[@charlie.mike.7659]

also "fallout 4 is a near perfect game" and "cyberpunk is the best rpg of the generation" lol

[@Yo_mama-yx2tn]

Watch his actual review of Starfield, very objective and harsh with the game in a lot of areas

[@Floppa-oz1kp]

@@charlie.mike.7659I would agree that Cyberpunk is one of the best games of this generation but to me it’s in the same RPG category as fallout 4. You can make your character however you want but it doesn’t matter all too much in the end

[@birboartt6598]

And he also liked Valhalla, he kinda lost me there

[@kasino007]

Mr Boss is the GTA "make stuff up" guy.

[@SixBladesKojiro]

Is that the Disney castle AND the Titanic in the bsckground?

[@YovanyTthatsMe]

I feel like Mirage is pretty much an updated version of Liberty and Rouge lol

[@leonnestestog2562]

I didnt like the trailing missions in AC2 or Black Flag for example, but I loved them in Mirage so I dont understand how it can be called a flaw. They shortened the eavesdropping time down so you dont have to hear 120 voice lines, but rather like 5-10 and they made the trailing missions more fun imo (and few) with clear parkour path possibilities and ofc the return of social stealth (which i believe is pretty much the same). Point being: I didnt love the roots, but I loved the return to roots, if that makes sense...

[@solidkwon]

Yea I agree with you more than Matty that return to AC form looks and plays like AC Mirage and thats def what we wanted However, I dont fully agree describing it as a budget title. It’s still being sold at $49.99. Not full price but I dont feel like that “budget price”

[@cjcaton19]

I loved Valhalla and can’t wait to try Mirage

[@koreancowboy42]

The teleport assassination was stolen off of Shadow of Mordor and War. The same with the slowdown when you go to throw a knife at an enemy

[@robertrollins478]

Mirage is thw first step to what I originally hoped for from the Assassins creed franchise. Its probably the most deeply routed realization to the original creation idea that tied into prince of persia as well.IMO Mirage is what Assasins creed was meant to be in the first place.

[@jcers]

Except for the fact that parkour is at best mid-tier compared to the originals and there’s no present day.

[@whenallelsfails21]

​@@jcersand the story's boring, and the combat is somehow worse than the games from a decade ago.

[@x0x0skiller2]

It’s become annoying how much people crave to fulfill nostalgia, and how much games are allowed to release a subpar products and get a pass because it’s taking vantage of that nostalgia. That’s exactly what Ubi achieved with Mirage. Nothing more, nothing less

[@ito2789]

If you are a TRUE fan of something, I firmly believe that giving fair criticism of a game or company when they release bad/lazy/incompetent/misleading content is absolutely warranted and, just like a loving parent to a kid when they mess up, they need to be fair and call them out when they see it.

[@BananaPhone502]

I absolutely love Mirage and I'm saying this as a fan who started in 2011 with Revelations. I also enjoy Origins a lot, and was my favorite for a while. But Mirage mixed everything I loved about the old games, with everything I love about the new ones. I wouldn't want a re-hash of old titles, the old formula should be modernized. This mix hits just right for me. Im constantly exploring the city looking for cool things, and its always satisfying. The soundtrack also rips.

[@ryanpoole6743]

i personally like the recent rpg trilogy and the old games grew up on it playing AC2 in high school loving it but also really like history and setting for these games alot and oddysey for me was really good and so was valhalla because i like running around the world Ubisoft recreated the way they do like orgins in Egypt was unbelievable so playing Mirage for me wasnt anything new almost at all to me it was a refinement or rather at least gameplay wise how if AC1 was made today it would be like Mirage probably anyways like if a smaller company made AC1 in 2023 it would be like this and that was about as much as my expectations were going towards like i expected the worst from AC Mirage because people keep saying its getting worse so made it easy to lower all my expectations and guess the game was it was too short for me but i know people asked for that people asked for it to be more simple like the old games and thats what this is if people dont like it then what they really wanna say is they dont like Assassins creed anymore so stop complaining and just move on to something else if AC continues ill play it and that doesnt mean you need to if its not for you anymore its happened to me with other games sometimes a series of games goes a bad direction i just move same with people who are going down bad directions in life i move on with my own. Like i just find these days people dont say what the really and just it bothers me stop a being a coward and say how you really feel

[@ClellBiggs]

lol, When I first read the title I thought you meant Matty's review of the game was exactly what you feared.

