What do you think about AC Shadows?

[Harmony]

I've been playing Assassin's Creed games for years, and I'm a follower of the series. The last one I played was Valhalla, and it left me with a big disappointment and boredom. On the contrary, Odyssey is one of my favorite games. My question to you is this: How did you find this game? I haven't experienced it yet, and the hate on the internet seems way too much. I just want to know if playing the game is enjoyable or not. I'm looking for honest answers, not hate comments. should i buy it ?

[shadowsc133]

I think they need to release a patch to fix the game progression and tanto issues.

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by Harmony:

Should I buy it?

It's going to win best Action/Adventure, guaranteed. It also has a good shot at Game of The Year. If that's not enough for you, then nothing is.

If you do purchase it, I'd recommend only playing as Naoe. She's the full-blown Assassin's Creed experience.

Yasuke is the worst thing about this game. He's completely out of his element in Assassin's Creed. He's so bad that you'll never see Ubisoft Quebec or Montreal attempt this experiment again. Throwing an unskilled thug in an Assassin's Creed game. He has none of the skills required to play Creed.

The game looks beautiful, sounds beautiful, runs great, has very good Japanese voice acting, but terrible English voice acting. Don't expect great writing.

Combat and exploration are this game's highlights. The base-building is only good if you do the previous two things because you need to loot, collect, and purchase everything if you want to build a beautiful base.

There is a lot to do in Shadows. Depending on how you play your action/adventure games, you can easily get 200 hours out of it. For me, it'll likely take 300 hours to fully explore.

Best bang for your buck this year. Value for money is high. As long as you have a computer that can run it properly, you'll be entertained for a long time.

Don't buy it if you're impatient and like to brag about beating video games in X-number of minutes. It's meant to be explored and absorbed, not beaten to death in ten hours.

[superlloyd]

Originally posted by katzenkrimis:

Originally posted by Harmony:

Should I buy it?

It's going to win best Action/Adventure, guaranteed. It also has a good shot at Game of The Year. If that's not enough for you, then nothing is.

If you do purchase it, I'd recommend only playing as Naoe. She's the full-blown Assassin's Creed experience.

Yasuke is the worst thing about this game. He's completely out of his element in Assassin's Creed. He's so bad that you'll never see Ubisoft Quebec or Montreal attempt this experiment again. Throwing an unskilled thug in an Assassin's Creed game. He has none of the skills required to play Creed.

The game looks beautiful, sounds beautiful, runs great, has very good Japanese voice acting, but terrible English voice acting. Don't expect great writing.

Combat and exploration are this game's highlights. The base-building is only good if you do the previous two things because you need to loot, collect, and purchase everything if you want to build a beautiful base.

There is a lot to do in Shadows. Depending on how you play your action/adventure games, you can easily get 200 hours out of it. For me, it'll likely take 300 hours to fully explore.

Best bang for your buck this year. Value for money is high. As long as you have a computer that can run it properly, you'll be entertained for a long time.

Don't buy it if you're impatient and like to brag about beating video games in X-number of minutes. It's meant to be explored and absorbed, not beaten to death in ten hours.

Yasuke is okay-ish... I find it cool at times, when he shines, like on a battlefield.
But why the 10 seconds switch & load time between characters?
Cut scenes with both characters loads instantly, there is zero technical reason for this wait times. It's like they purposely designed switching to be a pain in the ass. Worst decision ever,

[Spectrum Fox]

Originally posted by superlloyd:

Yasuke is okay-ish... I find it cool at times, when he shines, like on a battlefield.
But why the 10 seconds switch & load time between characters?
Cut scenes with both characters loads instantly, there is zero technical reason for this wait times. It's like they purposely designed switching to be a pain in the ass. Worst decision ever,

Probably because the whole game world needs to adjust when you switch characters, including NPC's that react differently depending who you're playing.

[AP0THICx]

Just get a month of Ubisoft+ and give it a go. Its far cheaper then buying the game anywhere else.

