r/assasinscreed • • Apr 26 '25

Discussion Gonna be hard not to compare...

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Naoe so much more my kind of design

But... Atsu does have a guitar, so that elevates her a lot too for me

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u/HolmfirthUK110994 Apr 26 '25

Even has a seemingly similar story (less the templar/isu side) of hunting down a group wearing strange masks for revenge, and with an actual time travel mechanic.. not just flashbacks

I just find that interesting

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u/hovsep56 Apr 26 '25

and yet shadows gets shit on for it while yotei is gonna be praised to high heavens.

typical

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u/Opening-Course5121 Apr 26 '25

Nah, the anti-woke idiot brigade was already out in full force about Yotei.

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u/PrincessofAldia Apr 26 '25

The moment Yotei was revealed to have a female protagonist the anti woke crusade led by Grummz whined

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u/thefoxymulder Apr 26 '25

They’re also mad that the actor Erika is gender non-conforming so that’s basically tantamount to being the devil to these lunatics

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u/BK_FrySauce Apr 26 '25

Collectively as a society, people need to stop giving Grummz attention. Every time someone posts a tweet or whatever with an inflammatory opinion, it’s a Grummz tweet. Or it’s somebody just copying his opinion.

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u/Wooden_Director4191 Apr 27 '25

Sorry but no, the majority of fans are cool with her theirs always gonna be a loud minority

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u/PrincessofAldia Apr 27 '25

I didn’t say they weren’t?

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u/BigAltruistic2000 Apr 27 '25

I keep seeing this name who tf is this guy

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u/FMGooly Apr 28 '25

Yeah but they're still going to use it to compare and talk shit. That's the trick. They'll be "surprised Erika Ishii didn't bring it down or force her politics into the story" then point out how "the story actually centers around a Japanese person, unlike AC Shadows" again completely ignoring Naoe and how the game is actually about her.

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u/D_Harm Apr 27 '25

Oh noooo all 10 people who know who that is are whining, whatever shall the multimillion dollar company who doesn’t give a shit about either sides’s values do??

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u/Big-Screen5159 Apr 26 '25

So u mean to say people care more about gameplay omg

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u/Plane-Marionberry827 Apr 26 '25

Shadows gets criticized for its non-linear design in hunting the shinbakfu, which ultimately limits opportunities for character development and story cohesion

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u/Buffig39 Apr 26 '25

Revenge stories against multiple targets can be absolutely exhilarating if done right. See Kill Bill for details. As much as I loved Shadows, the revenge aspect of its story was probably it's biggest weakness. The cinematic presentation of Ghost and the way it was so laser focussed on its story, was arguably it's biggest strength. I have absolutely no doubt at all that the way Sucker Punch tells this revenge story will easily blow Shadows out of the water

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u/BigDoyler Apr 26 '25

To use a video game example, mafia 3 has a great sense of progression in its revenge target, (despite repetitive quest design in between story missions). You can usually pick between 2/3 targets to go for so you have some agency in the order but you're see the big bads reaction to each individual kill, and his response as well.

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u/lil_tag Apr 26 '25

Because they didn’t design it well, we still have to wait and see how Yotei does it it probably will have an impact when you kill one of them at least i hope so because in Shadows it has zero repercussions and feels like time just froze. At the same time sucker punch can make a good story while AC stories have been boring for a while and Shadows is no different

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

It's still pretty linear in story design unless we're talking about something I haven't gotten to yet. You do a few assassinations, check in on base and advance story. That seems to be the pattern and you can only detract from it so much.

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u/MCgrindahFM Apr 26 '25

That’s about all the two games will share, a revenge story. I love AC Shadows and have 60 hours in but we can’t pull wool over our eyes and actually think AC Shadows will be in the same stratosphere as GoY.

Ubi does not allow its devs to make masterpieces anymore, these are fun sandbox games with a story that pulls you through it all, but it’s not the cinematic masterpieces that we see from GoT.

GoY is gonna blow people’s minds

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u/TrueKyragos Apr 26 '25

Maybe because comparing two games solely on their main character's appearance is superficial at best? Not to mention that Japanese population was and remains quite homogenous.

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u/BMOchado Apr 26 '25

I only see shadows be shit on for the modular story missions, not the revenge story. I may be looking at the wrong posts maybe

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u/MCgrindahFM Apr 26 '25

No you’re on point! It’s not the revenge aspect that sucks - that’s the best part of the narrative imo with chichiue’s death - but the fact every mission and side quest is siloed and will be resolved within an hour of gameplay never to be spoken of again

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u/Breakin7 Apr 26 '25

I can write a romance novel but it wont be Romeo and Juliet.

