Assassin's Creed Mirage: The BEST AC Game In Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 ก.ค. 2024
- Assassin's Creed Mirage has now been out for over a month and I've been working on putting this long video essay about it ever since I rolled credits. Assassin's Creed Mirage was a very special experience for me. I haven't enjoyed playing a new Assassin's Creed game as much as Mirage in a long time. It's by no means a perfect game as I highlight many of its flaws in this video but to me, it's certainly the best Assassin's Creed game in the last nine years...
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00:00 Introduction
03:52 CH 1 - A Return to Form
08:03 CH 2 - Recreating A Lost City
23:52 CH 3 - Serve The Light
37:40 CH 4 - Work In The Dark
1:07:51 CH 5 - Something More Than A Man
1:36:15 CH 6 - It's Not Just A Mirage
1:42:11 The Best AC Game In Years - เกม
Assassins creed literally makes me want to become a historian. This series unveiled a passion like no other
Nah I totally get that. They really do a good job of immersing people into the time periods. AC3 really got me into American history, and Mirage really inspired my interest in the middle east. These games do the same thing that those historical epics do, except you’re playing as a character rather than just watching a movie
@@GalickGun agreed.
I even tried to learn Italian when playing AC II and Brotherhood. It was fun and I could speak I little bit of Italian now.
@@roninsurvivor91 That’s nice. I learned bits and pieces of Arabic and Latin when I played Mirage and Origins
No cringe at all brotha
Im glad someone who actually knows the series can recognize how this game was a step in the right direction for us old AC fans that want the old style back. It is by no means perfect...But damn did it feel good and nostalgic to play this game after 3 years of the RPG games.
odyssey was so much better. it even got a GOTY nomination. you "og AC fans/ AC Purists" have absolutely no clue of what you are talking about when you say the last rpgs are not ac games. the AC lore is there, and there is so much lore in odyssey that you wouldn't know unless you actually played the games and paid attention to the details.
@@armandoluiscaldas2858AC Odyssey is one of the best games I've ever played, and it's the best game in the series for many reasons to me, but it is a part of the RPG trilogy and fans of the older games wanted the old style back.
I hope that they keep making both types of games. I cannot wait for AC Red, but I'm also excited for future "traditional" style AC titles.
For someone whose favorites are AC 2 and 3, and who hated Valhalla; is Mirage worth it?
@@poppafunknasty9991 more than valhalla
@@armandoluiscaldas2858 Sorry but you can take your god magic wielding misthios game out of the conversation. Odyssey is a good game next to something like Skyrim, but not next to something like Assassin's Creed.
This game was genuinely amazing for AC fans. It's just unfortunate because the game was always gonna get battered and hated by some just because it's a ubisoft game. And most of those people who hated it never even touched it.
Fr tho people who have played either thought "it's pretty good still like the older games better" or "back to roots LESS GO BABAAAAAYYY"
Don’t go to a popular TH-camrs comment section, worst mistake of my life.
(Also most of them suck at the game so it’s not even an accurate portrayal of the game)
I think the AC fanbase as a whole is just straight up toxic lol. All they want ubisoft to make is AC2 again and again. They dont want ubisoft to experiment and grow at all. In the end its just a lose lose situation.
When they say "the worst Assassin's Creed ever", I can't take them seriously. Ik they're exaggerating, but come on now, have you seen the previous ones?
The Animations are lazy, on a just technical side the newer AC games since Origins are all clunky and unfinished and just simplified if you want or not
It is always a good day when master assassin uploads
AC Mirage made me end up going back and deciding to go through the whole Connor-Shay-Arno trilogy, and i partially have your channel to thank for that
Sorry, but that was the worst era of AC in my opinion, narrative wise
Those games aren't a trilogy. The AC North American Trilogy is AC III, AC IV Black Flag, and AC Rogue.
Unity and Syndicate are a dulology.
@@TheFirstCurse1 Shay literally murders arnos father and the ending of rogue leads directly into unity, past wise
@@bunnarchist8965 Shay is a pointless character who didn't need to exist
@@bunnarchist8965 It's not considered a trilogy though. Again, the North American Trilogy is III, IV, and Rogue. Rogue just leads and ties into Unity.
The story, stealth, and soundtrack were all bangers in my opinion
The story ??
Really ?
