We're roughly one week removed from the release of Assassin's Creed Mirage, and Ubisoft has taken to social media in order to boast of the game's success. However, the publisher's statement is rather vague — it doesn't disclose any concrete sales numbers (a growing trend amongst just about every company), and instead focuses on the broader picture.
"With the number of players being in line with past successful launches such as Assassin's Creed Origins and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, we are humbled by the positive reception," says Ubisoft. It goes on to claim that Basim's adventure has been the publisher's best-selling title on current-gen consoles, like the PS5: "Mirage is the biggest New Gen launch in terms of units sales to date at Ubisoft."
While it's clear that Assassin's Creed Mirage has done well for itself, we'd be very interested in knowing how its release compares to the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla — which went on to become the most profitable entry in the entire franchise.
Mirage returns to the series' stealthy roots — at the request of many fans, it should be noted — and is also being sold at a slightly lower price than most big budget releases. These factors make it a bit of an outlier when examining Assassin's Creed's recent history, and we imagine that its success — or potential lack of success — will impact Ubisoft's plans for the franchise going forward.
Do you want Ubisoft to stick with stealth from now on, or is there always going to be a place for the open world RPG formula? Keep those blades hidden in the comments section below.
[source twitter.com]
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This game has gotta be the laziest Ubisoft has ever been to where they basically relied on the "We returned to the roots, we're listening guys!" when making it.
Good. The game has a lot of good idea, but Is built on a shaky framework. Bring back Unity’s framework and ambition, and you’ve got something truly amazing.
Unity is still such an impressive game due to its ambition. We haven’t had it’s open world (in certain ways) or parkour matched since.
Seems pretty clear to me that devs will never make people happy lol. ⬆️
And just make the open-world RPG its own series, separate that nonsense from AC so it’s no longer nonsense.
Its a really good game and a really nice throwback to the original AC. I really hope this team can do more AC games or even a AC1 remake.
@Nepp67 Lazy? This is why some people shouldn't be allowed an opinion.
I'm getting it Black Friday
@Nepp67 what are you talking about.
As to the last paragraph, didn’t Ubisoft commit to doing both types of games going forward? Sure they did when they announced the AC universe road map thing.
Honestly Mirage is really hitting the spot right now. I’m having a lot of fun with it so far. Some of the reviews I had seen were definitely harsh on the title, so I’m glad to see the sales are giving it some success. Is it a GotY contender? No, but it’s great fun so far, definitely going to take a leap of faith and say it’ll end up as a light 8 for me as I finish it, which is exactly what I expected. Expecting it to be a bit more concise narratively than Valhalla while not quite hitting the same highs, though avoiding the bloat as well. In my opinion, Valhalla and Mirage seem to be the best place the series has been in since AC4 where it just felt like you were getting a reliably solid game with each entry.
@DennisReynolds Sorry that I looked at proper reviews before buying instead of IGN my guy.
I don’t know much about AC but I did play and finish Valhalla and wasn’t Basim the bad guy?
I see lots of people playing it in my PSN list, so I believe it's a success!!!
I really appreciate that it's much closer to classic AC, even though I also enjoyed last 3 games a lot.
My only major complaint is the sword combat, which is simply not fun - luckily 90% of the time your goal is to avoid it.
I like Mirage, but want my open world RPGs. Odyssey is my favorite.
It was never going to be as much of a hit as the last three. The "new trilogy sucks" people is just a vocal minority.
@Casco Open World are ? marks over a huge map. Repetitve and boresome.
No thanks
'Hey guys the next AC is not only as unoriginal and soulless as ever, but we are also going back to the ancient and outdated formula of the old games. Completely untouched.'
And some people applaud them for this. What the hell is wrong with gamers?
@Mikey856 Hey pal if you want a stealthy AC game that marks checkboxes and nothing else more power to you but I'm looking for something that innovates the stealth franchise. As much as I dislike AC Origins and Valhalla Ubisoft innovated there. Here? No not at all.