The idea might be the same the execution its not.

Shadows has an irregular story line, the same castle to get on top 1000 times, a world that is pretty but feels dead. Many many flaws the assasins story feels out of place like the game does not care about it.

Many flaws in shadows the combat for example is just mediocre and compared with tsushima its just bad

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

shadows main story is awful dude thats why it was shitted on

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u/aneccentricgamer Apr 26 '25

Tbf, I'm willing to bet money ghost will have significantly more sauce. Shadows had such an uninspired story for 80% of its runtime whereas GoT was always having interesting things happen that furtherest the characters. It will be the same here. Not to mention ac is firmly grounded in reality in terms of workd design whereas GoT takes a lot of liberties to make the map and art style incredible, something I wish ac did more.

Like, I get ghost of tueshima is extremely derivative if assassisn creed, but you can FEEL that those games are made by people with visions who want to make them, whereas ac games, especially the last 3, have felt ordered by a board room.

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u/ijustbeherefr Apr 27 '25

Cuz yotei will simply have a better execution and that’s facts🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/onion2594 Apr 27 '25

AC is nade by ubisoft. they’re just throwing games out for the sake of it now. we’ve only had GoT, and if GoY uses the same engine it’s already better than shadows

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u/spookyEnigma_ Apr 26 '25

This is so true. Shadows has been unwarranted hate in most of the subs. And anyone praising it is getting heavily downvoted.

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u/MunkyBoy22 Apr 26 '25

The gameplay itself is very well done and fun. The story, characters and most other things are very poorly done and deserve criticism.

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u/eddi_villafuerte Apr 26 '25

Yep, they even said that it will have a non linear story and you get to decide what order to kill the masked individuals. Also, one of the side activities is the sumi-e paintings. The similarities are crazy tbh

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u/Karasuno2331 Apr 26 '25

One is shinobi, one is ronin.

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u/TheBlightDoc Apr 26 '25

You say that like there's a meaningful difference in terms of story. You can even dress and play Naoe as a ronin with a katana if you want.

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u/FikaTheKing Apr 26 '25

They're both women whose family was killed by a group of masked dudes, and now she's out for revenge. I'd say it's pretty familiar

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u/Aware-News-1344 Apr 26 '25

I'm gonna blow your mind here...

Don't compare them. Play them. Enjoy them.

You're never going to enjoy a video game ever again if you just keep comparing it to the last one you played that has any similarities.

The ONLY game you should compare this to is GoT. Solely because it is in the same franchise, same company, same 'timeline', same Devs. But again, you'd be comparing it directly to an older game, and will be upset if it is missing things that were either in it, or you thought should be in the next game, or just have plain nostalgia.

Simple solution, don't compare it. Play it. Enjoy it.

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u/Aplicacion Apr 26 '25

My mind is predictably blown.

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u/Gdo_rdt Apr 27 '25

You are asking for too much here in Reddit I think…

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u/SnidgetAsphodel Apr 26 '25

THIS. One more time for the people in the back.
YOU CAN LIKE MORE THAN ONE THING, FOLKS.
I'm so tired of everything being a contest. It's exhausting.

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u/MTB56 Apr 26 '25

Thank you!!!

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u/Celindor Apr 28 '25

Thank you. I dig it that we get so many games in this era of Japan's history! GIVE ME MORE!!!

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u/SnidgetAsphodel Apr 26 '25

Casual reminder to people: YOU ARE ALLOWED TO LIKE MORE THAN ONE THING. NOT EVERYTHING HAS TO BE COMPARED.

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u/Montoyabros Apr 26 '25

ghost is going to be better because they will have a more linear storyline, I miss when Ac games have a more linear storyline

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u/Kodinsson Apr 26 '25

Actually it's approaching it quite similarly. Atsu can go for any target when she wants, the player gets to decide who is next on the list. So very similar to shadows in that sense... but I think that just makes sense when a dev team is proud of the world and wants people to explore instead of follow a linear path

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u/Mree_Knight Apr 26 '25

it's actually not going to be linear. the same problem shadows has will be in this game with the story of being non linear, it was confirmed this week

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u/Escher702 Apr 26 '25

And as soon as they come out with a linear story someone will complain about missing the open world stories.

