The IMPORTANCE Of Basim In Assassin's Creed Mirage

[@TheHiddenOne690]

After 4:59. I forgot to mention something major, I wrote it down when I made this video but I completely skipped over it for some reason.
Basim acquires a blood sample to share with William Miles, enabling him to establish a DNA sequencing procedure in the present. This allows Basim to utilize the Animus to revisit a specific time period and relive the memories of the original individual. This particular scene lays the groundwork for the events that unfold in Assassin's Creed Mirage.

[@danielperes7578]

Ubisoft strategy is so good. With this they draw the assassins valhalla audience, to give context to Basim's story, also the public for being a game that refers to the original franchise.

[@29mbj62]

Yeah

[@dogestranding5047]

Valhalla looked terrible

[@29mbj62]

@@dogestranding5047 no Valhalla is good but not good assassin game, the only 2 thing that is bad about it other than that it’s not a good assassin game is that it was repetitive and parkour was really boring and slow.

[@magnificusdominusduxchad4229]

@@29mbj62 its not good either way , mediocre bloat at best

[@TheLegendOfNiko]

Use to be a hardcore AC fan but had to skip Odyssey and Valhalla because it has nothing to do with Assassin’s Creed. Just money grabs.

[@chimerakait]

I don't think the isu are LITERALY norse gods. More likely they are manifesting in a way that Eivor can more easily understand. He/She sees them as gods and they present themselves as such to better manipulate and/or relate themselves to mortals. The animus could be reskinning them as well. To Basim, Loki is Djiin who is a trickster entity from his own faith.

[@kp-legacy-5477]

Its Eivors mind interpreting it all
you can see what they norse gods actually all look like during the Isu apocalypse scene in valhalla
look up valhalla ragnarok comparison

[@brokenbridge6316]

I hear what your saying about bridging the story gaps. And Ubisoft should be doing that. But I have serious doubts if they are willing and able to do it.

[@TheHiddenOne690]

They better. Otherwise, it would be a confusing mess.

[@matheuscifuentes3906]

honestly i don't think that Basim reliving his own memory make sense, in the end of Valhalla when Basim take his blood and start to scan his DNA he said something about showing what he know to william miles, probably something much more related to the assassin's than the ISU, my theory is that William himself will dive in the animus to explore those memories

[@DeviniteHD]

Yup, there's a leak out there where it was mentioned that it's going to be William exploring Basims memories. Which makes sense giving the ending of the final chapter.

[@adampoubinski582]

At the end of Valhalla Basim gives his blood sample to analyze inside the Animus. At the end he said: ,, Prepare for quite a ride William Miles" or something like that

[@matheuscifuentes3906]

@@adampoubinski582 thanks i was trying to remember what he said

[@matheuscifuentes3906]

@@DeviniteHD honestly it will be really cool to see william miles on the animus, i really hope we see him using the same animus desmond used on ac 3, considering that he is not on that shack with basim to use Layla's animus

[@DeviniteHD]

@@matheuscifuentes3906 yeah, but don't expect too much. Modern day will only consist out of two cutscenes. One at the start and one at the end of the game. No playable segments. It makes sense since the devs probably don't want to open any new plot threads before Infinity.

[@ns7495]

Aint it more likly that assassins go to animus to find out about loki/basim before their alliance?

[@musafirghayrmaeruf1]

Oh he'll fit in perfectly.
It is the game mechanics that I am worried about.
If you see the gameplay trailer you might notice that Basim walks and runs the same way Eivor did.
Idk about you but thats bad news to me.

[@ronintair]

They are reusing assets in an effort to make the game more polished than it is. But I agree, vallhalla is one of the ugliest games out there in terms of character animation

[@musafirghayrmaeruf1]

@@ronintair True.I loved animations of Arno in unity.They were so low key and really assassin like.

[@kp-legacy-5477]

Its not a bad thing at all
reusing some animations allows room to add a ton more animations
im expecting a perfected version of the rpg parkour that will be basic to use but stylish like unity
thats my hope anyway

[@OgSuda]

@@kp-legacy-5477but the animations still look weirdly clunky.

[@dogestranding5047]

@@musafirghayrmaeruf1 Yeah, those were so smooth feeling.

