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    This document provides an overview of Assassin's Creed Mirage, which transports players to 9th century Baghdad to play as Basim Ibn Is'haq. The game emphasizes narrative and story progression over combat and experience points. It uses an investigation system rather than quests, having the player solve mysteries by gathering clues and tracking targets. While combat is possible, the game is designed for a stealth-first approach to avoid unwanted attention in the city.

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    Have you heard the one about how Assassin’s Creed Mirage is a return to the series’

    simpler roots? That’s true—but it’s not nearly the whole truth. Ubisoft’s latest
    installment fundamentally reimagines how to tell a story within a franchise that’s
    a dozen mainline installments old. It’s creative, but it also takes some getting
    used to.

    In this Assassin’s Creed Mirage guide, we’ll walk you through this great
    reimagining, from how the story unfolds to the way quests work. We’ll also spend
    time on Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s Skill trees, explaining how they’re designed and
    recommending the best early-game skills.

    Story first (and skills second)

    Assassin’s Creed Mirage transports players to Baghdad in 861 CE. You play as Basim
    Ibn Is’haq, starting at the very beginning of his journey from street rat to proto-
    Assassin. The emphasis is on that story—on story as much as (stealth) combat, in
    fact. Assassin's Creed Mirage is a heavily narrative-driven adventure through the
    twisting, bustling streets of ninth century Baghdad, complete with mosques,
    marketplaces and colorful characters like caliphate guards and bandits. It’s
    against this backdrop that the Middle Ages’ best detective straps on his utility
    belt and sets out to solve mysteries in a city that reacts to his every move.

    If you’ve played an Assassin’s Creed game recently—or a role-playing game in pretty


    much any franchise, for that matter—you’d expect to see things that simply aren’t
    around in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. In place of experience points and levels, there
    is story. And it’s not much more complicated than that. As the story unfolds, so
    does Basim’s power.

    The loop goes like this: You’re the world’s greatest detective. You hear about
    problems. You investigate. Every clue you uncover unravels a bit more of the
    mystery until you piece it all together. At that point, you have your target, and
    it’s time to end the investigation by doing the thing, which is often killing the
    bad guy. And only then do you reap the rewards like skill points.

    This isn’t problematic, but it is unexpected. Put differently, you aren’t racking
    up numbers (experience points) for each kill or by doing side quests. You’re
    playing your way through a story, and the skills that you earn reflect and parallel
    Basim's narrative growth. It’s simple and linear.

    Investigations, not quests

    The world’s greatest detective dresses in a costume and wears a utility belt full
    of techy gadgets. This is Baghdad and not Gotham City, but it’s still full of
    mysteries for this ninth century detective.

    Unlike many of its predecessors, Assassin’s Creed Mirage doesn’t have a quest log.
    You’re not doing big and little things to gain experience. You’re solving mysteries
    —and the Investigation Board is where you manage your investigations. It is, in
    effect, Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s quest board.

    It felt like it had to be more complicated, but it isn’t. The sooner you embrace
    that, the clearer your path forward will be.

    Stealth, not combat


    Nobody’s going to knock down your door and arrest you for fighting in Assassin’s
    Creed Mirage, but it’s clearly designed as a stealth-first game.

    Combat is actually super simple. You’re really just meant to parry or dodge away
    from attacks. None of Basim’s Skills will make him an incredible fighter. Most of
    them will make him a sneakier attacker.

    There’s a practical reason to go the stealthy route, too: You’re just making it
    harder on yourself when you walk around killing everyone in plain sight. The good
    people of Baghdad will give you infinite side-eye. Someone will make it their
    mission to print wanted posters in your likeness and hang them on walls around the
    city. The stealthy who do their dirty but necessary work in the shadows don’t earn
    a reputation for being killers (even if they are).

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