Excited to play it make it intense which makes make more fun and scary that white and red fit is worth it be nice to play AC mirage again it's lit a game
Stealth encounter? Smoke bomb. Combat encounter? Smoke bomb. Getting detected? Smoke bomb. Getting chased? Smoke bomb. Falling to your death because of a bad jump? SMOKE BOMB
@LeoKRogue what? More awkward than not remembering leopards are a thing in the game and just being mauled by one, after 206 kills, 0 conflicts generated and 3H 7M 54S in the game?
I am happy that a reviewer actually took notice of this perma death mode in mirage being called “Full Synchronization” instead of literally “perma-death mode” is why I really respect, Old AC games still lives on people heart.
I maybe wouldn't go that far, since Valhalla obviously got a ton of updates. It's just that they were all... bad. And broke the game more/introduced worse and worse bugs. But yeah, definitely happier with Mirage's patches. They don't break anything and they make improvements we asked for. That's commendable.
@@LeoKRoguethat’s more along the lines i meant. mirage devs seem far better at listening to the community and implementing changes we want. it took 2 years for valhalla to give people the option to toggle their hood up and down and the game never got NG+ despite it being heavily requested for two years
Still watching the video but I just noticed, I see a Stealth performance stat! We haven't had that since AC Chronicles. People are going to compete in getting the lowest conflicts generated possible in a run. So glad AC is actually leaning into this stuff!
Porting features or even animations across AC games is currently not possible. Vaults were *restored* to AC2 because their vestiges were always left in the game, just disabled. Whenever we make a new feature with a mod, it has to be reverse engineered and rebuilt separately across each game, which is part of why the scene is so convoluted to talk about right now
Yup, and it works here where it probably wouldn't for some other games because it's really short and Basim's stealth tools mean you can move through encounters super super fast. If you die, it's not a Valhalla situation where you're 40 hours back.
I'm really glad! Definitely feel free to try it out, I think it can make some situations a lot more interesting and entice a player to approach things with all their cunning.
Parkour mods for AC games are getting wild these days, we get to the point where they managed to add ac1 vaults in ac2 and even manual jumps in ac mirage.
I've seen a few, yeah. Unbelievable developments so far, I almost want to wait for it all to slow down because I feel like if I release a video now, at the pace new improvements are being made it'll be outdated in like a week.
Just beat permadeath on Master Assassin difficulty in under 6 hours (skipped cutscenes and side content). It was a rewarding experience and the first time I played on Master Assassin. My take away is that this might be the best way to experience the game and it has some of the most fair, balanced, and fun stealth gameplay loops in the series. I also found this mission variety to be more fun and engaging this time around. The most nervous I was my whole playthrough was traversing the pit after the final boss. Great video Leo, hope to see more mirage content from you in the future (although I am loving your relink videos).
I do think Master Assassin is the best level of friction the game can provide to a player, compared to all other difficulties, yeah. I don't really think Mirage "comes alive" unless you play it on Hard, and I always say that to people. It's just a lot more fun when you have to actually use what the game provides, because it gives you so many tools and so much power, having a reason to access that power feels good.
@@LeoKRogueI finished Master Assassin permadeath and it was the best experience I had with Mirage. I already thought the game made you feel more mindful of entering combat, but this mode elevates this to a new level. Combat is now fatally dangerous. Messing up can cost your whole run. I was actually scared a couple when I had near death experiences. 3 enemies and 4 or so swings is all it takes to suddenly overwhelm you and leave you with next to no health. It actually made me reconsider my approaches and think about who I took out way more. Infiltrating enemy bases and not even touching guards that aren't in your way was not an experience I had with this game previously, but ghosting through it as if it was Splinter Cell was very nice indeed. I was also quite surprised by noticing how few mandatory combat sections there are in the game. There's like 5 or so, and you can quickly solve them with your tools, or by counting on Ali's men in some occasions. It was very fun, and I'm now going through all the contracts and am having a great time employing the new tactics I developed with this mode.
I went from completeing all 4 Batman Arkham games no damage, no combo breaks, not getting spotted, to sucking so much ass in most games i play these days lol
I started by really not liking Mirage. Much like Syndicate, it's a game I developed a love for after playing it a while and trying to explore all the different systems and use them creatively. My love for it grew exponentially when I started doing contracts and exploring alternative approaches for the main assassinations with New Game +. And once the parkour update came out, it made a world of difference for exploration. Now I just completed my third playthrough with new game + and will probably start over with permadeath. The more you explore the game, the more you find things that the devs put it for you that are fantastic. For example, I didn't love the combat system. I thought "oh it's too easy and it's just parry/light attack/heavy attack." But then, I played the game on hard, I unlocked the counter roll, find out you can throw knives at guards' feet to trip them or at their horns to break them, you can parry arrows (which if you have the prince of persia dagger will slow down time)... Also, you can only unlock the really brutal finishers if you finish your last enemy with an attack. Which means you gotta strategize how you handle that last enemy so you don't parry them and get an instant kill instead, therefore encouraging an aggressive finish. So many things that make the combat deeper and more interesting than I first thought. And I would say that applies to the whole game. Replaying it made me appreciate what the story was trying to do more. Yes, the facial animations are very hit and miss, the sound design of the cut scenes is abysmal (guessing the budget and time were very low). Yes the story meanders a bit in some places. But I really appreciate a lot of the world building it does, how it ties the Zanj rebellion to other story arcs within the game for example. The jinni reveal is also a superb idea. Overall a game that is worth your time and worth exploring to the max.
