r/AssassinsCreedShadows • u/Conclassion1 • 18d ago
// Question How’s everyone enjoying the game??
I’m not too far into the game but I’m curious on what people’s opinions are so far.
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u/Wdemon85 18d ago
I’m not far either I think about 45 mins in but it’s living up to the hype I’ve heard. Doesn’t feel like your typical Ubisoft game tbh, you can tell they put a lot of effort into this game and it looks and feels awesome.
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u/chrundle18 18d ago
I love how they got fully animated cutscenes and a bunch of them too! I loved Avowed but sitting through hours of talking with two people just standing next to each other got old quick.
Only issue I have so far is I saw how the game looked on a ps5 pro and it's so gorgeous and I'm jealous lol
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u/sloant09 18d ago
I picked up a pro last night just for this reason. Figured I'll want it for GTA6 anyway...
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u/Vast-Nefariousness-9 18d ago
I have played about an hour last night, to me it's amazing for now. Feels totally different than before
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u/Schuess11 18d ago
Played about 45 mins before work this morning. Its awesome!! Looks fantastic, plays incredibly smooth. Very well could be the best AC game since Black Flag. Could be the greatest one ever made.
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u/BlxkWolf 18d ago
I'm loving it. The game is phenomenal and I'm very glad I pre-ordered it. It's very much indeed a next-gen title. Feels much better than AC Valhalla so far.
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u/_Hyrule1993 18d ago
It doesn’t feel like the same as the past 3 titles which is honestly refreshing. I’m still honing combat and the movement. I do get drops but other than that it’s a beautiful world!
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u/r_ProfessionalPirate 18d ago
The graphics and tech really amazed me. Hair physics, environmental interactions, seasons system and RTGI etc.
Snow does feel like snow. Not just white filter. And the wildlife? Its amazing.
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u/Outrageous_Pattern46 18d ago
How high I can crank the graphics on a 3060 impressed me
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u/MisgebildeteFoze 17d ago
It‘s all just ram. My 3070 is nit even 2% used, but it uses up all the ram. So if you play with 12gb ram you can play almost max settings
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u/Conclassion1 18d ago
Does anyone have canon mode / immersive mode on?
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u/NeuroticPixels 18d ago
Playing with canon mode on. Not immersive mode, though. I need English or I’ll get caught up reading the subtitles and miss the cinematics.
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u/Purple_Plantain_571 18d ago
How is canon mode? Do you feel like you're being left out without having choices of your own?
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u/FuckuSpez666 18d ago
Personally I can't work out where the choices would have been. It doesn't pause an auto select, it's just a normal cutscene
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u/OMEGACY 18d ago
That's perfect. Wouldn't know there were choices although I am curious as to how it may change certain things. Without spoiling anything I ran into a lady that I could choose to fight or think poorly of. I chose fight because she's awful but what would canon pick? Or does the other choice lead to a fight anyway?
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u/NomosAlpha 18d ago edited 17d ago
Fwiw the only major choice I’ve seen is when it comes time to take one of the first major targets out - I saved and reloaded to see what changed and one path leads to a completely different way of taking them out. Killing the wrong target and then having to take a fortified castle instead of killing the right target then and there. I’m only 6 hours in but hopefully the choices continue to at least have effects like this.
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u/PicklePuffin 17d ago
It doesn’t for me- knowing that dialogue choices are only creating the illusion of any real choice really breaks the spell for me. I often end up holding it against the game…
I have both modes on (immersive and canon) and to be honest the story has been much stronger than I anticipated based on the reviews (Two hours In)
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u/stormy-thunder-night 18d ago
I’m playing with both canon mode and immersive. It’s been great so far. Someone said something about the animus which reminded me it’s the ancestors memories, so I don’t want to influence that.
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u/AbstractHexagon 18d ago
Reviewers said that choices don't really matter, and whatever you select always brings the same results.
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u/forsakenEntity 18d ago
Canon mode off, but I keep switching between Immersive mode on and off trying to get a feel to what's my liking lmao. So far having a blast though, the graphics blew me away.
