The good and bad of ASSASSIN'S CREED : MIRAGE
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2023
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It's been 12 years since I last played an Assassin's Creed game, so when Ubisoft offered me a chance to play their latest entry, I thought it was as good a time as any to jump back in.
If you're like me, hopefully this video helps you decide whether or not you should jump back in too.
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Fun fact. There are fire bombs in fallout new vegas. Just saying
It does?
@luciusdebeers6176 I never knew
Molotovs are technically firebombs no?
@@broeretop1 good question
@@broeretop1well he used them in Bloodborne, so they count
Its a shame thst you havent tried revelations, it has a completely modular bomb system thats really fun to mess with.
Revelations with bombs an tripwires only or tools only would be fun as hell
it also has a simulare combat of ya need to be a bit skilled. to win but still had many active methoids of insta doom, but ya its a REALLY good game i wont hide it. and the bomb making is the fun part.
Yeah really
Ooh, fun
I'm glad that you'll be honest about games issues even when you're being payed by them, it's refreshing knowing I can count on your review to he genuine and not swayed by money
i dont think ubisoft try to sway youtuber with money. ubisoft told all ytber that tested the game that they are allowed to criticize and be negative which mean that ubisoft are pretty confident in this game
Dude he put a link in the description to pre order a game made by Ubisoft of all people. He sold out 😂
@@BroTanimationUbisoft is like that in general afaik. That doesn't mean they are confident in the game.
There is this small youtuber regularly reviewing Ubisoft games and only praised like 2 Ubisoft games so far and only got more creative at insulting Ubisoft since 2012. When asked, he says that Ubisoft doesn't care if you insult them; Ubisoft only cares if you make a video when it comes to sending out review codes or early tests.
Actual Facts though. A lot of youtubers will try to sell Raid Shadow Legends to you for a few quick bucks. No honor when it comes to money sadly.
Not saying bad about TheBacklogs. I'm mainly throwing shade at others for not actually telling others their true opinions due to money.
All the people that were like "they're going back to their roots" with this game, it really just looks like assassin's creed origins but a little bit slimmed down
I’m just happy they got rid of the dumb enemy leveling system. Assassins creed origins was really just the Witcher 3: Egypt Edition.
At least not everything around you is incredible ugly. Engaland in the 8th century, brrrr horrible.
@@user-bh8vw2fj9ivalhallas combat was straight up dogshit it was clunky and the animations were straight ass and all the enemies took 5000000000 hits to kill
"All that people" are Ubisoft, which promoted this game as back to the roots
good, they’re taking what has worked and are implementing other things from older games.
The Good: It doesn't infect you with polio.
The Bad: It's an Assassins Creed game past Brotherhood.
Black flag and origins are excellent games.
I really don’t understand people’s problem with Revelations. After all, it has the hook AND the blade.
@@doctorstrangepants6706 doctorstrangepants6706 Good games, but not good assassins creed, they would have been better as stand alone and would have been more popular, especially blackflag, which I liked a bit.
@@doctorstrangepants6706black flag is great but its to easy.
@@coronin8587 it's my 2nd favorite of the ezio trilogy
I really appreciate the frankness studios have given you in discussing their games pre-release! Makes me far more interested even if it's something I wouldn't normally be
Just wanted to say I love your content, and thanks for getting me back into gaming. Haven't picked up a controller in months amd watching your videos really got me back in the mood for some Darksouls and even a few Eldenring challenge runs of my own. I even started playing the Salt franchise again after giving up on them, beat my first boss yesterday and that good old Darksouls accomplished feeling hit and it was great.
Adding a comment to boost the algorithm, but also...
Thanks for being a genuine reviewer, you state all you can without outside bias, as in you, as we all, have bias, but aren't being swayed, seemingly, to change or 'optimise' your opinion for a company.
Tldr, thanks for being Frank, though I did think your Lemon a second ago.
I recently only knew this game even EXISTED cause when I commute from school to home I go by a mall and stop by the game store there occasionally. Then I saw a damn huge cardboard cutout of the MC and the preorder bundles.
Am i the only one that thinks it's crazy that we still dont have more none Parcour movement abilities like freaking laying down
I don't think they'll ever beat black flag for me, but this reminds me of Revelations and I still played a ton of that. I really like that notoriety feature, that's a good way of handling it
Love the cautiously optimistic vibe of the review^^
Love your videos, positivity, ethics, and chill vibes Lemon! Big fan! However, Ubisoft is just as abusive toward its staff and customers as Activision-Blizzard. They ignored their controversy without taking any corrective action until the public got bored.
Other content creators and outlets should stop promoting their games as well. No ill will at all toward you Lemon, please keep up the amazing content anyway!
