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[Nevermore74]

IGN will give it an 8.

 

[Superkewl]

Are we talking critic scores? If so, who cares? They won't be accurate.

I imagine critic score will be 80-85, but reality will be 60-65

 

[HRK69]

Kinda getting tired of these Japanese and Chinese 'history' RPG/ fighting games. Been so many over the last few years

Sekiro, Ghost of Tsushima, Black Myth WuKong, Rise of Ronin, Wo Long, Nioh, Dynasty Warrions.........now....Ass Creed Shadows and then Ghost of Yotei

Can't they come up with something new?

If you’re “tired” of these games, don’t play them. But don’t act like they’re some overdone trend when Western settings have been copy pasting themselves for decades

 

[missiles]

I'd love to be surprised by this, but going off the footage on Youtube it looks dated and clunky - the systems don't look particularly developed or different enough to what we've played in previous AC games. Graphics look good but the gameplay is stale now. I just find the prospect of the map and levelling exhausting.

IGN 9/10
EDGE 7
SkillUp: I did NOT enjoy Assassin’s Creed Shadows
MC 84%

 

[Gamerfan81]

As someone in another thread mentioned, Steam review scores are the most honest, it has how many hours someone plays the game when they give a review, hard to manipulate that. Unlike other ways to review a game where it will either be manipulated in the game's favor or bias against it.

When the game hits Steam and has been out for a month, we'll get to see what the game really is like.

 

[Vyse]

I’m going to say 85-90. Hopefully they used the extra time to fix the usual bugs. Maybe?!?

 

[Just_one]

I'd love to be surprised by this, but going off the footage on Youtube it looks dated and clunky - the systems don't look particularly developed or different enough to what we've played in previous AC games. Graphics look good but the gameplay is stale now. I just find the prospect of the map and levelling exhausting.

IGN 9/10
EDGE 7
SkillUp: I did NOT enjoy Assassin’s Creed Shadows
MC 84%

give me Origins size map and gameplay of origins and mirage and it´s perfect

 

[Arachnid]

Deathloop was ok. Felt like the cut down version of something much more ambitious and interesting.

It was a decent 7.5, but not a 10/10 lmao. It was totally forgotten at game award time which says it all.

Yeah, not 10/10, but solid 8.5 IMO. I liked the rogue like stuff married to the dishonored gameplay, and it was fun to plan it all out. Customizing abilities was a fun time too

It won like 5 different GOTY awards (Edge, Empire, GameSpot, GamesRadar+, and The Daily Telegraph) and took home multiple awards at TGAs though. It definitely wasn't starved for accolades

 

[saintjules]

Does anyone actually think reviews of this game will be honest? It's all going to be "Ubisoft had so much courage to tell the stunning true story of the black samurai Yasuke"

You know I kept thinking about this and why people are going nuts about Yaskue's inclusion.

Who is Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai at the center of the new video game ‘Assassin's Creed Shadows’? A Japanese history expert explains

Little is known about him, yet Yasuke has popped up in all kinds of pop culture. Why is his inclusion in Assassin's Creed so controversial?

news.northeastern.edu

And then there's nothing wrong with Afro Samurai? Which depicts futuristic science fiction fantasy of the Sengoku period.

 

[vaibhavpisal]

Yeah, not 10/10, but solid 8.5 IMO. I liked the rogue like stuff married to the dishonored gameplay, and it was fun to plan it all out. Customizing abilities was a fun time too

It won like 5 different GOTY awards (Edge, Empire, GameSpot, GamesRadar+, and The Daily Telegraph) and took home multiple awards at TGAs though. It definitely wasn't starved for accolades

They needed a bit more time with it.

Main puzzle solves itself. They should’ve let player figure it out.

But that would require right amount of hand holding. Not easy to figure out I guess.

 

[Arsic]

Looks like an 8 on paper but we shall see.

 

[UnrealEck]

For a game like this I can only rely on reviews from Synthetic Man or Endymion or Critical Drinker.

 

[Hookshot]

the gameplay is stale now.

"What was once pale and stale now gets an exotic new air of freshness"

 

[jshackles]

You know I kept thinking about this and why people are going nuts about Yaskue's inclusion.

Who is Yasuke, the real-life Black samurai at the center of the new video game ‘Assassin's Creed Shadows’? A Japanese history expert explains

Little is known about him, yet Yasuke has popped up in all kinds of pop culture. Why is his inclusion in Assassin's Creed so controversial?

news.northeastern.edu

And then there's nothing wrong with Afro Samurai? Which depicts futuristic science fiction fantasy of the Sengoku period.

Surely you understand the difference between presenting something as factual (that probably isn't), vs having a totally made up fictional character. Right?

 

[Flabagast]

what time the reviews drop ?

 

[GymWolf]

Combat looks better than Ronin to me, especially because of the options you have, be it weapons or abilities or playstyles. I got the plat in Ronin, it won’t be hard for Shadows to beat it in story and I also don’t expect it to have so many characters that you don’t give a shit about anyone.