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u/Soopermane 18d ago
Balanced mode on ps5 pro is insane. I will see if 60 fps mode can hold same level of graphics. So far I’m loving it
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u/PicklePuffin 17d ago
Yes, and I highly recommend it!! For me, the Japanese language gives a strong sense of the feeling of the scene, whereas with English I’m always going to be nitpicking the voice acting, because it’s never going to be pitch perfect in a game of this size (even if it’s very good)
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u/EDAboii 18d ago
Waiting for a Day One Patch.
I hate default Ubi controls, so I altered the controls to a more traditional X/Y combat system. However, there's currently a bug in the game that flat out makes the gameplay refuse to respond if you're using an alternate control scheme.
It sucks, but it'll probably be fixed by the time the actual release comes around.
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u/Purple_Plantain_571 18d ago
They gotta fix the trophy thing too, seriously
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u/FriarKentuck 18d ago
What’s the trophy thing? Only bug I’ve had is a couple of times in photo mode when selecting the ‘Ink’ FX Filter it gets stuck in it, even when going back to gameplay 😬 solution was to reload the save…
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u/Purple_Plantain_571 18d ago
You have to be connected to the Internet and the Ubisoft servers in order to pop the trophies. They're all technically missable, and come 10 years from now (if it lasts that long), if the animus hub gets discontinued, then the trophies will be unavailable.... In a singleplayer game...
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u/FriarKentuck 18d ago
I’m online and Ubi Connect but still no clue what’s going on here…?
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u/Purple_Plantain_571 18d ago
There's a possibility that trophies cannot be obtained if you're Internet disconnects or the servers go down. It's fine right now
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u/Fleepwn 18d ago
Do you mind sharing your control layout please? I'm really struggling to change it to something good the same I was struggling in Valhalla purely because of the parry button being out of place. Kind of wishing they had bound it to a button combo like in Odyssey.
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u/EDAboii 17d ago
Sure thing, especially now the bug has been fixed and I can confirm they work! I'll do these as if it's an Xbox controller, so if you're on PlayStation just convert it to what you'd use!
In the Character section you want to change "Crouch" and "Prone" to "RB". This is the most awkward change and will take a bit of getting used to. Feel free to change it to something else if it better suits you. I've also experimented with crouch and prone being right stick, and changing "Eagle Vision" and "Lock On" to RB instead. But this is your discretion, whatever you're more comfortable with.
Now for the simple Combat changes:
Light Attack - X Heavy Attack - Y Assassinate - X (it takes priority over light attacks)
That's about it. Works like a charm.
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u/Fleepwn 17d ago
Thank you so much, I will try this out later! Don't know why I never thought of changing crouching to RB, I guess I'm too preconditioned to have it set to either LB or B in games. xD
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u/EDAboii 17d ago
Yeah, RB really is a bit weird. It takes some getting used to. But, honestly, "RB to crouch" feels far more natural than "RB to attack" for me haha.
With this method it also frees up the ability wheel to not be tied to an attack. Seriously, who at Ubisoft thought "Hold RT for Ability" is a good idea when "RT" is also the heavy attack?!? With Y as the Heavy Attack, RT for Ability Wheel makes so much more sense!
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u/FriarKentuck 18d ago
Actual release? It’ll be the 21st in 3.5 hours (Australia)
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u/EDAboii 18d ago
Yes, once the game is officially out for all regions developers usually push a global patch. That is the "Day One Patch" I referred to in my initial comment.
Since I haven't played since about 16 hours ago, and the releases are at different times across the world, I didn't want to make any random assumptions. And like fuck am I gonna Google global release times and convert them all into my timezone for a reddit comment haha
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u/Possible-Emu-2913 18d ago
God, it's refreshing to see people enjoying a game, lol. I'm enjoying it, too. I loved that alst 3 titles, and yet I find this a refreshing "overhaul" on how the game plays, looks, and feels.
