The Assassin's Creed Shadows Gameplay Walkthrough looks PROMISING...

[@Redshield_84]

Naoe genuinely looks to be what I had all hoped a Shinobi Assassin would be. I’m really impressed so far with what Ubisoft has shown, and I’m actually pretty excited now

[@TheMightyWolfie]

I expected all Assassins to be like Naoe. Fast, nimble and dangerous. That being said, she's gonna be my favourite Assassin and my choice to play all the missions

[@mrmrflamingo88]

she's easily the assassin with the most sauce, that used to be Arno but Naoe is just so badass

[@jaloniwilson]

​​@@TheMightyWolfie "all" Assassins have never been like that though. Bartolomeo in AC 2 was a brute. And in brotherhood and revelations some of your assassin recruits wore heavy armor and had heavy weapons. Not all assassins even fight and kill. Mirabeau from Unity was a political figure yet the leader of the Assassins. Machiavelli from brotherhood didn't even have a hidden blade. Being an Assassin is about the "idea" of resisting tyranny and control.

[@evandroescutatrap131]

@@jaloniwilson The Spaniard actually have a very good video about this. Post Altair, since the power dynamics have changed, the assassins need people who are not just your default sneaky assassin. How will you fight a war if your assassins don't use strong armor and are 100% against combat? How will you collect good information if you don't have powerful allies? It's pretty important to understand that assassins don't need to be stealth gods, but ALL of them understand the foundations of the creed and apply the idea of hidding in plain sight in different ways. Back in the day people talked shit about Jacob in Syndicate but he's actually applying the concept of hidding in plain sight with his gang. He's working in the shadows, creating a strong gang to fight the templar influence in the streets. It's not stealthy but it is a very assassin thing to do.

[@justinlacek1481]

The assassination montages for this game are gonna be incredible, probably the best in the series.

[@moritakaishida7963]

I know it's a small thing, but Yasuke has his own walk cycle rather than the generic anvil engine walk cycle that's used for every character and I appreciate that

[@skybattle1184]

All the exaggerated swagger of a black samurai 💀💀🤣

[@Runflas93]

​@@skybattle1184holy shut. U win comment section lol

[@christiancalderas5198]

Except the first step/stomp Eivor and Basim do when they start walking

[@justinlacek1481]

Lol I can't believe someone else noted that. I swear I said to myself at the start of this video that nobody seems to appreciate good walk animations anymore and Yasuke's was the first thing I noticed when he got off his horse, it's clean asf.

[@ThisChannelIsAbandoned300]

It's really the little things that matter.

[@Giman1034]

I saw some people complaining that yasuke doesn't have social stealth, which I have to say this is a 6 foot African samurai, which is not very common at this time, so he kind of sticks out like a sore thumb

[@Ty-v6v-c4r]

Yeah quite a few people once had issue that a game called assassins creed was not about assassins, but this time for some reason the ‘lore reasons’ make it ok

[@wanderingcommenter4638]

If they want social stealth or stealth in general, just play naoe

[@Ty-v6v-c4r]

@@wanderingcommenter4638 quite a bold claim. We don’t know just how much we can choose.

[@ak-nt2tr]

not common at the time? LMAO assuming Yasuke was a samurai he was the only one, although we have no evidence. He is only called a Kosho or low level bushi in what is documented.

[@Giman1034]

@ak-nt2tr I have been meaning to ask someone about this because I don't really know anything about Japan or it's history but people have been complaining about yasuke's race saying that their is no evidence for it which could the argument be made that there is no evidence that he was white ethier

[@obiwanshinobi87]

Yasuke is for people who like the duel the final boss.. Naoe is for people who like to assassinate the final boss

[@imsugooningfrfr]

I really hope they aren’t limited to these kind of roles though. We all remember syndicate

[@digivagrant]

I can have both with Jin Sakai 🗿

[@GreenTacos]

​@@digivagrant🗿

[@classifiedinformation960]

@@digivagrant foreal I wish it was like that 😭

[@obiwanshinobi87]

@digivagrant Cool.. But can you be one in mainland Japan though? And can you do shinobi backflips with him?

[@Killergod476]

Stealth is going to be so fun

[@CraneOnaKrane]

Better be

[@manandhyani1979]

Ubisoft simple copy combat and stealth mechanism from Tushima

[@dawudabdulali3827]

​@@manandhyani1979 what are you on aboyt?

[@farhantanvir8077]

@@manandhyani1979 nah stealth more like splinter cell series and some unique things like underwater bamboo trick

[@anonymous_5016]

Assassin's Creed Shadows is an RPG. I don't think we've been given any explanation on how much of an effect that will have on combat and stealth. There's a chance that it could be like the others where an enemy 3 levels above you is a damage sponge that's able to do 1 hit kills.

[@jkefel_03]

I feel bad Ubisoft doesn’t invite you to these closed door events since you have such a huge subscriber fan base. You are my favorite AC KZbinr and that you get invited at some point

[@k2lando520]

shoutout cliffs and spartan kick for helping me kill literally every boss in odyssey

[@smg_-nate3138]

Its sad how noone even looks forward to parkour anymore ☹️

[@senku3402]

Its sad ik, I hope we do see more parkour.

