Assassin’s Creed Mirage Review (PS5)

Started as an expansion for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Mirage has been morphed into a standalone game to fill up Ubisoft’s yearly lineup of Assassin’s Creed titles. Chronologically, Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a prequel to Valhalla, which makes sense considering this was supposed to be an expansion (or DLC) for the latter.

But that’s not why Mirage is important for the Assassin’s Creed series, it’s the fact that it’s a return to the traditional stealth-oriented formula that made the first games so popular among fans of the genre.

Set in Baghdad, one of the largest and busiest cities in the Middle Ages, Assassin’s Creed Mirage follows the story of Basim, a young thief trying to survive another day in a harsh world.

Unlike in the previous several Assassin’s Creed installments, Mirage is all about being stealthy. Basim employes a range of thief skills that allows him to infiltrate well-guarded location and kill the target without being seen or triggering any alarms.

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