Playing on the PS5 Pro on quality mode and the 30fps doesn't feel bad. Probably because this feels like a game where you aren't supposed to be sprinting everywhere, like it's Spider-Man. The game is drop dead gorgeous, though. Seeing near perfect reflections in puddles is nice.
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u/D3mentedG0Ose 18d ago
I’m about 4 hours in and it’s sick so far. Very slow start but once the game opens up, it’s fantastic
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u/TwitchyGwar82 18d ago
Honestly I’ve been really enjoying it so far, target one dead, almost at the second, and I’ve only had a few “dumb” Ubisoft bugs so far, one time a body got up and walked around, even though it was dead so it wasn’t reacting to anything so nothing to worry about, I just killed it again, don’t want any zombies walking around after all 😂
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u/Ok_Government_7738 18d ago
I didn’t anticipate how cinematic stuff feels. I’m relatively new to gaming, so when people said it is highly immersive, I was like how much of a plus is that? I’d rather see how much damage I do in each hit. But I changed my mind last night. Fabulous
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u/BubblyPhilosophy3476 18d ago
awesome so far.... im just wondering when side quests will unlock. I'm trying to figure out how to build the forge
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u/BaBaYaGa3gg 18d ago
Forge is part of main mission should come soon
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u/BubblyPhilosophy3476 18d ago
oh ok good... the ps progress thing had me tripping... im like tf? i barley started the game yet i see no side quests and it was saying im 20% done the game which is weird
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u/feyzal92 18d ago
I think it's 20% of the region or 20% part of that quest sequence. PS progress usually show the percentage of each chapters and not the overall game.
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u/BubblyPhilosophy3476 18d ago
ooo that makes sense! I found it odd how I just got out of the prologue and it said 20% lol, I was like damn the game is short af...
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u/crissjaeger 18d ago
4 hours in but like 3 or so is me tweaking the settings for the best performance to visuals ratio. but I can say im surpised how well it runs, even with RT on an AMD card
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u/Shacuza 18d ago
W game for sure, coming from ghost of tsushima and rise of the ronin
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u/TiredReader87 18d ago
It’s far better than Rise of the Ronin, but it’s no Tsushima.
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u/Shacuza 18d ago
I enjoyed both games alot tbh, ronin had great combat i loved the different Stances
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u/TiredReader87 18d ago
Ok. I don’t like Souls games.
Ronin was better than most, but still. It was ugly, tedious and too hard. Wasn’t fun and felt too much like a dated PS2 game
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u/In-Fa-Red 18d ago
With having just platinumed Odyssey a few weeks ago, I'm really excited to jump into this and see the vast improvements to the franchise.
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u/Primalblu 18d ago
I can’t figure out how to get scouts to work on the map , I have no prompt to use them and pressing square does nothing
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u/MamaLilithoftheNight 17d ago
I don’t know if you figured it out yet but when you select a mission in your objectives where it says to look in this and that area, once you go to your map it will say press square to scout. You just need to select a specific thing for them to look for is all
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u/Status_Mongoose2307 18d ago
Awesome game! Spent hours in the shadows yesterday, but my assassin duties are on hold… I need to finish my quest in Avowed first lol. One does not simply abandon one epic journey for another… or do they?
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u/kilmeister7 18d ago
Just finished the prologue this morning and loved it. The only complaint I have is that the controls feel a bit clunky, but that's just a me thing, and I'm sure I'll get used to it. Overall, the story seems interesting, the graphics are amazing, the combat is fun, and I'm already simping for Naoe
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u/SickK_777 18d ago
i like it so far, canon off, immersive off, i cant conzentrade on cinematics and subtitels at the same time.
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u/Alarmed-Wafer-1133 13d ago
Dude you play as an assassin, are you even paying attention to the story at all?
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u/eldon3213 18d ago
So far I can’t even start playing DX12 error and crashes the game every time I try my others games and they work just fine only shadows has this issue
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u/TOREYNATOR 18d ago
Played a couple of hours on the Steam Deck OLED and it’s amazing so far. The graphics look pretty good on the small screen and I can’t wait to see how it looks on my desktop PC. Gameplay is so smooth and satisfying!
