The long-awaited Japan adventure sharpens and refines its edge without fully reforging it.

The Outerhaven’s Top 10 Games of 2025 highlights the most impactful, surprising, and unforgettable titles of the year, ranked and discussed by our editorial team.
AC Shadows is in but Ghost of Yotei is not? Out of all the ninja games that came out this year AC Shadows isnt even in the top 5.

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Tg writes: Imagine scaling misty Japanese castles and slicing through samurai hordes on your Switch 2 during a commute—Assassin's Creed Shadows delivers a jaw-dropping handheld take on Ubisoft's epic that rivals console thrills, but with some docked caveats.
Two days to go!
Expected slightly higher overall. Still looking forward to it!
Ubisoft isn't going to change if the mass media keep eating up AC after AC.
The classic Ubisoft safe 8
Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and now Shadows...the Metacritic is roughly the same for all of them, between 80-83. May aswell give the next AC a 83 on Metacritic now.
Honestly it looked like an 8/10 from miles away…