Assassin’s Creed Shadows commits a great RPG sin, but I’ll forgive it

I spent 20 hours playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows before I spent my first skill point. I was cleaning out castles like it was House Flipper: Sengoku Edition and I never once needed an extra 4% vulnerable damage, or even the ability to assassinate two people at once. Naoe is a capable ninja from the start — thanks to all the training from her father — and Ubisoft included a skill tree that is unnecessary until you’re well into the game.







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