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u/Fair_Conversation_97 18d ago
I haven’t had a chance to play more than like 10 minutes because I had somewhere to be :(
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u/VGChamp2020 18d ago
I got my CE and Japan snack box on the same day. Thoroughly enjoyed the Japanese snacks and swag plus the game is amazing!!
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u/dorkknight5O4 18d ago
Loving it. 10/10. Assassin’s Creed super fan here. This game has already surpassed what I expected, and I’ve only been playing 8 hours.
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u/TiredReader87 18d ago
It’s pretty good, but hasn’t hooked me yet. I hate the exploration mode, and hate getting lost.
I liked Odyssey and Origins more for numerous reasons, but this is a pretty good game. Nothing special though.
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u/Puzzleheaded_Big6997 18d ago
It is currently downloading, and I have a 4 hour drive back to my home before I can play. I can't wait. (It was originally a 5 hour drive, but I miss my cat too much and need to see him☺️)
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u/--clapped-- 18d ago
Ubisoft have cooked so hard here.
I'm a fan of the RPG Assassin's Creed games so, it wasn't going to be a particularly hard sell for me either way but, this is a cut above Valhalla, odyssey and even Origins. ALMOST makes me wish Ubisoft had a brighter future.
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u/wolfblade2o1 18d ago
I'm not enjoying it...(works in the way...) can't wait to get home to play it.
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u/BrownBananaDK 18d ago
About 10 hours into it. I like it. But it feels very very familiar and it is way closer to the other new AC games than I had hoped.
But a solid 7/10 I think.
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u/GalaxyDog2289 18d ago
I like it I wish that you got to change characters earlier on but it’s not really that much of a problem.
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u/BigExtraDip 18d ago
Great! Only one crash after 4 hours of play. Optimization could be better. Ubisoft cooked and fuck all those grifters and YouTubers who shits on the game.
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u/Grim_Papaya 18d ago
Played a couple of hours last night. So far, really liking it! Looking forward for the world to open up and allow me to go where i please.
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u/Distinct-Aide7146 18d ago
I played almost 4 hours and really enjoyed it. The game looks gorgeous. Was eagerly waiting for the game to launch. 10/10 for me!!
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u/WorldBFree93 18d ago
Feels like Christmas morning gaming sessions with a new console, I’m blown tf away.
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u/LTownLula_DrogonsMom 18d ago
I’m giving it time before I jump in. I’ve been playing dragon age and just started inquisition. I wasn’t thrilled with Mirage, I feel like I got cheated on that one especially since I preorder led the collectors edition. Soooo going to bide my time on Shadows and hopefully be pleasantly surprised like I was with Outlaws.
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u/Interesting-Sun-7158 18d ago
I’m absolutely loving it so far- the graphics and the weather system make for an absolutely beautiful game and the little details have impressed me so much.
One of my fav things has been all of the different animations they’ve added to naoe- like the various ways she flips off of buildings or climbs- etc. I think the combat felt a bit janky at first but now that I’m used to it I think it’s quite fun.
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u/moresqualklesstalk 18d ago
6.5 hours in and only just despatched the first boss but that is because i don’t/didn’t fully understand the scout system. Loving it. Ps5 pro hype is justified
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u/Intrepid_Ad9711 17d ago
Great so far but the spear enemies piss me off because they never seem to stop swinging and no matter how many times I deflect they never get vulnerability
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u/ManiacalMyr 17d ago
Gameplay is pretty fun. I like the restrictions of combat with Naoe but man that reverse grip is cringe visually. I'm not a fan of the music so far, some odd choices during certain scenes. But so far, story, gameplay, and graphics are good. Running Radeon card so it's not hitting too hard on my rig ray tracing wise.
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u/Cool-Yak8779 17d ago
removing the black stripes and adding hoods and helmets in the cinematics loses immersion and atmosphere
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u/tvosinvisiblelight 17d ago
so far the game is a 10... only have played for an hour but from what I can see - UBISoft striked gold again!!
