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Assassin's Creed fans baffled the OG game hasn't been remade yet

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Published 11:00 10 Jan 2023 GMT

Assassin's Creed fans baffled the OG game hasn't been remade yet

The answer is more obvious than you think.

Imogen Donovan

Imogen Donovan

It's a trite one but it is true. "I want" doesn't get. How about "we want"?

A small selection of Assassin's Creed fans are debating Ubisoft's decision to set the next game in Baghdad in the Islamic Golden Age. Mirage is ticking a lot of boxes for players - starting as a street orphan and learning the lessons of the Creed, sticking to stealth over action, and sharing freerunning similarities with Unity. It's even ditched the much-maligned modern-day scenes that are interspersed between the stuff that you actually bought the game for. I did like the non-descript vending machine "food" and "coffee" you could find in the Abstergo offices in Black Flag, though.

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"Why do you think Ubisoft is not doing a AC1 remaster/remake if the demand is so overwhelming for it?" asked Reddit user i-d-even-k on the series' subreddit. "There is no doubt that it would be well-received, because look at how Mirage is hyping everyone up. It seems like Ubisoft will do anything and everything else, up to placing a whole new game in the Middle East in vaguely the same era to 'bring back the original vibes' ... literally anything except remaking [Assassin's] Creed 1."

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There are a scattering of theories in the comments, from the money to be made in open-world games over linear games, the risk of ruining the feel of the original with a remaster, and the actualities of the first game.

It's often forgotten but Assassin's Creed was criticised for its repetitive gameplay, odd pacing, and there's no getting past this - actor Philip Shahbaz absolutely phoned it in as Altaïr. Perhaps it's best the game is left to its own devices in its rose-tinted case.

Featured Image Credit: Ubisoft

Topics: Assassins Creed, Ubisoft

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