With Assassin's Creed Shadows just around the corner, the hot topic right now is one I thought had already been established: Yasuke is not an assassin, which means he gets no fancy assassin tools. As one of Shadows' double billed protagonists, the tanky samurai to balance out Naoe's stealthy shinobi skills, my response to this statement was a very matter-of-fact "well, duh."
Many might question the presence of a non-assassin in a game called Assassin's Creed. But while it will feel different navigating the world as Yasuke, stripped of creature comfort Creed staples like Eagle Vision, it's also proof that the publisher is evolving. Ubisoft is offering two distinct RPG fantasies in Shadows, after all, and it's doing so by doubling down on something that's been lightly trialled this whole time – whether or not you noticed.
