A Skeptical Review of ‘Assassin’s Creed: Mirage’
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bro is skeptical
Bro said 🤔
Let's all be bros, bro!
It's not even just that. He's PROUDLY skeptical.
I'm skeptical he's skeptical
PROUD SKEPTIC BABYYYY
cringe
For a "Skeptical" review this does seem to be on the optimistic side of things lol
Lots of people comparing it to Unity or Origins, but I think we have to be realistic about what Mirage is.
Unity was supposed to be the "next-gen" AC game. Ubisoft completely rebuilt their engine and built new tools for Unity, a true AAAA effort.
Likewise, Origin was a result of a hiatus from AC after the failure of Syndicate. Again, Ubisoft completely rebuilt their engine to enable the more open-world RPG style of game that was used for Odyssey and Valhalla, another true AAAA effort.
Mirage is not that. It is a side project (DLC) that was expanded into a full length game. They simply used the AC Valhalla engine and with a more AA budget (maybe AA+) attempted to polish out the rough edges. Parkour was tightening, city design was sharpened, density increased, tighter sound design, different mission designs, etc. Given that, I think it was a valliant effort.
I hope many people buy it to Show Ubisoft that we want that but better
I don't like the feeling of melee, I'd prefer slower attacks with higher impact, hitting an enemy with two sword for it to ignore it and keep attacking feels bad for me. I think in Valhalla can be acceptable because RPG numbers and all that but here, i would prefer a different approach
My friend needs to find new synonyms for "sceptical"
Skeptical is literally his brand. So I think you my friend, just gotta get used to it, vibe with it, BE it.
For such a positive skeptical review, this outlook seems more of a "This game gives me hope for the future of AC" rather than "I'm impressed by this game and here's why"
The game in and of itself isn't impressive. It's a worse version of what we used to have. But it is good in the sense that it proves that Ubisoft hasn't totally forgotten or become incapable of providing us with what made AC good.
Luke never has an actual opinion just sits on the fence so kinda tracks
@@J.R.Swish1 This. It looks like they wanted to make a classic AC game, but made everything worse than it used to be.
This franchise is dead in the water at this point. Ubisoft are creatively bankrupt and need to put it to bed.
cause he tiptoes way too hard around the issues in the idea it makes him more "fair and balanced"
I always loved the continuity between the games like AC3 Connor being the grandson of AC4 Edward and the latter's son Haytham as a side character in AC Rogue which at the end gives the lead to AC 5 unity and so on. The level of excitement when I saw Arno and Elise playing around as kids in Rogue was like something else. I guess continuing the lineage or at least making spinoffs from there would be the real "back to roots" for me.
Kenway saga was well connected
And this game has the dishonor of sharing continuity with the worst AC game ever that only about 8 actually bothered to finish.
@@coltonwilkie241 and worse parkour than unity. Unity had alot of smooth stealth kills especially while sprinting. Only sprinting one i've seen so far is where he runs up a back and all the other ones are slow.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It takes very little to entertain you.
I find it funny when someone comments that in the past AC's focus was on stealth, then I remember that I would pick fights with everyone and one parry per enemy on the screen. I never cared about stealth, when parry is so broken (on AC1, AC2, ACB, ACR, AC3 and AC4)
Yeah it's only until i play Unity that i fully embrace the stealth because fighting a lot of enemies is really punishing
Yeah apart from AC1 and Unity, Mirage is objectively the stealthiest AC game
this. as someone who started with AC2, I never understood the whole sentiment of ppl wanting stealth back lmao. the combat was so forgiving if you messed up playing stealth.
Also, we didn't have crouch until Unity lol I always found that weird
But the combat in general made them feel like skilled assassins who can kill you with one blow to the neck with the hidden blade, or be stylish in combat if need be. Now a days the combat feels so stiff and stale you’d think you were playing a tanking hulk. I feel a good compromise to, at least the combat, is to take a page out of ghost of tsushima’s book and approach combat like how it was in that game.
Seeing Basim in that Bayek drip reminded me just how much I REALLY want an Origins sequel.
Orrrr prequel👀
TLDR: AC Mirage plays like an Assassin’s Creed game from 10-15 years ago, and while some will find that boring or lackluster, fans of those original games will likely enjoy the trip down memory lane. Mirage does what it set out to do. It’s far from a masterpiece, but it’s a good time for old school Assassin’s Creed fans, especially at the lower price point.
p.s. If you listen close to the conclusion of the video you can hear my son Lochlan talking in the other room. A little Easter Egg for ya 😂 😉
For it to play like an AC game from 10-15 years ago they would need to have put the traditional AC controller scheme back. They didn't. They kept Valhalla's retarded one.
Lower price point? The game is still $50 that’s a full price for a game though.
what? 50$ have never been full price for games. it was either 60$ and now 70$. only indie games were lower@@LordSaull
@@sweetbabyrayso5262fr what is bro on
Incorrect. This game is nowhere near the AC games of old. The parkour is absolute ass, no side ejects, no back ejects, no ledge catch, no parkour roll, that's just not old AC. The combat is pretty much the same as Valhalla with a few tweaks. It's still plays like Valhalla. The characters' movement is just like Valhalla. The parry animation is always the same. That's just not old AC. The game still looks more like a fantasy game instead of having a more gritty and grounded look. Weapons, attire, environment, it all looks much more fantasy inspired. That's just not old AC. This game absolutely failed in the one thing that it promised, a return to the roots, and it doesn't deserve a purchase.
I just wish we could get another AC as good as the Ezio Trilogy. The story, acting, characters and gameplay was perfection back then
The gameplay really wasn’t perfect. Go replay them
Its not all that my guy, man acting like the older games were masterpieces.