[@carlosarizcun_97]

i like to think basim isn´t really evil and that his purpose will be good in the end and that younger basim although we know he´ll end up as an antagonist, will still be a good person and a great assassin throughout the whole game even if we, alongside him, will see glimpses of who he really is

[@mayerhofermusic261]

Yk what, a dark assassin might be pretty cool too though. Maybe not dark as in helps the order of the ancients, but dark as in creates his own agenda which secretly doesn’t align with the brotherhoods

[@aks19880]

Could Basim be related to Altair? Maybe he's Altair's great great grandfather or something. That would be really cool

[@x-xsharkix-x]

Honestly I wasn’t excited for this game until I started watching your videos about it!

[@alinpetrescu2309]

Great video, you summarized Basim's story pretty well and you did it with the perfect video length, I enjoyed watching it. I would like to make a slight correction: Loki doesn't possess Basim's body; they are not two separate beings. Darby, one of the lead writers for Valhalla, who worked on Revelations, Black Flag and a little bit on Origins, confirmed on Twitter that Sages (inlcuding the Norse ones that we meet in Valhalla) are reincarnations of those Isu beings.
The thing is, a Sage has the choice of exploring those old memories or ignore them. Basim was curious by nature, so he explored and accepted those old memories that he had in a past life, when he was called Loki and the Isu were the dominant species on Earth (same with Sigurd, whom we see for almost the entire length of the story searching for answers regarding his "divinity"... He was simply attempting to unlock his old memories, from when he was Tyr). Another example of this would be Germain from Unity.
An example of a Sage that fought back those memories and rejected them (at least initially) is Eivor. Those fights that we see in Valhalla between Eivor and Odin are simply representations of the internal conflict within the same mind, between two different sets of memories. We find out later that Eivor managed to find a way to blend the two memory streams without being completely transformed into the same Odin that she (he?) was in the past.
So yes, this take on the lore requires a bit more exploration and clarification from Ubisoft's writing team, but I think they did a pretty good job with Valhalla when it comes to the lore (if nothing else), because they made it interesting again. Now we have the posibility of the Isu coming back in a real, threatening way, so it isn't just Abstergo to worry about in the modern day, but what's left of the Instruments of the First Will as well, who want the Isu to rule the Earth once more.
Sad to hear that Mirage won't have much modern day context, but it is what it is, I guess the writers don't want to mess up what Darby and his team of writers came up with for future games in the series.

[@PapaRezzen]

Well said 👌

[@penguinsrockrgr8yt216]

I wouldn’t say Basim turns evil but rather because we are playing as Eivor/Odin because Basim is Loki he is seen as evil in the eyes of eivor he is evil because Odin sees him as evil

[@_Sylens]

Very underrated channel m enjoying these vids

[@PRLShrimpNoodle]

5:44 we are going to play as William Miles in the modern day and only get two modern day cutscenes, one at the beginning and one at the end

[@Luger0312]

I don't like what they did to the whole Isu story. I mean, what it originally was is: Mythological Gods are actually just earlier and more advanced human-like people. Humans just forgot about it and misconcepted them to be gods.
Now this new approach kinda turns that around by 180°. I mean, I just can't see how an Isu in the original sense would have a giant wolf as his child. Just doesn't make sense unless they ARE actual gods and it is just a mythology game at that point.

[@CrazyManny8000]

didnt they say there wouldnt even be modern day segments in Mirage? bc if there truly isnt, then we cant really know what happened after Valhalla in the modern day, unless they use hints in-game🤷🏻‍♂️

[@cleon_cleon]

Basim's story is incomprehensible and if you understand it is simply ridiculous. I cannot understand why all the "purists" are so excited about a game where you do not play a demi-god like Alexios but a god! And not only that! You play a Viking god in Islamic Baghad!

[@TheHiddenOne690]

The thing with assassin's creed is that it's so far gone from what everybody wants it to be again. Like when I made this video, it was ridiculous, I was seeing crazy names and lore that I forgot about that make 0 sense to an assassin.

[@kp-legacy-5477]

Basim and Loki are distinctly different people who eventually merge
so we will not be playing as the person we see in valhalla

[@TheHiddenOne690]

@@kp-legacy-5477 i know that, i mentioned it towards the end of the video. we'll be playing as a younger basim.

[@kp-legacy-5477]

I thought I replied to the other guy

[@TheHiddenOne690]

@@kp-legacy-5477 oh my bad, i got the notification where it said "replied to you".