Thank you for this video. After the first five minutes, watching the gameplay tells me everything I needed to know. I heard something about them going back to their roots, but it's clear that meant "a story about an assassin," instead of the overall gameplay and UX. I stopped caring after Unity, and if it's gonna stay this way, I won't start up again.
A good look and commentary on what very much looks like yet another AC game. I haven't been interested in AC since the 3rd one or so and there's just about nothing that'll change that. But I'm here, liking and commenting, because supporting Lemon's sponsored content takes care of Lemon. And when Lemon is taken care of, we get more stupid challenge videos.
So. Armor of Thorns run when?
Was rewatching an old vid earlier then suddenly I was blessed with an upload
The parry looks pretty neat, it might even be cool to have the ability to turn off the light just so it's more immersive and force you to watch their movement closely.
It also kinda reminds me of Assassin's Creed 1's combat tutorial video, which is a lot deeper than I thought, and explain why my experience with it is not as smooth as combat in Ezio trilogy. It also explains why there's a "click buttons when cutscenes blink".
Running and parkour sadly look too slow and awkward for my taste, but I can't say I expect that much from new ACs. They don't seem bad, but the parkour isn't as vital as it once was.
The fighting system is exactly the same as the recent ‘arcade’ style ac games, same as the parkour and free running. Once you get used to it, it’s fantastic but takes time to master. This game seems like ac Valhalla without the rpg mechanics which is what many people want.
@@eliteheadhunter830 It's not what I want, that's for sure
Game definitely brought back quite a bit of combat mechanics/tactics, weapon material upgrades and such from AC Valhalla. I was hoping youd be able to have access to the different stats you upgrade like your light attack damage/heavy attack damage because in Valhalla there was an extent to where the added damage didnt even make a difference. Basically soft caps/hard caps on weapon damage.
Wooo! Backlogs getting that bread!
I, personally, have gone off AC, but I am all for one of my favourite content creators getting paid to show it off.
The bad, it's Ubisoft.
Yeah that looks like a ubisoft game... of the late 2010's.
That is kind of the point. It's supposed to be a throwback to how Assassin's Creed used to be before Origins
@@Nightmsteryeah, the problem is it's not really good at it.
@@awman3966it is
@@Nightmster Then it would be throwing back to the EARLY 2010's. The late 2010's is Origins/Odysey's time.
I can see why focused assassinations felt like cheating. Red Dead Redemption's focus mode makes sense for someone concentrating their aim, but AC Mirage has you flash/ teleporting so it feels like magic not skill or expertise.
Best review I've seen of this game. Doesn't compare it to the other game and go into a little more detail on how the gameplay actually is.
My only issue with Valhalla was the lack of big cities to run through. By the looks of this, it's got that so I'll be a happy assassin. I've honestly just given up thinking of these games as "Assassin's Creed" games and more like "Action adventure (sometimes RPG) games in cool historical settings" and turns out... it's way more fun that way lol.
They should bring back movement system from Unity/Syndicate with ability to choose "up, down, straight" direction of movement, which is much better in my opinion and gives you more control of the character. (English is my third language, sorry)
While i care nothing for ubisoft (due to some of buisness practices) and care nothing for assassins creed (nit my kind of game and never got into it) i do care about a backlogs video bc i always enjoy your content
i’ve only played a few AC games but i really like the way this game feels. the story lines aren’t bad, and they don’t make you completely focus on them. the combat doesn’t feel super clunky but i feel could be more creative. and like you said the parkour felt a little clunky. also, the setting in the game is very beautiful. very positive experience with a couple flaws. 7/10
nice vid and I respect the dedication to trying to judge it on it's own merit that said I do have ti disagree on judging a game based on it's series the name is used to gain money so it's judging a child based on the parents when the kid engages in blatant nepotism under the asumption they should be that good
Gotta disagree here, a more accurate statement would be "is this kid a good kid" regardless if their parents are good people.
@@Piman1607 I see your point but ubisoft uses the name and series principally to make money as such I feel it fair to judge it on the past
I honestly haven't touched an Assassin's Creed game since Black Flag. And honestly I'm not seeing anything that would draw me in again. Really do appreciate the honesty though.
This is going to be the first video of yours I absolutely don't want to watch - but it's not at all because of you. I love Assassins Creed, and want to go into this game as blindly as I can manage! BUT, I wanted to leave this comment anyway, both so the RUclips gods are happy, and to let you know I still like this style of video.
Nice review fellow lemon
Very glad about how you do your conclusion.
General advice for life: don't boast about things you don't really know.
Stating the facts and taking all with a grain of salt, thats why we appreciate you lemon.
Ironically I haven't played an Assassins Creed since 3 came out :3
I think the problem with parkour might be because the connection with the ubisoft servers, as the trial time was a cloud experience
... is this a sponsored video for a AAA game where the RUclipsr wasn't only _allowed_ to make major criticisms, but went _out of his way_ to do so? Dang... that's rare. And inspires a lot of trust in you as a content creator.
