Does Shadows Finally Perfect Assassin’s Creed Gameplay?

[@austinpearson1016]

I already know I am gonna love this game. There are no amount of haters or negative reviews that will ruin this game for me. I might just completely ignore all of it all together

[@TheTrueSeal]

That's probably the best course of action! I'm going to play this game day one no matter what, so can't wait to see how it will turn out in the final product!

[@jebaited.9479]

They said the same thing about valhalla

[@taimanslaughter4471]

Listening to them should have never been an option 🤣

[@876Valley]

Facts

[@santiagomolina5797]

Arguably might be the best open world old Japan set game cause ghost of Tsushima doesn’t have city’s of towns people or feudal lords.

[@TheTrueSeal]

Absolutely agreed!

[@THUGPUTIN]

Ubisoft have never disappointed with AC game setting... The world design of ubisoft AC games have always been best to this date and they have separate anvil engine developed just for this IP... Recently, they openly said they won't take AC to unreal Engine as they don't want to give control of art and animation to third party engine...

[@tonymcneil2353]

I also dare to agree.. Aside from the climate & weather system.. the 2 separate Protagonists provide the player with two Play Styles n variety in 1 'Feudal theme or Setting.. In turn this practically pits AC SHADOWS within its own Lane between GOT & GOY, as Ubisoft isn't truly in competition with neither.. GOY is actually hoping to 'best RDR2

[@amsyarx4]

Just seeing naoe’s combat alone makes me excited to play the game

[@TheTrueSeal]

Her fighting style is sooo bad ass!

[@aphilli97]

My biggest gripe is the 2 character dynamic. I dont care about the samurai tbh i like the hooded assasin ninja aspect way more

[@TheTrueSeal]

We gotta wait and see how they're going to interact with one another but I genuinely prefer this over Syndicate's dual protagonist system!

[@acrankymushroom]

I'm just excited to play as an assassin for once in this game.

[@TheTrueSeal]

Same!

[@Cipher_556]

I don't mean to get political, but now that the anti-woke are distracted by Intergalactic and maybe a bit of TW4 and GTA 6. I think this game might see the light of day, so long as Ubisoft play their hands right. I also noticed how the grifters choose to bash those games instead of celebrating Mafia:TOC which could be the "non-woke" game they should like, but they didn't, they acted like it doesn't exist. Tells you how they operate and that they'd rather prey on the outrage by negativity instead.

[@TheTrueSeal]

Haha, I totally understand and I'm more than happy to see them busy somewhere else. Hopefully they too will find a game that keeps them busy in a good way....

[@Mk_Otaid]

This game would have seen the light of day regardless, otherwise they make NO money while having wasted millions. The "anti-woke" crowd will keep returning so long as Ubisoft keeps dropping the ball in their marketing. They wanted to make money by making a bunch of bs up that they continuously tried to pass off as truth. Deserved every bit of flak for that honestly. This game WILL be successful if they see to it that it's a great game. Just make a good story with fun and engaging gameplay. It's really not rocket science.

[@TheFinalHackAndSlashGamer]

​@Mk_Otaid I agree I don't like how people designate all criticism as anti woke I'm black and even I don't think yasuke was the best fit I think as dlc or something people wouldn't have cared even with the changing of historical roles or whatever these things won't happen if ubisoft knew how to market their games correctly not to say some of the critics would have changed their opinion but maybe with accurate and genius marketing it would not feel like this game is being shat on by everyone 🤔

[@Cipher_556]

@@TheFinalHackAndSlashGamer I understand there are legit criticisms, but this game has become a greater objective in the culture war to the point that both sides were actively tried to rewrite the Wikipedia page on Yasuke during its earlier days of controversy, it's that relevant for the current politics that I think most criticisms of this game are based in bad faith and the people who are in favor of this game are not always genuine either. When people tend to focus more on Yasuke instead of the previous price point and editions that the game had was a clear indicator for that. Most AC fans were concerned of the story, gameplay, the game itself... which are valid concerns in my eyes.

[@Cipher_556]

@@TheFinalHackAndSlashGamer I agree, they fucked up big time on their marketing and they were so disingenuous on how they handle some of the criticisms. First of all they should've outright said that they took some creative liberty instead of saying it later in their apology.

[@Grandtemplar305]

I’m still gonna use yasuke for stealth an naoe for open combat

[@TheTrueSeal]

Oh, going reverse for the extra challenge? ngl, that sounds intriguing!

