Assassin's Creed Shadows Interview: Brooke Davies On Dual Protagonists & Finally Taking Players To Japan

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Releasing later this year, marks several firsts for the franchise, andspoke to Brooke Davies, the game's associate narrative director during Summer Game Fest. It’s the first entry to explore the setting of Japan, and also the first to feature a protagonist based on a real historical figure. The game stars two protagonists, Yasuke and Naoe, the former of which is based on a 16th century warrior.

Historically, the real Yasuke fought alongside daimyo Oda Nobunaga in 1500s Japan, but it seems like the ’ version of the famous samurai may be offering its own creative interpretation of his life. A recent trailer for the game seems to imply Naoe and Yasuke working together against Oda, perhaps after Yasuke has a change of heart regarding his leader. There’s still much to learn about the title, but it looks to be a blend of classic stealth and newer RPG elements.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows will feature dynamic weather and changing seasons, both of which will have a huge impact on gameplay opportunities.

Screen Rant: This isthe first playable historical figure that's ever been in the series. Were there any difficulties or special care that you guys had to take when you were writing Yasuke as a playable character versus just including a historical figure in the storyline elsewhere?

Brooke Davies: That's a great question. I think from the narrative team, for the writing team, the choice of Yasuke's character, he ties together many important figures in our era. The daimyo Oda Nobunaga, the first of Japan's three great unifiers, the Jesuits, and because these people play an important role in the story that we're telling, Yasuke actually was just sort of full of opportunities for the writing team because we had very few facts to work with, but what we had was such a terrific fit, and then there was this great opportunity to go in and start weaving those facts into the story that we then told.

This is also finally an in feudal Japan, I feel like that's been one of the most hotly