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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

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 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

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

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

im so glad they added this omg i rly hope it comes back in the next games

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

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.

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 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.

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!

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

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.

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

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:>

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 did it, I finished it on master difficulty 😍 I love Assassin's Creed Mirage, it's my favourite ac with AC 1 and 3 ❤

I appreciate your thorough testing of the mechanics for science. Are the black outfit dyes the same AC15 ones they were selling as MTX?

Probably not playing the game again BUT this was super informative still and I will algoboost 🙏

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

"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!

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

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

When will you stream an AC Mirage run? 🙇

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.

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.

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.

I blitzed through this in 5 hours on Master Assassin, still it was pretty fun

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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

Guards after Basim submerges in water for 6 seconds: "nobody could possibly survive that long underwater."

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

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.

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

May the Father of Understanding guide us.

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 really want to watch yours and others ac mirage's videos but i haven't played the game yet so i avoid it everytime

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.

wowie

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...

I wonder how goes Progress on that non profit french game its been a while since i heard about it

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.

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

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.

The only thing I fear about committing to this mode is that Roshan fight at the end on Hard difficulty 💀

Feels like I'm missing out a lot not playing AC:Mirage. But my ego is really a cope for my pisslow budget 😂.

I would've done it in the first try, but my smoke bombs were toxic and a npc died

the ac2 mod is gonna make sm clips

Does it auto save cuz I have not closed the game the past 3 days

I just lost after confronting the governer, trying to kill the final wanted guy 13 HOURS IN wanna cry

I wish we could increase smoke capacity

Didnt know what full sync was and died (i didnt want to read :p)

I just beat it. Gotta say the skin looked a lot cooler before I got 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.

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How do I change that

So are you saying its a Rouge like game

Ha… imma waste so much time just for the intro scene again. Again… and again 🥹

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

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.