{"id":2121,"date":"2025-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/?p=2121"},"modified":"2025-03-20T18:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:20:11","slug":"games-inbox-is-assassins-creed-shadows-the-best-game-in-the-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.isshicare.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/20\/games-inbox-is-assassins-creed-shadows-the-best-game-in-the-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Games Inbox: Is Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadows the best game in the series?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows – top three Creed (Ubisoft)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Thursday letters page asks whether the Nintendo Switch 2<\/a> will have a touchscreen, as a reader gets excited about Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition.<\/p>\n

To join in with the discussions yourself email gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Expect the expected<\/strong>
I was going to say Assassin\u2019s Creed<\/a> is not really the sort of series I can imagine most people getting excited about but that\u2019s probably part of its appeal. It\u2019s kind of like a cosy game but with action and stabbing. You know what you\u2019re getting, the graphics are good, and you can kind of play it on autopilot.<\/p>\n

I realise that doesn\u2019t sound like a ringing endorsement but that\u2019s the perfect sort of game for relaxing with, as far as I\u2019m concerned. Or at least I assume that\u2019s what Shadows is like, but it doesn\u2019t sound like from your review<\/a> that it\u2019s any mad invention of the concept, which is exactly what I\u2019d assume.<\/p>\n

I know you ranked all the mainline games<\/a> recently but where would you put Shadows, now that you\u2019ve played it? It sounds like it\u2019s probably the best of the modern games? Or maybe the best ever? Given how much I enjoyed Valhalla I\u2019m sure I\u2019ll like this one. Plus, you can never accuse Assassin\u2019s Creed games of not being good value for money.
Cranston<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC: <\/strong>We\u2019d say it\u2019s the best post-Assassin\u2019s Creed Origins game, yes. So that\u2019d put it at number three in our list.<\/em><\/p>\n

Second time lucky<\/strong>
I can\u2019t believe how excited I am for Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition<\/a> today. As a gamer since the NES days, I can\u2019t remember having this much anticipation over a game release. It\u2019s the first time I wished I\u2019d bought online, so it would download in the morning, and I wish to take the day off.<\/p>\n

Xenobalde Chronicles X was the last game I played on the Wii U and only stopped when, post-game, I got locked in a mission against something way too powerful and I couldn\u2019t get out of it and I\u2019ve been hoping it would be ported to the Switch since it was released. It seems the perfect game to see me into the Switch 2.
Kinetic induction (NN ID)<\/strong>
PS: Regarding game shops, I have got my last few from Currys. The last few have had 10% off, so I\u2019ve had Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Zelda, and this for less than \u00a340 each.<\/p>\n

Missing in action<\/strong>
There\u2019s a lot of talk at the moment about what Capcom might do with all their Monster Hunter money, which is probably a flawed concept in itself because the obvious thing is that they\u2019ll just plough it back into more Monster Hunter (and gold-plated executive bathrooms).<\/p>\n

But rather than Dino Crisis or Onimusha what I\u2019d like to see come back is Devil May Cry. I\u2019m confused as to why we haven\u2019t heard about a new game already as I would\u2019ve thought we\u2019d get one anyway, since as far as I know Devil May Cry 5 was a success.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been so long I\u2019m going to guess that they were working on something and cancelled it. Capcom do this a lot, with Resident Evil 2 and 4 both having got a fair way before they realised it wasn\u2019t working, and I think this is the sign of a good publisher\/developer.<\/p>\n

Even so, it\u2019s about time we had some new action with Dante and friends. It\u2019s over six years since the last one but it feels like longer.
Winston<\/strong><\/p>\n

Email your comments to: gamecentral@metro.co.uk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Light more fires<\/strong>
That was an astonishing figure, to learn that Ubisoft has 18,000 employees, only to iterate essentially the same game again.<\/p>\n

Iteration isn\u2019t necessarily a bad thing, though, I\u2019m currently bashing, smashing, and crunching all the various beasts of Monster Hunter Wilds – a series which moves forwards only gradually but which deepens its gameplay every time.<\/p>\n

Speaking of iteration, and also numbers of employees I suppose, I\u2019m also looking forward to Hello Games next endeavour: Light No Fire; less of a bankable hit than Monster Hunter Wilds but I think they\u2019re on to something again (if only they can tone down the hyperbole this time!) with the one big world.<\/p>\n

Have we had any news about that recently? I remember seeing some wild speculation that it was nearly ready for launch when they dropped the trailer. High spirits, no doubt.
Shambling Reg<\/strong><\/p>\n

GC: <\/strong>There don\u2019t seem to have been any updates since December 2023, but we\u2019ve no reason to believe there\u2019s a problem.<\/em><\/p>\n

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