Important discovery! In Assassins Creed: Shadows there are lots of animals you cannot pet (something that irks me because yes, I do want to pet them all). But when you add BABY animals to your village, many of them are actually pettable! Have so far discovered that the baby fox, tanuki, and piglet are pettable-critters!

Still want to pet my cows and am disappointed that I cannot, and am now hitting up against another annoyance: the item limit for placing animals is WAY too low, so you can't actually have one of each kind at your village all at the same time! But the discovery that I could pet the fox kit (and that the animation has it nibble on your finger when you do) was pretty great!

#gaming #assassinscreed #acshadows

I enjoy the archer scarecrows in the Iga village. #ACShadows
Oh, point of comparison I just thought of: The script is, if absolutely nothing else, at least so far avoiding both the Weird Anti Mongol Racism AND the "OH NO MY HONORU" traps that Ghost Of Tsushima fell into lmao #ACShadows
There's definitely moments where you can see the cliche and cringe you'd expect from AssCreed Japan, but overall the script is holding up shockingly well to me so far, and the visual and mechanical refinements all feel like big winners. Again: Stealth actually functions! Wow! #ACShadows
Taking a break at the end of the prologue for food and diversions - folks, I am forced to admit, this is the most I've liked an AssCreed in a long, long time. #ACShadows
This prologue is very long and slow (complimentary) #ACShadows
NGL, this concept art of Naoe kinda rips #ACShadows
Reiterate: Game Pretty! The reworked engine definitely feels like a winner. Mirage's aesthetic was probably its best quality, and this is head and shoulders better. #ACShadows