Assassin's Creed Mirage Standard Edition - XBOX Series X, XBOX One

I love how they went back to their old roots still have some new elements to it but overall, it’s a great assassin Creed game.

It did the return to the roots very well, sometimes too well. The good: Valhalla way overinflated game time. This knocked down the main quest time to less than 20 hours, which made me actually want to try to collect nearly everything. Haven't had that in an Assassin's Creed since Ezio. A nice smaller map made an area I wanted to explore. The focus on stealth once more was refreshing, though I like AC either way. Bad: Ugh, the controls. Glad parkour came back, but it was janky, often leaving me a sitting duck trying to just jump off a pillar while getting shot at. Combat controls were sometimes intuitive, sometimes just as bad as parkour. So, in all, the game was awesome...but the controls being not great really hurts a video game. So, 3.75. Good controls, possibly a 4.25, at least a 4.

I think of your fan of the Assassin Creed games, you'll likely enjoy this one as well. It's not open world like some of the previous few have been but it's certainly not as Pain by numbers as the first few work. It's really kind of something in between, which could become polarizing for those who really like one style of the other but from my perspective it has a lot of the best of both types of games. I was very happy with the graphics, gameplay and I found everything to be really smooth! Still working through the story, but so far so good and I think those who enjoy Assassin's Creed game might really enjoy this.

Playing Mirage is great if you miss that old school feeling of AC. Going back to its roots this game relies heavily on stealth which is what made the orginal games an instant classic and is now used to focus on the majority of your missions during gameplay. Some RPG elements are noticeable here and there but nothing too crazy like odyssey or valhalla. The baghdad map is generally smaller from previous games but still manageable to travel and explore. If you miss the old gameplay style of Assassins Creed than Mirage will be the one to enjoy! Easily one of the best entry’s in the series to date.

Overall the game mechanics keep with what we had with AC:Origins and Valhalla with a smidgen of what we had with the first game. While I liked Origins,loved Odyssey I was lukewarm with Valhalla and with this game I feel it's equal to Origins. The exploration and certain abilities follow Valhalla for the most part like with Eagle sight and map orientation.Still no complaints as the game is fun and that's all that really counts at the end. Having fun playing the game.