[@yousseftarek9015]

Im kinda disappointed that they used the eivor jump and climbing animations instead of the quicker mirage ones

[@CraneOnaKrane]

I hope they have like 7 flips for Noaa when jumps off buildings

[@senku3402]

@@yousseftarek9015 it is realistic though when you gotta push yourself up, maybe it was also raining 🤔so the weight….idk

[@masterassassin791]

Parkour is one of my big concerns still. We haven’t really seen much at all, and I’m concerned about how well the world is designed for parkour as it seems to focus a lot on the grappling hook. Hopefully we see some more parkour gameplay soon.

[@flamingmonkey7712]

About his size, Asians were much more smaller back then. There was a time when Chinese emperor Zhudi during Ming Dynasty sent his men to explore overseas a couple of times. One time they brought back some of those European armours and weapons, the emperor at first refused to believe that those were made for humans as they were too big for "human size". And as for the Japanese they were even shorter than Chinese people. During world war two Chinese people used to call the Japanese envaders "Little devils".

[@hypechomp4981]

3D character animator here - cut scene quality does not depend on whether it was motion captured or not, almost all of them are because its cheaper and faster. What matters is whether animators touch it up or not. :)

[@whitezombie10]

What do you generally think about the graphics and animations of the game? Do you think a lot of effort was put into them?

[@hypechomp4981]

@@whitezombie10 I think the effort is a lot less than it used to be. Doesn't compare to games like Ghost of Tsushima

[@whitezombie10]

@@hypechomp4981ok thank you

[@BlazerK1914]

The gameplay of this AC looks pretty good. Combat doesn’t look spectacular as Ghost of Tsushima’s, but close enough to be playable. Stealth, though, does look impressive.

[@trvpmusic2569]

I think what I find myself doing is comparing it to Ghost Of Tsushima instead of past AC games, I did the same with rise of ronin instead of comparing it to Nioh or Wo long, these games are definitely upgrades from their predecessors but Ghost is just perfect combat wise, scenery wise, gameplay wise I know I'll be doing the same with When Winds Meet and Phantom Blade ZERO I'll end up comparing them to Ghost and that raises my expectations for the games wh8ch set myself up for disappointment

[@redninja3056]

​@trvpmusic2569 I mean it's very similar to ghost but the stealth looks better, the weapon variety looks better, and it obviously has better climbing mechanics but that's just me

[@blacksheep6415]

@@trvpmusic2569phantom blade zero has already beaten GoT in my opinion

[@btchiaintkidding7837]

this is literally the first AC game in a literal decade which showcased a combat that makes me wanna by the game. balance? difficulty? doesnt matter if the combat feels fun af

[@trvpmusic2569]

@@blacksheep6415 nah man, I mean the first reveal trailers yeah but the actual official gameplay that came out recently 😂 looks like Rise Of Ronin and spongey enemies its not beating Ghost from what I seen so far

[@mahirhunt117]

I'm officially excited for AC Shadows

[@CraneOnaKrane]

Same

[@manandhyani1979]

Me also for ghost of tushima 2

[@marcusclark1339]

don't be dumb the game is a skip

[@CrashingSpyro93]

​@@marcusclark1339 why 😂

[@shreyway12]

@@CrashingSpyro93his mom won’t buy it for him it’s rated M 😆

[@houssam1866]

Hey MA , I've been following you for a while , I found you through your ac unity review a while back . And I just wanna say that for what it's worth I feel strangely proud of how far you've come and how much work you've put in , it's apparent that you put alot of effort into the videos , voice overs , and editing. I hope yoy continue to grow with this same passion and I hope more ppl like you get recognition. Wish you the best ❤❤

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Yasuke built like Connor.

[@Cipher_556]

More than that, dude built like Sekiro sidebosses 😂

[@Cryptic-vj5lk]

@@Cipher_556 nah connor>>>

[@pokemonninja5934]

​@@Cipher_556fr they are GIANTS

[@br0wnkrak3n70]

MacGregor?

[@DrakeHunter324]

Hopefully he's as brutal as Connor too. Still my favourite combat of the series.

[@danielkostka7151]

The zooms remind me of Assassin's creed Syndicate remember

[@iq-_-scorpion]

What zooms ?

[@Abdulaziz_Saud91]

It reminds me of ac3/liberation’s zoom when you have nothing equipped

[@danielkostka7151]

@@iq-_-scorpion the assasinstions they Tell you there name

[@Zionz529]

I saw the jade comment too 😂. People are just trying to make up reasons to hate on this game at this point

[@chaelynxzbetsayda8398]

yeah specially on the price I understand them but dude if u can't buy it then shut your mouth HAHAHAH

[@mrmrflamingo88]

​@@chaelynxzbetsayda8398literally bruh everyone is acting like the base game is 120 bucks💀

[@RGisOnline]

@@chaelynxzbetsayda8398 😐

[@Zionz529]

@@chaelynxzbetsayda8398 😐

[@QuatarTarandir]

​@@chaelynxzbetsayda8398Someone is using their daddy's money

[@difanf]

I think the catch with Naoe will be her squishiness towards enemy attack, since she doesn't wear any armor so she will take more damage than Yasuke, so doing open combat with her will be more punishing, which for me it's another reason to use her rather than Yasuke

[@Fish_Balik]

It may just be me, but it looks like you can extend your hidden blade at will, which, if that's the case, would be really cool to have back

[@Newera1047]

Noticed that as well looks clean

[@peculiar3529]

Do you a have a time stamp?

