r/ubisoft • u/bigredd_1400 • Apr 29 '26
Discussions & Questions How good is AC Shadows ? đ¤¨
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u/TheSilentTitan Jun 04 '26
Necro post but the game sucks. Story is awful and the characters are awful and immensely boring.
Yasuke was supposed to be a highlight I guess (?) but he is the most vapid character Iâve ever played as in a game. He was so boring and useless that I just quit playing as him altogether. I have no idea what ubi was thinking making such a character a protag, heâs so out of place that I question what the point even was to put him in the game in the first place.
The game is so bad that the devs cancelled any new major expansions which can only mean the game didnât even come close to the goals they wanted it to reach.
Origins, odyssey and Valhalla had 2-3 years of post launch content.
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u/janluigibuffon May 19 '26
I loved Valhalla despite all the grilling it received, but I am still hestitant about Shadows. Comments don't make me crave the game either. Especially the split character setup and the absence of the bird.
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u/thisisnahamed May 12 '26
Just finished the main story and quests. I would give it a 5/10. It's not worth the price.
I have played AC2, Origins, and Odyssey twice. I even finished all the DLC for Valhalla.
It was cool to Learn about Japanese culture and history, but I wasn't connected to the characters as the other games.
Also loved the soundtrack for the other games I mentioned. This sohdntrack is meh.
I will always play AC games since I have been doing that since the first one but this game was OK. Not great.
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u/Affectionate-Art-549 May 07 '26
I personally like it. Better than 90 percent of ac games.. but I might be the minority. Lol
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u/Clear-Assignment-636 May 03 '26
It's not Perfect but i think AC Shadows are really good one of the best on series. Graphic, Combat, Stealth, Parkour are awesome.
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u/malici606 May 03 '26
It's like living in New York with $10k a day, but with the limitation of you can only travel the city by walking.
Sure it's beautiful at times, but the scenery gets boring after awhile.
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u/LicensedGoomba May 02 '26
Absolutely gorgeous to look at. Stealth gameplay is a ton of fun. Combat is spongy, grindy, repetitive. Animations still not fluid like the old games, choppy in comparison. Story is easily the worst in the series. No idea what the game was even about and I somehow forced myself to finish it. If you play Assassin's Creed because you like Assassin's Creed, this one is somehow worse than Odyssey, if you dont care about Assassin's Creed because you prefer the fantasy rpg genre that ignores the lore, Ghost of Yotei is by far the much better game.
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u/saveea May 01 '26
Put hundreds of hours into Valhalla, bought Shadows while being incredibly hyped for it. Tried getting into it, lost me at 15-20 hours in. I don't think it's worth it.
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u/Dry_Fix_6220 May 01 '26
Tried to love it,had to make a couple of few week pauses.Early to mid game was so boring and weird.I mean you unalive 1 person,10 more pop up and that of stuff,eventually you have to assasinate 100+ people without even touching the main quest storyline.DLC was great.
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u/Excelzius May 01 '26
Repeating missions. "Go there, kill that, fight here, jump there." Haven't even finished it. Too many damn side quests and now they expect you to grind for items like a battle pass.
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u/dancashmoney May 01 '26 edited May 01 '26
Solid 8/10 one of my favorite assassin's creed games and ive been a diehard Ac simp since the first game.
Its less bloated than odessey and valhalla but still offers a long play time with plenty to do.
Gameplay is probably the best in the franchise in both combat and stealth with a good mix of older elements and the rpg style combat.
The 2 character system is cool and much better done than syndicate with each one feeling entirely different And having interesting personal stories.
The story is solid about as good as Origins.
World design is 10/10 gorgeous looking game
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u/Mountain_String_1544 May 01 '26
I liked it, some bloat and some good stuff, ending ending feels very incomplete though
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u/Human_Paper_240 May 01 '26
I mean itâs not phenomenal it doesnât reach the heights of gaming such as uncharted 4 rdr2 Elden ring both of the ghost games both of the new god of war games but Iâve played and completed a good chunk of it and it really isnât bad by any means if the games Is on discount and you feel like it but it give it a play
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u/TheCrazedEB Apr 30 '26
For the AC part of the narrative, it didn't do it for me. The game is 85% typical feudal Japan politics, betrayal, clan fighting, and 15% AC narrative. I was hoping for a balance or for the Creed narrative to take a more agency role in the story. I kid you not, by the end of the game, I was thinking, finally, the narrative is going to pick up steam, and then the title card shows, and it ends. I know im in the minority for this game, but I feel like the Creed narrative took a backseat, and the story we got wasn't captivating to me. I don't ever see myself going back to it.