The parkour update is a great change for the game. Also the AC modding community is having its golden age by parkour mods and especially E3 demo outfits for the Ezio games(I’ve been waiting for modders to actually mod II and Brotherhood demo outfits for almost a decade)and switching Legacy outfits from across latest lore AC games back to the first games
Just got done with permadeath earlier and it was really fun :> tho was a little easier than expected cause I started from ng+. I wonder how much harder it would be if it was master assassin difficulty as a completely new game. Also Rayhan's outfit and the black (game says grey) dyes, ESPECIALLY for the initiate of alamut outfit are AMAZING:>
One more thing makes perma death really forgiving in this game is the fact that there's only like 1 instance in the whole game where you're forced to fight (The final fight). Literally every other fight scenario can be stealthed or completely mitigated /cheesed with the use of smoke bombs, which are insanely overpowered alongside the throwing knives.
Currently playing it with a raw new game. I like the idea of having to strategize every contract you take and every area you explore to upgrade Basim This way you need to chosse between facing the story with less gear or trying and get new tools/skills but risking death
Great video! To any and all who wish to try out this mode but are worried by the threat of notoriety, I'd recommend getting the Zanji Uprising outfit as soon as you can and upgrading to level 3 because then all illegal actions are reduced by 40% in terms of the meter itself. I tested it and each time you a commit an illegal action in front of civilians, it only goes to about 90% of the first meter which means you're technically not level 1 notoriety. As long as you remain stealthy and careful, you can then allow the meter to go down by itself. Alternatively, you can just use the outfit as a more moderated version of maintaining Notoriety at a lower level.
This is like the 5th time I've rambled in comments sections about this, but regardless, you specifically need to see this - a mod for AC2 just came out. It completely revolutionized parkour. There is manual vaulting(fully working), controlled descents/parkour down, dropping from beams, downward ejects and so on.Works on mouse and keyboard and it also works with a controller. I have not left the house in 3 days, it's self explanatory why lmao. Hope you see this comment and also check it out or cover it in a future video.
I mentioned it in this video, in the Outro section! I'll talk about it more in-depth once the pace of modding for AC slows down a little, because right now mod-makers are putting out so much good stuff _so quickly_ that if I made a video about it, it would be outdated in like a week.
@@LeoKRogue You are correct, that's the best way to do it. Modders are literally going haywire currently. I'll actually watch the whole video now, was just simply too eager to drop the comment 😅.
I would love a video from you about AC mods but rn they are being created so frequently that any video would become outdated quickly 😅 it’s just crazy cool though how ac modding was just different outfit swaps until nametaken’s unity fixes
btw if you want to keep your rewards from your permadeath run, you can just start another NG+ using that file and just turn off the full sync challenge
@@LeoKRogue By the way,thank you,I used to not like the ezio games that much,finding the controls to be a bit of a handful,but after following your advice of thinking about inputs,they grew to be my favourites,as I truly feel you're in control of your actions. Go you!
@@LeoKRogue Late comment but it's literally what happened to me. I grew up HATING the gameplay of the Ezio games, much prefering ac3- onwards. However, a lil whoie back, i came across your videos and such and even though i still have issues with how the Ezio trilogy handles stealth (it's POO) the newfound parkour techniques i'm using constantly has found me so much more invested in moving around and now are favourites of the series for me
New modding innovations just dropped with what's basically Unity base jumps for AC1, front flip animation swap for the hop down found in Unity, AC2-Rev cheat engine parkour mod.... the OG AC scene has never been more back
I liked Valhalla's Forgotten Saga a lot more than the base game, partly because roguelike permadeath nature of it gave meaning to the mechanics, and that's on top of it having a proper progression system. It's not Hades, but it might be the best part of Valhalla for many people, and it's free. People should try it!
Great, yet another game for me to play. Man, i just started Baldurs Gate 3 and am in middle of Control. Once march comes, im screwed. Horizon Forrbiden West on pc and the long awaited release of Dragons Dogma 2 is going to utterly consume me. Then not much till June and Elden Rings dlc. But the problem is that i am going to have a lot less time during summer. Ah, the first world problem of having too many games to play
Mirage is a short 15-20 hours game, so when you get to play it, it won't be a huge time commitment. Here's another game for your backlog: Granblue Fantasy Relink. Leo K has been posting gameplay of that game, and if you're interested, I highly recommend it.
@@LeoKRogue cool, will play in between rounds of Baldurs Gate 3 once i wrap up Control. Still wanna try out Valhalla even after everything. Still need to play Lies of P too
1st attempt: died to fire jar while doing the Kong quest with the tea leaves 2nd attempt: died to final boss (threw about everything I had except smoke bombs and throwing knives, sorta panicked ngl) 3rd attempt: rolling credits as I type this.
I was 10 hours in my play through, attacked a random guard in a mission and a bomb exploded that I couldn't see and instantly killed me, I had full health full tools including bombs and full regend...
The only permadeath mode I've completed was DOOM Eternal's Ultranightmare. It was a bit of a grind. I know they are very different games, but now that I've learned that Mirage has this mode I'm definitely playing it, maybe even for the first playthrough.
so yesterday i finished full sync on master assassin difficulty but im pretty bummed by how limited my access to the rewards are. i see no good reason why i can’t access them on other saves, without making another NG+. i also dont understand why i cant turn off permadeath once i’ve completed the story. i already did the thing, let me play the contracts in my new outfit without the fear of losing it all. these weird decisions ubi made really take all the fun out of earning these rewards.
Thanks for pointing this out. I haven't played the game so I can't test this but is there actually *no* way around this? Can you not even start a NG+ playthrough after completing NG on full sync and have transfer it to a normal (non full sync) mode? That seems incredibly useless if it's fully locked with no exception or workaround.
@@Cestial yes you can do that but that is the ONLY way. i’ve already played through the game several times, i dont wanna have to do that again just to enjoy my new cosmetics. what i WANTED was the ability to turn off permadeath for that playthrough once i finished the main story so that i can go back and do all the contracts i skipped with my new outfit without the fear of losing everything. i also think it would be nice if i could access my rewards on my other saves too, it just makes sense imo
It's not really a _must-play_ game unless you just really love classic AC and want to play something that feels somewhat close to it in overall vibe and the pace of speed-stealth / area-wiping. Play it when you get the chance but don't worry about it too much.
