Assassin’s Creed Shadows - Limited Edition (Amazon Exclusive), PlayStation 5

Gamers tend to pile-on certain developers, and it’s well documented that Ubisoft is one of their favorite targets. It’s not completely without warrant - the studio has had its share of controversy over the years, and has had some rough patches - but it’s important to give them credit when it’s due. One shining light in Ubisoft’s portfolio has persisted (mostly), and that’s the Assassin’s Creed brand. This is no exception. In fact, it is their best work in a while! OPEN WORLD: I was a huge fan of Sucker Punch’s game Ghost of Tsushima, and was curious how I’d feel about this game given the natural comparison. Both have similar settings (a large area of feudal Japan), but take place centuries apart. Architecture has evolved, and the world feels more populated in AC Shadows. There are points of interest and activities just about anywhere you go, and plenty of quests to keep you busy- or should I say distracted? I regularly would go off my intended route to take on a castle and lose track of time. The game does not do a great job of differentiating between main story quests and side quests, so expect to take your time getting through the story if you don’t have a guide. I this world, that’s not the worst thing. One negative thing I have noticed is that the foliage can sometimes be so thick in forests that I can’t even see my own character. This is a small gripe though. COMBAT: There are many ways to customize your fighting style between two major characters (who you can usually switch between at will), with very different styles. They each have a nice assortment of weapons as well. Naoe is stealthy, light, fast, and can use grappling hooks she also has Eagle Vision to easily spot enemies and plan attacks accordingly. Yasuke is like a truck, and about as graceful as one. He uses brute strength to smash through barriers and whoever is unfortunate enough to challenge him. These two have their own moments to shine and be of preference, but when presented with the choice of who to play as, I found myself going back to Naoe 9 times out of 10. She’s just much more fun to play as, in my opinion. PS5 PRO: The open world is vast, rich, and beautiful. I’ve attached some screenshots captured via the Quality mode on the PlayStation 5 Pro. While Quality mode currently supports 30fps, it’s a very smooth framerate. It’s the first time I’ve willingly played a game at 30fps in a long time, but the expanded ray tracing elements were too beautiful to pass up. Developers have reported that PSSR upscaling will be added soon as well. I recommend checking this game out and having some fun. It’s an incredible setting depicted beautifully, with many hours of blissful samurai-ing.

Love this game in the ac series. Love the japan setting and the story. Fun to play.

Great game. Huge world

All perfect. The game is like a movie. Just excellent

I know Shadows was controversial across the AC world, but honestly? I loved it. Not so happy with the microtransactions available but the Odyssey system exists still where you can earn them in game. It felt like we were back being Ezio again. The exploration system doesn't baby you, the dialogue can be canon or choice-based, the combat was *hard*. It was genuinely really nice to get that feeling again, instead of trash moneygrab games being added in. I'm really glad they forewent the choice of main player too. You play as a girl or a black dude depending and a lot of folks bombed it for that. That being said: it had bugs in some bad places but reloading fixed it.

I duno why some ppl just don't like it but u can't win em all.. this is a very pretty game with amazing scenery. Like any AC games it's repetitive but im enjoying the story so far. It's not black flag good but its way better then mirage (🤢 such a waist that was)

Good game. Was as expected.

AC can be a bit repetitive, but as long as you go into it knowing that, this is a great game. Beautiful scenery and realistic graphics. They’ve really perfected the horse riding mechanic and I love Naoe’s stealth combined with Yasuke’s strength. I hate paying so much for any game, but a lot went into this one, so it isn’t so painful.

Excelente juego aun no lo he seguido la historia sin embargo viene con las características de limited edition tuve que voltear los códigos ya que no se sabe pero si biene con ellos y la caja y disco en buenas condiciones

一度、ゴーストオブツシマorヨウテイをプレイした方には絶対オススメしません。それなりにが良いんでしょうが…

A tremendous continuation of my favorite game to play.

Muy agusto, si me llegó la edición limitada como se anuncia en la publicación, y sobretodo antes de lo esperado, bien sellado y a buen precio, en lo personal el juego se me ha hecho interesante y divertido, tiene buenos gráficos y se ve genial en el ps5.

J ai bien aimé ce jeu