Critics claim Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Black samurai is historically inaccurate, but Yasuke’s real-life story proves otherwise.

One of the characters is based on Yasuke, a formerly enslaved black man from Mozambique, who worked for the Japanese war lord Oda Nobunaga.

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"I'm in the shadows," Masumi agrees. Naoe is much more stealth focused, whereas Yasuke deals with enemies through sheer strength. In all the past Assassin's Creed games, the sneaky assassin bests the tough guys in thick armor, so it stands to reason Naoe would come out on top here, too, and it's nice the actors both agree.

“Personally, I just reached my breaking point with it,” he explained. “After the Stellar Blade drama last year I had mentally clocked out from most of it and I think the back to back drama with Veilguard, Avowed, Kingdom Come Deliverance 2, and then it culminating with Assassins’ Creed Shadows was enough to where I had to get it off my chest.”

A member of Japan’s House of Councillors voiced fears the game—in which players could destroy certain items in Japanese temples—could spark copycat vandalism in real life.

I kind of messed up, guys. In assuming that Assassin's Creed Shadows would be like the series' past RPG entries – think the largely inconsequential player decisions in Valhalla and Odyssey, for example – I discovered that it's possible to be such a stubborn, vengeful asshole that recruitable allies refuse to join your cause.

Assassin's Creed Shadows just hit another milestone, putting it just a katana slash away from becoming the biggest game in the series.

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