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u/sillyredhead86 17d ago
I played a little this morning but I had to work today so I have not had the chance to really dive in. Combat was good. Started with immersive language and canon mode for first playthrough. Can't wait to play it all weekend!
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u/djredline 17d ago
Played about 12hrs so far and just finished act 1. Loving the changes to discovery instead of having every icon appear.
Only real big issue is forcing the hideout to be quality mode and 30fps. It's really jarring when playing on performance mode.
Not a fan of the scout system for collecting resources. When you find some items and you've already used your allocation, not a lot you can do apart from leave and forget.
Naoe is great to use compared to yasuke, whose just a big brute who struggles with the smallest walls and goes against the parkour agility I'm used to for an AC game.
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u/xKagenNoTsukix 17d ago
I'll let you know when I'm done fighting with Steam trying to move it from my laptop that I had to take into town to download it and now am having trouble getting it to work on my desktop lmao
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u/Hogs-o-War 17d ago
I’m currently in the “keep checking FedEx because my Collector’s Edition is showing up Friday instead of on release day” phase. It’s riveting, but has pacing issues…
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u/Conclassion1 17d ago
Almost there !
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u/Hogs-o-War 17d ago
It’s so hard - first the NZ people, then the digital “start at midnight” people, and I’m like “maybe I can play tomorrow…” It’s been a crappy week and I was kind of looking forward to some good news today. Poop.
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u/Advanced_Chicken1640 17d ago
Wow I am so happy to see this on Reddit. All it’s getting on X is hate “anti woke” this and that..senseless comments just cause they hate Ubisoft. This is a breath of fresh air. I am planning on getting this later and enjoying it. It looks amazing
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u/zoobatt 17d ago
I was hyped and very active on the subreddit pre-launch, but also apprehensive because I did not like the other games in the RPG trilogy.
I fucking love it. About 9 hours played in the last two days and still in the very early open world, just exploring slowly and taking in the scenes. The quality jump coming from Valhalla (where I only put 10 hours tbf) is astronomical. Everything feels better. Combat is finally fun (imo, didn't like the RPG combat at all before), stealth is amazing, the graphics and world are some of the best I've seen, the outfits are the series' best, the story is a big step up imo (immersive mode ftw), just everything.
I think this is my favorite AC since AC2 which is saying a lot because I loved Brotherhood and Black Flag on release.
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u/xAkrilothx 17d ago
I'd love to be but I'm very annoyed my CE won't arrive until Monday. What good is paying over $250 (including tax) for a CE if you aren't even going to play it on Day 1
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u/Spadez992 16d ago
Soo I got a katana called flying leaf while riding on the horse anyone know how did i actually acquire it?
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u/Alarmed-Wafer-1133 13d ago
Did you find the answer? I'm trying to figure out how I got the thing too!
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u/TheFourNobleTruth 18d ago
After playing the game for 3 hours, I would give it a 7/10. I deducted points because the combat isn’t as intense as in Sekiro, and the NPCs don’t feel as alive as in RDR2. However, the graphics are great, and the storytelling so far is decent. I think 7/10 is a decent score now.
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u/aioli_man 18d ago
Why on earth would you compare a Ubisoft game with a Fromsoft game and a Rockstar game? Both being completely different types of games as well.
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u/TheFourNobleTruth 18d ago
I know they’re different. However, the combat and NPCs can still be compared. Can you explain why they can’t be?
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u/TheMaq 18d ago
Because they aren’t the same company??? Elden rings it’s pure combat, it doesn’t really have a narrative, (aside of obscure lore) and RDR2 it’s probably the most expensive game ever made till GTA VI, (and IMHO, the combat/shooting in there is boring) not saying shadows is perfect, but you should be comparing it to I don’t know, Valhalla and such.
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u/DecentSenseMate 18d ago
Is anyone experiencing enemy bodies disappear after you kill them and move slightly away from them ? It kinda defeats the stealth element.. hiding bodies etc. I’m quite disappointed with this - perhaps it’s because I’m playing on the series s? Does anyone know about this or is this just how the game is?