Agree to disagre, ubisoft making better combat than nioh studio? Not even in 1000 years.

Also disagree on assassins not having a large cast if characters that you don't give 2 fucks about if the last 3 games are anything to go by

When was the last time that an ac game had an actual good story? Black flag maybe?

 

[Topher]

what time the reviews drop ?

2 hours and some change from now

 

[GymWolf]

Yeah, not 10/10, but solid 8.5 IMO. I liked the rogue like stuff married to the dishonored gameplay, and it was fun to plan it all out. Customizing abilities was a fun time too

It won like 5 different GOTY awards (Edge, Empire, GameSpot, GamesRadar+, and The Daily Telegraph) and took home multiple awards at TGAs though. It definitely wasn't starved for accolades

Another example of videogame awards being a useless metric if deathloop can even get close to sniff one, let alone winning 5.

(And i freaking love arkane)

 

[The Gamer Triple H]

For a game like this I can only rely on reviews from Synthetic Man or Endymion or Critical Drinker.

Not sure if synthetic man will review it anytime soon. I think that KCD2 review he's about to finish took a lot out of him lol

 

[mayham2199]

Agree to disagre, ubisoft making better combat than nioh studio? Not even in 1000 years.

Also disagree on assassins not having a large cast if characters that you don't give 2 fucks about if the last 3 games are anything to go by

When was the last time that an ac game had an actual good story? Black flag maybe?

Origins had a great story.

 

[GymWolf]

Origins had a great story.

...sure.

I liked bayek VA but story was a fucking mess cmon.

 

[Arachnid]

Another example of videogame awards being a useless metric if deathloop can even get close to sniff one, let alone winning 5.

(And i freaking love arkane)

I actually agree it isn't GOTY material like Dishonored 2 is (best arcane game, don't @ me). 2021 should have gone to Metroid Dread (too niche unfortunately) or RE Village (horror games always get snubbed).

But people also low ball it too IMO. Too many extremes. As far as immersive sims go, it's close to the bottom of the list. Still, enjoyable enough to where I don't feel good about rating it in the same scale as your usual Assassins Creed game. At the very least an 8 IMO

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Surely you understand the difference between presenting something as factual (that probably isn't), vs having a totally made up fictional character. Right?

Do you think it actually matters for these people? I highly doubt it.

Btw, where were they 22 years ago?

Oh wait, I get it, it's different now and okay to shit on everything and create drama out of thin air, whereas before it wasn't possible.

 

[GymWolf]

I actually agree it isn't GOTY material like Dishonored 2 is (best arcane game, don't @ me). 2021 should have gone to Metroid Dread (too niche unfortunately) or RE Village (horror games always get snubbed).

But people also low ball it too IMO. Too many extremes. As far as immersive sims go, it's close to the bottom of the list. Still, enjoyable enough to where I don't feel good about rating it in the same scale as your usual Assassins Creed game. At the very least an 8 IMO

It was a 7 at best in a correct score scale, and 2021 must have been a shit year if dread and especially village were goty candidates, it was the year when infinite won goty here on gaf, so yeah, not a good year

Dish2 being best arkane game is the only thing i can agree.

 

[saintjules]

Do you think it actually matters for these people? I highly doubt it.

Btw, where were they 22 years ago?

Oh wait, I get it, it's different now and okay to shit on everything and create drama out of thin air, whereas before it wasn't possible.

Very aware of this film FYI.

Surely you understand the difference between presenting something as factual (that probably isn't), vs having a totally made up fictional character. Right?

I just think it's all stupid over a video game. The shrine thing being one of the worst reactions I've seen in gaming, next to the Spider-Man puddle controversy.

 

[proandrad]

Do you think it actually matters for these people? I highly doubt it.

Btw, where were they 22 years ago?

Oh wait, I get it, it's different now and okay to shit on everything and create drama out of thin air, whereas before it wasn't possible.

Social media didn’t exist 22 years ago and I vividly remember endless jokes about that film staring a white guy back then.

 

[saintjules]

 

[Bumblebeetuna]

Agree to disagre, ubisoft making better combat than nioh studio? Not even in 1000 years.

Also disagree on assassins not having a large cast if characters that you don't give 2 fucks about if the last 3 games are anything to go by

When was the last time that an ac game had an actual good story? Black flag maybe?

Ronin isn’t Nioh. Either way, the combat in the games are going for completely different things.

I’m sure Shadows will have a lot of characters, but they won’t be integrated into the story and require interaction like in Ronin.

Shadows can have a decent story and that’ll still be better than Ronin.

I enjoyed Ronin. I’m expecting Shadows to be a good bit better.

 

[adamsapple]

That's amazing, lol.

Probably the best marketing for the game yet.

 

[Toots]

It is super cool.
I could not have the sound since im at work but i had all those old grindhouse sound effects in my head.
Thanks Brazil for bringin some levity to all this.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Social media didn’t exist 22 years ago

Exactly!

and I vividly remember endless jokes about that film staring a white guy back then.

