To all those that watched & liked my content, thank you so much it means alot, the comments I woke up to today made my day before it even began, thanks to my brother Leo K as well
Lang is probably one of the all time best AC players, seriously. If anyone is reading this and they haven’t heard of Lang or watched any of his videos, change that ASAP. His videos will probably cause you to completely re-evaluate what you think is possible in these games. Also, I love the format of this video, where you just show off community member’s run, give some educational insight on it, and give them some well deserved exposure. It’d be awesome if you made more videos like this.
This video was very spontaneous and basically just _happened_ without me thinking too hard about it, but I do feel the format has a _lot_ of potential. I'd love to do it more, for sure. And yeah, on Lang's showmanship and skill, I agree 100%. He's always very entertaining to watch.
Despite the lack of NG+ and the emotional story moments, I keep coming back to this game. Starting out new saves and re-completing the game is just fun, the gameplay is very satisfying especially the stealth and it's even more fun when discovering hidden mechanics and some tricks.
You'll get there too, it's just a matter of playing and thinking about them a lot. Watching other videos also helps, as does trying to make two or three of your own.
while i still abstain from the assassin focus ability for my own personal head cannon, i cant deny its utility in movement and in sections like this to help the kill chains stay fluid across larger hostile areas and make clearing enemies ASAP very smooth and fun to watch. dope vidya as always Mr. K, i would definitely love to see more collabs with Lang.
Definitely revisit those games for the time being, if you feel like it. But yeah, Mirage is, for _stealth_ players, the game we've been hoping to play for a few years.
@@mwilliford200Not this shit again. The modders didn't create any new system. They modified exsisting parameters that Ubisoft has created and included within the game. It's functional but very janky looking. Whatever shown on youtube is heavily scripted to hide all the imperfection that the mod has. So no, the modders didn't break new ground within weeks and made something that Ubisoft failed in years. They modified an existing framework that Ubisoft spent years creating. Get it right.
I remember when I saw Lang sharing what may have been his first video in one of your streams. Then I said "what a cool little video showcasing a lot of gameplay in ACB". Fastfoward to, I get hype whenever he uploads, which he does regularly and on the highest bar. A nice legacy of wholesome and dedicated creators on your wake, mate
The discussion/complaint about the “judo flip” reminds me, seen a video on animations trigger where apparently if basim is in crouch sprinting or crouch rolling then the faster, lower profile unity assassinations would trigger and you can avoid the slower ones consistently. Haven’t really tested it myself though
From my testing and experience, I would say this is true. It's not _guaranteed_ but crouch-stabbing makes it _much more likely_ for the anim to be a fast one.
@@LeoKRogue yes, the video I saw made mentions of exceptions, some contextual thing where if a guard is near some obstacles then the rule breaks. It seems the logic is somehow reverse to how the series usually handles this, instead of quick, low profile animations for when you’re…well slow and low profile, the animations are quick when you’re being quick, which I guess is good enough logic only that it runs counter to what AC players would expect.
Holy crap, I love the setup at 6:35. Throws knife, then takes out not 3 but 2 targets with Assassin Focus. Why only 2? Because the frickin’ knife throw takes down the 3rd guy AFTER landing with AF!! It’s a brilliant moment. Love the commentary in this. I could watch and listen to you two all day.
I just love it. The real AC we've been playing before. Never really been able to do this in the past 3 games. I remember how I played Unity and Syndicate, using all tools at my disposal.
I'm definitely feeling a "we're so back" vibe when it comes to general stealth _power._ Tool usability to manipulate and control clusters of guards in a layout is also the strongest it's been since Unity really, and I would say it's actually even stronger.
Hey I just got watched a bit of your ac video 3 years ago the “[rant] my ideal ac game” and I notice how a bit of the things you were describing when it comes to your ideal ac game, combat, conserving stamina, glass cannon assassin, I feel like that’s what mirage is, still the story could be longer and bit better and parkour, but overall the game is good and fun💯 the clips look great too btw🔥
That's probably a huge part of why I'm enjoying this game so much, heh. Of course it doesn't hit _everything,_ but yeah, you're right, a lot of the concepts I talked about are here.
Thanks for the helpful video, my only pet peeve about Mirage was that when you mess up a faction contract its permanent I even loaded real far back and still couldnt fix it so i restarted my whole game but fortunately for me I did all this after I ended the main story.
I would love to watch you do a stealth playthrough commentary, ive seen almost all of ur unity ones and i think Mirage is a great oppurtunity to bring those back 🔥
8:00 It took me 3 (4?). Playthroughs to discover that yes, you can go in raw. Going in with the disguise just triggers the cutscene. This kill and Ning are both like this. Instead of waiting for the guard to let you in, you can throw a smoke on your target and assassin focus to them. Or take on and kill all the guards in whatever way you wish to deal with them. Going in raw actually allows the guards to be close enough by you after the confession cutscene to give it more tension/realism. Now you have to act fast to get out of there alive. Honestly, this game has some of my favorite black box missions in the series.