@@jeremyrdlamaxima7052 The ezio trilogy is literally the highest rated AC games, the story and setting of brotherhood is so fucking good like i dont even understand how the 2015+ games are comparable ?
@@razer3066they dont. The stealth gameplay back then was ass and the rpg games excluding origins are bad too. Mirage and unity's stealth are the best in my opinion.
They might be great FOR THEIR TIME. But they are nothing compared to modern games. Take off those nostalgia glasses and play them again. @@razer3066
To me it feels like a game I've seen and experienced too many times. Might buy it from sale for 20-30 dollars
When Luke said it’s skeptin’ time and skeptic’ed all over everyone.
I felt that
😂😂🤣
Stop it.....(morbs away....)
Most original youtube comment :
Yeah ok the morbius jokes are getting old.
Cringe
OK. Having watched the video, it did not inspire any optimism in me. This game sounds like it's an ode to mediocrity.
From the very early announcement of the game, the key ad phrase was "bringing back the old school AC games" which reminded me of Call of Duty's "back to boots on the ground" motto.
There was no talk of "innovating on the old formula" or "improving upon them, gameplay-wise or narratively" rather, it's just going back. And Mirage looks exactly like that: just going back.
The problem is, I have already played AC 1 & 2 at launch which were masterpieces in their own era. And if everything else goes well for Mirage, it is planning to take us back almost two decades.
I'm honestly confident the series will return to the "Witcher Creed" type games in the future and Mirage is just an Olive branch to people like me who enjoyed the previous games after the criticism of Odyssey and Valhalla. That being said I'm more than welcome this as nothing has scratched my AC itch in years. Gotta support the product when they finally cater to ya.
Those are their most successful releases, so even if they are criticized, they'd be stupid to not make more of those since it makes them money.
I don't think the RPG Creed will ever go away but there was definitely strong fatigue and displeasure of that formula by the end of Valhalla's run. Especially given the next game is in Japan, I don't see them just trotting out another Odyssey/Valhalla clone and expecting people to be happy. They kind of boxed themselves into actually having to make an Assassin's Creed RPG because nobody is going to play as a ninja who sucks at parkour and isn't stealthy.
Sir. The point wasn't that they had easy combat. The point was that as a player you felt a duty to adhere to the creed or shall I say I did but I'm willing to bet that I'm not alone in that.
@@GoldenLeafsMovies Actually no, Black Flag is the highest selling AC title followed by AC 3, then Origins then Odyssey then Unity.
idk, I love Origins and especially Odyssey. Odyssey was the closest I’ve ever gotten to being able to play through Greek Mythology.
I only wish Odyssey wasn’t tied down by being an Assassin’s Creed game. Let us actually play through the tales of Perseus, Odysseus, Jason, etc. I think that would have been insanely cool.
Odyssey was a taste of what a game like that could be imo.
Unpopular opinion if games like Odyssey didn't get dry for the middle part of the game, that would be one of the best games of the decade. This repetitive assassin thing looks boring. Maybe I'm wrong
They decided to go back to the roots but also remove the fun part, gadget look boring and uninspired. It lacks innovation.
I’m about 6 or 7 hours in and really enjoying it. It’s giving me what I want as an AC fan.
City with parkour focused landscape as opposed to massive space of fields and rocks ✅
Stealth focused, I’d say more stealth focused than 1-4 no joke because you could so easily beat people in combat in the OG games whereas if 3 guards show up here I might actually just dip ✅
OG mechanics like bureaus and notoriety back ✅
Listen, it’s not the full fledged reboot that we hope is coming, but why did ANYONE and I mean ANYONE expect it to be? It was a Valhalla DLC, it’s obviously running on the same engine which brings a lot of the same feel, but I think they’ve done a good job in making it feel faster in movement and stealthier whilst essentially being a love letter (their words) to AC1 even adding the iconic filter that tinges the game blue. I’m happy for the £40 I spent.
Trailing missions only work when there is a very low amount of stealth combined with a very high amount of fun parkour traversal while an interestingly written and voice acted NPC or two converse in a funny or unexpected way, especially if they are commenting on and/or interacting with the environment.
The only frustration I have is the lost potential of the Unity's engine. They are onto something there but gave up because of the backlash instead of improving it. Cyberpunk 2077 proved that giving up on a game is always not the best option and I hope they learned from that. Hopefully, we'll go back to the golden age of gaming again as 2023 is a rollercoaster of a ride for the whole industry.
Yeah true, Unity is kinda infuriating to think about because they really had something big in their hands, but because they fell short on the technical side, it put all the progress and the innovation of the game in a bad light. AC Unity proved coop AC is doable and fun as hell, but we'll most likely not see it in a very long time
I want another AC like Unity. ❤
100%
Unity was peak Assassin's Creed
for real bruh, thats legit all i wanted
ME TOO. Unity is my favorite one in the entire series.
Peak AC, it just needed more polish.
yeah I love unity it was so good
Been there, done that already a 1000 times. Thats my impression of this game after some hours. It‘s just boring as hell. We are in BG3 era…and now playing this borefest almost kills me.
Kinda shocked Luke gave this a more positive review especially after watching Matty lean more negative on it. Maybe he should review more games while on vacation.
I watched Neonknights review before watching Luke’s and have the same reaction 😂😅
Luke actually enjoys Assassin's Creed games
@@MentokTheMindTaker Which is absolutely his good right, to enjoy them, especially this game.
It just made me chuckle at the notion this was a "Skeptical Review" especially after watching another review which was a whole lot more... Skeptical.
