This classic Assassin’s Creed glitch returns in AC Mirage

A classic Assassin’s Creed glitch is making a comeback in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and it really is a feature, not a bug in the stealth game. Fans spotted it in a recent gameplay video from YouTuber Access The Animus, and the reaction was a mixture of relief and excitement for longtime series’ fans (thanks, GamesRadar).

The glitch is literally called an Animus Glitch, a broad term that refers to a range of visual anomalies that pop up in certain circumstances throughout the series. They first showed up in the original Assassin’s Creed as a way to change the perspective you’re viewing events through, and the most recent version was as “anomalies” in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, spots in the world that took you to some puzzle or other.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage’s glitches pop up during protagonist Basim’s teleport move, an ability that caused a bit of controversy in the AC community after Ubisoft first unveiled it. Some fans thought it was too easy and ruined the immersion, but adding an Animus Glitch effect seems to have reversed their opinions.

They added an Animus glitch effect to the Assassin Focus ability
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“They really listened. Respect to Devs [sic],” reads the comment with the most upvotes on Reddit.

“It really does look better with the glitch effect and does look like a glitch in the animus like it’s supposed to,” another said.

It wasn’t quite enough for a few, who said they just hoped Some said they hoped the ability was locked behind the middle or end of the game, so it didn’t ruin the stealth by letting Basim simply appear where he wanted – which would kind of ruin the moment’s suspense.

Assassin’s Creed Mirage launches on Oct. 5, 2023, for PC, PlayStation, and Xbox.

Written by Josh Broadwell on behalf of GLHF