Assassin Creed: Shadows - Claws of Awaji Expansion
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Assassin's Creed Shadows - Official Claws of Awaji DLC Launch Trailer
ASSASSIN'S CREED SHADOWS - CLAWS OF AWAJI Is A Massive Story Expansion (Walkthrough Gameplay Part 1)
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Critic Reviews for Assassin Creed: Shadows - Claws of Awaji Expansion
The Claws of Awaji doesn't add anything exciting to Assassin's Creed Shadows, but it's still fun to explore a new region and stab people.
Claws of Awaji has most of the same pluses of Assassin's Creed Shadows, but also the same problems.
Does Claws of Awaji finally provide a more fitting ending to Assassin's Creed: Shadows? Kind of. In an irritating and distinctively Ubisoft way, enough is left open to require at least another dose of DLC. Still, if you really haven't had too much of a good thing, that's certainly no bad thing.
The effort put into giving personality to the main duels and providing ideas is noticeable, even if it feels like more of the same in between. It's definitely worth your time if you got it for free. If you have to pay 25 euros more... maybe it's better to wait for a sale.
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It’s a bit disappointing that Yasuke gets no new weapons and that the basic mission design remains relatively unchanged. It’s also a shame that Awaji Island and its enemies are gated from all but endgame players. However, for anyone frustrated by Shadows’ inconclusive finale, Claws of Awaji will bring some much-needed closure in DLC that rewards committed players.
Claws of Awaji is a decent expansion, but outside of some cool story moments, it never really elevates itself beyond the base game. There was room for improvement here, in Shadows' stunted combat and stealth mechanics, and its open world structure, but ultimately, the DLC plays it very safe — for better or worse.
The Claws of Awaji expansion offers plenty of new content for Assassin’s Creed Shadows and satisfyingly wraps up the cliffhanger in Naoe’s story that was hinted at the end of the base game. The expansion’s pacing with Yasuke is better, too, but it’s a shame that he didn’t get a new weapon while Naoe did. Still, Claws of Awaji is a worthy send off to two of the best Assassin’s Creed characters in recent memory.
Claws of Awaji is more of the base AC Shadows game. A beautiful world whose open storytelling style does far more to hurt than help, while the new weapon and one of the boss fights are a nice positive, the rest spends too much time being bland or getting in it's own way.
