How big is our new playing field?
Assassin's Creed Mirage, which released yesterday, has taken the series back to its roots in a few ways. Not only has the gameplay returned to a more simplistic stealthy style, but Mirage is set in the Middle-East.
This being said, Mirage is set centuries before, and many miles away, from the story of Altair in the first instalment. It takes place in Baghdad in the year 861, and follows Basim Ibn Ishaq (who made an appearance in Valhalla) as he grows from street thief to assassin.
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With the franchise being known for its open world exploration, you might be wondering how big the Baghdad of Mirage is. Is it bigger than Valhalla?
Let's take a look.
With the game being released yesterday, we can now say that the playable area of of Assassin’s Creed Mirage is around 13 square kilometres.
However, that includes the whole wilderness - most of which you're unlikely to explore in its entirety. Baghdad itself is around 2.3 square kilometres.
So Baghdad is around the same size of Paris in 2014's Assassin's Creed Unity.
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It's clearly a lot smaller than the map of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, the total area of which amassed to almost a hundred square kilometres. But this isn't a bad thing. Many fans and critics thought the maps of Valhalla and Odyssey were a little too big, making the gameplay repetitive.
The developers have taken this into account, and the result is the stripped down map of Mirage. But 13 square kilometres isn't small by any means, and we can't wait to traverse the walls and rooftops of Baghdad as Basim!
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Ben Huxley is a freelance contributor to Radio Times, with bylines also in TechRadar, WhatCulture, GAMINGbible, and Live Science. A writer of fiction, too, he has a few short stories published and a novel on the way. He has a BA in English Literature, and an MA in creative writing.
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