These jokes can fuck right off. It's one of the best movies I've seen in my life and I absolutely don't care if it doesn't have anything to do with reality cuz it's a piece of entertainment first and foremost, just like video games.

 

[saintjules]

That's amazing, lol.

Probably the best marketing for the game yet.

It is super cool.
I could not have the sound since im at work but i had all those old grindhouse sound effects in my head.
Thanks Brazil for bringin some levity to all this.

Power Rangers vibes for sure!

 

[BennyBlanco]

I’m expecting low 90s. Will be very popular with blue haired San Franciscans.

 

[ValiantInstance]

As someone in another thread mentioned, Steam review scores are the most honest, it has how many hours someone plays the game when they give a review, hard to manipulate that. Unlike other ways to review a game where it will either be manipulated in the game's favor or bias against it.

When the game hits Steam and has been out for a month, we'll get to see what the game really is like.

Even those take a while to adjust to reality. There were plenty of people posting positive reviews of Veilguard with 2 hours played.

Early reviews will always skew positive because it takes a very dedicated hater to actually buy the game and then play it for a while.

 

[Ogbert]

This will get high 80s.

The Communist deviants need this one to succeed.

Not that it will.

 

[Killer8]

Do you think it actually matters for these people? I highly doubt it.

Btw, where were they 22 years ago?

Oh wait, I get it, it's different now and okay to shit on everything and create drama out of thin air, whereas before it wasn't possible.

There was actually lots of drama about this at the time, it just came from the other side of the political spectrum (muh cultural appropriation etc).

As well as from people not knowing that "samurai" is plural and doesn't refer specifically to Tom Cruise - rather, it's about "the samurai" as an institution.

 

[MMaRsu]

+ Good story and character development
+ Great Sengoku-era Japan design
+ Positive changes to the stealth formula
+ Good graphics, technically and artistically

- Lack of enough tension in the modern story
- Some technical issues
- Lack of Japanese lip sync

بررسی بازی Assassin's Creed Shadows | پیکسل آرتس

منجی یعنی نجات‌دهنده. منجی بودن همان چیزی است که یوبی‌سافت (Ubisoft) از Assassin's Creed Shadows، جدیدترین بازی خود انتظار دارد. در این روزهای تلخ و تاریک

www.pixelarts.ir

9.0

 

[GymWolf]

Ronin isn’t Nioh. Either way, the combat in the games are going for completely different things.

I’m sure Shadows will have a lot of characters, but they won’t be integrated into the story and require interaction like in Ronin.

Shadows can have a decent story and that’ll still be better than Ronin.

I enjoyed Ronin. I’m expecting Shadows to be a good bit better.

You don't have to engage with all the characters in ronin tho...

And even if ronin is no niho, it is still light years better than the combat in the past 3 ac, and shadows doesn't really look much different.

 

[Draugoth]

Japanese version

 

[Aurelius]

Quite funny how there's more hype for the reviews than the actual game.

I’m just here for the schadenfreude.

 

[Grizzled Ghost]

Social media didn’t exist 22 years ago and I vividly remember endless jokes about that film staring a white guy back then.

Yeah. Also Tom Cruise is not the titular Samurai. That's Ken Watanabe, a Japanese man, and his clan of Japanese Samurai.

 

[MMaRsu]

Yeah. Also Tom Cruise is not the titular Samurai. That's Ken Watanabe, a Japanese man, and his clan of Japanese Samurai.

 

[Ass of Can Whooping]

High 80s

Looking forward to enriching all of japan with diversity and inclusion.

 

[Bojji]

PS5 physical version - 256 PLN (67$)
PS5 digital version - 349 PLN (91$!!)

Sony/Ubi are ripping us off nicely...

vs. Ubisoft connect + for one month - 75 PLN (~20$)

Regular PS5 version will most likely suck (Pro will be decent I bet), PC version can suck as well (ubisoft...) but their subscription allows quite cheap access to it. Not to mention I can play Avatar as well (and other games).

 

[tr1p1ex]

NOt a PS4 game? Is this finally the real start of the next-gen?

 

[Toots]

Thanks for posting Paul Mooney's take
Of course people found the movie problematic on some aspects at the time, unlike someone said in the thread. It was just said in a much less obnoxious way.

 

[Negotiator101]

It is almost guaranteed it will score well with big review ad agencies.

What are you suggesting?

 

[ManaByte]

IGN will give it an 8.

They gave it a 9.

 

[MMaRsu]

Thanks for posting Paul Mooney's take
Of course people found the movie problematic on some aspects at the time, unlike someone said in the thread. It was just said in a much less obnoxious way.

I miss him man he was funny and spoke truth

 

[Toots]

I miss him man he was funny and spoke truth

Me too...
He had that "aunty who doesn't care about your feelings" way of telling things like they were. Loved him for that.

At least you can find some of his special on youtube