Assassin's Creed Mirage Sneaks to PS5, PS4 in 2023, Priced at $50

looked like propper AC so i'm in.

i'm guessing the scope will be similar to brotherhood.

Definitely on my radar. This seems to harken back to the old days of AC which was definitely more my type of game. These newer games are far far too big for me and end up losing my interest. Hopefully the story is intriguing.

I'm at least optimistic it will be a solid return to the series' roots but time will tell.

Glad it was announced but a gameplay trailer would be better than the cg trailers. Sat through that showcase for cg and 3 second trailers danny wallace was soo smug about

Day one, baby! Back to the roots? Man, I hope they nail this one.

any information for pre-orders? It'll probably more in line with the black flag spin off probably 15-20 hours. Mote interested in assassins creed in Japan but be hard pressed with ghost of tsushima being so good

Looks like only one last SERIOUS Assassin's Creed game for a long time...

Yes. I will definitely check out Mirage,Hex and Red. Exciting times!

They can charge less when it's packed with delicious microtransactions that'll make up the difference. I sure won't be touching it ...I try to avoid all these games to not support the practice.

Sorry, just me. I just can't get excited for any game with Ubisoft's logo on it, even if it's going back to basics this time.

Day 1 for me! So excited for it already. Looking forward to seeing some gameplay but I know rightly I'll be getting for launch

I know it was just CG but the vibes were so good from that trailer! I almost shed a tear when Basim did the Ezio landing from the CG AC2 trailer!

Looks brilliant. Excited for the future of the franchise tbh, all of them are intriguing in their own way.

Lee Majdoub from the Sonic movies is playing Basim in this. Interesting choice, I like the guy.

Didn't Ubisoft say they were slowing down with AC games? I guess not.

Assassin's Creed Mirage — Aladdin's Revenge.

We better get a history tour mode of Baghdad. That'd be amazing.

So mid to probably end 2023
And still last generation, will it never end.

I thought that was Shohreh Aghdashloo speaking in the trailer. Love her. She has such a distinctive voice.

This looks really good.

You'd think they could reuse a lot of those assets for an AC1 remake. I wouldn't be at all surprised if that was a season pass bonus.

For God's sake when will they do Ancient Rome... All these other pitiful world powers pale into insignificance.

I'm interested but I'm going to wait until I see if it plays like the original games or if it plays like Origins and on. If it's the latter... I'll pass.

Looks like a return to classic assassin's creed I'm here for it hope it's good

@Dezzy70 Yes, it will. Mirage is the last Assassin's Creed that will be cross-gen. Red and Hexe are new gen only.

$50 for a glorified DLC? No thanks! I'll just wait until it's free on Ubisoft+ Classics.

Well looks like Day 1. Ubi is on a roll with AC.

@Milktastrophe You haven’t seen gameplay or anything really other than a cinematic trailer (a great one at that) and you’re judging it already? Do you want it to be an open world game similar to Origins, Odyssey, or Valhalla? If not, then what are you actually wanting? You say it’s “Glorified DLC” but don’t acknowledge what you prefer, so your comment is ridiculous.

I’m excited for this game. Personally, I didn’t like AC1 or 2, but if they create the fluidity of the last three games and combine it with their smaller project, I can definitely be on board with it.

Blandy Mcbeardo isn’t doing it for me so here’s hopeing for a FemBlandy Mcbeardo.

Shame they didn't show gameplay

Is he a muslim?

Wait… $50? I thought it was not sustainable to make games for less than $70!

If you understand Arabic, this is a true return to form re. AC games. The dudes at Ubi can't resist naming their protagonists "on the nose".
First AC's protagonist in the Animus was Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad... or flyer (bird) Son-of-no'One... as well as word play with Altair as the brightest star in the constellation Aquila (Eagle).
Now we have Bassim Ibn Ishaq... which... Smiling Son of Laughter... as well as word play with Ishaq being the Arabic version of Hebrew originating Isaac (the son of Abraham, God’s promised son, a miracle child, born to Abraham and Sarah in their old age).
So yeah, some old dudes at Ubi are promising to give us back our smiles and laughs by giving us a miracle AC reborn. We got it Ubi, we got it.

@Humaniac who?

@Tharsman you're right. this game will either be REALLY short or it will be half an experience, where the latter half is blocked with paywalls. in other words, it could be be a f2p game disguised as a traditional release. all i know is, ubisoft is not in the business of doing us any favours or providing additional value for our dollar!

@Tharsman even $70 is bellow what games should actually cost. If you take ballooning budgets and inflation (not curent bla bla inflation but general all time running) games should have costed us around $100 since mid previous decade. So no, $50 is not it, and neither is $70 for AAA games.

