Long-time Assassin's Creed players are cautiously optimistic for Mirage

Assassin's Creed Mirage protagonist shows off hidden blade. — (Image credit: Ubisoft)

Assassin's Creed fans are getting cautiously optimistic for Assassin's Creed Mirage after yesterday's trailer.

The PlayStation Showcase for May 2023 showed a brand new trailer for Assassin's Creed Mirage, complete with a release date of October 12. You can see the new trailer in full just below, in which protagonist Basim stalks the streets and rooftops of Baghdad, executing stealth takedowns and ferocious combat moves alike.

Assassin's Creed Mirage - Reveal Trailer | PlayStation Showcase 2023 from r/assassinscreed

It's this trailer that's got fans cautiously hopeful for Mirage. "Crazy how the best thing about this game is how it simply looks like Assassin's Creed," one Reddit user writes, alluding to how Mirage is very deliberately drawing from the earlier Assassin's Creed entries to put the focus back on stealth.

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"You can tell it's definitely using the same engine as Valhalla judging by animations, but since this is focused on stealth, I'm sure the gameplay will be massively improved from Valhalla," chimes in another Reddit user.

The Reddit post below is a great encapsulation of why Assassin's Creed fans are getting excited about Mirage. Gone are the huge, sprawling open worlds of Assassin's Creed Odyssey and Valhalla, and in is a tighter game with more focus, and hopefully a hell of a lot more polish as a result.

This is the most hyped I’ve ever been for Assassin’s Creed! from r/assassinscreed

As we noted yesterday, Assassin's Creed Mirage looks like a return to AC2, drawing from its brutal combat takedowns whilst not entirely sacrificing the core stealth gameplay. If Mirage is anywhere near as good as Ubisoft's second game, it should be an absolute banger.

You can head over to our new games 2023 guide for a look ahead at all the other major releases throughout the rest of the year.

Hirun Cryer is a freelance reporter and writer with Gamesradar+ based out of U.K. After earning a degree in American History specializing in journalism, cinema, literature, and history, he stepped into the games writing world, with a focus on shooters, indie games, and RPGs, and has since been the recipient of the MCV 30 Under 30 award for 2021. In his spare time he freelances with other outlets around the industry, practices Japanese, and enjoys contemporary manga and anime.