Dan Sun Uthai Spotty: AC Shadows Downside

Assassin's Creed Shadows has taken players down into spectacular Sengoku-era Japan, along with intriguing duo characters like Naoe, a young Shinobi, and Yasuke, a historic black samurai. But amid praise for its ambition and beautiful visuals, the game has been heavily criticized for a number of issues, both sensitive content and quality of life issues that shouldn't happen in AAA games.

🇯🇵 Sensitive cultural and historical drama issues

One of the drawbacks that has been discussed and is the hottest issue is the cultural and historical sensitivity that has greatly upset Japanese game fans and some Japanese cultural enthusiasts:

The Yasuke (Yasuke) Character and Historical Authenticity: The selection of Yasuke, a non-Japanese African to be the main character who is a samurai, is seen as a much-exaggerated distortion or interpretation of history; although there are historical records to the actual Yasuke, his role and "samurai" personhood in the game is magnified beyond the available evidence.

Incorrect Cultural Details: There has been criticism that small details in the game, such as architectural design, some that look more like Chinese style than Japanese, homage (such as bowing) that look incorrect by the principles of the times, the customary placement of tatami mats, or even the destruction of religious sites (which were later revised), show a deep incomprehension of cultural details.

Marketing causing discontent: Some promotional images, such as one in which Naoe sits on the remains of a broken torii door, are seen as a lack of respect for Japanese religious and cultural symbols.

⚙️ Quality of Life and Fussy Buck

In addition to cultural issues, the game itself has technical flaws and a play system that annoys players:

A cumbersome QoL system and lack of convenience:

Inconvenient Inventory Management: Players cannot buy, sell, or disassemble (Disassemble) multiple weapons or armor at once. It must be done one by one, wasting a lot of time.

Character Switching: Switching to playing Naoe or Yasuke also requires entering the Inventory menu and waiting to be loaded, a procedure that is redundant and breaks the continuity of play.

Item Storage: Unable to store items that fall while on horseback.

Buck and Animation Glitches: While it's not a bug that causes the game to crash, there are a lot of fussy bugs, such as barrier characters, an animation of an unusual character (Ragdoll), or a problem with restarting the checkpoint to allow the quest to continue.

🕹️ Gameplay design that is still a problem.

For those who have long followed the Assassin's Creed series, there is also a rebuke on the part of gameplay design that was Ubisoft's recipe for success in the latter:

Mission tautology: Some sub-missions or open-world activities still feel repetitive, and fail to impress as well (such as an archery mini-game on horseback, or stealth approaching an animal).

Non-distinctive Gear and Combat systems: The Gear Stats (Gear Stats) system is still redundant and doesn't make much difference in play; while Yasuke's Combat (Combat) system is seen as quite basic and usually only ends up "waiting for a Parry beat."

A World Wide But Lacks Interesting: Although the Scenes Are Beautiful, Some Spaces Still Have the Same Straight or Lack of Amazing Feelings as Landmarks in Previous Sectors (such as the Colosseum), and Most of the Interior Building Designs Still Look Empty

📝 Conclusion

Assassin's Creed Shadows is a game that comes with real contradictions. On one hand, it is an innovation in offering an open world of Japan and a better dual-protagonist, but on the other, it comes with cultural drama issues that undermine fan confidence and quality of play (QoL) issues, including fussy bugs, that impede the smooth playing experience. It is classified as a "semi-polarizing" work that, while not as bad, is not as excellent as many expect from a game against a beloved Japanese backdrop.

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