Matty got this game wrong and VAlhalla. Valhalla was not very good at all
@@TimvanderLeeuw Well the skepticism is very apparent here despite the positivities because it's very aware of what is wrong with the game, what is not wrong with the game, while also understanding this is a lower budget title... that is for some reason asking for more money than $50 in the form of MTX. If that wasn't in the game, I'd be more interested.
The game looks like exactly what I expected: A small scale step in the right direction
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That AI immediately put me off the game. This is why I like the newer games. Enemies actually fight back instead of taking turns to be counter-killed. There's nothing appealing about beating up brain dead foes.
The only bad thing about this game, IMO, is that it sprouted from Valhalla. I hope they take a crack at smaller scale, stealth focused AC with good story again even if this lands to be a controversial game. But sadly I think they'll go like "See! We told you nobody wants the old formula!" when in fact we do, but done properly.
We know it’s your opinion why say it 🤷🏿♂️
I disagree. I think it's likely that all the AC games that have been announced recently are smaller-scale ones, which shows they're open to trying new things. I also think that there is room in the franchise for both the smaller city-based stuff as well as the more open-map ones. either can be stealth or action, and either can be RPG or not.
I think what matters is that they put out well-planned games set in interesting locations at interesting points in time, with solid storytelling and characters - and minimal bugs. what format the game is doesn't matter all that much. Sure, I hated Valhalla too, but Origins and Odyssey are fucking brilliant. same goes for the older AC games - most of us can agree that Unity is overlooked and the Ezio games are good, but not many people love AC 3 or 1 the most. it's not the formula that matters.
If enough ppl buy it they cant say that nobody wanted it
@@ianism3wrong. Red will be an RPG
@@ianism3 no the rpg ones need to stop and just make those their own stand alone titles
3 hours in. For me, so far, it feels like modders got together and made a Origin fan DLC.
This reviewer has the swagger of a skeptic, and watching his review makes me in turn feel like a skeptic.
Watch Dunkey's review of this game.
@@JonnyBGoode. For what that dude provides zero value to the gaming community he makes troll videos that are usually filled with negativity.
@@eternalglow6483 That's like... your opinion, man.
Personally I enjoy his humour and showcasing flaws in a very playful way. He's having fun with his content and always has since his beginnings on NG before RUclips.
And to be fair, AC Mirage isn't really what we were promised, as a gamer who's accompanied the series since the beginning - not impressed with this delivery.
I'd rather replay AC 2 trilogy or AC4 for replayability. Hell, may even Mod up AC unity to see it polished and beautifully worked by the community.
I'll wait for ACM to be in the bargain bin a year or so from now ✓
@@JonnyBGoode I’ll tell you why your wrong, I’ve been a diehard AC fan myself for the past 15 years or whatever and I can confidently say AC Mirage is EXACTLY what we were promised and more. The game is super polished, the parkour is actually good again, stealth is the primary focus of the game again, and the story is engaging and true to the OG story of the hidden ones vs templars. If you say your a true OG fan of the series there is literally no way on planet earth you won’t fucking love this game like I do, it’s completely revived my love for the series and I haven’t felt this strongly about AC since Unity. I was super skeptical as well at first, but literally 3-4 hours in I’m debating with myself if this is the best AC game ever made or not. Personally my favorite game has always been Revelations because it’s the first AC game I played and Ezio is such a suave badass, and Mirage is basically Revelations 2. It takes everything good about the OG games and does it better. I’m telling you don’t sleep on this game, get it immediately if your actually a real fan because you won’t regret it. This game is a 10/10 and like I said might be the best in the series
@@eternalglow6483 admire your passion, friend. But I generally stick to taking in games at a slow pace.
My first game was AC1 and I don't exactly see ACM dethroning AC2 or ACIV in my books. But, I'll play the Demo and one day think about buying it down the road (at a discount rate w/ all patches + DLCs).
Appreciate your insights though 🙌
Happy you're enjoying it.
I was bord after 2hrs done it all before on first couple of games ledge kill back kill jump kill all done in first 2hrs now i have played ac mirage don't need to play any more
5 hours into Mirage and I’m enjoying it so far, although I have experienced screen tearing a couple of times on Series X
We need more stealth games
I loved Odyssey because of the sheer amount of content and exploration and ways to engage with the world. The side quests were so rich that I actually enjoyed playing them more than the main campaign plus all the little things you could do like completing locations around the map made it the best to me. If they brought the type of stealth approach we see again in Mirage to a map filled with more to do, maybe contracts you can get (with interesting backstories to them), would make for an even greater game.
You've just described Origins, lol
Odyssey really feels under-appreciated. It was such an amazing world and both the protagonist and the side characters were awesome. Origins was too, but the gameplay was better in Odyssey because it was in generally harder in both stealth and combat. But Mirage feels fresh with the smaller scale assassin focus again. I wouldn’t have minded a much larger world though, for sure.
I concur, odyssey was an amazing time for me
Odyssey was terrible
Agreed, just finished Mirage and I think I enjoyed Odyssey more. Better than Valhalla for sure though
Took me a bit to realize that Luke’s using a Bayek outfit for Basim and it feels odd seeing him without carrying at least a dozen different pieces of gear on his back
I thought the same thing but it's the Zanj Uprising armor from the game. You can find it early
@@hannahw7023 I just found that out after playing it myself. The resemblances couldn’t have been a coincidence lol
They should apply more of the "your choices matter" that have actual consequences evem later in the story just like the plague one in odyssey
This game is nothing more than a cash grab. Those praising ‘it’s going back to its roots’ are you forgetting stealth was still viable in every recent AC game? No one was forcing you go in loud. They have done absolutely nothing new here, all the ‘new features’ can be found in past games, the throwing knives, the blow darts etc. have all be seen before. No AI improvements, no graphical improvements, and The city looks like any other Middle Eastern set past game like Ac1 or revelations. The distraction feature is straight from those games too. There’s still silly super powers too like the chain assassination, so it isn’t really going back to its roots.
