When Assassin's Creed Shadows launches this February after a brief delay took it out of 2024, it looks like the female protagonist, Naoe, will be the most classic Assassin's Creed-like character in quite some time.
The reason?
Her ability to run and parkour at high speeds, coupled with the immense number of gadgets at her disposal that seemingly encourage stealth gameplay over open battles. In fact, Ubisoft's Jonathan Dumont, the creative director of Shadows, has come out to say that Naoe is "the fastest Assassin we ever made."
That bit of information should be music to any Assassin's Creed fan's ears, particularly those who've grown tired of the more ARPG-like formula of recent entries.
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In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Dumont provided more details about the next game in the AC franchise, including some intriguing bits of info about Naoe.
“Naoe’s the fastest Assassin we ever made,” Dumont said. “She runs super fast, she has a lot of gadgets to keep her stealth so that she doesn't have to fight often. We wanted to satisfy that for...
