{"id":45798,"date":"2025-03-19T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T04:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=45798"},"modified":"2025-03-19T13:40:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T04:40:11","slug":"assassins-creed-shadows-day-one-patch-will-make-certain-shrine-objects-indestructible-and-eliminate-civilian-npc-bloodshed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/assassins-creed-shadows-day-one-patch-will-make-certain-shrine-objects-indestructible-and-eliminate-civilian-npc-bloodshed\/","title":{"rendered":"Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows Day One Patch will make certain shrine objects indestructible and eliminate civilian NPC bloodshed\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ubisoft has revealed changes that will be implemented in <strong>Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows<\/strong> as soon as it releases on March 20.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The day one patch will make tables and shelving located in in-game shrines indestructible and will reduce non-essential depictions of bloodshed taking place in shrines and temples. In addition, when attacking unarmed NPCs, there will no longer be depictions of blood. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"50 Minutes of Yasuke Gameplay Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0w1ezP2mZTc?start=2240&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>These changes appear to be in response to some of the criticism that followed the release of Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows preview footage last month. In one previewer\u2019s video (linked above), the player could be seen attacking a civilian NPC at a shrine and destroying its interior and altar as Yasuke. Although actions like this are not necessary for game progression and have been possible in past Assassin\u2019s Creed entries, the clip gained significant traction on social media as users argued that by allowing the destruction of shrines, the game showed disregard for Japanese culture and religion.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the in-game shrine seen in the video was modeled and named after the real-life Itate Hyozu Shrine in Japan, controversy around it escalated when <a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/assassins-creed-shadows-real-life-japanese-shrine-officials-are-taking-action-over-ubisofts-portrayal-of-religious-site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Japanese media interviewed representatives of the actual shrine<\/a> about its depiction in Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows. The representatives said that they would be \u201ctaking appropriate action\u201d and implied that they wouldn\u2019t have agreed to the shrine\u2019s inclusion in the game if they had been asked beforehand.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1331\" height=\"750\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1331px) 100vw, 1331px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250220-44587-header.jpg\" alt=\"Assassins Creed Shadows\" class=\"wp-image-44599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250220-44587-header.jpg 1331w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250220-44587-header-380x214.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/20250220-44587-header-768x433.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It seems that Ubisoft has decided to address these concerns in Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows\u2019 day one patch, limiting how much destruction players can cause in shrines and toning down depictions of violence against unarmed NPCs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Assassin&#8217;s Creed: Shadows is scheduled to launch on March 20 for PC (Steam\/Ubisoft Store\/Epic Games Store), MacOS (Mac App Store), PS5, and Xbox Series X|S.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ubisoft has revealed that Assassin\u2019s Creed: Shadows\u2019 day one patch will tone down NPC bloodshed and shrine destruction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":45808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-45798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-global-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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