Games

Today's game is Assassin's Creed Shadows. I had Assassin's Creed Shadows gifted to me by a friend. I was hesitant to pick it up, and if i did, i was going to wait for the usual Ubisoft price cut when it goes on sale.

It's worth noting that the last game that i played was Valhalla, and even then that was years ago. Based on what i remember from it though, i personally feel like this game is personally more fun for me. It has some of the issues that i felt that the RPG titles held for me and i feel like the stealth has a few kinks to work out, but it's a step in the right direction.

Though, the parkour feels a lot closer too Unity then i felt Valhalla was. I do think it would have been better with a High Profile trigger instead of just tapping A or B to free run up or down.

Another complaint i have is that Ubisoft is still pulling the Micro transactions bullshit. It's all cosmetics still, but still, something about it rubs me the wrong way.

The game, honestly, feels like it has it's own identity though. There's one memory section you do where you fight a boss, and the entire time this really cool Alternative song is playing. It'd be kind of like if Assassin's Creed Unity played the same song that was in that famous reveal trailer in the middle of a Epic fight. It's the kind of identity, that honestly, i really love and hope to see more of.

You spend a large part of the opening playing as Naoe with a few parts as Yasuke, i have been avoiding spoilers though, and with the way the game is playing out i suspect he'll be important part of the game real soon.

Yasuke, from the brief time i played as him, almost reminds me of the Valhalla protagonist. He just storms entire forts by himself like a one man army. Honestly it's a lot of fun to control and really satisfying.

Meanwhile, Naoe seems to play far more like the traditional AC games, and honestly she's a lot of fun to play. She plays a lot more with stealth, and i spent most of my time playing her by jumping around on rooftops and assassinating the enemies like i was back in the Kenway days.

Speaking of the Kenway games, there's one section where you have to steal some silks back from some Portuguese pirates in order to get an outfit for a gathering. It had me climbing around on the rigging and mast and made me feel like i was Edward again. I had a lot of fun, and got this portrait of Naoe who looks like she wasn't having as much fun as i was (in case you couldn't tell i enjoy taking portraits):

Another fun thing i had fun doing was taking screenshots of Melee kills with the ink filter. They're a lot of fun to get and i think they look cool. I almost wanted to choose one of them for the main picture but it felt a bit cheap because it was taken with the photo mode and a filter. But anyways, i took a bunch of them:

Moving on from that, there's the hideout function, which i was expecting to be just another version of the Settlement from Valhalla or any of the other "Homes" in older AC games where you just buy the upgrades, but this one gives you almost full creative control over placement and stuff. It's honestly really sick and i love it. I got this Screenshot of the Main Area which i really liked:

Finally, i wanted to voice one last complaint, because the Animals in this game look absolutely dorky. I mean, look at this cat:

(It's still adorable though)