Assassins Creed Mirage Review - Back to Basics, yeah right!

The latest offering from Assassins Creed is it amazing Assassination or X-Ray Vision?
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[@WorthABuyreviews]

Having played probably every Assassins Creed game and reviewed most of them, this one is the most disappointing of them all. Take the eagle for example, it spots a lot of things for you so you need not explore everywhere on the map, it never really bothered me before as the maps were huge, this map is not. Then we have X-Ray vision, it should not be in a game like this as it's just a wall hack, these used to be called cheats, now they are a feature, thats how far down the gutter games have gone. Then we have the whistle mechanic, you can hide pulling any number of guards into the same trap then press a button when they get close, insta kill. Why not write some code that only the first guard will fall for this trick? Finally we have the teleport kill which literally kills up to three enemies without you even touching the controls. How is this fun? What is wrong with reviewers and gamers these days? Expect more of this from AAA clueless companies.

[@CrohnsWarriorGaming]

You clearly haven't played an assassin's creed before, not sure you played this one from what you got wrong of the story, the map is plenty big enough? We don't want a massive map full of trees, it's also not AAA game. You are just doing what your sad channel does which is hate on everything, the game came out yesterday and you played it all yea right.

[@bosshunterman]

Domesticated eagles, the OG all-organic UAVs 😆

[@casualliverpoolfan9657]

Thanks for saving me money mack 😂

[@CrohnsWarriorGaming]

@@casualliverpoolfan9657 you may as well throw your console away taking advice from this guy, he expects only the very best, if the games not made for him? why did they make it.

[@thecrookedskull]

I read you could disable the enemy trackers and highlights. Did you try that? Does it make it better?

[@GamingGrenade1]

I find in funny that Ubisoft said the reason you teleport around stabbing people is because the Animus can't keep up with how fast your character is. If they put as much thought into their games as they do into their excuses they might have a half decent product instead of this crap

[@apk4381]

It's a carbon copy of the ability from Shadow of Mordor where you teleporting as Celebrimbor

[@gamesmaster1060]

​@@apk4381idc what anyone says, shadow of Mordor was fun as fuck

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

@@gamesmaster1060 2nd one got old fast.

[@terrypennington2519]

@@gamesmaster1060 Shadow of War was enjoyable too, was fun having those massive fortress battles with all the orcs you personally dominated fighting alongside you

[@luckysfirestar9063]

The Animus is not for History lessons. Desmond: Where do you put me this time Doc; Italy, England, France? or the high Sea? Just for this Dam Eden Appels... Doc: Fantasy. Mr.Miles, we will put you In Middle Earth...mabye Star Wars, we dont know jet. Just Bring us the One Ring and Hyperdrive technology.

[@Flowerz__]

It’s called mirage bc it looked like a good game but when you get up close it’s shiet

[@Outplayedqt]

lmfao

[@mobiusraptor7]

Pin this Mack.

[@Orosian5]

Crawling through the desert of good stealth games. Craving water. Hark! You see water ahead. Cupping your hands, you pool some of this sparkling water and swallow a mouthful of Denuvo.

[@mikeexits]

​​​@@Orosian5 Zork-style, I like it. Oh, putrid Denuvo. Transforming games in a way similar to how adding some poo to a sandwich would transform the sandwich.

[@spectator6656]

couldn't fool me

[@jackcarren8781]

"Back to basics" Means we have no passion or ideas and really want your money.

[@IIISentorIII]

The "Inovation" is the real money ingame-shop nowdays ;)......

[@haunterdragon4580]

Feel bad for anyone having to write for these games. Having to force the nonsensical lore as well as try to tell a character arc.

[@swiftysmithy6766]

Remember when in AC 1 you had to travel from city to city doing recon missions before you had to assassinate your target and it was always in crowded areas so no matter what you did the guards would chase after you and even after that the city will be on high alert until you rest up. Hell getting through the city gates was cool because you had options to pass the guards either over them, rescue scholars to blend in with or simply fight them.

[@XmarcX92]

Been thinking of going back to play the first one, a true next gen game of its time

[@cartermoth6447]

The first game was cr*pped on at the time. It got underwhelming reviews & people hated it. It's only Ass Creed 2 with the Italian setting & cool gadgets which made the series popular. "Back to its roots" is just a marketing trick saying "we want to make a cheaper game, so we'll make you think there's a good reason for slashing the budget & reusing assets". Still, I'll probably play this new one the same way I unfortunately play most of the sh*t released these days. But at least I recognize it is... sh*t.

[@blooperman1997]

Remember in AC2 when they did away with that shit because nobody liked doing it and the game was better off for it?

[@WockhartEnthusiast]

yeah, in AC1 you actually felt like an assassin being hunted. as the series progressed they strayed further and further from that more 'grounded in realism' vibe to the cartoony over the top gameplay we have today.

[@hpharold23]

I hate the messy UI form Ubisoft games, Wall Hacks BS and glow everything and points of interest everywhere.. sigh.. why do devs treats gamers like idiots?

[@koosa6289]

I was fine with x-ray vision in Batman Arkham games, where you were role-playing badass armed with high-tech stuff who always has the upper hand. I'm not fine with it in nearly every AAA game after Arkham Asylum...

[@mobiusraptor7]

But in that game, it balances it out by making the enemies tougher, esp if they have guns. Here, the enemies are frail and weak.

[@Archangelm127]

@@mobiusraptor7 Agreed. Also they loved to take your vision away or fuck with it, especially in Knight.

[@CragScrambler]

Not to mention its canon from the dark knight movies.