[@indedgames4359]

I think Mirage Provider thecold formula still works. They simply released to many ac games. What they should learn is that they need to mix style like they seam to plan. Sometimes rpg sometimes clasic sometimes whatever Hexe OS mayby a souls like AC aswell if Ubisoft wants to. But the style should be based on what plot they have

[@jasperverbrugghe3933]

what are the sales for the game?

[@BumFluffer1999]

39:10 it’s Loki’s Isu ability 😉😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@PluviaAeterna]

Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla are the best AC games for me cause of the locations and how immersed I can get playing and loosing a lot of time in a long game, not everyone has the same taste, doesn`t mean that if you don`t like them they are crap, they are the first games that do Egypt, Greece and Norway and England etc. at the scale those 3 games did

[@zicuvalentin2251]

Played ODYSSEY 3000 hours...

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Origins and Odyssey are great, Valhalla is ass

[@zicuvalentin2251]

@@trenaceandblackmetal5621 agree...broo...valhalla was created in rush...

[@PluviaAeterna]

@@trenaceandblackmetal5621 then forget about it and don`t cry like a baby over it

[@septillion2501]

And the award DOESNT go to Assassin's Creed: My Rage! 😂

[@bdubberz]

we just need a culmination of both styles in the future. why can’t we get Origins but with more of an emphasis on stealth?

[@Torchwick109]

I am actually really happy with what Mirage has brought back, but if Ubisoft don't intend on making another game like this, then I can only hope that the future games will actually live up to their title and let you play as an Assassin (Or Templar, another 1 or 2 games of that wouldn't be a bad idea). Also, I would be really happy if they kept the social stealth (blending) and notoriety systems and the focus on Parkour gameplay. For me, those are the biggest things that should not have been taken out of the franchise in the first place. The franchise didn't have to trade its identity for innovation, it could have kept all of that and updated it's combat system, Assassin's Creed Origins basically did that and they shouldn't have moved away from that in the first place. Assassin's Creed Odyssey might have been excusable if it was the only game to have nothing to do with Assassin's because it was set before Origins, which is where the Assassin's order began as the Hidden Ones. But it wasn't, their next game was set after Origins and basically had nothing to do with the Assassin's despite the fact that they already existed. If Eivor's story was a little similar to Edward Kenway's, where Eivor joined the Hidden Ones or worked with them a lot more once you got far enough into the story then I feel like it might have worked better (I am mostly referring to the game's narrative and the identy of the franchise, nothing could make the open world feel fun after the first 3 - 5 hours of gameplay).

[@Firas_679]

5:00 u can enlarge UI in AC Valhallah

[@mrmxyzptlk322]

Mirage is the game I dreamed about when I was playing Origins back in 2017. It took longer than it should’ve, but it feels unfair to ask for anything else

[@esesel7831]

IMO both of you are wrong, going back to the roots doesn't mean it should be clunky and bad. The allure of old ac gameplay was that you felt cool playing it. A big part of that was parkour (the most important mechanic in assassin's Creed, fight me) but also the stealth and combat were fucking cool. But it's not just the animations that made it cool but the ability to get better at it. In the modern ac games you can't get better, you can only get better gear.

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

This is the game we were waiting for years....and because of these buggity fanboys who are trashing it....we will never receive another game like it...seems like they dont even know what they want

[@FordHoard]

AC fans: "We want classic AC mechanics!: Ubisoft Bordeaux: : Here you go AC fans : "Nooooo, this is trash! It's outdated and has been done so many times" Congrats AC "fans". You've just made George Lucas sell Star Wars and Indiana Jones to Disney.

[@ismaelbouissef4436]

@@FordHoard yep...you can see the insanity miles away 🤦

[@ghostwarrior3878]

I know a bunch of people myself included were ready to give up on this series after the RPG games especially Odyssey and Valhalla, this game is a breath of fresh air and can show the hope and potential to see more like this.

[@Evanz111]

“MrMattyPlays isn’t known for clickbait” - are we talking about the same person here? Just have a glance at his recent video history. I get trying to write an enticing title, but there’s a line Matty definitely crosses.