That's pretty interesting, yeah. I do wish the blackboxes were a little less lock-and-key/linear, since if you replay them even once you realize they're not actually as varied or dynamic as they might've implied. Very cool missions though. Would've loved more of those variations like the ones we just talked about.
Totally do more plz. this was dope. At this rate, I’m just hoping they do new game plus. It would be so great to go through the whole game, fully decked out and see what the full potential would be throughout the whole game. I do have all the manual saves. It just sucks cause I don’t have everything unlocked on those.
Of course, that's usually how it works. Once you've seen it once though, it means there's a fun reason to play differently and take a more gameplay-focused approach.
Sadly I do have square set to both assassinate & attack, dodge is on r1, I just need assassinate on square I can deal with the whole “doubling as attack” thing
If they ever ng+ I’ll have to learn how to combo tools. I’m doing single shots at the moment. Mostly Basim’s signature weapon sniping with throwing knives
Curious to see your take on a stealth assassin build in elden ring pvp especially since you can headshot people with fan daggers and other Rouge related gear.
PVP ua-cam.com/video/Ydg2b6pmRrA/v-deo.html PVE [Gatefront Immersive/Stylish Takedowns] ua-cam.com/video/Fm1mRfyJtAs/v-deo.html PVE [Catacombs, Some Ghosting] ua-cam.com/video/J927fP4nNmc/v-deo.html Not sure when I'd revisit Elden Ring since so many games I love are coming out right now.
The first one is an anti-Invader video with blackTIE where we fight pretty dirty, but that was also before Bloody Slash was nerfed so it was a little ridiculous hehe
@LeoKRogue yea the game has changed alot since so I don't blame you ganking with bloody slash, I would recommend trying endure with daggers since it grants the chance to backstab clueless hosts without getting interrupted.
Holy heck Lang has skill unseen so far in Mirage.... Respect!!!!!...... If i may ask, whats happening with your twitch stream Leo, you said would be up on the 20th?
Would be cool to see more sort of improvised stealth (not planned out routes and executions) from the skilled ac players like lang and you. Something like your moments of glory series
Sucking at a game is one of my favorite positions to be in, because there's so much to enjoy learning and growing into from there. Try your best to love the process and learn from wherever you can, be excited and inspired for sure!
@@LeoKRogueAbsolutely, I'm enjoying going through this phase, also thanks to the fact that I'm in love with Mirage. I wasn't expecting to be so much into it after Valhalla tbh.
Only just now I realized how non-lethal takedowns were fully present in the prologue part of mirage then completely removed for the rest of the game. It’s really odd for a stealth focused game to take away a fully set of takedowns. Do you think we can call for ubi to add it back in, seems completely doable technically and would bring back a big part of stealth fantasy.
You have a lot of other non-lethal tools to help you avoid killing in later parts of the game so it's pretty unnecessary, I feel. I kind of love the increased difficulty of takedown/Focus both being something that will kill a guard. If you want to spare lives it's genuinely something you have to work hard to do, which feels pretty satisfying to me. It also encourages alternate tool routing, like unlocking Sleep first.
@@LeoKRogue I see your points about functionally it’s unnecessary(now sure if those knockouts are true knockouts), but style has always been just as important to AC. If nothing, it seems a weird choice to exclude some nice, low profile animations that’s been missing in the past two games.
Lethal tools are amazing so when the contract says do not kill i can test my ghosting skills out love your call back to rev thats all i could think about when changing my tools and gear this game needs new game plus
@LeoKRogue i already do that, the i put the weapon wheel on L3.. but the problem is often accidentally open the wheel just when moving around... any recommendation
Upon 2nd thought I would have preferred AC Vikings with the Varangians over Ragnar’s brood & England. The best region in Soyhalla was running around in cold azz Norway. Varangians are known for settling in what would become the Russian Empire. Plenty of ice cool wild lands
Leo, may I ask you a personal question ? I've been a subscriber for a long time now and I know you don't talk about it normally but I must ask, where do you stand right now about the ongoing war in the middle east ? I understand that this is a heated subject and I was wondering what you think about it as I feel very troubled myself with everything that's been going on . Do you think there is a right side in this conflict at all ?
I do. I firmly believe Palestine should be free, as do all of my Jewish friends who are horrified to see their own painful history repeating itself, now inflicted on another group of people just like them. As do the many young Israeli people who are sitting in jail right now for refusing to be part of Israel's genocidal army. They would rather be imprisoned than help kill innocents, and to me that's heroism. Some of these people are only nineteen years old, and they still take a stand for what's right. I don't believe there's anything noble or necessary in thousands of innocents being in a huge open-air prison, not allowed to leave or move anywhere else, their only airport destroyed years ago, their electricity, water, and internet controlled by their oppressor, who openly calls for their extermination. I don't like tyrants. I never have. I never will. I will never stand with any government or any people that so blatantly oppresses another population.
