New AC Shadows Stealth Gameplay - Luke Reacts

[@Mondiale78]

Unpopular opinion: ppl complain about one shot assassinations but they logically make more sense than not using the feature. No matter how big you are or what armor you have, if you get 🔪 in your neck, you’re done. That’s it

[@pepeedge5601]

If this game is still an rpg then not having guranteed one hit kills in expected. In rpgs stats matter. Jus look at Skyrim as an example. Of your gear and archery level is low enemies could take 5 stealth headshots. It is normal for rpgs.

[@Mondiale78]

@ You one of those ppl that take games TOO seriously. It’s a game, this is why options are given, so ppl can have freedom to play. Not everybody cares bout allat stuff bc ppl got REAL stuff goin on in REAL life. They wanna just play a game how they want and have fun. And REALISTICALLY, no matter WHAT your size is and how big and powerful you are in real life, if you get 🔪 in the neck, you’re done. That’s it. So I’m glad they put it in the game. This is why when I played origins, I just to level 50 for the DLC, played the game like that and had fun chopping thru ppl like it was ancient gta. No 50 hack and slashes. Just a few cuts and they’re done…like in REAL LIFE

[@marcbraun5342]

It's still a game, realism is an aditional argument if it supports the already better idea and that is still up to debate till the game comes out.

[@Mondiale78]

@ regardless of what anybody says, the choice should be given. And that goes for Multiple things

[@admetussenatorofthesullane7759]

@@Mondiale78 exactly

[@griffinhansen3091]

Ok turning the one hit kills on right away.

[@Paradox-es3bl]

To be clear, it's 1-hit Assassinations/stealth kills. Probably still gotta do multi-hit kills if in active combat. Which is kinda funny, because you could literally Counter-Kill everyone back in 1-3, I think? Can't remember if 3 still had it or not, but pretty sure the entire Ezio trilogy did.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Fair

[@Ri_Shin_Marco]

@@Paradox-es3bl You could counter kill entire groups till AC Rogue. I don't exactly know if it was that easy in Unity but Syndicate was like fighting against sponges in late game.

[@shinichiizumi2242]

I thought the same thing when I saw the new gameplay lol it better be an option at launch

[@Dafey]

Is it the same as in valhalla? I just played valhalla and there is an option for it but yea in combat you still gonna hit multiple times but it works for assassination/stealth kills. Personally I like this mechanic because it shows more realism and you still gonna have a hard combat when you set the difficulty as hard or above, so more challengin to stay stealthy and more challenging in combat

[@UtraxTV]

Orange guys are security cameras

[@Jam-xg3qx]

[@GiridharanG]

They are watered down roosters from sekiro💀💀

[@Chickymasala]

LOL In classic AC, gold highlight in eagle vision meant the target Was gonna go war crimesing😂😂

[@patrickboian8545]

I saw an article. Idk if it's true but apparently everyone at ubisoft is scared this game will suck ass. Including devs, corpo people, and investors.

[@Grandtemplar305]

Liessss

[@nickbrooks4993]

Yes it's called fear mfs

[@RazielTheUnborn]

Bruh, a Ubisoft exe said that half the developers think the game is ass. Dude said it in a live Q&A. Not only that its ass, but that a good chunk of the tram of Shadows, this game is their first game ever made.

[@Hidden_Creed]

Its a lie and out of context.. They are nervous it's some devs first ever ac game or first ever game in general.. So they are nervous that what there doing isn't good enough even tho it could be the best thing ever..

[@RazielTheUnborn]

@@Hidden_Creed - "Lie and out of context" - Clips of what Ubisoft shown us had animation errors, horses gliding, attacks not connecting with characters. - Ubisoft admits they need to delay the game to massively polish it - Outlaws so buggy and messed up its keeping people away from the product My guy, 1 + 1 = 2.

[@0x8badbeef]

The improvements look like they brought in their Montreal Studio. And indeed after I looked it up they did, and a few more. Originally, it was just Quebec. _All hands on deck!_

[@M3e36-99]

Montreal is Ubisoft's largest studio with 4000 employees. Quebec has 600 employees. No wonder.

[@agahnim0196]

@@0x8badbeef Montreal had been helping since day 1 though.

[@0x8badbeef]

@@agahnim0196 they weren't listed until recently. it was just Quebec.

[@Alacrity-reserved]

​@@agahnim0196 if they were part of the game day one they didn't show up when I looked up which Ubisoft studio was making Shadows. But I just looked it up and Montreal now shows up.

[@Error-0x0194]

​@@agahnim0196 where did you find that Montreal was helping?

[@justinlacek1481]

7:20 The article they released for this explained that certain enemy types will react to smoke bombs by fleeing outside the area or something like that

[@tedzhh]

Samurai run out of the smoke and aren't tricked easily, lower class enemies don't

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

8:00 Ubisoft confirmed that different enemies have differing levels of intelligence

[@stardustdragonx3612]

Same thing with any other generic open world game , shut up

[@stardustdragonx3612]

Witcher 3 confirmed different enemies behave differently from each other, see easy to say random crap.

[@SolidBoss7]

@@stardustdragonx3612what?

