Decker

New Assassin's Creed game, codenamed Red, is now titled "Assassin's Creed Shadows". It will come out this Fall.
A reveal trailer will drop on May 15th.

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Decker

And based on that tweet, I guess we're finally getting our Japan-based game.

Noonan

Good timing. After we've all played feudal Japan open world games to death.

I hope they learned how they need to scale back after Valhalla. Core mechanics were good but that game was a bloated chore to get through.

Decker

They scaled back in Mirage. They scaled back too much, unfortunately. I haven't really loved one since Odyssey.

Noonan

Heh...I forgot Mirage existed. I need to play that at some point.

Agree about Odyssey. I don't think an AC game needs to be that long, but I never wanted to put it down. Put well over 100 hours into it.

Decker

Agreed. Origins was the perfect length.

nickdawgy

I’m down. As long as it’s not another Mirage. No interest in ever playing that.

Decker

Release date is apparently November 15, 2024.

Rob V

Mirage felt like DLC to Origins... it wasn't satisfying at all.

stingermck

davidh777

I finished Mirage but it really didn’t grab me. It was just kinda there. I preferred Syndicate, Origins, and Odyssey.

RocShemp

That trailer was nothing but meh to me. CGI trailers in general no longer excite me. However, the real big problem is that Ubisoft chose to use this setting far too late. Back when fans first requested it was the time to make this game. Now, after Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, Ghost of Tsushima, and most recently Rise of the Rōnin, this just feels "been there, done that, got the t-shirt."

Osiris3657

I dig the male samurai/female ninja duo

Rob V

I'm thrilled to get another game in this seting... GoT2 can't arrive fast enough. I just hope the devs for AC: Shadows are able to build upon or do something unique from the other games. Being a Samurai and being stealthy are almost in direct confict with each other. Now if Shadows was a ninja based game, that tends to make more sense to me.

RocShemp

I have a feeling Yasuke will merely be a supporting character. I don't see Ubisoft straying too far from the typical formula. Yes, Valhalla was more melee focused but a hulking faux samurai is a huge departure.

EDIT: I just saw he's fully playable, so that you can actively approach the scenarios either by brute force (Yasuke) or pure stealth (Naoe).

davidh777

I liked the trailer and am definitely in. Maybe not at release, though, as I felt kinda dumb for pre-ordering Mirage then letting it sit while I played Spider-Man 2.

Of the recent Japan games, I’ve only played GOT (twice), so maybe this will still feel somewhat fresh.

K&AJones

There was a story(S) not long back that the two actors who played the husband & Wife duo would like to see another AC Game about their life. continued or previos.....and been a lot of calls to see that one remastered. Even on PS4 it really looked good and loved the setting which Ancient Egypt was nailed; really a breathtaking game.