[@Fish_Balik]

12:46 and 14:28 For the first one, it might just be part of the animation, but for the second one, it doesn't make sense for her to extend her hidden blade, just to assassinate someone with her katana @@peculiar3529

[@GelatoSuprem3]

I. Can’t. Wait. For. AC Shadows!! Time to clear my backlog because once this comes out I have NO time for anything else 😂😂

[@zzodysseuszz]

Low as fuck standards my god

[@thatidiotoverthere6311]

Dude I’m loving this Shadows gameplay drops and Star Wars: Outlaws gameplay drops on the same day RAHHHHHHH

[@pulpyfruits1384]

The stealth in this game feels like that in Splinter Cell Chaos Theory!

[@Cipher_556]

As a Clancy and Creed fan, I'm just happy that SC's DNA lives on in these games.

[@pulpyfruits1384]

@@Cipher_556 I admire that you think the same way as I do and appreciate the roots of the stealth games forerunner!

[@r3dsnow757]

I wish we could get an ninja/assassin game thats Splinter Cell like.

[@kylel.4419]

I’m impressed with that they showed. And the difference between Naoe and Yasuke’s walking style, attack, and the way they move in combat/parkour is so different as it should be. I’ll def play more as Naoe but hell, even Yasukes combat looks fun too. I also appreciate the combat being newer. It needed that

[@theadmiral4157]

They're both good characters and actually effective depending on the situation. Yasuke being a powerhouse in combat and Naoe in stealth

[@aaroniscool7521]

Just to point out at 5:58 the reason there are three abilities is because there wasn't a fourth one equipped. Since there is the fourth slot on the right side it's obvious only three abilities were shown odds are there are going to be alot of unique ones they intended to keep secret until we actually play it. After all it's not fun if we are shown everything just from a gameplay segment.

[@MrDiegoandre03]

Last time I came this early I nearly had my first child

[@bignate6568]

hard

[@mohamedgmk9199]

Really hard

[@F17Gunna]

Very hard

[@throttlebirdjdm4168]

Super hard

[@-Beliver-Edits-]

Extremly hard

[@jhit2026]

I agree. Mocap and quality cutscenes go a long way! It really brought out Bayek's emotions and personality. It has only gotten robotic thereafter. Less immersive

[@Alex-so9vn]

Love how the time to kill is quicker. I mean it has to be. Yasuke is freaking giant black samurai with a katana. There was no type of armor back then that could defend against a couple swipes and stabs.

[@thedj6921]

That really surprised me, I was done with ac really done since origins, but the animation, the combat and the gameplay in total look quite refreshing in this game. I might give this one another chance

[@AxelOwnz]

That was really cool. I am looking forward to this game. I like that Naoe and Yasuke look to play so differently. Wish we could have seen how Yasuke would have handled the mission.

[@KateSparkes]

*gasp* “That’s the name of the game!” I actually snorted. Thank you. I’m only hurting myself by watching these videos when I won’t be able to play the game, but it looks so good!

[@narayanamurthybabu7302]

The cut from ac shadows to ac unity immediately made me realise how smooth unity animations are. Ac shadows still has janky animations. Don't want another ac Odyssey quality game. Hopefully they fix this before release

[@ragnarth_781]

It's funny how the tools and possibilities they show for Naoe are on par with old-school Assassin's Creed, but they didn't bother to add much for the combat-oriented Yasuke. I think people who love the last trilogy for the gameplay don't need much more, since it was basically just combat, and this one looks much much better with weight and cadence. But thank God this time there is an assassin-like character with some depth.

[@coledubois6669]

I may be in the minority but I think it would be cool if Yasuke couldn’t climb buildings but he can still mantel or vault

[@barbarapick1722]

He can't climb or at least he won't be able to climb much. So no scaling walls or cliffs.

[@WayneTheAsianGuy]

@@barbarapick1722 that means he cant leap of faith😔

[@Lasanga95]

​@@WayneTheAsianGuy Not sure if you alredy have seen it but they have released photage of Yasuke doing a leap of faith or atleast landing in a haystack

[@Brght.]

When MasterAssassin uploads, expect a banger every time. Enjoyed your breakdown of the reveal my man!

[@Pratik2395]

I was shocked to see how no one was appreciating the gameplay in the original video. Everyone was just bashing Ubisoft or comparing it to Ghost of Tsushima. Rest were complaining about the game going back to its roots (even though they were the first ones to ask for "real assassins creed game") I'm glad you are talking about! Super pumped up for this game!!

[@azzor4134]

that's KZbin's comment section nowadays. AC Mirage also had many negative comments on KZbin but still surpassed Ubisoft's expectations.

