Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s narrative director “fought” to include key location from the series
Although Ubisoft’s upcoming stealth action thriller Assassin’s Creed Mirage plans to take the series back to its roots by revisiting Baghdad, an interview with senior developers on the title has revealed that the action game will revisit an iconic location from the series’ past.
The Alamut Fortress, in many ways the real home of the Assassins, is mentioned a lot in the series, but will be visited in the future. Assassin’s Creed Mirage. This detail was revealed in an interview with creative director Stéphane Boudon, art director Jean-Luc Sala and narrative director Sarah Beaulieu (via GameRadar).
For those who don’t know, Alamut Castle served as one of the first Assassin strongholds and is referenced in the series from Reveals from Assassin’s Creed Unpleasant Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Considering the fort’s location in Qazvin Province, Iran, it seems perfect to include this as the region is quite close to Baghdad.
Beaulieu explained how she “fought for Alamut even though the producer wasn’t happy about it.” missed that opportunity.”
‘People who know Assassin’s Creed know what’s in Alamut and what it is,” explains creative director Stéphane Boudon, “but we’ve added some things, we’ve created some new things – new levels of information about Alamut – and also some of the information that people have on Alamut.”
Speaking about the need to address Assassin’s Creed‘s estate, art director Jean-Luc Sala made it clear that “our goal was to make Mirage coherent with the entire franchise.” That said, Boudon was keen to assure fans of that Mirage can act as “a standalone story that anyone can play – even if they haven’t played Valhalla”. With this in mind, it seems Mirage will have plenty to offer for fans of the series, both old and new.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage releases on October 5 for PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One and PC.
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