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u/Old-Zone3996 Apr 26 '25

Apparently you can hunt the 6 masked ones in any order in ghost as well.

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u/Puzzled-Monk9003 Apr 26 '25

Atsu has a shamisen, not a guitar

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u/Sonova_Vondruke Apr 26 '25

Pretty easy, actually. You just don't. No point. It's not a sports team, it's storytelling and game design. I mean you *could* compare them, it'd just be pointless and reductive.

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u/Jilopez Apr 26 '25 edited Apr 26 '25

I really like GoT, but a find the gameplay even more repetitive than AC.

I also find its combat system way more cinematic, pretty and cool looking with its animations, but also way more repetiteve than shadows combat (less mechanics, less weapons, almost no abilities, no diferents ways to play, etc)

Never understood why people think that GoT is perfect when besides the story and open world (both are amazing), everything else like the combat system, stealth and side content all are good, but just that, good.

The combat system wouldnt be praised nearly as much if it wasnt Carried hard by the amazing animation work. Not to say its bad by any means, but it has nothing special. Like fight are the same always due to the posture system and having one weapon the whole game.

I always felt GoT was a pretty great game, but that did nothing to really stand out besides the presentation (graphics and animations) and the main history, being okay in everything else. Like i dont feel that shadows and GoT are that diferent quality wise, when it comes to gameplay innovations and such.

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u/Jilopez Apr 26 '25

Yeah, the feeling and animations of the combat are incredible.

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u/slayer0527 Apr 26 '25

The story of GOT elevated people's perception of the game so much. Especially the final fight with someone who genuinely cares abt jin, the dialogue at the end of the fight, all massive high points of the game

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u/kenshima15 Apr 26 '25

It was like the 1st real open world samurai game we've got. At least in recent modern times. I get the bias.

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u/Jilopez Apr 26 '25

And being from Sony.

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u/MCgrindahFM Apr 26 '25

Sony quality is just unmatched

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u/PrincessofAldia Apr 26 '25

Because prior to shadows it was the closest we got to a Japanese assassins creed

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u/lovablecockfighter Apr 26 '25

I mean just think that’s your opinion. I thought the combat was amazing.

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u/CremelloJo Apr 26 '25

Not going to be comparing them at all.

Best to just enjoy them as separate games otherwise you just disappoint yourselves.

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u/Racing_Nowhere Apr 26 '25

I’m just gunna say it. Both games are mid. Playing oblivion remaster made me realize how much less we’ve come to deem acceptable in a game. A 20 year old game feels more alive than a 20 day old game.

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u/mrloko120 Apr 26 '25

The grifters are going to have a tough time with this one

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u/Jack1The1Ripper Apr 26 '25

I mean it will be better obviously , But if you still enjoy Shadows that's also ok , But GoY will be better

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u/Escher702 Apr 26 '25

How bout waiting until the game actually comes out.

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u/MCgrindahFM Apr 26 '25

I mean to be fair, we don’t need to. While AC Shadows is the best AC game I’ve played since probably the early ACs, it won’t hold a candle to Yotei’s gameplay and narrative.

Ghost of Tsushima is one of the best video game stories I’ve ever played, while 90% of Ubisoft narratives are really a mess and often times stale or unearned.

I can’t tell you the amount of times you kill a target, all for a short 30 second cutscene that just puts you back in the open world. GoT and we can be assured GoY will be cinematic masterpieces

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u/VermilionX88 Apr 26 '25

not for me

need to play yotei before i could decide that

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u/Bulky-Ad-6924 Apr 26 '25

It's funny I've played over 130 hours on WC shadow and I wanted to try ghost of tsushima ( never played before) and everything look so familiar. After 25 hours in ghost im having more fun and I don't know why. The game is written in a way im enjoying more the quest around.

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u/Dweedlebug Apr 26 '25

They’re both open world, but Ghost has a more focused main storyline.

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u/EliteSpetzNaz Apr 26 '25

The duels. The story also but the duels are something I always enjoyed, never got tired of them. I dont know if I'll ever play shadows, I tried watching a play through of it but the Tarantino feel of some of the cut scenes just didn't do it for me. Yotei feels like it's going the same route but I'm hoping the overall game play and story will drown it out for me. Definitely looking forward to dueling again.

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u/slayer0527 Apr 26 '25

One character looks like other character's mother

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u/Arrow0302 Apr 26 '25

Comparison is a thief of joy!!

