Ubisoft’s final massive free replace for Murderer’s Creed Shadows is out now and provides the sport a greater ending, provides some new connective tissue to the bigger franchise, and even contains some nods towards what’s subsequent. Whereas I’m unhappy to say goodbye to Naoe and Yasuke, I’m completely happy they acquired to exit with a correct farewell. On June 16, Ubisoft launched Murderer’s Creed Shadows replace 1.1.11, aka Black Tides, which the corporate says is the sport’s final replace and which provides an entire new epilogue questline for the sport’s two protagonists involving Templars, Assassins, Isu artifacts, and even a connection to Murderer’s Creed Odyssey and the upcoming Black Flag Resynced. I performed by means of the brand new questline, which took about three hours, and had a blast. As an enormous Murderer’s Creed fan who loves the sci-fi components of the collection and the Templar vs Assassins battle, the brand new ending added to Black Tides appears like the actual ending that Shadows at all times deserved. No main spoilers under, as I believe Murderer’s Creed sickos are going to need to expertise Naoe and Yasuke’s new epilogue with out having all of the secrets and techniques spilled, however I’ll affirm what Ubisoft already has publicly: Black Tides introduces two new Templar characters who’re a part of the Black Cross, an elite division throughout the shadowy group that has solely been referenced within the books and comics. Having the Black Cross present up right here reinforces how a lot Naoe and Yasuke have screwed up the Templars’ plans and likewise teases that maybe one thing crucial resides in Japan. One thing the Templars need. And in case you are an enormous fan of Black Flag, you would possibly acknowledge an merchandise that seems in the course of the questline… It was good to have the Templars again in an enormous method. Sure, Shadows already featured some Templar characters and connections to the group’s position within the bigger franchise, a component that has been principally ignored in a lot of the current video games, however right here in Black Tides, the group is given a correct quantity of display screen time. And it rocks. It seems that having dastardly villains who’re each ruthless and one step forward helps give a narrative stakes and makes every part extra fascinating. Who may have guessed?!
When you wrap up Darkish Tides, you possibly can tinker round with a brand new Trendy Day Rift added to Shadows, and it connects on to Murderer’s Creed Black Flag Resynced, which launches in July. I favored this passing of the torch. The replace does a superb job of connecting these two very completely different video games utilizing the metanarrative construction of the collection and the Animus. However when you’re completed, a pop-up seems explaining that the Rift you simply skilled featured Edward Kennway, and if you wish to be taught extra about him, effectively, excellent news of us: You possibly can pre-order Black Flag Resynced proper now. Bleh. A bitter observe to finish such a cool little bit of fan service on. Ignoring the pop-up advert, Black Tides gives Naoe and Yasuke with a incredible and really Murderer’s Creed-y ending. That’s to not say I didn’t benefit from the authentic ending. However this one actually exhibits how a lot the 2 take care of one another and the way far they’re keen to go to guard Japan, and it contains some foolish Murderer’s Creed sci-fi nonsense, too. I can’t ask for extra.