[ratchyroo88]

I have played AC series for better or for worse.
From the most recent games Valhalla is one of my favourite. AC: Shadows looks pretty and that's about it as good as it gets. The amount of cut scenes in this game stops it playing smooth story line, I agree that why do we have to keep shifting through two characters,?! Also clue should be in the title. Samurai kind of goes against what its all about.

[AP0THICx]

Wished they kept the single protagonist with gender options.

Having a historical character, irrelevant of its source as a main playable character is and was a mistake, its the first time they have done it and i hope they never do it again.

There was nothing wrong with having Yasuke as a side NPC we interact with. Even have him as the AC from Mozambique coming to Japan to create an outpost there. Whatever fictional BS you wanna make up. Was fine when they used Leonardo Davinci in AC:2.

No one would have had issues this way.

[RakataEpsilon]

Originally posted by AP0THICx:

Wished they kept the single protagonist with gender options.

Having a historical character, irrelevant of its source as a main playable character is and was a mistake, its the first time they have done it and i hope they never do it again.

There was nothing wrong with having Yasuke as a side NPC we interact with. Even have him as the AC from Mozambique coming to Japan to create an outpost there. Whatever fictional BS you wanna make up.

No one would have had issues this way.

Based. You can have my points good sir

[GuerillaTactix]

Its much of the same when it comes to Valhalla. Just a different setting and two characters which bring on some annoyances. For example, Yasuke is a brute, meaning he's slow at moving / running and can barely climb. Thus things like traversal either forces you to play as Naoe or constantly switch between to two once you get close to every sync spot. Also, unlike previous games where it was clearly defined, you've got to go to the objective screen and try to figure out which of the insane amount of character circles (for lack of a batter term) is main quest, what is side quest and which can only be complete by Yasuke or Naoe.

Outside of that, the story is decent with a few plot twists. I find both character have stories that I can get invested into and are actually likeable. It feels like a middle of the road game, standard affair stuff here. AC with a new coat of paint.

[Ansgar Odinson]

Originally posted by RakataEpsilon:

Odyssey and Origins were great because of the mythical aspect of overlaying a story on top of a loosely based canvas of history. Shadows does not do any of this. Its a snoozefest

I literally fought a yokai. What game are you playing?

[Nomadski]

It looks like Ghost of Tsushima with all the fun and excellent combat systems removed.

Boring AF with an utterly pointless two character system where only one is an actual assassin.

AC needs to be put to sleep permanently.

[VhagarTheLastOne]

I dont get the combat. It doesnt feel Samurai or even AC. They should fire the combat designer. Samurais arent Rambos ffs.

THey should have added timed-abilities, something tactical to the combat etc.

I also disliked the hideout system. I build, I find Tower, I rebuild, I find Archer Spot, I rebuild etc. It breaks my immersion I gotta build my hideout again every time.

[JKDos]

Originally posted by Ernimus Prime:

I got 11 hours in the game so far. And I'm enjoying it. Only thing I have a problem. And not sure if anyone has it. But using the Xbox one controller. Does anyone find your character doesn't stop right away? I checked for stick drift and all checks out.

I completed the game using controller about 90% of the playthrough. I didn't really find a problem. My Xbox One and my old Xbox 360 controller work well for me in this game.

[Harmony]

Originally posted by AP0THICx:

Wished they kept the single protagonist with gender options.

Having a historical character, irrelevant of its source as a main playable character is and was a mistake, its the first time they have done it and i hope they never do it again.

There was nothing wrong with having Yasuke as a side NPC we interact with. Even have him as the AC from Mozambique coming to Japan to create an outpost there. Whatever fictional BS you wanna make up. Was fine when they used Leonardo Davinci in AC:2.

No one would have had issues this way.

I was thinking the same thing, but instead of making Yasuke a serious samurai character, I would have preferred him to be an NPC and funny Black character carrying the humorous side of the game. like scary movie characters but this would never happen.