The case, and here is our first butThe game is too Japanese. Not only by the atmosphere, by the characters, the historical respect for the details and even the context of the real events which are focused on these Japanese values, also of the manids in countless video games, such as honor, loyalty, revenge and the fight against oppression. The problem comes because Ubisoft has completely transformed the traditional story of Assassin's Creed To adapt it to Japanese standards.
Any Assassin's Creed He has his situation (Egypt, Paris, London …), his time when he tells us the story of the murderers and the Templars, but here, first, we will see nothing like it. Something seems that there is when we consider in the menus the traditional brand of murderers, but in the early hours of Shadows What commands is the personal story of the protagonist. Revenge, parents of parents, meditations and memories in the sequences of Leeeeeentas, narrative of Pausada (unbearable for a server), which is not what a fan of the saga of the saga is waiting Ubisoft.
Eye, nothing we tell you is bad in itselfBut for those who subscribe, which is not particularly Japanese As for the tastes of video games, this way of telling the story without an obvious and obvious trace of the murderers is something that we did not expect. We don't care what happens to Nae's family. We are not interested in their family memories or what YADUKE has suffered and promises our ancestors. We want history to progress through the canals of a Assassin's Creed Normal, conspiracies, the Templars, the Order and their enemies. Something that we will not find here first.
More changes in addition to the story
Obviously, we are not going to shout in the sky because the game mechanisms are inspired by characters that existed during these years. Otherwise, these changes are appreciated in the way of fighting or parkourto which cities do not help, which are mainly villages with wooden houses in which it has almost no importance to stop on the roofs. That control of the city which transmit the other titles of the saga is lost. There is no household labyrinths, there are no cards even similar to those of a bag, an acre and do not say the cities of a Odyssey oo Origins.
This is why we will have the feeling that we are in a surface field, where, with the exception of certain structures, never invites us to climb. The temples, for the most part, because of their structure, are slow to rise, are uncomfortable in sight and could only find a solution to this obstacle inventing a hook that we can throw in the cornices. Something anti-limitic For a Assassin's Creed But that, if it was not impossible, the task of our murderers to unravel the upper hand with a certain speed.
But there is more. The Atalayas came down from the category. Given the impossibility that there were towers as we have seen in other games in the saga (we will not mention the pyramids of Origins), Any tree or roof of a fortress or a temple can be transformed into a dimension on which synchronize the card. But in addition to that, they also spoiled the old experience of use, by deleting the option of being us who activate this magical moment which accompanied us during the eons by clicking on the button and (in PlayStation anything).
Yes, I am not satisfied with this game, but surely because I have not only assimilated it Ubisoft He preferred to change many parts of his magic formula to better fall on the Japanese market, twisting many mechanisms that we had already assimilated by others which can be good, but which are a shock For the player who already knows the saga as if he were a close relative, of a life. For example, the new way of lowering some (small) heights with button B (on PC and Xbox) will spend time until we assimilate it to be there, even more when they put it in the same place where the action of leaning was (which now goes to X).
The story is the element that highlights and the one that breaks the complete structure of the game by tearing this atmosphere Assassin So unique, but continues in many other elements that you have surely seen in other analyzes rewarded with opinions and extraordinarily positive assessments by users who are fans of this eastern turn of the franchise.
Duality of fights and games
The fight, like everything in this game, has a reflection on something that existed in the Japanese of the 16th century (not inclusive, which is the only thing they added because yes, although it has nothing to do with the time it evokes) and is inspired by Kenjutsu and Bushido, which allows a more complete and tactical experience that will require precision and strategy. This shows during fights, where we will have to stop much more than other occasions, especially for chaining more deadly attacks. In addition, something that is a great improvement is that certain murders in the back will be rejected by the enemy. Thus, we are not 100% obtained a new drop depending on who we want to attack.
It is obvious that in this Assassin's Creed ShadowsThe existence of two characters is not something decorative. Ubisoft He thought that instead of letting us choose a genre and is already Yasuke Oa Nae. This is beneficial for the franchise and an improvement in what we had seen until today, in which it is a substantial advance which, we imagine, will have its pursuit in future deliveries.
Despite all that we have highlighted as negative (which is not, only for a server for this lack of sympathy for the general Japanese narrative concept in video games), we cannot ignore that it is a title that ends up hanging on, even if you pass the dialogues quickly without reading them because they give you the same thing. It is enough to complete the missions, the forces, the discovery of new territories or the climbing of this watchtower which is no longer, objectively and staining (I try) of any damage, is (almost) a Assassin's CreedAlthough at times you could confuse it with a Tsushima ghost of PlayStation.
An assassin's creed especially
If we took so long to publish this analysis, it is because, really, we had two readers inside that they did not let us focus on the essentials. Being honest, the body asked us Charge us For this delivery which made Ubisoft From your saga to Japanese modes and uses in the narrative development of a video game. He does not feel good because he insists on putting above a strong influence of Japanese culture, at the cost of diverting the established barrel for 17 years. And on the other, we wanted to be as objective as possible to assess what a game is with many shades and news. And at the end, we managed to send one to each other.
Some might say without being wrong that the saga has lost its identity by moving away from its historic and conspirant roots, focusing too much on cultural leisure. However, others will surely respond to us with the freshness and originality provided by the new framework, as well as the possibility of exploring a fascinating period and culture. The influence of this Japanese culture is not free, it is not a packaging and extends beyond the permeation of things.
Assassin's Creed Shadows It is an ambitious game, with which Ubisoft He ran a lot of risks, but for those who knew that there was a huge legion of lovers of Japanese and Japanese culture on the market, so that they all go against the essence of the belief of the murderers were going to give them the same thing. The emotion of the tour of this historical period is greater than wanting to maintain a franchise in place which has shown that it is so strong that it could have made a commune of servers with mill wheels like those of this game.
If it is true that it moves away from certain key elements of the saga, it is also true that in the end, it looks like what it is: a Assassin's Creed With his little things, improvements and many hours that we can launch to finish a story that you will more or less like, but it was treated with the same care as if it were another delivery.
It cost us too much to be careful. Its delivery to Japanese culture (not so much the atmosphere as the story and the essence of the franchise) is to be blamed, but this point, precisely, is what it seems to convince everyone. So we cannot obey and go against everyone for a personal perception. We have achieved the objective of exposing what we seemed, with absolute transparency, although which subscribes suffers from these sequences of films therefore Laaaaargas, slowly and with such convoluted dialogues. Take advantage that you like Japanese and Japanese games.
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