GUNNAR Intercept Assassin’s Creed: Mirage Edition Glasses Review

It goes with the territory, however as players, we discover ourselves observing screens for hours at a time, seemingly days on finish. As such, we have to take into account how we deal with these gaming classes – we should be snug, we have to take breaks, we should be sporting some GUNNAR Optiks glasses. 

We first occurred upon GUNNAR Optiks just a few years in the past, massively taken in by their Lightning Bolt 360 frames. As a prescription optic wearer, these glasses got here suited and booted, set as much as permit our eyes the easiest alternative at dealing with the screens thrust in our face, killing the blue gentle because it went. We had been very impressed. 

Since that point, GUNNAR have pushed out a number of different body and lens varieties to the market. Their ESL Blade body lined the eSports angle, while we beloved the look of a collaboration with Ubisoft as Murderer’s Creed Valhalla immersed us into its world. 

And now we’ve obtained an identical collab, as GUNNAR and Ubisoft workforce up once more for an Murderer’s Creed Mirage providing. We’ve been eyes-on and sure, as soon as once more, we’ve been mighty impressed. The truth is, we’ve been so impressed that we’re undecided anybody sitting in entrance of a display for almost all of their waking hours must be doing so with out GUNNAR accompanying them, regardless of whether or not that particular person normally wears glasses or not. 

The GUNNAR glasses we’ve been utilizing for the previous few weeks have been that of the Intercept, Murderer’s Creed: Mirage Version. It takes the Intercept vary that GUNNAR have beforehand offered and whips up a stealthy storm, including some Murderer’s Creed Mirage branding to the arms. And naturally it infuses GUNNAR’s USP – a lens that helps with lowering eye pressure, prevents dry eyes, minimises glare and goals to enhance your sleep. 

A mode that we are able to personally get on board with, the Intercept is of pretty rectangular model, barely curved to suit. It’s fairly basic glasses stuff if we’re trustworthy, however outsized; these are extraordinarily deep, high to backside with a thick set body. They won’t swimsuit all, however with a hard and fast nostril bridge they need to look good on quite a lot of face sizes and styles. GUNNAR themselves reckon these are good for ‘most medium’ faces, however these basic vibes ought to permit for it to succeed in many players. 

The Murderer’s Creed: Mirage Version of the Intercept doesn’t change issues up an excessive amount of. It comes with an indigo colored body (though if we weren’t informed that, we’d go together with ‘black’), with the front-facing facets trying just about the identical as some other Intercept providing; a small GUNNAR emblem hidden up within the nook of the lens. Nevertheless it’s within the arms the place the magic occurs, whisking us off to Baghdad and Assassin’s Creed Mirage with some tremendous cool orange particulars. An Murderer’s Creed emblem sits on the hinge, adopted by that of GUNNAR’s personal branding. For us – a fan of the orange and black combo – it really works brilliantly; delicate, however making certain there’s a understanding nod to the supply materials. 

The internals of the arm are all orange, once more hit up with some branding – you’ve obtained the Intercept title, that of Murderer’s Creed Mirage and the long-lasting chicken entrance and centre. Will you ever see this half, because it rests on the aspect of your head? No, however that’s moreover the purpose…

What’s extra essential is the load. The GUNNAR Intercept is made from some precision engineered polymer body materials, however they aren’t the lightest frames we now have ever used. They run on the scales at simply 28 grams, which is much from heavy, however that does put them on the heftier aspect of issues once we evaluate them to our common on daily basis glasses at 22 grams. Admittedly, these are a number of instances dearer and are available from one of many world’s main glasses manufacturers, so for GUNNAR to get inside 6 grams is a few going. 

What’s additionally good in regards to the GUNNAR Intercept, Murderer’s Creed: Mirage Version is that of the amber tint lens, complementing the orange arm detailing magnificently. It’s that lens which blocks out 100% UV gentle, in addition to the all-harmful blue gentle that we – as players and display customers – ought to already know all about. The lens can be anti-reflective, smudge resistant and oleophobic. The truth is, the one factor it doesn’t try this we might personally like, is to change shades as we step out into the sunshine. We’re large followers of glasses that swap between gentle and darkish – a la photochromic – and that’s just about the one factor lacking with what’s on provide right here. There isn’t a choice to run interchangeable lenses both. 

Nevertheless, we’ve been utilizing these as a prescription set of spectacles for gaming and dealing, and have discovered them to be exact in what they’re providing. Our personal prescription particulars are advanced – far too distinctive to enter particulars right here – however GUNNAR have had no points masking our necessities. And with the blue gentle killing facet, working a little bit of an amber tint; it guarantees to dam out 65% of blue gentle at 450nm. This is identical tint as we’ve used beforehand and have discovered it to be fairly darn efficient. 

There are different choices although. GUNNAR have a ‘Clear’ lens which blocks 35% of blue gentle, a ‘Solar’ providing which kills 90% and a giant outdated 98% ‘Amber Max’ – you’ll solely actually need this one you probably have excessive photosensitivity or are in search of one thing to assist with sleep management. Our recommendation? Go together with that ‘Amber’ and benefit from the 65% block. 

Additional to that, and just about as customary, these GUNNAR glasses include a stunning AC Mirage-themed pouch to retailer the glasses, in addition to a nifty Assassin’s Creed Mirage logo’d microcloth. 

So in all, can we suggest GUNNAR’s Intercept Murderer’s Creed: Mirage Version glasses? And not using a shadow of doubt, sure. We really feel that any and all players ought to concentrate on blue gentle points, and GUNNAR can be pleased to type out anybody involved. With prescriptions accessible, and a crackingly basic body model within the Intercept vary, in the event you’re an Murderer’s Creed fan in search of some new glasses, we’d not hesitate to push you within the course of the GUNNAR Intercept Murderer’s Creed: Mirage Version. 

Big thanks exit to GUNNAR for offering us with their Intercept Assassin’s Creed: Mirage Version glasses for evaluation. Hit GUNNAR up direct if you wish to take a look at their vary of blue gentle killing glasses.