[@vanyaa104]

Yeah I hate xray vision too but for me in cyberpunk 2077 when you are playing netrunner character with high tech eye implants and high skill hacking skills it makes sense, its immersive and im all for it if done right but this is just stupid

[@itermercator114]

The thing is that the x-ray vision is essentially wall hacks that take all the "fear" out of stealthing an area, you know exactly where everything is and how to deal with it. Even dishonored made you use it at a cost but when I did a no-powers run, the stealth was even better due to blind corners and not knowing if you would get caught unless you went in with extreme caution. Even the eagle vision by itself was never about recon or wall-hacks, it was more or less a way to highlight things like the target from enemies, or collectibles, it was the game's way of not having to make the target have a massive "kill me" sign/outfit, which made it more fun

[@apk4381]

When this game was first announced there was literally a barrage of KZbin channel and media outlets all parroting the same line about Assassins Creed going "back to its roots". Clearly a paid marketing ploy to hammer it into the brain of all the normies that preorder games. I don't know what's worse these days, the gaming companies or the masses of brain-dead consumers that believe anything being marketed to them.

[@triplekmafia4932]

Souless scammy "reviewers" who lie for profit. Saddest thing of all

[@stanettiels7367]

Exactly.

[@Phaevryn]

Both, why not both.

[@MoVexCreations]

The latter, the brain-dead consumers allow the companies to do this

[@Cenot4ph]

Propaganda is the new way all around it seems 😂

[@RustyyMann]

I feel so lucky to have experienced gaming when it was unique, interesting and fun

[@igorthelight]

It's still is! Just not in AAA space ;-)

[@ethzvn1185]

@@igorthelightbaldurs gate 3 is an AAA game

[@igorthelight]

@@ethzvn1185 Fair point.

[@Disconnis]

​@@ethzvn1185BG3 is woke. Wokeness isn't fun, unique, or interesting.

[@tanpham937]

​ @Disconnis what is woke about it, can you show some proof? spent over 150hr playing it, never notice any "wokeness", did you actually play the game or just repeat something you saw on reddit?

[@ShawnKavanagh]

The consumers must consume "Ay yo, you played the newest thing?"

[@breeeegs]

Consoom Ass Creed, get excited for next Ass Creed

[@blueluny]

couldn't agree more sir

[@filmnmusic1]

I could care less about anything from Ubisoft at this point.

[@pranavg.9811]

You mean couldn’t

[@hairyrope1912]

​@@pranavg.9811No he really could care less

[@Christian___]

@@pranavg.9811 maybe he means he cares moderately about anything from Ubisoft at this point, so he could actually care less about it than he currently does? 🙃

[@TheSometimeAfter]

​@@hairyrope1912so he cares a little bit?

[@Rizzle37]

@@Christian___ with ubisoft, you can always care less

[@guitaoist]

Dumb down games, dumb down schools, dumb down music… end times much

[@echeneis2256]

Your comment is dumbed down. You sound just like Orwell 1984 just repeating slogans, like "wise as an ocean deep as a puddle", "That's so Mid." You guys come up with your own lingo because you lack the brain power to actually articulate anything with substance.

[@igorthelight]

Stop being a doomer ;-) * There is a good music - just search for it! * There are good games - just search for them!

[@Disconnis]

Yup

[@armelior4610]

What I like about AAA games is that you're sure to get at least one of Mack's songs in their review so that's worth a watch

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Is it worth a watch? Let's read the words the words...of the commenter.

[@amirhb7531]

Nine century baghdad sure has a lot of women doing a lot of mens work in it i dont think they could've even showed their faces

[@Peteblz1]

Modern gaming is amazing. Cars drive themselves, games play themselves. This is definitely the world I want to live in. Doesn't make me want to game end at all.

[@igorthelight]

There are still good games ;-) Just not AAA

[@orionxtc1119]

I love sarcastic/black humour

[@ianrandolph6436]

Godzilla had a fucking stroke reading that last sentence.

[@Peteblz1]

@@ianrandolph6436 I can assure you. Your mom read it just fine.

[@ianrandolph6436]

@@Peteblz1 Have you read it by any chance? You should check it out. It's quite laughable.

[@Cadrieldur]

4:11 This assassination style is exactly like Shadow of Mordor when you go into Wraith world and use shadow strike, an attack which allows you (Talion) to teleport to an enemies' location and quickly kill them

[@blakbear6528]

Ubisoft copying game mechanics from other games because they are creatively bankrupt, whats new?

[@aaroncuckstain9845]

To be fair they copied them first

[@RKDriver]

Playing Shadow of War now and love the stuff you can do in this game. I like to be able to go full melee or complete stealth while having each of those abilities equal to one another. Assassinating in crowds doesn't work out well so instead you can blow shit up by them, drop bags of bees or raw meat to turn those dogs on everyone. I love all the options they give you and the parkour/traversing mechanics are really fun. Certainly not true to life but neither is this AC game. He has a bird he can see through, X-ray vision and teleporting abilities.

[@mancamiatipoola]

This mechanic was used in many games before this one, but in those there was either a fantasy or sci-fi setting giving at least a plausable explanation for why the character could do that. AC games were always supposed to be at least semi-realistic, but i guess in the last few iterations they tossed that out the window and went with full fantasy settings and skills.

[@brandonwells1175]

A stealth game with X-Ray Vision is like a shooter with enemy-seeking bullets (and X-Ray folkin vision, LOL).

[@grahamkelly8662]

I remember 1 or 2 games where you could guide your bullet through air , into enemy face. It was deff in bulletstorm and maybe in Rage. Bending bullets around corners was really fun. Really pisses me off when a shooter has loads of guns and none are very good.

[@xgrillsenx]

I don't think there's a single stealth game (from a AAA studio) released post 2010 that doesn't have x-ray vision, honestly.