@@LeoKRogueDon't you think that supporting Palestine right now would mean to excuse their aggression on Israel and their crimes against its population? (Killing and raping woman, kidnapping children, calling for violence against Jewish population, oppressing lgbt+ people). Hamas openly attacked and its fighters had no problem in taking hostages among civilians or killing these civilians.
Sounds like Afro-Samurai is confirmed. Templar Afro-Samurai would be an interesting twist. I’ll wait for reviews before skipping or buying Red. Hopefully it’s like Malaka’s Odyssey NOT Soyhalla
I was watching your Mirage review and noticed you never talked about how powerful Basim is in combat if you rotate between Heavy and Light attacks. You said the game did not reward you much for offensive play but i had an different experience. If you do Light Heavy Light that 3rd light staggers like a heavy gives stamina back and can be chained back into a heavy again. With Normal guards this means you can always be doing big damage with stamina sustain while keeping them staggered. If you combine that with the dodge light attack that staggers into another heavy attack you can chain heavy and light almost 24/7 in combat. Spear guys and the Max Notoriety guys are the only ones that demand parrys. I played on Hard and found the combat better than most AC games even if it looks worse.
Interesting. I definitely do Lights into Heavies frequently, that's about the best I imagined you'll get for somewhat uninterrupted offense, and I briefly mention how good the Light -> Heavy combo is in that exact video, actually. (It should also be in most of my combat footage since it's my go-to.) I haven't tried Light Heavy Light that much since early on I noticed they tend to block after the second hit of any combo-route, so I didn't keep trying others. They don't block it / stop your combo when you do that? Let me know. Mirage also has some of my favorite combat in the series, btw. Not sure if I made that clear, but I genuinely love it. What are you doing to get Stamina back on that third light? To my knowledge, that's not an innate system mechanic, are you using some Sword or Dagger in particular?
@@LeoKRogue Light attacks give stamina back. The 3rd light after the heavy I considerer to be like a combo ender or something and it staggers. Since that combo ender is also considered a light it gives stamina back equal to what the heavy attack took. So the combo is infinite and infinitely sustainable unless you miss or cannot get a light off to recover what the heavy took. Remember parry’s also give stamina though so most of the time you should always have stamina. I think they did it so when you do an entire light attack loop you get one stagger at the end but I use a light combined with a heavy to get me to that combo ender quicker. Some guys will try to block but the sword guys are not fast enough to block the combo ender because they are still stunned from the heavy. This means you can infinitely stun them while waiting for parrys. Sometimes even heavy’s can’t turn around in time so they get hit by the combo ender and can then be hit by yet another heavy. It’s pretty simple to. You simply just rotate from light to heavy over and over. I have not seen many player take advantage of this at all. It was pretty much all I did in combat.
Basim going from animation to animation freely also makes the combat look better. Whenever you have to do the Valhalla lock on strafe walking animation the combat looks so bad. I grind my teeth every time I see someone just light attack and Valhalla strafe away because it has no impact. You need to keep the animation chains going constantly or else the Valhalla animations will catch up to you.
Can you make _absolutely sure_ lights give stamina back? Everything I've experienced so far is telling me that's definitely wrong, so I'll go in to test it myself but there's just something off about that specifically. They do in Valhalla, but not in Mirage, unless there's been a change since day one. Really, really curious about that.
I’m sure you’ve seen the new Red leak. After reading Afro-Samurai’s alleged Adewale like background I’m opening up to him being a non-Japanese. And based on history and who he’s based off of Afro-Samurai could be a Templar or at the very least an associate of the Templars. Afro-Samurai & J-Pop girl start as enemies but cooperate for the sake of Japan. Quebec gets bashed for making AC too goofy but it’s a brave decision if they decide to delve into the Templar side of things
Understandable, when you play, you don't have to use it if you don't want to. Personally, I love it, honestly. Anything that uses the Animus to give the subject in the simulation a little "boost" of sorts has always been raw as hell for me, I love the Present Day and lite-cyberpunk vibes of the Assassin's Creed universe.
You simply cannot tell me Assassin's Creed Mirage is a terrible game after watching this. I cannot believe how many people are shitting on such a gem of a game all because they don't even understand how deep its systems are.
Hating on Assassin’s Creed has been the popular thing for awhile now, despite it being the basis for most AAA games in general since Arkham Asylum came out
Don't worry so much about those people. It's always going to happen, all we can (and should) really be doing is playing, enjoying, and developing a warm, welcoming community around whatever Assassin's Creed games we love that currently exist -- at least until there comes a day when Ubisoft creates a _genuinely_ polished and innovative experience that rivals the best of the industry. Until then, the best thing we can do as players is to just keep highlighting the potential this series has.
