What do you think of this trailer?

I love robes of Naoe. She looks like assassin but at the same time her robes are just plain and dull, makes her really look like somebody who wants to hide in plain sight.

It... How do I word this? ....It looks good, the trailer. But, I don't trust ubisoft to deliver on the promises they make. So, I'm gonna reserve judgement until after a bit, when the hype for the game dies down.

it’s crazy to think this is the first time in like 9 years that we get to face the templars again

Need a gameplay trailer before I actually get hyped, Ubisoft have really let me down before, so I wont let it happen again.

As an old school fan since AC1, Im pretty excited for this. Probably as hyped as I was when Origins came out. Hopefully the gameplay reveal builds up the hype. But yes, I want to know more on how the Assassin’s Creed integrates in this story and how the modern day will evolve given how ubisoft wants this game to be the first of the Infinity hub

as og AC fans, we've asked for this setting for years. I remember playing AC1 seeing Japanese symbols drawn in blood and hoping we got a future game in Japan.

Things that I noticed from the trailer: the soldiers that fight against Yasuke (at 2:27 for example) are from the Takeda clan. If some of the events in this game take place pre-1573, there's a small chance that Takeda Shingen is mentioned, since he is one of the biggest obstacles in Oda Nobunaga's path of Japan's unification. In the Battle of Mikatagahara in real life, the Tokugawa-Oda force was almost totally annihilated by the Takeda. Only after Takeda Shingen's death due to illness, his clan fell into a sharp decline and eventually lost to the Oda-Tokugawa alliance. Takeda Katsuyori, his son, took charge of the family, but unlike his father, he couldn't do well against the Oda-Tokugawa. In the character introduction trailer, Ubisoft states that "Yasuke arrived in 1579 right when the game started", so we can confirm that most of the main events of this game will be post-1579. There could still be a chance that Ubisoft do a clever trick here, for example, having Takeda Shingen get assassinated by the ninja from Iga before the main events of the game. If the Takeda clan we see in the game is after Takeda Shingen's death, there's a chance that we'll have Takeda Katsuyori as an Assassination Target. In 1582, his forces were destroyed by the combined armies of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu at the Battle of Tenmokuzan, after which Katsuyori, his wife, and his son committed seppuku. If this game take inspiration from that, they can even set up Katsuyori's death as something was done by the Assassin, or at least Naoe. One more thing, since Naoe came from Iga and saw the massacre of her people under Oda clan's blades, there's a possibility what she experienced was from the Second Tenshou Iga War (1581) since in the trailer we can see Fujibayashi Nagato - Naoe's father, who is also a well-known man in this war. The First Tenshou Iga War (1579) was expected by the Iga and they well-prepared for it, so that they emerged victory, and that's why we can cross out that possibility. Also fun fact, Hattori Hanzou - a famous ninja that serves the Tokugawa, also came from Iga. If somehow we get to assassinate Oda Nobunaga, the stage for that mission is 100% gonna be Honnou-ji Temple. In real life, he was betrayed by Akechi Mitsuhide. Maybe in the game the one kill him would be both Yasuke and Naoe, or maybe Yasuke stay loyal to Oda Nobunaga until the end and confront Naoe, or there's also be a possibility that the one who kill Oda Nobunaga would still be Akechi Mitsuhide, and Naoe/Yasuke would be the one chased after him.

The cinematic looked dope as hell! We need gameplay first ofc, but the trailer’s already got me hyped to see more!

Something that you didn’t point out is that around 3:23 or 3:24 Naoe assassinated two people at once; one with her hidden blade and the other with a tanto

Finally the dagger hidden blade is back, Shades of Connor Kenway. I really hope we get to use it in combat just like in ac3.

To be honest I’m really exited to play as an assassin hunting down actual templars again, regardless of the fact that it’s an RPG game

As a trailer, it was good but the Mirage trailer had me HYPED tf up and was easily top 5. This was also good at giving us insight into the game but yeah its an RPG. I do like both the protagonists, what's cool is I am interested in Yasuke's character/backstory more but like Naoe's playstyle and design more. Hopefully, the game can make me love both.

SOMETHING TELLS ME ITS GONNA BE BITTERSWEET, ONCE WE PLAY IT.

