Ubisoft needs to keep going in this direction. I mean even though Mirage is far from the parkour system unity had the gameplay, level design, heck even the combat I enjoyed, I mean the general reception of this game is pretty decent and that's just cause its not a giant open world rpg.
I'm so confused on how the parkour system here is different to unity, are you talking about unity's stylish sequences? Because here even though it's not as stylish it still gets the job done.
@@glasgowblackchigowski6117controled decent is the main difference but small things like different free run buttons and lack of side ejects but personally for what ubisoft was working with i think the parkour is pretty good
@@glasgowblackchigowski6117 Yea it was a step up compared to the rpg trilogy, however I still notice little things like Basim will slow down before jumping it almost looks like he hesitates on some jumps, unity kinda had a just smooth flow to it, but this game is definitely a huge step in the right direction wit the parkour just the fact there's parkour routes, and cool animations like sliding over a barrier is so dang cool. I hope they keep heading in this direction with their future games.
@@broosy4819 This game has both side and back ejects. Leo K shows how it's done. And as far as I know, the biggest thing missing is parkour up, but even then Basin is fast enough that it works.
You made this game looks really good man. Love the entire scene you created. Slow and fast. Perfectly paced. There's probably still so many more secrets and gameplay hacks to see. Well played mate.👌
im just glad to be wearing a hood with a hidden blade again, also the gameplay loop of a good ac shouldnt be changed, like how this games mission design can feel like unitys. glad they're slowly bringing back the best aspects of the og games
@@whipwalkaslowly! you hope! Because this was made by a different Ubisoft studio than those that make mainline AC games, and they were and are already working on another title before AC Mirage was released. So there's a good chance AC Mirage is only an exception.
@@azzor4134 yeah i’m “hoping” but i doubt they wouldn’t build upon the stealth mechanics in mirage. codename red will be stealth focused so long you play as the shinobi, with new mechanics and old ones i’m sure. yes it’s a different team but they have seen the hype for a true return to roots and have they also will have seen that mirage didn’t entirely hit the mark. from a marketing standpoint it would be absolutely braindead to drop all the progress mirage made on a return to roots and not build upon mirages ideas for their own game, like bringing back notoriety and contracts and bureaus and an arsenal of tools. if that was all for nothing and codename red chooses to scrap it and be an odyssey clone i will go back on everything i said but i seriously doubt it.
If they wanted to make Unity again... they would make Unity again. They have the source code, they have the assets. For people (like me) who are hoping they'll eventually transition to Unity styled parkour, they won't. Ubisoft doesn't trust players to spend time learning mechanics, they want to make sure people can master it instantly, no matter how shallow. If you really want Unity's parkour mechanics... go play Unity lol. The graphics hold up even to this day.
true that, they were able to use all the tools in the demo though and unfortunately this is a early contract so you dont have access to any tools but the throwing knife.
nah i was on medium difficulty, so many people including leok rogue has said that the difference in guard detection and overall difficulty is night and day on medium and hard and since hearing that i’ve switched to hard, i’m sure it would be different because on hard this game is genuinely challenging
Honestly, this one is good, the parkour seems kinda smooth and the killing blows does a good job. But it seems it needs more refinement, it has the potential to rival the unity's parkour style if this things keeps on going cuz it's still in its development stage. Hope to see more of this
ac red supposedly will have a revamped stealth system with snuffing out torches and things alike even though its gonna be more RPG oriented, its all according to rumors though so take this with a grain of salt. @astrayn
For me the best Parkour is this. There is no non sense velocized jumps or slowed like in rpg trilogy and most importantly is not bugged as fuck like in Unity(yeah unity’s parkour is great but too bugged and with no control of it)
the issue with parkour imo, is the lack of flashy animations which, thats fine, and the momentum. I refuse to believe there isnt a way for momentum to be tracked and applied to parkour and whatnot
this is better than i thought it would be, the facial animations still suck (seriously, Ubi needs to work on those) but the stealth system is great and in my opinion is the third best in the saga, only being surpassed by Syndicate and Unity´s stealth systems
nice! i’m glad so many people are enjoying it because we really need it to be a dub for ubi to truly return to roots for good. although i’ve seen my fair share of “it’s not unity, dogshit” and it’s so annoying
@@Noctuam734Real stealth players don't even crouch in Unity. If you know how to use the gadgets and environment, crouch just slows you down. AC is all about using parkour, social stealth and throwables/ smoke bombs. Not crouching in the leaves like a hobo taking a sh*t
i probably shouldn't mentioon this but the escape from the traileer didn't have basim poked by a spear. so im guessing you simply didn't have smoke bomb unlocked
Why can't i just get the game and play it and just be at peace instead of people ranting like children about how bad the game is. because YES I GET IT IS BAD, BUT SO WAS UNITY AT LAUNCH AND OTHERS that doesn't make that person a saint for ranting like that, it just shows how far they have gone in terms of logical thinking and fairness in criticism.
