Why Assassin's Creed Mirage is Worth Stalking, Where to Score a Killer Deal on it, and More!

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To say I've taken a stab at the Assassin’s Creed franchise would be quite the understatement. An understabment. I took my oaths in 2007, at the altar of Altaïr. I’ve gone under the hood of more than 15 games in this killer series about serial killers. I've spent 2,454 years “consciousness commuting” in an Animus, Whenever a new AC is announced, my ears prick up quicker than dual hidden blades.

That said and while the last few Animus updates were interesting, I miss the time when Abstergo’s fancy sunbed was an undisputed killer app. Every new ARPG revision since AC: Syndicate (2015) has required a bigger leap of faith on my behalf, though the franchise's throughline—making interesting slices of history come to life with death—has still kept me faithful to the order.

Ubisoft has decided an Animus firmware rollback is in order. The DNA revert they’re proposing is Assassin’s Creed Mirage, a game I spent 4 hours synchronizing with. It's a memory sequence I’ll gladly share with you in a sec, but I should first provide some preorder opportunities to you “mind’s made-up” diehards. Everybody else can skip all that window shopping by clicking here.

Note: you can preorder Mirage right now and get The Forty Thieves bonus quest.

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So,let’s get the most obvious question out of the way first. Why does Mirage's RRP represent an absolute steal compared to other entries in this franchise?

It’s because this is a different beast compared to the sprawling countryside ARPGs of Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. Ubi has downsized. A single central location will be your playground, not the Middle East entire. And, not to bag dad, but this is very much your father’s AC