Bro I'm on my third playthourgh tools are EVERYTHING and a must if your going for the sneaky assassin style there are tool chests In and around every restricted area they refill your some of tools and you usually get one elixir so you have no reason to hoard tools imo
Does Leo K attend exclusive Ubi events like some AC UA-camrs. I noticed you freely speak your mind and will openly criticize the lesser entries. You aren’t in the Camp of Gold Star Everything Ubi Does
Given that Russian commies have already been covered in the comics & by Nikolai. The next most iconic Russian figures are the Cossacks. I’d set a Russian game sometime in the prime of the Cossacks. Perhaps when they expanded the Russian Empire eastwards into Siberia. A region of the world filled with stunning natural landscapes that nobody knows about
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To all those that watched & liked my content, thank you so much it means alot, the comments I woke up to today made my day before it even began, thanks to my brother Leo K as well
Keep making crazy stuff, and I'll be happy. ^_^
Looking forward to more collabs between you two!
Really lit assasstions and creativity with technique and skill
@@samayoubi5818 Thank you so much
His video was crazy, I’m so happy that you’re engaging with the community in this way!
Makes me feel like the good old days are here.
When it comes to engaging the assassin's creed community leo is the best
Thanks so much. :)
It’s really fun watching you guys hype each other up. Lang’s tool use is on another level. Would love to see this flipped, Lang reacting to your tech.
Sound lika plan Leo?
That is actually a really good idea, that I love the sound of.
Lang is probably one of the all time best AC players, seriously. If anyone is reading this and they haven’t heard of Lang or watched any of his videos, change that ASAP. His videos will probably cause you to completely re-evaluate what you think is possible in these games.
Also, I love the format of this video, where you just show off community member’s run, give some educational insight on it, and give them some well deserved exposure. It’d be awesome if you made more videos like this.
Kino that means the world to me man 🥹
This video was very spontaneous and basically just _happened_ without me thinking too hard about it, but I do feel the format has a _lot_ of potential. I'd love to do it more, for sure. And yeah, on Lang's showmanship and skill, I agree 100%. He's always very entertaining to watch.
Despite the lack of NG+ and the emotional story moments, I keep coming back to this game. Starting out new saves and re-completing the game is just fun, the gameplay is very satisfying especially the stealth and it's even more fun when discovering hidden mechanics and some tricks.
In much the same situation here, yeah. The feeling of running through guard layouts and speed-clearing them just feels nice in itself.
Same here. I havent enjoyed an AC game like this in a very long time
this is some of the most efficient use of tools i've seen in the game, this dude is nuts
Thank you :)
Lang's GOATed fr
Watching this makes me feel like my brain is molasses playing these games, you guys're thinking so many steps ahead it's so cool!
You'll get there too, it's just a matter of playing and thinking about them a lot. Watching other videos also helps, as does trying to make two or three of your own.
God Lang is so good, your insight was helpful too
Thanks for watching man. ^_^
Thanks Sif 💜
The knife hitting right after the teleport assassinations. Bananas.
Yes.
Assassin’s Creed Mirage really succeeded in its mission in a few major ways and this is an excellent showcase
I think so too.
Peak gameplay, Lang is a legend!
Thank you I really try :)
That video left me literally speechless! It was so smooth, it really felt like a real assiassin just massacring everyone in front of him.
Really smooth, really controlled, amazing tool-variety and creativity too.
8:00 I can confirm, after doing my no upgrades run, that you can in fact go in raw
"I woulda went in raw!"
while i still abstain from the assassin focus ability for my own personal head cannon, i cant deny its utility in movement and in sections like this to help the kill chains stay fluid across larger hostile areas and make clearing enemies ASAP very smooth and fun to watch. dope vidya as always Mr. K, i would definitely love to see more collabs with Lang.
This gameplay is off the Chain. You keep taking AC games to next levels. Thanks.
Thank Lang! He's the one who put this run together, I just reacted to it with him.
This really sells the game for me. Once it's on sale I'm definitely going for it.
Maybe I should reinstall Revelations and Unity and have some fun with it...
Definitely revisit those games for the time being, if you feel like it. But yeah, Mirage is, for _stealth_ players, the game we've been hoping to play for a few years.
You guys tried out the new mod?
I also would love to hear Leo's thoughts on the parkour mods
I wanna know why the stuff modders do in weeks, Ubisoft can’t do in years!
@@mwilliford200Not this shit again. The modders didn't create any new system. They modified exsisting parameters that Ubisoft has created and included within the game. It's functional but very janky looking. Whatever shown on youtube is heavily scripted to hide all the imperfection that the mod has.
So no, the modders didn't break new ground within weeks and made something that Ubisoft failed in years. They modified an existing framework that Ubisoft spent years creating. Get it right.
which mod? could you give a link?
