Assassin’s Creed Mirage Devs Gives A Deeper Look Into Basim

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Assassin’s Creed fans are waiting on the next mainline installment to release. We know that this next game is Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and we’ll follow a familiar protagonist within it. If you played through the previous release, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, you might recall the character Basim. Now we know that this game will follow Basim before Valhalla’s events as we see his personal journey to join The Hidden Ones. If you’re looking for new information, then you’re in luck. Ubisoft has just released a new developer diary video offering another look into the development of Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

The footage is just under six minutes long and mainly focuses on Basim, the game’s main protagonist. With that said, we mentioned that this character was featured in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. In particular, this game installment is said to take place twelve years before the events of that game. However, as the developers noted in the video, you don’t have to play the previous games to enjoy this title. Assassin’s Creed Mirage can be enjoyed as a standalone experience for newcomers. Of course, those that have played the previous games might catch certain easter eggs and connections to the lore. So it looks like both players who have enjoyed the franchise for years and newcomers to the IP will have an enjoyable experience. 

With that said, we’ll be following Basim as this is the individual developers gravitate towards when seeking to return more to the franchise roots. As a result, we’re getting a game set within a historical Baghdad as we watch Basim go from a thief on the streets to an incredibly skilled assassin. Combat might even feel a bit different from past games as it looks like the developers made a slight overhaul to