Assassin’s Creed Mirage Has to Do A lot to Win Back Some Classic Assassin’s Creed fans

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Assassin's Creed Mirage will serve as the next chapter of the Assassin's Creed franchise, and it will apparently return to the classic gameplay that has been sorely missed by many players. It will follow Basim before the events of Assassin's Creed Valhalla in a story that seems heavily rooted in the core Assassin-Templar fantasy. Many players are excited to see the series return to its roots, but Ubisoft has a lot to prove with Assassin's Creed Mirage if it wants to pull back fans who have been put off by the recent trilogy.

The Assassin's Creed franchise has been going through a bit of a growth phase as Ubisoft has tried to figure out just what the franchise should look like. Assassin's Creed Origins kicked off this experimental phase, and then Odyssey and Valhalla took it to the next level. These games have garnered criticism for moving away from what made Assassin's Creed special, and have put off some players who have been with the series since the beginning. While Assassin's Creed Mirage will apparently bring back that classic feeling, it remains to be seen if Ubisoft can pull it off.

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Before Assassin's Creed Origins, Ubisoft was releasing an Assassin's Creed title almost every single year. These games brought players across history and put them in the shoes of all sorts of different assassins. They got to control Ezio during the Italian Renaissance, Connor during the American Revolution, the Frye twins during the Industrial Revolution in London, and it even dipped its toes in the pirate life with Edward Kenway. While all the stories were different, they were all tied together by the fictional Assassin-Templar war that had been raging