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Assassin's Creed Shadows Season Pass and DLC Prices Leaked

A dataminer has revealed several details on the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows (formerly Assassin's Creed Red) post-launch content.

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purple10135d ago

dlc and season pass before the games eve launched - yep, that'd be Ubisoft.

Inverno34d ago

It's the whole industry but some devs get a pass. DLC has been cut content for years now. It's why so many games have dlc ready before the end of it's first month out.

--Onilink--34d ago (Edited 34d ago )

Not saying some devs dont cut content, because it definitely happens, but many times its also just some clear lack of understanding of how game development (or most software development for that matter)

People tend to think that every single developer is working on the same thing at the same time without considering that many of them will be over with their initial tasks for the base game long before the rest of the team is finishing up the game and they obviously wont just stand around doing nothing for months.

Skuletor34d ago

Games have cut content day one, like preorder bonuses and deluxe editions with extra in-game content.Not to mention the times when the DLC you have to pay for, is already on the disc.

Eonjay34d ago

I don't think they realize that they are turning people off like myself when they do this.

Goodguy0135d ago (Edited 35d ago )

Oh God lol. Remember to be patient with Ubisoft games folks, they tend to go on sale quickly after release and heavily reduced after a year or so.

Chocoburger34d ago

A better idea is just don't waste your lifespan playing Ubi-junk games at all.

Money is less valuable than lifespan.

LOGICWINS34d ago

AC games are generally fantastic action RPGs (Odyssey in particular), the problem is that they're overpriced at launch.

--Onilink--34d ago

@logic
I wouldnt say they are overpriced, they certainly dont lack content or production values.

My biggest issue is that the “made by committee” feel for Ubi games has become way too apparent recently. They end up feeling bloated and boring because its been years since all Ubi games feel the same

LOGICWINS34d ago

@--Onilink-- You're 1000% correct. There's a persistent Ubisoft formula in these games, but I don't think that necessarily a bad thing if the formula is fun and the characters are interesting.

We could say the same thing about Yakuza, God of War, and COD....but I enjoy all those IPs despite the gameplay being largely unchanged from the previous iteration with small improvements.

It's like having a food recipe that's been perfected across many generations.

Barlos33d ago

Agree. I'm not supporting these practices so as much as I enjoy AC games, I'll be passing on this one.

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Skuletor34d ago

My Ubisoft Connect launcher library on PC has a section I've never seen before called Inactive games now, which only has my copy of The Crew and a tone-deaf banner telling me the game is unplayable and suggesting I go to their store to buy another game. Why? so you can take my access away from that too? Lol

notachance34d ago

as much as I'd like to play an open world ninja game, I'll wait for the eventual complete edition and bug fixes.. it's ubisoft after all

RaidenBlack34d ago

Even though the setting have bee much anticipated one for AC ... the moment I realized that this was helmed by the AC Odyssey dev ... my curiosity greatly plummeted. Odyssey was a good expansive RPG but it didn't feel like an AC game.
So the season pass news doesn't surprise me much. Will still check it out mainly for the graphics.
I am more curious regarding AC Project Hexe. Its less expansive than the recent AC RPGs (more like the earlier OG AC games) & is being directed by Clint Hocking, responsible for technically ambitious Ubi games like SC:Chaos Theory, Far Cry 2 & Watch Dogs Legion.

anast34d ago

That's the cut content that is being sold back to the customer.

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Assassin's Creed Shadows' reveal gives us our first look at the series' revamped technology

The DF breakdown on the new technology powering the latest Assassin's Creed title.

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MeatyUrologist1d 6h ago

Ubisoft used to be at the top of the open world visuals game, but this seems a bit lacking. I recently replayed Odyssey on ps5 with the 60fps patch and it has held up very well. Honestly looks about the same as this but plays at a smooth 60 fps. Sounds like this can't even hold a steady 30 with average visuals.

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Ubisoft Has Been Wanting to Make an Assassin's Creed Game Set in Feudal Japan for a "Long Time"

The Nerd Stash: Assassin's Creed: Shadows is delivering what fans have begged for: an AC game in Feudal Japan. It turns out the devs wanted it just as bad.

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phoenixwing6d ago

Tell me lies tell me sweet little baby lies

-Foxtrot6d ago

Yet you never did it

We’ve been waiting for this since Assassins Creed III, hell even during Revelations people were mentioning it. So that’s over 12-13 years now.

The fact is they didn’t want to do it, saw how successful Ghost of Tsushima was and then decided to do it because someone else took the risk first

isarai6d ago

Is it me or is there a sudden surge of Ubisoft defenders on this site? 🤔

-Foxtrot5d ago

I saw this on a few subreddits aswell

Why the sudden urge to defend them after all the shitty things they’ve said and done.

gigoran84d ago

I think they're defending "the message" not the game

raWfodog4d ago

To be fair, the article mentions that the 'devs' have been wanting to make a feudal Japan game for a long time.

We all know that it's the corporate execs that make the final decision on what games the devs will make.

-Foxtrot4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Not really, it's complete bullshit

https://www.complex.com/pop...

"People on the Internet suggest the most boring settings," said Hutchinson. "The three most wanted are WWII, feudal Japan and Egypt. They're kind of the three worst settings for an AC game."

And yet...

raWfodog4d ago

Alex Hutchinson left Ubisoft as Creative Director back in 2017 (that article from Complex is 12 years old). Surely there were actual devs since then (at least one from the nerdstash article) that wanted to do feudal Japan.

just_looken4d ago

I know old games had it like black flag but when i saw that spearman with a red glowing dot i am like oh oh i know that game.

But hey we get to listen japan people play 80's hiphop while fighting english speaking generic asain dudes that all have the same face/hairstyle/moves/clothing

Redgrave4d ago

Meanwhile, this ancient article with comments from the director of AC3

https://n4g.com/news/973762...

Chocoburger4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

Four thousand, four hundred, fifty-three days later, all 3 came to pass.

We got some WWII from Unity side missions. We got Egypt from Origins (yeah, it was boring just like Alex said it would be), and now we're getting Japan.

I have no interest in the 'new era' of AC games, that are such a repetitive grind, too bad because I've always wanted Japan back when I was a fan.

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Goodguy016d ago

Quite sad it took them this long to get to an Asian setting for a big AC game.

The game looks pretty generic and rough unfortunately. The setting looks nice only because Japan already looks beautiful.

I'll pick it up for $15 on sale half a year from it's release lol.

isarai6d ago

You left hints at the end of the very first game for feudal japan, you later made an official statement saying you will never go to feudal japan, you compromised with the garbage AC chronicles. Then GoT did it for you, and better, now you want to come out with not only AC Shadows but also AC Jade. What a joke 🤣

Skuletor4d ago

Chronicles had China, not Japan.

vTuro244d ago

They were waiting for the time to be ripe for when Yasuke's controversy would reach its peak.

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The Flight To Preview Assassin’s Creed Shadows Music On June 14th

Looking forward to hearing the full score as the artists involved sound amazing. Today, Ubisoft announced the composers involved in the making of Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ original soundtrack. Four exclusive tracks will be made available on Friday 14th.