Today's game is some more Assassin's Creed Shadows. I was originally going to play some more Far Cry 3, but this game has somehow managed to get me completely hooked in just 2 days. What i meant to be a few hours, turned into me spending my entire day off playing the thing.
I think the gameplay needed a little bit to grow on me, because now that i'm used to it, it has to be one of my favorite stealth mechanics yet. The biggest factor that probably helped me was that i discovered i could crawl under floors. Like, crawl under the building and burst out of the floor from a hatch,
Once i got used to the controls, Naoe became a whole lot easier to control in my opinion. I stormed multiple castles today and they all reminded me of taking warehouses in black flag. I was sneaking around and air assassinating enemies.
I ended up swapping out Naoe's outfit for the one seen on all the covers. There doesn't seem to be any "cannon" outfit for her which is a bit disappointing (for example, there's no armor just called "Naoe's robes"), but this one is the one i see used in all the promotional media i think. I'm really hoping we get some legacy outfits too. Bonus points if both characters can wear them, but i think it'd be awesome to see Naoe in Edward or Connors robes.
Moving on from Naoe, the world in this game is gorgeous. The above screenshot i took while i was on my way to Kyoto. The forest was really pretty and looked amazing. It kind of reminds me of the forests near where i grew up.
There was also this river i crossed during sunset. This brings me to my usual water rating bit, which i'm proud to give this game a 9/10 on the water. It looks really good. The beaches have awesome waves too. If Bazzite's clip function worked, i would have gotten a screenshot of it to show everyone, because they look awesome.