[@tonymcneil2353]

Yup! THAT part 😁 (hope YASUKE can sneak while still being burdened by the sounds of his armor.. that would be a nice touch)

[@Grandtemplar305]

@ they say u can invest skill points to make him more quieter

[@thebee2685]

I cant wait. The only one thing i hope for that this CARTOON-ISH effect when we use abilities is an option we can turn off in the options menu...

[@TheTrueSeal]

That's one of the things I already don't like about Shadows. They said there's no option to turn it off but I assume they will add an option later on with an update.

[@thebee2685]

@TheTrueSeal I really hope so because its a dealbreaker for me. I dont gonna buy the game if it stays like that.

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@thebee2685 the effect only appears once we take down important targets, but yeah I don't like it either

[@tonymcneil2353]

(a question on aesthetic).. Will players Be allowed to 'option switch YASUKE's Samurai Headset for a particular Assassin's Head Covering? ?

[@TheTrueSeal]

There's still a lot we don't know about the gear items, but since he's more of a warrior with less focus on stealth and has an honorable way of fighting, I doubt he would want to hide his identity like Assassins, but hey I may be totally wrong!

[@ehsanmohammadi3675]

On point as always. Thanks for covering the game, it looks so much better than before the delay

[@TheTrueSeal]

Thank you so much! Totally agreed. The delay has done wonders for this game!

[@SSFX111]

All the haters ain’t here no more finally 😂 having all them arguments was annoying them saying no one would like this game or praise it or talk good about it 😂

[@TheTrueSeal]

Yeah thank god they're busy with something else, but regardless nothing should stop us from enjoying this game! I personally can't wait to play it!

[@bigpoppa3999]

Same will happen with ghost of yotei and intergalactic. Gameplay always speaks for itself.

[@Navarronegative]

@@bigpoppa3999godless take

[@simarpreetsingh364]

I just hope the combat doesn't feel weird and choppy like mirage, she's ninja and the black guy is samurai so their combat should be smooth af

[@TheTrueSeal]

I hope so too but based on the videos it seems much smoother than Mirage!

[@simarpreetsingh364]

@TheTrueSeal yeah but it still feels a bit choppy , the combat should be at the level of ghost of tsushima

[@OverlordRosenburg]

Hope the bloat is scaled down a lot. I'm worried if the length is between odyssey and valhalla. Maybe not in Shadows but going forward the devs should focus of handcrafted main story and equal length handcrafted side content with great mocap like indiana jones and the great circle along with AC's great parkour and combat mechanics, about 40 - 60 hrs of game time is enough. That would be a great experience in my opinion.

[@TheTrueSeal]

And I totally agree with you and would personally love to experience something like that. I guess currently, at least among other Open World games, only Rockstar Games can provide such quality but let's hope others catch up too!

[@TheSliderW]

For the first time in a long time, i'm seriously considering playong this AC. Hoping it comes out on Steam or better, GOG as I'm sick of their launcher and the way they can take your purchased games away.

[@TheTrueSeal]

Fortunately for us, the game will release on steam at the same date as other store fronts! (No more store exclusivity) Although, I'm unsure about the GOG version but you can already check the game's page on steam as well!

[@mohammadashikurrahman7530]

You do know that even in steam you don't own any digital product? And steam also can take away your games because that's how digital licence works. Don't make it a ubisoft problem dude. It's a industry problem.

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@mohammadashikurrahman7530 That is unfortunately true, regardless of the platform we're simply buying a license to access games. Even on consoles we still have this problem...

[@TheSliderW]

@@mohammadashikurrahman7530 There is no precedent for Steam taking away games from your own library. On the contrary, if you have old games with CD keys, more often than not they can be still be unlocked on Steam even if the game is not sold there anymore. That's how I got a few of them in my library including Prey (2006). I don't think any other store allows you to do this. Then there is the fact that most games that don't use DRM can be played offline Including all of Valve's games and then Steam allows you to back up your games to local storage as well. So while I agree that you still depend on the online service for most activities, nothing prevents you from going offline if the game développer/publisher allows it.

[@TheSliderW]

@@TheTrueSeal It's even worse on consoles as your store bought games are locked on the generation of console they were made for. You can't bring an online store bought game from 2006 all over to 2024+ unless a group of entities agree to patch it and make it compatible but I'd be surprised if PS5 games cant be ran on PS6 considering the disc drives are silently being phased out, so no more options.