[@themadtitan728]

@@xgrillsenx but in most games you have some technology so it makes sense whereas we are iun 9th century baghdad how does he have that technology

[@andrewmorley3497]

@@xgrillsenxthere is games like old ghost recon

[@HavokRm]

​@@themadtitan728isnt this some dude in an animus, or that changed

[@IIISentorIII]

I'm 41 and and I want to thank you for the bottom of my heart to have the courage to give this a 4/10 and tell your honest opinion. While all the other surviving game magazines always go with the idiotic 7/10 just to play it save and not make themselves a target for either side. Back in the good old days I hosted LAN- Partys all over Europe with 150-350 People that lasted 3 days each for over a decade and we had Homeworld, C&C, CS 1.6, Stronghold, Rev-volt racing game, Worms, Giants: Citizen Kabuto, Dungeon Keeper, Black & White and all those other amazing games ( Oh man the fun we had). We did watch The Matrix ( the first one) on a giant projector. I miss those times and games So again Thank you! Cheers from Switzerland

[@johnlocke4715]

They are terrified of being wrong. Terrified of the wrath of the fanboys so they play it so safe every time.

[@Thierryhenry1444]

Giants: citizen kabuto what a game, rented from blockbuster many times

[@Bluepenguin28]

don't buy/read game magazine reviews, they are in a circle jerk relationship with big publishers(they are getting free copies,free products etc) so they'll never give low scores for AAA games unless they are ultra buggy/glitchy at launch, and thats all for the technical issues so for those outlets every game is awesome unless they are in a unplayable state and even then they'll give stupid scores like 6/10... they gave cyberbug 2077 6/10 at launch srsly... imagine giving 6/10 for an unfinished full price product... just watch honest youtubers(which are sadly very few) who consistently give the right scores for the games, otherwise your wallet will getting screwed over and over, the gaming is like a minefield right now unless you are a rich mf and don't care hundreds of wasted bucks montlhy.

[@Retrofire-47]

i think they give them a 7/10 to maintain "good relations" with big publishers and therefore early promotional access to their games and therefore hot content and therefore $$$

[@alessiomojo3717]

wow Dungeon Keeper, brings back memories, good taste !

[@ransom--]

Who is buying Ubisoft games? Please stop.

[@OneofInfinity.]

I predict all triple A's will go soon stream rent only, not much sales (because they suck) will be the excuse, the peanut size brain drones that adore the cloud will happily pay a monthly fee to help the poor devs get some of the bad sales muneh back. They will own nothing outside of their cloud.

[@mobiusraptor7]

Those who aren't real gamers, which make up the majority.

[@Bored2deathofgames]

​@@mobiusraptor7clown 🤡

[@prutator6063]

Bought the new "the crew" but i regret it, not worth the full price. Got hyped because i bought my first wheel.

[@knightstemplar955]

Me, Sorry. I bought FarCry 3 last week.

[@machinedieselx4767]

Ubisofts main concern with every game is that 5 year olds can play it effortlessly.

[@justicier10-7]

Darth Vader looks a wee bit like Sargon of Akkad

[@odd6554]

Its interesting how we always hold out hope the next Ubi title is going to be good. No AAA company dissapoints us more than Ubisoft

[@brennand933]

Who exactly holds out hope? I fully expect every Ubi game to be absolutely terrible

[@anon7596]

Don't forget EA exist.

[@stribs311]

I'd say Ubisoft puts out worse quality at this point with slightly less predatory behavior@@anon7596

[@Mc.Pen_]

@@anon7596 EA is capable of releasing good games, even if unfinished/buggy. Ubisoft definitely is not capable anymore.

[@purefoldnz3070]

this one has been getting positive reviews.

[@scottstorzillo4647]

Just saw that they put denuvo on the day one patch!

[@eddiedevereoxford4995]

I'm looking fwd to AC being set in 2023 London where you play as a certain type of teenager in a postcode gang, mugging, looting shops and knifing other teens

[@smokeyb71]

Mack is the only reviewer whose opinion I actually care for. 😂

[@bhushanharripersad5716]

Blood Dragon was Ubisoft at their creative peak.

[@alexandrep4913]

Not even close, it was splinter cell games (during Pandora Tomorrow and Chaos Theory)

[@John-996]

Primal was on of there most creative no other game has a setting like it.

[@John-996]

​@@mablesfatalfable6021Blood dragon is a typical futuristic game seen in many video games. AC1 was actually really really creative at the time.

[@Soydrinker999]

How did the stealth genre go so backwards? Thief in 1998 had you using mostly sound to found out where enemies were, x ray vision is a cop out, they can't be bothered creating actual stealth systems

[@E_-_-]

People who played Thief have an attention span that is 1000x longer than the target audience of AC

[@FuriousDevi]

This is a 50 Euro game that is nothing like a filler for the next big AC next year, offers nothing new, a short 15 hours experience - how can ubisoft not feel ashamed? They should charge 19,99 max!

[@TheNiland43]

A short 15 hour experience what are you on there is literally a lot more stuff to do after the story it is not no 15 hours just pulling things out your ass.

[@RideHaste]

I remember TENCHU, where the enemies had XRay vision, and you didn't even have draw distance, so you couldn't see them even tho they were there. In fairness, the game was set at night, so the draw distance became like Silent Hill's fog; the limitations were made into assets.

[@PW-zs2yx]

Tenchu was top i remember when it was new

[@sdsdfdu4437]

I was really hoping this would be an actual return to form. Then I saw the gameplay presentation with the teleporting autokill button. My hype died instantly

[@leedsalex]

Just dont use that button then..

[@chancellorpalp169]

You can choose not to use it lol

[@sdsdfdu4437]

@@chancellorpalp169 or I can choose not to buy this shitty game. That's the choice I made.

[@spartanbeef9491]

It is a return to form. It's just that after 16 years nostalgia has made everyone forget how bad the initial assassins creed games were. Almost everything Mack complains about in mirage was started in an early assassins creed. Xray vision, whistiling to attract guards, the braindead AI they never fixed, small open worlds, press button to win gameplay... All assassins creed. And then it poisoned the entire industry. Sad to see you(and him) fooled by ubisoft's marketing, but I can't really blame you. They've spent an inordinate amount of money convincing everyone that there was a golden age of assassins creed where the games were good. It's all lies. It's always been a lie fuelled by nostalgia, marketing and players unable to admit that a cherished game from their youth isn't actually good.

