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At the 2022 Ubisoft Forward, fans of Ubisoft’s most famous saga discovered the future of the franchise, which looks very exciting with the releases of Mirage, Red, Hexe, Invictus and Jade. Although, in a future time we will travel to Feudal Japan and possibly the Holy Roman Empire during the witch trials. But before embarking on these adventures, very soon we will embark on a journey through the beautiful city of Baghdad in its golden age, by the well-known Basim with Assassin’s Creed Mirage. So without much more introduction, we leave you with everything we know about Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
After a long few years without an Assassin’s Creed game, as Valhalla was receiving post-launch content for two years, now Ubisoft has abandoned the development of an RPG game for a short time, since Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be what a large majority of fans have been waiting for and requesting for years, an Assassin’s Creed like the classicswhich has practically been confirmed with the details of the first and recent gameplay trailer of the game.
Everything we know about Assassin’s Creed Mirage
Assassin’s Creed Mirage was originally intended to be an expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, but luckily, it has finally become an independent game with the essence of past installments, like those starring Altaïr or the beloved Ezio Auditore. Mirage will return to the classic style of the franchisewith a story centered on Basim’s evolution to become a murderer.
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Release date and platforms
The release date of Assassin’s Creed Mirage has already been revealed, with October 12 being the day to mark on the calendar. This highly anticipated installment will be released on both the consoles of the last generation (Xbox One and PlayStation 4) and the new generation (Xbox Series X | S and PS5), as well as PC, although The controversy has jumped upon learning that the game will not reach Steam.
History
As we’ve discussed, the length of Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be in tune with games released before Layla Hassan’s RPG trilogy, as it will be a narrative-driven action-adventure story that follows the transformation of a defiant young man into a Master Assassin with a troubled fate. Without a doubt, many of us appreciate a shorter story and leaving the RPG genre aside, since that means that we could be facing a very careful and detailed game to the millimeter.
The cunning young Basim, due to a series of circumstances, ends up being a student who will become a Master Assassin some 20 years before what happened in Valhalla. But to get there, he’ll need the help and advice of Roshan, a powerful assassin within the Hidden in Baghdad. She will be the mentor of the young thief and future assassin, Basim. Before becoming a mentor, Roshan was a former Persian slave, but now she has an important role in the game, being a master assassin in Alamut.
Baghdad and other places of interest
Assassin’s Creed Mirage will be set during the Golden Age of Baghdad, a beautiful Arab city full of people around its 4 districts: the industrial district, the knowledge district with the House of Wisdom, which was the largest library at that time, where scientists from all over the world discussed and also reviewed the scriptures. You also have another district that is all about trade connections from all over the world. And finally, we find the center of Baghdad, known as the Round City, a rich district where the palace and administration are located.
In addition to the City of Baghdad, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will take us through its surroundings during the Abbasid Caliphate and Alamut, the legendary home of the Assassins who laid the foundations of the Creed in this emotional tribute to the game that started it all. In this beautiful city, we will enjoy a lot of vegetation despite being in the desert, and a lot of fauna such as flamingos or dromedaries, the latter of which we will have as a mount.
Parkour, stealth and combat
With the bustling streets of Baghdad, our assassin Basim will have to take advantage of the heights to make his way, something that reminds us a lot of the first Assassin’s Creed. At first we had good news about parkour, since Ubisoft itself confirmed that Unity was an inspiration, of which we have seen practically nothing in the latest gameplay. On the other hand, the density of NPC’s confirmed by the French company, is also something that was not seen at any time. In this case, the parkour will be somewhat improved from what was seen in Origins and Valhalla.
Referring to detection system, has been completely redone, and now the enemies will have several phases of detection before discovering us completely, leaving room for us to “play with them” thanks to the new and improved stealth system. The first phase of detection will serve as a warning phase, while in the second, the enemies will start looking for us while they interact with each other to find us. In the end, the third phase will be the conflict phase, where the enemies will go after us while asking for reinforcements, the typical thing.
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We have also met one of the new functionsin which Basim can mark and kill multiple targets in a row, an ability called «Assassin Focus». Like great assassins of the past, Basim will have classic assassin tools, such as throwing knives waves smoke bombsnot counting the hidden blade, with which we can also fight our enemies.
To end this section, the combat is one of the things that has most attracted the attention of fans. Going back to the topic of combat, it feels much more fluid and with many more movements when it comes to finishing off our opponents, either with one, two weapons or with the hidden blade. We will also have Black Box missions, as we saw in Unity, Syndicate or the Valhalla Siege of Paris DLC.
arabic mythology
At the end of the Assassin’s Creed Mirage trailer Basim could see a djinn, a creature that at the moment it is unknown how it will affect the story. But seeing this, it has been confirmed that Mirage will have Arab and Muslim mythology, as Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla did at the time. Although, while we wait for Ubisoft to reveal the first details about the Djinn, I have once again put on Sherlock’s glasses to bring you some interesting information about this mythological creature.
The Djinn (name in Arabic), is a fantastic being that is invisible but sometimes makes an appearance in the form of human beings, animals or plants. In the context of Islamic folklore, the term Djinn is used both for a collective designation of any supernatural creatures and to refer to a specific type of them. Now we can only wait to see if it is a supportive and benevolent genius or a creature responsible for misfortune, possession and disease.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage editions and prices
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage Standard Edition:
- base game
- Mission ‘The 40 Thieves’
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage Deluxe Edition:
- base game
- Deluxe Pack: Prince of Persia-inspired outfit, eagle and mount skins, weapons and more!
- Digital Picture Book and Digital Soundtrack
- Mission ‘The 40 Thieves’
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage Collector’s Edition:
- base game
- Deluxe Pack: Prince of Persia-inspired outfit, eagle and mount skins, weapons and more!
- Digital Picture Book and Digital Soundtrack
- High-quality Basim figure (32 cm)
- Basim Brooch Replica
- Exclusive steelbook whose design will be chosen by fans
- Assassin’s Creed Mirage physical artwork booklet
- Baghdad map
- Game soundtrack selection