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Assassin's Creed Shadows' new Anvil engine features impress on PS5 and Series X
Tom Morgan takes on Assassins Creed Shadows on PS5, Xbox Series X and Series S. Does the game live up to its promise as the first next-gen AC title?
It's a bold transition with a clear pay-off in its technology, as last-gen PS4 and Xbox One machines are left behind to ensure the core gameplay incorporates the latest features of Ubisoft's Anvil engine. That includes ray-traced global illumination, procedural weather simulation and world destruction physics - all exciting additions that help elevate its feudal era Japan setting, in ways not possible in 2023's Assassin's Creed Mirage. As a result, the 30fps quality or 40fps balanced modes on PS5 or Series X are the preferred picks.Given Shadows' open world is filled with complex hills, valleys and large settlements, Ubisoft has also gone to great lengths to optimise its terrain streaming.
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