[@amsyarsanusi9033]

Will you do another rdr2 video

[@TheHiddenOne690]

I plan to but with RDR2, there isn't much to talk about that hasn't been already done on UA-cam so it's hard to find a topic

[@Landscape_]

i just hate the new lore, they should reboot it to fit realism and historical accuracy, nor gods or immortal people

[@Ghost_-nz5dy]

The issue with that is the isu aren’t realistic at all so you’re basically just asking for historical Sim and that’s it 😂 and I’m sorry but their what makes the story interesting

[@Landscape_]

@@Ghost_-nz5dy the isu at least fits the lore they had in the older games, now they are just making excuses to put random stuff, mythologies and people that somehow live trough hundreds of years

[@SuperMaanas]

@@Landscape_ I don't think you understand the games. Mythologies in the AC universe are loosely based on the high ranking Isu. Go play the Atlantis DLC in Odyssey to see what the Isu actually looked like

[@dogestranding5047]

Yeah, the historical stuff mixed with some Isu stuff was the best combo, but they really screwed up.

[@hypnofba]

@@SuperMaanas "go play ac odyssey" bro this game was the reason why the franchise went downhill. This game destroyed everything that was great about assassins creed. continuing with Valhalla!

[@noplacetv]

i really don't like how they incorporate the mythical story with the actual one. Gods being resurrected and shit. didn't like in AC4, don't like here. I miss when juno was just a ghost in the machine, but powerless without'em, when the animus was a really important factor in the games and not just a connection. Now, any fucking god has an Isu counterpart and they shitty disputes are part of the main series plot and don't fit at all with the Assassins vs templar narrative... Where the fuck is abstergo? where are the modern templars and assassins? It's just boring, Bring back the conspiracy shit that we all love.

[@mrenigma1564]

This is our first hidden one creed game ❤

[@kp-legacy-5477]

origins was actually

[@kp-legacy-5477]

@@Kevin-tl1zs yes origins

[@mrenigma1564]

@@kp-legacy-5477 no origins we only play as hidden one in the dlc called hidden one
But this is the first actual game playing with an actuall hiddden one in a creed

[@kp-legacy-5477]

@@mrenigma1564go back and play origins and you will learnt the term hidden one was being used by bayek as a term for his son
The first hidden one is Khemu bayeks son
Doesn't matter whether the order has been created or not

[@mrenigma1564]

@@kp-legacy-5477 i get it bro but i'm talking about the creed hidden one the operations of the targets etc... like AC 1 all the way to revelations and AC unity
that kinda of CREED operations
AC 1 -- ac revelation and ac unity we played inside the CREED the ASSASSINS CREED
while in origins we only play very little in the dlc about the creed '' HIDDEN ONE CREED ''
if you get what i mean
in this AC MIRAGE we will not play as ASSASSINS CREED it's more like hidden one creed they are more stealthier in action because the assassins are public the people they know that the assassins creed exist but they don't know them face to face
while the hidden one creed it's been hidden for like 1000 years since bayek up to AC 1
that's what i'm talking about

[@MrMgkman13]

I haven’t played Valhalla yet. I decided to say fuck it and watch this to get more excited for Mirage. I see now why this game is so hated. I feel like all of that completely ruins my interest in Basim.

[@valiomaffey6166]

They should just remake the ezio trilogy

[@dabara2004]

Ubisoft doesn’t need to do anything but just give us a good game that goes back to its roots. I don’t really care much about linking Valhalla to Mirage. To be fair, Valhalla was great in its own way but it was far from an assassins game.

[@hypnofba]

Great explanation. But I hate the fact that Basim is a Norse God. Valhalla is just a huge mess. So much lost potential on the story..

[@aurawolf2221]

I appreciate what valhalla did to fix the mythical shit Odyssey introduced but... I think the current writers have forgotten that the is were not "Gods" but were instead "Reveared as the gods we know" I understand Valhalla had to work with what Odyssey started.... but being a lifelong AC fan... it annoyed me.

[@kp-legacy-5477]

Odyssey Isu stuff was cool and didnt break any lore at all

[@aurawolf2221]

@@kp-legacy-5477 I fundamentally disagree, what about the random Cyclops in the open world that you fight with no isu connection at all?
Oh & let's not forget that Kassandra is basically a god (they can claim "more Isu DNA than the average human" All they want because of the time) but even Adam & Eve didn't have the Goldy powers Kassandra had & they LIVED in the Isu Era!
Also... Legacy of the first blade not only destroyed the Lore surrounding Darius (by giving him his own Assassin bureau (despite the fact they weren't established as an organisation until Origins) but Also making Kassandra's child link to Aya also Destroyed the story of Origins since Aya didn't have any Isu god power.
And Kassandra surviving through EVERYTHING we've witnessed.... basically Destroyed the whole series since we know know this godly Isu could have intervened in any of the conflict & stopped it at any time.

