Assassin's Creed Mirage Could Fill The Assassin's Creed Remake Void

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Though fans' requests for Ubisoft to remake the original Assassin's Creed may be falling on deaf ears, the upcoming Assassin's Creed Mirage might be the next best thing. With confirmation that the game will be departing from its most recent counterparts' RPG elements in favor of a stronger narrative focus, Assassin's Creed Mirage is being presented as a return to the series' earliest roots. Among the several new Assassin's Creed projects announced, Mirage seems to serve as the stand-in for a story-driven experience not influenced by players' choices with a different gameplay experience for those longing for a remake.

However, this isn't the ideal compromise fans had expected to see either, as Assassin's Creed Mirage will focus on Basim, the enigmatic and dangerous individual players were introduced to in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. Mirage is therefore Basim's prequel and origin, and though it might evoke the original style of Assassin's Creed, it may not scratch the itch for the first game. Given Basim's known connections to the current narrative being built with the recent games, fans who had hoped for a remake and are seeing Mirage as a substitute may still find themselves wanting. But with Ubisoft seemingly uninterested in developing future remakes, Mirage may wellhave to do.

The Case for an Assassin's Creed Remake

Since the original Assassin's Creed is fifteen years old and counting, fans had been hoping that Ubisoft would finally confirm that an Assassin's Creed remake was in the works. Owing to the series' explosive popularity following its first game onwards, including the leaps and bounds it made in terms of gameplay and design, it seemed like an inevitability that eventually the very first game would be given a new