
Warning: contains some spoilers for Assassin's Creed Shadows
Isn't it ironic that the non-assassin protagonist in Assassin's Creed Shadows is what makes the game feel most connected to its franchise? It's a question I asked myself roughly 15 hours ago, in gameplay time, when a familiar name cropped up again for the first time since 2015's Assassin's Creed Syndicate.