#14
I've played Assassin's Creed since the early games, and Valhalla was the one that finally lost me somewhere in its second region, too much map for too little reason to keep moving. Shadows earns a better result. Feudal Japan gives it a setting worth the density, and switching between the two protagonists, a stealth-focused Naoe and a more combat-forward Yasuke, actually changes how you approach the same map rather than just swapping animations. It doesn't beat Ghost of Tsushima at its own game, the parkour and combat both play it safer than I'd like. But as the current Assassin's Creed representative on PS5, it's the strongest the series has looked in years, and worth a look if Valhalla burned you out like it did me.