Assassin’s Creed Mirage Review: Should You Buy In 2024?

[@AlchemistJR]

I loved this game! I'm an old-school Assassin's Creed fan. My philosophy is that less is more. For me; this game was nostalgic. It's not perfect, but it is a better game since Black Flag. This is my opinion.

[@UnivingIshiro]

I think the same, so many games nowadays are huge but so empty. Sometimes a shorter game is better

[@pierreproudhon9008]

I enjoyed Origins and Odyssey greatly but also AC3, I think I'll be getting this game, I look forward to the story.

[@thomasleonardis711]

I like both the RPGs and the old school AC games for what they are. I just got this game last week and have really enjoyed it so far. It does have a nostalgia aspect to it but having completely gotten everything in the map before starting the game I do wish for a bit more.

[@martinsand1768]

I get why people like the RPG style AC, but I grew up playing AC 1 when it came out on Xbox 360. I think Mirage is a good nod to the original style and soundtrack is really on point.

[@bxile730]

Unpopular opinion here, but i loved valhalla. Ill never understand why people complain about over bloated side quests and collectables when those things are optional! I can only see it being a thorn in the side to trophy/achievement hunters and they are the minority. It’s ridiculous, i want my monies worth and content worth. I also want that to meet a certain standard of quality, but im not gunna cry over optional quantity

[@His_Name_Was_King]

Loved it too...but we get spoiled. Once its all over forever they will come back and treasure every game.

[@amayreka]

I find it good but by the end of the campaign, I was fed up and feels like it drag a lot.

[@bxile730]

@@amayreka looking back i do agree the canpaign was extremely long. I just binged through it, its how i play all my rpgs. Rpgs are usually grindfest so i expect it already. Even if the canpaign is too long, i feel ppl use that to smear valhalla more than it deserves.

[@johnmossjr1898]

Origins and Odyssey were awesome

[@TheSpectre005]

Playing this game on permeate mode change my whole perspective. I do really like this game because of that mode and playing on master assassin difficulty

[@Okorus]

Brotherhood for life man, I loved the recruitment and upgrading of Randoms to assassins with their own classes. Nostalgia at its peak

[@londonisforeverblue1022]

man nowadays small channels give more indepth authentic reviews than ign, u have earned a sub my guy!! hope to see more vids from you

[@pierreproudhon9008]

Ign trys to squeeze everything into the ~10 minutes range, but you just can't analyze a game in that short time.

[@funjuror]

I am very grateful the team made the other 3 games large and open. They scratch my Skyrim itch, and no other game has come close. You can do missions in any order and save easily, unlike Red Dead and GTA, which force you to complete missions once you start. I have only found the freedom of Skyrim in Valhalla, Origins, and Oddessy.

[@isaac80745]

People still play odyssey to this day to complete rest of quests. They tried hard to make odyssey replayable after exploring. They put most time towards this games development.

[@Ligmaballin]

Red Dead 2 is filed with rich content, interesting details, amazing stories, every location looks polished and well made. How does Odyssey or Origins even compare? filler areas, filler quests, boring bulletsponge combat.

[@Hayfever33]

I just picked this game up yesterday randomly, haven’t played an AC game since origins and im having a lot of fun with it reminds me of what i loved about the older games

[@sardok4018]

One thing about enemies not detecting your assasinations, the original outfit has a perk that diminishes your assasination sounds by 50/75/100%, maybe that is why you felt that they wouldn't react to your assasinations.

[@phearup]

I randomly got suggested this video too, and I agree with most of these comments. Really good video, quality stands out for how small your channel is. Keep it up.

[@NextGameUp_]

I appreciate the comment! Thanks for watching!

