Assassin's Creed Mirage review: sneaking behind the times

Review: 'Assassin's Creed Mirage' is formulaic fun

The “Assassin’s Creed” series has traditionally been known for two things: the opportunity to explore and parkour through faithfully recreated historical settings, and stealth. Ubisoft’s flagship franchise has gone through […]

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is the series’ first true stealth game

Believe it or not, it was seven years before the Assassin’s Creed franchise added a proper crouch button. There were seven mainline entries into the stealth-action franchise before you could duck.  Since the release of Assassin’s Creed back in 2007, the series has always projected an illusion of stealth, without really embodying it at all in its core mechanics. Hidden Blades, Hidden Ones, and the idea that an Assassin can be an unseen phantom in…

Assassin’s Creed Mirage review – a stripped-back stab in the right direction

Ubisoft; PC, PS/5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/SSet in ninth-century Baghdad, this latest iteration of the murderous mega-series has cleared out recent bloated extras, leaving you with just a sword and daggerMost canals that cut through ninth-century Baghdad are a muddy brown, thick with the silt churned up by the poles of passing punts. But there’s one inlet in the city where the water is stained red, a persistent crimson cloud that doesn’t shift w…

Assassin’s Creed Mirage review: The franchise goes back to its roots

Combining the best features of the franchise’s older games with gorgeous storytelling and landscapes, this is a little gem

Assassin's Creed Mirage review: sneaking behind the times

Assassin's Creed Mirage channels the spirit of older Assassin's Creed games, but that comes with some dated ideas.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage review – back to the old ways

Assassin’s Creed Mirage – back to basics (Picture: Ubisoft) Ubisoft uses the very first Assassin’s Creed as inspiration for a game that is purposefully short on bloat and role-playing complications. Released 16 years ago, the first Assassin’s Creed told the original story of the Order of Assassins. It was set in the Middle East, in the 11th century, but you played a modern era protagonist using a digital MacGuffin to inhabit the life of one of t…