The fact you’re so complimentary to this lazy, uninspired, glorified DLC and so critical of something like Starfield which actually tries new things, is quite funny.
Seems pretty much what I expected. A "return to form" while simultaneously forgetting what made the original form so engaging.
What the hell is a skeptical review
😹😹 this guy just likes to pump stuff out
A review from the perspective of a skeptic. ... So a review.
IKR
Sorry mate, but it seems your education failed you if you can’t figure something as simple as that out!
@@Carfilliot You can be skeptical of the game if you havent played it. To be precise you can be sceptical of the claims made about the game. Once you finish the game it can either prove your doubts about the claims right or wrong. You should not be sceptical anymore. "Sceptical review" is nonsense.
Even though Luke is not pregnant he always delivers
Doctors deliver babies. Not pregnant women lol.
😂 Please become a comedian
Even though you are not creative or original these comments always get likes
@@lirich0even though yours isnt original either
I see this response and I'm just wondering where could you possibly have derived that conclusion from? I have never seen or copied a comment that said the same thing as this, and don't imagine you have, but for you consideration i'm open to elaboration if you can provide so with deliberation cause you're unironically ironic unoriginal retort is leaving me in stupefaction.@@RidoDrago
I loved the games before, but Odyssey and Valhalla are my faves. Especially Odyseey, they gave us Kassandra and it was just a fun game to grind.
I had high expectations regarding Mirage's "back to the roots" approach and I can't deny I'm disappointed with how shallow the roots picked by Ubisoft are, but I think I'll still give this game a chance as it appears to be the best, most assassin's creed-ish thing we've got since Syndicate. A tiny step in the right direction for the series, which for the past 6-7 years has been constantly cutting away all the stuff that made it so fun and unique in the first place. I hope Ubisoft keeps rebuilding this franchise instead of further turning it into a generic open-world action wanna-be-rpg.
Ubisoft has made it clear that the "return to roots" game is a one off. Their next game is literally an Odyssey-esque RPG. Don't waste your money. I know nostalgia can be a thirst to quench, but it shouldn't mean you HAVE to support a game that you already said you are disappointed in.
It's 50-50. Not entirely back but still back in sort of way 🙆😭
The Thing is the studio was very limited sadly. If they would have gotten more time and money im sure they would have created something different.
Im just sad the story isnt great. I miss a good story since unity. ( Okay Origins was decent but yeah)
Also this game is a test for Ubisoft if Players are still interested in the old AC Style
@@vishalvenkat6no its a test.
@@Even_N.D. i mean i can most people are positive about the game apart from few media outlets. Let's say mostly 70/30 situation. I can see them easily this one 12M+ in Lifetime sales. They can easily go further if they marketed it well. This is middle line between old and rpg style game but i would've appreciated if it was more next gen uk. Maybe if this turns out successful, ubi Bordeaux can make standalone after red & Hexe. 😭🙆
Not skeptical enough. One of the most polished games from Ubisoft my ass x) I bought the game based on three reviews, one being yours... and as a fan of the Ezio Trilogy, oh boy is this game bad.
I'm a fan of the og assassin's creed games I can still remember playing the first game on release and being in complete awe of the game because of how different it was to anything else at the time, from the parkour to the assassinations and the whole idea of the story going back in time to not actually change it but to literally walk in the shoes of a distant ancestor, how cool is that.
It still is a pretty unique idea but the problem is the writing and acting. It’s all been pretty flat since ac odyssey. I would prefer motion capture acting rather than the animation they use now. Especially in Mirage it just feels strange when people are conversing.
If your an OG fan of AC games and love the traditional hidden one’s style story then Mirage is perfect for you. I was expecting the game to be mediocre because of all the hate online but it’s the best game I’ve played in years and in my opinion it’s the best AC game ever made and I know that’s a bold claim but I feel strongly about it. Ubisoft really went back to the roots with this one and took everything good about the early games and put it in Mirage with a beautiful setting in Baghdad
@@eternalglow6483 it's harder and harder to be able to judge a game without being influenced by others opinions these days because of the internet we have access to information about the games we are interested in and it take willpower to not go looking and actively avoid information but because of ubisofts track record of course I was skeptical but I have found that if I only look at things about performance and stay away from negative information about a game I am much more likely to be able to enjoy it for its own merits without going into it with negative thoughts and actively looking for the negative things. I just started playing and so far it's too early to tell but the focus on stealth is good and I am very open to enjoy this game and just experience whatever it puts in front of me. Of course reading comments like yours give me hope and I'll take a positive attitude over a negative one any day and if after hours of playing I agree that's great and if I don't for whatever reason then it will be because of my own reasons and not because I noticed something that others have said are bad. Well that's my goal when it comes to games these days ignore any negatives other than performance and just enjoy the experience that is put in front of me. Well I rambled on for a bit there lol hope you have a great day or night wherever you are in the world mate👍😊
@@eternalglow6483It definitely isn't the best AC, and it definitely isn't a return to the roots. For it to be a true return to the roots the parkour would need to be faster, smoother, with actual depth. Combat would also have to be faster and smoother instead of this mobile game looking, no impact having, Walmart Dark Souls abomination. There's a lot more to add to the list, but i'll leave it there. However, Mirage is definitely a very small step in the right direction, and i wish the smoothbrains at Ubisoft will persue this formula instead of the RPG formula of the last three garbage entries in the series.