Trailer is great, also the preorder taba says we can train our own league of Shinobi and Spies in a fully customizable base(like FO maybe ?) changing seasons, unpredictable weather, reactive environments(i hope this means like Black flag, having huge waves, hurricanes, etc) and an ally system that sounds similar to the bond system from RotR. Im so excited for this

It seems like they’re going to be taking a lot of inspiration from Syndicate where one character is more stealth focused and the other being more combat focused. My guess is that they’ll take Mirage’s assets and give it to Naoe and have her be a glass cannon. Yasuke will probably be more akin to Eivor where he’s a walking tank.

Like you said the story is what intrigues me the most, In the post trailer interview I beleive they said that naoe will be faster, I assume that relates to parkour, I cant wait for the parkour reveal on june

Naoe looks so epic fully kitted out with all her tools. Not sure how I feel about Yasuke's gameplay: it's cool that he will play very different to Naoe but the shinobi gameplay sound so much more fun so I hope I'll be able to play most of the game as her.

Asking for pre-orders with just the cutscene movie is still insane to me, it's genuinely frustrating how that kinda stuff is being overshadowed by the existence of Yasuke. The trailer is pretty cool, but we can only hope that this game will be good. I have low hopes, but theres always a chance.

It's funny, I've always wanted a Japanese AC game but after how Ubisoft have treated the series, I'm kind of hoping the game gets cancelled so I never have to see what I dreamed of as a kid be mishandled as badly as they done with the series. Also, I believe Yasuke is pronounced 'Yas-ke' with the U in the middle being subtly pronounced (I don't mean this as, 'ha, you got it wrong', just trying to help out)

There go Master Assasin's aspirations LOL, can't wait for his disappointment.

Honestly more excited for this one than the last 3. Obviously not from the trailer, but the details in the interviews sound really cool.

Of course Ubisoft as a company and with their track record is not to be trusted regarding any measure of quality until the full game releases, but i am pleasantly suprised by the vibes i get from the trailer: - the scenery, especially the woods, the harbor, the country side and the monastry/castle (also on the additionally released screenshots) look like taken straight out of the Shao Jun novels (which are not canon afaik) - the opening chase scene in the woods give me heavy AC 3 vibes and i don´t mean the hidden blade/dagger construction but idk, "the feel" of it - The historical Setup regarding both factions, but moreso regarding the templars, reminds me heavily of Revelations. We did not have heavy templar iconography as Constantinople under Ottoman rule was a muslim city (although being a "melting pot") and the same would go for Japan. Also, Yasuke seems to fight on the side of those wanting to unify Japan, which obviously happened, and Naoe and her people seemingly being "in the way" initially. But the unification does not need to be necessary a templar one, we know they love to lure behind the scenes, again like in AC 3 and also in Revelations. And finally, i am very much interested in how existing AC Lore from that time will be acknowledged. Very specifically Hattori Hanzo, who was part of the Japanese Brotherhood and both, a Samurai and Ninja and very much alive and active in the time the game will take place. He appeared in AC Memories, a mobile game shutdown 2015. Now i know, everybody will say "but this is so niche and minute", and yes you are right: But Shadows comes from the team that took a loose story thread from a dead browser game from 10plus years ago and turned it into Odyssey and the (as of now) current modern Day situation. So i´d say chances are we see Hattori Hanzo. Maybe even a modern day connection, as the riddles of tha past days hint towards Osaka/Kyoto and the Surroundings being the game world and one of the few active assassin cells apart the team around william shaun layla and rebecca was in Osaka.

I think there was no stealth in the trailer because A) Most AC players, especially the ones who started with the RPG Games prefer Combat over stealth B) It looks a bit more badass with combat. But I think there is hiddenblade Combat in the trailer so I hope we're gonna see that again

As far as Hidden Ones and Assassins go, I always figured they went off of the real-life assassins who founded their sect around 1090 A.D. All of the Hidden Ones' stories took place before that. Figured they didn't come up with the word 'hashashin' just yet until we get to 100-something years before Altaïr's time.