[@Fleepwn]

I'm sorry to say, but that part of the fanbase (at least the ones who are part of the fanbase, not just random, onlooking ubisoft haters) are pretty delusional. Also, it's nothing new, with every game, the fans get more divisive. It's like each game was a point in the series where a lot of players decided "yeah, that's exactly what I want, everything after this is trash". I mean, I know a handful of people who only love the first game and hate everything else that came after. Sorry about this little rant, I've seen enough hate in the past couple days, and just meant to explain that this happens all the time, at least within the AC community, tho it's true lots of other people who have never touched the games pop in often to say they look trash. The game looks absolutely amazing, it's still not a perfect mix, but it by far exceeded my and most other people's expectations, the combat looks way better polished and more interesting and the stealth is such a huge improvement in the series. I can't possibly wait for the release myself, I'm already obsessed xD

[@Pratik2395]

@@azzor4134 Yep!

[@buckyhurdle4776]

If ubisoft wants to make a good samurai game, they SHOULD be taking inspiration from Ghost of Tsushima.

[@jesvinon]

Go and look back at the comment section of the trailers of last 5 AC games. They don't get good reception from "gamers" neither do COD, battlefield, EA's sports games and fortnite yet these games sells heaps to the point where Ubisoft was puttng them on yearly at one stage. Now I don't want to put AC games in the same bracket as the other 3 since its a single player story driven game thats not infested with microtransactions but we can't deny that this series does also attract lot of casual gamers which in turn makes "gamers" to hate on the AC titles. If you want to see some unbiased takes about AC games, its always better off watchhing AC fan channels rather than looking at the comment section of IGN and Gamespot. There are also some reasons why this game is getting tone of hate but we all know why so i'm not gonna mention that.

[@TheDerpWolf]

Ngl I hope this game will support atleast 2 player coop, like imagine your playing as Naoe and going for the target while your friend is playing as Yasuke distracting all the guards. it would a perfect team work game

[@ezragaim2130]

So my final thoughts. AC shadows looks like a very fun ac game. Naoue moves like a ninja she will definitely be my prime character when I play this game. It will be a very FUN playthrough. With that being said THO, the one thing I will judge about it and many of the previous ACs is the lack of parkour animations and variety! It’s been 10 years since ac unity, 10 years… now naoue moves even faster than basim but I still see the same basic parkour animations from origins and so on… this is an RPG ac game so it’s chill right now. But I just feel like devs are putting parkour animations and uniqueness in the backseat which I think is what’s stopping ac from hitting new heights. I hope in the future devs remember this and how important parkour was to the AC franchise and start bring this back to the surface! I just imagine how sick these games will be when parkour gets that respect back and you CHAIN that together with the spectacular stealth as well. Like sideways wall runs, and flowing up and down parkour like unity, add some creativity they can do it to the parkour! Cause it’s been years since unity and that is still peak parkour to this date! It’s something to keep in mind that’s all, still a very promising game ahead of us with Shadows. (And cutscenes should add in motion capture!)

[@redninja3056]

Dude we've barely seen her do Parkour and it already looks good chill out

[@ezragaim2130]

@@redninja3056 G the climbing animations are the same and I already said besides that it looks good. I’m just giving out pointers on the future of parkour in AC games. I am chill bossman

[@LoenRE]

It looks really good so far , but i wont get overhyped until we see more gameplay

[@justinlacek1481]

The assassination montages in this game are gonna be insane

[@matthewwheeler2231]

Agree 👍 😊

[@Sharpsight556]

"this is what 100 hours on ac shadows looks like"

[@J3ffik]

Ok I am one of those people that say that AC shadows looks a LOT like ghost of tsushima but it's a good thing. I love ghost, my fav game ever. I want more stuff like that, and not just in japan but in any setting

[@windebiesteultima3317]

Looks DAMN good to me. Yasuke being an absolute unit as he should be and Naoe surprised me with her stealth capabilities, especially when she used a bamboo shoot as a breathing tube. Definitely getting this

[@finnmchugh99]

Tbh I like how there's an option to assassinate or KO civilians...idk if there's gonna be a consequence to it like a karma related ending or a reputation meter or typical AC desynchronizing Game Over screen. But it does flesh out the the stealth imo especially like in Mirage with how civilians alert guards this might be building on that and giving players the option to counteract it

[@LordCousland]

Naoe is like Shao Jun. I hope we still get an AC in China some day. but until then Naoe will be fun to play for sure.

[@simonarques5201]

One thing i hope for is bare handed combat :p Naoe with fast striking and Yasuke with more grapple options would be cool. Using him to slam people in the breakable environment would be fun to do

[@whipwalka]

11:22 this shot worries me, i dont see a single pole, corner swing, parkour starters or anything really.

[@Juniorboii23zzz]

With the scouts it would be have been longer but personally better if you had certain places you have to go to , to meet a scout and send them to “scout” a certain target/area whilst you do side activities etc which prolong the story

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I just want this game to wow us, and feel fresh and innovative, just like that AC Unity E3 gameplay demo (the one with Arno parkouring down Notre Dame Cathedral and air assassinating from a guillotine) did all those years ago. Regarding the narrative side of things, i hope Naoe is a Connor Kenway- esque character in terms of characterisation, without the flaws of the writing of Connor. I hope we get the outfit from the teaser trailer, the one with the traditional beaked hood and long sleeves. I hope we get double assassinations back in this game, but overall i like the innovations with stealth gameplay.

