Assassin’s Creed Mirage Receives Title 1.0.2 Day One Patch

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Ubisoft has revealed that they will have a Day One patch for Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

Title Update 1.0.2 will automatically be part of the PC versions of the game, but will have to be downloaded on consoles, with these file sizes:

There does not seem to be one glaring issue that this patch addresses, but there are several bugs and issues that were taken care of here. We have to assume that these were some of the issues reviewers discovered when playing the latest version of the game before this one.

Unfortunately for Ubisoft, those reviews came in before they were able to address these issues. So the game’s metascores won’t accurately reflect the state the game will be in at launch. But, at least gamers themselves will get a better experience, and that could lead to good word of mouth to help with its sales.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a somewhat troubled release for Ubisoft, coming out at an imperfect time for the company. While the gears are turning on investigations into the company by French authorities, Ubisoft never confirmed what were clearly delays in finishing and releasing the game. At one point, we had reported it would be releasing in August 2023, based on such rumors. We also never received official word at potential troubles in making the game.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage was also the first game in a while to have a smaller open world, in response to fan feedback. Ubisoft proved to be true to their word in this regard. Unfortunately, the final result has thus far garnered a 77 MetaCritic, with some reviews in the 90s, but also a lot of other reviews dragging the metascore down with reviews as low as the 60s.

While this may not be the comeback that fans wanted, for players who are invested in the lore, this will