The latest work Assassin's Creed Mirage may be rating that cannot be sold at the store. Is it for super adults?

On September 11, Bee Soft has officially announced Assassin's Creed Mirage . While attracting attention as the latest popular series, there was one act that users were noisy about the rating. This was because this work was an adult rating that was difficult to sell at retail stores at the time of announcement.

Assassin's Creed Mirage is the latest work of the stealth action game Assassin's Creed series. Set in the Middle East Baghdad, which is now located in Iraq, the growth of the protagonist Basis is drawn. Ba shim is expressed as the most versatile assassin in the history of the Assassin's Creed series. It is also said to be a work that includes a tribute to the origin of the series (related articles).

In such a work, attention was attracted by unexpected people. The rating of the announced work was too high. In the video of Ubisoft Forward, which was officially announced, the Rating of AO (Adults only 18+) was written in ESB rating. The store page for Xbox also has a similar notation at the time of writing this paper. And this rating is basically given to special games, such as some adult games. It is quite unusual for a popular game work.

This is because ESB AO's works are not handled by console platforms such as SHE, Microsoft, Nintendo, and US retail stores. Also, on video distribution platforms such as Twitch, AO rating works are prohibited. In other words, the work that has been under the ESB AO rating has no choice but to sell it on a limited sales channel for real PCs. For this reason, popular series works such as Assassin's Creed are only expensive, but only ESB M rating, and it is quite unusual for this AO rating category.

And what is worrisome is why Assassin's Creed Mirage was such a rating. The store page for Xbox describes the content of the same work. The content includes violence, bloodshed and cruel depictions, sexual expressions and some nude. One of the most notable communities is the description of the Real Gambling element.

According to the ESB rating guide, the elements with the Real Gambling are defined as players can gamble with actual cash. In other words, it is not an expression such as there is a gambling depiction in the game. As a gameplay element, it is specified as a content that users can gamble in real money.

Overseas bulletin boards and SNS have various speculations for this Real Gambling notation. Examples of the content are users who imagine gambling mini-games that can increase in-game currency obtained with a small amount of billing. There is also speculation that a small-charged route box was judged as a gambling. However, this is defined as a different content from gambling as in-game purchases including random items in ESB. Even if it is included in this work as content, it seems that it will not cause AO rating.

And it is unlikely that Assassin's Creed Mirage will appear in the world with AO rating. In the past, although I received AO rating once, there are several works released after lowering the rating. In addition, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas had a cut sexual mini-game element was discovered and temporarily divided into ESB AO (related articles). This is an example of returning to ESB M rating by deleting the rest of the content later.

And in the video posted on the official Instagram account today, the rating of Assassin's Creed Mirage is PENDING (under examination). In other words, the rating of the work is likely to be eased in the future.

Assassin's Creed Mirage will be released in 2023 for PC/PS4/PS5/Xbox One/Xbox Series X | S. Although the possibility that it is not a rating for adults is rich, its content is likely to be quite radical. What kind of content is included is waiting for future information disclosure.