[@liaminwales]

@@SolidBoss7 Lots of games have talked about amazing AI, it's almost always hot air. Well maybe not hot air, more that what a player thinks intelligence is compared to a dev dont line up. It's just a bunch of simple logic, different AI may have a tad different logic paths. Players tend to think intelligence means more than 30% reduction on how far away you are from the AI before it reacts to your actions etc.

[@SolidBoss7]

@@liaminwales people also don’t know there a$$ from a hole in the ground when it comes to game development and engine/hardware/budget limitations. TBH the majority of games have basic AI and are carried by graphics, animations, gameplay loop, fun factor, and story. Some games that are awful in all those departments have great AI. VERY rarely you get something with both. Modern gamers expectations are unreal. They want their cake and eat it too as well as micromanage development to the point developers aren’t allowed to put out the game they want anymore. STALKER 2 just came out and because theres a few bugs at launch you’ve got an entire discord server trying to rewrite the entire game logic while a large number of people are actually enjoying the game and just want the glaring issues fixed.

[@serjofcinder8925]

I'll play it when it's 90 percent off

[@MrRaxicorniopholus]

Well see you in like 3 years

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

That’s the only way to play a uni game at this point

[@serjofcinder8925]

@@MrRaxicorniopholus yeah, more like 9 months

[@marsaeternum1003]

@@MrRaxicorniopholus starwars outlaws on steam is 90% off rn

[@jrtalkin5558]

@@MrRaxicorniopholus3 months then

[@iliasVoolgaris]

2:41 I'm literally playing Witcher 3 on lvl 12 and my next quest is to go to Skellige

[@Paradox-es3bl]

Unless you're on one of the easiest 2 difficulties (There's 5, right? If there's only 3, then just the easiest 1), I don't recommend it for a few more levels. 20+ on hard or harder, probably. Though honestly, if you play it right, you can basically just cast Quen, single-tap an enemy, and then dodge like 5 times and cast Quen again. You could take on the highest level enemies with little issue, other than spending like an hour to kill it. (Except maybe Leshens) But I don't think that's fun lol

[@anordinaryguy4677]

you should wait a little more, explore current two areas, you are gonna need lots of coin to go to skellige (1000 i guess)

[@somusamba6118]

Luke trying his best to get a review code at launch 😂 Just like Dragon age

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Ubisoft gives review codes for mirage to people who complained about it having too much stealth. He doesn’t need to do anything.

[@TheChaosOneX]

He does seem rather dedicated to doing all but sloppies for it yeah

[@redninja3056]

You guys are so braindead at this point he literally can't be positive about anything without you complaining about it

[@MyDogBlu]

He be shilling like crazy. His fan base is literally ree ree kids

[@gabriellopesguimaraes3513]

@@MyDogBlu He's literally just talking about the game which is his job not to tell you to buy the game, how is that shilling?

[@mstover83]

Could the game suck? Sure. Does this video show improvement? I think so. Let it play out and decide for yourself if you want to play it.

[@berribloo4084]

Hard agree. Just dont preorder and wait till release

[@YourMomMyBed8000]

Thanks, Master keeper of the ambiguous and obvious

[@peacefulgamer-h2i]

Hope more people have a good way of thinking like you bro, rather than talk shit and blindly hate something

[@deufvelli]

@@peacefulgamer-h2iand how many times you want to be fcked in the ass to understand you got fcked? They milking AC not a first time, they milking everything from you via crazy prices, micro transactions, straight disrespect towards players, and you still like “lets wait and buy it later, do not hate it, be rational yada yada yada”… dude. You know you can just play a different games and do not protect failed companies? This is ok to say “fck ubisoft” even if they improved hair animations no one need.

[@Iminyowalls]

@@peacefulgamer-h2i Hey, aren't you the guy that called someone "broke" just because he's waiting for a discount? Sound's like you're doing a lot of hating yourself.

[@zerooskil7161]

odyssey and syndicate are top ac games ngl

[@Re-bl1li]

Every time Luke dives into Ubisoft games: - Before release: Looks better, credit to developer. Lets try it out, and if you don't agree go away - After release: Its the same old open world drought

[@gabriellopesguimaraes3513]

You are taking a little too personal when he wasn't hostile at all in the video

[@darianstarfrog]

​@@gabriellopesguimaraes3513 nah..he's using his brain..using pattern recognition.. it's hella helpful

[@gabriellopesguimaraes3513]

@@darianstarfrog Tell me where is the pattern of him telling people to go fuck themselves when all he did in this video was show the news and say what anyone can see, if you said it wasn't a improvement it would just be a lie, and also begging people to not pre-order the game contradicts the point of the comment

[@Herrrsus]

@Re-bl1li nah he did that with dragon age too 😂

[@Iminyowalls]

That's what I've been saying. When Luke reacts to games like Suicide Squad he goes full on ballistic, nearly ripping them a new one. But when it comes to Ubisoft games (Star wars Outlaws and AC Shadows), he gets so soft like it's his child or something.

[@OswinGK]

I'm not a fan of how they dealt with the controversy over Yasuke, but the playstyle around him wasn't something I was going to play anyways. Naoe's gameplay looks really good though and I might get it for that.

[@epsiloncentauri6067]

@@OswinGK I concur

[@Balalaika74]

You Still plan to reward Them with your money for The way they handled africasamurai. So those are just empty Words.

