Assassin’s Creed Mirage fans left feeling “dizzy” by screen effect that can’t be turned off
UbisoftAssassin’s Creed Mirage has been praised as a very attractive game by many fans of the franchise. However, its strive towards realism by adding chromatic aberration has annoyed many players due to its blurry display.
After three back-to-back RPG titles, Ubisoft went back to their roots with Assassin’s Creed Mirage. The game overall has received a fair amount of praise from the community as it dives deep into Bagdhad with Basim as the main character.
Although many fans have praised its improved gameplay compared to the last few entries, its display and colors have received several negative reviews from many players. Fans on Reddit have mentioned the chromatic aberration in the game that has been making the game’s display hard to look at.
Chromatic aberration is a color distortion effect, generally caused by camera lenses, resulting in a red-and-blue effect around objects. Many developers artificially implement this in their games for the sake of realism.
An AC Mirage player named ‘SioVern’ mentioned the issue on Reddit. According to them, chromatic aberration is something VFX supervisors like the OP themselves “work hard to remove from every film and TV show.” They continue by saying: “It is a lens defect that adds nothing to the user experience, only subtracts.”
Many others in the comments of the OP agreed with them about this issue. Some people could not trust their screens at first due to the game’s colors and thought “they were on the fritz or something” and needed fixing.
People who want to remove this defect claimed that it made them “dizzy at the beginning of the game” and that they “wish you could turn it off.”
Several others have pointed out how they are “seeing tinges of purple and pink on all objects” and that “this is insane” and a “stupid idea.” Some fans did not lose the opportunity to crack a joke regarding this problem, calling it a “chromatic abomination.”
Assassin’s Creed Mirage does not provide a concrete setting to remove this effect, unlike many other AAA titles. As it is a purposeful camera defect that is added for realism, there are no mods at the time of writing to fix it yet.
Keep in mind that AC Mirage is just in its infancy now and Ubisoft will surely release a few patches in the future to address certain important issues. Although the severity of this problem is unknown, Ubisoft is expected to address it if it needs fixing.
For more on Assassin’s Creed Mirage, you can check out the Favor Tokens in the game or a guide about upgrading your tools.