Ubisoft took trips to Japan with expert guides for Assassin's Creed Shadows and spent 'a lot of time' researching on top of that — 'We're making video games, but for Assassin's Creed we try to be credible'

Assassin's Creed Shadows.

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• Assassin's Creed Shadows art director Thierry Dansereau says the team took guided trips around Japan as research for the game
• He says the team visited most of the locations in the game
• They also continued to conduct research "throughout the whole project"