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Luipadre

Gold Member
The best and most interesting quests in the game so far are Yasukes personal missions imo. The main story quests are pretty meh and same-ish apart from the beginning and the game has almost no real sidequests. Almost every sidestuff is just bloat really. Collect some random shit or kill some random people. The more you play the more these things becomes evident. Im just gonna focus on the main board now and yasukes missions
 

Dalbajobas

Neo Member
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this game man
 
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cormack12

Gold Member
I've done 4 of 5 dashos is the castle, and this last one still has two chunks of health left. Naoe is a bit under levelled, quickest way to take his armour and face off? I really don't wanna leave it until I've done it
 

bighugeguns

Member
"Asmongold talks about how nobody is playing or watching AC Shadow streams. The numbers are bad.

My explanation of his clip below:

Everyone who shilled for Ubisoft actually led the company to believe what they were doing was right...and they never got the real feedback to make the game a success.

Toxic positivity and woke shills did this to themselves and will likely have caused the loss of thousands of jobs.

The more people fake being gamers that will buy the game and prop up bad decisions for ESG and DEI on social media, campaign for it for years, have caused the downfall of AAA gaming.

Companies were duped into thinking that's what gamers wanted, and they so didn't."

- Mark Kern

clip in question:

 
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Hideous Snake

Gold Member
If anyone else having trouble with DLSS disappearing from the game, disable Steam input. Right click the game > properties > controller > switch from default to disable steam input
 

Reizo Ryuu

Gold Member
but to be able to do that you have to kill literally his entire family (like his actual three sons and two daughters or whatever) to get him out of hiding.
Once you kill him, his sons/daughters will all congregate outside his house.
No you don't, there's only 4 to kill and they all show up at the same spot, there's a daughter and a son that are automatically spared, unless you track them down in the world and then decide to still kill them after hearing them out; if you don't do this it's only the father and the 3 sons and they are all in the same place.
 

Reizo Ryuu

Gold Member
I've done 4 of 5 dashos is the castle, and this last one still has two chunks of health left. Naoe is a bit under levelled, quickest way to take his armour and face off? I really don't wanna leave it until I've done it
Assassinate, air assassinate, throw a kunai?
 

KyoZz

Tag, you're it.
Special K has been updated for PC and it's now flawless, once again the community is doing better than Ubi:

- No cutscenes FPS cap
- FrameGen enabled for all cutscenes with auto deactivation when an FMV is played to prevent any bug
- Unlocked FPS everywhere
- Nvidia Reflex properly added
- GSYNC/FastSync compatibility
- Works with all versions of the game (Steam/Epic/Ubi+ etc...)

Anyone on PC, do yourself a favor and install it

 

MMaRsu

Gold Member
No you don't, there's only 4 to kill and they all show up at the same spot, there's a daughter and a son that are automatically spared, unless you track them down in the world and then decide to still kill them after hearing them out; if you don't do this it's only the father and the 3 sons and they are all in the same place.
Well I didnt even know about the quest, just randomly killed the head of the entire syndicate I suppose.

Then his sons came round, and I killed them too.

Its true I see two are spared, but I never even encountered them.

Am I playing it wrong? Should I be finding these missions first? LOL
 

MMaRsu

Gold Member
Special K has been updated for PC and it's now flawless, once again the community is doing better than Ubi:

- No cutscenes FPS cap
- FrameGen enabled for all cutscenes with auto deactivation when an FMV is played to prevent any bug
- Unlocked FPS everywhere
- Nvidia Reflex properly added
- GSYNC/FastSync compatibility
- Works with all versions of the game (Steam/Epic/Ubi+ etc...)

Anyone on PC, do yourself a favor and install it


But how does it impact performance? For me Ive no issue, Reflex already seems to be working for me when forcing low latency from control panel?

How is Gsync not working?
 