[@RAY_II]

After vahalla and mirage im not taking nothing ubisoft says serious until it comes out

[@TheTrueSeal]

It's always a good thing to control our expectations regarding new game releases!

[@plr2473]

Entire game in Japanese? Including voice acting? That would be so dope

[@TheTrueSeal]

That's true! we're so back!

[@animotopia3625]

Odessy was my favorite but this one might comptete with it.

[@TheTrueSeal]

This might actually top every RPG Creed!

[@kyle2kyletroii]

it actually looks really good i just wish the parkour was better. adding flips instead of an actually deep system bothers me

[@TheTrueSeal]

Can't wait to see parkour's improvements! Oh and I hope the flips are manual...

[@kyle2kyletroii]

@ seriously. if i have to watch naoe flip every time she does a 5 foot jump im gonna lose my mind

[@outlawtoc]

will there be new game + finally?

[@perhaps3D]

Wdym

[@TheTrueSeal]

Ubisoft has not yet confirmed it, but I suspect they might add it to the game later on.

[@ThousandairesClub]

*the best part of Odyssey and Valhalla was the phylake/order encounters 👌 I don't see Shadows doing anything massively different in that department. I guess they could go the Shadows Of War route and have warriors remember encounters with you or carry over injuries from your last encounter with them, that would be great* 👍

[@TheTrueSeal]

Totally agreed. On the difference tho, IMO the main difference comes down to the ways we can counter guardian enemy type.

[@swimbeast1780]

I wish they could do that but the nemesis system has been patented and the last thing they need is a lawsuit right now

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@swimbeast1780 Nemesis being patented is the worst thing warner could've done to the gaming industry tbh...

[@ThousandairesClub]

@@swimbeast1780 *I believe the Nemesis patent solely covers the Heiarchy aspect of enemies killing eachother off and ranking up??? 🤔 I don't think it covers characters remembering interactions with the player or favoring old injuries, those things have always existed in other games. that's like copyrighting the act of walking LOL its an aspect of life, not a copyrightable invention. I'll deep dive into it and find out but I'm pretty sure its only that Rank/Heiarchy aspect they're protecting.*

[@TheRayExperience]

No snakes? About damn time!

[@TheTrueSeal]

haha, I know right!

[@mortezaar7706]

Yes it's good 👍

[@TheTrueSeal]

Agreed!

[@tonymcneil2353]

Although 'Boss Dueling is cool.. I hope that the regular Game Rivals are programmed to surround the Protagonist(s) during !!Alert!!.. I'm not really too happy with seeing too much 1 on 1 combat.. I feel there needs to be more roaming/interactive Rival Npc in locales.. Players need to feel the intensity of CQC whenever caught.. With a few more Rivals placed in each locales it will help to surround the stronger YASUKE as well as to further induce NAOE's reliance on stealth Yet overall Both will have equal chance for combat. (Perhaps Difficulty Setting can cover This?)

[@TheTrueSeal]

While your concern is valid, there are lots of fights in the game with multiple enemies, similar to older games of the series.

[@tonymcneil2353]

@TheTrueSeal - 👍 thank you. Long Live Ubisoft

[@Matt-gt2ml]

oh now everyone love the game or are hype for it but when it first got announced everyone was nitpicking and bashing the game because of a black samurai when they have barely see what the game fully has to offer jokes ssss

[@TheTrueSeal]

The hate was always way too forced. Tho nitpicking over the technical state of the game (animations looking clunky, combat feeling floaty, etc.) was necessary imo.

[@mrawesome1688]

It's not hate first of all. This game is just sinoky out of context and doesn't make sense. Don't know what everyone is saying at the comments personally. I m still not buying it. I don't hate it. Just this game won't do it for me and not because it's a black assassin but because it's a black assassin in Japan.

[@Ellerymm]

Awesome video! if we can't go through Naoe's challenges with Yasuke or vice versa, are there challenges we can complete with both of them?

[@TheTrueSeal]

Thank you! Yes, there will be quests/activities that can be done with either character.

[@AMVSyndicate4913]

Ah yes the game about a retainer (not samurai) that wants to be a samurai, the game about a black man killing Japanese people. Ubisoft is cooked, cant wait for them to sell to tensent so that we can get better games

[@TheTrueSeal]

Curious to know why you didn't mention Naoe in your comment.

