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The expansive worlds of the previous iterations of the Assassin’s Creed franchise have been a heated point of debate. With the release ofMirage, those discussions have surfaced once again.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage: Baghdad City Guide
AC Mirage takes place in the large city of Baghdad. Here’s a breakdown of the city.
Ubisoft went back to its roots with Assassin’s Creed Mirage by changing the direction of the game to the classic stealth-action style andreducing the scale. Notably, Ubisoft got rid of all of the RPG elements which made their way into the franchise with Origins. WhileValhallawas a really good game, fans thought it didn’t fit in the Assassin’s Creed framework. With Mirage, the classic Assassin’s Creed is back.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage
How Does AC Mirage’s Map Size Compare To Other Titles
At first glance, it is quite easy to see that themap size of Assassin’s Creed Mirage is nowhere near the likes of Valhalla and Odyssey. Those titles had massive regions that make Baghdad look gaunt in comparison. To put things in perspective, you can travel from one end of Baghdad to the other in a few minutes.
However, that is just based on impressions. While Ubisoft hasn’t revealed any exact metrics detailing the difference in map size between Mirage and the other titles, some Youtubers have put in the leg work.Youtuber DG VFXgives players a much better idea of how big the map really is. They used the in-game distance markers from the gameplay footage to make the calculations. Of course, this is not a totally accurate way of calculating things, but without more reliable metrics to measure distance between games, this still gives players a very good idea.
The games that offer the best points of comparison are Unity, Valhalla,Brotherhood, Odyssey, and Origins. Theestimated area of Baghdad was calculated to be 2.3 km square,while theentire playable area could be around 13 km sq. Theonly places that are smaller than Mirage’s Baghdad are Unity’s Paris and Valhalla’s Jotunheim and Asgard, to no surprise.Valhalla’s Vinland alone is expected to be 2.85 km square, which is significantly larger than Baghdad.
As far as the entire play area is concerned,just Valhalla’s England’s and Odyssey’s landmass is 94 km square and 130 km square, respectively — ignoring the entire sea area. This meansMirage’s playable area is just 1/10th of the landmass of Odyssey.This shows how seriously Ubisoft has scaled down the game’s map in comparison to its recent predecessors.
