Ubisoft knows that its Assassin’s Creed Mirage game is highly anticipated, so the publisher continues its teaser by unveiling a very special feature.
Ubisoft having gone through a bad patch, the French-speaking publisher is currently focusing on what makes it successful: Assassin’s Creed whose episode Mirage is also coming soon, namely October 12, 2023. As you could imagine, everything will be done with this episode to satisfy the fans in addition to being a homecoming. In particular, via the return of a highly anticipated mode. Here’s what we can learn.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage, a tradition that continues
In all simplicity Ubisoft has announced that the next Assassin’s Creed Mirage will include a mode called History of Baghdad. The objective is to “bring players closer to history”. Said mode will obviously be available for free when the game launches this fall. Simply put, Baghdad’s Story Mode features historically accurate articles that players can read after discovering specific sites throughout the game, serving as rewards for exploration. These famous articles cover five subjects, such as economy, beliefs and daily life, government, art and science, and life at court. It is a bit like the Discovery mode that we could discover in Assassin’s Creed Origins with the difference that at the time it allowed to remove all the fights to focus on learning.
Badgad, an exciting city
It is a fact that the history of Baghdad is a notion that is very little present in video games and the beautiful city is only too rarely studied in our schools. The story mode of Assassin’s Creed Mirage will therefore provide information on this fascinating culture and on the Abbasid Caliphate around the 9th century, accompanied by images provided by the partner museums. Dr. Raphaël Weyland (nothing to do with Alien) historian working at Ubisoft Montreal says:
From the start, we had an ambitious premise: to help players better understand the world of 9th-century Baghdad, a world rarely depicted in popular culture.. In pursuit of this noble goal, we had the freedom to choose the topics we wanted to discuss
An expert in the history of the Middle East, Weyland joined Ubisoft to work on Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and his work includes researching culturally and historically authentic elements to include in the game, as well as revising certain aspects of it to fit perfectly with the setting. In short, it promises to be historically accurate and that’s good!
As a reminder, the game will be available from October 12 on PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series and PC.