[@scr3verrrb70]

late reply but double assinations are back with the tancho! each weapon naoe has , has a unique assiasnate capability. the sickle chain has the ranged assassination, the katana has the door assignation, and the tancho has double assissinatiin

[@scr3verrrb70]

late reply but double assinations are back with the tancho! each weapon naoe has , has a unique assiasnate capability. the sickle chain has the ranged assassination, the katana has the door assignation, and the tancho has double assissinatiin

[@-Luke--hn5uv]

The new animations and destructible environments look so good. Also the amount of NPCs in the streets were impressive

[@ivanlim3180]

I'm a fan of your videos, but as an Asian I need to criticize certain elements in the gameplay that misrepresent Japanese culture: 1. The farmer's clothes are more to Chinese and Vietnamese attire than Japanese 2. Torri gates are an entrance to Shinto shrines, not towards a village. Yet we see Yasuke riding horses entering the village passed through those gates, which is wrong. Ghost of Tsushima did the research better than Ubisoft apparently. 3. Cherry blossoms is during spring and rice planting is during end of spring, both cannot co-exist in one frame. 4. Yasuke entering Fukuchiyama, the village is under Mitsuhide's territory, who is responsible for killing Oda Nobunaga during Honno-ji incident. The fact he can passed through guards till the center of the town is baffling beyond reasons. The guards would attack him in full force once they saw him wearing the armour with Nobunaga's crest. The fact the Westerners still lump all Asian cultures in Japan shows their racism, ignorance and orientalism, despite Ubisoft calling themselves progressive.

[@nissanmanfred]

You ever Heard of fiction brother? This is a videogame not history channel

[@tritonk1759]

OK.

[@alshaaransari2821]

​@@nissanmanfred let me guess your Grandma also said Cleopatra was black

[@themoongateofficial]

@@nissanmanfrednot very *fiction* of them to claim you’re playing as a real historical figure , yasuke the retainer was real, yasuke the samurai? Absolutely a work of fiction yet Ubisoft is saying “hey this is how yasuke was”, I’m still gonna play it, but it’s got extremely high standards to hit compared to ghost of Tsushima , a last generation game

[@noodles5358]

@@alshaaransari2821 bro she is African, is it really that far fetched? its more unlikely she has pale white skin

[@petrri323]

I hope there's an option to make the hud static because I HATE dynamic huds. It's honestly more distracting for me when it's popping in and out all the time, constantly reminding me I'm in a game. Like, "HEY! By the way you have a health bar." I'd rather just leave it there and let my brain forget about it until I need it. Hell usually I'm only mad at it because I want to see my hud at a certain moment but can't, instead of being mad that the hud is in the way. I've never had an issue with my screen being only 98% gameplay instead of 100%. The vistas aren't any less pretty because there's a health bar overlayed onto the screen. That's like complaining that the window frame blocks your view out the window. It's one thing if you make content and need B-Roll shots, but when I'm just playing a game I like to know what's going on.

[@djstef4549]

Funny how people said this game is gonna suck. Actually looks fun.

[@herambbarve]

People are so worked up about the samurai not being Japanese that they will find any reason to hate the game more. I say they can f off and play something else

[@yurakolesnikov9725]

They showed you best 15 minutes in the game. Other 100 hours will be grind in same dungeons with brain-dead guards.

[@jalenwalker8790]

Just cause u saw some good graphics and environments with decent gameplay doesn’t mean the game isn’t gonna suck. Unity looked amazing until it came out

[@PadreMaronnolo]

@@jalenwalker8790 if the unity gameplay trailer was released yesterday I would be blown away, that trailer didn't age a bit

[@djstef4549]

Well until it comes out from what I’ve seen personally, it looks fun. Plus your completely misunderstanding my point and trying to make a point that’s completely different from what is at hand. People have been saying this game will suck since the cinematic trailer came out. So that’s why I said it actually looks fun.

[@nathanieltose7653]

Im excited to play as both yasuke and naoe, I may be alone on this, but I find RPG assassin's Creed fun, just being a powerhouse completely destroying enemies, ik you don't care for games like odyssey, but I enjoyed it, still playing it to this day because it's just dumb fun

[@matthewkendrick8280]

I was waiting for a real Master Assassin to make a video on this

[@digivagrant]

Once this comes out, Master Assassin will be one of the guys to convince me to buy this at 30 bucks.

[@phachaves]

Ngl, I absolutely hate the NPCS bowing down to Yasuke. They should have the opposite reaction, seeing as Japanese people were extremely racist at that point in time. Just look at how the main character from Shogun is treated, that’s a way more realistic portrayal of the time. Specially since Yasuke and the British guy from Shogun have basically the same status, both being “hatamoto” for a lord.

[@danielantony1882]

Yasuke was not a Hatamoto, he was a 小姓･Koshou.

[@connorbanepoop]

How can you be racist towards a race they never interacted with before? They would hear the news that nobunaga accepted a giant black man as a retainer and then assume this was the samurai. Considering the price for disrespect samurai at the time was death, why the f would they risk NOT bowing to the rumored foreign retainer? Do you not see how mentally challenged you sound when we even apply a little bit of logic? The Japanese are definitely an isolationist xenophobic culture at the time but they weren’t stupid.