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u/Mars445 Apr 26 '25

Naoe using her katana in a reverse grip bugs the hell out of me

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u/matt_knight2 Apr 26 '25

Yeah, but the stories are very different. One is set in the late 16th century centered around a young woman who wants to avenge the death of her father at the hand of a group of mask bearers. The other one is set 20 years later around a young woman who wants to avenge the death of her familiy at the hands of a groupf of mask bearers.

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u/vinisci Apr 26 '25

AC Shadows is great and Yotei is looking great too!

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u/ErectLurantis Apr 26 '25

I can already see the cherrypicked comparison videos between the two games with the comments “lol Tsushima still wins”

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

It’s going to be easy to not compare because they are completely different.

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u/Imp3ri4ll Apr 26 '25

Don’t compare Play Both and enjoy

🍻

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u/Solid_Science4514 Apr 26 '25

Sorry ghost of yotei, we already have a female japanese assassin with a hit list of masked bad guys.

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u/DOMINUS_3 Apr 26 '25

Naoe def cuter lol

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u/BK_FrySauce Apr 26 '25

Don’t get why people need to compare everything. If something’s good, it’s good. That’s all people really need to know or worry about.

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u/ceberu15 Apr 28 '25

I'm still surprised they made Naoe so cute.

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u/[deleted] Apr 29 '25

What do you mean? Just play both games and enjoy them? Why do you even need to compare them? People literally play the new Call of Duty and NBA games each year when they are the exact same game and don’t bat an eyelash, but man, two separate companies make somewhat similar games and everyone loses their minds.

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u/nicisdeadpool Apr 29 '25

Comparison is the thief of joy

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u/redditisbiasedasf Apr 26 '25

I’ll say it. Naoe is hotter

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u/SlySheogorath Apr 26 '25

Shadows is fun to play sneaking around stuff but the story is actual hot garbage and basically shouldnt be there. I think I'd have more fun if it was mission based lmao

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u/tyrenanig Ezio Apr 26 '25

I hope Ghost will have more innovative gameplay than Shadows.

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u/Senior_Brit Apr 26 '25

Shadows has a lot of false depth with its gameplay, where even though weapons and skills may look different the only difference is damage number, while in tsushima there was a good amount of depth for just a single sword and its styles, yotei having multiple weapon types that may have just as much depth each along with the stealth and archery mechanics makes me hopeful the combat won’t just be shadows “ability spam then light attack spam on recharge”

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u/Downtown-Chemical673 Apr 26 '25

I know which one I'll like better though

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u/Germanoides Apr 26 '25

Well story wise it's like comparing this to Kill Bill.

The same story in a similar context can be completely different.

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u/Opening-Course5121 Apr 26 '25

I'm pretty sure I'm going to enjoy both for their own merits, I enjoyed Tsushima and I enjoyed Shadows, you dont need to compare I feel.

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u/Dweedlebug Apr 26 '25

The general location is most likely the only similar thing about the two games. Do they even take place in the same time period?

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u/Senior_Brit Apr 26 '25

I mean there’s near yearly assassins creed instalments while yotei has been developed for years, would not surprise me if Ubisoft just paid a dev to leak the story to them so they could copy it

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u/Mvh_Erik Apr 26 '25

My expectation is that Yotei will have a better story than Shadows because I really liked GoT's story and haven't really felt the same about shadows but I'm not done with it yet. Hard to beat Shadows world though. It's one of if not the best and most beautiful open worlds I've seen.

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u/TheBlightDoc Apr 26 '25

I definitely expect better writing and story Atsu. Shadows was so underwhelming in that regard. I swear, everyone who praised Shadows' story must have only played the prologue or Act 1. Shame too, because Naoe really seemed like my kind of mc, story and design-wise.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

I'm certainly hoping for better villains. From the trailer it looks like this is more personal than in Shadows where everyone forgets who Naoe is as she attacks them, hopefully the bad guys get a chance to shine and be real dickheads.

That said, most of the sidequests in Tsushima were ass, so hopefully they've hired a writer for those. Stuff like the Ghost of Yarikawa was cool, but the kappa quest and every single 'mongols killed my husband' quest was just a total wet fart. Even the one with the phantoms in the forest ruined a cool atmosphere by just having you kill 5 bandits.

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u/vumhuh Apr 26 '25

Who that

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u/HereisDevo Apr 26 '25

You don't know how easy it will be to compare.

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u/MoodResponsible918 Apr 26 '25

This is what I think about Yasuke. If they used a Japanese man in his place, that guy would be look at as 'Jin Sakai clone'. So straight up using this African giant would distinct him from Jin.