I have not, Leo might have
I remember when I saw Lang sharing what may have been his first video in one of your streams. Then I said "what a cool little video showcasing a lot of gameplay in ACB". Fastfoward to, I get hype whenever he uploads, which he does regularly and on the highest bar. A nice legacy of wholesome and dedicated creators on your wake, mate
Thank you so much for that kindness, fortunatesoul. ^_^
The discussion/complaint about the “judo flip” reminds me, seen a video on animations trigger where apparently if basim is in crouch sprinting or crouch rolling then the faster, lower profile unity assassinations would trigger and you can avoid the slower ones consistently. Haven’t really tested it myself though
From my testing and experience, I would say this is true. It's not _guaranteed_ but crouch-stabbing makes it _much more likely_ for the anim to be a fast one.
@@LeoKRogue yes, the video I saw made mentions of exceptions, some contextual thing where if a guard is near some obstacles then the rule breaks. It seems the logic is somehow reverse to how the series usually handles this, instead of quick, low profile animations for when you’re…well slow and low profile, the animations are quick when you’re being quick, which I guess is good enough logic only that it runs counter to what AC players would expect.
Holy crap, I love the setup at 6:35. Throws knife, then takes out not 3 but 2 targets with Assassin Focus. Why only 2? Because the frickin’ knife throw takes down the 3rd guy AFTER landing with AF!! It’s a brilliant moment. Love the commentary in this. I could watch and listen to you two all day.
Yes! I love it so much. Thank you for your thoughts, I think this format has a lot of potential.
I just love it. The real AC we've been playing before. Never really been able to do this in the past 3 games. I remember how I played Unity and Syndicate, using all tools at my disposal.
I'm definitely feeling a "we're so back" vibe when it comes to general stealth _power._ Tool usability to manipulate and control clusters of guards in a layout is also the strongest it's been since Unity really, and I would say it's actually even stronger.
Would love more videos like this. Commentary with high stealth clips is missing currently
I really enjoyed making it. I'll try to do more with Lang, and get some other players too.
This video format is interesting!
great video both the gameplay and the commentary would love to see more like this.
all this talk of full frontal and goin in raw gets me really hyped about this game
"I WOULDA WENT IN RAW!"
-- SSJ Lang, 2023 [Assassin's Creed Mirage]
Damn, that was clean. Favorite moments were the jump, throwing knife, focus into two guys and the knife leg and headshot at the end. Very John Wick.
Yeeesss
2:25 this is just for showing off. I love it
YEP. Looks cool as hell though.
Lang is goated 🗣️
With several _varieties_ of sauce, even.
Hey I just got watched a bit of your ac video 3 years ago the “[rant] my ideal ac game” and I notice how a bit of the things you were describing when it comes to your ideal ac game, combat, conserving stamina, glass cannon assassin, I feel like that’s what mirage is, still the story could be longer and bit better and parkour, but overall the game is good and fun💯 the clips look great too btw🔥
That's probably a huge part of why I'm enjoying this game so much, heh. Of course it doesn't hit _everything,_ but yeah, you're right, a lot of the concepts I talked about are here.
Thanks for the helpful video, my only pet peeve about Mirage was that when you mess up a faction contract its permanent I even loaded real far back and still couldnt fix it so i restarted my whole game but fortunately for me I did all this after I ended the main story.
Just another reason to replay. v_v
But yeah, I hear you. I wish they were resettable/replayable from their menu in the Investigation Screen.
Hope you're well after last week?
Excited for what's to come
The amount of times I audibly went oh my fucking god… thank you for putting me on to this guy.
Right? If you ever just want to see a game _look sick,_ Lang is that guy.
We are so back!
:D
I would love to watch you do a stealth playthrough commentary, ive seen almost all of ur unity ones and i think Mirage is a great oppurtunity to bring those back 🔥
It's coming.
8:00
It took me 3 (4?). Playthroughs to discover that yes, you can go in raw. Going in with the disguise just triggers the cutscene. This kill and Ning are both like this. Instead of waiting for the guard to let you in, you can throw a smoke on your target and assassin focus to them. Or take on and kill all the guards in whatever way you wish to deal with them.
Going in raw actually allows the guards to be close enough by you after the confession cutscene to give it more tension/realism. Now you have to act fast to get out of there alive.
Honestly, this game has some of my favorite black box missions in the series.
That's pretty interesting, yeah. I do wish the blackboxes were a little less lock-and-key/linear, since if you replay them even once you realize they're not actually as varied or dynamic as they might've implied. Very cool missions though. Would've loved more of those variations like the ones we just talked about.
I NEED AN 21-HOUR-LONG VIDEO OF YOU AND LANG TALKING AC
IMMEDIATELY
We're that fun to listen to, huh? :P I agree. Talking to him has always been very enjoyable, especially around Assassin's Creed gameplay concepts.
ok how do you get the "good" roll at 8:58? everytime i fall from a "rollable" height basim just does a barrel roll. that roll looks so much cooler
Mash Jump/Climb as you hit the ground from a great height, but only on controller due to a bug.
@@LeoKRogue cool im gonna definetely try that!
You also need the Breakfall skill I think.