Gotcha@@LeoKRogue, I do love the classic AC feel but when I try to pinpoint the reason why I liked, it's really vague things that don't actually matter in present day. Much of it is nostalgia other than crispy-ness of overall movement; it felt very responsive yet fun. Oddly enough, I liked Unity which some say is shrouded by lengthy animations and character behavior being unpredictable at times. For mirage though, I do want to give it a try just because it deserves one. Waiting for a good time to get it.
Batman arkahan origins had this kind of mode, and I failed at it due to a dumb mistake. If ubisoft adds any other playthrough long modifiers, id like to see a stealth only type of challenge. Maybe a mode that lowers Basim max HP for every second he is under combat.
This mode does track our number of Conflicts Generated, so a committed player could probably use that to try to get a lower and lower score each time, but your idea could be fun too.
I have not played this game but that masochistic part of my brain thinks this sounds too lenient and I will likely try on my second playthrough playing it without desyncing for any reason.
It's not actually that unforgiving, you're right. People hear permadeath and feel apprehensive, but the base game is not that tough at all, it's more about the cool-factor of how fast you can carve through stealth layouts. So a mode that raises the tension by making death cost a lot more fits pretty well here.
@@LeoKRogue It's likely the perfect balance for a lot of people. For me when I heard "full sync" though I interpreted it as getting your save entirely deleted if you killed one civilian. I mean desync is kinda nebulous since the animus cam take some deviation so maybe my definition was too strict.
I was very sick when permadeath came out, so I knocked it out on my second attempt which I did the second day the mode was out. Only reason the first run failed was I ran into a bug or my controller stopped working for a second and when I went to drop a smoke bomb at my feet and disengage some guards it just... didn't. Could've been the ankle deep water I was standing in, idk if that prevents smoke or not, but it was a depressing death. I already have 100% on the game and beat permadeath on the highest difficulty, but I might do another ng+ run and try to beat the game full ghost
Seems you've played it quite a lot. I think I remember water _can_ prevent a smoke cloud from being released, in most Assassin's Creed games, so it could've been that, yeah.
@@LeoKRogue that's what I figured. It only takes 30 hours of messing around and paying 0 attention to what you're doing to get 100% btw. I did beat permadeath in a ng+ save to make it go by faster. I really enjoy this game compared to recent games, and its got some fun mechanics and options, so I did put... less than 2 days total playtime into it
Assasins and ninjas do the same stuff. What he says to survive is what real ninjas did. Both do the same stuff. Ninjas scare people. Assasins leave knives with a note in a room to scare people.
was it only the skill points you retain after you die in permadeath? what about your equipment like outfit and weapons? It will be suck to find them all again.
I wanna do it on master assasssi difficulty ith a new game plus start. already platinumed the game on normal mode so did everything so up for a new challenge. I'm only afraid I will die in the last boss fight with you know who
It's worth trying for sure. A lot of players DO actually die on her so it may be worth rewatching a consistent strategy for her just before the fight haha
AC Tribute? Curious about that too. I haven't been keeping up with it but I think they do have a Discord server, so maybe I'll hop in and check sometime.
What's stopping me from just quitting the game if I am about to die? Does the game not let you? Do you have to play through the entire game in one setting?
I overrode my new game + saved the file with the normal game file which didn't have the rewards of the latest game +, I completed Perma Death that too in master Assassin difficulty and got the rewards, and now after overridden I am unable to view or use the rewards I got from completing Perma Death in the new game + Someone, please guide me!!! I don't want to lose the rewards I got from Perma's death mode. Ps - The save file without the new game + had all the gear chest and everything unlocked, the new game + save file didn't have it, so I was thinking if I had overwritten the new game + saved the file with the non-new game + file I would be able to get the rewards transferred from my new game + file to the normal game save file, but when I did it, I was unable to find the rewards( aka black dye, and rayhan outfit ) and not able to revert the changes.
@@LeoKRogue so only if i use old new game plus safed game or also after i finish it. i just want the black dyes and wanted to make the conditions as easy as possible. So you say that it's enough to play with master diffuculty and permadeath without depending on wich new game version i play? Becuase i tried to start the new start the new game plus version but did not even got this white red assasin outfit at the beginning of the game?
Hmm, I think that's a _very_ personal choice, because I know that for many players, having their first ever playthrough interrupted by dying in a way or a situation they didn't expect and couldn't see coming might sour them on the experience. Your first time with the game is also usually when you would be sinking into the exploration, the map-clear, all those elements of Assassin's Creed that lose their novelty after you've already done them once. On a second or subsequent run after that, you've basically seen everything and know how the game works, so a permadeath challenge feels a little more welcome and appropriate. You can do it on New Game+ as well, if you want to, so you'd get to keep your upgrades and skills.
Ok so I have to ask this I know it’s cheesy but I want to try permadeath my first play though and if your health is low and your about to die can you pause and restart the game without any consequences? I’ve played almost every AC but never tried this mode so a bit apprehensive but it sounds like so much more fun and immersive
After trying master assassin with the full sync on my first play through I lasted 45 minutes 💀kinda a fluke death in a scene where you gotta run away I’m trying to sprint and he’s doing like a light jog lmao dude ran up on me quick 2 slashes I was done! Happened so fast I couldn’t even try to quit out, maybe I bit off more than I could chew. Not sure if I have the patience to try it again
I only have one question if you start new game plus can you start it from parmadeath new game or I mean like can you start new game plus from the permdath save
I don't understand your question, change what? Once you've started a permadeath save file, that save will stay that way forever, I'm pretty sure. You can always just start a normal New Game or New Game+ instead though.
Yeah, I think the idea of it is pretty cool. I hope it helps make some players more comfortable who would otherwise not give it a chance, since keeping your upgrades is pretty generous and forgiving for a permadeath mode.
