Last week, we asked you to spotlight Basim from Assassin’s Creed Mirage using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:
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One of the essential skills in Assassin’s Creed Mirage isn’t explained very well. Eavesdropping is required to get information on missions or just for clues to find new methods for assassinating your targets. You’d think eavesdropping would be as simple as stealthily approaching your target and listening to their on-going conversation, but for some reason this game doesn’t work that way. There’s a very special way to eavesdrop and while we figured it out quickly, the surge of frustrated players asking how to do it forced our hand — we’ll explain exactly what you need to know about eavesdropping in the full guide below.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a focused return to the stealth gameplay of earlier games in the series, stripping out most of the action-oriented combat, RPG leveling and gear. Now you’ll need to use an array of tools and your own patience to ghost through Baghdad bases in search of a new gang of masked opponents plotting their own evil schemes. Much more like previous games in the series, Mirage has its own weird little quirks. Collecting unique currencies to pay off different types of NPCs is one. Eavesdropping is another.
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Eavesdropping is a mechanic in which Basim, your playable assassin, can listen in to conversations of far-off NPCs. They only need to be relatively close for this to work, but actually listening requires a specific type of interaction. To eavesdrop, you must use a bench.
Eavesdropping may reveal important information about your target or progress the story. Certain quest objectives absolutely require eavesdropping. Simply getting close to targets or blending into a crowd of regular NPCs will NOT let you eavesdrop. It doesn’t make sense, but that’s just how this game works.
In addition to eavesdropping and hiding, sitting at benches has a few additional featues you’ll want to know about.
Passing time doesn’t affect anything other than the time of day and the speed in which guards stop chasing you. After clearing the immediate threat, you can talk to town barkers and pay them off to remove Notoriety or rip up wanted posters that will appear randomly on city structures. The higher your notoriety, the more often guards will attack and hunt you for no reason at all.
Using these tricks, you should be able to progress through Basim’s story a little easier — and faster now that eavesdropping isn’t a problem. Look for a bench you can interact with and take a rest.
Last week, we asked you to spotlight Basim from Assassin’s Creed Mirage using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:
is filled with puzzles for you to complete and one of the first you will discover is the Upper Harbor Gear Chest. There are a number of quests and puzzles for you to solve throughout your time in Baghdad and the surrounding districts including the Tales of Baghdad Quests.
Players of will soon realize that they will need crafting materials to upgrade their items in the game. These can be found in several different manners throughout the game, but players might not be able to find them consistently, particularly at the beginning of their journey. However, there are consistent methods of finding them, if players know where to look as they traverse the city of Baghdad.
In , the final Head of the Order must be found and eliminated to free Baghdad, which turns out to be the former concubine of the Caliphate, Qabiha. Qabiha is a clever woman, and the Palace is well protected when Basim seeks to infiltrate it. Doing so without getting caught will be easier said than done, and once inside the Palace, it is quite challenging to leave it without being followed by every Guard in the vicinity.
Basim's main weapon in is a sword, so it's important for him to wield one that looks good as he slices and dices through the guards of Baghdad. Unlike other recent titles, alternative weapons like axes or bow aren't present in the game, meaning that one sword or another will remain equipped throughout the entire game. None of the available blades in are entirely lacking in style, but some are more basic than others, making abandoning less glamorous options once others become available to Basim a good call.
A hallmark of any game in the series, Basim must eliminate targets throughout , one of those being Al-Mardikhwar. This target is one of the Order members at the end of the multiple Investigations that began at the Sharqiyah Bureau for the Hidden Ones in Baghdad. Finding and eliminating him will take some creativity from Basim, as well as help from the Rebels.
As you make your way through , playing as Basim, you will be tasked with eliminating several targets with the first major enemy being Al-Ghul.After infiltrating the Damascus Gate Prison early in your attention will turn to eliminating the first of five targets. With the game set in the desert, many of the locations that you will visit are settlements, and Caravanserai set just outside of Baghdad, is the one where you will find Al-Ghul.
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There are nine Wilderness Gear Chests scattered around the outskirts of Baghdad in . These chests contain the Hidden One Dagger and Hidden One Sword, as well as their respective Upgrade Schematics. The last three chests contain pieces for the Isu set. Each item from these chests is extremely powerful and boasts a compelling reason to acquire it, but it will be no walk in the park. All the Wilderness Gear Chests are hidden in restricted areas, making it difficult for any assassin to find them.
Daggers play a big role in , so picking the design with the best looks can have a surprisingly major impact on the game experience. Although each dagger has its own unique stats, it's possible to prioritize aesthetics thanks to a transmog system included in the game. Blacksmiths will change a weapon to have the look of another for the reasonable price of 50 dirham, so it's easy to pick a blade that has the perfect perk and make it look like one that offers a little more flair.
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.
Looking for the Abbasid Knight Upgrade Schematics across Baghdad in is a perplexing challenge. However, it is completely worthwhile. When out of enemy sight, the Abbasid Knight Outfit slowly regenerates Basim's health, making it ideal for an assassin of his nature. The Abbasid Knight Sword and Dagger that come with the set are also worth picking up. However, the set isn't finished even if you have all the pieces. To properly complete the collection, you must find all the Abbasid Knight Upgrade Schematics scattered throughout the map.