Assassin's Creed Mirage Standard Edition - PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4

I was hopefuly about this game. I am someone who remembers the early AC games fondly, especially the first one, and I did also think that the newer titles becoming more like RPGs was losing the spirit of the original series. So this game should have been perfect for me. Being a smaller, more focused experienced sounded great to me as well, I think gaming in general needs to stop putting quantity over quality with huge maps and 100 hr games that don't do anything interesting. This game did dial down the quantity, it's a smaller 25 hour game, but the quality did not increase. It's an extremely basic AC experience. I think the biggest sin is that absolutely none of the characters are interesting or likeable, which makes you not feel any motivation for the gameplay and story. To be fair, I would have to go back and play the original AC to find out if they actually did meet their goal of trying to return to that experience. Maybe they accomplished exactly what they set out to do, and it's just nostalgia that makes me think I had so much fun playing AC1. I remember caring much more about the story and characters though, and in the original game they set up the whole supernatural backstory for the series and it was very interesting. This game has NONE of the modern day storyline or any further answers about the supernatural backstory. Oh, and it has all the classic frustrations, like the parkour doing moves that you didn't intend to do and making you jump off a cliff instead of going to the next ledge you were aiming for. I thought with a smaller game they would really improve the graphics and the parkour but they didn't. And the combat seems much less exciting than before too. There are a few minor bugs too but just goofy AI and graphical stuff, nothing game-breaking. I try not to buy too many games right at release anymore, but I went ahead and got this one, and I was not impressed. Considering this was supposed to be an effort to return the series to what people wanted, I think it might officially be time to give up on AC.

The game holds true to the franchise had many hours of exploration and fum

Good product..and perfect gameplay...everyone should play once..

Great story line, great action, and great adventure.

I love the Assassin's Creed games. This one looks beautiful. It is set in Baghdad. The background sounds include birds, calls to prayer, and other things which really make a realistic environment. The game play is streamlined without experience points, repetitive side quests, and less emphasis on collecting many different things.