It is so refreshing to play a new AC game that purely focuses on stabbing & stealth through enemies instead of adding unnecessary fluff that started to annoy me with this series starting with Revelations & especially AC3. It only worked out well in AC4: Black Flag & that's unfortunately the exception.
I find the setting of Baghdad so intriguing due to 2 key reasons which that the environments are beautiful to look at & the level design is surprisingly well made in terms of moving around or ticking off objectives. Due to that, the stealth is so satisfying to pull off & traversal movement does its job even if I wish that it had more depth to it.
I do have a decent amount of stuff to complain though. The story is just okay, but nothing that remarkable. The combat is just terrible or very janky, and the character models are just ugly to look at. The default controls I find to be bad and had to customize them to make the experience much smoother.
In conclusion, AC: Mirage doesn’t innovate the series at all and if you are looking for that, you will be severely disappointed. However, if you are already happy with the old AC formula, but has gotten way too much fluff over the years. I think Mirage will finally consistently satisfy you as it did for me without overstaying its welcome with the length. I’m overall happy with this game, but definitely can see why many others aren’t happy with it.
I find the setting of Baghdad so intriguing due to 2 key reasons which that the environments are beautiful to look at & the level design is surprisingly well made in terms of moving around or ticking off objectives. Due to that, the stealth is so satisfying to pull off & traversal movement does its job even if I wish that it had more depth to it.
I do have a decent amount of stuff to complain though. The story is just okay, but nothing that remarkable. The combat is just terrible or very janky, and the character models are just ugly to look at. The default controls I find to be bad and had to customize them to make the experience much smoother.
In conclusion, AC: Mirage doesn’t innovate the series at all and if you are looking for that, you will be severely disappointed. However, if you are already happy with the old AC formula, but has gotten way too much fluff over the years. I think Mirage will finally consistently satisfy you as it did for me without overstaying its welcome with the length. I’m overall happy with this game, but definitely can see why many others aren’t happy with it.