[@sdsdfdu4437]

@@spartanbeef9491 I wasn't really fooled by the marketing since I saw the red flags and didn't buy the game, but no, this is not a return to form. Go play Assassin's Creed 1, then play this, and try to tell me with a straight face that they're the same.

[@thesingleplayersquad]

Mack you can turn off X-Ray in the game's interface settings, its called "Enemy Proximity". In fact, you can turn off pretty much every single hud element. I turned off most of it and I'm hella immersed. You actually have to think when stealthing around. Turning off Enemy Proximity is absolutely the way to go imo

[@hawken796]

X-Ray vision was in the OG AC aswell, but you weren't allowed to move while using it. 2 pretty much made it an easy mode.

[@TheSuperQuail]

Pretty sure it just highlighted enemies, not full x-ray vision

[@1001pierre]

X-Ray Vision was first included in AC4 Black flag, where you could tag highlated enemies. Before that it wasnt a thing

[@HyraxusPrimus]

​@@1001pierreI want to say that Revelations did tagging first, but that might have only been highlighting the guard's routes instead of the guards themselves.

[@Ok-Runki]

​@@HyraxusPrimusjust routing, the original AC games still have the best consistency in mechanics bar Unity on a good day

[@Archangelm127]

@@TheSuperQuail Correct, didn't work through walls.

[@AdamNisenziSpisak]

By " Back to basics" They really meant it.....just basics, nothing else, literaly only basics. Not even first AC had the basics so nicely done as mirage 😌

[@Archangelm127]

They did the same thing with the Division 2 expansion. It was supposed to be the free DLC for year 1, but when the game didn't generate as much cash as the soulless suits wanted they hived it off and charged for it.

[@douglasduda9826]

haha, but they fucked up time and time again on the development of div 2 just like division 1... Don't get me started on the...redoing of the loot...I tried making a HC character besides the game is Not made for HC the items were boring as fuck. They went from maybe a college lvl of understanding loot to fucking kindergarten. I knew it was going to be a mistake, but here we are...

[@crux891]

What are you on about the episodes in year one where free.... and it was said this was only in the first year... this got said from the beginning. You wanted that content after that first year you had to pay... so or you miss understood or got wrong information....

[@Heldermaior]

Yeah... My reaction to the release of this game was "oh, this is out already? I really don't care!" They canceled the sequel to Immortals Fenyx Rising for this... Probably the best game Ubisoft released in the past decade...

[@douglasduda9826]

Damn they were already going to do a sequel, diden't they just release that game? felt like it has not been that long...

[@AlexanderosD]

Insult to the original Assassin's Creed. X-ray vision and teleporting stabbies!? Bruh.... Assassin's Creed died with Desmond in AC3. "back to the roots" was just them preparing the preorder lambs for "we didn't actually put work into this game, just give us your money."

[@EDMmemories]

gaming has peaked about 10 years ago

[@igorthelight]

It depends on your definition of "gaming" ;-) Indie games are still good. AAA is mostly garbage.

[@Downsider24]

Dammit, Mack! You bastard, you made me spit out my goddamn drink all over my bloody desk with that 2:40

[@bombaya85]

Everytime I consider upgrading my pc, I come here to be reminded that no amount of new games released is actually worth the bother. Thank you Mack

[@smkeybare]

Just started watching the video. Already excited to hear the X-ray vision song!

[@Mark_nobody3]

“In doing so, He piss off Darth Vader” Classic 😂

[@GuiiBrazil]

The little "X ray" song got me off guard! hahahaha

[@traviswisley6103]

Your X-ray vision remix makes all your videos with it an Instant hit for me. Grab a drink and listen to it a lot.

[@Kane.JimLahey.]

This game is apparently coming to phones as well. Says it's all. The state of everything these days... Hope is a MIRAGE...

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Wow really?

[@IamGhede]

My favorite was still Brotherhood. I liked pressing a button and the watching my enemies die but my harem of assassins.

[@hannixx2142]

Thank you, Mack. Entertaining as always to boot.

[@brucevandermescht6957]

X ray birds, that's what we live for mate. We're too stupid nowadays to figure things out for ourselves.

[@5deadspace]

When Valhalla was being made I recall Ubisoft saying that they intended to make it like Destiny 2 where they just add story expansions on top of the base game so I wouldn't be surprised if Mirage did start life as a DLC.

[@emulation2369]

The devs themselves said that it was a dlc 😐

[@ObviouslyKieran]

Revelations was going to be a mobile game before being turned into a full game.

[@themthew638]

Seems like they grabbed the 'new' stuff from Prince of Persia.

[@seanmc2999]

There was a moment there where I started to doubt, smaller map which is what turned me off the last few, really detailed environments, stealth focused. Then came the x-ray vision.

[@FlawedFabrications]

I laughed when they announced this game. "We're going back to the basics" they said "oh and also you're playing as Loki from Norse Mythology" 🤣🤣😂

[@knuckalar]

Most the comments on ign are people saying they’re so happy it’s gone back to it’s ‘roots’ just shows people really will eat this shit up

[@EricStellar]

I dont get surprised that there are people who enjoy this game, but its still too little. The "back to the basics" thing is all a lie lmao, they just didnt care, and thought they can bring in some more people by saying that, even tho it is kinda true, but not really.. funny

[@douglasduda9826]

Gotta love the indoctrination system. Ahem I mean education system, where kids can hardly read and can't do basic math... but lets give them props anyways right?

[@TheNiland43]

​@@douglasduda9826what does this have anything to do with this comment ?

[@douglasduda9826]

@@TheNiland43 Like a lower comment. People are too stupid anymore to figure things out on their own. Think for themselves and figure out detailed and nuanced things in games. As I said below its no wonder games are so Braindead and gaming as a whole is going nowhere fast. You guys would NOT survive gaming before the internet.

