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Assassin's Creed Shadows has a "canon mode" story option without narrative choices
Assassin's Creed Shadows will take a fresh approach to how it handles branching story, by offering a mode "that allows …
And in the Viking era-set Assassin's Creed Valhalla, which also offered a limited amount of player choice, its male and female versions of main character Eivor were cleverly explained by a sort-of split personality. The ability for you to play as either of Shadows' main characters - shinobi Naoe or samurai Yasuke - in the game's open world is similar to you being able to stomp around London as either Frye twin in Syndicate, while each had specific story missions dedicated to one or the other. "In Shadows choice takes on many forms," associate narrative director Brooke Davies added, "impacting who we play as, and quest and other gameplay outcomes.
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