@@markonovakovic6762 Yea you 100% have not played the game 😂 Mirage has the second best parkour in the series behind Unity, you would know this if you actually played the game. Also mobile game???? I’m playing on PC with max settings and Mirage is EASILY some of the best graphics I’ve ever seen in a video game. It’s stunningly beautiful so idk what the fuck your saying lol. It’s very obvious you just watched a few videos of people hating the game and haven’t actually played it
I know what I want from AC. Bring back multiplayer!
There will nerver be an Assassin creed game as great as the Ezio trilogy. Really wish a remaster for nex gen happened for AC2, AC brotherhood, and AC revelations.
Idk man I like Unity better than the Ezio trilogy...
@@jimmymurphy898 alot of people like unity. I personally never played it so I can't speak on it. The Ezio trilogy however was played alot by myself. Truly a masterpiece. But I should play Unity considering so many people tell me it's nothing but an improvement from the AC games before it.
@@jimmymurphy898Unity was lacking any good Story/characters/narrative.
Setting had potential but they missed it.
Parkour doesnt have as much control and animations are to flashy to me.
A lot of bugs and problems which got fixed by modders
@@Even_N.D. I just disagree dude I liked Unity's story and I think Arno is a great protagonist.
@@jimmymurphy898 it was very boring and didnt hooked. Arno was forgettable and they made a lovestory in this cool setting and did nothing with it
50 is a reduced price huh? Seems pretty pricey to me.
A lot of things still need fixing in future games. While I do appreciate a focus on stealth, I like when Assassins feel like actual warriors, highly intelligent combat experts. Hidden blade combat is badass, i was really disappointed when they removed it... The cinematic trailer for AC Revelations and Brotherhood encapsulate this perfectly. And also, I loved Unity's approach to assassinations, where you could choose your own path and they weren't directly spoon-fed to you. You actually had to find them on your own. Made the game very replayable. Syndicate as well to a lesser extent, but still had the multiple choice assassinations. They really need to get the best features from all past games and put them all on a single release.
What i want to see is Templars hunting you down through the world map, Templars who also act like Assassins because a lot of them also stay hidden. There should be like a Templar boss searching from you and can also escape from you if they are low health, and then come back later.
@@eurostar0711your not a very good assassin if you can be hunted down 😂
@@hotbritain Some Assassins have switched to Templar side, so they not only have inside info on whereabouts of Assassins but they have the same skills as well. Also, Assassins are parading the city with clothes that 99% of people dont wear. How many people in Mirage walking around with a hood on? Its a video game with a fictional story, so there wont be 100% logic anyway.
I cant imagine this title becoming a sales success. It looks literally like every AC game ever. Plus it seems to be under the radar with Starfield, BGR and Spiderman 2 coming. This series is so tired. I would love to see a REAL reboot venturing into maybe first person or gritty realism.
Crazy how cutting to Unity’s 2014 gameplay, it still looks next-gen compared to Mirage
After this i understand that you are indeed biased. AS Mirage is an absolute pile of garbage bro.
After about 15 hours, I have to say I am satisfied so far. While I would prefer a little bit more variety in weapons, outfits and such, but it fits the more reduced way the entire game has been handled. To be fair, I haven't actually played a lot of the story, but roamed around and searched for stuff.
Someone said that fans don’t know what they want anymore and I agree because I want a piece of all the games. I liked the stealth assassinations, ship and field battles/raids, parkour, semi large map, character customization, base building, combat skills, useful and meaningful skill trees, touches of the modern day story, etc etc😅but NEVER the slow Ai.
Looks like a cheap copy of the old games 😁 i allready done all of this only 547 times 😂
I got so used to your normal relaxed talk that this video feels like reading the script with gun to your head.
Constantly looking in a dictionary to find fancier words to make himself seem intelligent😂
@@patricksheasley1336 Naah man, that I am OK with. Dead poet society: It's all about wooing the women. One must not be lazy and use "very" all the time :)
I’m skeptically skeptical of this skeptical video
That pop in at 11:07 nearly broke my neck. game looks cool just a pet peeve of mine of recent games
Completely agree. I get pop in from a further distance, I really do! But when shit like that happens, on modern hardware, it just rubs me wrong.
Pop in and aliasing are my two major graphical turn-offs. So many games fail at implementing good AA these days.
*edit Nvm, just got to the end of the vid. Pop in was on PC :/
Do we know if he’s playing this on PC or Xbox? Xbox might explain the pop-in. I only mention it bc he said he’s been on vacation, so maybe he didn’t take his whole PC setup or w/e.
@@I_enjoy_some_things Given the architecture the Series X uses in particular there should be no excuse for pop-in beyond software/engine limitations, the data funnel within that console should prevent that from ever being a thing.
yeah. gonna wait to play this one for a couple months so hopefully that sort of stuff gets fixed. same for the enemy AI.
Well, I disliked the old games as they where very repetitive and Mirage is the same repetitive game.
i just realized Ubisoft's design philosophy is the polar opposite of Fromsoftware. That really explains it all.
"Bad gameplay"?
@@Goodbutevilgenius Ubisoft: Game plot is told. Games has a GPS telling players the exact path to take and location of all points-of-interest, does not risk the player overlooking any content. Avoids failure-state during moment-to-moment gameplay.
Fromsoft: Game plot is shown. Games does not tell where points-of-interest are, players come upon content of their own accord. Doesn't avoid failure-state during moment-to-moment gameplay.
@@Boss_Fight_Index_muki From games are kinda infamous for placing a lot of the story inside item descriptions, no? Wouldn't really call that "shown".
@@Goodbutevilgenius For From, the item description are more like clues, without it the story is too obscure. With Ubisoft, the narrative is outright told to the audience.