[@furiosomalus]

Why didn't they call it Aladdin's Creed. They might as well have given you a fucking lamp and let the genie do the game for you.

[@policesquad]

As with a lot of AAA studios, the original talent is gone and so, to fill their shoes, these companies bring in new people that were not hired based on merit but their arbitrary characteristics. This is the result. Sure, there is much more other issues too but when they started down that aforementioned road, it'll be nearly impossible for them to find their way back, unless they get rid of the dead weight. Now Trudeau is mandating such policies by law, so yeah, you're not looking great, Ubisoft.

[@johnlocke4715]

Definitely diversity quotas. It’s happening even in the military and finance. People being hired not on their skill or ability, but how their diversity quotas meet the government requirements. In the context of gaming there’s also a heavy focus on graphics now instead of gameplay. Every game is gorgeous but shallow as a puddle. Just so they Digital Foundry can give them a reach around.

[@John-996]

A studio can loss many devs but when it you no longer have key people is when they tend to fall apart you see it with many studios.

[@sexhaverhassex165]

What policies are you talking about? This is the first I've heard of it and I'd like to learn more

[@E_-_-]

indians and women made this game

[@Pakilla64]

Ubisoft has been shit for a while now. I don't think politics has anything to do with it.

[@kaskas9882]

As an arab I have no idea why would you shack hand with someone and say alhumidlleah, because it means thank god not praise the god. Thank you mack for the review.

[@1_Man_Media]

Before starting this review, I already knew I was about to hear the Xray vision song ^^ Great stuff as always Mack, keep up the great work.

[@dah3071]

i swear some older games actually had guards take note of others going missing if you were taking too long or distractions not working if you used them too many times and instead putting them into a suspicious phase where they either grouped up or changed their patterns and detection times and those states didnt go away after that so you had to be extra careful when sneaking around, am i losing my mind here does anyone else remember games having those features

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

Having watched a bit of this game, I have to say the VERY FIRST Assassin's Creed, while being a glorified tech demo was WAY BETTER than this. More content, more and varied enemy types and a variety of locations that looked and felt authentic of their time and place.

[@itermercator114]

The original AC was pretty solid, the only issue was that it was trying to be "slow and calculating" while the game didn't allow it (most didn't at the time to be fair), so you had tedious gameplay but by all means the story was a solid "this is what it was like to be an assassin". I really doubt the people in charge ever played the original games because you could definitely feel these effects in the games, even if you were almost entirely tone-deaf, the fact they don't know this shows the extent of their "reflection on the series"

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

More content my ass.

[@chancellorpalp169]

You sound stupid saying this. I just beat AC1 this summer and there’s no way AC1 is better than mirage. Play through AC1 and you’ll see that the game itself is a glorified tech demo with jank mechanics. It’s a solid 6-7/10 game.

[@iggyr3689]

This game not authentic? You muslim or know enough about abbasid islamic culture?

[@reamoinmcdonachadh9519]

@@iggyr3689 I am not a Muslim, an Irish Catholic actually. And I DO happen to know something of the history of the Crusades, and the Abbasid Caliphate. But that is not relevant here. Comparing the difference of the very first Assassin's Creed to this offering is like night and day. The first game is far grittier, realistic in it's depiction of life at the time, showing something of the disparity between regular people and the ruling elite. Also the differences in outlook between the Christian Crusaders (riven as they were by internal rivalries) and their Muslim counterparts. Also the enemies in the game were far more varied in type and class and were on the whole a harder challenge than those presented by Mirage. I would say that Ubisoft took a more 'Hollywoodesque' choice in how to depict Baghdad and the Abbisid Caliphate in Assassin's Creed Mirage. I do however give them credit that they did not quite over use their assets as they did in all three of the previous Assassin's Creed games and all of the Far Cry Series. lastly, I just feel that they went at Assassin's Cred: Mirage half heartedly. Had they combined the gritty realism of the first game with a judicious blending of the mechanics of both they would have had a hit on their hands. A successful return to form. Respectfully Yours, R P.S. I do appreciate that you took time to respond to my initial post. Thank you.

[@Pillock25]

I can't quite remember, but I'm fairly sure that your eagle vision in the first few AC games was limited to that room, so you could identify your main target, who would come up as yellow, it didn't highlight the whole camp, and there definitely wasn't any drone birds.

[@Bozforroz]

Bless him, he isn't the brightest chap on the block. He won't appreciate these types of games anyway. You might want to remove that clip at the end of you being racist and disrespecting to Islam too. You can't be that thick surely

[@unstableordinance]

lol if you thin that little backhander was disrespectful, you should get out more...

[@Bozforroz]

@@unstableordinance get educated please. He's not 10 years old. He knows exactly what he's doing/saying.

[@TheNiland43]

​@@Bozforrozexactly

[@TonyStackzz]

What's Ubisoft needs to do is to take a significant step back and begin with the basics, crafting something truly innovative and overhauling the game. The Ezio storyline stood out as the pinnacle of excellence and should serve as inspiration for their endeavor.

[@spikem5950]

I still get sad when I think of the Ezio storyline. How far gone we are from the days of good writing (as good as the format of games allows for, that is)

[@ALifeOfWine]

Very disappointed the new x-ray bird track didn't drop today.

[@D25Bev]

I remember playing Valhalla & when a couple civilians ran in front of my attacks (with it's crappy AI), i got a game over... for killing civilians... as a Viking... whilst ransacking a settlement... of a country i was invading... The Vikings that historically, barbarically killed anyone that opposed them & that would be of no use to them through slavery. It shouldn't but it does still piss me off.

[@MBMephisto]

When Assassin's Creed was 1st announced years ago now, i thought "holy shit, is this a Hitman style game set in the crusade era?" i was blown away by the disappointment

[@walmart7626]

Ac 1 was great . The problem is you wanted medieval hitman , now it's........