[@leomahammid2404]

​@@Balalaika74 What exactly is the issue you and many others seem to have with this? Since when does it matter if a *game* is completely historically accurate, besides it seems like you'll have the option to choose which of the 2 main characters you play at most moments. There are far more potentially severe issues when it comes to how this game'll turn out.

[@shahan1465]

@@Balalaika74 You guys are such crybabies. Ganes aren’t real, who gives a sh@t. I like the RPG AC games, will buy 100%

[@Balalaika74]

@@shahan1465 Go ahead and buy, i hope they raise The Prices even more for You.

[@swaztik4972]

oh dude u just reminded me of odyssey , ive had the most vivid memories from odyssey ,love that game to death, cant wait to explore all those islands again

[@icemann42086]

Even if the game is good, which is an oxymoron statement, Ubisoft NEEDS to fail. Only "consumers" will buy this game

[@supundasanayaka1850]

Luke's skeptical skills for other games: 100%😎 for AC games: 10%💀

[@soraceant]

facts

[@chriscolombie4135]

You realize he hated on valhalla and I think mirage too right, so now that he doesn’t hate on shadows , he is not skeptical?

[@nickbrooks4993]

You be soft

[@factsmachine2626]

@@nickbrooks4993 nah you be soft

[@dennisscott2516]

I log onto AC Odyssey every day to get those blue points that allow you to get paid Store content. I’ve got about 75% of all store content.

[@lamidou9998]

@@dennisscott2516 but do you still have content do to in the game or did you finish it and are just connecting to complete the collection ?

[@nicorobin7762]

why

[@dennisscott2516]

@ gearing up for the dlc

[@dennisscott2516]

@@lamidou9998 finished main game but waiting to do dlc

[@chadwolf3840]

Lol. Playing ubisoft’s game

[@JameZMusic0330]

First look I was at a meh. And it's still not perfect but this time around I'm feeling heavy Tenchu vibes. And I'm here for it

[@Mondiale78]

I would love an AC game where we actually get to learn parkour FIRST while becoming an assassin. The closest we’ve had to that is Mirage. It’s odd to me how EVERY single assassin is just GREAT at parkour for no reason..even Arno as a child.

[@MrJamess1982]

To be fair there is no mention of a story reveal in the roadmap at all Luke. It’s all mechanics at this point. I assume there is a story but maybe they are refining it after the backlash and it’s not ready to be shown.

[@brentdavis555]

Wow that is true. It doesn't matter how good the story is if the mechanic sucks so bad you don't want to continue to play the game.

[@SuperSteph5]

You can't refine a story this late in development

[@EventualWarlord]

Gotta get rid of Yasuke’d gay lover subplot

[@RG-xl7ql]

7:14 The article explains that Samurai are a particularly intelligent enemy class that will run from smoke bombs They are also resistant to other typical Assassin tricks, such as cutting down bushes when searching for Naoe or not falling for the whistle distraction when in search mode

[@AKATenn]

Assasins creed oddesy was a great game, it's the only one i ever bought, although i played ac1-3 on playstation 3.

[@adorethered]

Samurai class enemies react to smoke bombs because they are (in the game lore) are more experienced than regular soldiers and run out of the trap

[@VFFP54]

Does anyone remember the Animus anymore? Remember when there was an actually likable character in the IRL plot line that acted as an adhesive between completely different stories and time periods? I played all 3 Rpg games and i can't remember the IRL character's name to save my life. Remember the world was about to end? And that was why we were jumping inside the Animus? Yeah, me neither.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

probably because nobody cares about the modern day

[@EventualWarlord]

@@ApsmneShsbshuYou must be young, Desmond was very popular

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@EventualWarlord popular yes, but a large percentage of the player base prefers no modern day

[@bottomlefto]

@@VFFP54 back then, the whole reason you visit memories was to solve modern day treasure hunts. Good times.

[@michealkelly1414]

All this doesn't change the problem of the unrealistic characters, female ninga😬 and Black guy in 15th century Japan, they needed to change it to 2 Japanese Men.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

both existed in year life

[@michealkelly1414]

@ApsmneShsbshu what's the chances 😂 Biology tells you, it's impossible for her to do the things she's doing, and he was a African slave and they turned hs character into a Modern American , a injustice to him.

[@EventualWarlord]

@@ApsmneShsbshuYou would cry if they made a white man the protagonist of an African setting.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@michealkelly1414 not at all. A woman can stab someone quite easily

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@EventualWarlord I actually think that would be a great game.

[@peoplelikefrank]

The „wind system“. I am really sorry just came home drunk. Is this a paid advertisement?

[@darianstarfrog]

Always is with Luke tbf

[@deufvelli]

yeah Wind System is out of the box in Unreal Engine

[@THEONETRUEOVERLORD]

I think he was saying it’s similar to GOT. Also have you seen how the wind interacts with the grass in Star Wars outlaws it’s like the only good part of the game it looks really good.

[@SugarFreeGaming]

4:49 those leaves dont look like theyre flowing around the environment, it kinda looks like its a small area around her with leaves that follow her. Idk i could be wrong regardless i dont care much about how many leaves they have

[@SolidBoss7]

Dynamic environmental particles help to sell the game world and immersion more than just about anything else. The material simulation as well. It’s actually all the little small details like this that set some of the best games of all time apart from others.