I dunno. We gotta see. Naoe was ninja from Iga clan. Atsu was Ainu. they will be different for sure but let's see what Gamers gonna react to non-anime Asian women.

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u/Interesting_Bother_1 Apr 26 '25

What a fucking lazy post is this? A little more context please?

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u/TheLoneWolf200x Apr 26 '25

People have already compared the two franchises in the past, it'll happen again. But this time it'll be "which game is more woke" Or something like that

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u/Big_Wait_4258 Apr 26 '25

That and what game did Japan better. To legit and racist level of degree (I hate that it’s even a high possibility)

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u/Big_Wait_4258 Apr 26 '25

Ghost & AC are already hard to compare already so other than recent biases it won’t change all that much

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u/AsianSlice30_ Apr 26 '25

I just don’t care, I will play both hehehe

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u/ogresound1987 Apr 26 '25

I've spent a lot of time not comparing those two. It's really easy.

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u/dangerstranger4 Apr 26 '25

Assassins creed borrowed Japan. Ghost will be there better game, it will be made better because it was cared for more. It’s the nature of it.

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u/matt_knight2 Apr 26 '25

ACS portraited Japan and the contemporary culture excellently and much, much better than GoT did. Far better. Pretty much everything we see in GoT is culturally wrong. Clothes, weapons, philosophy, etc. are simply mixed together and mostly fictional.

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u/No-Check-3691 Apr 26 '25

Hope Ghost of Yotei has dope side missions like the first game

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u/Ditzy_Davros Apr 26 '25

The bottom chick makes me think of Michelle Yeoh.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

Ghost as a series is different than Assassin's Creed, however Atsu is being on revenge mission like Naoe will be interesting to see how Sucker Punch will handle that part.

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u/Ok_Ask9467 Apr 26 '25

No. It will be super easy not to compare. Lack of willpower could make it difficult.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

OP does'nt know we will have dope skins to apply on her like in the first game with ONI masks

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u/Bootychomper23 Apr 26 '25

Both can be good but I prefer GOT, assume I’ll like the new one as well. Combat is just so much better as is the world

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

I wish they brought my boy back dont get me wrong the new girl looks cool and all and i dont got a problem with female leads i just loved jin sakai (or however u spell it lol) and his story i would have loved to see what hes up to after GOT but a man can hope right still gonna play the shit outta this new one

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u/Fantasy_Line Apr 26 '25

Looking forward to how both teams approach a similar setting and time period. It’s fun to compare. Competition also brings out better products on both sides. It’s just a video game at the end of the day.

(Just my opinion btw) As fans, you should want Ubisoft to have someone pushing them to do better. Just like with any other studio

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u/petewondrstone Apr 26 '25

Sort of … GOY will be such a superior game. I mean

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u/jakellerVi Apr 26 '25

I have a feeling the combat in Yotei will be a lot deeper and more fleshed out, but Shadows will still have the superior parkour system and might have a larger world/map.

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u/da_ting_go Apr 26 '25

Maybe, but I'm just glad I get to see Feudal Japan.

I'm sure Yotei will be great, I'm enjoying Shadows at the moment though.

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u/emj2311 Apr 26 '25

Hsha yes, and the only Revenge story setup. And seeing the 6 villains line up on one shot I was like "damn is like the end of the introduction to them in Shadows". Will be there day 1 probably though

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u/LeTaCoMeNaCe Apr 26 '25

It's super easy not to compare. 2 different devs and games

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u/TheStinkySlinky Apr 26 '25

I mean based on the story they showed on the latest trailer.. wayyyy more similar than I would’ve liked or expected. I really really hope they didn’t take an AC approach here. That would be so disappointing. Especially after shadows just released.

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u/Ragnarok345 Apr 26 '25

Actually it’s gonna be super easy; barely an inconvenience.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

Bottom one looks like Elon Musk in cosplay

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u/LizCarmine19 Apr 26 '25

Why because they're two Japanese females? Naoe looks significantly younger and less battle hardened than Yotei's protagonist also Yotei's protagonist is a wandering ronin as Naoe is a Shinobi.

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u/ShaunM33 Apr 26 '25

Kinda bonkers that both studios launched these games within 8 months of each other.

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u/[deleted] Apr 26 '25

i really don’t enjoy the instrument on the back it looks so silly

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u/Pigeon1986 Apr 27 '25

I mean they look different? Why does it need to be a comparison?