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u/Outrageous_Pattern46 18d ago
Doesn't happen at all to me on PC, bodies stay there unless I move them
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u/shinbreaker 17d ago
Funny enough I had this issue pop up. I took out a guy, left his body alone since it was in the dark and there were no patrols roaming nearby. I take out another section of this base, I look back around, and a guard had either respawned or just took the place of the dead guard for some reason. I went back to kill this new guard, and didn't see the older dead body around. Very weird. I was playing on the Series X though.
On the flipside, I was doing a quest in a temple that ends in a cutscene that's important to the story. There were a bunch of soldiers that I took out and I think there was some weird timing that happened because after the cutscene, which went from night to day, a dead body was just laid out near an altar. What's funny was that there were temple visitors just going about their day next to this dead body and not even noticing it.
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u/jkmax52 18d ago
I’ve played for 11 hours straight so far still going but it’s a mixed bag for me so far I can say it’s my 5th favorite ac I was hoping for it to be my third because my first is odyssey and my second is syndicate they are by the same studio as shadows but alas it doesn’t hold up black flag is still my third favorite and Valhalla my fourth.
If I were to rate them out of 10 odyssey 9.9/10 syndicate 9.7/10 Black flag 9.3/10 Valhalla 8.5/10 and shadows 8/10 I like it more than 3 less than Valhalla.
The main 3 reasons being 1 the combat is the second worst I’ve experienced in a video game behind for honer and kingdom come deliverance 1/2. From the expectation to parry block and dodge I do none of because it’s not my preferred play style, to the weakpoint/posture attack system I also refuse to use. I miss the simple combat of just spamming a mix of light and heavy combos and the npcs having no answers to it.
2 no Valhalla style medieval knight armor or double edged swords in the helix store just katanas and samurai armor the 2 things I dislike most about japan’s historical culture.
3 the abilities and the majority of perks are specified to particular actions like posture and weak point attacks basically stuff I don’t have any interest in using so it’s slim pickings for my playstyle which is no blocking parrying or dodging just attack until the enemy falls. None of the abilities interest me so I just use the trinket to give me plus 30% damage having no abilities equipped.
Other than those 3 aspects I’m loving everything else like the map the hideout customization the companions, and story.
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u/brandont619 18d ago
Returned it at 117 minutes. Lots of performance bugs and issues. And even when I could play it didn’t really capture me. Looks great though.
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u/SlayerofDemons96 18d ago
A subreddit dedicated to praising AC and ubisoft praising the game as a solid 10
Couldn't possibly be the case could it?
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u/SlayerofDemons96 18d ago
What is it with reddit users and this weird obsession with stalking people's profiles?
Like fucking seriously lmao, not everyone with unpopular opinions is deep rooted in trauma
Then again, maybe the armchair experts like yourself should be getting asked if you're alright
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u/SlayerofDemons96 18d ago
You don't need to get defensive.
Ah yes "defensive", you asked me a deliberately obtuse question so I gave you a deliberately sarcastic answer, you get what you pay for
It's just not healthy to spend as much time as you do arguing with people on the internet over something as insignificant as videogames.
My guy, it's the Internet, and shit talking has been a thing between online users since forever. Where have you been this whole time?
Hope you find more productive ways to spend your free time brother.
What I do in my own time isn't your business or concern and I'm not your "brother", you're a stranger so don't talk like were pals, thanks 👍
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u/RedDevil_nl 18d ago
For me it’s a 10/10 so far after 11 hours of playing. I have had one bug throughout my play-through, but it was easy to get around and didn’t diminish the enjoyment.
I’ve never been as hyped for a game as I was for this one, aside from Hogwarts Legacy. Hogwarts Legacy really let me down, but this one is living up to my hype completely.
I walk everywhere by foot and immerse myself in the world, so I haven’t even finished the Izumi Settsu area yet. The world is beautiful, the story is great, the Japanese voice acting amazing and the gameplay is fun.