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According to many rumors and leaks from reputable sources, Assassin’s Creed Mirage will take place in Baghdad, and is rumored to occur during the ninth century AD. This Baghdad setting has been previously confirmed by sources to Bloomberg’s Jason Schreier.

If Basim is indeed the main character of Mirage, this setting would line up with where Basim would have lived in his younger days. In the Valhalla quest mission “A Bloody Welcome,” Basim reveals to Eivor that his father was an architect who constructed the Great Mosque of Samarra. The Great Mosque is a real structure that was indeed built in the ninth century AD in Samarra, a city located in present-day Iraq. Samarra is only about 80 miles away from Baghdad, which would have been the major population and cultural hub of the time.

The time period is set during the Islamic Golden Age, and could specifically fall into the time period known as the Anarchy at Samarra. The Anarchy at Samarra was a time of political volatility and uprisings against the Abbasid Caliphate, which controlled most of the Middle East and northern Africa at the time. While this is still yet to be confirmed, that sort of time period sounds ripe for an assassin’s guild to start up.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:18 pm The only rumor I'm concerned about is the idea that they're stripping away the RPG elements and returning more to a "classic" Assassin's Creed style. Personally I've liked every AC game with RPG elements more than any of the classic ACs, so I'm hoping it's not a step backwards.

YellowKing wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 4:18 pm The only rumor I'm concerned about is the idea that they're stripping away the RPG elements and returning more to a "classic" Assassin's Creed style. Personally I've liked every AC game with RPG elements more than any of the classic ACs, so I'm hoping it's not a step backwards.

naednek wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 10:49 pm Instead of worrying about the RPG's lets focus on reducing the waste. Less collecting, less side quests, more story driven gameplay

So far, pretty standard, enjoyable assassin stuff. But then things get a little weird. Basim has an ability called Assassin's Focus that allows him to target multiple enemies before launching an attack that will take them all out. We got a glimpse of this power last month but now we really get to see it in action, and it's... kinda like using a cheat code.

I assumed you'd target a few enemies and Basim would leap between them, kinda like Batman does when he's on a roll. Stomp the first one, zip over and eliminate the second one, then maybe do a flip to take out the third one. But, no. Basim just sorta teleports from guy to guy, stabbing them to death:


He literally dematerializes and then reappears right in front of each of the three enemies like a ghost (at 5:46 in the video). A very stabby ghost. Being able to just beam from one enemy to the other, like the Starship Enterprise was having a transporter room malfunction, seems like a bit of a cheat.

On the plus side, it's not like you can just use Assassin's Focus indiscriminately. At the same point in the gameplay breakdown video, the developers explain "It's not something you can use at will. Basim will need to perform stealth skills to fill up his Assassin's Focus gauge and use this ability."

So, Basim may be a murderous ghost capable of teleporting right in front of the people he wants to kill, then kill them, then evaporate like mist, but at least he can't do it all the time. You're gonna have to be a stealthy human if you want to turn into a stabby ghost.

naednek wrote: ↑Tue Jun 13, 2023 12:23 am so basically redeye in RDR1 and RDR2

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:56 pm First of all, I don't know what OP means in this usage .

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 12, 2023 11:56 pm This teleporting concerns me, if the game is designed that it has to be used at times.

“Assassin Focus is a mechanic similar to Double Assassination that controls the flow of multiple targets in close proximity with Basim’s concentration,” Assassin’s Creed Mirage animation director Benjamin Potts says.

“Assassin Focus was also created as a movement opportunity for the protagonist that has never been seen before, in order to express Basim’s agility. It took me a lot of different ideas and prototypes to get here. At first, it was too powerful, but I was able to build up the gauge by succeeding in stealth, and then I was able to use it, and it was sublimated into Assassin’s Creed-like skill.

The “Assassin’s Creed protagonist is a human and not a superhero,” Potts continues. “So we’ve done a lot of work to ensure that multiple assassinations can be done with smooth transitions while still being ground-based.”

Keep in mind that this 4Gamer interview has been machine translated and we’ve edited parts of what was said for clarity.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:25 pm Ive only finished 1 and Origins. I didn't really like 2 and 3 was semi ok to me. I loved origins so much and Odyssey was looking like a winner too. I enjoy Syndicate ok but LOVED Black Flag the most. Hope they make a new pirate game like BF...they can leave the AC stuff out if they want.

Alefroth wrote: ↑Wed Jun 21, 2023 4:08 pm

Daehawk wrote: ↑Thu Sep 01, 2022 7:25 pm Ive only finished 1 and Origins. I didn't really like 2 and 3 was semi ok to me. I loved origins so much and Odyssey was looking like a winner too. I enjoy Syndicate ok but LOVED Black Flag the most. Hope they make a new pirate game like BF...they can leave the AC stuff out if they want.

Skull and Bones.

Daehawk wrote: ↑Fri Jul 07, 2023 10:25 pm
Also I can barely understand some of those people...they need to take the food out of their mouths then talk.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:30 pm Careful. I got chastised once for Canadian jokes.

Did you hear about the guy with a map of Canada tattoed on his butt? Every time he sits down Quebec separates.

What do the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Titanic have in common? They both look good until they hit the ice.

How do you get 50 Canadians out of a swimming pool? You say, “please get out of the swimming pool.”

In Canada the seasons are, almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.

What does Canada produce that no other country in the world produces? Canadians.

Someone tried to sell me Canada. I was having Nunavut.

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:49 pm Now do Greenland!

I asked my friend in Greenland, what it's like living there.
He told me it's so great, he's on top of the World

After a gruesome murder in Greenland the suspect is taken in for questioning by the police.
Inspector: Would you mind telling us where you were on the night from October 11th to March 5th?

A Priest working in a remote parish in Greenland gets his yearly visit from his Bishop.
The Bishop asks him, "How are you managing with the loneliness?"
The Priest responds, " If it wasn't for my Rosary and my whiskey, I couldn't make it. Would you like a shot of whiskey?"
The Bishop nods his head yes.
The Priest yells out, "Hey Rosary, bring us two shots of whisky "

jztemple2 wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:57 pm

hepcat wrote: ↑Mon Aug 14, 2023 8:49 pm Now do Greenland!

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As a fan of classic Assassin's Creed who felt left behind by the series' transformation into loot-driven RPGs, I'm still reeling from a few hours with Mirage. All of that talk about making a throwback AC game that prioritizes stealth and climbing over swordfighting and horseback riding wasn't just lip service—Mirage moves like an Ezio-era AC game with modern improvements. Rooftops are Basim's home turf, guards die to a hidden blade regardless of level, and swordfights can end with a single counter-attack.