Ubisoft has revealed some fresh Assassin's Creed Shadows footage depicting Naoe doing parkour in feudal Japan. The newly shared video offers the longest uninterrupted look at Assassin's Creed Shadows parkour to date.
While parkour has always been synonymous with Ubisoft's long-running franchise, the RPG trilogy simplified it quite substantially, which didn't sit well with all fans. Rumors of Assassin's Creed Shadows revamping the series' parkour system have been circulating the industry since before the game was fully unveiled, back when it was still only known as AC Codename Red. Although Ubisoft has yet to outright confirm that, the gameplay footage that the company showed to date has been consistent with those reports, not least because it offered glimpses of some brand-new parkour animations.
Assassin's Creed may have already solved its playstyle dilemma with the implementation of its two diverse protagonists in Assassin's Creed Shadows.
Even more evidence pointing to such an overhaul emerged online on August 12, when Ubisoft shared a new AC Shadows gameplay clip entirely focused on silky-smooth parkour. The video shows Naoe running, jumping, and grappling over rooftops for 35 seconds straight. Compared to the parkour abilities of the past Assassin's Creed protagonists, Naoe's movement...
