Assassin’s Creed Mirage might be a leaner game than the past few Assassin’s Creed epics, but it still provides its own fair share of funky goings on that may not make much sense to newcomers.
I loved Mirage’s finale, which lifted things just as Baghdad’s exploration and investigation loop started to feel a little over-familiar. But I was also left wondering how more casual players – the same ones drawn in by the promise of a more back-to-basics experience – would fare with the game’s typically sci-fi finale, and the revelations about Mirage’s main character that anyone who played 2020’s Assassin’s Creed Valhalla would already have been aware of.
So let’s talk about all of that, and hopefully puzzle out what it all means. Full spoilers lie ahead for Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, Assassin’s Creed Mirage, and also the movie Fight Club.
So, what on earth happened at the end?
Let’s break it down bit by bit. Mirage’s ending boasts a string of reveals, including the identity of Basim (though this won’t be a surprise if you played Valhalla), a twist concerning the true nature of his childhood friend Nehal, and the link between Basim’s creepy jinni figure and the sci-fi technology found underneath Alamut.
Before all that, we also see the reveal of Mirage’s top-most assassination target Qabiha, who sets off the chain of events shown in Mirage’s big finale.
Remind me who Qabiha is and what her role was?
Qabiha was the chief consort of Baghdad’s former ruler, the chap who you saw Nehal stab in the palace at the very beginning of the game. She’s been pulling the strings around the city as the local leader for the Order of Ancients, the secret organisation that later rebrands as the Templars.