@Triumph741 That's my issue with the game from what I have seen and especially the tailing missions. Like why of all things did they bring those back? Lol
@Triumph741 gamers have enough of open world rpg ***** ruining arcade-stealth adventure...
My copy of AC Mirage will be (I hope) under Christmas tree.
But I can clearly say that asking if Assassin should be stealth parkour is like asking if fire should be hot.
@Nepp67 Check out the comments on here from those who are playing and see we're all enjoying it. Also its averaging out a 7/10 and is in the 70's on MC so yeah critics like it. Maybe instead of hating on a game you never played you actually go and play something you like.
@Angelus3K You did see the ending of Valhalla right? You should know Basim is complicated to say the least and too much of a spoiler to say any more.
@DennisReynolds Critiquing Ubisoft for being lazy is a good thing
@Triumph741 The formula of being an assassin never got old. It just needs to have good core mechanics behind it. With the shaky RPG foundation, yet good ideas and passion the devs brought, I’m glad it’s a smaller game; but I’ll happily take a Unity sized game for full price I’ll play for ages if I can get an improved Unity foundation.
@Triumph741 lazy is such a disingenuous criticism. The game has flaws and might be a safe product to some but it’s clear the devs had a lot of passion for it.
@DiggleDog They literally brought back an old formula unchanged. What are you on about? UBISOFT IS LAZY.
@Jaz007 Of course it got old. They did it too many times.
@DennisReynolds Critiquing and hating are two seperate things. Understand that and stop being such a consoomer. I love that Ubisoft brought back stealthy AC, what I am not a fan of is the lack of innovation here. Once again if you're fine with a game that marks checkboxes to make a stealthy AC game, more power to you. If Ubisoft can innovate like they did to make AC an RPG they can do the same for its stealth series.
The last AC I actually finished was Origins. I played a lot of Odyssey and Valhalla but just got worn down after 40+ hours in each. I prefer a smaller, more personal story myself.
I’m looking forward to a tighter experience. I enjoyed the last three games but they are waaay too long. I’m a fan of Ubisoft games and while I get people criticisms they fill a needed space in the industry.
Cool.assasins creed mirage is a good game.back to the origins of assasins creed game.i also like the rpgs assassins creed games also.word up son
This is a game I'm in no rush to play, mainly because I still have the bad taste of Valhalla in my mouth. I've never played a more broken game before(26 crashes plus way more bugs) and on top of that it was the most boring Assassin's Creed I've ever played, and this was after loving Origins(probably my 3rd favorite AC game after 2 and Brotherhood) and really liking Odyssey. Mirage is probably a 2025 game for me.
@Casco
One of my favorite AC games too. Really blew me away.
It’s actually a pretty good game, leaves the feeling of being a soft remake of the very first Assassin’s Creed. It really plays like a different experience from Valhalla, a way more stealthy one. My guess is Ubisoft will now switch approach regarding core gameplay depending on the historical period targeted (RPG for Project Red, Adventure/horror for Project Hexe, stealth for the next one …). All while selecting and integrating specific gameplay iterations from the previous games. It would allow them to keep the licence fresh for another 10 years while trying new things creatively.
It may seem like it went back to in's roots but it didn't. It's the same slag as before
@Voltan
Interestingly enough the game addresses this in the "hints and tips" scroll during the loading screens. There it mentions that Basim is still very inexperienced in hand-to-hand combat and any fights with more than four attackers would be difficult for him to overcome and he would be better off sticking to the shadows. So even lore-wise he is weak in all-out combat.
@Bkzgr8ezt
A level head about what Ubisoft is and does. I also like their games. Watch Dogs, Assassin's Creed, Far Cry, The Division, The Crew. These are some of my favorite franchises. Are they perfect, NO, are they unplayable messes like some people claim, also NO.
For every internet comment that claims they had 300 crashes and 20 broken unfinishable quests in a Ubisoft game, there is an edge lord who only speaks in YouTube clickbait memes.
@Nepp67 because the masses asked for it
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