How much Ubisoft paid you
@@12gmkk29 honestly basim is a better character than eivor, kassandra and the frye twins combined
The story was the only issue to me. It got a good start and a good end, but the middle which is the majority of the story is really mid
@@12gmkk29bro said it's his opinion
Soundtrack is great
I thought that the Nehal twist was absolutely phenomenal also from a psychologic perspective:
Basim and Loki are the same person. But Basim doesn't consciously know about his past life. And since Character is largely shaped by experiences, he has developed his character as Basim growing up in Baghdad. But the subconscious memories of the experiences in his former life also shaped his character, and some of those traits are at odds with his personality as Basim, thus feeling alien to him. That's why it makes perfect sense that his mind would not accept them as part of his own personality but portray them as another person.
Yes, you get it. Basic could never be exactly like the old Loki, since Loki's memories (and therefore, Loki's character) were buried deep inside. That is where the conflict was, two different streams of memory in one mind, therefore two different characters in one single person; at least until Basim saw that he was truly alone, after discovering that Roshan lied to him, the Hidden Ones were just using him through their 'dogma', as Ali pointed out and Nehal was his only friend... So, at the end, he gave in, and became something else. Not Loki, since Loki never had Basim's memories before dying during the Toba Catastrophe 77000 years prior, but he was no longer just Basim either. Just like the merging animation at the end, Basim's and Loki's memory streams became one.
It was obvious from the beginning but whatever...
@@blakekratzer413
Trying so hard to be different...
Bro i had so much goose bumbs at the intro. Well done
I love how you put so much time and effort into these kind of in-depth videos, it really just makes all of us appreciate the games even more..
PLEASE MAKE MORE VIDEOS LIKE THIS as in long breakdowns of the games etc and just the good and the bad and whatever you want to talk about because as someone who doesn’t have much content on TH-cam since he’s in his house for like a month straight these type of videos bring me some comfort and I just enjoy
I wish your comment had more likes
Combat,parkour and story could be better but the setting and stealth are great
Fun fact:did you know that if you combine the words from the trophy you get when you finish initiation and the trophy you get when you finishing the game they become the sentence that altair said to al mualim when he was diying
I agree, I missed so many old combat parry animations and of course the smooth parkour animations we used to have. And that fun fact though 🔥💯
The story was good imo
"La shay'a waqi'un mutlaq Bal kullun mumkin"
Is litterally the arabic translation of the line "Nothing is true, everything is permitted"
Not an exact translation but basically the source of the Assassin's creed itself.
this is my favorite game from this year and it's a top 5 ac. the world is fun to explore, stealth is the best in the series, parkour is fun, story is alot shorter and more well paced than the rpg games, and it feels great to be a assassin again after so long.
Facts! My biggest mistake which I’ve learned from now on is to never take what these big TH-camrs say about games serious and go pick it up for myself. This game was a masterpiece in its own right.
The final look of Basim at the end of your great presentation gave me goose bump!
Nice work!
Hello Master Assassin, I just wanted to say that I have loved watching your videos lately and to keep up the great work. When you have not posted for a long time I actually got a little bit worried if something went wrong. This video has been super fun to watch and I never thought that one hour would go by so quickly, I have become a big fan of yours and I wish you the best for the future. :)
Been waiting for this video! I'm so happy it's so long! Keep up the great work!
I love your positivity brother you're definitely number one in the assassin's creed youtube scene these days
Truly shocked, like genuinely, seeing this game having video titles like “THE WORST AC GAME IVE EVER PLAYED” like wth are we playing the same game? I, a fan since Altair, LOVED this game so much. I hate odyssey & especially Valhalla. So confused by the immense hate this got compared to Valhalla or odyssey etc. it’s like Unity on day one launch all over again except this game runs smoothly.
that intro montage was insane
I was wondering why it’s been longer than usual for the next video. Now i know lol
Thank You for this video Mentor, You encouraged me to leap into this game (still deciding through what means I'll do that tho)
Beautiful video mirage had a very comforting and nice vibe and is one of my favorite games out of the recent year that I’ve played for reasons I can’t explain it’s just the world it’s in comforts me and is nice
I have been waiting since it's release for this video from you. Thank you mentor
Please keep making long form content like this like documentary esque things
A colossal video. You gotta love the effort props!
Finally, someone who understands and appreciates the stealth, without just bloating the glaring flaws. It's simplicity and limits were intentional, so people rely on those tools and master them. Like a splintercell vs an overequipped r6 unit.
