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Assassin’s Creed Miragecurrently has a 77 overall critic rating, making it one of the lowest-rated main series games in the history of theAssassin’s Creedfranchise.Assassin’s Creedhas been Ubisoft’s flagship franchise for over a decade. It’s gone through all kinds of transformations over the years, originating as a stealth adventure game before morphing into an open world RPG and eventually returning to its roots withAssassin’s Creed Mirage.
Assassin’s Creed Miragehas been billed as a return to the series' roots, with the game setting aside the massive open worlds and RPG elements that have largely defined the most recent entries in the franchise.Assassin’s Creed Miragehas earned mostly positive reviews from critics since launch, but it is still one of the lowest-rated games in the main series. In fact,Assassin’s Creed Mirageis now tied forAssassin’s Creed Syndicateas the third lowest-ratedAssassin’s Creedgame. The onlyACtitles with lower overall ratings areAssassin’s Creed Unity, a game that was widely criticized on release for its severe technical problems, andAssassin’s Creed Rogue, a game that released on outdated hardware the very same day asAC Unity.
Assassin’s Creed Miragereviewshave secured the game a 77 overall rating at the time of this writing, putting it near the bottom of the franchise. Even thoughAssassin’s Creed Miragewas presented as a return to the series' roots, it seems it has failed to capture the magic that the olderACgames had, asAssassin’s Creed 2remains the highest-rated game in the series with an impressive 90 overall rating. Most of theAssassin’s Creedgames have earned an 80 or above, thoughAssassin’s Creed Syndicate,Mirage,Unity, andRogueall had 70 or above overall ratings. It seems the main criticism aimed atAssassin’s Creed Miragehas to do with the game’s storyline and characters, which many critics found underwhelming.
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The somewhat lukewarm reaction toAssassin’s Creed Miragecould potentially have an impact on what kind ofACgames Ubisoft pursues in the far future, but the company has already laid out plans for the next set ofAssassin’s Creedgames. Fans can look forward toAssassin’s Creed Nexus VRlater this year, while the mobile gameAssassin’s Creed Jadeis also in development. An ambitiouslive service project calledAssassin’s Creed Infinityis also in the works, though the most exciting upcomingAssassin’s Creedgames are definitely Codename Red and Codename Hexe.
Codename Red is the long-awaitedAssassin’s Creedgame set in Feudal Japan, whereasCodename Hexe is believed to be set during the 16th centurywith more of a supernatural-bent.Assassin’s Creedfans will have to wait to find out more about those projects, but they can tryAssassin’s Creed Miragein the meantime.
Assassin’s Creed Mirageis out now for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X with an iOS version also in development.