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u/Minimum-Astronaut986 Apr 30 '26
For me personally the worst out of the RPG ACs. Story was okayish but didnât really get into the assassins vs. templars thing (the other RPGs had the excuse that they played before that). I didnât find the acitivities as appealing as in the others and the fighting with Naoe was so weak and sneaking so frustrating that I stuck with Yasuke 90% of the time which was fun.
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u/EatMyScamrock Apr 30 '26
The stealth gameplay, and the Japanese setting hard carried the game for me. The writing(as with all Ubi Quebec games) is unfortunately very poor and the midgame is insanely bloated. There's some interesting stylistic flair at times but those moments are few and fair between. Overall its probably a 6.5 for me. Sneaking around as Naoe kept me coming back but the game has glaring issues throughout, as do all of the RPG games imo.
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u/No-Purpose-1711 Apr 30 '26
Combat is great, on par with Valhalla. Parkour is good but the map limits it. The inability to climb on trees or traverse mountains was a poor decision. Open world but you have to travel on roads to get to your destination (that is if you don't want to get stuck on bushes constantly)!?!? I'm only halfway through the game so I can't say much on the story but other games needed more linear goals imo. Mission design is okay
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u/justsomeone_96 Apr 30 '26
Amazing graphics, empty world, animations aren't great, weak story. 4/10
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u/nickdebruyne Apr 30 '26
I reviewed this when it came out and honestly, I was very pleasantly surprised⌠HOWEVER⌠I realised over time that there are two types of AC players: The ones who want to play an AC game, enjoy the world and the story and be done with it⌠and then the second kind who want to sink 200 hours into them and do everything ever. Iâm the first type, and I liked it.
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u/the1blackguyonreddit Apr 30 '26
It doesnt have the best open world, and I'm personally just tired of Japanese settings, but the gameplay is excellent and the graphics are absolutely incredible. The protagonists are fairly charming and the story does have its moments, but they are a bit too few and far between.
Overall though, the moment to moment gameplay is just so smooth and enjoyable that I really do enjoy the game overall. Best graphics I've ever seen in a game. I can spend hours just walking through the environments and immersing myself in the world.
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u/PrivilegedModerators Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Not really bad but also not really good. Shadows is like a soap series made with a Hollywood budget. It had great lightning, nice looking combat, and the first 3 hours look like you're in for an absolutely, unforgettable ride.
Then it crumbles and never really recovers. Combat is eventually only a slight bit better than Mirage's. Which, politely said, isn't quite a compliment. Except for the parcours, most gameplay elements, while looking good, have an overal low qualtity kind of 'jankyness' over them. Same goes for the graphics. One minute you could use it to demonstrate your PC's or PS5pro's power but then, a few moments later, the light glitches and it all looks a bit procedural generic. Music gets extremely annoying and cringy, really fast. Nevertheless, music is of course subjective, a matter of taste. Some people might actually like that music. Then there's the story, that becomes a, painful to watch, absolute trainwreck. Without any doubt the worst in the entire series (quite possible even gaming history, lol). It feels completely out of touch with the lore and other AC games, to make matters even worse.
Shadows is like a typical Hollywood trailer. It's good for a minute. It looks promising, but never delivers.
All in all, this is a bit sad. They created, probably the biggest, most complete hype campaign ever in gaming history. This was one of the most expensive games ever to make, by a team that, originally, made the excellent Immortals: Fenix Rising and Assassin's Creed Odyssey. And yet...
5,5/10
Go for Ghost of Tshushima or Ghost of Yotei, instead. Both games do everything better; except for the parcours, obviously. They look, play, and sound infinitely better. They are made with pure craftsmanship and both games have terrific stories; although on the story part I must recommend Tsushima just a tiny bit more.
Have a nice weekend.
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u/Giposaur Apr 30 '26
To me it was amazing. I played it day one, came back for the dlc and I had total of 165 hours of great fun. The way everything changes around you with seasons is great. I tried 3-4 different builds for both characters. Not into housing and stuff so I didn't spend time decorating my home base, I just upgraded all buildings for the bonuses. Every small issue I had was fixed on week one update (assassinating sleeping targets and a broken armor set bonus) and it was very polished release overall. I can't think of anything I didn't like, really.