I hadn’t realized that Nobunaga and his wars occurred rather recently, in the late 1500s. That’s not only within a lifetime or two of Ezio but the Protestant Reformation. The Church had its own revival at time, having counter-reforms and hammering out bad apples. For AC, I like to think the Templars were cleaning house and taking stock after their defeat by Ezio. In fact, the Jesuit Society was formed around this time, sending missionaries to the Americas, China, and also Japan. I bet a lot of Templar hijinx got under way

If this game has an interesting stealth like the leaks said and interesting combat, it will be good enough imo. I wasn't expecting parkour like mirage, but if they bring back tree parkour in an significant way, since there are a lot of trees in the trailer, then it might be somewhat descent. What I'm really interested is the differences between a samurai (Yasuke) and a ninja (Naoe) and how that will play through the game as well, since even tho they haven't show no templars directly, it's pretty clear by the trailer that the samurai culture is much more of a templar thing. And of course, I would love to see what is actually happening in the modern day, although I don't think that will happen unfortunatelly.

I like the way you approached this. I'll be watching more of your videos.

As an OG ac player we have to state the facts When the cgi trailer looks like this cause this is quite similar to ezios ac 2 trailer and ac revelations trailer I believe the game will be a good game and a very nice fresh breath of air for the franchise. And about the rpg aspect of the game it can still be similar to ac 2 where you travel to different cities in Italy

I like these are two different characters more akin to Evye and Jacob Frie in Syndicate than to Alexios and Kassandra in Odyssey. Separate characters, different outlooks on life, different builds, different load-outs, different philosophies. Having the main character be a single character with two genders comes off weird. In fact I think we should be offered a hard choice at the beginning, choose either one or the other, and that's your main character for your first play-through. And upon your first "end" you start over, but with the other character. Develop him/her and then when you get to the "end" that's not the end. Those were just the tutorials. Now go forth and conquer Japan in the "Epilogue" which would entail an expanded map with different gameplay, cities and missions. Always design games with an eye to replay-ability and end-game gameplay.

They are going the AC syndicate way. The female will be more stealth focused and The male is more focused on Combat

I've read somewhere (I think it's the Famitsu interview) that both characters will have areas only accessible to one or the other thanks to special abilities. Naoe obviously has the grappling hook, but Yasuke also has a shoulder bash, which allows him to break down doors. Which should be interesting.

The world and soundtrack will be stand outs no matter how the game turns out. I'm wondering if there will even be a modern day at all.

Love your take on this... the points you made are def facts to wonder about and I feel like we have the same ideas about the game. So many people I've seen doing trailer reviews about this are missing the point. Thank you for being refreshing and having good ideas and questions about the game. I wonder if there will be any co-op stuff in the game. would be cool. I doubt it but would be cool.

Amigo, siento ponerte un comentario no relacionado con AC pero, como español que lleva hablando inglés desde la guardería y pensando que mi acento, fluidez y vocabulario eran muy buenos, he de decirte que me quedo flipando al escucharte. Tu forma de hablar el idioma es absolutamente preciosa, has conseguido un acento que tiene tintes hispanos y no es forzado, suena increíble. Además de que hablas con una fluidez hipnótica. Espero que no te moleste mi comentario, pero en serio, me encanta escucharte hablar.

I’m Mixed. One…we don’t know who the main antagonist gonna be. Two…how we will be able to interact with the Japanese history.

I swear this is going to be Syndicate just in Japan and newer. - 2 Playable Characters - Grapple Hook - Characters are combat & stealth

I don't think the samurais and the Shogun are necessarily the Templars. Cus there's hints in the trailer, like the ships arriving into the port, that those are Portuguese Jesuits who are the ones who brought Yasuke in as he was a bodyguard for the Jesuits. So its safe to assume at the start of the game, Japan hasn't been influenced by the Templars until the Jesuits and Yasuke arrives. The Jesuits are the Templars. Which I can speculate are gonna be the ones who influence powerful Daimyo lords like Oda Nobunaga to convince figures like him to do their bidding. In this case, I can see the Jesuits convincing Oda to hire Yasuke as his retainer / servant, simply because of Yasuke's immense height and stature. That convinces Nobunaga to hire him as a successor, just like the Jesuits/Templars have intended. So that they can have an advantage in wiping out the Shinobis, which in AC's version, we can safely assume its the Japanese brotherhood. So... I'm really hoping this time Ubisoft will knock it out of the park with two protagonists who were initially on opposing sides, but works together later in the story to have a common goal and perhaps bond and be well acquainted with each other.

