Assassin’s Creed Shadows sees the long-running stealth series cover perhaps its most requested setting: feudal Japan. While the previous game Mirage was a modest entry as far as Ubisoft open-worlds go, Shadows presents an adventure on the same vast scale as Odyssey and Valhalla – with a dizzying number of activities to match.
Whether this is your 10th Assassin’s Creed epic or your first, Polygon’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows guides give you a full walkthrough of the main story, help with the trickiest collectibles and side objectives, and explain how to make the most out of the game’s dual protagonists, including the all important question of when you can actually play as one of them."}][xss_clean]
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Image: UbisoftAssassin’s Creed Shadows sees the long-running stealth series cover perhaps its most requested setting: feudal Japan. While the previous game Mirage was a modest entry as far as Ubisoft open-worlds go, Shadows presents an adventure on the same vast scale as Odyssey and Valhalla – with a dizzying number of activities to match.
Whether this is your 10th Assassin’s Creed epic or your first, Polygon’s Assassin’s Creed Shadows guides give you a full walkthrough of the main story, help with the trickiest collectibles and side objectives, and explain how to make the most out of the game’s dual protagonists, including the all important question of when you can actually play as one of them.
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