Assassin's Creed Shadows (formerly Red) will have its premiere on May 15
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I really hope this and the Ghost of Tsushima followup are well differentiated from each other. I'd love for them both to be great.
Never heard those rumors but oh my god a straight up Zorro game would *rock*
I'm the opposite. Being able to play as a girl the whole way through is a huge reason I even gave Odyssey a chance because AC always seemed like a "scowling dude" series before. If the switching protags thing is accurate (which I assume it is), I'll be bummed whenever I'm not controlling her. :-/
It would appear that I completely made up the Mexico rumor... I even thought there was a whole Quetzalcoatl thing revealed lol, I have no idea what I'm thinking of but it would be awesome.
What? Mirage was the BEST one in years.
Classic AC gameplay at its finest. I hope RED picks up more from AC Mirage than the RPG versions. Namely Stealth + Parkour
I hope Shadows focuses its story a bit. All it needs to tell is that there is an ancient historical artifact that the Templars want that the Precursors invented.
Yep. Mirage actually brought back Stealth + Parkour.
It's one of my biggest problems with the RPG versions. None of it feels very assassins creed in any way.
Hopefully it stays that way. The game looks great imo. There's a good amount of new gameplay mechanics and stealth options that fans will like I think.
Judging by the MC and user MC, ain't nobody like that shit, so I doubt it. Which is good because if Shadows is more like classic AC instead of Odyssey, I'm outta there. Seems unlikely too, because this is being marketed as an RPG. They'll have Hexe for other fans.
We've come a long way from leaks from retailer pre order keychains, leaked screenshots, Kotaku just posting concept art and development footage and employees on airplanes just showing things to strangers
The game felt incredibly bland to play (after a very good start) due to poor quality side missions and not many tools/weapons to play around with. I just lost interest after the first major assassination mission. Focusing on stealth and less on RPG elements is a good direction though.
Man, I just realized we are going to have so much culture war bullshit starting tomorrow when they show Yasuke
Playing it now and quite enjoying it. Surprised by how much thought seems to have gone into each of the side job things. Many bespoke levels, interesting variety of approaches etc. The plot is a bit thin and the general game structure and basim as a character is no Ezio or anything, but the vibes are great. Amazing lighting too.
Honestly though my opinion is basically that stealth puzzle box AssCreed should aim to be historical Hitman with less guns and more parkour in terms of something to aspire to be.
I do miss the old combat systems though. They weren't as deep or skillful but I think they sold the feeling of being surrounded by guys a bit better.
This is the first real next gen AC right? I'm really excited about the gameplay reveal but I guess that won't be tomorrow?
No, that will be in the middle of June, on Ubisoft Forward.
I agree that a change in formula might do them good, but that makes it a 4 year development only for this game. I know Ubi has a lot of teams, share a lot of assets but still, 4 years doesn't sound like enough.
Wait, we are using user MC score lol
AC started out as social stealth, parkour, cool historical setting. Mirage was a half price game at launch too. Sorry, you don't enjoy Assassins Creed games but then why bother lol
I mean, reviews and other people's perception aren't going to change their opinion.
Pokemon is selling it's best in two decades, doesn't mean I'm gonna like the Switch games more.
Well since Yasuke is reported to be one of the MC its probably set around the 1580's.
Didn't Valhalla have an hour of gameplay leaked back from when they were doing all the outlet previews online. At least I remember watching 10 mins of Eivor ride a horse through a field in 240p.
Anyway excited for this one - I'm hoping for the combat to feel less floaty than Odyssey but a good stealth system would mean I can try and avoid engagement.
Can you answer this shinobi in regards to Naoe and Yasuke? Is it Odyssey or Syndicate?
Assassins Creed 4 is still to this date the highest selling game in the franchise as far as we know.
So excited for this game. I really hope it takes me 100hr + to beat the game. I hope it has a ton of more verticality than Valhalla did. I hope the combat is great.
Maybe no hope for ship, but something on top of a basic horse mount would be cool. Maybe one of those flying ninja gliders? Hookshot?
Maybe no hope for ship, but something on top of a basic horse mount would be cool. Maybe one of those flying ninja gliders? Hookshot?
Playing Rise of the Ronin right now, so I truly hope that Ubisoft has been cooking something special because it'd be hard to top Team Ninja in terms of combat.
I'm not so sure sales data is a good gauge anymore, especially with Ubisoft's commitment to Subscription Services. If we're trying to gauge popularity, Valhalla had over 20 million players by the end of 2022, was the fastest selling game at launch, and made over $1billion in revenue in the first year.
What does this mean?
Assassin's Creed loves its codes. One of the best weapons in Valhalla was hidden behind a puzzle on the collectors edition of the game.
It's part of a series of clues that are being revealed through different parts of marketing.
Assassin's Creed Shadows store has a cryptic code
What does this mean? Also, the Portugese website has this:
www.resetera.com
This one reads:
エックスジクデシヲルシヲ ミツケ - Find the death at the X-axis ワイジクデモクテキヲシルデアロウ - You will also know the purpose at the Y-axis.
Credit to @reilart in the AC Discord.
Of worse games :(
They butchered my boy. They are AC games in name only.
Oh…. That wasn't……… great. Shame.
Hopefully the characters are better this time. Evie was awesome, but we played 70% (or thereabouts) of the actual story with a dumbass named Jacob who's only notable personality trate was making a mess of things.
This is probably true in terms of copies sold but I think Valhalla is the highest grossing in terms of overall revenue (not just copies sold but DLC and MTX etc).
Seems like it's the cross-gen console launch ACs that always sell the best.
Looking forward to this. I've had my break of open world AC by skipping Valhalla altogether. This will be a very refreshing game by the setting and characters alone.
Dang. While it's cool that it's Yasuke (Or at least a Yasuke-esque character), I don't really want to play a samurai. I wanted to go full on ninja with the samurai as Templars. I was hoping something more along the lines of Aya in Origins.
We'll see how it turns out, though. Most people hate how Syndicate did it, but I liked both characters 🤷♂️
I don't know if this reveal will show actual gameplay, but what kind of visual jump are we expecting? Will we have better facial motion capture again? What RT functions will they include if any? Built on next-generation anvil engine?
So many questions! :)
So many questions! :)
If that means we will be forced to switch characters AND that the stealth kit will be limited for Yasuke, then that's pretty hype deflating for me to be honest… Wouldn't be if either of those isn't true, though.
Yeah, each character will have their own missions tailored to their archetype. It'd be weird if the samurai can do stealth as good as the ninja.
Valhalla was the first Ubi title in the company's history to gain over a billion in revenue.
I'm gonna be honest this is a huge letdown for me. I dreaded each second I had to play as Jacob in Syndicate. Typically only enjoy playing as one character.