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Assassin's Creed Shadows reviews and Metacritic score roundup: I'm hopeful Ubisoft returned to form with scores like these

The reviews and scores for Assassin's Creed Shadows are in, and they're promising enough that I'm feeling hopeful about the open-world RPG.

Windows Central

Assassin's Creed Shadows review: a medieval Japanese romp that fires on all cylinders

4/5 Despite its flaws, this franchise has retained its touch for delivering action-adventure catnip

Evening Standard

Leap Of Faith For Ubisoft With 'Assassin's Creed' Set In Japan

Packing familiar formulas into an all-new Japanese setting, "Assassin's Creed Shadows" is the latest big-budget game from developer Ubisoft that is staking its future on the title.

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I’ve played Assassin’s Creed Shadows for more than 40 hours and can’t stop collecting tea sets, painting birds, and assassinating evil schemers

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is a triumph in the series’ open-world RPG line of games, offering a satisfyingly murderous trip across Feudal Japan.

TechRadar

Assassin's Creed Shadows review

Excellent stealth and combat prevail against Shadows' dull story and forgettable cast.

PC Gamer

Don't expect to unlock Yasuke for a while in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Rush through Shadows' long introduction to reach the good stuff.

PC Gamer

Assassin's Creed Shadows PS5 review: feudal Japan at its most beautiful

Great care is given to depicting this Japanese open world, though its dual gameplay is more conflicting.

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Best armour in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Suit up with these armour pieces for Naoe and Yasuke.

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Best weapons in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Gear up both Naoe and Yasuke with these weapons.

PC Gamer

How to enter Makino Kurumazuka Kofun in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Break into this loot-filled kofun cave.

PC Gamer

Assassin’s Creed Shadows Review: Is This Breath Of Fresh Air Enough To Save The Series?

After several delays and an extensive development cycle, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally gracing our screens. Here's how we found it.

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How to unlock and complete Shadow Projects in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Unlocking Shadows Projects is more complicated than you'd think.

PC Gamer

How to get and upgrade rations in Assassin's Creed Shadows

Getting more rations and improving them is key to staying alive.

PC Gamer

How to unlock and play as Yasuke in Assassin's Creed Shadows

You've got a long journey ahead of you.

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International Business Times

Historic Fantasy 'Assassin's Creed' Sparks Bitter Battles

The "Assassin's Creed" series of video games is adored for painstaking historic accuracy, but also sparks controversy with heavy use of artistic license -- most recently with a black samurai in the latest instalment, "Shadows".

GamesRadar

Ranking the best Assassin's Creed protagonists of all time

Before you play Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, here are the best Assassin's Creed protagonists we've met so far

The Guardian - UK

‘It’s been a challenge’: Assassin’s Creed Shadows and the quest to bring feudal Japan to life

From watching classic samurai movies to rendering the unique way light falls on Japan’s mountainsides and modelling individual characters’ socks, Ubisoft has spared no effort recreating a fascinatingly violent period of history

GamesRadar

Freerunning experts reckon Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke probably has very bad knees due to his poor climbing etiquette and "crimes against Parkour"

"You will be canceled out of any parkour community around the world"

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The Independent UK

What to stream: 'Wicked' at home, Selena Gomez in love and Ellen Pompeo out of scrubs

“Wicked” landing on Peacock for home sing-alongs and Ellen Pompeo starring in her first big role since stepping back from ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy” are some of this week’s new streaming entertainment releases

PC Gamer

We asked two parkour athletes to rate the realism of Assassin's Creed's acrobatics, and a surprising 'crime against parkour' might actually be one of the most realistic things they saw

You won't be surprised to learn that the leap of faith is a little too Hollywood, though.

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed Shadows' expert difficulty looks like the best way to play since it does way more than just dial up enemy HP bars

Enemies will remember to check rooftops on expert stealth difficulty

GamesRadar

I've found my Assassin's Creed Shadows playstyle, thanks to this clip of Yasuke smashing dudes with a huge club instead of sneaking around

Nice hidden blade, nerd. Now check this stick out

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed Shadows reverses roles to show off Naoe's combat and Yasuke's stealth, and I'm suddenly sold on playing Yasuke like a clumsy Snake in Metal Gear Solid 3

"Yasuke, try to remember the basics of CQC"

GamesRadar

Assassin's Creed Shadows is the first game in the series with "a fully customizable sandbox" as your base, which is where Yasuke and Naoe hang out and pet baby animals

Ubisoft's feudal Japan is reaching extreme levels of cozy

GamesRadar

I figured Assassin's Creed Shadows' Red Bull collab would just be some naff cosmetics, but it's actually a pair of surprisingly useful gameplay boons for Naoe and Yasuke

The two collab items can be claimed for free online

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