At this point, it's hard to find fairness in reviewing something. We have a game that freshen up many stuff from the past like AC1 mission structure, Ezio trilogy notoriety, Industrial era city, and rpg combat. But because it "looks" like Valhalla and nothing like muh Unity, people gonna scoff at it.
yeah they added the diagonal climb from origins, they added the base jump that everybody loves from unity, that one has been in the other rpg games but nowhere near as consistent as it is in mirage. they took valhallas mid ass system and actually made it look decent, imo thats impressive
it's the exact same parkour and movement as Valhalla just accelerated. to address the complaint of the sluggish muddy feeling of the movement but it's not enough IMO.
i didn’t have access to smokes, for this mission ubi did an unlock all to make it more cinematic, i just unlocked smokes which is basically all i need to really get creative
The graphics are great, but the AI is dumb as rocks. It doesn't react to kills in front of it unless they are right in front of their nose. Why don't they see kills far far away from their location in broad daylight?
i hated valhalla as well but really wanted to like mirage, at first i was put off by the parkour and thought it was janky but just like unity it was a skill issue. i thought origins was decent and this feels a lot more like origins if it was optimized for that classic feel rather than a valhalla dlc ripoff which people are calling it.
TBH man chest looting is not rewarding it's crap actually the combat is not there either. It's strictly made for assassin's play style nothing wrong with that but the treasure rewards could be a lot better
I only played most Acs till Syndicate. Haven't touched the RPG trilogy, this was my first "modern" Ac technically. I had normal hopes since I loved stealth. And after casually playing for like 3 hours a day I guess? I loved it! Sure its not flashy like Unitys parkour or etc. But that "Assassin" feel is back ngl. Its not a top end graphic game no. But I see their efforts here. Ubisoft Bordeaux deserve to make more AC games!
@@edwardmartin4169 Bro the double hidden blade wasn't invented until Leonardo made it in AC 2. So no double assassination option in Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Mirage. But imo they should have brought back double assassination in the newer games where the protagonist kills one enemy first with the hidden blade, then quickly dodges the other enemy's attack and kills him
@@Mythical.History there is a chain assassinate that functions like that, even if spotted you can quickly assassinate 2 people with the hidden blade if they are close or throwing knife if far.
Great gameplay but the game feels so dated, and kinda reminds me of mobile versions with cranked up graphics to some extent, nowhere near to a next gen title ... If somebody told me this game came out in 2014. I wouldnt doubt it
thats the anvil engine for you, the landscapes look gorgeous but anything besides that looks dated, they should've used the engine version from origins instead (mirage was an expansion for valhalla so it wasnt really their choice to make but still)
Slow parkour. So incredibly slow and bare bones compared to Unity...10 years later and going back in possibilities isn't good development. Okay, Imma go hide in a bush and whistle my enemies to death, now. Literally! OMG!
@@whipwalka Ok to disagree. For my part, I finished Mirage & re-installed Unity where I can't cosplay a cheap, street pimp harassing everyone by whistling for them to come to me from my hiding spot. Baghdad looks good on PS5/4K and it's a good thing that I'm interested in History, because that is a well done part of the game, but the fun just isn't there. It's slow and Basim's parkour runs feel like moving with a 100 Lbs sack of potato on his shoulders. I end-up rolling madly just to move faster & fighting the controller more than the environment.
@@Juicexlx idk the stealth system is the best in the series imo, the parkour feels fluid and fast imo although not as balls to the wall as unity but still fast. also whistling has been in the game forever what is wrong with that mechanic lmao
@@shinobimsh5687 🥱🥱 i’m so over people invalidating other peoples opinion. did your parents never teach you what an opinion is? the game obviously has strong points and anybody who hates just to hate is braindead and wants a reaction. hope this does it for you
At times it is the treasure looting is crap not rewarding at all the combat is not there either. But hey I bought it so I'ma enjoy it for the most part
Ubisoft needs to keep going in this direction. I mean even though Mirage is far from the parkour system unity had the gameplay, level design, heck even the combat I enjoyed, I mean the general reception of this game is pretty decent and that's just cause its not a giant open world rpg.
I'm so confused on how the parkour system here is different to unity, are you talking about unity's stylish sequences? Because here even though it's not as stylish it still gets the job done.
