They called it Assassin’s Creed Shadows because it’s too murky to see anything

Assassin’s Creed Shadows It takes place in Japan around 1579, at the end of the so -called Sengoku period – 300 years before the arrival of a glow bulb. So there is a reasoning that when the sun begins, a world that will live in co -cordgonics and Yasuke murky.

Now I would not usually be on the side of anyone suggesting that the creators of Assassin’s Creed are withdrawing from giving the concept of historical accuracy. This is one of my favorite franchise elements – and that’s why I would definitely recommend playing Assassin’s Creed Shadows in addictive mode.

But sometimes historical accuracy should take a place in grace.

In addition to the first cutscene, opening Assassin’s Creed Shadows – Introduction both Yasuke and NAOE – take place completely at night. In the case of a former form, the setting creates a striking scene when Warlord Oda Nobunaga burns the province of Iga Iga. Yasuke’s face is illuminated by a huge conflagration because he admits Nobunaga that the scale of the victims of this war gives him a break.

The point of view soon moves to Naoe, which must take an crucial mission, because her father is indisposed: recovering the artifact from Kofun or a tomb. At this point, I began to wonder if I had to change the image settings in the game or on the computer monitor, because as Naoe I couldn’t see who I was fighting or where I was going. Sure, there is a moon at night, but its pale glow is often dispersed if not darkened by the clouds.

It is likely that this is how programmers intended. Well, not because they wanted players to have difficulty seeing what they were doing, but this lighting design was intended to convey the sense of Naoe – that there is a shinobi, which is best suited to creeping in the shade. Under the shield of darkness I crawled through high grass and jumped to murder soldiers in the Nobunago invasion.

But until the moon was fully evident high in the night sky, it didn’t seem to me that it didn’t provide me with a lot of lighting, even playing HDR. When the game teaches you control for parkour, I was delayed on the jump because I didn’t see a pillar in the middle of the gap that Naoe tried to cross. Above you can see a few (unchanged) screenshots of the Naoe riding at night, which I captured during the game – I hope her horse will see better in the murky than people!

Maybe you think Yes it is should To be. After all, it was a time in Japanese history, when the only existing human lithe covered the lanterns illuminated in them with oil -fired flames (even candles!). And creators Assassin’s Creed Shadows He made some historical license here: technically, paper lanterns that you see everywhere in the game, AndonIN I have not introduced wide employ to the EDO periodwhich began at the beginning of 1600.

Of course, I don’t suggest it Assassin’s Creed Shadows“The version of the feudal Japan should have been lighting oil lamps or LED headlights. But here the direction of art can have a huge difference. Consider the manufacturer of Sucker Punts’ Tsushima’s ghostwhich is embedded in the earlier era of Japanese history, the Kamakura period, when the Mongols first invaded the country at the end of the 13th century.

Drawing inspiration from classic Japanese cinema, such as the works of Akira Kurosawa-in a fairly literal sense-punch Sucker went with a bold, high look Tsushima’s ghost This enlivened the idea of ​​samurai because it exists in popular imagination (even if it is mainly a myth). Like Assassin’s Creed ShadowsThis game has a full -day cycle, but the moon may well be a giant headlight in the sky; even when The storm hits the nightThe environment is not black.

Again if programmers Assassin’s Creed Shadows He made a deliberate creative decision here – if they wanted players to experience Shinobi fantasy, scratching in the dark as Naoe – then I respect them, say, vision. Filmmakers for this infamously dark Game of Thrones The episode certainly stuck to the weapon when it comes to shooting battles illuminated only with fiery, and they were not concerned about the complaints of viewers. But game creators striving for various types of true accuracy often cause concessions for graphics and fun; Just think about “realism” jumping into bales with 10 floors. As for me, I am approaching my 1940s, and my eyes are not as good as it used to be, so I will simply increase the brightness.