True to the stealthy nature of the Assassins, Ubisoft quietly revealed a new feature debuting in Assassin's Creed Shadows that'll let you play in "Canon Mode." In this new mode, all the story choices are automatically made for you, allowing you to experience a predefined storyline from beginning to end, with only romance and ally choices left up to you. Given the epic, branching narratives of both Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Assassin's Creed Odyssey, this choice, announced during a Reddit AMA, has already been heavily praised by fans on social media. In addition, you can still switch between the two heroes, Yasuke and Naoe, allowing you to see the canonical stories for each character.
Assassin's Creed has changed dramatically from the stealth-based original game to fully embrace open-world RPG gameplay. This new mode should appeal to those that fell in love with the first few games' structured campaigns, especially since, for those that want to experience branching storylines, that option is still there as well. Assassin's Creed Shadows, revealed in the same AMA, will also include "immersive mode," where every character will speak in Japanese, for those that want to truly roleplay in 16th-century Japan.