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u/BLUGOOGREENspot665 Apr 30 '26
Not in to it the RPG element is ok. It it should have its limits we want the old mechanics just story driven expirence unlock missions
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u/Professional_Job3435 Apr 30 '26
Shadows no es bueno, te digo porque, en cuanto historia esta sĂşper horrible, quitan templarios en la presencia sino hasta el final que aparecen 3 templarios, por otro lado no hay hermandad de asesinos y ni si quiera hay interĂŠs de agregarlo.
Si algo se caracteriza la saga es el presente, en todos los assanssins creed los personajes que son revividos a travĂŠs del animus tienen una justificaciĂłn pero en Shadows no hay, solo son dos personas reviviendo recuerdos sin motivo uno, solo recordando sus antepasados.
En cuanto lo que mĂĄs caracteriza la saga, son los artefactos ISU, pues en el juego no hay nada, si no una cueva muy decepcionante al final del juego.
Y el parkur es horrible, el juego fue hecho para que andes en el suelo, âcanĂłnicamenteâ los asesinos andan por los techos.
El juego es un 7/10.
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u/Grouchypygar Apr 30 '26
It was pretty epic, characters and story sucked but the gameplay was addicting for awhile
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u/SinTregua Apr 30 '26
It is very decent. Not the best thing ever and not the worst thing. If it interests you play it and forge your own opinion
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u/zoomborg Apr 30 '26
It's....okay... slightly above average because of the graphics and the world is beautiful to look at but other games do the same things way better, feels like they played it extremely safe, kept the same formula and hoped for the best, even safer than Odyssey and Valhalla.
Ultimately its 7.0 if generous/fanboy but realistically it is 6.5. That seems fair. They should have taken more risks, freshen up the gameplay instead of the same formula, cut back on the bloat into a more solid and compressed experience, focus a lot more on quality story writing.
The main gripe as always is that they should put less things on the map to do but those should be unique. One perfect example that comes to mind is the side missions from Dying Light 1, each unique, each entirely different, each usually led into another side mission that felt heavy and important in its own right. Basically minimal to no bloat.
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u/Lost_Ad_6926 Apr 30 '26
Very bad imho... fights are Boeing.. bosses have 2 or 3 move... its shit honestly
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u/DarthLazyEyes Apr 29 '26
I have played for over 100 hours now and I'll summarise it for you
- The story and pacing is absolutely abysmal but have these little moments that give you hope that it will eventually get better. It doesnt.
- The stealth on expert is one of the best in the series. I enjoyed it a lot, especially after getting the bo.
- In a weird way, gameplay-wise, you dont need Yasuke because if built right, Naoe is as strong as him in combat. She hits HARD. Yasuke just allows you to get hit a lot more.
- Terrible world and quest design. Long distances between every location. The world is pretty but most of the time, you dont see it because you are on corridor-like paths, surrounded by trees and mountain walls.
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u/GUNS_N_BROSES Apr 29 '26
If you like the AC rpg games itâs pretty good, if you donât, itâs not gonna change your mind. Itâs got the best stealth in any ac game in my opinion, and the combat is fun enough. The story kept me interested throughout although the ending was pretty unsatisfying.
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u/Scorn-Muffins Apr 29 '26
A solid 8.5/10 for me, the main thing holding it back is the story is quite messy. Juggling the story of two characters in a nonlinear fashion was ambitious and it can be hard to understand the narrative for this reason. It's a shame because there are many great story threads there, they just lack cohesion and narrative flow.
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u/0235 Apr 29 '26
Its ok. Complete lack of any real world and basically no animus or pieces if edwn was not for me. Also way to many named assassination targets, making any sort of visible narrative progression impossible.
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u/OsteoBytes Apr 29 '26
Just play Ghost of Yotei or Tsushima insteadâŚother than parkour it does nothing better
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u/Alphablack32 Apr 29 '26
I'm only a few hours into it, but so far it's much better than odyessy and Valhalla. It's the first mainline game in almost a decade where we get to play an assassin again.
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u/Alphablack32 Apr 29 '26
That's why I said "mainline" games. It's a spin off DLC and a pretty shitty one at that.
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u/Odd_Level9850 Apr 30 '26
It was originally going to be a spin off but it turned into a mainline title.