@@glasgowblackchigowski6117controled decent is the main difference but small things like different free run buttons and lack of side ejects but personally for what ubisoft was working with i think the parkour is pretty good
@@broosy4819 i found side ejects in the game to be quite practical, i used them quite often they're not lacking
@@glasgowblackchigowski6117 Yea it was a step up compared to the rpg trilogy, however I still notice little things like Basim will slow down before jumping it almost looks like he hesitates on some jumps, unity kinda had a just smooth flow to it, but this game is definitely a huge step in the right direction wit the parkour just the fact there's parkour routes, and cool animations like sliding over a barrier is so dang cool. I hope they keep heading in this direction with their future games.
@@broosy4819 This game has both side and back ejects. Leo K shows how it's done. And as far as I know, the biggest thing missing is parkour up, but even then Basin is fast enough that it works.
You made this game looks really good man. Love the entire scene you created. Slow and fast. Perfectly paced. There's probably still so many more secrets and gameplay hacks to see. Well played mate.👌
thanks for the kind words, definitely a lot of potential
Everything was going perfect until the two blows from that guard😢
yes, figured i should leave it since hidden ones were known for not making it back (an excuse because i suck)
Bro made the fastest assassin look actually fast for once 😂 great vid
You could say that ubisoft tried really ubihard to make this game good
The game is pretty good actually, compared to Valhalla and the trashy wanna-be assassin's Creed odyssey, Mirage made me felt like an assassin again
facts. you'd think they'd want to showcase this, not have us doubting. great comeback for the series imo.
Hqahhqh bet you was swearing when the spear hit you xD
LOL I was laughing when that happened. Ruined the perfect trailer.
Descending parkour mechanics should be a new standard!
It's incredible how AC gameplay can not make any progress is so many years, still considered seriously by so many people
im just glad to be wearing a hood with a hidden blade again, also the gameplay loop of a good ac shouldnt be changed, like how this games mission design can feel like unitys. glad they're slowly bringing back the best aspects of the og games
@@whipwalkaslowly! you hope! Because this was made by a different Ubisoft studio than those that make mainline AC games, and they were and are already working on another title before AC Mirage was released. So there's a good chance AC Mirage is only an exception.
its made by devs who worked on revelations.@@azzor4134
@@azzor4134 yeah i’m “hoping” but i doubt they wouldn’t build upon the stealth mechanics in mirage. codename red will be stealth focused so long you play as the shinobi, with new mechanics and old ones i’m sure. yes it’s a different team but they have seen the hype for a true return to roots and have they also will have seen that mirage didn’t entirely hit the mark. from a marketing standpoint it would be absolutely braindead to drop all the progress mirage made on a return to roots and not build upon mirages ideas for their own game, like bringing back notoriety and contracts and bureaus and an arsenal of tools. if that was all for nothing and codename red chooses to scrap it and be an odyssey clone i will go back on everything i said but i seriously doubt it.
If they wanted to make Unity again... they would make Unity again. They have the source code, they have the assets. For people (like me) who are hoping they'll eventually transition to Unity styled parkour, they won't. Ubisoft doesn't trust players to spend time learning mechanics, they want to make sure people can master it instantly, no matter how shallow. If you really want Unity's parkour mechanics... go play Unity lol. The graphics hold up even to this day.
I do like the new jump animation with the camera moving with it gives me a lil unity feel
faster gameplay doesn't mean better demonstration. Still this looks really neat, nice job.
true that, they were able to use all the tools in the demo though and unfortunately this is a early contract so you dont have access to any tools but the throwing knife.
in the trailer they did use the lure though which is weird lol@@whipwalka
@@whipwalkaYou're able to save the contract and do it later. I was able to do this one with all the tools with their tier 3 upgrades.
@@loganleutwyler ah i see, are different contracts at different bureaus or they pile up?
At 0:52 The enemy's bots are completely brain-dead in AC Mirage. You kill one of them just in front of another and have zero reaction. LOL
nah i was on medium difficulty, so many people including leok rogue has said that the difference in guard detection and overall difficulty is night and day on medium and hard and since hearing that i’ve switched to hard, i’m sure it would be different because on hard this game is genuinely challenging
Takedown system is nice but they could’ve made them more smoother and not so rushed ! Not all of them are like that but the few
Honestly, this one is good, the parkour seems kinda smooth and the killing blows does a good job. But it seems it needs more refinement, it has the potential to rival the unity's parkour style if this things keeps on going cuz it's still in its development stage. Hope to see more of this
Do you mean if they continue to improve this formula in future games?