Totally do more plz. this was dope. At this rate, I’m just hoping they do new game plus. It would be so great to go through the whole game, fully decked out and see what the full potential would be throughout the whole game. I do have all the manual saves. It just sucks cause I don’t have everything unlocked on those.
I would love NG+ for sure.
8:32 yes you can go in raw but you cant. Get the cool black box animation assassation. Kill cutscene
Of course, that's usually how it works. Once you've seen it once though, it means there's a fun reason to play differently and take a more gameplay-focused approach.
@@LeoKRogue definitely. Playing through I noticed thats there is actually 10 ways to kill the target
You can totally go in raw and it's sick as hell.
This is some of the best mirage stealth in all of UA-cam! Tell the guy to get on his own channel.
He is, I linked him. Go watch everything he makes! ^_^
Right here with 300+ vids if ya wanna see more :)
im not gonna lie, since i turned off some of the hud i genuinely forgot about the focus warp thing and at 1:21 i just remembered im an idiot
Gotta use all your available tools and actions! ^_^
It was efficient that he uses another button for assassinate rather than the melee button as sometimes Basim hits instead of assassinating
I have have my Melee attack on x (I play on x box) and hold for heavy assassination needs it own button
Sadly I do have square set to both assassinate & attack, dodge is on r1, I just need assassinate on square I can deal with the whole “doubling as attack” thing
If they ever ng+ I’ll have to learn how to combo tools. I’m doing single shots at the moment. Mostly Basim’s signature weapon sniping with throwing knives
It's not too early to start learning now. As you can see Lang didn't wait for NG+ himself, just went for it and did great.
Curious to see your take on a stealth assassin build in elden ring pvp especially since you can headshot people with fan daggers and other Rouge related gear.
PVP
ua-cam.com/video/Ydg2b6pmRrA/v-deo.html
PVE [Gatefront Immersive/Stylish Takedowns]
ua-cam.com/video/Fm1mRfyJtAs/v-deo.html
PVE [Catacombs, Some Ghosting]
ua-cam.com/video/J927fP4nNmc/v-deo.html
Not sure when I'd revisit Elden Ring since so many games I love are coming out right now.
@LeoKRogue so just pve stuff I see no attempts in pvp, I'll do it myself to see if I can make the most out of these tricks in invasions
The first one is an anti-Invader video with blackTIE where we fight pretty dirty, but that was also before Bloody Slash was nerfed so it was a little ridiculous hehe
@LeoKRogue yea the game has changed alot since so I don't blame you ganking with bloody slash, I would recommend trying endure with daggers since it grants the chance to backstab clueless hosts without getting interrupted.
well it is an eye opener o-o
I should experient more with tool in NG+, first playthrough I stuck pretty much to the fee reliable strategies
Holy heck Lang has skill unseen so far in Mirage.... Respect!!!!!...... If i may ask, whats happening with your twitch stream Leo, you said would be up on the 20th?
I messed up lol, not feeling great lately and catching up on stuff.
Would be cool to see more sort of improvised stealth (not planned out routes and executions) from the skilled ac players like lang and you. Something like your moments of glory series
That would be what our streams are for once I get those going again.
That's what I always try not remembering every enemy location a stylish improvisation to truly text my stealth skills
I’ll causally stream going through the 3rd Assassination next time I play Mirage
6:39 aye bro let Lang have that 😭
LMAOOO
This videos makes me wanna go watch the full thing, while I wait for your 100% stream completion to be imported to UA-cam 😄
If you still haven't, definitely watch the full thing!
I want more
I recorded another one of these last night.
Up now.
@@LeoKRogue awesome looking forward to it
Amazing. This was very inspiring and makes me realize how much I suck at this game 😆
Sucking at a game is one of my favorite positions to be in, because there's so much to enjoy learning and growing into from there. Try your best to love the process and learn from wherever you can, be excited and inspired for sure!
@@LeoKRogueAbsolutely, I'm enjoying going through this phase, also thanks to the fact that I'm in love with Mirage. I wasn't expecting to be so much into it after Valhalla tbh.
This just goes to show how freaking good Lang is. Man's a beast (and deserves a better mic lol)
I kind of snaked my boy because we did this call from his phone. Next time it'll be better.
Ay next time I’ll know so we can use a proper mic 😂😂😂
Wow that was beautiful, did he rehearse this?
Yes. ^_^
Only just now I realized how non-lethal takedowns were fully present in the prologue part of mirage then completely removed for the rest of the game. It’s really odd for a stealth focused game to take away a fully set of takedowns. Do you think we can call for ubi to add it back in, seems completely doable technically and would bring back a big part of stealth fantasy.
You have a lot of other non-lethal tools to help you avoid killing in later parts of the game so it's pretty unnecessary, I feel. I kind of love the increased difficulty of takedown/Focus both being something that will kill a guard. If you want to spare lives it's genuinely something you have to work hard to do, which feels pretty satisfying to me. It also encourages alternate tool routing, like unlocking Sleep first.