On a more serious note though, I like that this is here. Finally I have a reason to play again. But regardless of the addition of an actual mode for this why didn't I think of doing a perma death run on the first place xD
Great thoughts all around and I'm glad you mentioned that players can do this natively in ANY game they really enjoy. Challenge runs can be a great way to see a game or experience it in a whole new light as you mentioned. Providing you another game alongside the game you already invested money into is a huge W IMO
Yes sir! Thanks a bunch, and great guide once again. That's also a huge part of why I ever made any videos at all, like I think we talked about once. I was looking for new ways to enjoy games I already liked and taking on little challenges or small goals separate from "just reach the credits again" helped extend my playtime.
The game sucks dude. The story is bad, the gameplay is very repetitive, repetitive missions find key and Unlock door and assassinate rinse and repeat, same shit over and over. This game could been really good if they focus on the story more….The characters are uninteresting and forgettable. I don’t understand how people like this game. Ubisoft is dead.
@@LeoKRogue I am funny in real life and an asshole as well. You’re delusional like those other deluded fanboys. If you think this is a good game with good story and not repetitive? You’re deluded. PS: You have shit taste in games.
Okay...? So. I love a lot of your favorite games, and happen to also enjoy this one. Therefore, if that's true, doesn't that mean YOU have shit taste in games too...? I just fail to see the logic in coming to a dude's video and basically roasting yourself. Personally? I probably wouldn't do that! However, I'm a believer in doing what makes you happy, and that's why I'm going to let everyone laugh at you because it's apparently your desire. :) EDIT: TH-cam is either hiding your comment or you deleted it yourself, but either way, I'll go ahead and make sure it doesn't get lost! :D This is what you said: "I am funny in real life and an asshole as well. You’re delusional like those other deluded fanboys. If you think this is a good game with good story and not repetitive? You’re deluded. PS: You have shit taste in games."
@@LeoKRogue Lowkey he a weirdo to just come in a rando video to just talk shit about a game he doesn't like lmao. Guess that's what happens when you got a sad life
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Excited to play it make it intense which makes make more fun and scary that white and red fit is worth it be nice to play AC mirage again it's lit a game
Stealth encounter? Smoke bomb. Combat encounter? Smoke bomb. Getting detected? Smoke bomb. Getting chased? Smoke bomb. Falling to your death because of a bad jump? SMOKE BOMB
like you can die of fall damage in mirage 😂 you literally need to jump of a sync point
I've seen it happen, but it is indeed very rare. Still. Imagine. How awkward would that feel? 😅
Well it happened to me after 2 hours, I jumped off the Damascus Prison without looking 😅
Ouch. 💀
@LeoKRogue what? More awkward than not remembering leopards are a thing in the game and just being mauled by one, after 206 kills, 0 conflicts generated and 3H 7M 54S in the game?
I am happy that a reviewer actually took notice of this perma death mode in mirage being called “Full Synchronization” instead of literally “perma-death mode” is why I really respect, Old AC games still lives on people heart.
I love when AC leans into its distinctiveness and personal aesthetic.
Apperchaite it does shows their respect
i still think it’s funny how mirage is getting more love from its developers than valhalla did in its two years of post launch support
I maybe wouldn't go that far, since Valhalla obviously got a ton of updates. It's just that they were all... bad. And broke the game more/introduced worse and worse bugs. But yeah, definitely happier with Mirage's patches. They don't break anything and they make improvements we asked for. That's commendable.
@@LeoKRoguethat’s more along the lines i meant. mirage devs seem far better at listening to the community and implementing changes we want. it took 2 years for valhalla to give people the option to toggle their hood up and down and the game never got NG+ despite it being heavily requested for two years
Still watching the video but I just noticed, I see a Stealth performance stat! We haven't had that since AC Chronicles. People are going to compete in getting the lowest conflicts generated possible in a run. So glad AC is actually leaning into this stuff!
Perhaps, yeah. ^_^
Always nice to have that tracked.
Porting features or even animations across AC games is currently not possible. Vaults were *restored* to AC2 because their vestiges were always left in the game, just disabled. Whenever we make a new feature with a mod, it has to be reverse engineered and rebuilt separately across each game, which is part of why the scene is so convoluted to talk about right now
That's honestly even better -- but hopefully the short (and inaccurate) version grabs some attention anyway. 😅
im so glad they added this omg i rly hope it comes back in the next games
If the next games are short enough for it to be a reasonable challenge, yeah. I maybe wouldn't want this in Red, if it's as big as leaks say it is.
Keeping the skills is a cool idea. It makes it more of a rouge like in a way. I like games where you repeat content and get really skilled at it
Yup, and it works here where it probably wouldn't for some other games because it's really short and Basim's stealth tools mean you can move through encounters super super fast. If you die, it's not a Valhalla situation where you're 40 hours back.
Thank you for this vid! You answered a lot of the questions I had, and you made me more interested in trying permadeath in Mirage
I'm really glad! Definitely feel free to try it out, I think it can make some situations a lot more interesting and entice a player to approach things with all their cunning.
Parkour mods for AC games are getting wild these days, we get to the point where they managed to add ac1 vaults in ac2 and even manual jumps in ac mirage.
I've seen a few, yeah. Unbelievable developments so far, I almost want to wait for it all to slow down because I feel like if I release a video now, at the pace new improvements are being made it'll be outdated in like a week.
Just beat permadeath on Master Assassin difficulty in under 6 hours (skipped cutscenes and side content). It was a rewarding experience and the first time I played on Master Assassin. My take away is that this might be the best way to experience the game and it has some of the most fair, balanced, and fun stealth gameplay loops in the series. I also found this mission variety to be more fun and engaging this time around. The most nervous I was my whole playthrough was traversing the pit after the final boss. Great video Leo, hope to see more mirage content from you in the future (although I am loving your relink videos).
