Ubisoft recalled thatAssassin’s Creed Mirage will be based on a much smaller scale than the last three opuses. It shouldn’t be seen as a defect.
Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Assassin’s Creed Valhalla : these three video games offer great adventures, in addition to having relaunched a totally adrift saga. They do, however, share a fault which, at first glance, is not really one: their content is far too immense, thus boring the players. Assassin’s Creed Miragethe future episode, will not have this ” problem “, recalled Ubisoft in remarks relayed by GamesRadar+ on January 12, 2023.
The French company, which has had a very, very complicated 2022 with a starving calendar of new products, has obviously understood that the players need something else after having chained three big trips. ” Among our fans, we started to see the desire for a more hero-centric story, with a focus on the mainstays of the first Assassin’s Creed on a more intimate scale. says Stéphane Boudon, creative director.
A more intimate Assassin’s Creed is good news
Don’t make Stéphane Boudon say what he didn’t say. To his eyes, Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla remain major opuses. They are based on the promise of living an incredible epic in a strong universe “. Like the players, the developers apparently needed something else. The change in philosophy was positive for them, who must have been relieved to design a less ambitious and resource-intensive project.
Please note, this clarification by Ubisoft should not be seen as a defect for Assassin’s Creed Mirage. We would tend to believe that the larger an open world is, the more it is a guarantee of success. This is far from true in practice, as it depends on how the environments are filled. Sometimes too much is the enemy of good. Added to this is the obvious: imagine that all games are huge open worlds, we would probably end up being disgusted.
We really need these shorter parentheses to breathe between two huge projects. It will also be recalled that titles such as The Last of Us, god of war and God of War Ragnarok are considered masterpieces, especially because they know how to concentrate the action and the narration without spreading out. We wish the same success to Assassin’s Creed Miragedesigned as a tribute to the very first Assassin’s Creed.
