Fans are expressing concern about a potential decrease in parkour elements in the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows, citing a lack of verticality and densely populated urban environments in the game's visuals.
Assassin’s Creed fans are worried about a gameplay downgrade with Assassin’s Creed Shadows , the next major Ubisoft release coming in February. Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set to follow in the footsteps of Assassin’s Creed Origins, Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla before it, which is to say be more open-world RPG than linear stealth game. For more modern Assassin’s Creed fans, this is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Older fans who prefer the older games may be left wanting with Shadows though.While modern Assassin’s Creed games have by and large adopted and utilized this newer formula, the most recent game was actually closer to the original games. That game being 2023’s Assassin’s Creed Mirage. Judging by the sales and reception of Mirage, it failed to generate the same success as other recent Assassin’s Creed games, let alone resurrect the series’ glory days. That said, it did have some great parkour sections thanks to a dense Baghdad setting. And while Ubisoft has stressed that Assassin’s Creed Shadows has more stealth elements and parts than Valhalla, Odyssey, and Origins, there hasn’t been much mention of whether it will have more parkour than these games, let alone compared to Mirage. And fans think this is because parkour is set to be sidelined. Not only is the silence telling, but the concern is also based on the lack of building congestion in settlements, and the lack of tall structures as well.. “Unlike Mirage, the cities in Shadows so far don’t seem to have the conjested buildings and variation that you need for that classic Parkour experience. The highest buildings are Pagodas and Castles and they aren’t close to each other. Of course, the grappling hook can help close the gaps, but I suspect traversal in this game will be similar to the three RPG games with a few extra backflip
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