Beautiful video you did an amazing job and I’d ask that you keep making these type of longer formatted videos and maybe do this type of documentary esque video for like unity or one of your other favorite ac games or for the rpg games etc idk I just really like this long hour or more breakdown of an ac game and the good and bad stuff and just everything else
You perfectly encompassed all of my personal thoughts and feelings about Mirage. Even with its (imo quite few) shortcomings, it more than delivered on its story, lore, soundtrack, Basim’s character, level design, etc.
One thing I also want to mention is that it’s amazing how much detail and respect was put into preserving the culture (the Muslim call to prayer, accurate prayer rituals, etc)
Ubi Bordeaux knocked it out of the park and I feel like AC Codename Red will just be disappointing for me after Mirage was so damn good
Lessgoo full review! Also waiting on your video for AC Nexus! Also Mirage is getting NG+ this December!
I loved perfectionizing my approach for missions in Unity and I love to do it here again. You can get so creative and do cool stuff with stealth in this game and coming up with good runs is really satisfying.
Regardless of the flaws, u're the only one giving flowers to this great game, respect .
We're sick of the fickle fans .
That's what I don't understand, whenever I see or read something AC Mirage related are just negative reviews. But this game is basicaly what fans wanted, it's awesome and what is more unbelievable is that it's created from something so terrible like Valhalla. Devs just made a miracle.
Ubisoft had the formula down. They just need to fine tune it. but decided to throw everything away for origin. No fan asked for origin, just like how no fan asked for mirage to be designed the way it was from origin's engine. fans wanted the old formula and feel of the game at least from syndicate. But what they did was try to replicate something from an RPG engine that no fan asked for. If fans asked for what mirage was, you will see more positive feedback. The fact that you have a lot of negative feedback just shows you that they didn't get what fans actually asked for. I feel a lot of new fans that recently got into AC (origin, Odyssey valhalla) are trying to discredit some people's actual feeling to the game by saying things like "But this game is basicaly what fans wanted", "All they want ubisoft to make is AC2 again and again" or even "They dont want ubisoft to experiment and grow at all".
@@Syn741 I feel like devs made it from what was left for them and you can see it for yourself when you play the game. So that's why Mirage is not a big step forward, they just did what they could. And I think they did it just amazing. I believe if they had more resources and game was planned as a stand alone title from the very begining, we would get a different game with more new mechanics and more polished engine. I couldn't imagine they make AC2 all over every year, game was phenomenal, but it's highly overrated. Mirage is a little miracle in this hot mess company named Ubisoft.
@@MIk3StoRm It was made from the mess they themselves created. Like I said, they had the formula down to the T. they just needed to improve in small areas. but the decided to go the RPG route. This restarted any progression and had made. Personally Origin was a super downgrade in terms of combat, and parkour mechanics. The AC2 over and over again is a brain dead excuse to discredit any unhappiness regarding mirage as literally no one asked for AC2 over and over again. Mirage was an upgrade to the downgrade that they themselves started with origin. So if they are going to use the AC name for the RPG games, the totality of the series should be considered, if the game was an improvement. Mirage is at the half way mark of where AC peaked. What makes an AC game an AC game is the parkour and the impactful combat. The combat in this game, personally it doesn't feel good, as it literally feels like every stealth kill is a 2 second movie being played. The parkour is an improvement from the previous 3 RPG game, but it is still nowhere near as smooth as when AC peaked.
I saw on X that Ubisoft was even bringing a new game + to mirage and it’s because fans were actually asking Ubisoft to add it to mirage for weeks.and Ubisoft actually listened Aka Ubisoft Bordeaux that goes to show that the fact that Bordeaux listens to their fans where Ubisoft themselves don’t really listen that goes to show that the series definitely needs Bordeaux as you mentioned and mirage Really made with so much passion from Bordeaux.And they even said permadeath was coming in mirage along with the New game + and so fourth It looks like on The Assassins creed page in X even show mentor rayans outfit in the image not the helix store one a white colour of it so I think that we are getting his outfit it seems but I am honestly so glad that Bordeaux actually gives what the fans want so thank you Bordeaux for Actually listening to the fans you all really care About your fans Which makes me so happy
Don’t get too excited, they said Valhalla would get NG+ too.