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

You speak like you're a main character 😂

[@tyr573]

​@@whendarknessfalls6969 self projection 💀

[@whendarknessfalls6969]

@tyr573 by pointing out someone acting like them randomly coming here to praise and comment means something? Lol okay white knight.. also, it's called "projecting" not self projection. Fyi I liked the video

[@rileyxsko]

Origins was the peak for me but I enjoyed Odyssey because I like ancient Greece. Mirage was so boring and the movement was trash but now I'm trying it again and I guess they patched it up a bit bc the movement feels way better (it's no Unity but it's better than it was). The story is still kinda meh but I feel like the end of Odyssey screwed up the canon, which is saying something because the end of III was a major disappointment.

[@RamssesPharaoh]

I agree with most of your observations. Mirage is an enjoyable game, but once I finished it, I never felt the urge to go back. I kept randomly going back to Origins and Odyssey. Bayek and Alexios (or Kassandra) are some of my favorite characters. I'd love to see an AC game with robust character customization, where we get to build our characters.

[@_.CM96]

My two favourite AC games are Odyssey and AC1, but mirage was quite fun

[@heroicsquirrel3195]

This game was fun, I put it on hardest difficulty, didn’t use X-ray vision, rarely used the bird and stealth killed every enemy almost, I hope they make another one like this but go even more realistic and intricate, they honestly need to take these games to the next level, grittier more realistic etc could be incredible but they go for the mass appeal formula

[@pierreproudhon9008]

I long for the day when the AI can hear.

[@Atticus_Moore]

@@pierreproudhon9008 You might enjoy Metal Gear Solid V Phantom Pain. The ai can hear and even smell

[@isaac80745]

I think the market has changed and Assasin's creed became a different franchise post origins. Odyssey was probably one of best games despite flawed leveling/combat system. I think they should go back to putting more detail on their side missions like they did in unity and make areas similar size to mirage. Leave players satisfied after beating game. Even a city open world can be big enough. That a great step they put a limit on contract mission so they won't put out mindless quest lines.

[@vanomaly117v]

It’s weird. I played a little of my brothers copy of AC3. Didn’t even get to unlock connor. Never have. Then i owned a ps4 and my first official game was Unity. Loved it and finished it. Then i skipped Syndicate and went straight to Origins and FELL IN LOVE WITH AC. I have over 200 hours in Origins and over 200 hours in Odyssey and now i am about 8 hours into Valhalla and loving it. Moral of the story. Like what YOU want to like and stop listening to the internet.

[@overlord2853]

sometime is good to watch small channel...this was pretty fun....good vid

[@NextGameUp_]

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it and giving a small channel a chance!

[@Room-uc5se]

❤ great video brother! Keep it up!! I love that you seem to cover whatever you’re into and not just making videos on the same mess everyone else is covering.

[@NextGameUp_]

Just doing what I love and beating my backlog slowly 😂

[@UnivingIshiro]

I liked Mirage, its not the best or groundbreaking but what's there works. Combat is not the main focus similar to the firsts of the franchise, where the focus was to stay hidden. My main complaint with it is its enemy AI, sometimes it works others it feels like rocks. But the soundtrack is so sublime, the stealth is top, the story is ok as well as the characters. Definitely not for those who liked Combat Creed and the best way for me to get out of the franchise

[@OriontheGM]

Great video

[@senshai1267]

Odyssey is a great open world game .period .

[@AlenB29]

nah

[@SweetZombieNightmare]

Great job on the video! I liked how you presented everything in sections and cross-referanced from the more recent previous ones. I just found your channel since I'll finally be starting Mirage soon. Do you plan to pick up Shadows?

[@NextGameUp_]

Thank you! I’m hoping to get better & better with each review. I do plan on getting Shadows, I’m a sucker for AC games. My biggest hope is that they find a middle ground between Valhalla & Mirage.

[@pierreproudhon9008]

I enjoyed stealth games like Sniper Elite games (some would not regard them as stealth games but that's another story). But also Origins and Odyssey. I figure this game would be a fresh feel. Speaking of which, you should review Sniper Elite 4 or 5, great games.

