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1Assassin's Creed Mirage is a 2023 action-adventure game developed by Ubisoft Bordeaux and published by Ubisoft. The game is the thirteenth major installment in the Assassin's Creed series and the successor to 2020's Assassin's Creed Valhalla. While its historical timeframe precedes that of Valhalla, its modern-day framing story succeeds Valhalla's own. Set in 9th-century Baghdad during the Islamic Golden Age—in particular during the Anarchy at Samarra—the story follows Basim Ibn Ishaq (a character first introduced in Valhalla), a street thief who joins the Hidden Ones to fight for peace and liberty, against the Order of the Ancients, who desire peace through control. The main narrative focuses on Basim's internal struggle between his duties as a Hidden One and his desire to uncover his mysterious past.
Originally envisioned as an expansion for Valhalla, the game was reworked into a standalone title to expand its scope. The design philosophy behind Mirage—the first game to be developed primarily by Ubisoft Bordeaux, previously just a support studio—was to return to the series' roots by focusing on stealth, parkour, and assassinations over the role-playing elements featured heavily in recent installments. As a result, the game is much smaller in scale than its predecessors and combines elements introduced in them with those found in earlier installments of the franchise.
Mirage was released for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 5, 2023. A mobile version is also scheduled to release for iOS on iPhone 15 Pro models in early 2024. Upon release, the game received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised its world design, focus on stealth and return to form of the franchise, though some criticized the characters and the story's reliance on previous installments in the series.
The game is set principally in the city of Baghdad, which is divided into four districts—the Round City, Karkh, Abassiyah with its House of Wisdom, and Harbiyah—but also features several smaller towns like Anbar, located on the outskirts of the city. Alamut, the fortress headquarters of the Hidden Ones, is also featured in several missions, but is inaccessible outside of the storyline. Baghdad is much smaller than the worlds of recent Assassin's Creed titles, being closer in size to Unity's and Revelations' depictions of Paris and Constantinople, respectively.
Similarly to previous Assassin protagonists, the main character, Basim, has a large arsenal of weapons and tools at his disposal, including the signature Assassin Hidden Blade, smoke bombs, throwing knives, and poison darts. Both weapons and tools can be upgraded through a skill tree which allows different effects to be applied to them. Basim also has access to both Eagle Vision and an avian companion named Enkidu (after the character from Mesopotamian mythology), an eastern imperial eagle that can be used to scout nearby areas. Unlike previous Assassin's Creed games which featured avian companions, enemy marksmen can detect and shoot at Enkidu, requiring the player to eliminate the marksmen before Enkidu can be used again.
Mirage introduces a new ability called "Assassin Focus", which allows the player to eliminate multiple enemies simultaneously and is recharged by performing stealth assassinations. When the ability is activated, time stops and the player can mark up to five enemies who will then be automatically killed by Basim in quick succession. Another new feature are various poles located around Baghdad, which can be used to cross wide gaps. Furthermore, moving and running animations have been refined to improve mobility and fluidity, with the development team taking inspiration from "samurai, ninja, and even Jedi to a certain point".
Developer: Ubisoft Bordeaux
Publisher: Ubisoft
Release: October 5, 2023
Genre: Action-Adventure
Platforms: PS4, PS5, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, IOS
► CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X
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► GPU: PNY RTX 3060 TI Uprising LHR
► RAM: 2x 16GB Teamgroup T-Force Delta RGB 3600MHz Dual Channel [32GB]
► PSU: Seasonic FOCUS GX-750 80+ Gold Fully Modular
► CASE: Coolman Robin III Dual Chamber Gaming Case
► HDD: Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB (Movies)
► SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe (OS)
► SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe (Games)
► SSD: Seagate WD Blue SN500 NVMe M.2 2280 PCI-E Gen3 (Installer)
► SSD: ADATA XPG SX8200 PRO 512GB PCIe GEN3X4 NVMe M.2 2280 (Backup)
► Controller: Xbox One Controller [PUBG Edition]
► Controller: Xbox Series X Wireless Controller [Pulse Red]
► Controller: Playstation 5 Dualsense Controller [Midnight Black]
► Controller: Gulikit KingKong 2 Pro Controller
► OS: Windows 11 Pro 22H2
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