[@johnmonteiro5825]

@@connorbanepoophow can you be racist if you never met them? Are you STOOPID

[@phachaves]

@@danielantony1882 Isn’t that rank even lower than hatamoto?

[@danielantony1882]

@@phachaves Hell if I knew. I just know that he was a Koshou and was given a stipend, residence, a weapon, + the privilege to carry Oda Nobunaga’s weapons, which isn’t something anyone can do.

[@wferrell8402]

Yasuke was the first Black Samurai and back then in the Samurai times, Japan didn't really ever come across someone like him and people were a lot shorter back then and it was rare to even see a giant like him

[@EX3G4MING]

I think what you thought to be Eagle vision might be the whistle mechanic

[@ForwardFPS]

1:48 what are those NPC's doing 😂

[@EdwardKenway-x1v]

Connor would also we towering over people if he was in Japan, no offense to my Japanese mates but they aren't known for being tall.

[@Honestly_take_the_hint]

I wanted grounded combat now I feel like Zod from superman is the closest example to him picking people up on a blade

[@gazisback4244]

The stealth looks amazing, but I hope they change the parkour animations for Naoe because right now they are the same as Valhalla and the animations in that game were terrible and felt weightless

[@HahahMamaman]

They are NOT the same as Valhalla. Were you high

[@gazisback4244]

@@HahahMamaman I am talking about the animations that play when she climbs up on a rooftop and the one that plays when she hops from beam to beam. The new animations for the grappling hook look great, I just hope that it doesn't replace manually climbing up walls

[@HahahMamaman]

@@gazisback4244 it showed in the gameplay you could still climb up walls. Complaining that one animation that doesn’t have any effect on the feel of the parkour is wild though. The jumping looked different to me, but it could have just been because it’s faster.

[@yousseftarek9015]

@@HahahMamamanthe jumping and climbing animations are from Valhalla, it’s clear if you replay that part, however atleast they sped it up

[@ifacecamp717]

Yea they still have that initial wallrun that is way over the top. Like nobody can just wallrun up 30 feet like that

[@ak-nt2tr]

Yasuke was like 6'3" Japanese men were under 5' at the time my Japanese father was 6'3" and he towered over other Japanese a lot as well, although our average height has changed to 5'7" now

[@MustardSkaven]

At least they play a hiphop beat when Yasuke fights, lol.

[@tozkal96]

you have a good point about it not looking damage spungy, it also looks too be way more grounded than the last couple of games. hopefully this continues and they give it a litle scifi twist in the end of the game for old times sake.

[@HahahMamaman]

This looks like it could be the best ac game ever

[@wildwaters8348]

I wouldn’t go as far as saying best AC game ever (yet) but it does look promising

[@yousseftarek9015]

Perhaps gameplay wise, story wise is yet to be seen

[@arturolombre]

I don’t think any game after ac 2 could be the best ac game ever, but this does look fun

[@joyfoz2854]

@@arturolombre brotherhood is much better than ac 2

[@HahahMamaman]

@@arturolombre ac2 is the worst in the ezio trilogy

[@Satellaview1889]

One thing I'm actually happy about with this, but I really liked the fact that both the trailers and the showcase really balanced what we were shown of Yasuke and Naoe. The game is going to be duel protagonist, so I'm glad they aren't pulling a Syndicate, and are actually trying to focus equally on both characters.

[@alangeorge5592]

Keep consooming assassin's creed games like ubisoft wanted you to!!!

[@Jason-of4lf]

We will don't worry. Not all of us are culture warriors lol

[@ironwolf56]

@@Jason-of4lf No most of us just want good games which Ubisoft hasn't been making for some years.

[@aks19880]

Everything is looking good so far. I only hope the main story length is 20-22 hours maximum. With optional side quests, it can go up to 40 hours. I hope it's not as bloated and long as Valhalla. Man, finishing the main story was a task in that game.

[@olivercrespo2329]

The combat is what impressed me the most. Felt really dynamic and the physics were very impressive.

[@elzaiko9487]

Man I really love how Naoe holds her katana like starkiller. When I watched the cgi trailer I was really hoping for that to be a real thing

[@justinreveles6781]

its a she big dawg

[@Envixin753]

His?

[@elzaiko9487]

@@Envixin753 oh my bad, I was sleepy af

[@EmperorKai72]

I miss his old pfp, but this is nuts. Finally it took like 5 years for Ubisoft to finally listen to us.

[@ren4issance-754]

Those Yasuke soyjaks have been real quiet since the gameplay dropped.

[@nozenkyuzero]

nah they should have not implemented a samurai(well this kind of depiction of a samurai) to an assassins creed game since historically and fits in the ac that a samurai is a shinobi since it is a job of a samurai.....and makes sense its a japanese character not a sore thumb of an african

[@x_i_v8693]

​@@nozenkyuzeroI love White fragility so much. It's delicious🤡🤣

[@mrvik97]

I gotta say this feels like most advanced AC game after origins with graphics, gameplay mechanics etc, all of it just looks so good

[@tyleroutland435]

I honestly think ubisofts showcase was fantastic Outlaws and shadows gameplay looked amazing. Im definitely buying both day 1 and the haters are wrong

[@jimd1001]

🎯👍🏻

[@You_may_know_me]

Yasuke is probably the character i will use most of the time because i suck at stealth

[@salmankhan2739]

It was pretty good but unfortunately it didn't wow me as much as I wanted it to, the quality of the game still feels like it belongs to the RPG era of AC games, like I know its an RPG game but this was meant to be the next gen/level of AC. I didn't see any parkour improvement, even saw reused walking, climbing and jumping animations. The new stealth mechanics are nice ig. The npc cutscene animations was also not very good. Naoe's gameplay is much better than Yasuke's. Still interested but don't feel as excited as I was for Mirage.