I do think Master Assassin is the best level of friction the game can provide to a player, compared to all other difficulties, yeah. I don't really think Mirage "comes alive" unless you play it on Hard, and I always say that to people. It's just a lot more fun when you have to actually use what the game provides, because it gives you so many tools and so much power, having a reason to access that power feels good.
@@LeoKRogueI finished Master Assassin permadeath and it was the best experience I had with Mirage. I already thought the game made you feel more mindful of entering combat, but this mode elevates this to a new level.
Combat is now fatally dangerous. Messing up can cost your whole run. I was actually scared a couple when I had near death experiences. 3 enemies and 4 or so swings is all it takes to suddenly overwhelm you and leave you with next to no health.
It actually made me reconsider my approaches and think about who I took out way more. Infiltrating enemy bases and not even touching guards that aren't in your way was not an experience I had with this game previously, but ghosting through it as if it was Splinter Cell was very nice indeed.
I was also quite surprised by noticing how few mandatory combat sections there are in the game. There's like 5 or so, and you can quickly solve them with your tools, or by counting on Ali's men in some occasions.
It was very fun, and I'm now going through all the contracts and am having a great time employing the new tactics I developed with this mode.
I went from completeing all 4 Batman Arkham games no damage, no combo breaks, not getting spotted, to sucking so much ass in most games i play these days lol
Skill degeneration is real. I'm worse at a lot I haven't touched in a while.
I started by really not liking Mirage. Much like Syndicate, it's a game I developed a love for after playing it a while and trying to explore all the different systems and use them creatively. My love for it grew exponentially when I started doing contracts and exploring alternative approaches for the main assassinations with New Game +. And once the parkour update came out, it made a world of difference for exploration. Now I just completed my third playthrough with new game + and will probably start over with permadeath. The more you explore the game, the more you find things that the devs put it for you that are fantastic. For example, I didn't love the combat system. I thought "oh it's too easy and it's just parry/light attack/heavy attack." But then, I played the game on hard, I unlocked the counter roll, find out you can throw knives at guards' feet to trip them or at their horns to break them, you can parry arrows (which if you have the prince of persia dagger will slow down time)... Also, you can only unlock the really brutal finishers if you finish your last enemy with an attack. Which means you gotta strategize how you handle that last enemy so you don't parry them and get an instant kill instead, therefore encouraging an aggressive finish. So many things that make the combat deeper and more interesting than I first thought. And I would say that applies to the whole game. Replaying it made me appreciate what the story was trying to do more. Yes, the facial animations are very hit and miss, the sound design of the cut scenes is abysmal (guessing the budget and time were very low). Yes the story meanders a bit in some places. But I really appreciate a lot of the world building it does, how it ties the Zanj rebellion to other story arcs within the game for example. The jinni reveal is also a superb idea. Overall a game that is worth your time and worth exploring to the max.
The parkour update is a great change for the game.
Also the AC modding community is having its golden age by parkour mods and especially E3 demo outfits for the Ezio games(I’ve been waiting for modders to actually mod II and Brotherhood demo outfits for almost a decade)and switching Legacy outfits from across latest lore AC games back to the first games
AC is having its treat from where we have never expected it would have…
Just got done with permadeath earlier and it was really fun :> tho was a little easier than expected cause I started from ng+. I wonder how much harder it would be if it was master assassin difficulty as a completely new game. Also Rayhan's outfit and the black (game says grey) dyes, ESPECIALLY for the initiate of alamut outfit are AMAZING:>
One more thing makes perma death really forgiving in this game is the fact that there's only like 1 instance in the whole game where you're forced to fight (The final fight). Literally every other fight scenario can be stealthed or completely mitigated /cheesed with the use of smoke bombs, which are insanely overpowered alongside the throwing knives.
Definitely gonna be playing it on a raw New Game so I can truly fuck around and find out.
@@LeoKRogue I do have one saving grace even for a new game. The prince of Persia sword and dagger for parry kill health
Probably not gonna use those either. 😅
Currently playing it with a raw new game. I like the idea of having to strategize every contract you take and every area you explore to upgrade Basim
This way you need to chosse between facing the story with less gear or trying and get new tools/skills but risking death
Great video! To any and all who wish to try out this mode but are worried by the threat of notoriety, I'd recommend getting the Zanji Uprising outfit as soon as you can and upgrading to level 3 because then all illegal actions are reduced by 40% in terms of the meter itself. I tested it and each time you a commit an illegal action in front of civilians, it only goes to about 90% of the first meter which means you're technically not level 1 notoriety. As long as you remain stealthy and careful, you can then allow the meter to go down by itself. Alternatively, you can just use the outfit as a more moderated version of maintaining Notoriety at a lower level.
Pretty good tip, honestly. I know most people probably haven't actually used that outfit, but it can be nice when Notoriety has more consequences.
I did it, I finished it on master difficulty 😍 I love Assassin's Creed Mirage, it's my favourite ac with AC 1 and 3 ❤
Nice! Definitely a game I enjoy more than any of the recent ones. Nothing takes AC1's crown for me of course.
This is like the 5th time I've rambled in comments sections about this, but regardless, you specifically need to see this - a mod for AC2 just came out. It completely revolutionized parkour. There is manual vaulting(fully working), controlled descents/parkour down, dropping from beams, downward ejects and so on.Works on mouse and keyboard and it also works with a controller. I have not left the house in 3 days, it's self explanatory why lmao. Hope you see this comment and also check it out or cover it in a future video.
I mentioned it in this video, in the Outro section!
I'll talk about it more in-depth once the pace of modding for AC slows down a little, because right now mod-makers are putting out so much good stuff _so quickly_ that if I made a video about it, it would be outdated in like a week.