[@robovader7625]

Ngl, medieval hitman sounds awesome. @@walmart7626

[@suspicioustumbleweed4760]

Really?? I was young but I was blown away by AC1, the first reveal of the animus, the historical setting. If it was a standalone game without these cash grab sequels then it was great. Having a free running button was interesting and new.

[@MBMephisto]

@@walmart7626 if you like repeating the same 3 missions every time, you are easily entertained.

[@walmart7626]

@@MBMephisto I could argue the same thing about hitman.

[@LeeW534]

Remember when Ubisoft brought out SC chaos theory 😍😍😍. What a game

[@heatbankrep]

- guys! guys! they totally hate our fantastic empty mega map design for asscreed!!! - what? well we gotta give em something more basic then, call it back to the roots....oh wait, havent we got this small unreleased DLC with more of the same old same old still? - yeah right, lets add 5 more missions to it, call it "the next step in the asscreed epic" or something and make it a full price title release. - awesome, bro!!!! plottwist - ubisoft ARE abstergo.

[@baltogames1501]

"And, we can condition them to pay full price for expansion-sized games with microtransactions and expansions for said expansion! The money will print itself!!!"

[@TheNiland43]

​@@baltogames1501full priced really

[@baltogames1501]

@@TheNiland43 Absolutely. If this is received well ( meaning achieves a high number of sales) they will start making smaller games and demanding the full $70 price for them.

[@TheNiland43]

@@baltogames1501 ok and it's not like your gonna buy it so I don't know why your worried about it

[@baltogames1501]

@@TheNiland43 It's important because other publishers will see it and copy it, and soon we'll have no other choices available. They will all sell us less game for higher prices.

[@FirstTimeHardDifficulty]

Please don't listen to KZbinrs doing reviews who don't care about the AC and have an approach that will earn them the most views. Instead, watch Leo K's review (the guy who is actually good at Assassins Creed and cares about the game). I'm saying this because I want to prevent history from repeating itself. It's actually sad how blind people are. You see, everybody hated AC Unity when it came out. The game didn't meet the deadline and because of the huge amount of hate, Assassin's Creed games completely changed. Now, everybody is craving past games, and Unity is suddenly the best game. That was the good time for people to learn that if they massively hate, things will change and not necessarily for the better. The small team Ubisoft Bordeaux was assigned to create DLC for Valhalla that evolved to become AC Mirage. They did their best with their possibilities and resources on Valhalla's engine. And you can really see it in the art and animation. They put care into it and tried to listen to people who love AC. That's why I COMPLETELY disagree with statements about Mirage that most reviewers make. This is the closest we've had to Assassin's Creed since Unity. It was meant to be DLC, and the next big title is AC Red (in Japan). If you want to see that sh*t be completely RPG, then keep hating. But keep in mind you're taking a piss at hardworking people in a smaller Ubisoft team who put their heart into it, not people at the top of the company who only care about the money.

[@KordenoL]

lol arent u hearing alhamduililah like every 10 seconds in the UK?

[@Jordo246]

At this point I'm just so completely disinterested in any of Ubisofts games. They're all so similar and paint by numbers. Quite literally the definition of check box gaming

[@SDeww]

"going back to basics" corperate slang for adding less...

[@Vert_GreenHeart]

2:41 So good to hear it again after all this time !

[@meatpuppet5036]

I wonder if they're as critical of Islam in this as they have been of Christianity.

[@presidentcovfefe]

I think we all know the answer to that

[@AyeThatsHandsomePete]

You can bet your next paycheck they won’t make a peep.

[@abc-lx5sr]

Apparently, if Muslims are annoyed by their religion being mocked, then it's "just words" being said. Why then care if Christianity is mocked? If you do care, then defend your religion; if you don't, stop complaining.

[@unstableordinance]

@@abc-lx5sr Coz Muslims usually are a lot more vocal and physical about their religion being mocked, also it is Christianity is considered an easy target for modern society to go after

[@meatpuppet5036]

@@abc-lx5sr Yeah that's horseshit, Christians didn't shoot up a cartoonists' office, or spend decades hunting Salman Rushdie.

[@Tubeinnit]

X-Gay vision, X-ray bird, Fast camel travel, AAAnal 🤩

[@Waggehful]

Something tells me this review will be more entertaining than the game

[@cullermann2]

2:30 I actually applaud Ubisoft for not going the usual route of stuffing everything and their mom into the map, bloating it up to 80 hours of playtime - I don't have time to play that much so this is a big plus and games don't need to be 80 hours long to be entertaining

[@wingedhussar1453]

Its actually a good expierence. Very refrwshing after games that seem like unfocused random quests. It actually feels more akin to ghost of tsuhsima to me in term of mission structure and layout.however i agree on the xray vision.its to easy they should make it more hardcore

[@willo1345]

Nah, people always say they want to return to the first game. But, if you actually play the first game today, you realize how fucking dreadfully boring it is.

[@James-ke4gq]