You keep saying "budget game" and "lower price" but The gave still costs 50$. Let's not act as if this is some small 20$ game. Its basically a full price product.
God AC Origins was incredible
50$ is the new range of what is considered to be budget price? 0o
I'm concerned that you reference this as a "budget game" but it's still £45/$55(ish). I know it's not $60/£60 that we've seen recently, but it feels disingenuous to call it budget when it's still 80-90% of full price.
Current gen games are $70 now so at $50 that’s nearly 30% off. I’m just speaking for the US but Luke is from the US so for us it is a budget game.
@@jonbotwesley this game is no way current gen game, it looks no different compare to AC origin and vahalla. even vahalla is 60$, and story probably Is as mid as vahalla can be, since it's "budget" ubisoft game.
@@nguyenhanh9479 I mean yeah you have somewhat of a point there but the fact of the matter is that games today don’t necessarily have to meet any defined standard to be considered “current gen” and are priced at $70 nearly universally now. Even for games that release on current and last gen consoles. So your complaint isn’t really Ubisoft’s problem, it’s a problem with the gaming industry as a whole. If this game was just a little longer and more expansive it would be priced at the current standard price of $70. Therefore a $50 game coming out today is objectively a budget game.
@@jonbotwesley Nope, 50$ is near AAA game, BG3 is 60$ and probably ubisoft in it's peak never archive that level of quality, ubisoft game has always been mid since 2014, so 50$ is even overprice for their mid ass game. And this game is exclusive for Epic and Ubisuck so even less reason to buy this game.
@@nguyenhanh9479 BG3 is $70 for PS5 and it’ll be $70 for Xbox whenever it comes out. $70 is the new standard for AAA games on consoles and if you disagree you’re just wrong. A 30% discounted price makes something a DISCOUNT GAME for fuck’s sake. This is not a matter of opinion. We aren’t talking about whether it’s worth $50 to you personally or to anyone else for that matter. We’re talking about whether or not Mirage is a discount game. It is objectively a discount game. It’s ok to be wrong sometimes buddy. Hold your L with some dignity.
I don't really get the complaint about stealth in the last 3 games. Personally, I played stealth throughout the majority of Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla, rarely getting into direct combat in any of the forts, camps, etc. Just from what I've seen so far, Mirage looks nearly identical to how I played the last 3 games.
2:25 I think that's a bit much to ask. Mirage is a step in right direction, but they don't take it far enough. At least from what I can see in the reviews. It still has the messed up parkour system and they encouraged stealth gameplay by making normal combat bad. I guess it achieves the goal they were aiming for, but in a very unsatisfying way.
The fact that you have only one weapon and the enemies don't even react to getting hit just seems like a terrible idea. It looks like a step down even from AC2 level.
„Making normal combat Bad“
Hard doesn’t mean bad lad it technically still works the same way it does in Valhalla you’re just not as strong as you were there
@@MonkeyD.Moritz No, it works different. They basically wanted to make the old school AC combat out of Valhalla combat, which is just straight up worse than old school AC combat.
They put a big focus on counter attacks, since they allow you to basically kill enemies in one hit, just like in the old games, but they also didn't give you anything else which made combat engaging back then. You have only one weapon, the enemies don't even react to getting hit, and your normal attacks do so little damage that there's no point in using them anyway. It's like they looked at how AC combat evolved from AC 2 to Syndicate and decided to ignore all of it and keep just the worst parts. And then they decided to create it based on Valhalla system, which doesn't fit it at all.
I think $50 for Traditional fans will like this game but for Luke Stephen’s that are highly critical he let stuff go like dumb AI and nothing done innovative to justify this franchise done to death like what skill up who don’t recommend.
I am going with skill up since I have no soft spot like Luke has. I have played plenty of AC games but tired of series no matter how low mirage price maybe. I feel 15 hrs short experience is more reason with all of ubisoft skills needs to convince me this gameplay can be make new and creative gameplay.
Old ubisoft fans just happy to not have another bloated AC game that really abandoned the stealth true classic formula. They will buy mirage to encourage the devs to make a great shorter experience like mirage a traditional classic AC.
Luke Stephen clearly has rose tinted glasses of the old throw back AC games. Which he admit he love the older games. So it’s hard for Luke to be objective while reviewing mirage.
They made a mistake by removing fun gadgets and skilltrees. That's not going back to the roots.
Skeptical look, makes sense.
Skeptical review, does not make sense.
I am liking this game quite a lot. I love games where you have the freedom to be stealthy and complete quests without combat. So far, I have been in open combat just once and i am 4 hours into the game solving my first investigation case
I am really enjoying it so far it’s great to be an assassin again.
I'm so happy you take a break for the awesome job you do! I love your hard work! Enjoy your vacations!
Very much deserve🙌🏼
we need to reboot assassins creed and go back to desmond and altair from the very beginning
Luke started doing these “skeptics reviews” after he destroyed days gone when in fact it was a good game.
Acting like a zombie game is supposed to mean anything.
It wasn't very good at release.
It’s crazy that Unity came out almost 10 years ago and still looks so much better than mirage
-Ubisoft disappoints
The dumb gaming community: oh ma gaaa, what a shock
This just looks bland. I'd play odyssey any day over this.
i just finished this game and i really liked it
now time to play AC Valhalla since is the only one i didn't played...and seeing that it continues the story for Basim i want to find out whats going to happen.
Overall after all the critique that Ubisoft gets i still enjoy their AC games
Good luck on the move, Luke. Thanks for the honest review as always.
No no it wasn't honest, it was skeptical (somehow?)
The combat is awful. I liked the Origins/Odyssey approach to combat more. Valhalla and this games combat is so so bad. BUT the stealth environment and characters were awesome. It felt a lot like the very first game to me!
