Assassin’s Creed Mirage Highlights PC Features with New Trailer

takes plenty of inspiration from the earlier games of the franchise, but that doesn’t mean the series is entirely resting on its laurels. Some areas of the game try to evolve the experience in new ways from its original roots, taking a different direction than the trajectory of previous transformations. One aspect that sees some freshening up is the way that treats quests, and the changes in this particular regard are better than any that have come before, fixing some crucial problems that have long troubled the series.

Assassin's Creed Mirage's special move glitches because the Animus can't keep up with Basim - he's just that good.

Microids and Paul Cuisset have released a new trailer for upcoming side-scrolling action game Flashback 2, this time around focusing on the game’s story. The trailer gives us a good look at the game’s cyberpunk storyline, as well as some of the visuals of its side-scrolling gameplay. Check out the trailer below.

represents a concerted effort by developer Ubisoft to return this once immensely popular franchise back to its beloved roots. In spite of abandoning the controversial RPG-style gameplay of the past several entries in the franchise, maintains an impressive array of customization options — most significantly in the character aesthetic department. Though the latest installment in the series has a limited supply of unique outfits and costumes when compared with previous installments, the developer has evidently elected to value quality over quantity as the vast majority of 's apparel options are exceptionally well-designed — though, inevitably, some are so much better than others.

Different targets to assassinate in are difficult to approach without getting caught, especially the well-defended Treasurer. The influence this figure wields lets them sit at the top of Karkh's web of power, where they tax poor merchants to fund the controlling Order. Their true identity has remained a secret as they approach the Bazaar marketplace in search of a rare Eastern hairpin to add to their collection of seized artifacts.

Some Assassin's Creed Mirage players are frustrated with a graphical effect called chromatic aberration that can't be turned off.

Fazil the Great Scholar is one of your targets to assassinate in , found in a large Symposium that can be difficult to infiltrate without getting caught. This leader of the Order of Abbasiyah has been conducting human experiments to try and control dark magics. The perverted knowledge wielded by Fazil must be stopped, but his actions' insidious and hidden nature makes him hard to find.

Since Assassin’s Creed 2, Ubisoft introduced the notoriety system, which adds an even deeper level to the stealth gameplay. Prior, in the first game you could just walk around assassinating guards at a whim. There were consequences, but not enough to stop you from repeating them. In the sequel, if you did something like kill a guard, posters would go up and guards would almost always be on high alert. This system has changed quite a lot throughout the games. In Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, it seems to be overhauled again. To understand how the new notoriety system works in Assassin’s Creed: Mirage, this guide will explain it to you.

is, by most accounts, a return to the kind of gameplay that first captured imaginations and sparked interest in the franchise. Since the first game was released in 2007, the series has ventured farther and farther from its stealth-based roots, with (admittedly fantastic) games like much closer to full-on RPGs. Still, the story, characters, and setting still offer plenty that is new.

has been a return to the franchise's roots, with a smaller, more stealth-focused title set in a stunning recreation of Baghdad in the year 861. The title tells the origin of Basim Ibn Ishaq, a character who was introduced in the franchise's last title,, by which time he was already a Master Assassin on his travels to Norway​​​​​.

Enigmas are two-part puzzles scattered around Assassin’s Creed Mirage. The first part requires finding a collectible — a cryptic message or drawing — that leads you to the second part — a treasure, like a dye or a talisman.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage is the latest in Ubisoft’s blockbuster series, and a bit of a throwback to an earlier time for the series. Rather than a big overstuffed RPG, Mirage is more of a traditional action-adventure experience, and as such, some folks more used to recent games like Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Valhalla may need to adjust slightly.