@@LeoKRogue I see your points about functionally it’s unnecessary(now sure if those knockouts are true knockouts), but style has always been just as important to AC. If nothing, it seems a weird choice to exclude some nice, low profile animations that’s been missing in the past two games.
I try my best to make some dope kills like this but Lang moves are really raw
Lang is insane, man. He's legitimately better than me most of the time.
Lethal tools are amazing so when the contract says do not kill i can test my ghosting skills out love your call back to rev thats all i could think about when changing my tools and gear this game needs new game plus
Ghosting is pretty strong in this game, to be honest. Probably one of the better games in the series to do it in.
@@LeoKRogue right and feels great too
Fuck yess leoo they animation is and when set up/or the game alows
it looks great
More more
One day. I have another recorded, I just don't know when I'll have the energy to edit it.
Plus there were too many favorite moments.
bruh dat was siccckkkk.... can you show me the buttonn mapping
I think the only thing that really matters is to set Hold-to-Sprint on right trigger/R2.
@LeoKRogue i already do that, the i put the weapon wheel on L3.. but the problem is often accidentally open the wheel just when moving around... any recommendation
I put weapon wheel on Hold DPAD Down and never have any problems. :) My Heal is Double-Tap DPAD Down.
Upon 2nd thought I would have preferred AC Vikings with the Varangians over Ragnar’s brood & England. The best region in Soyhalla was running around in cold azz Norway. Varangians are known for settling in what would become the Russian Empire. Plenty of ice cool wild lands
What's done is done, man. The less I think about Valhalla for the most part, the happier I am.
Not Russian Empire but an Empire of Rus to be precise
Can’t wait for your no upgrade run 😇
Love your work, Lang!
It's a process... v_v
@@LeoKRogue Take your time. I haven’t even started the game yet 🥹🥹🥹 it’s been a torture for a month now
@@ikraikgaming Thanks!
his tool mods make me want to start a third playthrough 😭 god i wish we had new game + tho.
Do it.
Do you still do livestream on this game in twitch?
I will, I wasn't home for a week and I'm back now.
Leo, may I ask you a personal question ?
I've been a subscriber for a long time now and I know you don't talk about it normally but I must ask, where do you stand right now about the ongoing war in the middle east ?
I understand that this is a heated subject and I was wondering what you think about it as I feel very troubled myself with everything that's been going on .
Do you think there is a right side in this conflict at all ?
I do. I firmly believe Palestine should be free, as do all of my Jewish friends who are horrified to see their own painful history repeating itself, now inflicted on another group of people just like them. As do the many young Israeli people who are sitting in jail right now for refusing to be part of Israel's genocidal army. They would rather be imprisoned than help kill innocents, and to me that's heroism. Some of these people are only nineteen years old, and they still take a stand for what's right.
I don't believe there's anything noble or necessary in thousands of innocents being in a huge open-air prison, not allowed to leave or move anywhere else, their only airport destroyed years ago, their electricity, water, and internet controlled by their oppressor, who openly calls for their extermination.
I don't like tyrants. I never have. I never will.
I will never stand with any government or any people that so blatantly oppresses another population.
@@LeoKRogue thank you mentor
@@LeoKRogueDon't you think that supporting Palestine right now would mean to excuse their aggression on Israel and their crimes against its population? (Killing and raping woman, kidnapping children, calling for violence against Jewish population, oppressing lgbt+ people). Hamas openly attacked and its fighters had no problem in taking hostages among civilians or killing these civilians.
Sounds like Afro-Samurai is confirmed. Templar Afro-Samurai would be an interesting twist. I’ll wait for reviews before skipping or buying Red. Hopefully it’s like Malaka’s Odyssey NOT Soyhalla
Who knows, it's probably still a long way out.
Good thing the Geneva Conventions didn't exist in Medieval Baghdad.
I don't think Templars have interiority or consciousness, I'm prejudiced and evil that way. :)
@@LeoKRogue Shay is rolling in his grave.
LeoK x Heffer mirage discussion when? :P (hopefully side eject mod discussion with me and you/or you and animus drifter)
That would be _very_ cool.
Please do this on unity aswell
I'll think about it. 😅
A city based open world. Can it be done
Sure. That's basically what games like Mirage, Unity, and Brotherhood (to name a few) already are, right?
I was watching your Mirage review and noticed you never talked about how powerful Basim is in combat if you rotate between Heavy and Light attacks. You said the game did not reward you much for offensive play but i had an different experience. If you do Light Heavy Light that 3rd light staggers like a heavy gives stamina back and can be chained back into a heavy again. With Normal guards this means you can always be doing big damage with stamina sustain while keeping them staggered. If you combine that with the dodge light attack that staggers into another heavy attack you can chain heavy and light almost 24/7 in combat. Spear guys and the Max Notoriety guys are the only ones that demand parrys. I played on Hard and found the combat better than most AC games even if it looks worse.
