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[Zheph]

Solid news but still not sold on Mirage yet

 

[TheUsual]

I'll definitely appreciate a tighter experience. Origins was the last one I played and beat. That felt stuffed with way too much to me.
Will wait for more previews and reviews before making a decision

 

[drganon]

I could live with that. Odyssey and Valhalla both suffered from bloat.

 

[TheInfamousKira]

That's right, guys. They've cut the end credits.

 

[custardbun01]

Finished neither origins nor Valhalla. This is more my style.

 

[Just_one]

Yea no interest in it then.

good ridance , let the true AC fans enjoy what a truly AC game is.

not a overblow RPG world

 

[MonkD]

good ridance , let the true AC fans enjoy what a truly AC game is.

not a overblow RPG world

True AC fans will definitely love this Valhalla dlc. Too bad it's twice as expensive as it probably should be. Marketing team has done a hell of a job though, making you think this is anything like the old games.

 

[EverydayBeast]

The raiding design is an all time achievement in Valhalla,

Plus Valhalla had better characters (Singurd, Ragnar’s children in England.)

But yeah you’re going to get wiped out of playtime with this game just like Assassins Creed Odyssey (2018), I don't know people's schedules enough but I'm not sure 1 hour to 2 hour game times fit this game, you're gonna want to put some heat on this game, and that takes 4 to 8 hours out of you and it looks like they trimmed the fat with Mirage.

 

[K' Dash]

Good.

 

[Games of Today]

Thanks God. I'm hype for this game.

 

[Games of Today]

Black Flag is to pirates what Red Dead was to westerns. Or, at least, the closest we've ever gotten.

All they had to do was replicate that for Skull and Bones, but nooo. They made it arcade shit.

 

[Bartski]

 

[violence]

Does the shorter mean better?

A comedian can have an amazing set, but if he goes over by 10 minutes, it can change your whole view of the entire thing.

 

[Chuck Berry]

Still too big

 

[Jibran#one]

Valhalla was the most bloated game I ever played so that's a good thing
A 15 to 20 hour game is good length

 

[Raven117]

I liked Valhalla enough, but it really could have been so much better.

Ubisoft typically has great concepts...that fail to make it truly compelling. This increases the irritation when it falters.

 

[Draugoth]

The latest playtimes we’ve received average at around 20-23 hours," Ubisoft lead producer Fabian Salomon says of Assassin’s Creed Mirage.

That can go up to 25-30 hours for the completionists, and we’ll say that those who will be rushing the game will be around 20 hours.

 

[saintjules]

I never believe hour playthrough time comments. Everyone plays at various speeds.

 

[Oberstein]

I'd like to see History no longer held hostage by Ubisoft.

No other major video game publisher is going for an open-world adventure in a historical setting. And that's a shame.

But if only Ubisoft would go back to the days of AC2. There was still some good creativity back then. And the Italian Renaissance setting is still very suitable for a game.

Edit: Ok, Ghost of Tsushima came along in the meantime, but that's pretty rare.

 

[MagnetoWasRight]

Reminder that this started out life as a DLC for Valhalla and will probably feel like not much more than that.

 

[Topher]

Thats nice. Now let me buy on steam and i might consider giving you my money.

Ubisoft has confirmed that its games are returning to Steam | VGC

Including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800 and Roller Champions…

www.videogameschronicle.com

 

[Arachnid]

Good.

Now lets see if they still manage to fill it with repetitive Ubisoft trash or if it's actually a varied and engaging experience,

 

[Kyo]

A game can be "five times longer" than another one, but there's no such thing as "five times shorter". The phrase doesn't make any sense, why do so many people get this wrong? It's "a fifth of the length" of the other game.

 

[Dreathlock]

Ubisoft has confirmed that its games are returning to Steam | VGC

Including Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Anno 1800 and Roller Champions…

www.videogameschronicle.com

Yeah that’s old games. New games are not listed on steam.

 

[MadPanda]

I wouldn't call that short. Resident Evil 3 remake is short. Five times smaller than Valhalla is still 20-40 hours and that's a decent size. Even though I don't share the sentiment of majority here, I still welcome this change.

 

[SmokedMeat]

Guess it looks better to say shorter instead of five times less bloat.

 

[Low Moral Fibre]

Sounds like I was one of the few people that really enjoyed Valhalla and even I thought it was a complete and utter slog after a point so shorter (and hopefully less repetitive) sounds good.

 

[Muffdraul]

I was pretty burnt out on "classic" AC by the time they switched to the open world RPG model, I'm not exactly chomping at the bit to go back to the supposed "good ol' days." But whatever, I intend to play Mirage and enjoy it.

 

[Moses85]

Sounds 5 times better

 

[Fake]

I dunno fam. Black Flag was amazing.

Black Flag was the best AC in my opinion at least.

 

[Fbh]

That's good. But this is also a DLC turned full release and inspired by the original style.
I want to see this type of trimming on the next big mainline entry made in the new RPG style. I'm interested in the one set in Japan, but if it's another bloated 60 hours main story I'm out.

I dunno fam. Black Flag was amazing.

Ironically though I think the "assassins creed" part of black flag was the worst part of the game.
The tailing missions, the modern day sections, the unnecessary stealth, looking for alien artefacts, etc.

The game is great but would have been even better if they just allowed it to be a cool standalone Pirate game

 

[R6Rider]

That's good. But this is also a DLC turned full release and inspired by the original style.
I want to see this type of trimming on the next big mainline entry made in the new RPG style. I'm interested in the one set in Japan, but if it's another bloated 60 hours main story I'm out.



Ironically though I think the "assassins creed" part of black flag was the worst part of the game.
The tailing missions, the modern day sections, the unnecessary stealth, looking for alien artefacts, etc.

The game is great but would have been even better if they just allowed it to be a cool standalone Pirate game

I felt Rogue was a better AC game with many of the mechanics of IV.

The whole method of Edward becoming an Assassin was so stupid.

 

[diffusionx]

Ironically though I think the "assassins creed" part of black flag was the worst part of the game.
The tailing missions, the modern day sections, the unnecessary stealth, looking for alien artefacts, etc.

The game is great but would have been even better if they just allowed it to be a cool standalone Pirate game

All good, that's why they released Skull & Bones

 

[Warablo]

Ubisoft games got so bloated that it's actually a selling point to cut the fat.

 

[Ozrimandias]

To me, this is great news.