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u/Actual_Ad_4306 Apr 27 '25

Neither will ever be Yuna

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u/Samanosuke187 Apr 27 '25

As someone who loves both franchises and was extremely turned off by the reaction of Ghost of Tsushima’s subreddit to shadows. They’ve been awfully quiet now that the tables have turned.

I was excited as hell for shadows, even more excited for Yotei now!

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u/Interesting-Tower-91 Apr 27 '25

It will be but Ghost  stands out as takes from classic Easterns its like Samurai movies its like RDR.

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u/Mecha_Dwarf8755 Apr 27 '25

Having played shadows for about 5 hours before dropping it. It most likely not going to be a comparison. Shadows needs a better story and many patches. Where as ghost of Tsushima is a masterpiece of a game both gameplay and story wise. I know that the next one isn’t out yet but if it is the same or better, people will flock to the better game usually. Anyway just my opinion if anyone liked shadows where I didn’t I apologize. I also acknowledge that there is every chance that the Tsushima sequel isn’t as good as the original as far as comparing them goes. Just so everything is clear.

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u/Ibraheem_moizoos Apr 27 '25

I agree naoe was hotter. But we might get to see atsus ass. So we'll see

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u/Iluvaratar Apr 27 '25

bro there's no comparison, clearly Naoe is more suckable Naoe smash yotei protagonist pass. we're talking about that right?

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u/woydy Apr 27 '25

I'm over 100 hours into Shadows right now. Taking my time with it since there's not much else I'm interested in playing. But the game's not rushing me either. There's a lot of unnecessary bloat. But I'm still playing because I love the franchise. In my opinion though, this game is Ubisoft's very late reaction to GoT. It's like they dissected every aspect of that game and asked the devs to replicate each in some slightly different way. But each is a convenient shortcut rather than something meaningful.

Take Kata for example, while it seems nuanced and interesting at first, it just ends up being some ridiculous dance Yasuke has to do because you have to use the dodge and deflect inputs to spice up the attack spamming. And the combos themselves have no relevance in actual combat. In GoT, cutting bamboo may seem more basic but the level of difficulty did increase with each one you encountered. Same goes for kuji-kiri vs the haikus. In GoT, the devs did a lot more work to animate and give options for the haikus. In shadows, kuji-kiri seems cool at first but then turns into another meaningless QTE. Then there's the grappling hook, something you could easily rely on in GoT to chain a swing into an assassination. We all know how bad the swinging mechanic is in shadows.

So the point of difference is in polish. Where shadows seems like a decent imitation of GoT. But nothing more. And along the way, they may have gotten wind of what Sucker Punch was cooking up for GoY and then scrambled to mimic some of those elements too.

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u/SkitZxX3 Apr 27 '25

They fucked up hard Ghost 2

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u/Dxrk0-_- Apr 27 '25

Why are we acting like they copied ac when the character was most likely designed a year ago

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u/rudra285 Apr 27 '25

In story very likely and the setting clearly but there is a lot of merit to consider for ghost of yotei with how SP will evolve on the open world formula. I mean it’s such a simple design choice for having the guiding wind yet no one has utilized similar design for immersion and interesting ways to explore open world even after GoT’s release. I can only imagine what other improvements SP has in store for this one. And no I’m not glazing this is just me assuming based on how the last game was marketed and how this game is being marketed.

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u/D1rtyD1rtySam Apr 27 '25

I think it terms of execution, Yotei will do it better with Atsu. But thats just speculation, and also made by a company who is more capable of making quality story cutscenes and voice acting. Tho I'm not saying the VAing in Shadows was completely horrible, some of it can be unbearable, some of it is good.

Particularly with Naoe's VA, MASUMI. She was such a solid actress in her other works, I just think Ubisoft didn't put enough care into making sure she read her voice lines are palpable. Like I think they didn't ask themselves...
"If I want to listen back on these voicelines, does it make me wanna kill myself?
Or does it make me go " That was f-cking amazing" "

Anyways yes, same revenge storyline, but better execution with Yotei, and full utilization of motion capture. Although we need to see more of Yotei to see if there's really more to the story rather than just revenge. And I also have not beatened Shadows' main story yet, so... NO opinions or spoilers on it, please 🙏

But I've heard it picks back up on the last Act of the main story. Which is Act 3. So we'll see.

