It's great to see any game get significant continued support two full years after release, but when it's a beloved franchise like Assassin's Creed and a giant studio like Ubisoft sinking resources into it, all the better. Assassin's Creed Mirage is about to enjoy a free story expansion, The Valley of Memory, in about a month. Despite the franchise's primary attention having moved on to this year's latest release of Assassin's Creed Shadows this expansion adds another six hours of gameplay as the protagonist heads off on a journey to chase down the rumors that his father might yet be alive. This story beat takes place just before the existing game's finale and introduces place in a new region and map, as well as new assassination targets, side quests, and contracts.
The Valley of Memory also adds some nice improvements that carry over into the base game. The press release for the expansion notes the following:
Replayable Missions and Challenges – All black box missions and contracts in Assassin’s Creed Mirage and Valley of Memory will be replayable after you complete them once. Accessible through the “Animus Sequences” section of your objective board or directly within the world, each replayable mission will offer distinct challenges, forcing you to play in new and creative ways. You may have to avoid using Eagle Vision, kill only your main target, remain undetected, or complete the mission in a certain amount of time. Completing these challenges will unlock exclusive in-game rewards.
Parkour Updates – New features in the gameplay will strengthen your parkour experience in Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Players will now be able to toggle on the ability to manually jump, allowing them to weave together free-running parkour sequences that were previously impossible. A new control scheme is also being introduced to smoothen the experience of leaping from rooftop to rooftop. Players will also be able to customize side and back ejects. Previously side and back ejects could only be performed when Basim had a clear landing spot or handhold. Now, Basim can side or back eject regardless of the landing spot. These new updates allow for more creative parkouring than ever before in Assassin’s Creed Mirage.
New Skill and Tool Customization – A new skill called Engineer 2 has been added to Basim’s skill tree that will allow him to equip all level 1 modifications to his tools and a new level 3 modification has been added to all Tools as well.
New Difficulty Levels – Two additional difficulty levels have been added, allowing you to customize the challenge to your liking.
Valley of Memory launches November 18th. Assassin's Creed Mirage is available on all the things: PS4 & PS5; Xbox One & Series X|S; Amazon Luna; iOS; and PC through the Ubisoft Store, Steam, or the Epic Games Store.