[@Flampok]

This was my first creed game bought it a little after launch and i 100% completed it didnt feel like a grind or anything very casual and fun

[@andersontavares9772]

good video, the game still has some stuttering when saving or when we go from the menu by clicking continue

[@joshk4597]

I enjoyed it, definitely wish they’d look at unity and find a way to build off of that, mirage felt like a small step to show the fans want that but

[@purpleraptor1183]

I don't know how long it took you to edit the video and audio. For me it is tough af. Respect for your work. I am trying to get into editing and it is super tough and confusing.

[@NextGameUp_]

The best to way to get better is just to get started! What might seem difficult now will slowly become easier and easier as you get better.

[@purpleraptor1183]

@@NextGameUp_ Cool, I will keep that in mind

[@buffysummers7927]

its worth playing just to experience ancient Baghdad, amazing setting.

[@Ayaki6166]

I bought yesterday. Baghdad map is beautiful.However game sysytems not good.We don't need wanted sysytem.and token system.

[@timotmon]

Solid entry for sure, I still feel the mechanics from Valhalla being duplicated here makes the character movements feel too clunky.

[@dastemplar9681]

Best put: it’s okay. If you’re a veteran of this franchise, you’ll definitely appreciate it and enjoy it more. If you started with Odyssey or Valhalla, you may find the lean on stealthy mechanics not to your liking. Is it a great game? No. Will it save the franchise? No. But I enjoyed it, had a good time, and very much appreciated the return to the OG Assassin Creed formula. Basim was a solid character and the story was indeed given more focus when compared to the RPG predecessors. Not really a game to replay in the future, but I’m glad I got it and gave it shot. I needed a return to this kind of Assassin’s Creed.

[@ragegochester]

Great job on the video man, keep it up!

[@NextGameUp_]

Thank you very much and thanks for watching!

[@usmankabir9982]

Engaging till the last minute. Made me curious to try odyssey and Valhalla. This what a review should be like

[@NextGameUp_]

Much appreciated! I’m glad you enjoyed the review! More to come.

[@alxnd_r6345]

Odyssey is way better than valhalla

[@tyr573]

I think i might get it its on a discount and i kinda miss AC stuff seems like its more of a stealth game which is good cause i hate the new combat

[@AD3SPG]

I couldn't even beat odyssey or Valhalla bought both super cheap felt overwhelmed but i definitely had fun with origins and a bit off and on its dlc this year, rise of kong was beast.

[@NextGameUp_]

I think Origins was the best middle ground

[@cappxd.6126]

Wait what the heck hahaha how does this channel have only a couple hundred subs? Genuinely click on ur video and assumed you were like a regular channel that did reviews. Just quality of content is good man. I’ll drop a sub!

[@NextGameUp_]

Thank you very much, much appreciated!

[@MrAkatango25]

Black Flag and Origins for me.

[@ScvmmN]

Thank god I wasn’t only one doing that… skipping the dialog and reading it ahead.

[@mrgauth]

Excellent review. Subbed. I am so tired of this franchise though. Never again, for me personally. Look forward to your next vid though.

[@NextGameUp_]

Thank you very much! I appreciate it!

[@gamingwitharajjain8556]

You are so underrated in my opinion Pleasseeeeeeeeeeeee make a documentary of last of us 2 or how last of us us overrated PART 1 or Unity

[@THETRUTHISOUTTHERE-m9v]

I like this game. Was playing on iPhone 15 pro max. I don't have to much time to play this days, and when i do i want something entertaining and what not make me angry and my brains hurt 😂😂😂 Story was good enough and gameplay was easy to follow.

[@ABGP]

Great Video!

[@nungsa5124]

Please bring this game to steam

[@struckmatch3400]

Camels are back im sold

[@StoutishOlive0]

You should check out Spec ops the Line, you're in for WILD ride if you do.

[@NextGameUp_]

I’ve played it! Quite the story!

