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The Besties

Assassin's Creed Shadows Delivers on an 18-Year-Old Promise

The Besties

The Besties

Leisure, Video Games

4.9 β€’ 5K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 28 March 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Assassin's Creed Shadows finally takes the series to Feudal Japan. But is Ubisoft too late? Or does their AAAA mega release slice through the competition like a hidden blade to the neck of an unsuspecting foot soldier?

Transcript

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0:00.0

So Griffin is not here, obviously, but we were talking about Assassin's Creed beforehand.

0:06.8

And without saying what Griffin thought, because even though he's not on it, I'm not going to say what he thought of this game.

0:11.0

Because if he wants to share that, he should be on the episode.

0:14.1

We started talking about, well, Griffin, what was the last one's Assassin's Creed game?

0:17.0

You did enjoy it?

0:17.6

He's like, I didn't like the last one very much.

0:19.1

I'm like, I didn't like the last one very much. I'm okay. What about before that?

0:22.4

What about Odyssey? Did you like, no.

0:25.1

Did you like Origins? No, no, no, I didn't like origins. Valhalla?

0:29.0

Didn't like Valhalla. It's like, okay, we, Griffin, who claims to be a fan of this series,

0:34.0

has not enjoyed one since 2014. That is what we figured out. For 11 consecutive years,

0:39.0

Griffin has not enjoyed this franchise. Wowza. Do you think he regrets getting that giant

0:43.3

Assassin's Creed back tattoo of Etsio? Probably. Well, he, it's just a big Assassin's logo. And Griffin

0:50.8

is still an assassin. That's important. Like he still sides against the Templars.

0:55.0

You know what?

0:55.3

This tells me,

0:55.9

conflict.

0:56.5

What?

0:56.9

This tells me that you've never put the black light on your brother.

1:00.9

Because everybody who knows him well knows it looks like the Assassin's Creed logo.

1:06.5

But when you pin him down and hold a black light above it, it reveals the faces of Etzio and Desmond.

1:13.0

And they're crying. The Deuteronomist.

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