@@joltganda yes but Valhalla became bad and boring
@@fusion5607 Just don’t praise them for something they didn’t do yet. When it’s implemented you can praise all you want.
@@fusion5607 Just don’t praise them for something they didn’t do yet. When it’s implemented you can praise all you want.
@@joltganda hate all you want seriously what’s your problem have you not seen how passionate Bordeaux is about mirage they are not Ubisoft Montreal they are their own studio stop judging a book by it’s cover
Great video!! I had so much fun with this game!
Almost 2 hours of video?! And I thought the unity one was long. Love your videos!! ❤
Glad to see Mirage get some love. I 100%ed upon release and it had me salivating more AC. Went back to AC3 Remastered, AC Black Flag, and now onto AC Unity
I’ve been bouncing between Mirage, AC3, Rogue and Unity the past few weeks. I think I’ve chosen those 4 games because each one speaks to me in a certain way.
I love the parkour of Unity
I love the combat of Rogue
I love the side quests/Homestead missions of AC3
I love the simplified story of Mirage (not saying it’s a simple story, but not needing 50+ hours to finish it is so nice compared to what we got lately)
The only AC game I dislike is Valhalla, but those 4 listed above are my favorites at this time (Syndicate would probably be 5th, merely for the location and historical people/references)
isn’t ac rouges combat black flags if not yk what they changed
This game really gave me something since Unity I haven't felt from the music, story, world and Basism as a main character it makes this top 5 AC game for me
I've seen a lot of people call this game trash and cheap because it reuses old mechanics from Valhalla, and they are partly right. Ubisoft probably didn't give Bordeaux a big budget as they saw what happened with Valhalla and it's "return to roots" (aka using social blending that one time in the stealth tutorial), so naturally, the were a bit skeptical with the idea of a return to roots.
But Bordeaux still did their best to deliver a good game and the certainly did. It's not much but this small game meant a lot. It showed that they understood the fans, it showed that they cared, and it proved there is still hope for a classic Assassin's Creed Game , that can be as good as the originals. It's the perfect blend between the original stealth based games and the new RPG based games, so there's a bit for everyone. Bordeaux, the Assassin's Creed Community can't thank you enough for what you did for this series.
I literally don't get why they go back to using older ressources like those from Unity or even AC3/4. Way better
@@mikereisert2803 Ubisoft didn't trust in Bordeaux, so they gave them a limited budget for the game. Plus, the game was meant to be a dlc for Valhalla, but was made its own game.
Yes!! Can't wait to watch when I get home!
Thank you for the work you put in for the AC community. The sad reality is that Mirage is probably will be the last OG style AC well be getting for a long time. I don't really see Ubisoft coming back to this formula anymore. The RPG games sell well enough and have enough fans for them to keep going with RPG games. I guess we should just enjoy what we have now.
Love your video and keep up the great work
I haven't even finished the game but that scene with Enkidu almost had me in tears. Watching him reject and attack Basim almost out of fear or lack of recognition is so disturbing.
Amazing video! Keep it up
A tiny detail I loved with the father and son quest is that it you tell the son the truth, you see him throw the scroll off the screen. If you look where he threw it afterward, you’ll find it on a street below and can collect it.
It’s trivial, but it made me appreciate their attention to detail that much more.
Even though I generally do everything via stealth, I still actually really enjoy the combat. It just kind of feels satisfying to me. I sometimes just load into the game and start beefing with guards for fun.
I bought it yesterday and already 11 hours in, absolute blast ❤❤❤
props to master assassins great editing you now claim the title master editor
Almost kind of regret being so cautious of Mirage, waited for a Holiday sale, ended up getting it yesterday for 48 CAD, but almost wish I paid full price to let UBI know theyre back on the right track
My biggest mistake which I’ve learned from now on is to never take what these big TH-camrs say about games serious and go pick it up for myself. This game was a masterpiece in its own right.
thanks for doing these complex videos
Nehal's twist hit me really hard not because I didn't knew it but because I found out at the end part of the game, before going do Alamut. I've played too much Cyberpunk and I've watched too much Mr.Robot to just not notice it but even noticing it was such a cool moment.