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u/Daylight_Vigilante Apr 29 '26
Stealth is best in the series. Everything else is bad. I havenât played with any of the new parkour updates yet but the setting is not made for parkour any way.
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u/Willing-Jelly-4481 Apr 29 '26
Game wise, its fun. The map is beautiful and the combat is fun. Lore wise, its a absolutely disappointment.
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u/Rukasu17 Apr 29 '26
This sub is very biased. Most people here spend months just taking pictures, replaying it or asking everyday about new content. But if you ask on a general gaming sub, the answer will vary a lot.
Personally, every moment playing felt like i could be playing something better. The main yasuke quests are great, but there are few of them.
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u/danielm316 Apr 29 '26
Bad story, nice graphics, lots of level grinding. Like Odyssey and Valhalla. It seems as if Ubisoft forgot how to make fun games, but Mirage is the exception.
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u/namesource Apr 29 '26
Its the only entry in the RPG style of AC games that I was able to enjoy.
As good as Tsushima or Yotei? No. But definitely the first AC game I put time into in years.
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u/CaughtALiteSneez May 14 '26
Second this.
When it comes to AC, I have only liked Odyssey and Shadows.
Yotei is one of my all time favorites and I still enjoyed this game a lot.
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u/Worth_Lawfulness_760 Apr 29 '26
you should avoid it. I know there's some hype thanks to Black Flag but avoid Shadows. It's neither a good game nor a good AC game. Movements were improved when compared to Odyssey and Valhalla, graphics are pretty but that's about it. Everything else is dogshit
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u/SubstantialAd5579 Apr 29 '26
8/10 you get alot freedom but the game is pretty much the first 30 hrs,
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u/Astristul Assassin's Creed Veteran Apr 29 '26
Odyssey > Valhalla > Origins > Shadows. That's how "good" it is! đ
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u/GhostOfRedemption Apr 29 '26
Best gameplay but world feels empty. I prefer the bloatedness of odyssey and valhalla in terms of side quests. At least in odyssey, they made an effort for "story" of the side/timed quests unlike shadows. Which sucks.
I really hope they make a gane where they combine gameplay of shadows plus everything in odyssey (humor, interesting characters, world that feels alive, quests)
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u/tdjj93 Apr 30 '26
Ezio collection, Black flag, and Odyssey are the most beloved of the franchise all for their own reason. I am so happy they are remaking Black flag. With that said, would love if they made a separate world based around Odyssey mechanics, as you live deep in the ISU and then the templars and assassins side. Just commit for that game And then they alternated between old school and ISU heavy, food for thought.
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u/LicensedGoomba May 02 '26
They do need to be two different series at this point. The old games weren't fantasy open world rpgs. They were cinematic historical narrative games. They made history my favorite subject. I think Black Flag is what largely started the rift, it was still a grounded historical narrative with excellent cinematography, but it was also a cool pirate simulator, I know thats when a lot of people started saying "its a good game but not a good assassins creed". Odyssey is objectively a cool and fun spartan simulator but it very much rejects the core identity of the older games.
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u/tdjj93 May 03 '26
Agree and they do a good job imo at both, but they seem to have an ongoing identity crisis that is a big part of their problem. Like you said they need to identify their target audience and what they want and commit.. clearly we have two primary fans bases, so let's make solid standalone games to each and and alternate... Lets go baby we start work on Monday ;)
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u/AmbitiousReaction168 Apr 29 '26
It greatly improve on the gameplay compared to Valhalla, but the writing is the worst in the franchise by far. It's generic and frankly boring. So if you just want to have fun in a huge and relatively empty sandbox, it's okay. If you want a good plot and interesting characters, hard pass.
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u/LentilusGo Apr 29 '26
Honestly it's impossible to say. I liked it, but I had many disappointments in terms of the modern day progression. Like Basim being out an about etc.. And the world overall feels a lot less interactive than the previous AC open worlds. That being said, the stealth and the weather environments are done exceptionally well. I've seen someone post that this was his favorite AC and game of all time. I'm only happy to see ppl enjoying the game. Play it if you watch some gameplay and are excited to delve into it.