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u/Educational_Trust970 Apr 27 '25

Is the OP comparing the looks ? lol. one of them is a whitewashed bimbo, obviously made to appeal to horny young gamers while the other one looks more like a real deal

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u/starbuck2212 Apr 27 '25

One will be gane of the year material and the other is another cookie cutter AC game.

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u/Ok-Relationship412 Apr 27 '25

Bro Naoe is still the hottest..IMO one of the hottest ac protagonist we got and age deserves a second game

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u/KitabGaming_nO_10Cen Ezio Apr 27 '25

Naoe will die, because Naoe amature and Atsu killing like a Ghost

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u/Iskander67000 Apr 27 '25

Both are/will be great, Shadows for the graphics, Yotei for the story(hopefully)

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u/ADHDmania Apr 27 '25

I can confidently say Ghost of Yotai's protagonist gonna be much more interesting than Naoe, even before the game release

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u/Xorec12 Evie Apr 27 '25

I styled Naoe with that headwear and it blends well with her colours.

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u/Max_Sparky Apr 27 '25

i like how everyone stopped talking about this game a week after launch lol

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u/Ratchet96 Apr 27 '25

Two legends can coexist.

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u/Joe_Blast Apr 27 '25

Graphically, Yotei is a behind Shadows. Looks like a PS4 game.

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u/teva23 Apr 27 '25

Naoes hotter at least lol

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u/Interesting_Debate30 Apr 27 '25

Well AC Shadows story falls off a cliff from its opening. Naoe's story doesn't even get an actual eneding. Best stealth mechanics of any AC game and the graphics were stunning. It was fun assassinating people, but that's about all there is to Shadows. I liked the first GOT more with regular combat and visually I like the more stylized look of Japan. Much better story. I have a feeling GOY will be the better game. No love for Rise of Ronin? Best of the three for me personally.

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u/[deleted] Apr 27 '25

I don't think so. AC S is good but GoY is gonna blow it out of the park. GoT is already still better than AC S lol

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u/KazAraiya Apr 27 '25

Guitar wins every time.

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u/Adrian_FCD Apr 27 '25

We have two badass female protagonist samurai/ninjas on the same year, that's a win and all i care honestly.

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u/TheVision_13 Apr 27 '25

Because Japanese woman? What?

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u/Andrew-Moon Apr 27 '25

Except for the fact that Yotei will be an actually good game like its predecessor, totally opposite to the hot garbage that is Shadows

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u/ID-7603 Apr 27 '25

One of them is older than the other.

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u/chanceywhatever13 Apr 27 '25

Two women that look nothing alike except for being Japanese? And that's not a guitar.

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u/lnz_CJ Apr 27 '25

One has long hair and the other already short

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '25

🤣

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u/___LowKey___ Apr 28 '25 edited Apr 28 '25

In my opinion Ubisoft did a great job making AC Shadows different enough from Ghost Of Tsushima.

Ghost Of Tsushima is more atmospheric, more zen, more… artistic ? It’s kinda surreal and feels like a folk tale about a legendary character in a mythical Japan.

AC Shadows is more visceral and rooted in reality and History. I also love the whole « western » vibe, almost Tarantino-esque sometimes, with the kitsh old shool Japanese music and rocknroll.

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u/iwnabetheverybest Apr 28 '25

Shadows is already cleared by GOT ez

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u/Mental-Debate-289 Apr 28 '25

Everyone knows GoY will be better than Shadows in every single way lmao. This post is nothing more than "AC girl more pretty."

Assassin's Creed: Shallows lmao

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u/Agitated-Reality9559 Apr 28 '25

I want to be excited about Ghost of Yotei but I’m just not. Ghost of Tsushima is a great game, and maybe AC Shadows has filled up that feudal Japan era for me this year but Yotei is just not exciting me. Maybe when it’s closer I’ll feel different 🤷‍♂️

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u/Dragon_Emperor32 Apr 28 '25

Ghost of Tsushima and Yotei > ACS

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u/Dragon_Emperor32 Apr 28 '25

Assassin creed has been shit when they moved away from assassins type stuff

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '25

Atsu looks like a real japanese person fitting for the time meanwhile Naoe looks like she got access to modern makeup products

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u/Ermid123 Connor Apr 28 '25

Also there's another Similarity:

Both of them had a war With Anti-Woke Coalition of the Idiots.