[@alinpetrescu2309]

@@aurawolf2221 Kassandra doesn't have any powers though... If you played the newest update on Odyssey, when they attempted to cross it with Valhalla, Kassandra's spear losses its energy source or something of the sort... Just like the isu sword in Unity. You then get to play a short portion of the dlc with a Kassandra that doesn't have the spear, and she didn't have any (special, or otherwise) abilities whatsoever. In that regard, they sort of fixed that mess. She is human, but thanks to a better concentration of Isu DNA in her blood, she could use Isu items like the spear of the staff at their full potential, thus making her look like a superior, even divine being.

[@aurawolf2221]

@@alinpetrescu2309 I never played it no, well at least it sounded like they fixed the main issue I had with her, did they explain how she get a hidden blade?

[@alinpetrescu2309]

@@aurawolf2221 Nope, they never did. Honestly, I don't know if it matters, probably she just had an encounter with the hidden ones at some point in history. I'm just glad she's no longer the focus of the story.

[@jayyy5985]

Hello👏

[@KamusariHR]

i dont like basim.. why not playing as darius?

[@themarchhare154]

You never state spoilers. Nobody ever states spoiler warning for valhalla. 2 years old or not. Trying to enjoy a playthrough and keep up on news for the new games and watch fun videos about the franchise and all but nobody respects or likes the game so its story the deepest best and most important parts just get ruined and i have to end these videos early. Im enjoying the game, trying to keep a slight mystery to it and then just boom! The last DLC was released in December. I typically enjoy the content you make but normally story spoilers are noted in games that are story driven, yet none are ever noted for valhalla. Odyssey, i get that. Its much older and while i enjoyed the game and world so far its the only one i havent been able to keep up on and push through because the story is too.... nondirectional for most of it. Guess until i beat Valhalla and i guess its taking me longer because im a bit of a completionist ill just have to back off from all ac content videos everywhere. Thanks for what you do, i do appreciate it, just hard to enjoy a game when at every turn its being ruined.

[@TheHiddenOne690]

I did not expect anyone to watch a video about how a character that played a part in valhalla would be in the NEXT game to have not played valhalla. I'm sorry, you are right though, I should've added a spoiler warning but come on :/ if the 5/6 seconds of "Basim's Importance In Valhalla" chapter didn't give it away there would be spoilers.. then idk man

[@themarchhare154]

@The Hidden One no I get it but it's not revealed his connection to Loki until later on in the story (I still haven't gotten to it actually and I'm pretty decently far) not everyone is able to get the games right away and with the last dlc in December people also don't always have the time to just sit and play through a 90 hour main story (45-60 speed play) while working at the same time. Much less side content and the dlcs. Regardless of little you reveal or how quickly how am I supposed to know or trust there's not more when it's 2 minutes into a video. Again I watch you because I appreciate your content but people still don't reveal even spoilers for Origins because it's respected as a "good game" and it is but Odysssey and Valhalla just aren't respected. Yeah sure I carry blame for my completionism that is on me. But again a speedrun is the same length as most games are long in general full length play. We don't even know if the link to loki is a part of Mirage yet. I saw another comment saying maybe is a Djinn which is a cool idea but we don't know if it's even addressed and if so probably not until later on in Mirages story. Like I'm sure Sigurd is probably a reincarnation as well but I haven't figured out or heard that yet so idk.

[@TheHiddenOne690]

@@themarchhare154 your right, my bad, i wouldn't recommend carrying on this video though, its got more spoilers within.

[@themarchhare154]

@The Hidden One I do always respect the humble back and forth interaction though, another reason I watch and enjoy your content. But it happens in other content that's not even about valhalla or Mirage. People just like to rip on Odyssey and Valhalla. 2-3 seconds to warn "if you haven't finished or learned Basims secret yet maybe hold off" or a simple "possible spoilers" in the title, easy stuff to do. Keep it up though cause I do enjoy the content and that's why I watch, I enjoy the entire franchise and I get excited about the new games.

[@themarchhare154]

@The Hidden One it's saved to finish later. Not the biggest deal or nothing it's just when all the content creators do it it becomes a big sigh cause I know I'm in the minority lol