Personally, I am extremely excited for the game, and I have been since the codename red reveal trailer. The idea of ninjas and samurai in an Assassin's Creed game is something I think could be awesome. I'm hopeful that something cool will be shown in the gameplay trailer but I'll likely play it regardless, something about it just draws me into it.

this game looks like it has a lot of potential, but i have been a fan of most recent AC games for their own reasons. I am a massive fan of ancient greece and rome so that game was always gonna be interesting to me, im from scandinavia so the viking stories and old norse being spoken was already enough for me to delve deep into that game and fall in love with it, but i get the vibe that not everyone agrees with me on those games 💀💀💀

they confirmed large cities are going to be in the map

I can't help but be excited for this because... I just love the AC franchise so damn much! I don't particularly like the way Ubisoft is these days but the Assassin's Creed franchise means so much to me.

No Hidden Blade, hood or maybe even proper parkour for Yasuke. Let that sink in.

Ngl i hope Shao Jun is either mentioned or makes a cameo of some kind in this game

Im hoping they'll have a GTA 5 esque system where during missions, you swap in between Yasuke and Naoe. Like, Yasuke will be on the ground fucking shit up like an absolute bad mf while Naoe is in the shadows taking out archers, sofening the defences from the shadows, killing enemy leaders, etc. That's my HOPE, but if there's one thing I can count on Ubishit to do, it's take an amazing concept and suck the creativity and fun right tf outta it

It’s called assassins creed shadows if the main thing isn’t stealth I swear

for me, im hyped in some ways because of the ambiguity of ubisoft finally listening to fans, ive heard some people saying we'll have weather systems that change how stealth will function (an example they used were bushes withering during winter, so you cant hide in them however guards are less likely to go outside because its cold.), we could get better parkour than the previous titles, we could get in depth combat that isnt just mashing the attack button into a damage sponge enemy, or ubisoft could butcher the execution and cement to many fans that in ubisofts eyes we dont matter. hopefully we do get gameplay changes for the better though.

Hidden blade combat will return but not by itself. If you equip a tanto (small dagger), Naoe will use the hidden blade in combat.

they just confirmed that they brought the hidden blade combat back in there breakdown video wich is awsome

Man, its just so cool to finally see samurai in an Assassin’s Creed game. I’m an AC fan first, hoping for good stealth and parkour. But of they screw those up, I am already glad to be able to play as a samurai. Definitely looking forward to that.

Perhaps Yasuke is an assassin whose mission is to get close to Nobunaga or is in some way associated with them. I think they are going to make it that yasuke is working with the assassin's and his mission is to keep tabs on nobunaga till the right time to strike. They cant kill him cause a worse option would take his place. Naoe is then recruited by Yasuke in some fashion. Maybe he destroys her village to keep his cover. Finds out she was the only survior. Under guilt takes her under his wing and trains her. Another theory is maybe Nobunaga destroyed the Japanese assassins and yasuke was one of the only survivors and hid who he really was. Maybe thats why he takes naoe on to rebuild the cell and why we dont see other assassin's or their symbols. Would be cool of we could recruit like we did in brotherhood by rebuilding the Japanese assassins.

Yasuke was a real historical figure, but accurate information is hard-ish to come by regarding his later life. He was the first foreigner to become a samurai and would've served daimyo Oda Nobunaga in the years 1581-1582, when Nobunaga would be betrayed by Akechi and commit seppuku. Following Nobunaga's death Yasuke went to seek vengence facing off against Akechi and his men at the palace of Nobunaga's heir (Nobutada). He surrendered to one of Akechi's vassals and Akechi himself is said to have had him spared and sent to be treated by Jesuit missionaries. After that it's largely unknown what he did or what happened to Yasuke, but from a letter written 5 months later by Portuguese missionary Luis Frois, we know he survived his injuries. From then, it's unknown how he spent the remainder of his life or where he went. If I had to guess, I'd imagine the game takes place after that battle at Nobutada's residence. The Templars, likely, will be with Nobunaga's oppisition or the Jesuits (bc Ubi loves making the Catholic Church full of Templars). I think its most likely we'll see Akeshi and Jesuits as Templars, giving Yasuke a reason to be an ally to the Creed. There were likely Templars in Nobunaga's ranks as well bc Nobunaga was known for his use of European arms and its possible Yasuke was under the command of one such Templar and went on to raid Naoi's village, leading to their conflict with eachother and her hatred of Templars. That's the best I got rn Edit: Yasuke held the rank of Kosho, no Samurai. Similar, but lesser. A military title, but not noble title.