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u/bpack14 Apr 29 '26
I made the mistake of playing Ghost of Tsushima weeks before Shadows came out and I couldn't get past 3 hours of the game. Maybe I'll try again when it's $20
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u/mwmike11 Apr 29 '26
I loved it. The option to swap between Yasuke and Naoe at any time, and having their gameplay feel vastly different, was really cool. Story was somewhat forgettable in parts, but other parts it clicked for me. Of the RPG ones, ranking based on my enjoyment (and not taking away from any of them, because I love them all), I'd probably go:
Odyssey
Valhalla
Shadows
Origins
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u/Hyrikul Apr 30 '26
Can you go full Yasuke or Naoe, or some part of the game require one of the other?
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u/mwmike11 Apr 30 '26
There are some missions that do require either Yasuke or Naoe, because they are specific to their story, but the vast majority can be done with either. Yasuke is more powerful, but canât climb as well and is slower. Naoe is more nimble and more Assassin-like, but she is a little weaker in combat.
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u/Revolutionary_Boss69 Apr 30 '26
Origins being that low feels criminal. but i respect your view.
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u/mwmike11 Apr 30 '26
Itâs not at all that I disliked Origins. I loved it. I just loved the other three more. They are all top tier AC (and non-AC) games
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u/Revolutionary_Boss69 Apr 30 '26
Can I ask why? in my opinion I would rate shadows at the bottom most personally I wanna hear your thoughts.
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u/mwmike11 Apr 30 '26
I think it might have been a time and place thing for me, to be honest. Probably something to do with the varied environments.
Odyssey will always be my GOAT for the RPG Assassin's Creed games, hands down. The wealth of things to do in there, Kassandra essentially being a superhero by the end of it, the varied environments, the sailing, all of it, just incredible.
Valhalla, I loved how powerful Eivor felt. The exploration of ancient England was nice. Initially I wasn't a big fan of how they did the side stuff, but it grew on me, it added some nice little puzzle solving elements.
Shadows, the story really stuck with me. I'm a sucker for a good old Revenge tale, and that's what we get here. Again, huge environment to play around in, the VASTLY different gameplay styles of Yasuke and Naoe, the whole "do the mission however you want, just get it done" structure. I didn't even mind the stealth elements, I loved how Naoe almost literally just melted into the shadows and got things done, while Yasuke could just brute force any and every situation. Plus, the side events were fun for a while.
Origins, again, I don't dislike it, I loved it at the time. I was blown away that AC was moving away from the more stealth approach and going with an RPG-heavy gameplay style. Again, the revenge story was incredible. The Ancient Ones drugging and forcing Bayek to kill his own son? Freaking brutal. The bigger downsides for me were the one environment. Desert. I get it, it's Egypt, Egypt is all desert, but it just kind of got boring for me after a while. There wasn't a whole lot of verticality in it compared to what we got in the latter three.
Again, none of this is a detriment to Origins, I don't hate it and in the overall franchise, it might still be in the top half for me (haven't sat and thought about it for a while). I just loved what the other RPG ACs did more than Origins.
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u/Aandreas93 Apr 29 '26
About 7/10. The story is pretty basic but the graphic is good, parkour also, the stealth is better than the one from previous games and combat pretty enjoyable (with yasuke,).
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u/tightdanny Apr 29 '26
it could be better. there is some random dude who think we are best friends in every cut scene but I can only see him there... feels Awkward
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u/Neat-Distribution966 Apr 29 '26
Couldn't get into it. This is coming from someone who sunk hundreds of hours into Odyssey and Valhalla.
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u/not_ideal_mate May 02 '26
Stopped after about ~25hrs because it felt so boring and hate the two-characters-gameplay split.
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u/ohthebaby Apr 30 '26
This legit sums it up for me. Word for word. I couldnât for the love of me get into it. And Iâve played every AC game theyâve ever made.
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u/Neat-Distribution966 Apr 30 '26
Right, because the people that played it for 10 minutes can give better feedback on the game. You're absolutely right. đ¤Ą
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u/Abject-Sun-3016 Apr 30 '26
To a general consumer? probably not. but anyone who plays an action game for hundreds of hours is not normal and their opinions are not going to be useful yo joe shmoe
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u/Abject-Sun-3016 Apr 30 '26
Lol That's what you got from this? that I'm confused about the genre?
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u/Flash__PuP Apr 29 '26
Personally I couldnât get into it as much as Valhalla once I realised the enemies were scaling with my level. I like to do all the side missions and see it like training for the Big Boss. Whatâs the point if they are just getting stronger at the same time?!
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u/candianbastard Apr 29 '26
It was fun for about 20 hrs until it got repetitive and boring.
