Assassin's Creed Shadows: A Lukewarm 6/10

Asmongold wraps up his time with Assassin's Creed Shadows by calling it exactly what he thinks it is: "a solid six or a seven." Not amazing, not terrible—just mid. The game, he says, cost more money and took more development time than Black Myth: Wukong, and it should have been better. It isn't.

The Core Critique: Same Loop, Different Castle

The central problem Asmongold identifies is that the game's gameplay loop never evolves. "After I got through the first beginning experience of the game, I am now just repeating the same activities over and over in a new area." Every castle follows the same formula: kill the elites, open the box. That's it. "That's the whole game," he says. "You kill the elites and you open the box."

He draws a comparison to games that do progression well. In Black Myth: Wukong, you get new weapons and tools that let you solve new problems. In Assassin's Creed Shadows, the challenges at level 10 are the same as at level 50. The game doesn't feel dynamic. "It's the same problem that Avowed had," he notes—another recent release that plateaued early.

What Works: The Things That Don't Matter