Gonzito

Gold Member
There are some movements that I had no idea you could do, like in the beginning when she vaults the boxes, how the heck do you do it with that animation?

 

Black_Stride

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GymWolf

Gold Member
Is there any downside in chamging season to get all the scouts back?

Do they lose the resources i point out inside castles if i change season?

There must be a downside...
 

Js562

Member
One of the main assassination targets (the son-in-law) has 4 subgoals and one of them is to assassinate the Twisted Tree, but to be able to do that you have to kill literally his entire family (like his actual three sons and two daughters or whatever) to get him out of hiding.

Which is an insane quest both in terms of busywork but also how absolutely psychotic this is.
Almost the whole twisted tree family was at the same spot for me. It zoomed in and introduced them like 4 times for me .
 

Hideous Snake

Gold Member
Special K has been updated for PC and it's now flawless, once again the community is doing better than Ubi:

- No cutscenes FPS cap
- FrameGen enabled for all cutscenes with auto deactivation when an FMV is played to prevent any bug
- Unlocked FPS everywhere
- Nvidia Reflex properly added
- GSYNC/FastSync compatibility
- Works with all versions of the game (Steam/Epic/Ubi+ etc...)

Anyone on PC, do yourself a favor and install it

Thank you for this!
 

Leopold

Gold Member
The game is beautiful, I often stop to admire the view. And the highest difficulty is really challenging; you can't rush enemies with Naoe.
 

cormack12

Gold Member
Assassinate, air assassinate, throw a kunai?

I actually assassinated, ran away then assassinated again. I levelled Naoe up but she feels weak again now.

I eventually made it to Yasuke. Holy shit, what an introduction. For anyone wondering, you can only start switching after completing chapter 1, which is when you've killed 2 guys from the centre circle. Mission wise, it's when you complete the Mitsubishi missions in Kyoto.

I've already lost hours here.
 

Reizo Ryuu

Gold Member
I actually assassinated, ran away then assassinated again. I levelled Naoe up but she feels weak again now.
Naoe excells at assassination damage, so if it doesn't work in one go jsut do it multiple times, that's what smoke bombs are for.
At lower levels she's not great at actual combat, but when you get around ~25 she actually starts becoming quite the murder machine in combat as well.
 

KyoZz

Tag, you're it.
But how does it impact performance? For me Ive no issue, Reflex already seems to be working for me when forcing low latency from control panel?

How is Gsync not working?
Impact in performance is very low in general, and since Special K is repairing the awful implementation of DLSS/FG by Ubi it actually helps in this case.
G-Sync was broken in the previous version of Special K, now it's working perfectly fine. I'm saying this because V-Sync has always been a mess in Anvil Engine titles, it's better in AC Shadows but you still have micro-stutter.

Per the creator of Special K:

The game's Reflex / Streamline (DLSS Frame Generation) integration is EXTREMELY broken!
  • The rush job to port this game by developers who failed to read either the DLSS or Streamline documentation has created a steaming turd of a port :)

The abysmal NVIDIA Streamline integration lacks things such as required latency markers (Simulation Start/End, Input Sample, Render Submit Begin/End) and calls to NvAPI_D3D_Sleep (...).
  • Even worse (yes, it gets worse) it has no option to use Reflex except when Frame Generation is enabled (not that this matters, considering it is the worst integration of Reflex I have ever seen!).

Problems Solved by Special K
  • SK fixes a few of those problems, supplies minimal dummy data (the missing markers) to get DLSS Frame Generation to work correctly and we have uncapped framerate in menus (with the help of ersh) and cutscenes.
 