[@Kris12qw]

underrated channel

[@LuhCalmBaseball]

Best ac in terms of how it feels since unity. Origins was good cus of the story but terrible cus of the rpg garbage. I wish they’d leave ac alone and make a new game for them to dump the rpg garbage in

[@januarnaoki9277]

but i enjoy valhalla..the story good and gameplay are fun

[@LadjaMladja]

I remember your voice. Are you psg 2k player? I watched that😁

[@FranzBazar]

Odyssey is AMAZING. For ME, it's by far the best Assassin's Creed game and in general probably the best open world game I've ever played. Fantastic game.

[@TheXpertGenius83]

Odyssey is amazing but not the best AC game in general. Hell AC Origins is better. Odyssey should have just been its own game with AC easter eggs because technically it’s not Assassin’s Creed at all. They should’ve just named it “A Greek Odyssey” or something like that. It would’ve fit better

[@dumbshitheadass1277]

@@TheXpertGenius83yeah, it’s definitely rich enough in lore to warrant being a standalone game, but I feel like it should’ve been a spinoff titled like “Odyssey: An Assassin’s Creed Story” or words to that effect.

[@andrescott6951]

I agree assassin creed odyssey is not a assassin creed game by any means but it’s still a fun game

[@zun-viik]

I love forced open combat w no steath options that's necessary for story progression in my sneaky stabby games

[@bxile730]

I liked odyssey more than origins but both great games. I think i just preferred the greek culture and mythology way more than origins Egyptian counterpart

[@ineshbasu5419]

really fire video! keep it up

[@Isoh_hoops]

Great video!! This game's parkour, fighting mechanics, and uninteresting characters make this game super boring for me. I'm struggling trying to get through the whole game.

[@AzureCoatBrotherhood]

The sadest thing about mirage is that the best feature to ever be in a Ac game was scraped because they didnt have enough time. They were gonna releaae a contract system were u could create your own contracts and share them online.

[@zun-viik]

Brother isn't that just the friend Bounty from Origins and odyssey but with more steps? I remember hunting down Hunters who had killed my friends

[@AzureCoatBrotherhood]

@@zun-viik no thats not it, by contracts i mean side missions. In mirage side missions are called contracts, tge developers said they wanted to make a system were players could create their own entire side mission amd share them online for others to play. Think of it as a mario maker type of feat.

[@AncientHunter]

great video man, keep up the good work

[@NextGameUp_]

Appreciate it!

[@AncientHunter]

@@NextGameUp_ NP! you got yourself a new sub

[@kalzangtopgyal5304]

Any chance for steam port for this game

[@His_Name_Was_King]

Loved Odyssey just saying....

[@l-rex6748]

Very good video, congrats e good luck

[@Brainplastics]

4:11 Good game

[@mattm2767]

I find it funny how everyone complains about the RPG games when before Origins all they did was complain about the older style.

[@mkb2195]

AC should get rid of x-ray vision and add noise effects instead when they walk or run so you can't see behind the walls to be more challenging and realistic.

[@Ligmaballin]

I think the stealth was amazing, problem is most people just either aren't good at stealth games or don't properly know how to utilize all the mechanics. Planning ahead and taking groups of enemies silently never felt so satisfying, i'd say it might have the best stealth in the series, yes Unity also had good stealth, but personally unity's stealth felt clunky and inconsistent, in Mirage it feels smooth and consistent. And while parkour isn't as good as Unity i still think it's a close 2nd, running from enemies trough alleys and vanishing is one of my favorite parts of Mirage and i think it was designed that way. I think the game is a solid 7.5/10, it's just that people are looking at it from the wrong lens. Some wanted it to be Unity 2.0 and some wanted it to be Valhalla 2.0 when in reality it's trying to be something else. I wish Ubisoft took this as a good thing and decided to slowly go back to it's roots, but my hopes aren't up for Shadows.

[@Grandtemplar305]

I like both

[@blodhgarm7854]

Honestly... I didn't play it, and probably won't because I hate the fact Ubi killed my favorite non fantasy medieval game we had along with the amazing sotry they were building... now I just watch lore videos.

