Assassin’s Creed Shadows: A Game Divided by Contrasting Opinions

Just a couple of days before the release of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, Ubisoft lifted the embargo on final reviews, leading to a flood of various materials, both video and text, across the internet. Overall, the press seems to be pleased with the new title — at the time this news was published, Assassin’s Creed Shadows held an average score of 82 on Metacritic and 81 on OpenCritic, with 84% of journalists recommending the game.

However, there isn’t a consensus in the reviews regarding various aspects of the title — some praise the open world and exploration elements, while others criticize the repetitive content and gameplay. Opinions on the storyline also vary widely; some find it thrilling, while others describe it as bland and purposeless.

Below, we have compiled a selection of reviews with differing evaluations:

Ron Burke and David Flynn

Leah Williams

Andrew Brown

Robert Ramsey

George Foster

Jarrett Green

Maciej Bogusz

Shaan Joshi

Kevin Dunsmore

Ethan Krieger

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will launch on March 20 for PC (Steam, Epic Games Store, Ubisoft Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, and on the Amazon Luna cloud service, featuring Russian text localization.