Assassin's Creed Shadows Title Update 1.1.6 has been released, bringing an unexpected Attack on Titan crossover and a brand-new story quest featuring the Isu. The Isu—as Assassin's Creed aficionados will know—are a mythical precursor race that underpin the shared narrative of the entire series.
"A Puzzlement" is the third post-launch story quest added to Shadows. Pitched as a "fun and humorous quest" by Ubisoft, there's actually more to the quest than that description suggests.
"Naoe and Yasuke encounter two old acquaintances having a loud argument about a mysterious door in South Wakasa. They task our protagonists with figuring out how to open it," reads the blurb. The two acquaintances in question are the pair of poachers encountered during the game's intro, if you remember them.
The humour of the quest comes from Naoe and Yasuke learning to imitate one another. Naoe learns Yasuke's dramatic war kick, while Yasuke adopts the stealthy techniques of the Shinobi. The pair eventually find the door, which hides an Isu vault.
"Don't expect a full Isu temple and a crazy two-hour adventure in here," said associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois in an interview with Across the Animus (nice spot, IGN). "That's not what...