[@dain6492]

The old ac games stopped selling so well was bc they killed the overarcing story that was desmond

[@raoulpinkett5253]

The game is very worth checking out it goes back to feeling like an actual assasin, Far from perfect but it's entertaining slight repetitive but is a 8 out of 10

[@guyinabox9850]

I actually like the teleportation ability

[@olligaminglounge]

I just hope code red is actual mix open word and Mirage style with pure next gen feel and also come in 2024 😁 no pressure

[@therealivydawg]

I just finished the game last night and i didn't have a problem with it. If anything i wanted more. I've played all the games since 07 and like them all in their own ways.

[@verbon47]

With steal they should have added a cover mode tho, like for crying out loud, how does a stealth focus game not have a cover system💀

[@PaganPolska]

Bro I'm loving AC Mirage so far. It's brought out that childlike joy I got from the older games. Sure it's kind of basic but that's kind of the whole point.

[@giryhk]

Vahalla took me 3 years to complete the main story and mirage took 2 days to 100% it

[@ProphetTruth95]

“He’s channel been primarily built on BGS” my brother in Christ, he’s literally on their payroll.

[@majinboo6377]

the problem is ubisoft already said they are going to use ac mirage as a stepping stone for ac code red. can u see where this will go ? it means it will be using the same engine, design and code as valhalla. ac set in japan as ninja is the one everyone been waiting for. if they really go with this route, ac code red will be disapointment as well.

[@Lauren-rb1jr]

I absolutely loved mirage!

[@jimdiaz9968]

Assassin’s Creed was open world adventure from AC II on. It’s one of the reasons why I liked it. You could do many missions in any order through a chapter/dna segment. Mirage is aptly titled… it looks like AC from a distance but once you get on it it’s just not there. AC is not a gameplay type. There is no reason to play this story other than to show some history of Basim. What was great about AC was the stakes. The whole point was to go into the Animus to find an artifact in history so the Assassins could locate it in the modern day before the Templars could. This was the interesting thrust of the stories. Once Desmond was killed off the franchise had nowhere to go. There is no twist on historical context within the story. There are no interesting historical figures to interact with. There is no Animus. There is no Shawn or Rebecca giving support, especially the codex which was Shawn’s thing. There’s no inherent tension between the factions to propel the story. Gameplay is just a mechanic used to tell a story. Without a good story the mechanic is simply mechanical. This game is built on a dumbed down version of the bloated reboots. Basim is clunky AF and slow. The setting is beautiful but lacks variety and interest. It resembles AC I visually because of the location, especially the “Hidden Ones” bureaus which look like the first game. But the gameplay is as repetitive as the first game as well. I played AC II first then played the first game after going through to Unity. There is no real progression to ranks or tools. I got the deluxe edition so I started with the best weapons and have literally never used any of the gear chest weapons. I have used a handful of upgrades which I could do early. I spent my focus on filling out the middle tech tree to allow for the double first tier attributes. I’m about 3/4 through the story so far (20+ hours). It’s not horrible but it’s not classic AC. It’s a time waster but not critical to the AC universe. AC fans don’t want RTS grindy games. They (we) want an open world game with a compelling story and a reason to move that story forward through gameplay, with options of how to do that, either stealthily or head on if necessary. The character ability and tech upgrade system in the old games were simple but elegant and weapons were interesting or attractive which hasn’t happened since Unity. It doesn’t feel like the original games mostly because the controls were very specific to each hand. Right hand was main weapon while left hand was tools. There’s no counter. The dodge and parry are split between hands having no reason whatsoever. Attack and Heavy attack are the same button. Shoulder buttons are not good attack buttons except for when in a vehicle like GTA. I was hoping Mirage would be more like the original games but it really isn’t. It just looks like it from a distance but vanishes when you get there. It’s a Mirage…

[@justinstoll4955]

MrMattyPlays tries to be honest, which I think he's trying to be. But his rose colored glasses when it comes to BGS, in particular, and XBox generally,he's too generous most of the time 7:02 . He's like a good type of Amazing Lucas, who is a moron. But he doesn't dive deep enough into the technical aspect of BGS games content, which reveals how old and busted BGS games actually are. But I think he is trying to be honest. He's just too invested in BGS.