Lol, good video, I wasn't even aware they have a new game.
Origins is one of my favorite AC games for the setting, and I would absolutrly recommed giving it a try. The story will never touch the Ezio trilogy, but it is still pretty great. Plus being able to explore northern Egypt is pretty fucking awesome.
Is there an R1 R1 R2 combo? This is very important to me.
Challenge idea: play the game with a full notoriety bar
Can't wait to run around as a flaming neon robot with a massive rabbids hammer while getting hounded to buy more currency every time I pause the game. Great video, just poking fun at ubisoft.
Only Ubisoft can make an entire game out of a DLC
Blizzard? EA?
Ubisoft: "There are still some bugs in the game, it will be better by launch"
The Whole World: "A Buggysoft game with bugs?! NO WAY!"
Those aren't going anywhere, I don't believe them even with a grain of salt LOL
I remember falling off Assassin’s Creed after 2, cause I played it late and heard the modern day aspect got dropped which was the part I was most interested to see get developed.
The reviewer said he'll wait for the review. Lawl.
Amazing
the assanin's creed games had pretty standalone stories for a while with no prerequisite catching up to do on the player's part, but from how i understand it its different this time?
the ones that come to mind are the few i played: unity syndicate and odyssey
Pretty sure the ancient story is stand alone given it's the earliest in the timeline. As far as modern day story, who knows? Haven't paid attention to that since AC 3
Nah there’s a n overarching story Ac1-3 is a whole arc Ac4-syndicate is a whole arc and Ac Origins to Valhalla reconnects to the original arch
This thing is coming to iPhone. That’s pretty insane
Hey lemon... you should try baldurs gate 3 explosives only... it should be doable...
Love it
How to identify a good video:
'Hey, it's Lemon. Welcome to The Backlogs!'
I think most of the assassin's series got a pass because of the early games. I've played a lot of them and they're fairly interchangeable (exc black flag). You even find some recycled assets and sequences or reskinned areas but if you like the game play it's still fun
I mean, I was one of the few people that enjoyed the back and forth plot with desmond in the present rebelling against a abstergo. Made the collectibles like the apples of eden a lot cooler and made it feel more worth it to seek out all the hidden extras.
Additionally, AC2 and Brotherhood&Revelations come together as a very nice arc for Ezio as a character since he goes through so much and you get to see him grow older.
To a lot of people that I've seen discussing older AC, it's a toss-up between Brotherhood and Black Flag for the best. I might be just nostalgic for it but the original 2 has such a nice charm to it, I especially enjoy that you don't *immediately* unlock the place that serves as your *hub* (the villa) and it takes a little while to be introduced to all the extra stuff that you can do as side content. I feel like after 2, the series was always in a rush to give you the place where you have to gather all your collectibles and take care of everything and what not. One of the main reasons I bounced off AC3 so hard was because right after getting to where you play as Connor you unlock the Homestead and it was just so overwhelming all at once. I'm rambling a ton here but, I guess my main point is that AC2 is paced incredibly well and that's why it's my favorite and the one I like replaying the most.
@@Jaknife101 yeah on reflection I did enjoy two a lot and I wish they had built on the points you raised. It was the first one I played. Perhaps the later games could be bout an assassin building a base and league of assassin's from scratch but it never really capitalises on that game play after that one
yeah so not playing any of the recent titles seems to have kind of shot you in the foot here honestly, since this seems to start somewhat in the early-middle of the game that means you likely didn't get all of the movement tutorials, like how when basim is climbing and he seems to not exactly be going the direction you want him to go, which was a significant portion of the video, it's because you weren't telling him to go up or down so he's just going to the nearest, though ttypically it's Y/triangle for up i believe and B/circle for down, which makes problems like you're having disappear completely, would HIGHLY suggest trying the game again later with these in mind
Next episode is playing bomberman with bomb only
Wish he played unity and it’s parkour system I feel he would love it!
Can you do a run with armored core 6 fires of Rubicon, it's made from fromsoftware and maybe you'll like it(I hope)
I akso really want to see that. This game is truly fantastic.
He did have it as an option for a stream, but all Gravelord won out. So I assume he played it in private.
Hey, is that bush whistling?
and bleeding...?
and where did everyone go?
I'd better investigate!
My notification for this video just said "The good and bad of ASS..."
It's not as bad as the games usually are!
Huzzah for not being the worst!
The bloodborne live will become a video?
why does an assassin's creed game have a stamina bar
The past trilogy (Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla) tried to be an open world RPG style game instead of focusing on the narrative driven style like the previous AC games. They added those elements into the game to see how it'd work out
Because Dark Souls? Remember Dark Souls? The kids fuckin LOVE Dark Souls! If we put a stamina bar in, the kids will think it's Dark Souls!
