Assassin's Creed Shadows (formerly Red) will have its premiere on May 15
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Logo confirms this is real btw:
Yasuke looks great in that glimpse.
I should play that with the kids we babysit. I never played it but I think it's still up on PS+ Extra so maybe I'll give it a download.
It's genuinely very good. The environmental puzzles are a ton of fun
Awesome I think that'll be the next one we play once they're done enjoying Dave the Diver lol
Yes, Yasuke was a real person who served Oda Nobunaga. This means it takes place during the Sengoku period when Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and finally Tokugawa Ieyasu united Japan and started the Edo period. For some context, Shogun the series takes place at the end of this period and the main character Torunaga is based on Tokugawa.
Those codenames have virtually nothing to do with the story or gameplay of the games. The actual titles do.
Also, god forbid they pick a more marketable title for the game which they need to market and sell.
Tom Henderson mentioned that it runs on a new version of the Anvil Engine called Anvil Pipeline and I think he mentioned that they completely overhauled everything from parkour animation to lighting. I think we can expect a significant upgrade.
I fired up Valhalla for the first time in years last night, and it's honestly still a stunner. A big upgrade from that could be pretty mind blowing
Man Era AC threads are full of bangers like this lol.
How int he name of god did Mirage feel exactly like Valhalla to you? They couldn't be more different when it comes to stealth and combat.
I Always thought ac works best at civilization crossroads, and while end of sengoku/Edo is the most marketable, I think meiji/bakumatsu would have been more... ac. More spheres of influences, more modern cities, urban centers, more foreign districts for varied architectures, more technologies so more variety is gadgets and guns, a real binary civil war as the backdrop, more modern ships for both exploration and combat if it's brought back...
You and me both. I love Japanese history and my favorite point by far is the bakinatsu/meiji restoration. Bigger cities and frankly, a bigger conflict. You have pro-shogunate and anti-shogunate factions but you also have the French, the British, and the Americans. Then you have the drama! The western forces humbling the anti-shogunate factions into dropping the "expell the barbarians" part and keeping the restore the emperor. It's just all so rich and fascinating!
Nah Valhalla team made Origins and Black Flag. Shadows team made Odyssey and Syndicate (+Immortals).
Oh good. Last time I was truly blown away by one was Unity. Would be nice to see a similar bump.
Origins and Valhalla team is making Codename Hexe (the next mainline game after Shadows, targeting 2026).
What happened to the Mexico rumors??? I thought that was all but confirmed before the Japan rumor came around. Hoping this looks good tomorrow, would love another good, historical, open-world.
First time I'm hearing about Mexico. This has been confirmed, both in leaks a couple years back and by Ubi last year, as being Japan… sooo… yeah.
Next main one after this is Hexe, which will be in Central Europe around the 15th or 16th century, the witch hunts.
Based on what's been leaked and the quality bar Ubisoft set with Avatar expect the usual next gen bump. And probably the best recreation of Japan in any game visually speaking.
When they announced this project it was always advertised as the "AC game in Japan finally" game.
View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=gD_DemeUuy8
Has any in game leaked? All I know are the rumours that ray tracing is built in and the game seemingly has a bigger focus on stealth with darkness and light being gameplay mechanics.
Which makes the Shadows subtitle make more sense
Some people like Tom Henderson and Shinobi have said they've seen gameplay but no one has released any to the public as far as I know.
It's silly, but I'm glad we're seemingly back to canon protags instead of what they did in Odyssey and Valhalla.
Not super excited if this is in the same vein as those two (don't like how the combat looks and feels among other things), but it's always cool seeing an AC being announced.
In any case, I'm curious to see what they'll do with Yasuke if that's indeed one of the playable characters (and not an original character based on the real man), as that'd be a novelty in the series.
The closest connection I can make of those three lands are, of course, Spain and Portugal's imperial years.
Not super excited if this is in the same vein as those two (don't like how the combat looks and feels among other things), but it's always cool seeing an AC being announced.
In any case, I'm curious to see what they'll do with Yasuke if that's indeed one of the playable characters (and not an original character based on the real man), as that'd be a novelty in the series.
Do you mean the Nebula rumours, perhaps?
Hope it's true, but I wonder what kind of game that'd even be like. Smaller stories with some kind of narrative link? Or maybe even the same protagonist travelling across the world?
The closest connection I can make of those three lands are, of course, Spain and Portugal's imperial years.
Nothing wrong with them - Syndicate in particular makes sense. Though I do find Origins or Revelations to be overused as videogame titles.
Can't think of many examples of games with "Red" as their subtitle. I'm not saying Shadows is bad mind you (could've gone for something even more generic like "Rising Sun" or whatever), just that they were inevitably going to go for something more marketing-friendly.
I feel Shadows is the more generic option though, I mean "Odyssey" and "Valhalla" both pretty much give you a hint at the location without even having to see any artwork, Shadows doesn't really do that.
Because it doesn't mean anything unless you're doing split versions of the same game ala Pokemon and Battle Network.
Considering the rumours of Farcry moving to Snowdrop, kinda surprised they are sticking to Anvil for AC.
I personally don't think the games since Unity have been visually impressive. Unity came with the caveat of it running like shit.
I dunno how significant the jump will be, but I don't think I will find it as visually impressive as something like GoT but that was more due to GoTs stellar art direction
I personally don't think the games since Unity have been visually impressive. Unity came with the caveat of it running like shit.
I dunno how significant the jump will be, but I don't think I will find it as visually impressive as something like GoT but that was more due to GoTs stellar art direction
I guess it's supposed to refer to ninjas? Odyssey was definitely a great subtitle, though. Probably my favorite of the bunch.
Valhalla and Black Flag are also good subtitles
If the leaks of how light and darkness are gameplay mechanics, Shadows would make sense as a title even if it is generic
Asides from a leak of a menu and insiders reporting, this has been a surprisingly solid ship.
I don't remember huge leaks for Valhalla either.
Don't get your hopes up, as I imagine they'll want to save that for their big Ubisoft Forward event next month. Maybe we'll see some off-screen footage in the inevitable developer interview sections.
I get what you're saying but Kassandra is definitely the canon protagonist for Odyssey and female Eivor is canon for Valhalla.
I'll be glad if we don't have another 2-hour-long stream of someone paiting a landscape like they did with Valhalla.