[@SugarFreeGaming]

@SolidBoss7 yeah I get that, but to me personally it comes off as reaching to say something good. I'm not saying it's not important, but if you're trying to impress me saying "we got a million leaves!" Isn't going to do much.

[@SolidBoss7]

@@SugarFreeGaming but only luke brought attention to it. Nobody at Ubisoft is trying to sell this game off leaf animations.

[@SugarFreeGaming]

​@SolidBoss7 he literally says one of their big priorities is the "wimd system" So ok they aren't trying to sell it on leaves, they are on wind

[@SolidBoss7]

@ ok well a wind system is a lot more broad than a gimmick of leaves spawning near the player that don’t come from any visible trees. You’re claiming that. Two point I’d make to that claim: 1. The leaves came from the right side of the player off camera and we’re looking at an incredibly low bitrate upload of a low bitrate stream 2. A wind system may effect other particles or gameplay mechanics within the core gameplay loop OR it’s as I said somewhere else, the little details like leaves blowing or cloth simulation all added together are what make some of the most immersive games what they are.

[@ksamuel9]

10:51 A hawk what, Luke?

[@danielyoungblood8525]

*Hawk to*

[@elyssa.c90]

One-shot assassinations have potential, if they pull it off the right way. When they added the option to play Ghost Recon Breakpoint in immersive mode that gets rid of all the power levels on gear and basically makes every weapon equally lethal, the game got *really* good.

[@iLLRaD916]

There’s no way they are making such big overhauls of the game in such a short time. In what a month they did all this? I wonder how they were gonna release this before the delay.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

They have like 4,000 devs.

[@allhailderpfestor4839]

I assume Devs were working in this before because you usually need to show some example to convince corporate overhead that the change is worth the extra time/money investment.

[@D4C_LoveTrain1]

@@ApsmneShsbshu The main dev studio for shadows has 600, Montreal is the studio with 4k.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@D4C_LoveTrain1 that’s not including the like 7 other studios helping, but yeah it’s probably not actually 4,000 devs. That just sounds better

[@Ri_Shin_Marco]

Valhalla took around 3 month of updates to be playable to 100%/platinum.

[@O.C.P_officer77]

7:49 their citizens also the whole thing with the eagle vision with the orange characters, that’s been a thing since the first game nearly 20 years ago if I’m not mistaken civilians/allies would be colored either blue or white and the guards/soldiers would be red and targets would be gold

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

the yellow/orange highlights are for servants. They cant attack you, but they will alert gaurds and raise the alarm

[@O.C.P_officer77]

@ I mean that’s kinda been a thing in older games they didn’t highlight those type of characters however if you kill someone in public the civilians will react and yell “guards, guards,guards” and if they are near by they will start to attack you

[@MrRaxicorniopholus]

I’m extremely happy about how the stealth is handled atp idc about the story or Yasuke I just want a fun stealth game like Mirage gave me

[@amwazdraws6890]

same, the stealth segments looks really fun.

[@trvpmusic2569]

Mirage was terrible tbh

[@bottomlefto]

@@MrRaxicorniopholus good news then, Ac1, AC2, ACB, and Ac4 exist.

[@StraightOuttaPaddock]

Jhonny Somali in Japan simulator??

[@trvpmusic2569]

Somalians claim they are Arab not black, so that would be Mirage I guess lol

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

Ubisoft is *FINALLY* using light/ dark as a game mechanic again? Maybe this will be the Splinter Cell game I’ve been wanting all along? 😂😂😂

[@TheChaosOneX]

I mean, metro never stopped using it, why are we excited about something so basic?

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

@ I’m not excited about it 🤔. I thought that last part was clearly sarcasm, pointing out that Ubisoft abandoned a game mechanic that should exist in their stealth focused games seeing as how they’ve had such a mechanic in a game that premiered like 20 years ago

[@TheChaosOneX]

@@TheForbidden_1ne I mean it's something even Bethesda has managed to keep in their ever shrinking games, I don't think it warrants excitement

[@TheForbidden_1ne]

@@TheChaosOneX so, my apologies, my previous comment said “now excited” when it was supposed to be “not excited”…. I should’ve proof read before I hit send. I have edited that comment. I hope this provides better context as to where I’m coming from

[@TheChaosOneX]

@TheForbidden_1ne all good. I just get tired of people lining up to suck off Ubi for doing the bare minimum

[@andrewdaileychufable]

It’d be cool if they paid homage to tenchu in some sort of way. All I’ve ever wanted was an open world version of that game

[@andrewhdemarest]

It's starting to feel like another Sonic movie moment; sucks that it took this big of a hit already, I'm not sold yet but I'll keep my eye on them.

[@jackiguess700]

I never thought this week 2 products(Minecraft movie and ac shadows) would make a new trailer that actually looks good and makes me more interested in it

[@HellsGayngel]

Well not having a bird sucks. Not because we can mark all the enemies in a camp, they could not have that if they don't want, but because not being able to fly and free roam around getting an eagle eye view of the world is a massive downgrade from the previous games. I love just flying around in Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Mirage just taking in the scenery and snapping photos. It will be really disappointing if we can't do that. I hope photo mode doesn't have a proximity limited camera then as a compromise.

[@trvpmusic2569]

It makes it more realistic I mean how would that bird give that type of information anyway lol

[@XBluDiamondX]

People got on fine in the earlier AC games where the bird never existed. You'll adapt just fine.