[@nissanmanfred]

Jesus Christ 🤦🏽‍♂️

[@use7155]

Thats true theres lot of stiff animations and re used ones

[@alexisking3579]

I feel exactly the same to be honest. I just think I’m tired of ac at this point, and there is no reason to poke and prod at something I don’t really care about that much anymore.

[@SHADOW-ur6th]

​@@alexisking3579then why are you here

[@alexisking3579]

@@SHADOW-ur6th I like watching MasterAssasin’s content

[@chastenroberts8123]

I’m super stoked for this game I think it will be fun to play as both characters and was very smart by the developers so that they kept there stealth fan base and there rpg fan base

[@Jamestheguard]

Not going to lie the finshers look like the jade finshers

[@chaelynxzbetsayda8398]

so? it's not that animation or filter is in jade it doesn't mean it's bad to add, right? like just because it's in jade means it's bad?

[@moritakaishida7963]

Because they're both made on the anvil engine, every Ubisoft game looks like every other ubi game

[@physicssimulator2656]

17:21 Think Yasuke is trying to appeal more to those who also enjoyed Valhalla and just want combat. You know the "stealth is optional" people. And for that it seems to work fine. Like there’s another clip where he just runs through a bunch of doors and bashes right into a Samurai, and the samurai literally gets thrown through the air.

[@The.Chosen.Juan.]

Remember y’all this is Ubi, the demos always look great, wait for reviews on this one, don’t give in to the hype!

[@aaroniscool7521]

To be fair here, this could very well be a good game. It's like how people felt after fallout 76 came out. Everyone hated on it, eventually people came to really enjoy the game after a time.

[@technicalgamero9701]

0:49 Tbh i felt the same during stream.. then when i watched the video it looked ok to me.. May be launch, graphics will be much better..

[@blue_rey546]

My question is, was a samurai protagonist really necessary? Don’t get me wrong but from what we have seen so far with how drastically different both characters are I feel like Yasuke wouldn’t be able to climb or do other stuff that a assassin should be able to do. Now you might say, “well that’s why we have two characters”. But it’s an ASSASSIN CREED game. If I wanna play a rpg game then there’s so many other choices like the Witcher and Ghost of Tsushima, and more.

[@loop9473]

I see your point and feel the same way since if seems naue looks more in tune with the assassin creed setting But I believe ubisoft is looking at things from a monetary standpoint as some people who loved the ac Valhalla games due to the brutality of it will play as yasuke while those that love the sneaky part of the first games will play as naue

[@Gradestar10]

Tbh tho, it's not like yasuke here is th 1st character in th whole saga to have such an open n aggressive fighting style; he's not even officially an assassin. In ac 2 mario auditore n bartolomeo d'alviano were both assassins n members of th brotherhood, but since they were also th leaders of th respective mercenary factions of monteriggioni n venice/rome they had a fighting style of brutes, especially bartolomeo w/ his bianca. Mario was even th mentor of th entire italian brotherhood before handing over th role to macchiavelli n then to ezio, despite almost never having a stealth approach. Edward 2 frm ac 4 wasn't much for stealth either, w/ all those cannons n mortars on his jackdaw. Same thing for adewale in ac freedom cry. Kassandra n eivor didn't have stealth approaches either, but these 2 aren't actually members of th brotherhood, so they don't rlly count. I mean.. even in th historical 1st ac of 2007 th stealth wasn't exactly something canonically required in th game at th lore level, given that th levantine brotherhood was a public organization at th time, w/ masyaf being their sovereign state; so, how do u act stealthily when th organization u are part of is well known in th public consciousness throughout th region u operate in? In ac 1 th stealth part was only required when u had to get close to th target in question, but then their execution had to be public to send a message, cause that's what al-mualim wanted

[@Ultraelectromagnetic]

I'm most excited for the stealth. Naoe's gameplay was hype; I imagine some of the AI was dumbed down so they could show off as many new features as possible, and I'm excited to see what it looks like without any training wheels. I also feel like the combat they showed was dumbed down for cinematic effect; there's no way enemies won't try to interrupt you while you're trying to combo their buddy. I really wanna see how it looks like when the enemies don't line up to die one by one.

[@Darkhawk8642]

I'm actually pretty darn excited for AC Shadows, who doesn't want to play as a assassin in federal Japan but I hope Unisoft doesn't ruin it

[@misitelephone2423]

This game looks pretty fun but why divide stealth and combat into 2 different characters? This bothered me in syndicate too with Jacob and Evie, but back then difference between the 2 was limited to some changes in the skill tree so you could still do stealth with Jacob and combat with Evie. Here though it seems stealth with Yasuke is just gonna be pretty much impossible. Just make 1 character that can do both like in the past, also what's the point of adding a samurai as a playable character to a game in a franchise called Assassin's Creed? I have the same problem with Valhalla and Odyssey. Except there this problem is amplified tenfold because you can't play as an assassin. Honestly it also seems that Naoe is pretty good at combat too so she's pretty much Yasuke with the benefit of stealth and i mean maybe she i dunno may take more damage or something because she's not wearing armor, but so far they haven't shown anything to indicate she has any disadvantages. Yasuke just doesn't seem to have anything only he can do, so what's the point of playing as him or even adding him in the first place?