Here’s a not so quick story for any other disenchanted assassins creed fans to read if you feel like commiserating with me about the disappointment of Mirage- I grew up with Ac2 and brotherhood. I have the greatest memories of Christmas morning during my early high school days, my brother and I in the basement playing AC2 watching ezios story unfold running around renaissance Italy. It literally felt like the most important job in the world to take revenge and help out Leonardo DaVinci. Beautiful game. Fast fwd 10+ years later my brother and I both work full time, but last Christmas break he said let’s play the new assassins creed. It apparently is going back to its roots of stealth and story. Turns out the game was actually coming out the following Christmas year, not late 2022 like we thought, which was a disappointing surprise but we said to each other well we now can look forward to this for next year. I have not kept up with the assassins creed games. I stopped playing assassins creed after ac3 because I just couldn’t stand that game, it’s main character, and lackluster parkour environments. I know that people say black flag is amazing, but I didn’t pick back up with assassins creed until Valhalla because I basically stopped gaming until late Covid era due to the chronic boredom of staying indoors. I didn’t like Valhalla. I thought the UI was weird, I thought the combat was off, and the way you moved around in the world felt awkward. It just felt like something was off. All this to say, for an entire year my brother and I have been genuinely looking forward to this game. The trailers had me fooled. The graphics looked improved, the hype of a return to form and a new focus on stealth all peaked my interest highly. I popped it in today, and within literal SECONDS of the opening mission I was like oh shit this is literally just like Valhalla. No graphical improvements, dumbass NPCs and enemies, and a stupid forced predictable story. I’m sorry but I’m just done. Ill just have to wait until the play stations Spider-Man to actually enjoy a story game, thank god that comes out in a few weeks. I’ll always cherish the memories of playing AC2 and brotherhood though, nothing can take that away.

[@leedsalex]

Well I'm enjoying it, lovely recreation of historic Baghdad and after the last few Assassins Creed its nice that they've actually done a proper city again as they've been terrible in the recent larger games.

[@willo1345]

The cities in Odyssey are far better. In fact, Odyssey is probably the best AC game in terms of gameplay. AC2 is the best for story and I would maybe say Unity is the best for feeling like an Assassin.

[@eldoriyah8236]

It's not even ac how can you say that copy paste rpg slop is the best ac gameplay at least origins was interesting but still same bland formula. Delusional

[@willo1345]

@eldoriyah8236 Because it was. All the non rpg ac games are piss easy. All you have to do is parry and counter. Talk about the most boring combat ever, holy shit. Odyssey had diverse builds, more engaging combat, and still maintained great stealth gameplay. It also had ship combat.

[@terranaxiomuk]

Love the x ray interludes. I haven't had to buy sht games for ages thanks to your channel mate.

[@broms316]

I'm playing it at the moment and I think it's pretty good. Those x-ray things etc you don't have to use so I don't.

[@igorthelight]

It's not a good game design if PLAYERS should handicap themselves to make game more interesting ;-) AC1 hava much smarter implemented X-ray vision: it's weak and works ONLY if you stay in place and have 100% health.

[@echeneis2256]

@@igorthelight how is it smarter?

[@igorthelight]

@@echeneis2256 Simple: * It only works when player is stationary and have 100% health * It's much weaker (less radius and what it shows) That way it feels much more like a "sixth sense" instead of a wallhack ;-)

[@echeneis2256]

@@igorthelight how is it smarter? Like why is that "smarter" then the way it is in Mirage? Why would standing still give you a "sixth sense", besides isn't the wall hack tied to the eagle any way?

[@igorthelight]

@@echeneis2256 Because you can't use it while in combat. And it's not that strong. In my opinion, it makes it less of a wallhack. If you like Mirage's version - good for you!

[@darson100]

The original intention to have this as a DLC for Valhalla is 100% true. Obviously they padded things out a bit in order to release it as a stand-alone game, but not much.

[@lyndina8492]

Ahh yeah...realistic game...teleporting and looking through walls. With no explanation how those "heroes" do it.

[@spartanbeef9491]

Ahh yeah Assassins Creed 1...realistic game...effortlessly taking on a dozen guards at once before spiderman climbing up vertical walls. With no explanation how those "heroes" do it. I'll never understand the gamer definition of realism. What is that makes one magic power realistic while another isn't? You know you can just say the mechanic is bad, right? You don't have to pretend you care about realism. It's just like starfield. Being able to sprint while carrying 300KG of cheese? realistic, grounded gameplay. Being able to sprint while carrying an unlimited amount of cheese? unrealistic trash. Gamer arguments get dumber every week.

[@tyler9_10]

@@spartanbeef9491bruh 100%. These people are whining about “realism” in AC games when they were never realistic from the start. People have a complaint about literally everything these days lol.

[@spikem5950]

@@spartanbeef9491 While I do agree gamers are stupid with their "mUh rEaLiSm" in games, AC1 didn't let you spiderman climb up vertical walls. Did you even play it? The climbing system is coded to snap onto handholds, if you think someone with the athleticism and experience can't climb the walls in that game you've clearly never seen the stuff freerunners do in the real world.

[@spartanbeef9491]

@@spikem5950 I was being slightly hyperbolic, but yeah I did finish a playthrough the other month(mirage got me in a nostalgic mood) and no the parkour does not resemble what real life freerunners do. It's closer to the edited montages you see on youtube - only the best moments and most perfect jumps, the brief moments where you go all out, but Altair can keep that up for ever without ever getting tired, needing to scout a route or test a path. It's maybe not superpower level but it's certainly not realistic.

[@spikem5950]

@@spartanbeef9491 No it isn't realistic, but it's fine if you have any suspension of disbelief. I don't play a game of a man going into a machine that can simulate memories of his ancestors off of his brain for "realism", that's stupid. Sure there's a point where it shatters immersion, but the game's parkhour system isn't, not for what's been established as a fantastical order of super-assassins.

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

It's a formula that has so much potential. A historic stealth/assassin game where your set loose to choose missions and targets, uncover info, track them to cities and locations within cities, uncover secrets and characters and be rewarded by all that painstaking prep and groundwork as you successfully complete a mission and nobody even knew you were there. It should be DIFFICULT! AC1 KIND OF had that idea but the execution was lacking and painfully repetitive. Now we have this crap that has gone backwards. AC1 is a BETTER game than this ffs!

[@torchlight1785]

I know you felt kinda meh about MGS 5 but man I wish more games made the enemy ai as inquisitive as in that game. Makes pulling off successful stealth all that much more satisfying.

[@GangsterFrankensteinComputer]

My main issue, in regards to the gameplay in MGSV, is the enemies only have realistic eyesight when you reach the end game and they're all S rank. Thankfully now on PC it's very easy to mod so enemies can see you running 500m away.