[@HellsGayngel]

@@XBluDiamondX The older games where not as scenic as the newer ones, being vast open worlds with modern gen graphics and all. It would be nice to have an official photo mode without a distance limit in them though instead of relying on mods, especially Black Flag since it's also a large world.

[@AbstractHexagon]

Wait, the enemies have levels again? They just don't learn, do they ?

[@kkay000]

I hope the game is good.

[@igweofart]

Ubisoft does too

[@darianstarfrog]

Just do t pre order..you are smarter than that

[@WarAuthority]

Just look at all their other games, and how they're struggling. The quality isn't there anymore.

[@micshazam842]

I think it's probably going to be fine. I kind of hated Valhalla, but AC Mirage and Star Wars Outlaws are pretty good. The feudal Japan theme definitely also makes me more interested than I would have otherwise been. I just hope it won't feel too much like Valhalla, that's about it.

[@WarAuthority]

@@micshazam842 Mirage was garbage at launch, and outlaws remains to be garbage even after 1.4. Avatar is still a mess, and apparently everyone forgot how bad S&B still is. They just cancelled their splintter cell movie and we've no idea if any of the other games in development haven't been canceled such as BG&E2... like bruh this isn't Ubisoft where they made good games. They're using junor developers and releasing poor quality games.

[@Simon-fi6tl]

I believe there’s basically two different types of enemies. There’s samurai which like their real life counterpart are well-trained, wealthy and at the top of society. The other enemies are ashigaru. These were just common foot soldiers. They had less armor and had less training. It’s like knights and normal foot soldiers in medieval Europe. That’s why in the game you can always assassinate the ashigaru but not the samurai. Same for the smoke bomb. Ashigaru have less combat experience and knowledge so they don’t know how to react to smoke bombs. The samurai would know that a smoke screen is probably not a good place to stand.

[@yhapojjfann]

this looks way better than everything theyve showed before hand, looks like an actual game now vs unpolished samuria fantasy

[@AndrewDoesGamingz]

crazy how much they've improved in so little time while being just triple A instead of quadruple A like skull and bones !

[@MrX-qs3gv]

To be honest, it looks good I have no problem to play it if it is as good as Odyssey. 😊

[@whatsthere9538]

Stimulus, stimuli, Luke. Back to school! That said, I don't care for the politics, I'm totally fine with Yasuke as a samurai in a game of historical fiction. Plenty of other games to play if you want to play as a classical Japanese samurai. Game is starting to look really good. Excited to get the definitive edition of this game at a discount two years from now.

[@silvarrensol8370]

I will never again play an AC with level-gated enemies.

[@cashuflakbreakdancer]

Seriously. Leave it to ubisoft to completely destroy the immersion in their games by doing this.

[@jmax8095]

@@cashuflakbreakdancerwhats the issue with it? Yous would be complaining if it wasn’t like that too lmao

[@Forest762]

@@cashuflakbreakdancer Immersion like killing everything by sneaking behind them and stabbing them? While the enemy has full armor? Not how to works

[@Kinosho_Kawakami]

yeah the samurai will get out of the smoke and will then be actively looking for you, cutting bushes to find you so you'll have to outsmart them and think of a different approach to assassinate them.

[@mickeycee8559]

I’m still very excited about this game

[@yhapojjfann]

it looks way better

[@orbit1894]

My condolences

[@Dany2001bro]

7:58 if I remember correctly in assassin creed rogue it had a similar feature in the game where Shay the main protagonist when he gets smoked by the enemy he would have this stun reaction on him and later in the game he uses a mask to cover himself whenever he gets stunned by smoke grenades and same with the enemy they also get the same stunned reaction when you smoked them back

[@amwazdraws6890]

I really like the Naoe gameplay footage

[@hasssna]

The smoking part i think the two that fled the smoking bomb are probably working with the protagonist they ve said they willdo something like a brotherhood so that s probably what this is, they acted as bodyguards for your target and the bomb was their signal .

[@nadtz]

The target was one of the 2 that ran away. What looked like 2 Samurai ran and the regular guard was the one who got stunned or whatever.

[@SolidBoss7]

Definitely not what’s happening here lmfao. They most definitely did not code that as a gameplay mechanic but more of a plot point.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

different enemy types have different intelligence levels. Those were just a smart enemy type

[@hasssna]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Smart enemy type ? we're talking about Ubisoft here there is only typical enemies we all love !! Lol

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@hasssna I’m not joking. Those are confirmed to be in the game

[@JPC555]

A good looking trailer coming from ubisoft means nothing. Have we all forgotten watch dogs? Rainbow six siege???

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Like 10 years ago

[@JPC555]

@@ApsmneShsbshu What are you on about they literally still keep doing it.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@JPC555 when?

[@JPC555]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Star Wars Outlaws had a graphical downgrade, lighting is not like what’s shown in the trailers and explosions looked way worse when it released. Kay’s facial animations looked fine in the trailers but in game they look horrendous.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@JPC555 I have played through the entire game, and it’s clear you haven’t. Nothing was downgraded in outlaws, and it looked significantly better in game, than the trailers.