[@Vanu-i4o]

If I'm honest I want all the RPG crap to be taken out and to just copy Hitman.

[@emmanuelowino9626]

Parkour in this game is bad, fighting ok, story ok average game but nice that ubisoft decided to focus on stealth and less rpg like the last two ac games.

[@mickeycee8559]

I really liked this game

[@zun-viik]

Origin and onwards just should have been a separate or branch franchise, literally just "blank's creed" bc you're not really an assassin anymore. You're a medjay, a hoplite and a vikings. Not a hassassin. If your ASSASSIN does little to no stealth, has deep robust open combat options for fighting enemies head on, and uses force over finesse, you're a WARRIOR.

[@shalomproduction6367]

There is so much bullshit in your comment sorry

[@Tumaldita_para]

8:56 then the game sucks

[@fotisthomos5939]

Mirage was so bad that I played and did all the dlc in Valhalla.

[@erichosteland2196]

yeah, who wants thousands of hours of playtime for their money?😂

[@JauntyWhale]

I bought Mirage after hearing it was a bit more barebones and closer to the original Assassin's Creed games. I played for a couple of hours and haven't touched it since. If anyone wants a good stealth game that doesn't have shit combat, play Ghost of Tsushima. That's a better AC than any AC is.

[@ZWILK0]

Someone let me Gameshare😂😂plz

[@zun-viik]

2:40 Incorrect, it was and is still $50

[@Shhways]

Everybody hates on Odyssey and Valhalla, but I gotta say the game play loop it for me was addictive. This game sucked and it had so much potential. Not only that but they had like half the game premade in Egypt already at origins and could have added onto it and made it such a sick game. Me off ubi reslly sucks. not to mention I hated the fact that he was like a thief and kind of a piece of shit and just a murderer. I don’t like Basim maybe it’s cause I’m just kidding. It’s definitely because I’m Christian lol no offense Muslim people. All love here peace be upon him right? Fuck this game.

[@pierreproudhon9008]

You're telling me the main characters in Odyssey and Valhalla are not massive murderers and pieces of shits

[@joelturner5957]

Ac was never realistic Altair had a apple of eden 💀💀💀 now I grew up on the original ac games and mirage is absolutely a fail they didn’t do the combat any justice in ac 1-2-3-4 you can engage in melee combat without the worry of getting tanked yea in some games you have to plan your melee fights abit more but you can essential parry every enemy and kill them off that way and then return to stealth so the fact they just made melee combat not a thing proves to me that the Ubisoft lost the idea of what assassin creed is after black flag the games went down hill and then they kinda came back with origins and odyssey and then Ubisoft lost it again with these last two games

[@Parawhiskey]

The combat in this game is garbage. I really enjoyed the world design but combat was so bad

[@onepunchman4444]

Mirage was the worst of the franchise by far doesn't do anything great. Worst combat and just a forgettable experience overall. Definitely skip this one

[@minttsuki]

I strongly dislike how hugely complicated and RPG the franchise became. I am an avid RPG gamer, and when I wanted to take a break from that style, AC was a nice escape and a fun way to enjoy another genre. The worlds became massive, with way too many things to do, which made it extensively annoying at times and tiring. Yes, sure some changes were necessary if not the games would have died a long time ago, but they could leave whatever was most accepted/popular and do a few changes here and there, just leave it the same at it's core, meaning not so RPG. Still great looking games. 🟣🐉

[@joiduarte736]

Loved odyssey n Valhalla it was jam packed n there’s nuthin wrong wit that we r gettin our moneys worth for 70$ if u don’t like the extra content jus don’t do it I want my moneys worth mirage was way 2 basic 🫤 meh

[@mkb2195]

AC should get rid of x-ray vision and add noise effects instead when they walk or run so you can't see behind the walls to be more challenging and realistic.