Yasuke was never a Samurai, he was a retainer.

This trailer made me get ghosts of Tsushima and the one thing I really like about it as an rpg compared to something like odessey is that the pacing and exploration feel very natural. The one thing I hated about odyssey was getting into the game proper and being bombarded by meaningless side quests. Meanwhile Ghosts gives side quests but does it pretty slowly and they are short, sweet, and to the point on top of giving you actual rewards instead of some grey boots. If this ends up being an rpg game then they gotta address the whole stat shit show a lot of rpgs descend into

It was confirmed by the devs that hidden blade combat is back!! If you go to IGNs last article they got an inside look at the game and some of the crazy stuff that can and will happen in the game

My hope is that Naoe kind of plays like Basim with the stealth focus and "combat-as-punishment" style and that Yasuke is like Eivor, where I can just play balls-to-the-wall nuts with the combat and stealth if I want to.

i would like that the game has the combat system from ac 3

I was hoping the story was going to be Yasuke bringing the creed to Japan after the Templar influence finally broke through Japan's isolationist barrier and Naoe was his first apprentice but based off that trailer I'm probably wrong

I think it was confirmed that Naoe will be able to use the hidden balde alongside a Tanto knife, kinda like Connor with the tomahawk, we’ll see but I’m hyped

This should be set just after ezios story because in the ps vita game that’s ac chronicles china I believe this is related to that story And about the trailer hype it’s a Ubisoft thing they are exceptionally good at trailers like battlefield are with their trailers

I've been with Assassins Creed since Assassins creed 2. I'm really excited for this, although I do hope that you can go through the game as only one character and do wish that it was just one character, but it is what it is. I've always wanted an Assassins Creed in Japan.

I recently watched the acclaimed TV series Shogun, which takes place in 1600 Japan. I want this game to feel like that TV series did, with its tone and quality of acting and writing. I want to be optimistic about this, and hope it is going to be a solid game with a well written narrative and compelling gameplay. I like the hidden blade design, looks like they are borrowing the AC 3 pivot blade design, which is neat. I heard some rumors that a Sword of Eden, the same one from Assassin's Creed Unity, will factor into the narrative, which if true will be interesting. Overall, this game has to wow us, and feel new and fresh, just like how that AC Unity gameplay demo trailer did for me all those years ago as a teenager. I heard it us going to use a new game engine, so there is hope there

Trailer was fine, gameplay info from interviews has me pretty excited tho. Especially immersive stealth and pivot hidden blade combat

They have actually confirmed hidden blade combat with her and I'm all for it

Good video ❤

I’m excited for the potential from the era and 2 playable characters. I think the concept lends itself well to the rpg portion of the franchise. To be fair I’m easy to please as a gamer. I’m sure there will be bugs at the beginning like any modern triple A release. At this point I just deal with the bugs till they are patched. But overall I’m excited!

I really liked it!!

There's obviously been a lot of criticism of Yasuke as one of the main playable characters, and I do agree with most of it, but there's something else regarding Yasuke being a main character for this story that I'm not a huge fan of. Yasuke was loyal to Oda and took his position seriously, so I don't feel that it's logical for him to betray Oda and join the assassins. I would've much rather they used a samurai who opposed Oda, or at least one who wasn't constantly around him and within his core circle. I won't go into the politics behind Yasuke's inclusion, but even beyond that I really don't understand the purpose of using Yasuke as a playable character over the other historical options, or just using fictional protagonists like they've done in every other AC game thus far.

Although its not really confirmed, I think it's safe to assume that the "Double Assassination" will make a return as seen at 3:21 and im a little unsure but the chain assassination may also return. But only time will tell

What do you think about the combat? Will it be trash like Odyssey, Origins and Valhalla or like the brutal old ones?

As an old school AC player, I will say the game looks promising. The problem is that AC games always look good when it comes to trailers but the final product is different. I have wanted an AC japan game for ages but I have lost interest in this franchise due to the focus on RPG elements so if this game doesn't do it for me then my interest in this franchise is truly gone.

