Ever since Ubisoft unveiled Assassin’s Creed Mirage in September 2022, the company hasn’t shied away from how the game is a spiritual successor to the series’ very first entry. In particular, Mirage ...

Each entry since Assassin's Creed Origins (aside from AC Mirage) has continued to build on this open-world RPG formula, including the most recent release, Assassin's Creed Shadows.

In short, Murakami’s mind-bending saga of parallel worlds, life creepily imitating art, and religio-magical cults is very, very good. I’m no devotee of the man, either.