@@LeoKRogue You are correct, that's the best way to do it. Modders are literally going haywire currently. I'll actually watch the whole video now, was just simply too eager to drop the comment 😅.
Probably not playing the game again BUT this was super informative still and I will algoboost 🙏
Thank you king.
I would love a video from you about AC mods but rn they are being created so frequently that any video would become outdated quickly 😅 it’s just crazy cool though how ac modding was just different outfit swaps until nametaken’s unity fixes
Those are my thoughts exactly, the speed of development and new releases for mods is unreal right now so I want to give it some time to stabilize.
btw if you want to keep your rewards from your permadeath run, you can just start another NG+ using that file and just turn off the full sync challenge
Nice, some people were wondering about that.
Your videos definitely make me want to get mirage now xD ,but I shall hold out until a sale,if those even exist on uplay. Time shall tell!
They surely exist. ^_^
@@LeoKRogue By the way,thank you,I used to not like the ezio games that much,finding the controls to be a bit of a handful,but after following your advice of thinking about inputs,they grew to be my favourites,as I truly feel you're in control of your actions. Go you!
Thanks so much, Erika, I'm glad I could help you enjoy those games a bit more. It's what I've always wanted to do for people, so that's really nice.
@@LeoKRogue Late comment but it's literally what happened to me. I grew up HATING the gameplay of the Ezio games, much prefering ac3- onwards. However, a lil whoie back, i came across your videos and such and even though i still have issues with how the Ezio trilogy handles stealth (it's POO) the newfound parkour techniques i'm using constantly has found me so much more invested in moving around and now are favourites of the series for me
New modding innovations just dropped with what's basically Unity base jumps for AC1, front flip animation swap for the hop down found in Unity, AC2-Rev cheat engine parkour mod.... the OG AC scene has never been more back
Yeah, it's nuts. It's advancing so fast I'm holding myself back from making a video since something new might happen soon after xD
Guards after Basim submerges in water for 6 seconds: "nobody could possibly survive that long underwater."
lmao I love this
Fav radiohead album ?
I'm gonna be boring and say I have a favorite Radiohead song which is Creep.
"for science!" idk why but i laughed so hard
I liked Valhalla's Forgotten Saga a lot more than the base game, partly because roguelike permadeath nature of it gave meaning to the mechanics, and that's on top of it having a proper progression system. It's not Hades, but it might be the best part of Valhalla for many people, and it's free. People should try it!
Yeah, it seemed okay when I watched my buddy Hayete play it.
I blitzed through this in 5 hours on Master Assassin, still it was pretty fun
I'll probably end up doing the same, though I haven't played in so long so I hope the rust kills me at least once.
Great, yet another game for me to play. Man, i just started Baldurs Gate 3 and am in middle of Control. Once march comes, im screwed. Horizon Forrbiden West on pc and the long awaited release of Dragons Dogma 2 is going to utterly consume me. Then not much till June and Elden Rings dlc. But the problem is that i am going to have a lot less time during summer.
Ah, the first world problem of having too many games to play
Mirage is a short 15-20 hours game, so when you get to play it, it won't be a huge time commitment.
Here's another game for your backlog: Granblue Fantasy Relink. Leo K has been posting gameplay of that game, and if you're interested, I highly recommend it.
@@enman009 seen granblue, not my type of game
Yeah, you should be able to knock out Mirage really fast. Crunchy three day snack if you have even half a week free.
@@LeoKRogue cool, will play in between rounds of Baldurs Gate 3 once i wrap up Control. Still wanna try out Valhalla even after everything. Still need to play Lies of P too
Lies of P is so sick man, damn.
1st attempt: died to fire jar while doing the Kong quest with the tea leaves
2nd attempt: died to final boss (threw about everything I had except smoke bombs and throwing knives, sorta panicked ngl)
3rd attempt: rolling credits as I type this.
Let's gooooooooooo
I was 10 hours in my play through, attacked a random guard in a mission and a bomb exploded that I couldn't see and instantly killed me, I had full health full tools including bombs and full regend...
Ouch. That's really unlucky. x_x
The only permadeath mode I've completed was DOOM Eternal's Ultranightmare. It was a bit of a grind. I know they are very different games, but now that I've learned that Mirage has this mode I'm definitely playing it, maybe even for the first playthrough.
You completed Doom Eternal without dying? Bruh, i cant even imagine
@@ABadassDragon Yes indeed, that game grabbed me hard. One of my favourites to this day.
Legitimately impressive, Doom is no joke and Eternal is even harder.
so yesterday i finished full sync on master assassin difficulty but im pretty bummed by how limited my access to the rewards are. i see no good reason why i can’t access them on other saves, without making another NG+. i also dont understand why i cant turn off permadeath once i’ve completed the story. i already did the thing, let me play the contracts in my new outfit without the fear of losing it all. these weird decisions ubi made really take all the fun out of earning these rewards.
Yeah, they definitely messed up with that. It might be a limitation of their save structure but I do wish unlocks were just account wide.
Thanks for pointing this out. I haven't played the game so I can't test this but is there actually *no* way around this? Can you not even start a NG+ playthrough after completing NG on full sync and have transfer it to a normal (non full sync) mode? That seems incredibly useless if it's fully locked with no exception or workaround.
@@Cestial yes you can do that but that is the ONLY way. i’ve already played through the game several times, i dont wanna have to do that again just to enjoy my new cosmetics. what i WANTED was the ability to turn off permadeath for that playthrough once i finished the main story so that i can go back and do all the contracts i skipped with my new outfit without the fear of losing everything. i also think it would be nice if i could access my rewards on my other saves too, it just makes sense imo
When will you stream an AC Mirage run? 🙇
If I'm not super tired, maybe some time today on Twitch.
Feels like I'm missing out a lot not playing AC:Mirage. But my ego is really a cope for my pisslow budget 😂.