[@swaztik4972]

im excited ! this is the first next gen ac game and i can already see the differences from origin odyssey valhalla,

[@t2farlop3zzz77]

Am I wrong in being skeptical and a little upset with there being so many inconsistencies found? The alleged Chinese architecture found, wrong seasonal plants and food, wrong writing(hiragana, katakana, or kanji), the hip-hop backtrack played with Yasuke, and the alleged leak that this was originally planned with a Japanese protagonist samurai and male ninja? There's just so much surrounding Ubisoft and this games development that just seems overwhelmingly negative. I love the AC series and would love to see this game succeed for all the right reasons.

[@strider029]

As an eastern Asian there is no issue if there is a Chinese architecture in the game, during this era Chinese have been spreading their culture in the entire (North/South)east Asia.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

name an example of anything you mentioned thats actually in the game. There is 1 instance of a fruit that ripened at the wrong time, and no one has ever been able to point out the chinese architecture to me. The "hip hop" is just modern japanese music. Modern music is a stable of assassins creed, due to it having a modern day.

[@65firered]

Not at all, you should be skeptical, ESPECIALLY when people blame you for being concerned about how Ubisoft is treating Asian people and cultures.

[@t2farlop3zzz77]

@strider029 I definitely know that during this period and others, the Japanese were copying Chinese architecture to make it their own as well. So I was unsure about this and thought maybe it was just copycat instead of actual architecture ripped from a Chinese setting.

[@t2farlop3zzz77]

@ApsmneShsbshu I can for sure respect the music aspect. I wasn't well informed, and from the clips I watched of Asians reacting to it made it seem disingenuous. I would think maybe throw African drum beats underneath the underneath the more traditional Japanese style. Kind of in the way Ginger Baker incorporated African drumming into his style while playing for Cream. I saw DashBlues video talking about the trailers. So idk how authentic their translations and analysis are. The leaks are from insider sources, so we will just have to wait and see what comes to be true and what doesn't.

[@kyleschumacher508]

I hope people understand that most of this other than "visual upgrades" is what they probably had before.

[@kbthegoat824]

The game already looked great, yall were just overcritical and weren't really paying attention....and we know why. Regardless this game will be unfairly judged by some of you folks. I remember complaints about how the woman was hopping on roofs, like this is literally one of the best animations around and folks were complaining lol.

[@nickbrooks4993]

Stan alert ⚠️ 📢 🚨

[@starscream6629]

New level of corporate whoring.

[@jokerledger5400]

man go play more games than ubislops. your bar is set so low it unreal if you think janky animation look good.

[@CurtOntheRadio]

yep. they just love complaining and blabbing.

[@nickbrooks4993]

@jokerledger5400 true especially for 2025

[@buggedmechanics]

Just like outlaws, ubisoft missed the stealth mark again. You need a sam fisher type to go weapons free. If main is small, small & weaker they need a baton or bat or shock device to knock gaurds out

[@codydoodles2]

It truly is insanity when people continue to buy these games for full price when they continue to disappoint. These are trailers, meant to make sales. Why anyone is defending this game when it’s not even out is crazy, especially after seeing not only the previous ac games, but ubisofts record in general. Stop buying the slop and maybe they’d actually release a quality product people. Or don’t, Idrc if you waste your money.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Previous assassins creed game are extremely popular, and many people consider them to be great games.

[@TheForever206]

People in general are dumb with money. It just be like that.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Stop crying boomer, the games are fun.

[@YourMomMyBed8000]

Right..and even just comments on this very video crying, "stop criticizing the game! 😭😭😭"...as if it's not a product meant for our money, which allows our criticism by sheer default and common sense.

[@deufvelli]

@@ApsmneShsbshuprevious 3 games completely the same with a different assets, and becoming little worse every title. Origins is playable only because its their first open world ac and its good for this times, Odyssey and Valhalla is a snoozfest.

[@jesshey2487]

I personally can't wait for this game. I want big open world games, i love them. it looks gorgeous.

[@RoyConwell]

I hope this is good. Valhalla was pretty but got so boring after 20 or so hours. I just want it to be as fun as AC: Odyssey was. Please Lord let it be good lol.

[@micshazam842]

The bigger focus on stealth makes me feel more positive about it. Valhalla really wanted to be a combat game above anything else, but the combat didn't feel good imo.

[@trvpmusic2569]

Origins also stayed fun idk why Valhalla was so boring for some reason , maybe cause of no new game plus ?

[@micshazam842]

@@trvpmusic2569 I think it's the gameplay and the mission design. Even the design of the open world. I found it really boring to explore. Felt like there was nothing to find. In Odyssey, I enjoyed just picking a direction on the compass and just doing whatever missions I bumped into.

[@MR-DBVT]

You cant preoder anymore and they did so many changes and you can get the skins in the hub where you can do missions to get a normal battle pass and a pro version where you get more and the missions can be maked in all ac

[@maskedspartan7397]

If i can play the whole game and never have to play as Yasuke. I will buy it

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

you can play as naoe for 95%+ of the game

[@iwanttodie5177]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Proof?

[@austinking9912]

The key points are things that were in other games on the regular Xbox. Or things that they have taken out.

[@jirawit_team]

We all know Gamer is dumb they easily forget and forgive it no surprised at this point if they see something cool they eat it and move on this has been ubisoft’s way of making money for a long time until now that gamer seem awake but as i say something cool they will forget lol

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

People see something they like and get excited? What that’s crazy. You should hate on everything and never be happy.