[@mariguana7918]

I think Naoe was meant to be the sole protagonist but they added Yasuke because “women don’t sell.” That’s why she’s so much more in depth.

[@redninja3056]

How does she have " more depth"

[@jcaaata7338]

Hopefully you're right!

[@HahahMamaman]

They made Yasuke to cater to the rpg audience. It’s the largest part of the fanbase

[@mariguana7918]

@@redninja3056 I mean as far as gameplay mechanics.

[@redninja3056]

@@mariguana7918 okay so how?

[@masteronmace]

Game lets you pet a dog 2:10 "Ah yes clearly this shows deeper character moment and development besides tough brute"

[@jayyy1677]

The stealth looks better than the one in ghost of Tsushima but that’s just me

[@theKaiser330]

while I do like the versatility that is brought by Naoe's character I would probably still play yasuke more simpily because he reprsent my playstyle more and he looks badass

[@josephc7272]

My biggest thing I’m worried about is Naoe VA like I really hope it was just for this showcase and it gets improved before the game release it sounded terrible

[@nt8255]

I agree, but it’s not a big deal to me since I’ll probably just play on the Japanese dubbed audio.

[@sirGie000]

True that shadows has parts from other ac especially odyssey and syndicate but I also liked how even chronicles ceiling stealth is here in shadows And man ubisoft better give naoe shao juns legacy outfit,that would be sick!

[@johnesserian]

Parkour? Where are you??? Side and back ejects? Hello? Are you alive??

[@scr3verrrb70]

womp womp, maybe appreciate the other stuff that’s been good

[@PadreMaronnolo]

@@scr3verrrb70 nope, the other stuff can be found in any other game, the parkour it's not

[@legendofrob84]

This game is a rip off of ghost of tshushima it's basically broken down into 2 ppl what one game has. From the 🔔 to the sword play and assassinations

[@martinriofrio4980]

This game would have less detractors if its marketed as another brand other than the AC franchise. Which should have been when odyssey was first made public. It should be time to let go of the AC trademark & start another franchise. The thing is, just the AC logo slapped on a game makes the cash flow and kicking the hornets nest to advertise games is the trend now. Any publicity is good for business, i guess.

[@scr3verrrb70]

@@martinriofrio4980 this game has the brotherhood in it tho so u don’t understand ur yap

[@HuntressGamer]

I will play as her as much as I can. He seems to OP for my liking. Yeah ,I know,Kassandra and Eivir were OP but here we finally got a significant choice. Looking great ❤

[@LORDzFX]

Yaske can't hide in plain sight

[@KingKiwi5150]

Doesn't need to when you're the emperor

[@moritakaishida7963]

If you can believe people in pure white robes with a hood always up , visible throwing knives and a red sash can walk around stealthily in public and not draw attention, you can believe a black man in feudal Japan wearing dark armour that covers everything but his face can also hide in plain site . You're just being racist

[@LORDzFX]

@@KingKiwi5150 but he's an assassin that's part of their oaths

[@KingKiwi5150]

@@LORDzFX I don't think he joins the brotherhood, I think he just "helps" them, kinda like informants in AC1

[@majorblitz3846]

​@@KingKiwi5150To be honest he might serve his role better as a side quest, but I guess Ubisoft has another plan and want to implement non-stealth option into AC Maybe the whole charade start from their silly implementation alone.

[@Shadowpack95]

I hope their are confessions after Assassinations, that level of personal and intimate moments between killer and victim have been a staple of the games and without them it feels empty and impersonal.

[@Zakrovik]

He's not a samurai. He's a warrior. He's not part of the Japanese aristocracy.

[@Justsiilver]

The lady is the samurai

[@connorbanepoop]

A retainer is a samurai class. No samurai needed to be part of the Japanese aristocracy to be considered one. That would disqualify the vast majority of samurai during those eras. What are you smoking?

[@johnmonteiro5825]

@@connorbanepoophe is right actually. Samurai were aristocracy

[@oliversawyer8858]

@@Justsiilvera shinobi actually, not a samurai

[@azharjawed6529]

The enemy soldiers called him samurai in game footages

[@michaelagyepong1539]

So if Yasuke is more of a samurai, and Naoe is more of a ninja than an assassin, I'm a bit skeptical since there's been no mention of the creed or the Japanese brotherhood

[@umadbro4568]

I never experienced cultural appropriation before until assassins creed shadow was announced

[@thatmajestictoad]

This is a small thing but I hope the game allows you to set custom controls like in the recent games as personally I'm not much of a fan of the new control scheme that's been present since Origins

[@Nobodysurvivesevenonebit]

Stealth is peak

[@chaelynxzbetsayda8398]

this type of stealth is what I want in AC👌 much perfect since unity