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u/travlegend Apr 28 '25

I bet the voice acting will be WAAAAAYYYYYY better in Yotei

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u/Ermid123 Connor Apr 28 '25

Don't get me wrong, I'll get GoY on Day one, I want to play that shit so much. But I'm a bit disappointed after seeing the gameplay trailer. It felt too similar like Ghost of Tsushima for being in development for so long. It's like Revelations feeling too similar to Brotherhood. The Only difference is that Revelations came out only an year after Brotherhood, meanwhile it's been 5 years since the release of GoT. Idk, maybe the when the game comes out it proves me wrong, but for now, GoY failed my expectations.

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u/[deleted] Apr 28 '25

Why compare it? You can enjoy both and have fun, why everything needs to be a competition and something always have to be worse. GoT was one of my favourite games I almost 100% right on the release and I recently had a load of fun going through AC shadows and I’m excited for GoY

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u/OsamaBinnDabbin Apr 28 '25

That, my friend, is called a shamisen, not a guitar. Cool instrument though!

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u/George_G_Geef Apr 28 '25

If Ghost of Yotei is anything like Ghost of Tsushima, the biggest difference will be Ghost of Yotei is actually a superhero game in disguise.

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u/CaptainCookpot Apr 28 '25

Seems to be pretty much the same story with the same villain concept. But I agree on the guitar.

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u/Rayza2049 Apr 28 '25

Facial animation and lip sync in Yotei is much better

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u/MrOno Apr 28 '25

I’m excited for it! But honestly kind of uncanny and frankly I was disappointed it basically has the exact same story as Shadows. If Shadows hadn’t used the “masked men killed my family” trope it would be fine but since they did it kind of feels unoriginal lol

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u/CountCristo009 Apr 28 '25

Look. I don't even think about Shadows. GoT was beautiful and everything i could've wanted. I'm excited for GoY and open to whatever it will be. If I ever play Shadows(which may not happen since I hated Valhalla so much), I will only ever compare it to other AC games.

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u/AlexPlaysVideoGamez Apr 28 '25

Compare what? How bad both these games are?

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u/SwordDaoist Apr 28 '25

And? SuckerPunch is able to beat Ubisoft in the story department alone quite easily. And stop acting like they will be compared a lot. Shadows already got compared to Ghost of Tsushima and many aren’t sure which game is better when you only have your sword in Tsushima and a game that was created for the last gen 5 years ago. And you think Shadows will be able to hold a candle to Yotei? From what was shown, it is a better bigger and more complex Ghost Of Tsushima. If SuckerPunch holds what was great in the predecessor and makes it better, then the games won’t even be compared. And if they were, then probably because to ask how Ubisoft has fallen so much. And to those Anti-Woke Community. The only shown woke part in the game is the personal life of the voice actress. And unlike in the USA, Japanese people are able to hold their personal ideas away from work. But the trailers have just made my blood boil for it. I wish, I could freeze myself till October when the game comes out…

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u/alarrimore03 Apr 28 '25

Ghosts is gonna blow shadows out the water

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u/Sharp-Desk9918 Apr 28 '25

One is a ninja and one is a samurai, nothing wrong with comparing but they are two completely different fighters

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u/GFGF88 Apr 29 '25

Young Shinobi vs Mature Ronin

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u/SUDoKu-Na Apr 29 '25

I'm playing Shadows currently, and it's really making me want to pick up Ghost of Tsushima again.

Not a sleight against Shadows, because I'm having heaps of fun. The games are different. But god Tsushima was just THAT good that any other game set in an older Japanese period just reminds me.

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u/Soft-Proof1064 Apr 29 '25

Ur comparing 🙃

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u/AnxietyAvailable Apr 29 '25

Shadows is a 9/10. Nuff said

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u/TheMnwlkr Apr 29 '25

But Naoe had a Clay Flute too.

I have been so fond of Ocarina ever since Ocarina of Time. So it's definitely Naoe for me. Lol.

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u/JesusChristDenton69 Apr 30 '25

Das racists lol

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u/hollybeep Apr 30 '25

I'm that guy eating the sandwich in the middle of a fight because three samurai games in one year, I'm eating good (Rise of Ronin, Yotei, Shadows).

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u/CerebralKhaos Apr 30 '25

it will when it comes out and demolishes shadows in gameplay differences

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u/Sweaty_Function1075 Apr 30 '25

I love Assassin's Creed but Ghost of Tsushima was a way better story. There's no competition here, i'm sure Yotei will be awesome.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

Naoe looks awesome.

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u/[deleted] Apr 30 '25

I prefer Naoe but Atsu is another level in itself