It's not really a _must-play_ game unless you just really love classic AC and want to play something that feels somewhat close to it in overall vibe and the pace of speed-stealth / area-wiping. Play it when you get the chance but don't worry about it too much.
Gotcha@@LeoKRogue, I do love the classic AC feel but when I try to pinpoint the reason why I liked, it's really vague things that don't actually matter in present day. Much of it is nostalgia other than crispy-ness of overall movement; it felt very responsive yet fun. Oddly enough, I liked Unity which some say is shrouded by lengthy animations and character behavior being unpredictable at times.
For mirage though, I do want to give it a try just because it deserves one. Waiting for a good time to get it.
Batman arkahan origins had this kind of mode, and I failed at it due to a dumb mistake. If ubisoft adds any other playthrough long modifiers, id like to see a stealth only type of challenge. Maybe a mode that lowers Basim max HP for every second he is under combat.
This mode does track our number of Conflicts Generated, so a committed player could probably use that to try to get a lower and lower score each time, but your idea could be fun too.
The only thing I fear about committing to this mode is that Roshan fight at the end on Hard difficulty 💀
I have personally spoken to like three different players who all got destroyed by Roshan after finishing the rest of the game just fine. 😅
@@LeoKRogue Roshan is no joke. Any tips?
Throw a knife at her to cut her health in half, then watch Hayete's No Damage run for how he beats her without taking a hit.
@@LeoKRogue awesome thx
I have not played this game but that masochistic part of my brain thinks this sounds too lenient and I will likely try on my second playthrough playing it without desyncing for any reason.
It's not actually that unforgiving, you're right. People hear permadeath and feel apprehensive, but the base game is not that tough at all, it's more about the cool-factor of how fast you can carve through stealth layouts. So a mode that raises the tension by making death cost a lot more fits pretty well here.
@@LeoKRogue It's likely the perfect balance for a lot of people. For me when I heard "full sync" though I interpreted it as getting your save entirely deleted if you killed one civilian. I mean desync is kinda nebulous since the animus cam take some deviation so maybe my definition was too strict.
Yeah, they're definitely just using it as a cool name and that's about it. 😅
I appreciate your thorough testing of the mechanics for science. Are the black outfit dyes the same AC15 ones they were selling as MTX?
That is such a good question, and I'm not actually sure. You can look at the dyes at this timestamp:
th-cam.com/video/BA3KmhGZMjU/w-d-xo.html
@@LeoKRogue A little hard to see on mobile but they might be. If they're the same ones, they should all have gold trimmings.
Just confirmed that they are different, but the gold trim seems to be the only part that's missing.
I was very sick when permadeath came out, so I knocked it out on my second attempt which I did the second day the mode was out. Only reason the first run failed was I ran into a bug or my controller stopped working for a second and when I went to drop a smoke bomb at my feet and disengage some guards it just... didn't. Could've been the ankle deep water I was standing in, idk if that prevents smoke or not, but it was a depressing death.
I already have 100% on the game and beat permadeath on the highest difficulty, but I might do another ng+ run and try to beat the game full ghost
Seems you've played it quite a lot. I think I remember water _can_ prevent a smoke cloud from being released, in most Assassin's Creed games, so it could've been that, yeah.
@@LeoKRogue that's what I figured. It only takes 30 hours of messing around and paying 0 attention to what you're doing to get 100% btw. I did beat permadeath in a ng+ save to make it go by faster. I really enjoy this game compared to recent games, and its got some fun mechanics and options, so I did put... less than 2 days total playtime into it
Yeah, my 100% playthrough (which was my first) took me around 30 hours as well.
i really want to watch yours and others ac mirage's videos but i haven't played the game yet so i avoid it everytime
This one shouldn't have any notable spoilers in it but I respect that. I hope you get a chance to play it soon.
@@LeoKRogue like i don't even want to watch the gameplay
Ah, I feel that.
I wish we could increase smoke capacity
More than 4
Extra Smoke Capacity is actually an Upgrade for them at the Bureau. You can carry 6.
So are you saying its a Rouge like game
A roguelike requires randomization/some level of procedural generation, the permadeath element is just one aspect of it. This is still a linear game.
Assasins and ninjas do the same stuff.
What he says to survive is what real ninjas did.
Both do the same stuff.
Ninjas scare people.
Assasins leave knives with a note in a room to scare people.
the eject system is still not in ipad version .
Ah, that's quite disappointing.
was it only the skill points you retain after you die in permadeath? what about your equipment like outfit and weapons? It will be suck to find them all again.
I didn't check, but I suspect you keep those too, yeah.
I just lost after confronting the governer, trying to kill the final wanted guy
13 HOURS IN
wanna cry
Oh noooo... That's so unlucky. x_x
Still, you get to keep your skill points. Was I right as well that your Tool Modifications are kept too?
Didnt know what full sync was and died (i didnt want to read :p)
Unfortunate xD
I just beat it. Gotta say the skin looked a lot cooler before I got it 😒🤷🏻♂️
That's how it goes sometimes. v_v Ah well.
How was the experience of reaching end credits on one life?
I wanna do it on master assasssi difficulty ith a new game plus start. already platinumed the game on normal mode so did everything so up for a new challenge. I'm only afraid I will die in the last boss fight with you know who
It's worth trying for sure. A lot of players DO actually die on her so it may be worth rewatching a consistent strategy for her just before the fight haha
I wonder how goes Progress on that non profit french game its been a while since i heard about it
AC Tribute? Curious about that too. I haven't been keeping up with it but I think they do have a Discord server, so maybe I'll hop in and check sometime.
@@LeoKRoguewhenever a link arises I'll join to check as well.
What's stopping me from just quitting the game if I am about to die? Does the game not let you? Do you have to play through the entire game in one setting?
In theory, nothing, but I haven't tried it. You shouldn't need to beat it in a single session, I believe it does autosave from time to time.