I fell in love with ASC and played them all because of the historical content, Story, beautiful cities and landscapes, and don't forget it was one of the first games that had a parkour system where you could climb anything in the world. I've felt a part of each historical time period and learned always something new in every single game. Thx for that ubisoft 👏
Ain't been no parkour for half a decade brah or stealth it's just a generic action RPG now mate doesn't offer anything unique unlike the old games u talk about with the satisfying parkour and steath in addition to the combat the new games are just combat
@sumstuff6956 You can stealth more targets in Black Flag than you can in the entire ezio trilogy and that’s “the pirate game.”
The early games being super stealth focused is a myth.
@@sumstuff6956. I completely agree the new RPG witcher 3 clones like origins and odyssey were not real AC games but Mirage is a true to the core hidden ones, assassin experience. The parkour is actually good in this game, it’s definitely the best it’s been since Unity, and just all around a true stealth focused AC game. If your a fan of the OG games like me you will know what I mean when I say Mirage is a true AC game this time and it’s fucking amazing.
If you are on the fence I would pass. I’ve played all the AC games since launch. I just got done replaying assassins creed 1 and 2. And previous to that was Odyssey Orgins and Valhalla.
Mirage FOR ME takes most of the worst bits from each and combines them. So yes in some aspects it’s a throw back to earlier AC titles but not in a good way all the time.
A lot of the parkour feels clunky, worse than Odyssey and Orgins but more similar to Valhalla. Remember when your character would on rare occasions throw themselves off a building negating the jump you were going for? Ya that seems to happen a bit more often.
Your “eagle vision” isn’t a ping it’s something that is on or off which is why you see reviewers playing with it on. It’s visually ugly and hard to navigate with a key bind on console that requires you to stop movement to toggle it.
The melee combat will occasionally “freeze” so you’ll be pressing light attack but not doing anything. But the combat in general feels disconnected and your light and heavy attacks are more akin to flailing wildly than precise strikes, you can get a sense of this by watching the video. Strikes that hit “feel” like a miss, hard to explain. Again feels more like Valhalla than games prior which had “a flow”.
Notoriety mechanic is obnoxious. Now I’m still early in the game so maybe this changes but even stealth kills raise notoriety and it stays with you. To rephrase that, guards across the entire map know you stealthy killed someone….HOW?! So you spend time finding and tearing down wanted posters. The entire mechanic is a slog for me. Maybe it’s only like that on hard mode, I haven’t tried normal or easy.
So if parkour, combat and stealth is “meh” what is left?
Honestly the best thing I can say about it is it’s better than Valhalla. I picked up Orgins for 5 bucks a while back which Ubisoft gave a 60 fps patch to on console, I feel it’s a better game in nearly every aspect, just get that.
It seems like the game’s decent. Even if the story isn’t as good as we hoped I think it’s something that ac fans will enjoy and that’s good for me
I've played every single AC game ever released, even the psp game. Rouge, you name it, im a sucker for all things AC. I personally loved AC Origins and AC Odysee. They were gorgeous, stunning games that were both fun to play, I sunk 80 hours into Valhalla as well, even though I had really mixed feelings about that game. Im looking forward to jumping into Mirage after I wrap up my playthrough of Phantom Liberty. The only caveat is, I really dislike Basim as a character, so I dont know how I'll feel playing with him as a protagonist.
much respect to your dedication in this review because you are doing this review from your vacation,much respect...
games honestly pretty good. only played an two hours so far and its fun. i really wish they would bring back the older combat mechanics, its just too hack and slash now
The game is definitely worth a play
If you find it on a deep deep deep sale. If you like Valhalla though, might like Mirage.
What a petty, ridiculous game. Absolutely pathetic. This review was one reason I decided to buy it. I'm beyond disappointed and it has nothing to do with hype or skepticism. This has to be the worst Assassin's Creed game ever made. Valhalla, a game I'm not a fan of, has major problems but at least the game was made, structured to be played in the setting it was placed in with the gameplay it was going for, no matter whether it was boring or too big (which it was). In Mirage they are trying to go back to "old-style" AC and have completely failed in my opinion. Just the parkour alone is horrendous. They've striped down the mechanics from Unity, as they have done from Origins, to a point where there is no sense of accuracy or direction and the city it-self, in Mirage, is structured in a way where the parkour, mechanically doesn't work or feel right with the gameplay style they're going for as well, which is stealth. And this is just about some of the mechanical/gameplay choices of the game, not to mention the terrible graphics for a 2023 release game and hilariously poorly-written script. Instant regret; I can't wait for the rating system to get up and running on the PS store...
I just hope they keep making games like this in between the larger scale, modern design games. This is a good throwback, so far I think it's better than Rogue, and other smaller scale titles in the series and it's a good foundation for this team to improve on.
Will depend on how much it sells. Valhalla sold extremely well, so if Mirage isn’t a big seller they may just stick to the bigger games. We know Red is coming, but I’m hoping for an Aztec or Maya based AC in the future.
@@pressrepeat2000 I hope so, too. I'd love a game set in that scenario. I think since Mirage is a $50 titles made with a small budget and small team, Ubi might not be expecting something crazy with sales, but hopefully it meets their targets. We'll see.
7:25 this is fine, but maybe you are looking at it from a really unflattering angle. It, in my opinion, is in no way supernatural. Its animations are clearly animus-based, which is what the original games were really focused on. For me, if you are able to assassinate 10 enemies (with the hidden ones armor fully upgraded) for a guaranteed 5 assassinations (with a fully upgraded phantom tree) is not immersion breaking for me and really shouldn’t be for you. To me, it’s a reward for playing strategically. If you’ve managed to take out that many enemies it makes sense to me that basin could easily take out the rest in quick succession without actually having to do that as a player. Sort of a skip-forward in the scene where the heroes kick down the door to the bad guy’s office with the body of a guard. The combat wasn’t important, it was the story beat of “we are here and you are fucked”. For me, the ability is not at all broken, it’s just lets you skip to the important bits that further the story and takes quite a bit of investment and planning to actually use effectively.
