Last week, we asked you to spotlight Basim from Assassin’s Creed Mirage using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:
12.10.2023 - 10:19 / techradar.com
Assassin’s Creed Mirage was only released last week, but in a matter of days, its players have somehow managed to spend about half a millennium parkouring around the game’s city of Baghdad.
To be exact: in six days, players spent a grand total of 479 years performing slick moves and bouncing around the city’s rooftops. This fact was revealed by the official Assassin’s Creed account on Twitter yesterday (October 11), as part of a statement that thanked fans for “joining us on this incredible journey that celebrates, honors, and builds upon the 15-year legacy of the Assassin’s Creed series”.
In the same message, it was confirmed that Mirage is Ubisoft’s biggest current-gen game launch when looking at its sales on PS5 and Xbox Series X|S. The total number of players, it said, is “in line” with the launches of Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Origins. The Assassin’s Creed team said it is “humbled by the positive reception”.
Thank you all for joining us on Basim's journey in 9th Century Baghdad! We are thrilled by the response from the community and for embracing our homage to the roots of the AC franchise. #AssassinsCreed pic.twitter.com/KnL2YxGIONOctober 11, 2023
Otherwise, players managed to perform about 60 million Leaps of Faith, and most importantly, pet around 1.2 million street cats. Again, this is within a six-day timeframe, so it’s all pretty impressive stuff.
Speaking of cats, it was recently spotted by fans that one of the feline friends in Mirage appears to be hiding an Easter egg right on their snout. Namely, it appears that the kitty’s facial markings are meant to resemble the Assassin insignia — with a dark teardrop-like marking on their nose, and white fur surrounding it.
Whether it was an intentional nod or not, it’s also been pointed out that this in-game cat looks a whole lot like one fan’s real-life cat, who was requested to be added to the game ahead of its release. This hasn’t been confirmed, though — we previously reached out to Ubisoft for comment.
If you love the Assassin’s Creed series, be sure to check out our ranking of the best Assassin’s Creed games . You can also find some brand new game recommendations in our list of the best open-world games on PC .
Last week, we asked you to spotlight Basim from Assassin’s Creed Mirage using #PSshare #PSBlog. Here are this week’s highlights:
If you've been playing Assassin's Creed Mirage at all this past couple of weeks, you've almost certainly run across a barred door or 12. These puzzles force you to search for a small crack or open window in the same building for a good angle to chuck a throwing knife at the lock, allowing Basim to enter the building and collect the spoils within. They're a very common sight for Assassin's Creed fans, mostly thanks to them making the jump from Valhalla, but it's seems like they've become so common that fans are starting to get sick of them.
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.
Ubisoft seems happy with Assassin's Creed Mirage, which it says has similar play numbers at launch as recent games such as Origins and Odyssey.
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.
We aren't petting enough cats in Assassin's Creed Mirage. And I don't say that in a memey, superficial way; I actually have data to back up my argument.
Ubisoft has revealed some details about the debut of Assassin's Creed Mirage, saying its player count is "in line" with the previous launches like Assassin's Creed Origins and Odyssey.
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.
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.