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Can't believe AI hasn't improved that much over years.

[@torchlight1785]

@@GangsterFrankensteinComputer it definitely wasn’t perfect but I just mean it’s much better than most AI we get in stealth games these days.

[@GangsterFrankensteinComputer]

@torchlight1785 I really liked how they'd adapt to your tactics. Like if you always went for head shots they'd wear these heavy duty helmets, if you always went at night they'd start giving everyone NVGs etc. The AI in MGS2 was insane though. They had a military advisor come in and they'd rehearse clearing rooms as a team.

[@Retrofire-47]

i loved MGS 5 even tho i hated its subversion of the story-telling MGS model. it reminds me of why i loved Watch Dogs so much. i know most ppl hate it but my god it was fun to me just screwing around in a giant sandbox

[@sophakingcool5532]

That X-ray vision single was crazy. Can't wait for the album to drop

[@16Nexis]

This is the first review I watch of ACM knowing full well it will be my deciding factor in buying the game or not. I am paused at 3 seconds and my guess is Mack will say its another tower climbing, see enemy through walls, kids console game. But I am hoping for high praise, here goes! Edit - Spelling!

[@16Nexis]

Well now Im sad, but at least I know. This ones not for me!

[@MissBeloved__]

I doubt ubisoft games will be anything more than that again

[@TheNiland43]

Do Not form an opinion from someone's video or opinions just cause they say something doesn't mean you have to see go along with It. it is so stupid if someone else's opinion influences you That's all I'm going to say .

[@mikekeeley3432]

@@TheNiland43 What a stupid comment that is on a channel that is all about OPINION. Every review from any channel is just that, an opinion. You listen to what the reviewer says, balance that against the on screen evidence, add in what you know of the reviewers personal preferences and voila, make a decision. What you suggest is that we all go and spend 50 quid on this without checking anything, which I am sure is exactly what Ubisoft would want

[@TheNiland43]

@@mikekeeley3432 no your supposed to play it for your self before you can form an opinion cause then your just form your opinion off of someone else.

[@Gamerdad1988]

Am I crazy or do a lot of the combat animations look terrible? When he swings it looks like the sword phases in and out of the enemy, the health bar goes down, but the enemy has no recoil/flinching animation. I watched another video and it looks like attacks occasionally connect and the enemy recoils, but maybe every 2-3 out of 5 attacks the enemy just stands there unfazed?

[@obsidianwarrior5580]

That's because only a heavy attack causes recoil. Light attacks don't. Reason for this is cause heavy attacks can cause a stagger, but also leave you open in the process. Sort of like a high risk high reward sort of scenario.

[@Gamerdad1988]

@@obsidianwarrior5580 gotcha thanks! Makes sense

[@mkb2195]

I like your honest reviews man, keep them up. I noticed many mixed reviews for this game so far... Some absolutely hate it, some really like it, maybe its the nostalgia.

[@TheNiland43]

I mean you can't please everyone

[@MichaelJ44]

This franchise should’ve died in 2011. How the hell it’s gone past the first three games is beyond me

[@brokehomiejuan1638]

7:35 i get making fun of the game but no need to mock a religion and a language

[@MrMoralTurpitude]

For me the best AC games are the Enzo story's AC 2 and AC Rouge Can't believe its 2023 and they haven't topped those!

[@igorthelight]

You mean, Ezio Auditore ;-)

[@MrMoralTurpitude]

@@igorthelight Hmm yeah

[@TheKotor2309]

We all know that Syndicate was Mack’s favorite AC game; this should be in his top 10 immersive games of all time, right next to “Cult of the Wind.” 🍻 lol

[@Litras_Samagono]

Will there be Cyberpunk 2077 (2.0) Phantom Liberty review?

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

any White people or Asians in this game due to INCLUSIVITY?

[@unstableordinance]

You know the answer to that lol

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

@@unstableordinance Yep...LOL

[@TheNiland43]

​@@ajaxslamgoody9736wow so funny

[@ajaxslamgoody9736]

@@TheNiland43 😉

[@RPodoba]

so - the game forces you, i repeat, forces you to whistle and to have perma eagle vision and to use the multi kill, right?

[@IskenderCaglarM41B441]

Wait hold on... Wtf? Really?

[@igorthelight]

If a player should deliberately ignore part of the game mechanics - it's NOT a good game design ;-)

[@RPodoba]

@@igorthelight no. it's similar to summons in darks souls or elden ring, or abilities in dishonored

[@igorthelight]

@@RPodoba Maybe. That makes sense in a way.

[@oliverm-f8417]

Please review/try Noita Mack.

[@keithprice1950]

I don't think he would last 5 minutes without getting frustrated with Noita.

[@mughug9616]

Seems like many of the Giants from the early days have struggled to repeat their success.

[@maximusf3063]

I know it's exactly the same as the last 4 AC games and I agree with every point that mac makes, but I still like these games. I dunno why, I get the AI is dumb as bricks, it has x-ray vision, combat is press 2 buttons, and the story is about as engaging as a hernia. I like the collectathon and the boring combat and the whistle in the obvious bush - it's formulaic and I guess it strokes my monkey brain in the right way. I can get about 70-100 hrs out of these games and for me that justifies the price. The world set pieces are the highlight for me, I think the environment designers are doing a really great job on a very subpar game.

[@E_-_-]

so you're the one who keeps funding this abysmal state of gaming

[@Seriksy]

What I never liked is weapons with an aura effect. Why?... Back in AC1, enemies didn't really have much of a health bar either, and you could barely take any hits yourself. As it should be

[@harimakenji7608]

Why cant UBISUCK focus on making a proper prince of persia remake/continuation.? Even the 2008 POP was good. Make a sequel to that one. No one wants the upcoming side scroller prince of persia and never ending assassins creed every year

[@policesquad]

That side scroller version looks atrocious... and they want £50 for it.