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Assassin's Creed Shadows Is 5 Years Too Late

The Nerd Stash: "Ubisoft is finally bringing players to Japan with Assassin's Creed Shadows, but this samurai/ninja epic might arrive too late."

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-Foxtrot52d ago

More like 12 year...people have been going on about Japan or China since after Assassins Creed 3

Hell I even remember seeing people talk about it before Brotherhood or Revelations came out.

Ubisoft ignored people for over a decade and clearly decided to do it once they saw how successful games like Ghost of Tsushima become.

isarai51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Well, the funny thing is in the very first game once you unlock the eagle vision outside the Animus, people deciphered the writing on the wall and it gave a lot of hints to China and japan being the next or one of the next locations. And now they only do it when someone else already did it for them, and better imo.

Hell one of the directors literally addressed people's demands to.follow through on the hints the game had, and blatantly said they will never have an AC set in that location.

Me and my friends called it while playing GoT, like "i bet Ubisoft announces an AC game set in China or Japan now" and they announce TWO 🤣

Inverno51d ago

The creators had plans for this series which where put on hold indefinitely for the milking Ubi had planned. Pretty sure they were gonna take this to Japan after 2, but then focused on Ezio. Which is why the modern day stuff fell apart too.

notachance51d ago

They know it was heavily requested so they kept it as a trump card while milking the series until it was dry. GoT finally snapped their eyes open but since you can't just release a game on the spot it takes them this long for a catch up game.

Idk how successful it will be though, with all the controversies surrounding it, either about the race stuff or ubisoft bad practices in general.

-Foxtrot51d ago

Sad thing is rumour has it that the preorder sales are "very strong"

It's like people don't give a shit about Ubisofts shitty anti consumer practices.

notachance51d ago

seriously, with only a CGI trailer?

even the forced online to install from disc stuff didn’t deter people from preordering it? I guess they are comfortable with not owning their games indeed. $70 rental holy sh*t..

victorMaje51d ago

I fear there’s a growing amount of gamers that doesn’t know any better or have been conditioned to not care.
They just want the next toy to fiddle with & stream their playthrough online. I hope I’m wrong.

-Foxtrot50d ago

@notachance

Yeah I was thinking the same, we've only had a CGI trailer and people have gone to preorder despite all the shit Ubisoft has done over the years along with their out of touch comments.

Even when this was teased and was on the GamingLeaksAndRumours subreddit, if you said anything bad about Ubisoft or the game you're downvoted to oblivion. It's crazy.

Dirtnapstor50d ago (Edited 50d ago )

Such a tired argument imo. This "race stuff"? Because the game is not expected to historically accurate, there are some narrative liberties taken. People need to chill out. Ubi should just amend the character build to allow for a male Japanese character, then the naysayers will be appeased.
Also to those who still cling to "anti-consumer" nonsense... Why won't you just wait it out then? The game will go on sale, then you won't feel like you spent your week's paycheck for 100 hours of entertainment.
People expect everything on the cheap. You may not like Ubisoft as a business, but it's a business. The slight is ridiculous considering what the Devs provide for us.

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victorMaje51d ago

Exactly. Ghost of Tsushima scratched that itch & then some.
Thing is Sucker Punch focused on making a great game, Ubisoft’s focus is probably once anything but.

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CrimsonWing6951d ago

Better late than never. I haven’t been into an Ass Creed game since Black Flag and I only liked the non-Ass Creed parts of that game. This one will be the first I’ve played since Unity, which killed any interest I had with the series,

jznrpg51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Black Flag was a lot of fun for half of the game. But they had those stupid follow the guy missions that really broke the flow of the game and the fun. Rayman was a great too. But I haven’t wanted to play an UbiSoft game for many years and they are making it so I don’t

DarXyde51d ago

I gave up after Revelations. You've gotten much deeper into the lore than I have, that's certain. Loved 2, but after Revelations, I wasn't willing to give any new entries since a chance.

They might be good games, but you can't play them all, I guess.

Friendlygamer51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

Nah, tsushima is all countryside and beach and sekiro and nioh are fantasy, a more urban feudal japan setting is fresh. Besides we get a new European medieval game every 10 minutes, why can't multiple companies do Japan ? I would love onimusha, tenchu and way of the samurai to come back.

I hate the idea of a gaming company 'owning' a setting, I want more high budget cowboy games besides red dead !!!!

neutralgamer199251d ago

Ghost of Tsushima has set a high bar for games in the vein of Assassin’s Creed. While having more options is generally beneficial, Ubisoft seems to struggle with their direction, which can sometimes undermine those benefits. If it was not for the success of Tsushima I don’t think we would ever get assassin Creed game in Japan. Even now sucker punch are a much much smarter team of developers that did Tsushima And now we have Ubisoft who have 15 studios helping making one game

Games like Ghost of Tsushima, Nioh, and Sekiro stand out because they focus on gameplay and setting without the burden of microtransactions or mandatory online connections for single-player content. They prioritize quality over quantity, something Ubisoft could learn from.

The upcoming Assassin’s Creed game will inevitably be compared to its predecessors and other high-quality titles. It needs to meet or exceed these quality standards. We don’t need another 80-100 hour marathon; we need content that offers a compelling and engaging experience.

Instead of criticizing other companies for excelling, we should encourage Ubisoft to elevate their standards. No single company owns a setting or genre, but the quality of some releases naturally sets a benchmark for others. Let’s push for better quality from Ubisoft rather than lowering our expectations

Good-Smurf51d ago

Pretty much, I hate that if its western devs ARPG they either go middle ages knights and dragons castle town brown looking or its in sci-fi soap opera.
Please branch out for once ffs.

chicken_in_the_corn51d ago

Why release it at a time when the setting is so common? Releasing it now lets it stand out more.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows Is Shaping Up To Be Another Hard-Hitting Classic - The Koalition

Richard Bailey of The Koalition writes: Assassin’s Creed Shadows was revealed as a cinematic world premiere trailer on May 15th. Set within feudal Japan and fixated on two playable protagonists in Naoe and Yasuke, I fully expected Shadows to be another typical Assassin’s Creed game with only a few key changes to enhance the overall experience.

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rbailey16h ago

This game definitely looks great so far and will satisfy those who have been waiting for an Assassin's Creed game set within Feudal Japan.

meganick10h ago

In case you don’t believe me, check out its comment history. Then it’ll be more obvious.

Dirty_Lemons5h ago

Yeah definitely a bit to be fair.

Ninver4h ago

@meganick

Good spot. It's comments are robotic to no end.

Leeroyw1h ago

There are so many of these accounts:

"can't wait for this title"
"gonna pre order this one".
"day one"

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Obscure_Observer16h ago

Hope so.

Definitely like what I have seen so far.

Shane Kim15h ago

Looks like the best one for a long time.

ravens523h ago(Edited 3h ago)

So many upset racist dummies. Lol @ y'all 🤡and I hope the game does great 😉.

Levii_9215h ago

Another? Lol look i have nothing against Shadows unlike lot of other people but when the f was AC a hard hitting classic? 16 years ago? 😂

anast9h ago

I would say 16 is about right.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows' Spy Network is Just What the Franchise's Stealth Needs

Assassin's Creed Shadows is introducing a new Spy Network feature, and it could offer something the franchise's stealth has been sorely missing.

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Preview: Assassin's Creed Shadows | Console Creatures

CC writes, "After seeing Assassin's Creed Shadows demoed three ways by Ubisoft, I have a lot of faith in what I saw."

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