DragoonKain

Neighbours from Hell
Looking for the pages and prayer spots is so tedious. But you need the knowledge points to level up your character. I just started using a map to find where they are, it's not worth the time. Just want to power through the story at this point, honestly. But I do like completing the Kofuns. Those are kinda cool, like the tombs in the OG AC games.
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
The best and most interesting quests in the game so far are Yasukes personal missions imo. The main story quests are pretty meh and same-ish apart from the beginning and the game has almost no real sidequests. Almost every sidestuff is just bloat really. Collect some random shit or kill some random people. The more you play the more these things becomes evident. Im just gonna focus on the main board now and yasukes missions
Yeah, the masked men are one more lame than the other, the highlights have been yasuke\naoe personal missions.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
~40 hours and I just finished Act 2.

Not sure how many acts there are but the way the story is going, it feels like it's building to a conclusion soon.
 

Gonzito

Gold Member
you can use O to vault over a lot of things
there are also different animations if you use X or O buttons in random places. try to experiment and you will get used to it


40 hours playing and I didnt know this, I was using always X. Of course I know about parkour down with O so I always use it but I didn't know that you could vault with O certain objets like that. I wish you could do this with fences and in more places in general
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
You can purchase scouts from your hideout in towns for 200 Mon each. This price is very affordable within the game’s economy
But why should i pay if changing season reset the scouts?

That's why i'm asking if they lose the resources.

If they don't, the whole system is kinda of a joke.
 

MMaRsu

Gold Member
Impact in performance is very low in general, and since Special K is repairing the awful implementation of DLSS/FG by Ubi it actually helps in this case.
G-Sync was broken in the previous version of Special K, now it's working perfectly fine. I'm saying this because V-Sync has always been a mess in Anvil Engine titles, it's better in AC Shadows but you still have micro-stutter.

Per the creator of Special K:

The game's Reflex / Streamline (DLSS Frame Generation) integration is EXTREMELY broken!
  • The rush job to port this game by developers who failed to read either the DLSS or Streamline documentation has created a steaming turd of a port :)

The abysmal NVIDIA Streamline integration lacks things such as required latency markers (Simulation Start/End, Input Sample, Render Submit Begin/End) and calls to NvAPI_D3D_Sleep (...).
  • Even worse (yes, it gets worse) it has no option to use Reflex except when Frame Generation is enabled (not that this matters, considering it is the worst integration of Reflex I have ever seen!).

Problems Solved by Special K
  • SK fixes a few of those problems, supplies minimal dummy data (the missing markers) to get DLSS Frame Generation to work correctly and we have uncapped framerate in menus (with the help of ersh) and cutscenes.
Thx but Ive been using FSR Fg and I have zero problems.

I also have a 3070 so dlss FG is not available for me (thx Nvidia!)

So I dont think I need this
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
you can use O to vault over a lot of things
there are also different animations if you use X or O buttons in random places. try to experiment and you will get used to it

Is there a way to do backflips or whatever the name is?

Like you are climbing but you want to grab something behind your back, how do i jump on that? 100% sure i played an ac game that let you do that but i can't find a way to do it here.
 

Chuck Berry

Gold Member
Still having a good time, but I gotta admit the combat is getting real tedious, especially when there's a group. I hate hate HATE not feeling at all ever overpowered against anyone and I hate level scaling. They really need to give us the option to keep that shit off even at release. These games are pure power fantasy. I should be able to return to places like Izumi Settsu and Yamashiro at level 27 and curbstomp everyone, but no, I still run into level 26-27 mobs that are a complete waste of time and not at all enjoyable to fight regardless of who I'm playing as.
 

Iceternal

Member
The game is extremely frontloaded. I've almost completely lost interest since I unlocked Yasuke. I killed one major target and feel like I saw everything the game has to offer.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I think Valhalla was more interesting.

And Odyssey of course the GOAT.
 

Luipadre

Gold Member
The game is extremely frontloaded. I've almost completely lost interest since I unlocked Yasuke. I killed one major target and feel like I saw everything the game has to offer.

I can't believe I'm saying this but I think Valhalla was more interesting.

And Odyssey of course the GOAT.
You pretty much did. Im 45 hours in but ready to wrap things up
 

Ogbert

Member
The world is absolutely incredible and performance is brilliant.

