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Assassin's creed shadows - One duo, two playstyles trailer
Big Baller
Al Pachinko, Konami President
GooseMan69
Member
Naoe gameplay looks awesome. The other guy though, eh…
GymWolf
Gold Member
I thought i could use Naoe for the whole game because she is clearly the more complete character but it seems like some enemies are only beatable by dubstep dude, unless this trailer is bullshitting us.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
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SJRB
Gold Member
"You can do quests with any character"
Annnnnd done. Playing the entire game as Naoe, 100% ignoring Yasuke. Basically how I played the entire game of Syndicate as Evie.
Edit: you can't say "we support maximum player freedom" and literally two minutes later say "we basically force people to pick a specific character because otherwise you'll run into a wall" Ubi, wtf are you doing.
Annnnnd done. Playing the entire game as Naoe, 100% ignoring Yasuke. Basically how I played the entire game of Syndicate as Evie.
Edit: you can't say "we support maximum player freedom" and literally two minutes later say "we basically force people to pick a specific character because otherwise you'll run into a wall" Ubi, wtf are you doing.
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GymWolf
Gold Member
The wall could only be skill based, like you have to be super good to beat the big guys with Naoe.
But they way they phrase the whole thing doesn't look like the case.
semiconscious
Member
when all that anyone wanted was a shinobi assassin's creed. but they just really wanted to feature that other character (the first ac protagonist based on a real person, btw). smh...
syndicate defaults to jacob on certain story missions. otherwise, i played all the side missions like you did. if this's similar, i'll likely eventually get it...
Markio128
Gold Member
Yeah, missions that are suited to one character over another sounds like a chore to me.
Tbh, I’d go as far as to say that the game doesn’t need a Samurai at all. It‘s meant to be an Assassins Creed game. The game would have been perfect with just the ninja.
Saber
Gold Member
She seems to fit more the thematic of Ass creed than most of characters. The other is there just for brownie points and generate market drama.
TerribleAtThisGame
Member
Two playstyles, one cup
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
Meanwhile....
You can have the most high tech graphics but its actual animation that will sell the action.
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anthony2690
Member
Game looks genuinely decent, hopefully it's fun to play 
Mattdaddy
Gold Member
Well damn... my preferred style is definitely more aggressive melee versus sneaking around.
But... Im more interested in playing as the lady Ninja.
So Ill probably just play as her, ignore stealth anyway and force feed the melee combat, then complain the mechanics suck.
But... Im more interested in playing as the lady Ninja.
So Ill probably just play as her, ignore stealth anyway and force feed the melee combat, then complain the mechanics suck.
Actually the combat looks pretty sick for both of them.
GooseMan69
Member
I think you can play most of the game as one character. Open combat missions or one on one duels will just be easier with the dude.
GooseMan69
Member
That’s how I interpreted it. Let’s be real though, it’s a Ubi game. It’s not gonna be hard lol. I’m sure I’ll be just fine taking on any fight with Naoe.
Gonna be hilarious when they get the data back and see that everyone played as Naoe like 95% of the time lol
Cool ninja girl vs diversity hire with nerfed parkour. Real tough choice.
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AJUMP23
Parody of actual AJUMP23
Fake
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GooseMan69
Member
As a huge GoT stan, the stealth in Shadows looks better though.
Gambit2483
Member
This is bad...like real bad. Whoever Greenlit this needs to be fired.
Trilobit
Member
These kinds of action games that lack fluidity and flow in motion excarberate the feeling of rigidness and makes everything feel static. I also low-key hate invisible walls when you jump from platform to platform. If I die I die, but if the controls are responsive and smooth then I can only blame myself.
SidViscous
Member
Not going to reply to your bad faith arguments, but this is a historically accurate ninja origin story, The Japanese didn't even know what stealth was until Yasuke turned up, why do you think ninjas all wear black? Our hand picked wikipedia editors who have never been to Japan but really love anime and Japanese women so are basically experts, have confirmed this.
- Narrative director
simpatico
Member
Explains why Ubi is already laying off staff. Preorder numbers must have execs hair on fire. Aesthetic, subjective topics aside, the gameplay looks like ass. Ghost of Tsushima if someone removed every ounce of style. Just sterile. Windows taskbar makes an appearance at 1:53! Good job editing team.
Maybe I'm just too unrefined to understand what makes this AAAA. Looks like random Steam jankware.
Maybe I'm just too unrefined to understand what makes this AAAA. Looks like random Steam jankware.
