Among the builders who labored on (and are nonetheless engaged on) Murderer’s Creed Shadows hopped right into a Reddit AMA to reply fan questions on Ubisoft’s newest entry in its stabby historic fiction franchise. Not all the questions and solutions have been revealing, however buried within the AMA have been some attention-grabbing items of details about the lore of Murderer’s Creed, upcoming video games within the sequence, extra updates coming for Shadows, and a affirmation on some options that gained’t be added in future updates.
Listed here are 10(ish) issues we realized about Murderer’s Creed Shadows from the August 12 AMA on the Murderer’s Creed subreddit.
The conflict between Assassins and Templars will proceed
When a fan requested if gamers can anticipate extra content material in regards to the franchise’s traditional battle between Assassins and Templars, AC Shadows stage design director Luc had this to say:
“The Assassins vs. Templars battle has at all times been a core pillar of Murderer’s Creed. With Shadows, we wished to correctly set our protagonist within the setting earlier than increasing on the Assassins vs. Templars. Now that it’s completed on the principle sport, we scratched the floor with the Important Function story drop, and you’ll anticipate extra deep dive on this battle within the close to future.”
Why Ubisoft Didn’t Embrace The Trendy-Day Storyline
One other person requested the place Basim was and if his modern-day storyline, which started in Murderer’s Creed Valhalla, will ever return or if Ubisoft had moved on. As soon as once more, Luc replied to this query and defined why it was lacking and teased extra to return sooner or later:
“We now have complicated new characters that have been launched in Shadows that we didn’t really feel there would have been sufficient highlight for Basim as effectively. With AC Shadows we’re setting up the primary stone of recent means to ship the Trendy Day story line with the Animus HUB. That isn’t the tip of it, and we’re listening to your suggestions. Whereas Trendy Day shouldn’t be the principle focus of the story we inform with Shadows, it stays necessary for our group, so you may anticipate it to be expanded sooner or later, in some style…”
The Group Isn’t Retconning Murderer’s Creed Lore
A seeming skilled in Murderer’s Creed lore requested a bunch of lengthy questions in regards to the franchise’s universe and the way they have been apprehensive that elements of it from older video games, equivalent to Isu artifacts, have been being ignored and even retconned fully. Once more, Luc swooped in to offer an prolonged reply you may learn right here, however this bit is his affirmation that the staff isn’t erasing AC lore; they only aren’t at all times together with it in video games until it is smart.
“The AC lore could be very complicated and retains increasing as we’re creating new video games. We aren’t retconning what we have now completed previously, however we don’t essentially point out the whole lot in each sport if it doesn’t instantly assist the narrative we’re constructing. In our timeline Japan wasn’t unified but, and never mentioning Shao Jun and her apprentice doesn’t imply that they couldn’t have co-existed.
“Much like this, the truth that there is no such thing as a Isu artifact in the principle sport of Shadows doesn’t imply that it doesn’t exist on the earth of Shadows; it simply wasn’t a narrative machine that we wanted for the story we wished to inform.”
Extra Story Updates Will Be Added To Murderer’s Creed Shadows
One final reply about Murderer’s Creed Shadows and its narrative. This time, somebody requested about whether or not any new story updates or further expansions will likely be forthcoming. Simon, affiliate sport director on Shadows, replied:
“We’re exhausting at work [on] extra free story drops that can come sooner or later – nothing we are able to announce but although! We’ll allow you to sink your enamel into the Claws of Awaji [expansion] first, and also you inform us if you need extra!”
Making Yasuke Or Naoe Your In-Recreation Companion
One actually attention-grabbing query that resulted in an equally attention-grabbing response was about Ubisoft including a function to Shadows that may let gamers name the opposite foremost character as a companion. AC Shadows dwell producer André mentioned that the function can be “cool” however admitted that its unlikely to occur as a result of it might contain numerous work.
“That might be a cool function for certain!! We’d love to do that additionally however in the intervening time it’s not in growth however I can let you know we have now mentioned about this internally however numerous technicalities as to be overcome so we are able to’t ship such a function.”
“For instance, the standard of our foremost character is so excessive we would want to spawn them in a a lot decrease high quality to not explode the reminiscence. One other ingredient can be to develop an AI for them that’s becoming with our balancing. No technical issues can’t be overcome, however it might require numerous effort. Greater than we’re keen to spend on this function with out compromising each different options our gamers are ready for. Briefly, it’s not deliberate in the intervening time. If it modifications, we are going to let you recognize.”
Altering Seasons From Shadows Will Seemingly Present Up In Future AC Video games
One of many coolest elements of Murderer’s Creed Shadows is how, over time, the seasons change throughout the map. This impacts not solely the look of the world, but additionally the way you discover it. For instance, it could make rivers freeze up and supply new paths to the participant. It’s a nifty function, and when requested if it is going to be included in future AC video games, André implied that the tech will likely be shared with different Ubisoft groups and that he wouldn’t be shocked to see seasons in a future installment.
“I’m tremendous glad to see you loved that enchancment in our world-building. We are able to’t promise something for the long run Murderer’s Creed, however what I can let you know is that our growth staff is sharing the tech and data for future installments, to allow them to resolve in the event that they wish to combine the dynamic seasons. Creating these seasons required numerous effort to place collectively, so each sport will want resolve if it’s necessary sufficient to take a position on a regular basis wanted to ship it in comparison with different options. I can let you know that internally everybody finds it superb, additionally, so I might not be shocked to see it once more sooner or later!”
Social Stealth May Return In The Franchise
Talking of options that would return, somebody requested why social stealth was lacking from Shadows after enjoying such an enormous function in 2023’s Murderer’s Creed Mirage. And Ubisoft confirmed that hiding in crowds and on benches remains to be part of the sequence.
“For Shadows, our stealth staff selected to place 100% of their vitality on the moment-to-moment tactical shinobi expertise, which left no house for Social Stealth… That doesn’t imply that Social Stealth is gone from the Murderer’s Creed franchise, although!”
Mirage’s Parkour Helped Enhance Naoe’s Strikes In Shadows
When a participant requested if Mirage had an affect on Shadows, particularly the sport’s parkour, André admitted that because of how buildings are in-built Japan and the staff’s want to maintain the motion grounded, they rebuilt parkour and didn’t reuse Mirage star Basim’s transfer set. That mentioned, the parkour in Mirage did have an effect on the post-launch updates that improved and expanded Naoe’s transfer set. Right here’s a part of André’s reply:
“The Mirage staff’s dedication to parkour is what impressed us to do extra post-launch parkour updates, and we use numerous their work as stepping stones for Naoe’s enhancements in post-launch and to contain some consultants from the group in these discussions.”
No Discovery mode coming
Some dangerous information: There gained’t be a non-combat-focused instructional mode added to Shadows as we have now seen in previous video games like Valhalla and Origins. With André delivering the disappointing information bluntly: “However to get to the core of your query, we don’t presently have a ‘Japan Discovery Tour’ like we had for ‘Viking Age’ within the works.”
Additionally, No New Hair Choices Are Being Added In Any Updates
And a few extra dangerous information: Ubisoft doesn’t plan on including new hair customization choices for both of the principle characters in Shadows. Right here’s André’s clear reply to somebody asking about extra hair selections:
“We is not going to add extra totally different sort of hair for our character as a result of, to be blunt, this can be very pricey. The complexity is to have the physic works appropriately in all situations we have now.”