[@AMVSyndicate4913]

Did not mention here coz she is a fictional character, yaske is not

[@mrawesome1688]

Because the problem with this game is not Naoe. Naoe is a character that make sense in her role. That's why probably. Having a black guy assassinating asians though in a country full of asians and then they don't know who he is. That's just hilarious. Let's not mention the historical inaccuracies.

[@deadsh00t62]

bro youre sound is so familiar for me. May i ask where are you from ?

[@TheTrueSeal]

Australia my dude, where are you from?

[@whatsthere9538]

​@@TheTrueSeal? don't get me wrong your English is excellent, but you don't sound the least bit australian

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@whatsthere9538 Australia is not necessarily limited to native Australians bro.

[@LeonPacurar]

I understand that when this game was announced people had problems about it being "woke", but im not exactly sure that the game receiving improvements is a way to justify hating it even more.

[@TheTrueSeal]

Hating it always seemed way too forced to me 🤷‍♂️

[@mrawesome1688]

It's not about hating it. It's about placing the only black african guy in Japan at the time in the role of an assassin who's supposed to first of all not to stand out from the crowd ajd second of all why not choose a Japanese person since this game is supposedly representing Japanese Culture? Take out all the hate and racism and this game still does not make sense.

[@t7211]

imma simple dude, a lot of these gamers complaining bro i play thr game to have fun not to analyse every single thing. just appreciate the fact we get to slice people or play as a huge black dude who blitz through everything and everyone. be simple the game shouldn’t make you be mad 😂 no game is perfect unless its rdr2 or ghost of Tsushima

[@TheTrueSeal]

That's an interesting point of view 😁👍

[@pott981]

Please put more black fits in the game

[@TheTrueSeal]

Can't wait to see the armor variation in the game!

[@AwakeGamer10]

DAY ONE 🔥

[@TheTrueSeal]

Same!

[@alexosbourn]

Awesome vid!

[@TheTrueSeal]

Thank you!

[@xotristan]

I doubt it. Enemies look like dmg sponges with no reactions to being hit, as per Mirage (which has the worse combat in any game I've ever played), Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla.

[@TheTrueSeal]

The enemy AI has seen significant improvements in Shadows. For instance, when they are attacking our character in a large group, they will strike more frequently. However, if we reduce their numbers, they will adopt a defensive strategy. But you're right and the enemies still feel spongy, since the game incorporates RPG elements similar to the RPG trilogy Assassin's Creed titles.

[@876Valley]

AI is making games better

[@TheTrueSeal]

AI as in the enemy/NPC AI?

[@Bojaxxx]

Graphics 9/10 Stealth with Naoe 8/10 Story 0/10 Stealth with Yasuske 0/10 Forced to play a samurai in an AC game 0/10

[@TheTrueSeal]

how do you know anything about the story when the game is not even released yet?

[@Bojaxxx]

@TheTrueSeal Because developers have already spoken about it. In an AC game being forced into combat is already just garbage from a story perspective. Literally the opposite of an Assassin lmao.

[@purplenurple8816]

But yall were fine with playing as a pirate in black flag tho

[@purplenurple8816]

@@Bojaxxxevery ac forces u into combat😭😭😭

[@Bojaxxx]

@@purplenurple8816 let me clarify. Developers stated that you will have to play a Samurai. Why would I want to do that? I'll go buy a samurai game.

[@eggstwelve]

I genuinely enjoyed Mirage. Finished it 100%. And I despise Origins, Valhalla and Odyssey. I don't understand why AC game needs RPG elements. And I hope Shadows will be more like AC1, AC2, Mirage etc

[@TheTrueSeal]

I understand why you prefer the action adventure ACs and while Shadows will share lots of similarities to the RPG trilogy, it will also lean toward action games of the series as well.

[@Swavae]

Origins was way better then mirage over all but I liked mirage for the stealth

[@Grandtemplar305]

Shadows is gone be like origin an I beat all three of the RPG the one I like most is odyssey but Valhalla connects all the dots if u a long time fan who love the lore

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@Swavae Absolutely agreed.

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@Grandtemplar305 This is correct and that's one of the reasons I love Valhalla so much.

