I am going to love Assassin's Creed Shadows. My fate was sealed the moment I saw Naoe sling her grappling hook over a tree branch, spin around in mid-air, and land nimbly as a sleek black panther to deliver death from above unto an unsuspecting enemy.
I was spellbound. Last night's extended gameplay reveal proved to me that Ubisoft Quebec has truly outdone itself, taking strides to incorporate a sense of dynamic, fluid movement and physics-grounded verticality in its upcoming RPG that the long-running stealth series has been lacking up until this point. But that's just it: Assassin's Creed is at its best when it remembers that it's a stealth series. So why on Earth would I favor Yasuke's tanklike, all-guns-blazing approach? It's just as well that AC Shadows will let you play the whole game as one protagonist, because I'm already turned off from his playstyle. Sorry, big guy, I'm sure you have a great personality.
