After 67 hours, I've realized that Assassin's Creed Shadows' brilliant open world comes at the cost of narrative continuity

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I’d just killed someone important inAssassin’s Creed Shadowsand had no idea who they were.

Naoe, on the other hand, sounded like she had it all figured out.

Whose Guy Is This Anyway?

If The Twisted Tree had been a one-off, I’d perhaps blame myself instead of the game.

Naturally, it confounds me.

I decide to help the obviously guilty Oni-Yuri first, her saccharine sweet demeanor absolutely dripping with sarcasm.

Oni-Yuri herself, ringed in gold as a marker of being spared in my earlier exploits.

The same, sadly, cannot be said of some other Assassin’s Creed Shadows organizations.