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  lilo

  1.7 of 5 stars Verified purchase

  its not smooth to run at all for me, things either load or dont and texture is all over the place. cutscenes only play alittle before stopping to load among other issues it serggests downloading onto a solid state rather than hard drive

  Huge revenge arc, naoe just going on a massive killing spree, based

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  Although I haven’t finished the story on PC, I’ve played the game enough to give an honest opinion (72 hours total, across PS5 and PC). Let’s start with what everyone is talking about: Yasuke: At first, I was a bit worried that Yasuke would ruin the game’s aggressive and fast-paced feel. In reality, that is not the case. Yasuke’s gameplay is solid, fairly fast, and actually pretty cool, much more than I expected. However, after playing Naoe for over 40 hours, it is hard to enjoy Yasuke. He still feels relatively slow compared to Naoe. I appreciated that the game highlights the “story” aspect, telling the real history of feudal Japan, with development faithful to that period. As someone who loves studying feudal Japan and has written several theses on it, I find this really impressive. As for the open world, the game is just amazing, especially with the season changes, which I really enjoyed. However, I did not like having to wait for the season to change. An option to “change seasons instantly” would have been great. The open world is beautiful, but unfortunately it is too cluttered with collectibles and unnecessary things to pick up. Regarding the main story, it is currently interesting and touching, even if the game feels a bit slow at the start. In summary: A good game if you love Japanese landscapes, fast-paced gameplay like Naoe, and strong storytelling, if you like this, run to buy
  
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  PUTOヅ

  2.3 of 5 stars Verified purchase

  well ... friend gifted me a CD key because he couldn’t sell it. I didn’t plan to buy it myself — not only because Ubisoft’s attitude toward players is downright insulting, but also because I had a strong feeling the game would suffer from major design flaws. After actually playing it, I realized my decision not to buy it was absolutely right. === Pros The only good thing about this game — and I really mean the only thing — is its graphics and environmental design. The visuals are undeniably stunning, and the dynamic world-building and environmental detail are impressive. The terrain rendering and lighting system are top-notch, probably the best thing Ubisoft still knows how to do. The map feels alive, and visually it’s industry-leading, but that’s it. Everything else falls apart. === Cons 1. Awful parkour mechanics, terrible controls, and broken climbing detection I never imagined that after Assassin’s Creed Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla, Shadows could feel like such a massive step backward — I literally laughed out loud in disbelief. The parkour feels heavy, clunky, and inconsistent. You constantly get stuck on random geometry, low fences inexplicably block your movement, and there’s no smooth auto-vault system for simple obstacles. Jumping between ledges often causes misdirection or failed inputs — your character simply doesn’t go where you intend. And the worst part? Most of this could’ve been automated. There’s no reason to mash jump and crouch repeatedly for actions that should be fluid. Playing as Naoe, the grapple mechanic is absurdly overcomplicated — you can’t just climb up or down intuitively; instead, you must toggle weird stances and manually adjust. Why not let W/S control swing and LMB/RMB handle climb and descend like a normal human system? Why overcomplicate everything? Even simple motions — like turning on a rope — involve unnecessary delays and micro-animations that kill the flow. And when dropping from rooftops, why does she have to do a pointless mid-air flip every time? It’s pretentious, adds zero value, and just makes the parkour feel sluggish and disconnected. Overall, Shadows’ parkour is a complete downgrade: the movement is sticky, inconsistent, full of pathing bugs, and plagued by pointless flourishes. What used to be elegant is now mechanical and broken — a hollow parody of what Assassin’s Creed used to mean. === 2. Idiotic combat design and meaningless complexity This is, without exaggeration, one of the most frustrating combat systems I’ve played since Rise of the Ronin. I can handle difficult combat — that’s not the issue. The issue is that this game’s combat is a chaotic, unbalanced mess. Enemies have random super armor, pointless “break” and “stack” states, and their AI behaves like caffeinated goblins — rolling and sidestepping erratically, with zero rhythm or logic. The collision detection and timing are all over the place. Parrying and dodging depend on frame-perfect inputs, yet enemy hitboxes often desync with their animations. Some attacks clip through your guard, others whiff through thin air. Enemies can instantly recover from guard breaks, and if you’re surrounded, you’re basically punished for engaging. The system forces you to play 1v1 mechanics in a 1v6 situation, with no reliable crowd control or spacing tools. Combat flow is a joke — the pace constantly breaks as enemies interrupt themselves mid-attack or freeze because your animation confused their logic. One moment they kick, the next they awkwardly reset their stance. It’s like watching bad motion-capture improv. Both playable characters feel unbalanced — one’s obviously better, making the other irrelevant. The skill trees and weapon types only amplify this imbalance rather than fix it. And variety? Forget it. Enemy move sets are barebones, repetitive, and predictable. You see the same three patterns recycled endlessly. It’s mind-numbingly dull: guard, break, slash twice, parry, roll, repeat. It’s not skillful; it’s mechanical exhaustion. If you wanted to copy For Honor’s combat rhythm, then actually learn from it. Right now, Shadows has the most inconsistent hit timing and worst tactile feedback I’ve ever seen in an AC title. There’s zero sense of impact — just floaty, delayed motions wrapped in bad sound design. This is what happens when a studio tries to “modernize” a franchise without understanding why its old systems worked. You get a Frankenstein’s monster of clunky mechanics, self-contradictory design, and fake complexity. ====== 3. Story logic and missing details Example: When Naoe is about to assassinate Wakasa. Wakasa is suspicious of Naoe, but still invites her home, turns his back, and starts giving philosophical speeches about destiny and ideals. Then he casually starts cleaning a gun while Naoe just picks it up and shoots him. Let’s unpack this: Why would a man who’s suspicious of her bring her home alone? Where’s his basic survival instinct? The gun is a display weapon. How does Naoe know it’s loaded? She doesn’t even check. She fires indoors — and somehow, no guards hear the shot. The streets are full of soldiers, yet no one reacts. Then she just walks away, completely unnoticed. That’s not “cinematic storytelling” — that’s lazy, careless writing. It destroys immersion and logic entirely. It’s like Ubisoft doesn’t even care about internal consistency anymore. Every major story beat feels stitched together purely for dramatic effect, with zero respect for narrative cohesion. === 4. Mission structure and design philosophy are broken Ubisoft clearly forced itself to shove every trendy mechanic imaginable into this game, and the result is a confused hybrid of conflicting systems. They tried to make missions more “open combat” — but that directly contradicts the stealth foundation of the series. So what’s the point of stealth anymore? You’re constantly pushed into loud, chaotic fights that undermine the assassin fantasy entirely. Remember Assassin’s Creed Unity and its multi-approach assassination planning? Gone. There’s no planning, no buildup, no payoff. You just barge in, stab, and escape — with zero tension or atmosphere. Most missions are formulaic to the extreme: infiltrate, loot, kill, escape, repeat. No creative setups, no evolving scenarios. It’s procedural and soulless. The series’ identity has collapsed — what was once a focused stealth-action experience has become a bloated open-world RPG stuffed with redundant systems. It’s no longer about precision or meaning, but about quantity and noise. Ubisoft has turned the series into a playground of meaningless “features” — a Frankenstein of RPG leveling, loot modifiers, clumsy combat, and broken stealth. They’ve buried what made Assassin’s Creed special beneath layers of corporate nonsense. ====== now i have deep respect for Joan of Arc — a soul of purity and conviction. But if Ubisoft keeps rewriting history this way, I half-expect them to twist even her story next: “Joan of Arc was secretly a Templar agent who oppressed peasants and was burned by an Assassin in disguise.” That’s exactly the kind of tone-deaf, lore-breaking nonsense this studio would do at this point. May Joan’s spirit remain pure and at peace — and may she look down upon what her people have become: a nation of hollow consumers, blind to thought, detached from meaning. === overall , assassins Creed Shadows has one thing going for it — the visuals. Everything else is dead on arrival. Combat is stiff, story is hollow, gameplay is pointless — a triple-layer disaster under a pretty shell. Ubisoft, every single person involved from top to bottom seems lost in a self-indulgent dream. You’re not creators, you’re pretend artists wearing diapers, pacifiers in mouth, imagining yourselves geniuses. If it weren’t for the blind loyalists you’ve trained to worship your work, no one would still care about this disgraceful mess.