To me, the Basim we see at the end is neither Loki nor the initial Basim. I feel as if it a new person born out the mix of both (in AC, we are repeatedly told that memories make the person, so it only makes sense to believe that the mixture of both Loki and Basim memories give birth to a whole new person that lives in between both characters)
When people were still complaining about the game I was confused because to me it reminds me of a modern version of the original
Been waiting for this video. As soon as I seen the time of the video I had to put a AirPods in and click on
That intro montage was fire
that intro montage was sick
watching those ac brotherhood scenes melts my heart down
That intro is exactly why I love AC Mirage
14:52 Odyssey actually had one or two(literally) corner swings, but i wouldn't remember them if i wasnt replaying it right now
Baghdad is lit and really great recreation and that artectutre atmosphere and vibe
Damn, the bar has really sunk if AC Mirage is considered one of the best AC games in years.
damn intro clean af
Like u u had a blast . Can't wait for NG+
Great job , awesome videos. Better or for worst. Assassin's Creed will, always be my favorite games. 😅 Later bro , about to get down on some mirage.
I loved the last couple AC games would not mind seeing more of those ….but I’m excited to play this new one with grassroots stealth gameplay
I loved the story, stealth, the soundtracks, the graphics and voice acting, hope Ubisoft can continue in this direction
This video was just beautiful like the game ❤
I've had ac mirage since release just finished ac unity and 4hrs into mirage really enjoying my time
This game gave us something long forgotten, the feeling of being the apex predator, the blade in the shadows that everyone who knows of is afraid of. And THAT is what gives the pure Assassin experience.
I will never forget the day I booted Origins and started playing, it felt so wrong that a small rattlesnake could require Bayek to use all his physical strength. You played as such a strong looking man, but in reality he was weaker than even common enemies, especially early on.
Assassin's Creed was always about the feeling of that first trailer of the first game. This man who, through training and discipline, manages to become much more deadly than an army of soldiers simply by employing trickery and a stealthy approach and that is exactly what we got with Mirage.
I'm playing it right now, barely halfway through the story, and I have not met an enemy that I could not stalk and murder in cold blood. No matter how well guarded an objective is, you have the ability to smoothly reach it just by thinking a little outside the box.
Nice vid ❤
It's kind of funny you say that being back in the middle east during an AC game "feels like home" I felt that same way about origins comparing it to the first game and mirage they just give us that AC1 aesthetic
Such a good video
You play Assassins Creed NEXUS VR yet ? I’m loving it
very cool intro! ❤🔥
Nice video
Can you do a video about ac chronicles ?
When the epic montage at the beginning gets interrupted by a Domino's ad
It’s refreshing to hear someone not shit on the game. Some of the fan base can not be satisfied bo matter what
Thank you for the video, I really enjoying it. Some reviews thought of Mirage as nostalgia bait, but I disagree. To be able to deliver their premise of "going back to the roots", Ubisoft Bordeaux needs to relearn classic AC games and taking what's the core of those games. That is a big challenge for them since fans are mostly knew more of what defines "classic AC" than even Ubisoft themself. Also, in my opinion, relearning something that has been absent for some years is more difficult than improving on what they've been making recently.
Watching this beautiful editing and commentary made me wanna play Mirage even though I swore I won’t buy it unless it’s under $20. Still can’t believe IGN gave it an 8 but at the same time Im not surprised IGN gave it a fuckin 8/10.
Before I got Mirage I said I couldn’t wait for it because of all the positive reviews and everyone responded telling me it sucked but when I got to finally play it I loved it
I could cry 😢 on how so beautiful this game was. So much nostalgia mixed with the newer gen style.
i would love assassin's creed does a game around the Axum Empire, the colony rises from Abyssinia/Ethiopia covering the entirety east Africa, The Red Sea, Erythraean sea and most of Yemen/ border of the Arabian Peninsula
I can’t wait to play nexus i feel like it will go back fully for old assassins creeds
I've been avoiding this game because I have been completely turned off from the modern-day main characters recently - I found that layla hassan was basically a "bad guy" but the writers didn't seem aware, and acted like how she treated people was fine and made people like her anyway, even when she was dismissing their opinions and needs, and putting them in danger unnecessarily... and then they replaced her with basim who is EVEN MORE OF A BAD GUY, and the writers STILL seem not to realise this, and have other characters just not notice or care how he devoted his life to punishing someone who did nothing wrong to him, just because they had the possibility of remembering the life of someone he hated... desmond was flawed, sure, but he was never cruel, and he seemed to actually care about people and be willing to hear their views and trust them to be better than him at things... and I don't know if the writers consider that kind of thing important. Maybe I should give mirage a shot, but I am tired of stories that glorify characters who are... bad, unkind, and often cruel people. You can have a bad guy as your main character, but only if your writers realise that's who they've written, and make the character face consiquences of their bad actions.