[@jirawit_team]

Get excited for what? Expectation? For ubisoft? Lesson never learn all i can see

[@chriscolombie4135]

@@jirawit_team or simply people enjoyed valhalla their highest selling game or odyssey their got contender or origins which most appreciated, you and other people didn’t like it it’s fine, but if we like it and get excited for the next we are dumb? Wow narcissistic behavior at its peak

[@joes4987]

I think they delayed it because of the level of hate/heat the game was receiving and notice since they delayed it, the attention around it has died down. Ubisoft delaying a game to polish it? When has that ever happened? Ill wait...and again, this new footage, focusing on stealth...focusing on the character that is not yasuke. They are doing very slick damage control, ill give them that.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

we're getting the yasuke footage next. Probably in a week or two

[@MSDGAMEZ]

Sadly it will probably be a decent game that gets beat down by negativity

[@lanceward540]

@@MSDGAMEZ that's not sad at all. They made the bed 🛌

[@Pub4si]

good

[@65firered]

The only sad part about it is people trying to paint all criticism as evil without actually understanding it.

[@074FaTiiH]

"Curse here, curse there. A curse for he, and she, why care. A bottomless curse, a bottomless sea, source of all greatness, all things that be. Listen for the baneful chants. Weep with them, as one in trance. And weep with us, oh, weep with us...

[@Re-PhantomZero]

Ubisoft is very pleased with your performance.

[@tommytsunamy7319]

I saw someone point out how funny it was that they're introducing prone as a "new mechanic" when Ubisoft literally used to make the Splinter Cell games. SMH

[@Ukbrummie]

They need to stop with the xray vision nonsense

[@reddragon3824]

That’s literally a key part of every ac game since ac 1 the only ones that haven’t really done it were origins ,Odyssey and I think Valhalla kinda had it with Odin vision can’t remember played it for 1 hr n got bored but it’s literally a key AC thing is eagle vision/X-Ray vision

[@wlot28]

It's a thing in ghost of tsushima too, and I agree it's pretty much easy mode. But like the other guy said, it's been part of the franchise since the original with eagle vision so at least there's precedent

[@mohdsalmand1385]

That's classic Assassin's Creed Eagle Vision. We need it.

[@pasindudissanayake5376]

Thats a ac thing lil bro

[@Forest762]

Thats always been there

[@rileyhuntwork8616]

Valhalla being such a disaster softened alot of people's opinion on Odyssey. Me included.

[@cloud_spiky7]

Only slightly…but they are starting to sell me on it after seeing more stealth gameplay. I just don’t like the whole gas lighting about Yasuke still. Can’t shake the bad feeling I have about it 🤷‍♂️

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

The game says in big letters at the beginning. “Inspired by historical characters and events, this work of fiction…”

[@wolfchadaverageusenjoyerza8288]

AC was always historical fiction, it's not such a big deal. Trust me, Rodrigo Borgia was a real historical pope and be sure that he never actually got bitch slapped by Ezio. Same with George Washington getting his ass beaten by Connor, a native american. It always was just fiction, back then we were better human beings and considered videogames just as games, unlike today when everything have to be hyperanalyzed from a political and real life related perspective. Just enjoy the game and leave real life out of it and you'll be fine.

[@wanggaahmad6080]

@@ApsmneShsbshu from my understanding the problem is not because UBI creative choice/historical inaccuracy, it's stem from one article in Famitsu, a gaming magazine in Japan, in an interview UBI tried to pass AC Shadows as historically accurate, and you can learn Japanese history from this game... well at least that's what Japanese had problem with...

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@wanggaahmad6080 that is true though. Just not every aspect of the game

[@JuneA-lq6lq]

@@cloud_spiky7 What Ubi are trying to do with Yasuke in Shadows is historical revision. So Ubi have become activist historians when it comes to Japanese history somehow...

[@TsuneoMai]

i loved how in odysee you could kill skull enemies at lvl 5 with dodge attack for like 20m and you got op weapons ;D. NGL this looks blurry not sharp somehow?

[@jonayarrocha4009]

Say whatever you want but I'm more excited for this than Ghost of Yotei.

[@darianstarfrog]

If it had the same devs, I'd be hella excited..by a side by side photo of old devs and new devs..has got me worried..

[@wlot28]

Havent seen any gameplay from ghost of yotei yet

[@mariovelan7380]

Pretty certain ghost will outperformed and outsell this crap of a game btw being a Ubisoft shill in 2024 is fucking insane tho 😂 but you do you eh.

[@jonayarrocha4009]

@mariovelan7380 If a see a game I like I buy it. And so far I'm loving graphics, gameplay and the story. You're saying GoY will outperformed this game when you have only seen a cinematic trailer. Who is the shill here? 😂 But Hey! You do you🤙

[@THE_BEARWOLF]

The ONLY time I preorder is literally the day before release, and when my game reviewers put a video out

[@heruuuuu]

The world looks so dead

[@winnietheping]

Well, the French see the world differently.

[@darthxerox15]

LMAO ​@@winnietheping

[@ClipperFanW]

Elden ring had a dead open world yet managed to win GOTY. I don't the hypocrisy when it comes to hating Ubisoft games.

[@agunner8989]

@@ClipperFanWYou’re joking right?

