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I have been playing newer games like fry cry 6 and assassin’s creed mirage with no problems on my older pc, but this game takes forever to load. Then during the game it takes forever to load new scenes. Additionally, the game sets my graphics to low. Experienced glitches during the game like animals disappearing then reappearing. Definitely don’t recommend on older systems. The world is cool and all that, but the gameplay is nothing new and exciting. I played on Ubisoft + so I didn’t purchase it, thankfully. Definitely feels like it was made for a younger audience. Uninstalled it after 3 hours of gameplay. For me the game was not worth playing considering how long things took to load up.

Mirage is the fifth in the series I have played, and compared to the last two this feels like Assassins Creed lite. Odyssey and Valhalla were massive in scope and this offers a quarter of the experience, but at the same price or more. While they implemented some new features that are nice and fresh, the commitment to making this about stealth ruined it for me. All you do is sneak around and assassinate over and over again. Sometimes even in the same location. In a mission and then the same place for a contract. The only time you really engage in combat is when you’re discovered and choose to fight instead of run away. The combat is over before you even know what happened. Not like the drawn out battles you could have in previous games. There is not even a good reason to try different weapons, since combat is basically an afterthought. I really miss all those different combat moves and abilities from previous games in the series. While I really dig the music, the game world is claustrophobic and not very diverse in appearance. Nothing compared to the beautiful world in Odyssey. On the positive side the game runs great on my old system I built back in 2018, with now dated components. Also I have not experienced any crashes, which is rare from my experience with other Ubisoft titles.

Very good game overall. Much better than fry cry 6. The biggest disappointment in the game is the lack of melee kills. Don’t know why they didn’t include it, since it is in nearly every other Ubisoft game of this genre.

I have been gaming since the dawn of gaming. Growing up in the 1970’s it was the arcades and Atari. The 80’s the Commodore 64. 90’s and present the PC. Never have been much of a fan of consoles. Now WD legions is my first foray into the watch dogs series. I tried playing the original, but it wouldn’t run on my system. Anyway, I think the gameplay is very unique and more importantly fun. You have access to so many different characters with different talents that it is fun to try them out on different missions. I do feel that overall the missions are very easy and find myself making it harder than I need to just for the hell of it. Ubisoft tries to lay a guilt trip on you when you use lethal force on a person in the game. The fun of the game is trying to remain undetected and take a stealth approach to the game. The world they created is gorgeous and I have no complaints on the visuals. The game runs excellent on a mid range PC I built about 4 years ago. I never really care about the storylines of any games anymore. I am a little too old for story time. For me it’s all about the gameplay. Like most games I play nowadays I rarely complete them. After about 30 hours in, I think I have had enough and there is no reward for sticking till the end. The only games I really have played to completion in recent years have been the Sniper Elite games. I just love the gory visuals with the kills and the WW2 theme. Ubisoft is too “woke and politically correct” to allow that kind of graphic violence in any of their games.

To preface my review I would like to say that as a stand-alone game this is an awesome 5 star game. Ubisoft, the publisher, has an amazing series of games in their catalog, Far Cry, Assassin’s Creed, Anno, Settlers, Watch Dogs, plus several others. On top of that they have an amazing game engine that really does open world games brilliantly. Here lies the fly in the ointment. When I first played Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, I was blown away by it. Next came Assassins Creed Valhalla and not so much. The same can be said for Far Cry. Blown away by Far Cry 5, then comes Far Cry 6 and not so much. It’s like having sex with the same girl, but to change things up she dyes her brunette hair blonde. The sex is still great, but you still are feeling slightly underwhelmed, compared to when you first started banging her 6 months ago. More of the same. Now with Far Cry 6 there is an even a bigger elephant in the room. A game series called Just Cause. Ubisoft WHY WOULD YOU make the theme of FC6 the same as Just Cause? For anyone who has spent a SERIOUS amount of time playing any of the 4 Just Cause games, like I have, it is impossible avoid comparison, since their storylines and backdrop are almost identical. For those that don’t know, Just Cause has always taken place in some South American type country with an evil dictator, with different guerrilla factions fighting to liberate their beloved country. Sound familiar? The Just Cause series is the king of the hill when it comes to open world, fully destructible environments, big explosions and lots of mayhem. And if that wasn’t enough don’t forget Rico’s game changing signature grappling tool. So basically what it comes down to, IMO, is that the latest Just Cause games 3 & 4, are just more fun to play, and have more to offer than FC6 in EVERY aspect of game play, with the exception of stealth. Hands down. And you can buy them at a fraction of the cost. If you have never played Just Cause 3 or 4, stop playing Far Cry and head over to Steam right now!! So for us Just Cause veterans we are REALLY left feeling disappointed with FC6. Now I can see why Ubisoft brought in Giancarlo Esposito to lend some star power to this title. They knew they were going to need that something extra. While he’s great, he is not enough to dig them out of the deep hole they find themselves in.