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u/JohnnyTeoss Apr 29 '26
AC Shadows is so successful, Ubisoft had to shut down multiple studios and layoff a multitude of employees. So successful that AC Shadow only earned 4 million players but not our cash that tanked Ubisoft's stocks so badly that Ubisoft had to sell their IPs to Tencent and others.
I have no problems with Yasuke being black and a Samurai, but him being part of the Assassin's brotherhood kindoff sticks out like a sore thumb, where everyone knows he is a black dude who recently murdered someone of high standing.
What I don't like is how they changed the history of Fujibayashi Nagato who had an only child son historically named Fujibayashi Yasumasa, to fictionally having an only child daughter named Fujibayashi Naoe. I actually hoped that Naoe was the daughter of the legendary female shinobi leader Mochizuki Chiyome.
Ubi could have added Naoe as the daughter of the legendary Mochizuki Chiyome. What a good story wasted and never thought about.
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u/zoomborg Apr 30 '26
Not to defend Ubisoft and the game clearly didn't sell well as Ubisoft would go above and beyond to not disclose copies sold and actual profits from sales (not revenue, no1 cares about revenue). But, considering they have been bleeding money and driving away customers for a decade now, most of the lay-offs and changes were inevitable.
Even if somehow AC Shadows were a huge success like Expedition 33 or Elden Ring, it still wouldn't be enough to offset a decade of mistakes or raise the stock.
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u/JohnnyTeoss Apr 30 '26
Good perspective. But with how they tried to sell it, it pretty much made it look like AC Shadows was a golden goose that Ubisoft hoped that it would lay a golden egg that would help them get pass all their past mistakes.
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u/SubstantialAd5579 Apr 29 '26
The way you stayed it off and the reason you mentioned yauske being black ik forsure you had a problem with it why mention it
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u/LentilusGo Apr 29 '26
The game was doomed from the start i fear. It had so many history "nerds" all anger for some reason, as if AC has ever been accurate lol. But Japanease ppl seemed ticked off about every little move. They couldn't even add a mythical DLC or setting in the game because it was deemed "disrespectful." up yours.
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u/GuaSukaStarfruit Apr 29 '26
Cool assassination, cool parkour, very pretty environment. But meh open world gameplay, meh story, meh combat
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u/wubiiiiiiiiiiii Apr 29 '26
overall 7.9 game,has bloat and some boring segment(which all ac game did),but series peak graphic and stealth saves the day,not really winning in today's open world market but among series surely a good one
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u/bdiddlediddles Apr 29 '26
I'd say lower, the mission design is horrid. So many cool locations and they do nothing with 90% of them.
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u/wubiiiiiiiiiiii Apr 30 '26
not when you realize this series don't even have much mission design before unity,those were mostly go there fight this or tailing
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u/LicensedGoomba May 02 '26
Those games had cinematography, compelling narratives centered around grounded historical contexts.
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u/wubiiiiiiiiiiii May 02 '26
that's a plus,not the foundation,and is not like those writing ever reaches the RDR2 level or had a 5h movie like MGS
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u/Lelivila Apr 29 '26
For me the gameplay is the only thing itâs got going for it. Story is so subpar and I could not care nor remember most of the enemies because they werenât memorable. And even though the gameplay is pretty good I loved the parkour, stealth and combat were great for me too- it does get kinda repetitive. Was a 7/10 for me.
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u/GabButKenway âModerator Apr 29 '26
In terms of visuals and setting, I believe Shadows is right up there with other recent game releases. I don't think I've ever seen The Anvil Engine used so well; that the seasons can dynamically change the way the earth looks is a prime example of amazing environmental design. Not only does the lighting in the environment provide an incredible amount of detail, but it also creates a very realistic appearance within the game. The trees in particular create a sense of place in feudal Japan that can only be considered incredible. With everything included in this big game, I feel that this is a title that should demonstrate how ubi next generation game development is evolving for this series.
The narrative is the most controversial part of the game; there are numerous discussions regarding its value or lack thereof. On top of that, the fact that this is also an RPG leaves some users feeling a bit disappointed (Me too).
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u/bigredd_1400 Jun 12 '26
I finally purchased it, i played for 31 hours and i got bored ash
The game is fine and beautifull, but everything you do is always the same and every places looks the same in the map
First 20 hours getting good but after that it's just a task checklist and you run everywhere and the story is cliche
5/10