Personally, I would rank Mirage 6th in my main game rankings, just behind the Desmond Miles Era. Being able to see a character train as an Assassin (or Hidden One), face struggles with the brotherhood, take down enemies for the betterment of the people, and have the peotaganist truly understand and follow the creed is something that has been missing from AC for a while, either in part or in whole, but Murage checks all of those boxes. In my opinion, that alone makes up for it's flaws tenfold.
I just finished thr main story last night, and I absolutely loved playing this game from start to finish. Despite having knowledge of how the game would end and some character theories, the ending was amazing. The more simplified skill tree was a relief acter Valhalla, and the Investigation map that laid out five major targets and 12 total assassinations was a breath of fresh air compared to Odyssey and Valhalla. Both of these things were major points to keeping me wanting to continue playing the game.
I really hope that Red can improve on what Mirage gave us. With 16th century Japanese Assassins, there will be a lot of hope for Red to continue the "return to the roots" that we got in Mirage, especially since this will be the first Assassin game since Syndicate, and within a century of the Ezio trilogy timeline.
Here's to hoping we can more games like Mirage in the future, with the time and resources to make a top quality Assassin game in the modern gaming age.
Mirage has problems but it succeeds in the one thing that always matters to me for an Assassin's Creed game, *the vibes.*
It captures that perfect immersive feeling of being an assassin, a figure in the shadows of history carving a path towards the future. You feel like Spid- you're in Ancient Baghdad during the Early Middle Ages and you feel the mystery and legends surrounding you in this city as they start to engulf the life of Basim.
I think the gadgets were solid but it definitely didn't do it better than Revelations. The amount of different bombs that you could make in Revelations is SO underrated and has yet to be done up to that level since then. Loved the video though btw! Also, I would be so down if you did a huge breakdown on AC Revelations. That game people seem to underrate as it is.
3:33 the ezio revelations outfit it's so awesome.
I literally have the collectors edition sitting in my house, just waiting because I got it as a Christmas gift... I just gotta wait for Christmas to actually play it on my PS5 😂
Yup I love RPG type Assassin's Creed Games.
I was pleasantly surprised with this game. It’s one of the best single-player experiences I’ve ever had. The vibes from this game are incredible. The atmosphere and gameplay are amazing. The only thing I didn’t like (however I do understand the inclusion of) was the stamina mechanic. It made the melee combat less fluid. I like the design of the character models and weapons. The finishers go so insanely hard.
A ac game and feels that way
I hope they put more story/missions and co-op to play with frends story mode...i finish everything got Platinum achivment and still play it,is really amazing
I had no idea that kid we convince to jump is hytham from Valhalla. Nice
"A lot of open worlds games these days are more concerned with making their worlds bigger at the cost of quality"
Exactly. A bigger world just means that there is either a lot of filler content or a lack of narrative
There are so many little things that make this game feel more immersive and actually makes you feel like an assassin. The bounty and witness system add so much more immersion and the AI is a lot better in general. Not great, but serviceable. There are more visible hand and footholds and you can’t just climb any surface. There are actual assassination missions where we have to do investigations and then plan out our attack. There are different hidden passages and multiple ways to create distractions or sneak past guards. The replay value is actually really high. The combat is still janky and double assassinations and the assassination animations in general can be very janky. Baghdad is definitely the star of the show and it’s great to be back on the Middle East for AC.
Everyone forgets Kassandra was in Valhalla. Basim is not the first character in 12 years to appear in multiple AC games.
Solid game
My expectations are met and i'm enjoying it a lot
Best assassin's creed in a long while no question
The tailing missions in Black Flag were some of the worst and were called to be removed not because fundamentally they were terrible, but because Black Flag had one of the worst worlds in which to parkour around meaning you had to walk on ground level for most of them very slowly, and they had a circle you had to stay inside of or you would be desynchronised. Tailing missions are fun on the other hand when you're stalking from rooftops without a punishing eavesdrop range limit.
I took my time and put 60+ hours into Mirage. I loved it. Doesn't deserve any hate.