I’ve played on the hardest difficulty since launch and I agree that the stealth is really easy, but using your environment creatively makes it more fun and all of the tools are broken, not just smoke bombs. The fact that you can oneshot anyone with an assassination means that nothing is really broken, that’s just the core mechanic of the game. It’s really easy to upgrade your tools as well, so you almost always have a dozens of consumables to use as well as your assassination button. They are only there to let players have a variation in play-style, and being skeptical about that is just silly. You even say so yourself that “it’s just my preference”, so then why bring it up at all as if it was an issue. It isn’t a problem that needs to be criticized if you are going to immediately follow up that critique with that.
P.S. Having an opinion or a preference is not skepticism. Skepticism is being unsure of what is being presented as truth. In this case, it’s a game, which is art, which is subjective, so what you are actually practicing is critique.
P.P.S I see you using the prince of Persia weapons, which are literally the only mythological/fantasy:”ungrounded” weapon. You constantly contradict yourself in these videos and don’t even realize it man. I really wish you would realize how hypocritical you can be when you practice your “skepticism”. You could have at least changed the appearance of the dagger (which I hated bc it looks so out of place) if you wanted to hide your hypocrisy tho.
This was definitely a test on if fans really want the old style and I gotta say, valhalla being 100+ hours and this being roughly 15 this is already so much better 3 hours in. The city is intricate and feels alive and the parkour is well done.
Right before diving into Mirage, I revisited Odyssey. After experiencing Odyssey, Mirage felt somewhat underwhelming. I wasn't looking for another 100+ hour gaming experience, and while Mirage had a passable storyline, the controls felt slow and awkward, and the characters failed to capture my interest.
The reason I pre-ordered this game is because I wanted to show with my wallet that there are still fans of the old style AC games. If it doesn’t sell well Ubisoft will surely use the RPG formula going forward. The only way we can get another game like this on a bigger scale is if people go out and buy this game at full price.
Yes
If people don't buy it, I wouldn't expect another ac again at all
What a genius move. Despite the fact that Ubisoft has already revealed their new projects to be focused on milking assassin's creed RPG games, you PREORDERED this blatant one off title, with half baked ties to the original games.
@@golem4617 they only did that for red.
Do you think they would wait making a game until they get the results of their test?
Ofc not. They now doing what makes the most money
@@Even_N.D. I have no idea what you just said.
Games like this scream profit incentive. No new systems, no more complexity than a game from 2010, just barebones, generic gameplay. Hundreds of millions of dollars in budget and all that is offered to the consumer is the exact same thing we were playing 15 years ago. The gaming industry is in such a fallen state where people willingly shell out $50 for games like this. Starfield was the same exact way. Nothing new, just the same things from the past 20 years reskinned into a different location. What a shame.
Been waiting for you review!Getting this game to ease the pain of waiting for Spider-Man. I think this will do the job, thanks Luke.
lmao same I hope this game lasts until the 20th
As someone who has played every Assassin’s Creed game on Day 1, I’m skipping this one for now. I’m sure I’ll get to it maybe 6 months from now when it’s on sale. Just doesn’t seem that great. Paid full price for Valhalla+DLC so a sale will even out my disappointment of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
I was just at Universal a few weeks ago, I know that's not the point of the video but I freaking love that place so much. Hope you have a great time and hopefully HHN doesn't demoralize you lol.
Densely populated?? Lived in ?? What is Luke talking about. It's a shell of a city with lifeless npcs. Non interactable world and people with terrible combat,basic parkour plus a mid story.
If Luke and Jayvee consider AC Mirage worth its price, I'll be getting it. Based on my limited time these days, Mirage may just be the perfect game for me right now.
It's easy to say it ressemble the old Assassin's Creed when you decide to ignore all the new mechanics that doesn't makes this like the old Assassin's Creed 🤔
It's the same code as Valhalla, but they just removed features to push towards the stealth skills, you still have your eagle, you can teleport kill, you can dissapear anytime, the world is filled with pointless things to do, you have horses, there is a store, etc..
This is a DLC that they used to fill the void between major releases.
I'd avoid this game because it just shows them that we are willing to accept less while still pushing their microtransactions to us.
I didn’t mind the newer games in a lot of ways. What I did mind was the new combat system that they sort of started implementing in Syndicate. I loved the feeling of taking on a group of guards, countering, and having those awesome finishing animations. Made you feel extremely powerful.
you liked hitting the same button over and over and wathcing the same 10 animations? whack
@@ethanbuck1403 You like hitting the same button over and over again, almost never getting a kill animation except for on the last guy and when you do get one it's one you've seen thousands of times because there are only 2 kill animations per weapon? Whack.
In what world is the new AC games combat better than any of the original games? If I wanted to play a watered down witcher, I'd just go play the witcher on the easiest difficulty... Even that has more depth than the new AC games.
I would take the simplest of the old AC games combat options over this weak ass generic ARPG shit we've gotten now. At least it had some style.
I will wait for Ac Mirage to get cheaper in price
I’ve been a fan since ac1 and have shared the sentiment of the old school fans.
Have been excited by the pre release news and your coverage and the lower price point made it an immediate purchase for the first time in a long time.
Enjoying the couple hours I’ve played so far and hope we get that full Development budget for a sequel