This milestone has made me realise that the Creedsperience has taken up almost half of my current lifespan.
At least, that’s what it sounds like Ubi are going for.
But “it’s like the old ones you enjoyed before!”
seems to be Ubisoft’s explicit mission statement for this game.
Like I said, the old thing with new faces and fancier SFX.
In fairness, at least one of the faces in Mirage isn’t that new.
This setting was also chosen carefully.
Old, and yet also new.
Mirage’s structure is more linear, and according to Beaulieu, closer to the early games.
A young, brash young man becoming a more measured veteran, you say?
Sure does sound like Assassin’s Creed.
Elsewhere there’s yet more of what’s old being new again.
You have an eagle best friend, but now there are archers to shoot down your eagle best friend.
There’s parkour, but it’s faster, and Basim can pole vault over wider gaps.
There are more places to run, jump and hide in around the city.
I can’t help but wonder what it’ll feel like to play a game like that again.
What am I doing?
Jesus, what have any of us achieved in the time that this Assassin’s Creed has been going?
Sorry, I think I need to… can someone bring up the window?
It’s very hot in here.
