Assassin's Creed Mirage

I was a big fan of the early AC games, and was stoked when they released this one on mobile. It’s a beautiful looking game, with real console quality, and it should be a home run — if not for the constant bugs. I’ve lost track of the number of times it crashed as I neared the end of a tough mission. Saving is hit and miss, and I ended up having to start the whole game over when I got trapped in a glitch and couldn’t load any earlier saves. Controls go haywire at the worst possible times. And for the last 4 days it’s been crashing completely before I can even make it to the title screen — not even sure if it’s permanently broken. Really frustrating, and sort of a classic Ubisoft move: release something that’s 95% great and 5% unfinished, with the unfinished 5% making it almost impossible to enjoy the 95% that’s great.

I really enjoy playing this game between my iPad and iPhone because it’s easy to just pick up where I left off between devices and the optimization for both is decent. I’m running the game on an iPad Air M3 and and an iPhone 17 Pro Max so performance shouldn’t be really an issue. There are a couple of bugs such as switching between Basim and his companion that can cause some weird moments and unfortunately I’ve had a couple crashes. There should be more consistent updates for this game so that it can run more efficiently.

I paid for this game's mobile version despite having the PS5 version. I wanted it on the go for school or volunteering. The game worked until last week. My email can't be verified, and I can't even log into the game through Ubisoft. I tried to put in a claim but can't log in, and there is no number you can call directly. At this point, I don't even care why. Like, seriously. I've played Ubisoft since the early 2000s, when you could load the game and play. If I could sacrifice the perks and updates, I would for a game that works from the beginning. I don't remember what I paid for the full version of this game, but it was my last “empty investment.” This was probably the best AC, as I served two tours in Iraq, and it was nice to see what it might have been like before we razed it to the ground along with Afghanistan for 20 years. When I got deployed in 2004 and 2005, I'm pretty sure this was when I could buy a Ubisoft game, and it worked. Twenty years later, I can't even access what I paid for, nor can I get someone (human) on the phone. So, like my kinfolks would say,” You can have that ‘lil $20’ or whatever I paid for this because it's the last you'll ever get out of me.” If I ever play anything else on Ubi, it's because I can stream it, or it is free. Good luck and good riddance.