Can I not manual save in perma death? I know cloud save is disabled but everytime I try to save the game just says cannot be saved right now
Haven't actually tried but it would make sense. Also we can't drop manual saves in restricted areas, I think.
I overrode my new game + saved the file with the normal game file which didn't have the rewards of the latest game +,
I completed Perma Death that too in master Assassin difficulty and got the rewards, and now after overridden I am unable to view or use the rewards I got from completing Perma Death in the new game +
Someone, please guide me!!! I don't want to lose the rewards I got from Perma's death mode.
Ps - The save file without the new game + had all the gear chest and everything unlocked, the new game + save file didn't have it, so I was thinking if I had overwritten the new game + saved the file with the non-new game + file I would be able to get the rewards transferred from my new game + file to the normal game save file, but when I did it, I was unable to find the rewards( aka black dye, and rayhan outfit ) and not able to revert the changes.
Do you think you might be able to pull your older saves from the Cloud or backups or something like that?
So far I tried contacting ubisoft and tried loading all save files but to no avail
the ac2 mod is gonna make sm clips
I believe it.
Do you get at new game plus permadeath also the black dyes? Or only for normal new game?
As long as you create your finished save to create, say, a New Game+ save you should have everything, if I'm understanding the question.
@@LeoKRogue so only if i use old new game plus safed game or also after i finish it. i just want the black dyes and wanted to make the conditions as easy as possible. So you say that it's enough to play with master diffuculty and permadeath without depending on wich new game version i play? Becuase i tried to start the new start the new game plus version but did not even got this white red assasin outfit at the beginning of the game?
Should I play with perma-death on my first playthrough or only on the second? I do not have the game, but I m thinking in buying it
Hmm, I think that's a _very_ personal choice, because I know that for many players, having their first ever playthrough interrupted by dying in a way or a situation they didn't expect and couldn't see coming might sour them on the experience.
Your first time with the game is also usually when you would be sinking into the exploration, the map-clear, all those elements of Assassin's Creed that lose their novelty after you've already done them once.
On a second or subsequent run after that, you've basically seen everything and know how the game works, so a permadeath challenge feels a little more welcome and appropriate. You can do it on New Game+ as well, if you want to, so you'd get to keep your upgrades and skills.
Ok so I have to ask this I know it’s cheesy but I want to try permadeath my first play though and if your health is low and your about to die can you pause and restart the game without any consequences? I’ve played almost every AC but never tried this mode so a bit apprehensive but it sounds like so much more fun and immersive
Not sure. Would be curious about that myself.
After trying master assassin with the full sync on my first play through I lasted 45 minutes 💀kinda a fluke death in a scene where you gotta run away I’m trying to sprint and he’s doing like a light jog lmao dude ran up on me quick 2 slashes I was done! Happened so fast I couldn’t even try to quit out, maybe I bit off more than I could chew. Not sure if I have the patience to try it again
Does it auto save cuz I have not closed the game the past 3 days
It does.
I only have one question if you start new game plus can you start it from parmadeath new game or I mean like can you start new game plus from the permdath save
You can start a Permadeath run from both a New Game or a New Game+.
And yeah, you can start NG+ from a finished Permadeath run.
@@LeoKRogue OK also good to know I can start from ng+ don't have to worry about 100% AGAIN for the 4th bloody time
How do I change that
I don't understand your question, change what?
Once you've started a permadeath save file, that save will stay that way forever, I'm pretty sure. You can always just start a normal New Game or New Game+ instead though.
wowie
Yeah ^_^
Ha… imma waste so much time just for the intro scene again. Again… and again 🥹
Just want to add this. This feels like a rogue lite mode that works for AC. Highest difficulty but each time you fail you get stronger. I like this
Yeah, I think the idea of it is pretty cool. I hope it helps make some players more comfortable who would otherwise not give it a chance, since keeping your upgrades is pretty generous and forgiving for a permadeath mode.
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On a more serious note though, I like that this is here. Finally I have a reason to play again. But regardless of the addition of an actual mode for this why didn't I think of doing a perma death run on the first place xD
Great thoughts all around and I'm glad you mentioned that players can do this natively in ANY game they really enjoy. Challenge runs can be a great way to see a game or experience it in a whole new light as you mentioned. Providing you another game alongside the game you already invested money into is a huge W IMO
Yes sir! Thanks a bunch, and great guide once again. That's also a huge part of why I ever made any videos at all, like I think we talked about once. I was looking for new ways to enjoy games I already liked and taking on little challenges or small goals separate from "just reach the credits again" helped extend my playtime.
The game sucks dude. The story is bad, the gameplay is very repetitive, repetitive missions find key and
Unlock door and assassinate rinse and repeat, same shit over and over. This game could been really good if they focus on the story more….The characters are uninteresting and forgettable. I don’t understand how people like this game. Ubisoft is dead.
You are so funny.
@@LeoKRogue I am funny in real life and an asshole as well. You’re delusional like those other deluded fanboys. If you think this is a good game with good story and not repetitive? You’re deluded. PS: You have shit taste in games.
Okay...? So. I love a lot of your favorite games, and happen to also enjoy this one. Therefore, if that's true, doesn't that mean YOU have shit taste in games too...? I just fail to see the logic in coming to a dude's video and basically roasting yourself. Personally? I probably wouldn't do that!
However, I'm a believer in doing what makes you happy, and that's why I'm going to let everyone laugh at you because it's apparently your desire. :)
EDIT: TH-cam is either hiding your comment or you deleted it yourself, but either way, I'll go ahead and make sure it doesn't get lost! :D This is what you said:
"I am funny in real life and an asshole as well. You’re delusional like those other deluded fanboys. If you think this is a good game with good story and not repetitive? You’re deluded. PS: You have shit taste in games."
@@LeoKRogue Lowkey he a weirdo to just come in a rando video to just talk shit about a game he doesn't like lmao.
Guess that's what happens when you got a sad life