The weather effects, in particular, are BoTW like. I spend most of my time on foot, simply to enjoy the atmosphere.

But the base mechanics are just more of the same. There’s always been a lack of weight to the combat.

I’ll do what I always do; complete about 30% and then drop it.
 

DragoonKain

Neighbours from Hell
Maybe I'm just a fool and missed it, but is there a way to track your quests via a list of quests? It seems the only way to do so far is in objectives, click on one of the character icons and the quests listed beneath them, which is really counterintuitive.
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
Maybe I'm just a fool and missed it, but is there a way to track your quests via a list of quests? It seems the only way to do so far is in objectives, click on one of the character icons and the quests listed beneath them, which is really counterintuitive.

That's it, either that or hit A/X on the icon when viewing the map to track it. There's no list-view, if that's what you mean.
 

HRK69

Member
But why should i pay if changing season reset the scouts?

That's why i'm asking if they lose the resources.

If they don't, the whole system is kinda of a joke.
Good question! The only downside I can think of is having to clear towns and castles again?

I'm sure you've noticed the message that pops up when the seasons change
 

adamsapple

Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
But why should i pay if changing season reset the scouts?

That's why i'm asking if they lose the resources.

If they don't, the whole system is kinda of a joke.

They don't lose resources, but changing seasons takes time. If you're close to a castle, and have just cleared it, and see some resources you like, always good to have a few extra scouts handy.

After season changes the castles repopulate with enemies. If you wait for a new season then tag resources, you have to wait till the season changes again before you 'get' those resources.
 

Rabidsteelerfan

Neo Member
Only 15hrs in so far, but I'm enjoying it. I always find myself just wandering around and exploring with open world games. It's been good for that, but the mountains and forest being so thick, it feels like their trying to force you on the paths which just makes it feel a little linear.

The world is beautiful! I'm not a photo taker, but many times i just stop and admire the view! The thing i don't like at all is the music!! Imo, it's just plain bad! It just doesn't go along with the actions on the screen. I realize I'm probably in the minority, but I think I'm gonna turn off the music in the menus!
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
They don't lose resources, but changing seasons takes time. If you're close to a castle, and have just cleared it, and see some resources you like, always good to have a few extra scouts handy.

After season changes the castles repopulate with enemies. If you wait for a new season then tag resources, you have to wait till the season changes again before you 'get' those resources.
Changing season is immediate from the menu, so after i clear a castle and use all the scouts to mark resources but i need to use them to find a blue sidequest, i can just change season and have all of them available again, very half baked if you ask me, there is no strategy on how to use scouts because i can just have them ready again without any downside.

My strategy is usually to go into a castle while i have all the scouts ready so i don't miss any resource, and when i'm out of scouts i only do sidequest that have clear hints in a limited zone and wait until the scouts are ready again for the more vague hints.

But most hints are vague so i use the scouts a lot, now that i know that i can just change season and have them back i can abuse the system.

Even just moving from a castle to another, i don't need to wait the scouts if i can refresh them at any time with zero downsides.
 

Reizo Ryuu

Gold Member
Is there a way to do backflips or whatever the name is?
Back eject has pretty much always been trigger + jump/climb button, same here in shadows.

And seasons changing only has an effect on enemy behaviour and stealth, like bushes being thicker in summer and winter having more dark hours so more shadows to use, or instead of patrolling they will stay around a fire.
 

GymWolf

Gold Member
Good question! The only downside I can think of is having to clear towns and castles again?

I'm sure you've noticed the message that pops up when the seasons change
Only if you want to 100% a castle i guess, i usually just mark 5 resources, kill the damyo, pick the chest and then i'm done, i don't return to a castle just to pick all resources.

Upgrading your home is not nearly enough of a game changer to stress about picking every single resource in a castle, i don't think i ever used a companion other than the first time to see them in action.
 
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