Assassin's Creed Mirage Transcends Expectations, A Must-Play for All Fans

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Assassin's Creed Mirage currently has a 77 overall critic rating, making it one of the lowest-rated main series games in the franchise's history.

Many reviewers have criticized the storyline and characters in Mirage. The lukewarm response to Assassin's Creed Mirage could potentially influence the future course of the franchise, although Ubisoft has already established plans for the upcoming installments in the series.

Assassin's Creed Mirage has received a 77 overall rating from critics, marking it as one of the lowest-rated games in the longstanding Assassin's Creed franchise. This franchise, which has been Ubisoft's flagship for over a decade, has undergone various transformations throughout its history. Starting as a stealth adventure game, it evolved into an open world RPG before returning to its original roots with Assassin's Creed Mirage.

With claims of going back to the series' origins, Assassin's Creed Mirage deviates from the recent entries by stepping away from massive open worlds and RPG elements. Despite mostly positive reviews from critics, it remains one of the lowest-rated games in the main series. In fact, Assassin's Creed Mirage now shares the title of third lowest-rated Assassin's Creed game with Assassin's Creed Syndicate. The only games that have received lower overall ratings are Assassin's Creed Unity, which faced widespread criticism for its technical issues upon release, and Assassin's Creed Rogue, a game launched on outdated hardware on the exact same day as AC Unity.

Assassin's Creed Mirage has an overall rating of 77 at the time of this writing, placing it towards the lower end of the franchise. Despite being marketed as a return to the series' roots, Assassin's Creed Mirage seems to have fallen short in capturing the same enchantment that the earlier AC games possessed. Notably, Assassin's Creed 2 remains the highest-rated game in the series, boasting an impressive overall rating of 90. While most of the Assassin's Creed games have garnered scores of 80 or above, Assassin's Creed Syndicate, Mirage, Unity, and Rogue all received overall ratings of 70 or higher. The primary criticism directed towards Assassin's Creed Mirage revolves around its storyline and characters, which many critics found to be underwhelming.

Assassin's Creed Games Ranked

Assassin's Creed 2 - 90

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood - 89

Assassin's Creed Origins - 85

Assassin's Creed 4: Black Flag - 85

Assassin's Creed Odyssey - 84

Assassin's Creed 3 - 84

Assassin's Creed Valhalla - 83

Assassin's Creed - 81

Assassin's Creed Revelations - 80

Assassin's Creed Syndicate - 77

Assassin's Creed Mirage - 77

Assassin's Creed Unity - 71

Assassin's Creed Rogue - 70

The somewhat lukewarm response to Assassin's Creed Mirage may potentially impact Ubisoft's future plans for AC games. However, the company has already outlined its upcoming Assassin's Creed games. Fans can anticipate the release of Assassin's Creed Nexus VR later this year, as well as the development of the mobile game, Assassin's Creed Jade. Additionally, Ubisoft is working on a ambitious live service project called Assassin's Creed Infinity. Nevertheless, the most anticipated upcoming Assassin's Creed games are Codename Red and Codename Hexe. Codename Red is the highly anticipated Assassin's Creed game set in Feudal Japan, while Codename Hexe is rumored to be set in the 16th century with a supernatural twist. While waiting for more information on these projects, fans can try out Assassin's Creed Mirage.

Assassin's Creed Mirage is out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X with an iOS version also in development.

Source: Metacritic, OpenCritic