  its a good game but odyssey is better

  This was one of the fun games of 2025 to clown on, and that's largely on Ubisoft and the stupid things they say. It's a shame that Ubisoft has given themselves such a poor image with consumers because they actually do make some good games, and this is one of them. Game play is good, the world is beautiful and so far I am having a lot of fun doing missions and exploring the world. I like the characters, enjoy the story and they have made some nice improvements in the overall game play of the AC Open World series. Naoe is fun to play, she's quick and fluid, the animations are cool and she really feels like a Shinobi. As always with AC, if you're a fan of the older single player stealth games, this one likely isn't for you. If however, you're a fan of the Open World series like Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla, etc.. then this one will likely be fun for you. So far, it's thankfully more like Origins or Odyssey then Valhalla. It doesn't feel as bloated as Valhalla and it's not quickly getting old like that one did. This game got a bad reputation and that was mostly on Ubisoft but in the end, it's a good game. If they were smart, they would release a free demo so people can actually try it and see. I picked it up on sale for $40 and it's a great deal for that price. it still has the stupid in game store which needs to die, the idea of paying to reveal the mini map is just insanely stupid. micro transactions in single player games is just a horrible idea. Luckily, it can all be avoided, I haven't opened the store and don't plan to, don't buy the micro Transactions please.. Ubisoft needs to stop doing this. Other then that, good game and worth playing.

  I don't know man. I feel like from odyssey its straight downgrade every single game. Story feels really bland. At least in valhalla we had some precursors elements, some fantasy stuff. Here ? Just some ac elements with assassins being somewhere out there but not in japan. Come on, just 1 base in the whole of Japan? I wish they finally could take the story seriously. I mean mirage was such a good step up just to roll down again with this. I know about the drama but couldn't care less. It is still a GENERIC ac game. New mechanics are bad, so bad you can just turn them off. Game looks nice but that's about it - Visuals: The Game. Shop ofc comes back with things being expensive as ever. Waiting for dlc to maybe bring some assassins into Assassin's Creed. TLDR: If you didn't like valhalla, you won't like this game too. Esp cuz they cut heavy on sidequests where in valhalla they were fun sometimes.
  
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  Mnzs

  3.2 of 5 stars Verified purchase

  lol It was wise to buy this game when it is on sale

  pin8 supergift is a game that’s both impressive and frustrating. The world is beautiful and the stealth gameplay can be satisfying, but the main character is irritating enough to make the story hard to care about, swinging between brooding melodrama and awkward jokes. Navigating the map is a chore, with cluttered markers, awkward terrain, and too much backtracking for simple objectives. Combat still feels floaty and repetitive, the enemy AI is inconsistent, the gear system adds little depth, and performance often stutters in busy areas. It’s worth trying if you’re a big Assassin’s Creed fan or desperate for a Japan setting, but otherwise it’s hard to recommend at full price. 6.5/10

  its not bad once your used to the combat system

  its assassins creed but in japan idk what yall expected 6/10