I was hopeful for this game, but I was for sure not going to preorder it. Glad I didn't. It's a step in the right direction, but I would like to see what they could do with a full game budget and full direction towards a classic feeling AC with progressive gameplay. Hopeful for the future!

It's more back to formula than the last 2 titles were atleast. The parkour was alot better than what it were in Origins to Valhalla. And altough I never liked the RPG's hack'n slash combat, it felt surprisingly ok in Mirage. But I wish they added maybe a counter button or something to spice up the combat one notch because dodge/parry got boring really fast. BUT the game is not about combat, it's about stealth and that's where I think the game delievered quite well because I've missed this kind of stealth gameplay since Unity. IF they won't go back to old formulas then I really hope they continue with Mirage's formula and just keep improving on it! What more I'd want from Mirage is better/more customization options for equipment and outfits. Better vendors where I can actually spend my coins on something, faster assassinations (some of the animations take too long), NG+ and I'd actually pay for a somewhat long DLC (and I hate DLC's in general).