Sometimes, realism has to be ignored in video games to make things fun.

Restricted areas have them, and if someone rings them, you’ll get the wanted status.

The thing is, this wanted status will stay for a long time.

A review card showing Naoe on a mountain in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

How doeseveryoneknow what you did from a single bell ring?

7The Change Of Seasons

How Much Time Has Passed?

We’re not done talking about the seasons.

Split image of Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Ghost of Tsushima.

Their passage here is completely disconnected from the story.

you’re able to start a mission and finish it in an in-game year later.

6Trees Have Platforms

Who Put Them There?

Yasuke stands looking pained and basked in orange light on the left, Naoe looks up and in distress in moonlight on the right, and Mistumune sits meditating under the shadow of a tree in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Yasuke and not even Naoe are no Connor Kenway, as they can’t climb trees in this game.

Some sections even have yellow paint on them to make the path clear.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Ghost of Tsushima have a lot of similarities, but which game is better?

Naoe on top of a tree, Naoe performing a double assassination, and a bell, from Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

“Oh, but there’s an in-game explanation for those!”

Well, yes and no.

However, that doesn’t explain why a tree in a shrine has those things attached to it.

a bell from Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

5Naoe’s Weapons Capacity

Why Choose Between Two?

Yasuke, you’re excused from our nitpick here.

Thus, why isn’t she walking around with all three equipped?

an image of nature, showing the beginning of autumn in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

She’d need to move more and get closer to the enemy than if she wielded her sword correctly.

3The Magic Door

How Does That Work?

And not just any song, but a specific one.

A tree from Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

These memorable quotes highlight the nuances and emotions in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Are we using Isu artifacts as doorknobs?

Because we can’t think of another source of technology to make this happen.

Naoe performing a double assassination in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

2Which Fights Are Canon?

It feels more like transforming one character into the other than an actual swap.

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Naoe with katana drawn in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

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Choosing between Naoe and Yasuke in Spring and Fall, Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

Yasuke and Naoe in Assassin’s Creed Shadows.

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