Assassin’s Creed Mirage director has ideas for expanding Basim’s story

Assassin’s Creed Mirage launched in October last year, offering a lighter, back-to-basics experience reminiscent of older games in the series. Ubisoft’s action-adventure title took players to 9th century Baghdad, and put them in the shoes of Basim Ibn Ishaq, a street thief who joins the Hidden Ones and rises through the ranks to become a master assassin. goes. Although there is no word on whether the franchise will feature the character again, the creative director of Assassin’s Creed Mirage has said that the team has ideas about where Basim’s story could go.

one in Reddit AMA On Wednesday, the game’s creative director Stéphane Boudon said that Basim’s story could be expanded further, but not as an expansion to AC Mirage.

“we are excited [sic] Welcome to Mirage! as a mirage [sic] designed [sic] As a standalone experience with no DLC plans. However, we have ideas about how we can definitely take Basim’s story forward,” Boudon said. However, he reiterated that Mirage will not get an expanded post-launch story. “But to date, there is no post-launch content planned for Mirage,” he said.

Bowdon also answered a question about possible future patches for Assassin’s Creed Mirage, confirming that Ubisoft has no plans for a new major update, but that it will continue to monitor the game and look for changes. Will keep listening to players’ feedback.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage represented a departure from the detailed RPG-style Assassin’s Creed games that had come before. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey attracted criticism for their bloated design, endless side quests, and a lengthy main campaign. Mirage, on the other hand, opted for a more focused story and world that paid homage to earlier games in the series such as Assassin’s Creed and the Ezio trilogy.

While Mirage served as a spinoff of the larger Assassin’s Creed games, Ubisoft may release similar smaller games given Mirage’s positive reception. In the AMA, Boudon confirmed this. “It all started as an action/adventure game back then and with Mirage we wanted to celebrate this heritage for the franchise’s 15th anniversary,” he said. “But there is room for different types of experiences in AC and you can expect more to come.”

Assassin’s Creed Mirage was released on October 5 last year on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X. Ubisoft is currently working on the next game in the series, Assassin’s Creed Raid, which will be set in feudal Japan. Said to be an RPG-style entry with a large open world map, the game has no concrete release date yet. However, in an earnings report, Ubisoft said that the game will likely release between April 2024 and March 2025.