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Jinzo Prime
Gold Member
That will get banned on Nexus immediately.
i was just gona say that . ubisoft needs to hire real directors that handle the game singly handely from start to fisnish ,they glue parts together and its a mess of nthinng in the end. i bet you none of these game directors even play the game from start to finsih,thats wildHow many fucking directors does this game have? I count a combat director, stealth director and overall game director.
I also want to know why the textures are so awful. We have 16gb of VRAM in these consoles now!
Edit: A narrative director too!
Dr.Morris79
Member
You're not kidding. I wasn't buying this out of principle of UBI's shitty gaming ethics, but fuck me, this looks utter gash on top.
Good luck buyers
digital_ghost
Member
Don't forget the Woke Director. Gotta keep BlackRock happy. Probably funding ubi's ass.How many fucking directors does this game have? I count a combat director, stealth director and overall game director.
I also want to know why the textures are so awful. We have 16gb of VRAM in these consoles now!
Edit: A narrative director too!
EDMIX
Writes a lot, says very little
Sure bud, the layoffs didn't even have shit to do with either team lol
Ubisoft lays off 45 from US offices
Ubisoft has made another round of layoffs, this time cutting staff from two of its US studios. A total of 45 employees …
www.gamesindustry.biz
Yea, being ranked so high must be killing them /s
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Reportedly Becomes India’s Most Pre-Ordered Game of 2024; Ubisoft Partners With Cloud Gaming Platform
Only a few more months to go.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows Pre-orders ‘Strong’ Despite Protagonist Controversy – Report
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has run into a bizarre controversy surrounding its protagonist Yasuke. A small corner of the internet contends Yasuke’s status as a Samurai, and has accused Ubisoft of misrepresentation in a series that was never historically accurate to begin with. Unsurprisingly, none...
Good luck with that cope lol
Agreed, their teams do a great job in that area
SJRB
Gold Member
What does it matter?
sigmaZ
Member
WTF Was this game made with AI? Those characters models look so bad. It looks like they asked an AI to generate models so that they have a pastel smudge to them. The lighting feels off too, though I can't quite explain why yet. Also, some of those soundsfx don't feel like they sit right. Maybe they should have just showed regular gameplay, instead of... this.
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Shake Your Rump
Member
The troll doesn’t deserve being quoted, but regarding sales comparisons:
Why would Chinese players buy a game about a Japanese character made by a western developer?
If I didn’t have so many games going on, I’d give this a shot. I wonder how it ties in to the animus and the Templars. These were already pushed far to the background in Valhalla and Odyssey. That was to my benefit, since they were my first AC games and I didn’t fully grasp that part of the story. I am currently playing through the original games and it all makes more sense.
Why would Chinese players buy a game about a Japanese character made by a western developer?
If I didn’t have so many games going on, I’d give this a shot. I wonder how it ties in to the animus and the Templars. These were already pushed far to the background in Valhalla and Odyssey. That was to my benefit, since they were my first AC games and I didn’t fully grasp that part of the story. I am currently playing through the original games and it all makes more sense.
simpatico
Member
Direct competitor. Good measuring stick. If a brand new studio can make a game in the same genre as yours, and sell 4x the copies, the people financing you should think long and hard about their choices. How do we think the budgets compare? 5x for AC Shadows?
King Dazzar
Member
Yeah I'm not convinced. Sounds like a step backwards to me. I think I prefer being able to mould my own character to the style I like from multiple perk options. Rather than choosing from 2 extreme builds, which I have to choose prior to a given engagement. It sounds far more restrictive to me. But at least you can choose, I suppose.
Bartski
Gold Member
Not sure if I should make a new thread for this, but I attended what turned out to be a live playthrough of a chunk of the game. Bummer, as I was 100% convinced I was queuing for a hands-on demo, but no. Instead, there was the stealth director on stage narrating, after lengthy disclaimers and a strict "no filming" policy because "things may go sideways, and we don’t want things clipped from this old build."
And they sort of did. The combat looked rough.
It is somewhat concerning they literally played the same sequence that was shown in the game reveal in the exact same way (how they went through the stealth section with the ninja girl etc), so it looked just like that reveal but way jankier.
To be clear, I think the game still has tons of potential, I might as well be getting it at launch with an ad-hoc Ubisoft+ sub but I couldn't shake off the feeling they're in a rough spot, grinding away to ship it.
I also couldn't shake off a feeling
They still have over 3 monhts of polish ahead and seem like cool people. Everyone shat on Valhalla and it turned out the biggest selling AC ever iirc? Good luck guys and see you at the finish line.
