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Assassin's Creed Shadows Preview (Hands on) and Description
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DeafTourette
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ResilientBanana
Member
The game looks stellar. They appear to want my money. But I'm trying to resist. Haven't played since Black Flag so it doesn't seem as dull to me.
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TheRedRiders
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Ok the reviews are looking great... I could care less about the controversy, I know i'm going to sink a 100 hours into this and I'm going to enjoy every second.
saintjules
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Karak
Member
Maybe Oddessey I guess. But overall it feels like a mix between something older like Syndicate(fast with one character) and maybe oddessey due to the samurai. They are notably different feeling in combat. But I will say it was far more reactive than I expected. Block cancel, dashblocks, dodge parkour, all felt better. Probably not to unitys level but better than the prior onesKarak does the combat feels more like origins, odissey or valhalla? (Similar but not quite the same).
II_JumPeR_I
Member
Character models still look very bad. Was very noticable in the Story Trailer
coachmcguirk91
Member
I don't disagree animations are definitely improved. But combat still doesn't seem fluid at a all
ElFenomeno
Member
I had to stop ACG review at around 7 minutes.
Things like going prone and extinguishing lights...stuff thats been in 20 years old stealth games ...This is the next gen AC? Seriously Thats all they can do? Are ppl excited for this ?
Things like going prone and extinguishing lights...stuff thats been in 20 years old stealth games ...This is the next gen AC? Seriously Thats all they can do? Are ppl excited for this ?
MatrixReloaded101
Member
Yes, this is a day one for me. The game looks great especially for an AC game.
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Story trailer looks solid too. Wow, this game is going to actually be a success. Should buy some Ubistock
saintjules
Member
I guess we'll have to see once we have our hands on it.
I don't trust anyone other than myself on how combat will feel. Seems to be subjective depending on who you ask.
GymWolf
Member
Only watched a couple of minutes from a couple of different previews but the game doesn't look too hot unfortunately.
Graphic still look crossgen-y with meh models, animations are improved but still not state of the art, combat look very similar to latest entries so ok at the very best and the art design is not as striking as tsushima, also, a samurai game without decent gore, dynamic wound marks etc., again...
Also, i have nothing against yousucke but the double protagonist with different strenghts in an ac game that has always been about going fluidly between combat and stealth is some bullshit that i still don't accept.
I wanted to like the game but i don't know...
Graphic still look crossgen-y with meh models, animations are improved but still not state of the art, combat look very similar to latest entries so ok at the very best and the art design is not as striking as tsushima, also, a samurai game without decent gore, dynamic wound marks etc., again...
Also, i have nothing against yousucke but the double protagonist with different strenghts in an ac game that has always been about going fluidly between combat and stealth is some bullshit that i still don't accept.
I wanted to like the game but i don't know...
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analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Looks embarassingly bad here
MR ARCADE FOREVER
Member
RIP REFURBISOFT
geary
Member
This is the new gif that everyone will bookmark and post it in each and every Ubisoft thread?Looks embarassingly bad here
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GymWolf
Member
I was more talking about the feeling of hitting enemies\how they die.
Origins was more heavy with kinda realistic ragdoll, odissey was more arcadey with exagerated ragdoll and valhalla was slower and heavier with small automated finishers after every kill and precanned death animations even when you send enemies flying in the air (ragdoll turned on only after the dead animation finished and the enemies were already on the ground).
I know, small details but i care about this shit
ElFenomeno
Member
Id say the lightning plays a big role here but overall the game looks pretty good.Looks embarassingly bad here
The facial animations are almost non existent though. Half Life 2 is better in this regard IMO, I just replayed it.
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Fake
Member
Looks embarassingly bad here
Wtf lol
Tokio Blues
Gold Member
Looks really bad imo.
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
Everything's bad here. Lighting, animations, faces, AI, volumetric effects, you name it.
coachmcguirk91
Member
At 10:55 shows how simple combat is. I swear Ubisoft has the lowest opinion of gamers of any publisher. The idea of adding any depth to combat will turn off casual gamers. So stupid
At 14:50 he compares it to GOT
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Lokaum D+
Member
my God, Ronin combat looks way better than this and Ronin is basically a PS3 game, what disgraceLooks embarassingly bad here
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StereoVsn
Gold Member
Oof, that doesn’t look smooth. Not sure if the issue is low image quality, bad skills of the player , animation problems, etc.Looks embarassingly bad here
analog_future
Resident Crybaby
It's not just the visuals (which are horrible). Just take a look at each individual AI character and watch what they're doing. It's fucking hilarious.
StereoVsn
Gold Member
Yep, if we didn’t know the game and were told this is Ubi title from 10 years back it would be very believable.
I don’t understand how after all this dev time and money spent, this is the best Ubisoft can output. It’s downright puzzling. I guess those rumors of most devs being juniors are true.
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
It’s nice to see gameplay ideas that haven’t been used in the last twenty years, return.
Sounds like they should’ve just went with the Shinobi girl though.
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Crystal Winters
Member
Are there any times in where it forces you to play as the male character?
John Marston
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Team Naoe for me!
But goddamn Yasuke seems so overpowered
But goddamn Yasuke seems so overpowered
Fake
Member
I watching Skill Up video and I'm shocking how bad this is.
Is astonishing bad. Yasuke can kill anyone, including inocent people, no guards come after him or not even the game tell to stop. There is no 'bounty' mechanics, no guards to protect civil. You can keep killing without any problem.
I kinda wonder if this have anything to do with police vs black people premisse. Is unbelievable bad.
Not only that, but he is like a super human. He put much force in their katana slash, his charge attack can even break rocks.
IDK if this game is a satire or not.
Is astonishing bad. Yasuke can kill anyone, including inocent people, no guards come after him or not even the game tell to stop. There is no 'bounty' mechanics, no guards to protect civil. You can keep killing without any problem.
I kinda wonder if this have anything to do with police vs black people premisse. Is unbelievable bad.
Not only that, but he is like a super human. He put much force in their katana slash, his charge attack can even break rocks.
IDK if this game is a satire or not.
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GudOlRub
Member
I usually agree with your opinions but this time I guess I'll value your review in terms of our tastes being complete opposites, not only Odyssey is my least favourite AC game, it is also one of my most loathed RPGs I've ever played...
If Shadows is more in line with Odyssey then if I was already not interested in playing, now I'll probably avoid it completely until I can get it for less than 10$
And to think that around the AC2-3 era playing an AC game set in Japan was one of my biggest wishes...
thegame983
Member
Massive Odyssey fan.
This looks dodgy as f**k.
This looks dodgy as f**k.
Karak
Member
Happens for sure. Especially with these newest series.
GymWolf
Member
Tbf, who made the gif didn't played the game for 100 hours nor does it have a fully upgraded character (and it's probably nowhere as skilled), but you have a point.
Ronin had pretty good combat.
Lokaum D+
Member
yeah i know, Ronin gameplay is basically Nioh gameplay, that is amazing
How Ronin is not out on PC amazes me, companies really like to lose money
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