I thought they said yasuke wasn’t gone have a hidden blade

The trailer wasn't bad, but I wanted to see more of stealth. Ubisoft has been mentioning hide in shadows mechanics in this game (which is great, considering that they've never done that in an AC game), but nothing in here hints to that. A good thing about the trailers and the cinematics of games like the Thief Series (particularly the old ones) is that the trailers focused on stealth. We would see Garrett hidding in shadows, Garrett turning off torches with his Water Arrows, Garrett knocking guards down with his blackjack and then snatching purses. The advertisement demonstrated exactly the type of game you were to play, attracting the right audience. This AC trailer wasn't bad, but I'm going to be honest; AC Mirage hyped me more and gave me a clear idea of what the game is; AC Shadows, however, didn't hype me and I don't know what type of a game this is yet. Simply said, I need to see gameplay and most of all, the stealth.

Pre-ordering on the basis of a trailer is in my opinion pre-ordering on empty air, we know they're very good at cinematics. Wait until you see the gameplay.

My biggest complaint is that we got no stealth in the trailer. One sneaky approach immediately turns into open combat. And the assassin taking her hood off right before the kill? Where's the stealth?

Really nice hearing your opinions on this game. The story concept seems interesting. By the way, Yasuke's name is pronounced " Yaské ". The u is silent. Looking forward to more from you.

won't get more hyped than it's due until we get gameplay footage. All I want is an engaging story, the feeling of hitting flesh, armor,etc and not models and that naoe's (or generally the stealth) gameplay isn't majorly dependent upon the rpg system, at least for what concerns hidden blade or other sure kill assassinations. I hope ubisoft's intention in having 2 characters this time had as the main priority to satisfy both new (rpg) and old players rather than the politically correctedness. It would also be cool if equipment upgrades were given upon advancing ranks or completing certain missions, but i guess it would defy the rpg grind and idk, maybe it's historically inaccurate(in the sense that people then could buy new weapons each time with money). Would be cool if we won't have the usual health bar for enemies but smth like 'shedding' the layers of armor or breaking the stance, so that hitting someone's bare head with a kunai kills them, but it's a delusion of mine. Only certainties of greatness I have are the music, scenery and society representation

Its easy to make a good trailer. All AC games looked good and had a great world because of great historic places. But in reality this could be another mirage

If he doesn’t have a hidden blade that kinda excites me a little because I’ve been waiting since rogue to be able to do weapon assassinations so I hope we can do them with him and on another note they said no to Egypt and feudal japan and world war setting and now we’ve gotten all of the kind off I just hope we will get that world war game soon

I'm also an OG fan and everyrhing here looks incredible EXCEPT there was not a single assassin logo. Not a single confirmation that the main protagonists are actually assassins. They both have red shashes, Naoe has a hood and a hidden blade, and they say "we are the shadows thst serve the light" but apart from that there's nothing thst leads me to believe this game will be loyal to the Assassin Brotherhood as a concept. Naoe's hood doesn't even have the beak point. Nothing we've seen yet confirms any of the characters are actual assassins. Japan was pretty cut off from the rest of the world so maybe they didn't find it historically plausible to have the creed reach Japan by the 1500s or something but come on. I'm here for the assassins. Not another misthios or a viking who helps the hidden ones when it suits her. I want proper assassins. And feudal japanese is one of my favorite eras in history. They can't mess this one up.

I’m looking forward to the game. Even though I want the series to return to roots more and I don’t really like Valhalla very much despite trying to like it, I still love AC and am excited for this. But I am trying to keep my expectations in check. This is going to be a massive RPG like Odyssey and Valhalla, but hopefully it still has good stealth and parkour, and a story that’s relevant to the Assassins. We just have to wait and see. I’m also hoping they’ll ease off with the magic stuff and insane armour sets and stuff like in Valhalla, but I’m sure they won’t lol

Hidden Blade combat is confirmed to return.