@@Malte_Lorentzimost likely.
ac red supposedly will have a revamped stealth system with snuffing out torches and things alike even though its gonna be more RPG oriented, its all according to rumors though so take this with a grain of salt. @astrayn
Its better than unity
@@shimik11its not a rumor...it will be rpg..
this is sick bro fr
big fan of the weapons Basim uses, dagger plus sword is badass af
basim is just badass in general, lowkey wish we had a game with better mechanics and combat for basim but it is what is, mirage still fye imo
Good stuff, mate.
For me the best Parkour is this.
There is no non sense velocized jumps or slowed like in rpg trilogy and most importantly is not bugged as fuck like in Unity(yeah unity’s parkour is great but too bugged and with no control of it)
How do you trigger the side ejects? It sometimes works and sometimes it doesnt, feels like i'm missing something
Finishers are great even better than valhalla. Brutal and the stance of basim after finishing looks great
basims finishers are on ac3 level, maybe even better imo
the issue with parkour imo, is the lack of flashy animations which, thats fine, and the momentum. I refuse to believe there isnt a way for momentum to be tracked and applied to parkour and whatnot
basim feels like he has more weight and inertia than unity for sure
nicely done mate.
this is better than i thought it would be, the facial animations still suck (seriously, Ubi needs to work on those) but the stealth system is great and in my opinion is the third best in the saga, only being surpassed by Syndicate and Unity´s stealth systems
nice! i’m glad so many people are enjoying it because we really need it to be a dub for ubi to truly return to roots for good. although i’ve seen my fair share of “it’s not unity, dogshit” and it’s so annoying
Brotherhood and Black flag had better stealth than both Unity and Syndicate.
Mirage seems to be up there though.
@@Pedro_Le_Chef Brotherhood had better stealth than Unity? LOL you can't even crouch in that game
@@Noctuam734Real stealth players don't even crouch in Unity.
If you know how to use the gadgets and environment, crouch just slows you down.
AC is all about using parkour, social stealth and throwables/ smoke bombs. Not crouching in the leaves like a hobo taking a sh*t
@@Pedro_Le_Chef What you wrote is just so silly i'm going to take it as a joke.
Wooooow they somewhat brought back the parkour from unity
yes! they even brought back the roll/vault from the carriages in unity as well as some of the assassination animations. mirage aint too bad
too early to judge, but it seems promising@@whipwalka
@@DeBunny00 agreed but i think people will come around, only time will tell how the community truly receives this game
I think Unity still remain the best
it’s crazy how graphically the 2 are basically the same, and it’s goofy how much better unitys facial animations are.
if only unity had a good story and the parkour wasnt such a mess
@@b4bnik yeah the graphics are the only flawless thing, the game is deeply flawed and mirage is a breath of fresh air
@@whipwalka Yeah, all true
@@b4bnikidk dude Unity easily had the best parkour system in the franchise
i probably shouldn't mentioon this but the escape from the traileer didn't have basim poked by a spear. so im guessing you simply didn't have smoke bomb unlocked
yeah lol i’m super early in the play through still, am focusing on the story rn so i can have all the tools
This gameplay won me back
if you've played any of the rpg games they made the "side ejects" easier to trigger and it feels pretty good, hope you enjoy if you get in there
@@whipwalka As a side eject loving spammer: YES!!!!!
Were you playing on hard difficulty here? Bots are acting a lil funny 😄 love that parkour tho.
nah, medium
Can you make a settings or parkour guide video?
Why can't i just get the game and play it and just be at peace instead of people ranting like children about how bad the game is.
because YES I GET IT IS BAD, BUT SO WAS UNITY AT LAUNCH AND OTHERS that doesn't make that person a saint for ranting like that, it just shows how far they have gone in terms of logical thinking and fairness in criticism.
and they rolled a patch out in less than 24 hours, they are dedicated
@whipwalkaog ironic, isn't it?
At this point, it's hard to find fairness in reviewing something. We have a game that freshen up many stuff from the past like AC1 mission structure, Ezio trilogy notoriety, Industrial era city, and rpg combat.
But because it "looks" like Valhalla and nothing like muh Unity, people gonna scoff at it.