Unity also rewards swapping from heavy to light over and over with the sword as well.
Interesting. I definitely do Lights into Heavies frequently, that's about the best I imagined you'll get for somewhat uninterrupted offense, and I briefly mention how good the Light -> Heavy combo is in that exact video, actually. (It should also be in most of my combat footage since it's my go-to.)
I haven't tried Light Heavy Light that much since early on I noticed they tend to block after the second hit of any combo-route, so I didn't keep trying others.
They don't block it / stop your combo when you do that? Let me know.
Mirage also has some of my favorite combat in the series, btw. Not sure if I made that clear, but I genuinely love it.
What are you doing to get Stamina back on that third light? To my knowledge, that's not an innate system mechanic, are you using some Sword or Dagger in particular?
@@LeoKRogue Light attacks give stamina back. The 3rd light after the heavy I considerer to be like a combo ender or something and it staggers. Since that combo ender is also considered a light it gives stamina back equal to what the heavy attack took. So the combo is infinite and infinitely sustainable unless you miss or cannot get a light off to recover what the heavy took. Remember parry’s also give stamina though so most of the time you should always have stamina.
I think they did it so when you do an entire light attack loop you get one stagger at the end but I use a light combined with a heavy to get me to that combo ender quicker.
Some guys will try to block but the sword guys are not fast enough to block the combo ender because they are still stunned from the heavy. This means you can infinitely stun them while waiting for parrys. Sometimes even heavy’s can’t turn around in time so they get hit by the combo ender and can then be hit by yet another heavy.
It’s pretty simple to. You simply just rotate from light to heavy over and over. I have not seen many player take advantage of this at all. It was pretty much all I did in combat.
Basim going from animation to animation freely also makes the combat look better. Whenever you have to do the Valhalla lock on strafe walking animation the combat looks so bad. I grind my teeth every time I see someone just light attack and Valhalla strafe away because it has no impact. You need to keep the animation chains going constantly or else the Valhalla animations will catch up to you.
Can you make _absolutely sure_ lights give stamina back? Everything I've experienced so far is telling me that's definitely wrong, so I'll go in to test it myself but there's just something off about that specifically. They do in Valhalla, but not in Mirage, unless there's been a change since day one. Really, really curious about that.
Games AC can be inspired by Hitman, Dishonored, and Ghost
I’m sure you’ve seen the new Red leak. After reading Afro-Samurai’s alleged Adewale like background I’m opening up to him being a non-Japanese. And based on history and who he’s based off of Afro-Samurai could be a Templar or at the very least an associate of the Templars. Afro-Samurai & J-Pop girl start as enemies but cooperate for the sake of Japan. Quebec gets bashed for making AC too goofy but it’s a brave decision if they decide to delve into the Templar side of things
I've seen the leak, yes. Curious to see how much of it is accurate.
Slo mo is ok.
I dont like teleport ability
Understandable, when you play, you don't have to use it if you don't want to.
Personally, I love it, honestly. Anything that uses the Animus to give the subject in the simulation a little "boost" of sorts has always been raw as hell for me, I love the Present Day and lite-cyberpunk vibes of the Assassin's Creed universe.
You simply cannot tell me Assassin's Creed Mirage is a terrible game after watching this. I cannot believe how many people are shitting on such a gem of a game all because they don't even understand how deep its systems are.
Hating on Assassin’s Creed has been the popular thing for awhile now, despite it being the basis for most AAA games in general since Arkham Asylum came out
Don't worry so much about those people. It's always going to happen, all we can (and should) really be doing is playing, enjoying, and developing a warm, welcoming community around whatever Assassin's Creed games we love that currently exist -- at least until there comes a day when Ubisoft creates a _genuinely_ polished and innovative experience that rivals the best of the industry. Until then, the best thing we can do as players is to just keep highlighting the potential this series has.
Woah tools are the star of this game. Meanwhile I’m crouching around and slashing enemies one by one lol
Change that ASAP haha
Bro I'm on my third playthourgh tools are EVERYTHING and a must if your going for the sneaky assassin style there are tool chests In and around every restricted area they refill your some of tools and you usually get one elixir so you have no reason to hoard tools imo
@@emmaelstad341 honestly it kinda of gets to the point where the item shop feels like a scam. there are so many ammo and material chests everywhere...
Does Leo K attend exclusive Ubi events like some AC UA-camrs. I noticed you freely speak your mind and will openly criticize the lesser entries. You aren’t in the Camp of Gold Star Everything Ubi Does
I will always say what I really feel, no matter who it irritates. Whether that's my viewers or Ubi themselves, my own thoughts matter most to me.
Given that Russian commies have already been covered in the comics & by Nikolai. The next most iconic Russian figures are the Cossacks. I’d set a Russian game sometime in the prime of the Cossacks. Perhaps when they expanded the Russian Empire eastwards into Siberia. A region of the world filled with stunning natural landscapes that nobody knows about
That would be cool.