[@Jewce24]

Amazing Lucas is so unbearable and braindead lmao, I’d rather watch Matty any day

[@justinstoll4955]

@@Jewce24 I agree 100%. Amazing Lucas is a moronic fanboy. Matty is the good type of fanboy; he's got the right intentions and even admits them from time to time. But he does treat BGS way too kind.

[@ShadowMoses900]

Both Matty and Amazing Lucas are not honest about their opinions, both are shills. Matty for MS and Lucas for Sony. If it's only on their favored platform, it's amazing. If if's only on the other platform, it sucks. However Matty is not toxic like Lucas. I've never found Matty to be antagonistic towards other people. He seems like a decent guy, it's just his content that sucks.

[@Athanasius242]

This game felt like a modern version of AC Black Flag: Freedom Cry DLC. The storyline and game play mechanics are very similar. You can tell that the developers had similar overall goals when making both games. It creates an appreciation for older games. It definitely made me miss characters like Ezio who I felt was a lot more OP which played into the assassin fantasy. It's almost as if Freedom Cry said "here's my answers but change it up a bit so the teacher won't know you're copying me." And Mirage actually listens. My biggest gripe with the game was the fact that there wasn't much character development in Basim although I was sold on it be a character progression game. Some of the decisions Basim made at the end of the game I expected from an initiate and not a master assassin.

[@Athanasius242]

With that being said, I loved playing it

[@thequeen901]

Luke is just an Assassin's Creed fanboy

[@ricklemons8422]

The guy that does that is mrbossftw

[@brandonmclain2933]

The formula isn’t what lowered sales for AC.. it was the constant yearly releases, mixed with Unity’s Launch debacle that got them to completely deviate. AC is an amazing franchise but you can ruin nearly any franchise that pumps out titles at this pace leaving little room for innovation

[@yodieyuh6077]

It's half full if it's previous state was empty. It's half empty if it's previous state was full.

[@ETEBrimy]

I feel like Ali could’ve been more of an important side character I actually liked his and basims encounters, I thought him and Ali would fight by Ali betraying them after beshis death, turning more to his own ideals and personal agenda. Kinda like basim at the end of the game but more sinister

[@MrSimonsays2592]

I am ALWAYS here for praise for Sydicate! It is my favorite AC game that doesn't involve Ezio or Altair. Lol

[@damndatscrazyyy940]

They should just give us splinter cell at this point

[@willcooper8028]

It’s true that mirage is a lower budget title, but I mean, are all of these issues really symptoms of low budget? Or are they just poor decisions?

[@MetalCharlo]

MIrage is exactly what I thought it was going to be and I like it. It's not a masterpiece but not everything needs to be one.

[@komix1873]

Agree

[@matthewsantoro919]

I really enjoyed this game best ac game we've gotten in a long time and I really hope all these people bashing it don't turn people away from it and stop ubisoft from giving us more like it

[@snipes503]

As a fan of Assassin's Creed and playing every game I loved Origins and I like Odyssey as an open world rpg generally but not really as an AC game. The attempt to explain the Isu and the beginning of this universe I guess was kinda cool in my opinion and I liked Kassandra so I ranked it behind Origins. However Valhalla just left an absolute hole in me that I didn't like. Mirage just came in and filled it just right and I want this UBISOFT branch studio to keep making AC games.

[@codysvlogdays]

Am i the only one who really enjoyed origins and odyssey? Havent played valhalla yet because i just havent had the chance but i really enjoyed the other 2

[@zicuvalentin2251]

Played ODYSSEY 3000h...😂😂😂...didn't buy MIRAGE...

[@user-tp5yb4hr4w]

i don't understand what Luke is talking about when he uses the word cluncky in relation to assassins creed 3? the fighting was smooth, cluncky would be more like bethesda creation engine games, where the camera is stuck in one position always or the charactor in first person looks like a board and is stuck in that position but in 3rd person looks more relaxed. i guess i don't quite understand what he means by cluncky, because if you talk about the newer AC games i could say the animations look cluncky when climbing or fighting, but what exactly is he pointing to that was cluncky in AC3? i just lost on what he personally means is cluncky in these games?

[@solidkwon]

The combat in that game is def clunky imo. Sometimes the enemies dont know when to wait or attack, and trying to use rifles or react to gunfire can be awkward and clunky I do like ACIII gameplay but I do have to agree that it can def be rly rly clunky, I think more so than any of the other AC games