[@Will-nn3pb]

I would consider this buy but Monster Hunter Wildlands is out before this and id be grinding 😭

[@TheTrueSeal]

February is a tough month for us gamers with this game, KCD2 and MH Wilds dude 😭

[@Wholesomify-l6r]

TRUST ME THE Gaameplay features will be the least of ur problems if u are a PC player, if u don't have an rtx card with at least 12g u will suffer a whole lot, its already obvious how janky the animations are, I'm telling u the performance will suck

[@TheTrueSeal]

Good thing that I have a 12Gb Vram card then. Seriously tho, Nvidia needs to fix the Vram issue with the 50 series...

[@Wholesomify-l6r]

@@TheTrueSeal Yep they sure do but it's not only vram, it's the gaming engine it's so bad the unreal engine 5 is so bad to look at Silent Ill that game could easily run at 120 fps on the RTX 4080, but instead,d it runs at (50~-60)

[@TheTrueSeal]

@@Wholesomify-l6r I'm definitely not a game dev, but I believe part of the problem also falls to the game optimization as well. Nevertheless, I have my fair share of concerns over The Witcher 4 being a UE5 game right now lol.

[@Wholesomify-l6r]

@@TheTrueSeal yep, at this point im just gonna keep call of duty and FIFA and well optimized online games because I'm tired of bad games to be honest I remember loving playing triple A games but now I don't give a shit about anyof them expect for sony games like spiderman and god of war because those games are well optimized for the PC and also the tomb raider series but every other game is shit

[@1944Ralph]

im hyped

[@TheTrueSeal]

same!

[@joeflhigl]

Ill still wont buy it

[@TheTrueSeal]

your money your choice

[@mrawesome1688]

I won't buy it either mate you are not alone. This game just doesn't make sense no matter how much you fix the gameplay animations and graphics. It's like putting a stamina bar to a pirate ship. Ubisoft just fucked up once more.

[@marcduchamp5512]

We need a gayest game that replace this lame title

[@TheTrueSeal]

what

[@gavinrudder1383]

If the game play ain't like valhalla/oddesy? It's 🗑🗑🗑🗑 that old assassin's creed gaming is played out. Stealthy nonesense. Why have a skill tree if you gotta sneak around? I grew my skill tree to whop ass.

[@colocobardio1711]

Dude 😂😂😂 stfu anything but those two games.. the gameplay in the newer assassins creed games are lacking, in order for this game to feel fluid it has to be similar to ghost of Tsushima/god of war r

[@gavinrudder1383]

@colocobardio1711 how tf you gonna tell me what to like? I said what I said cuz those are the only games I liked from AC catalog. So you stfu dude.

[@TheTrueSeal]

It's gonna be an advanced version of Odyssey/Valhalla so we're in for a treat!

[@colocobardio1711]

@@TheTrueSeal hopefully

[@bigpoppa3999]

You don't want an assassin Creed game. You want a rpg. This looking like the best assassin Creed game in years.

[@ironwolf1799]

No, it doesn’t. Trash game from trash team. If only it was the og team of developers.

[@santiagomolina5797]

This is just hate for the sake of hate. Yes they’re a trash untrustworthy company but they’re also on their last legs. the company might be bought out and that essentially is the end of Ubisoft and we can assume it’ll get worse so shadows is probably gonna be pretty good on the fact they’re refining it. it’s also ninjas and samurai’s I’m sorry but this and ghost of yotei are my most anticipated games of 2025 and probably for a lot of people too

[@ironwolf1799]

@ it’s really not, the rpg creeds have gotten progressively worse. It’s not what fans wanted or ever did. They could have listened and made a unity that wasn’t plagued with issues. We were wrong to complain about unity knowing now what they’d do as a response. Assassins creed used to be up there with all the AAA games. Now it’s a joke. They don’t care about their fans and it shows in their product. Plus, have you seen the people that run the AC side of unity? It’s completely nonsense

[@ironwolf1799]

@ plus maybe respect Japanese culture instead of modern bs politics? We shouldn’t have gotten two characters, it’s gonna make the story laughably weak. We should have just gotten the girl as the protagonist and they should have fleshed her out. If you can’t see how shallow this game will be, I pity yoy

[@TheTrueSeal]

lol, there are people from the OG team still working on this game.

[@ironwolf1799]

@@TheTrueSeal please enlighten me to the percentage. And try telling me that lgbt wildebeest that was the lead director of Valhalla was always there. Oh you can’t? It shows. I was a vastly bigger fan of this series than most, I’m just not dumb enough to stand by it when it’s wrong. So again, show me how many of the people from the Ezio trilogy are still part of the dev team. Hell, how many are left from unity. They market to weirdos, children, and simpletons