@TheDudeElDuderino right, I should be grateful that some developers have decided to charge us more for games. Shame on Ubisoft for not doing so too.

@KilloWertz
So probably 2024 until we have a true new generation assassins creed.
Wonder how long this new generation will last.

The ending, with the zombie like thing in the shadow world has me worried that they are still going to cram fantasy elements in them.

I quite liked Basim in Valhalla. Intriguing fella.

One cgi trailer does not earn forgiveness or trust for a dev thats been wide of the mark for several titles.
Its a good trailer though and at least its making some decent promises, but I expect it will change a bit before we actually see any real gameplay. Buying into cgi trailers is why we get duped so often....

I’m really down for the idea. It can’t have the awful chain kill system of old though, instead Unity or something similar where it’s toned down and large groups can’t just be flight is needed, and please difficultly settings for combat.
I have to see gameplay. It being a budget title makes me nervous though. I want to see $60 confidence here, not budget confidence. But it could be great. Disappointed I just watched that cringe just for a CGI trailer though. The gameplay could amaze me though, but Ubi’s gotta earn my trust as this point.

@TheDudeElDuderino I had Basim in mind. A quick google worked wonders tho.

Instant buy because of Shohreh Aghdashloo (this voice... I recognized her immediately!)!
Bagdad seems like a beautiful setting, with bright colors.

This looks really cool, I'm kind of disappointed though that it will probably have the length of The Lost Legacy instead of a full length title due to the price.

@GreatAuk I’m expecting something along the lines of Rogue (about 10 hours it not going for 100%)

All these games end up adding enough collectible hunts to pad a ton of hours total, though. I just hope non grindy leveling schemes.

@Tharsman @Porco to be honest all ubisofts games on the ps5 have all been launched under £60..they keep knocking out quality games and dont seem interested in fleecing the gamers and no micro transactions dont fleece gamers unless you cant control your spending impulses..ubisoft get serious flack for their games but they consistently keep the prices to an acceptable price point unlike E.A. and activision etc....

Smaller scope is something I'd like to see more of.

Give me 8-10 hours of a really good story/game. Not 100 of fetch quests and icons strewn across a samey 'open world'.

Publishers have just gotten lazy. Ubisoft being the worst offender imo.

@Dezzy70 Yeah, as this will be the only Assassin's Creed game next year (not counting whenever the mobile game comes out). I fully expect this gen to be pretty long given the stock issues.

@Vil Couldn't be more true and that's why I always avoid any game with Ubisoft on the box.

I’m worried about this being another Miles Morales type of game. I mean this in the sense of charging 10$ less for an unfinished product. I really wish they made a Black Flag II or did something with the Mayan’s

@TheDudeElDuderino Smiling, laughing and the son of a god is already a reference to certain Gods and Mischief in Valhalla. But yes, it is kind of on the nose in the that way

https://www.xbox.com/en-us/games/store/assassins-creed-mirage/9n4096hx1wwq

Woah, Mirage is rated AO! Think it'll be like Cero-Z games and you have to have a credit card on your account to even buy it?

It includes real gambling, some people are thinking online that might be how they're rating NFTs since you can "cash out" those.

@KilloWertz
I’m thinking it will be a long generation also because there don’t seem to be many true next generation games and the developers probably not really had the time to get to grips with them.

Not sure that going back to basics is something I'd like for Assassin's Creed.
True, Valhalla was boring, but I had a lot of fun in Odyssey.
So I may be giving Mirage a go but not gonna pay 50 euros for it.
If Ubisoft is gonna include it in Ubisoft+ at launch, then I'll buy 1 month for 15 Euros - cheapest way to play it.
Otherwise I'll wait for a discount.

@TheDudeElDuderino That's kind of an oversimplification of the economics though. For one, physically manufacturing games is cheaper than 30 years ago. Not every game has a huge budget for development either.

People are free to spend their money on whatever they think is worth it, but the notion that video games are so expensive to make that companies can't survive on just selling $60 copies is a complete lie.

Hopefully it’s different than usual. Need to see gameplay. I usually lose interest when I see AC gameplay.

Price strategy... it will only cost 50$ because there are even more microtransactions and pricey DLC´s I swear. Psychologicaly - "Oh I bought a cheap game lets spend some money on cosmetics or whatever".

@greengecko007 sure dude, I'll trust you when you show me your game dev and publishing business surviving on just $60 a pop of your AAA game (once again, please notice that in my op I was speaking specifically about AAA).

@Tharsman developers don't charge you unless they self publish, publishers do. And yes, because games have not been priced according to reality we have had this bs of over a decade now with standard, deluxe, complete editions, season passes, microtransactions etc.

Yea i'm looking forward to it might have to pre-order it , it's awesome that it's going back to it's roots.