[@Mixelly]

@@ClipperFanW thats the point sherlock all souls gmes from fromsoft are post apocalyptic settings

[@skyfire_swe8520]

Game looks great.

[@Naxiwuno]

AC team now working as motfkr and it's shows, but it will be in the end still AC (new serie) game, so in the sale i will probably take it.

[@LYGALAAWG]

If you dont think this looks improved and slick as hell you are just a hater

[@dolahrimaw3898]

hair this hair that... does game really good with just how much hair animated?

[@tychodragon]

Looks just as good as odyssey or Valhalla. They probably just made all new models and copy pasted them onto this new game. Its obvious with Ubi Games. They created a simple engine to make whatever they wanted.

[@agahnim0196]

You mean... like everybody and their grandmother using Unreal? I swear, people don't even understand what an engine actually is.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

It’s so obvious that this is nothing like Valhalla.

[@CurtOntheRadio]

Simple?

[@tychodragon]

@@ApsmneShsbshu lol it absolutely is idiot

[@tychodragon]

@@agahnim0196 lol show me how it doesn't look just like their other games

[@xzxasxadxas]

The way that people in the chat do mental gymnastics to hate on this game is insane.

[@gronkymug2590]

13:12 how guards near the bridge can be so blind. They should spot her long before she attacked

[@minbari73]

Do you know the situation? Do you know her wanted level in the area? Does she have a wanted level? Is this just a demonstration? Do you know?

[@gronkymug2590]

@@minbari73 They reacted later when she attacked. If someone is sneaking behind a soldier wanted level should mean nothing. It's stupid and not intuitive.

[@minbari73]

@@gronkymug2590 They didnt seem to be looking directly at her though. They have big helmets on as well. They reacted when she attacked, which means they heard commotion or saw activity. Why try so hard to hang shit on these little things you where you have no idea of the situation, at all?

[@gronkymug2590]

@@minbari73 people have 180 degrees vision. They would have to wear goggles to have issues seeing her.

[@samroyans9258]

Samurai escape the smoke as they know the tricks.

[@CurtOntheRadio]

I thought it looked good previously already. Folks are blinded by their prejudice. That's how it works.

[@nickbrooks4993]

If that's the case then your as blind as a bat

[@Herrrsus]

...Or you have low standards...

[@LIlFro-]

If someone slaps you in the face and gives you a meal is it unreasonable that you would hate the meal regardless of the taste?

[@StigmataSasha]

Just keep consooming.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@Herrrsusif shadows released in 2024, it would’ve been the undisputed goty

[@Mondiale78]

I wish they just gave Naoe eagle vision and Yasuke and eagle to tag enemies since he’s not a stealth character

[@mustafaalnaeb1651]

This guy got a bit more gameplay and instantly started talking like he is promoting the game and is sponsored

[@starscream6629]

It’s a paid promotion

[@agahnim0196]

How dare someone be positive and like good footage that's objectively improved over the last one... *eyesroll*

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@starscream6629no it’s not.

[@GgAcewick88]

Or because he simply likes what he sees? Why do you people even click on these videos when its obvious you don’t want to hear anything positive? Go watch your rage content creators instead.

[@wolfchadaverageusenjoyerza8288]

How dares anyone to have a different opinion than a haters? Absurd

[@tyrreqchriston9962]

Samurai with Full Armor are protected from smoke bombs

[@OmegaSamurai64]

You know what song Ubisoft should play for the trailer of AC Shadows to show how "with it" they are to the "mordern gamers"? Black and Yellow by Wiz Khalifa 😂

[@thelaughingrouge]

Considering the absolute state of the stealth in their last game, (it was so bad it was straight up removed for the PC release) I have zero faith this will be good.

[@chocochib9913]

10:50 hawk tuah

[@DraidenZX]

looks greatyou wouldn't really think too much about everything when killing around

[@braevinmaund1210]

i guess ac shadows is back on the menu boys

[@wlot28]

It was only off the menu if you're terminally online lmao

[@braevinmaund1210]

@wlot28 wdym i just saw the first gameplay trailer once and decided i didn't like it. dafuq u talking about terminally online

[@johnnyflannigan136]

The game will probably be good .. If its as good as odysey ill play it.. If its more like.valhalla i wont

[@cloudonpot]

I miss old school ac games. The rpg elements is so out of place.

[@andreasplosky8516]

I have no problem with the RPG elements.

[@trenaceandblackmetal5621]

Old school AC is overrated besides ezio

[@wlot28]

Honestly the old school games were already trying to be open world action rpg-lite games anyway, they were just limited by the technology so they had to make hub zones.

[@bottomlefto]

@@cloudonpot origins wanted to be Witcher 3 so bad it derailed the whole franchise to something unrecognizable

[@daemonredfield3211]

When I first heard about them making this game, my first thought was: Cool, we could get some ninja action. Second thought: Wait, can Assassins Creed still do stealth? They switched over to Souls Like combat in Origins. Third thought: Was the stealth ever any good? Even in the Desmond era, the mechanics were really simple.

[@wencosa]

X ray vision lmaoooo

[@Patty-P]

Hasn’t that been a thing since at least AC2?

[@wencosa]

@@Patty-P Could be, only played the first few games but a long time ago now.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

That’s a core feature of assassins creed

[@Forest762]

Dont complain about something that is established in the series since the first games.