Assassin's Creed: Shadows
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robertmac43
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I guess they have a few months to optimize but I'm surprised it looks nearly graphically identical to say Assassin's Creed Odyssey. I liked Odyssey for exploring classical Greek style architecture and landscapes but didn't really enjoy Valhalla all that much in the end so I'll probably skip this. I could see it being worth it if they put a lot of effort into feudal Japan, the various landmarks, your average house for different classes of people from peasants to nobility and that's your thing.
kingsboy11
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I think its the same development team as Odyssey so that's probably why.
I've been wanting this setting for well over a decade so I'm thrilled with this. I'm pretty easy to please when it comes to this series, although Valhalla was not one of my favorites, but everything I've heard sounds promising.
KirkAlbuquerque
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Assassin's Creed is the franchise that should have done India already (Chronicles doesn't count), a huge missed opportunity.
Mr Fahrenheit
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A large open world that felt devoid of life, not much to see or do beside repetitive puzzles that didn't really contribute to their environment. On the plus side the game did go a long way explaining the ancients background story, but personally I've never been a fan of that part and so the historical medieval side of the story on its own felt too weak.
After Gamergate and all that I'm all for having a diverse set of characters in video games, we certainly didn't get that 10 years ago, but in Valhalla or presumably now in Shadows that's getting a bit much for the historical setting. I know Yasuke is loosely based on a historical person, but a black man and a woman as the main warrior characters in Sengoku period Japan, really?
robertmac43
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Too much busy work imo. There were some really great parts to the game but too much 'meh' stuff between them.
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KirkAlbuquerque
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I said the same thing. A setting that has not been explored much in most media.
Feudal Japan has been done to death, especially recently.
Ubisoft Executive Says 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' Devs "Think It's The Worst Thing They've Ever Seen"
Ubisoft’s Executive Producer for its Assassin’s Creed franchise Marc-Alexis Côté shared that a number of the developers on Assassin’s Creed Shadows believe the game is “the worst thing they’ve ever seen.”Fandom Pulse is a reader-supported publication.
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Half of the team has never made a game before, much less an AC game, and think that it's the worst thing that they've ever seen, but he's confident that it'll be good when it releases in only 3 months.
robertmac43
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oh man, Ubisoft can't get anything right these days.Half of the team has never made a game before, much less an AC game, and think that it's the worst thing that they've ever seen, but he's confident that it'll be good when it releases in only 3 months.
Jovavic
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I read there's going to be a new "chapter" or something in the modern timeline and f***ing why? The worst part of any AC game is the modern bullshit, no one cares
The Crypto Guy
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So true.
Black Flag was literally almost a perfect game for me, aside from that garbage.
Bocephus86
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I've been playing Odyssey recently and I literally googled how to skip the modern timeline pieces as fast as possible.
Really? I thought ACII was by far the best because of both stories converting together. I loved Enzo, Desmond, and Lucy. It sucks that they decided not to follow through with them as main characters to continue the storyline, made it really, really anti-climatic when Lucy dies and nothing else happens.
McGarnagle
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Black Flag is still one of the best games I've ever played. I'd love for them to make another sailing-driven game. Whichever the one was in the North Atlantic after that was okay, but not as fun as the open Caribbean seas of Black Flag. I never played the Viking one with the long ships but I know that was a feature and wasn't the focal point.
So true.
Black Flag was literally almost a perfect game for me, aside from that garbage.
Also fully concur on the modern segments being the worst part of any AC game. Every time I'm getting into exploring the historical world, you get pulled out to run around with this asshole Desmond to find out about some mythical bullshit of ancient goddesses controlling the world through Golden apples or something dumb like that
I accidentally bought Black Flag as a Polish-only version, although I do speak the language oh boy was it immersion-breaking... Still a highlight of the series nonetheless.
