Assassin's Creed Mirage: when does Ubisoft's new gem come out?

While the start of the video game season has already begun started, Ubisoft is preparing for the future. the release of a new Assassin's Creed, Mirage, which makes sense plunge the legendary license into a new golden age.

Assassin's Creed is one of the biggest franchises in the history of video games, leaving its mark on all generations of consoles since the Playstation 3 and the Xbox 360.  But for many fans, the franchise has strayed from its roots since the release of Assassin's Creed Odyssey in 2018, opting for the popular open-world genre in depends on the extremely scripted games of its debut. A choice that was not made synonymous with success for the franchise which suffered greatly from its last three particularly insipid outings, leading to the fall in Ubisoft's stock market value of more than 73% in 5 years. However, Ubisoft intends to raise its head with Assassin's Creed Mirage, a new release planned for next October which intends to take up the key elements of the first Assassin's Creed games. The proof in pictures with the words of Ubisoft members.

Assassin's Creed Mirage trailer

Gameplay

It's a complete return to the sources that Assassin's Creed Mirage wants to offer us. The formula that was so effective in the Assassin's Creed games was missing. a certain part of its community since the release of Assassin's Creed: Origins. In fact, the license had changed. towards the open-world genre, diluting its acclaimed scenario and narration in large worlds that are certainly beautiful, but relatively empty and tasteless. For Assassin's Creed: Mirage, Ubisoft is going backwards, and intends to take back the elements that made the first Assassin's Creed games immense successes. More emphasis will be placed on infiltration, the scenario, the dialogues and the story, for an adventure which will remain within certain limits an open world, but which will undoubtedly be more linear. area.

We will find many elements which made the strength of the first Assassin's Creed, in particular the eagle vision, which will sit alongside the most recent "drone" that could be found in Odyssey, Origins and Valhalla. The story will mainly focus on Basim's life, although the Animus will retain an important part in the storyline. On the other hand, it is also the RPG accents that will disappear in this new release. There is talk of a complete lack of leveling and leveling system, although the improvement of tools and weapons has been made. guarded.

We will therefore be able to rediscover this impression of being part of an epic historical fresco, immersed in in the life of a 9th century Baghdad more vibrant than ever. Because if Ubisoft does one thing well, it is also offering gargantuan work in terms of research and historical reconstruction. And the Ubisoft Anvil graphics engine offers great opportunities to fully immerse us in an unknown universe. And this universe is that of Basim Ibn Ishaq, a character that we know from Assassin's Creed Valhalla, and who will tell us about his youth in the order of Assassins, under the guidance of his mentor Roshan.

Beyond From Baghdad, you can also visit other places such as the Alamut fortress, the one which housed the order of Assassins according to the stories of previous games. Although the game is not entirely open world, you will still have the opportunity to explore. to visit the city as you wish, and to meet different NPCs. Thus, Mirage intends to bring together the advantages of a more confined, more intimate and more focused world. on narration, with freedom action and movement that the newer Assassin's Creed formula offers.

When is the release date for Assassin's Creed Mirage&nbsp ;?

It's now official, Assassin's Creed Mirage will be available on October 12. A crucial date for Ubisoft which is looking à return to Mirage takes up the formula of the first four parts of the series, offering a more intimate semi-open-world universe and an extremely scripted story. The studio thus abandons the open-world formula of Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, not without applause from fans. Mirage can be found on PS54, Xbox Series, PC, PS4 and Xbox One.