@@Flatter_Sine exactly
the game isnt bad tho
yeeeaaaaahhhhh.. the trailer still looked better 🤣🤣
respectable opinion, i just dont like feeling like a grandpa when im running
damn i thought the parkour was a copy of valhallas but its actually got some good tweaks
yeah they added the diagonal climb from origins, they added the base jump that everybody loves from unity, that one has been in the other rpg games but nowhere near as consistent as it is in mirage. they took valhallas mid ass system and actually made it look decent, imo thats impressive
no tp gang
Unity with a reshade looks and feel better imo.
understandable, unitys vibe is unlike any other game, not even ac but any game in general. mirage needs rain so goddam bad bruh
it's the exact same parkour and movement as Valhalla just accelerated. to address the complaint of the sluggish muddy feeling of the movement but it's not enough IMO.
they gameplay trailer did the runaway better but none the less it was clean
i didn’t have access to smokes, for this mission ubi did an unlock all to make it more cinematic, i just unlocked smokes which is basically all i need to really get creative
The graphics are great, but the AI is dumb as rocks. It doesn't react to kills in front of it unless they are right in front of their nose. Why don't they see kills far far away from their location in broad daylight?
yeah the AI needs some tweaking, but they came out with a patch in less than 24h so maybe we will get some AI updates
play on hard, they spot you way quicker and from way farther.
@@shimik11 yeah i’m on medium, i’ll do that
almost a perfect run if not for that spearman lol and you didnt have to use the stupid assassin focus 👏
Do u think this is worth it if I hated valhalla?
i hated valhalla as well but really wanted to like mirage, at first i was put off by the parkour and thought it was janky but just like unity it was a skill issue. i thought origins was decent and this feels a lot more like origins if it was optimized for that classic feel rather than a valhalla dlc ripoff which people are calling it.
TBH man chest looting is not rewarding it's crap actually the combat is not there either. It's strictly made for assassin's play style nothing wrong with that but the treasure rewards could be a lot better
I only played most Acs till Syndicate. Haven't touched the RPG trilogy, this was my first "modern" Ac technically. I had normal hopes since I loved stealth. And after casually playing for like 3 hours a day I guess? I loved it! Sure its not flashy like Unitys parkour or etc. But that "Assassin" feel is back ngl. Its not a top end graphic game no. But I see their efforts here. Ubisoft Bordeaux deserve to make more AC games!
This better
Where are my double assassinations?
don’t ask me
@@whipwalka i dont see them in any Ac Mirage gameplay
@@edwardmartin4169 Bro the double hidden blade wasn't invented until Leonardo made it in AC 2. So no double assassination option in Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Mirage. But imo they should have brought back double assassination in the newer games where the protagonist kills one enemy first with the hidden blade, then quickly dodges the other enemy's attack and kills him
@@Mythical.History kill animations like Ryse Son of Rome
@@Mythical.History there is a chain assassinate that functions like that, even if spotted you can quickly assassinate 2 people with the hidden blade if they are close or throwing knife if far.
2:44 that was bullshit.
foreal
@@whipwalka A near flawless run ruined by RN-Jesus.
Great gameplay but the game feels so dated, and kinda reminds me of mobile versions with cranked up graphics to some extent, nowhere near to a next gen title ...
If somebody told me this game came out in 2014. I wouldnt doubt it
thats the anvil engine for you, the landscapes look gorgeous but anything besides that looks dated, they should've used the engine version from origins instead (mirage was an expansion for valhalla so it wasnt really their choice to make but still)
Now show the combat 😂
make your own video goofball
Slow parkour. So incredibly slow and bare bones compared to Unity...10 years later and going back in possibilities isn't good development.
Okay, Imma go hide in a bush and whistle my enemies to death, now. Literally! OMG!
eh disagree
@@whipwalka Ok to disagree. For my part, I finished Mirage & re-installed Unity where I can't cosplay a cheap, street pimp harassing everyone by whistling for them to come to me from my hiding spot. Baghdad looks good on PS5/4K and it's a good thing that I'm interested in History, because that is a well done part of the game, but the fun just isn't there. It's slow and Basim's parkour runs feel like moving with a 100 Lbs sack of potato on his shoulders. I end-up rolling madly just to move faster & fighting the controller more than the environment.
@@Juicexlx idk the stealth system is the best in the series imo, the parkour feels fluid and fast imo although not as balls to the wall as unity but still fast. also whistling has been in the game forever what is wrong with that mechanic lmao
just go play unity
This game looks so boring... 😒
damn. a lot of people think otherwise.
@@whipwalkabcz now a days people want interactive movie game rather than game with indepth mechanics
@@shinobimsh5687 🥱🥱 i’m so over people invalidating other peoples opinion. did your parents never teach you what an opinion is? the game obviously has strong points and anybody who hates just to hate is braindead and wants a reaction. hope this does it for you
like previous AC games werent interactive movies lmao@@shinobimsh5687
At times it is the treasure looting is crap not rewarding at all the combat is not there either. But hey I bought it so I'ma enjoy it for the most part