I loved when Naoe’s hidden blade converted into what Connor has. With this game being only on next gen, and probably having quite a long development time, I’m hoping this game is unique and serves a lot of if not all the fan base. STEALH FOR THE WIN

Ubisoft better not fuck this up. If the combat is like ghost of Tsushima or FOR HONOR or any soules game combat it will ruin the entire franchise after this game

Story looks like it'll be enjoyable, but still waiting for what the gameplay is going to be like

I think I got intrigued by AC trailer for first time since Origins. Do you think composer for this game is still Brendan Angelides? The forest scene's music is kinda similar to Mirage's. That would be neat!

It's confirmed you can use hidden blade in combat in the 3rd video they posted

Its not bad, i just really didnt want feudal Japan as the setting. Wouldve rathee had Ww1 or Punic Wars

I just hope the parkour will be good, which doesn’t look like they cared much about it from the looks of the trailer, which is disappointing but also expected. I’m waiting for gameplay

i think they might bring back double assassinations since naoe has a hidden blade along with a dagger and in the trailer she double assassinates some guards so hopefully we get that

My thing with these rpg games in the franchise I want because it's more "RPG" adjacent is more character focus especially since ideally it's going to be much longer than the more old school AC games like when we got Mirage. Due to this I just want the stories much less the characters to actually be good especially their arcs. I want these two to go through turmoil and progress rather than just relatively stay the same the whole way through. Ofc I would want it to have newer gameplay mechanics, especially in terms of combat with a more focus on swordplay (GOT really set the bar for me for swordplay that feels grounded), as well as stealth with more than just crouch in tall grass and whistle/shoot an arrow in the head such as actually crawl, take out ligh sources, heck now that we are in this enviornment maybe some tree stuff like AC3. Big doubt that will be the case tho cuz ubisoft just plays things safe so ik expecting the usual just reskinned. However one can hope. I went from being 0% interested to now like 10% only time will tell at most cuz I dont wanna be the wierdo that just hopes a game fails and have the doomer mindset praying on the downfall I may just get the Ubisoft plus for a month try to see if I get any enjoyment out of it and then cancel. If I do like it I'll eventually purchase it on sale. If not then I know I tried it and will just not get it. Besides there are much more games I am anticipating that I won't be touching Shadows if the chance I enjoy it and purchase the game. Here's hoping that the new format Ubisoft is going to with one title being rpg adjacent and the next being more original ac adjacent works out for them. This format will hopefully just give them a clearer vision on how they are going to make narratively and world wise but also what game mechanics to focus on rather than try to appease to both like they tried with Valhalla. I can see not only gameplay benefitting from it but also narratively cuz with valhalla the assassins felt more less forced/crammed in only for having some fans stick through. Which also goes into mechanics feeling forced with the social stealth having no sense in it as well as hidden blade/stealth having no sense in it. Hoping this shift leads to a solid game. Mirage was the start of the shift and I enjoyed it granted you can tell it was a mere dlc turned standalone.

It's gonna be lackluster like everything ubisoft does, in a couple of months it's gonna be forgotten, it'll be filled with thousands of collectibles and secondary sensless and boring missions, it's gonna lock things behind a leveling wall, AI will be like ever (15 guards in a post, kill 13 on them, the two remaining will patrol as chilly and unsuspectfully as normal), it will feature references to other franchises like far cry (of which they will announce FC7 soon as well) without fitting the world and of couse, you will be able to play with the Ezio and Edward costumes and in a year the next AC trailer will release reminding us that Ubisoft is great at making trailers but mediocre at making games. (AC ultra fan since '07 until Syndicate)

I just hope it’s a new engine and it doesn’t play the same as the rpg trilogy, movement needs to be better

I'm glad that pivotal blade is back.(or at least it seems it is)

Hidden blade combat is there in the second trailer where there are breaking down it one of the directors says it

I was completely uninterested for this since we already got a ubisoft-style samurai game, only done with more care. The only thing that brought me in is Yasuke. I don't trust Ubisoft to be bold enough to make him super interesting and tackle themes such as racism and slavery at this point. But I'll just try to imagine how this historical figure felt while I play as him. Thanks for opening up a space for a nice conversation in a sea of reactionary racists.

Is yasuke gone be able to parkour plz tell me yes ?

Gonna just have to be happy with mirage, i dont see this not being like valhalla unfortunately

Would be nice if there was a coop mode :D

What do you think of an AC game set in the Wild West? I see potential that it could be good if it was made.