Today’s game is some more Assassin’s Creed Shadows. I was originally going to play some more Far Cry 3, but this game has somehow managed to get me completely hooked in just 2 days. What i meant to be a few hours, turned into me spending my entire day off playing the thing.
I think the gameplay needed a little bit to grow on me, because now that i’m used to it, it has to be one of my favorite stealth mechanics yet. The biggest factor that probably helped me was that i discovered i could crawl under floors. Like, crawl under the building and burst out of the floor from a hatch,
Once i got used to the controls, Naoe became a whole lot easier to control in my opinion. I stormed multiple castles today and they all reminded me of taking warehouses in black flag. I was sneaking around and air assassinating enemies.
I ended up swapping out Naoe’s outfit for the one seen on all the covers. There doesn’t seem to be any “cannon” outfit for her which is a bit disappointing (for example, there’s no armor just called “Naoe’s robes”), but this one is the one i see used in all the promotional media i think. I’m really hoping we get some legacy outfits too. Bonus points if both characters can wear them, but i think it’d be awesome to see Naoe in Edward or Connors robes.
Moving on from Naoe, the world in this game is gorgeous. The above screenshot i took while i was on my way to Kyoto. The forest was really pretty and looked amazing. It kind of reminds me of the forests near where i grew up.
There was also this river i crossed during sunset. This brings me to my usual water rating bit, which i’m proud to give this game a 9/10 on the water. It looks really good. The beaches have awesome waves too. If Bazzite’s clip function worked, i would have gotten a screenshot of it to show everyone, because they look awesome.
Question for you. I have seen your posts on a occasion and you have played lots of open world games. Red dead redemtion 2, far cry 3 and now the new ac.
How you are not getting open world fatigue?
And also how do you manage to play so much?
I can only play around 7 hours a week so I’m kind of avoiding long games.
Open world fatigue?
Many openworld games have so much things to do that at some point its easy for the games to start feel like endless stream of meaningless busywork. Its easy to just stop playing or start to just speedrun trough the game.
They’re mostly also just all the same, so playing one after another back-to-back exacerbates the issue, at least for me. There are some exceptions, but that checklist filled Ubisoft collect-a-thon design philosophy really wears you out quick. At least it does me.
Hmmm.
That’s… Actually something I haven’t thought about. That’s a good point
This is honestly the first I’m hearing of Open World fatigue. If I had to take a guess it’s a combination of the games playing differently, completely different stories, and different kinds of worlds. Idk though, maybe I’m just more tolerant is all
What do you think about the game overall so far? My girlfriend loves AC, especially Origins and Odyssey, but was pretty disappointed in Valhalla and kind of meh about Mirage.
It’s a step in the right direction for sure compared to Valhalla. It simplified the bloat down, and it feels like there’s actually parkour now. I’m afraid I can’t compare it to mirage though as I haven’t played it yet.
I’d say if they liked origins though they’ll like this though. It reminds me a lot of origins, just with a bit of the grinding taken out