The game must be good, it has a feature dark souls had. Remember lords of the fallen, and all the other triple a souls likes that everybody loved...
Assassins creed was good like 15 games ago. Now it’s just madden or COD
Lies
Hopefully they got hand to hand combat like ac3
I hope this video blows up because they just announced Mirage for iPhone lol
That explains why some things intentionally look "mobile-ish" like the pickpocketing, the options for contracts, and the tools basically covering the whole screen
Only 4 minutes in but I feel like this would’ve been an amazing standalone game. Ubisoft can make game that are not assassins creed. I promise we(or at least I) won’t get mad.
That poor poor gondola ferryman!
Yeah yeah, but can you OHKO every boss?
I know it’s an Ubisoft game, but it’s still a shame to see little innovation in this compared to previous titles, if anything it seems stripped back, even more strange is that they chose an unlikeable antagonist from the previous game (Valhalla) to be the protagonist here
This is meant to be a throwback to the first few games of the series
And the critic is as uncritical as possible. Is that part of the sponsor contract?
After watching the previous sponsored video about some magic FPS game (I don't even remember the name...) I kinda get skeptical each time some game shows up as sponsored, since more often than not it turns out to be boring and bland... Then again, we are talking about the future Assassin's Creed games here.
Only Ubisoft can make me bored only by looking at their game
I'm sorry, a $50 AAA title? Interesting.
I somehow don't have much hopes for this game, but Ubisoft somehow manages to surprise me. Let's hope they'll do it again
Do Dark Souls 3 fists only.
I forgot AssCree was a spiritual successor to PoP. Guess having a million games in a series will do that.
The dialogue-option choice was great in Odyssey. F these crybabies
The assassinations dont have alot of impact, i hope the iron that out.
how is the audio quality the games before it sounded like ps2 games
No issues with audio quality that I saw - just the stiffness of the voice acting mentioned in the video.
But it was high quality stiffness, if that makes sense!
Can You Beat: Assassin's Creed odyssey with only the torch?
Kinda looks like a step backwards from Valhalla and closer to Odyssey again
Weird
I hope this channel doesn't become a review channel, where's our Xcom 2 challenge runs you promised????
Assassins creed: mirage Parry only run when?
So it's the same old AssCred from yesteryear, with a somewhat new skin stretched over the old bones...
Lots of throwing items and builds for it in Baldur's Gate 3
Do not.
Do.
Not.
Do not hate on revelations.
It was the last true assassin's Creed game and wrapped up the story of our beloved Ezio.
But point taken.
The names are getting obnoxious.
But holy shit.
Leave 2, brotherhood and revelations in peace.
I actually enjoyed playing Revelations.
Revelations and BH are my favorites
I feel like the assassin focus is a ripoff from Talions ability from Shadow of Mordor/War... Mirage looks dope tho but yeah Lemon is right the assassin focus looks... not 'realistic' or as fancy compared to when you do those successive assassinations yourself.
Gotta replay the two games, really fun combat
Ubisoft pumping these games out like Capcom did with Mega Man.
Ok, so we're playing Shadows of Mordor mixed with Assassins creed 3.
We don't judge by their predecessors perfect
The question I have for this game is the same one I had for Gollum: who wants to play as this character? The game looks fine, if a bit redundant at this point, but really? Basim, or whatever his name was, wasn't a very good character in Valhalla, a game filled with character shaped mannequins, and he still didn't stand out.
Basically a game for those who are curious about his backstory before Valhalla
Basim was probably the most interesting character in Valhalla what made you not like him?
“character shaped mannequins” is by far the best way of describing any character in new ubisoft games
I hoped they went back to the old style but they haven't
I'm still withholding my hope.
Already halfway through the video and it sounds exactly like the previous AC games...
Cool
at this point, i'll take a remake of AC 2 and Brotherhood over whatever comes next in AC. I just want another AC in an actual bustling city. What's the point of all these graphics when older systems were able to handle Paris, Rome, London etc
Thy wish is granted! It's called the Ezio Trilogy. You can buy it.
Two minutes into the video and the locales look identical to Odyssey and Origins. That doesn’t bode well.
"you can use light and heavy attacks on any foe" as opposed to other games, where light and heavy attacks are not allowed to be performed based on the enemy??
Its a shame its a Ubisoft game because it looks the way I always wanted AC1 to look. Also, just me that dislikes the flashing yellow and red enemies? Just put a small symbol above them, nothing breaks immersion like an enemy lighting up like it's June all of a sudden.
Good ol AC the gameplay is top notch as usual but the story telling and voice acting are questionable per the norm
Assassins Creed.. will Ubisoft ever be able to make it great again? We‘ll see
the kid jumping was hytham
The chest stabbing is way too much when finishing enemies