When they describe combat as the “backup option”, you know they’re onto something.

Although, there are changes.

While I’m not 100% certain this is how it works, I bet it’s quite similar.

Basim, main character in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, leaps at a guard, his arm raised to strike

The objective, it seemed, was to “Kill the captain”.

Then we were away!

So, Basim had to eliminate him first so hawky would come back to do some recon.

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Away we go: hawk deployed, enemies marked with red.

Assassin’s Creed: Mirage may not have shocked me, but it didn’t need to.

So far, I think it’s on track to deliver on its promises.

The hand of an unseen assassin deploys a hidden blade, while guards attack a civilian in the street in Assassin’s Creed Mirage

NotE3 and Summer Game Fest 2023 is over for another year.

Basim leaps over a gap between buildings in Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage by vaulting with a beam

A wide view of the city of Baghdad in Assassin’s Creed Mirage