"The toughest thing is pacing": Assassin's Creed Shadows head weighs in on why the game ends like that, the "difficult" nature of its story, and what's next for the series

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Assassin’s Creed Shadows isUbisoftat its most freewheeling.

But even the main course isn’t immune to that looser approach.

“I think the result is fun.”

“It’s challenging,” admits Dumont, laughing at the understatement.

“I think the toughest thing is pacing,” he explains.

“Honestly, it’s not necessarily the non-linear [elements].

But I think the setting does shape a lot more than we think.”