Hassan’s credit series is generally praised by its secretary gameplay and the famous main character, but it would be fair to say that its biggest achievement is to recreate the vast historical settings to find the open world. 20 years after its first start, Ubisft is now taking this series with historic Japan The killer’s profession shadow. This is a setting that many fans of the series want to see, and currently the FX’s recent TV series is enjoying the growing popularity due to showgen.
While Japan’s historical setting has been the subject of many sports, especially his choice Sushma’s past And Sacrao: The shadows die twiceIt is interesting to see it from the lens of the killers’ profession. Nevertheless, it is a series that combines historical political conflicts with a turning point in science -fi and action, and from this point of view, the history and politics of this period often give the opportunity to highlight the elements, while the style of the series is also happy with the stealth gameplay and the open world action.
Although the change in historical Japan seemed like a clear twist of the series (Ninja looks like a natural fit for teachers’ order), but the developers of the Ubesoft Quebec expressed that just like previous entries, Japan needs education and need a different view of the period.
Speaking to the creative director Jonathan Domont during a visit to Ubesoft Quebec in early 2025, he explained that the team was attracted to this setting, which was why it was a historic period of major change.
Why the killer’s profession finally went to Japan
This series included multiple main characters SyndicateFor, for, for,. OdisiAnd BanquetBut The killer’s profession shadow Goes in different styles about it by focusing on it Two unique roles With different gameplay styles and different perspectives about the changing period of Japan. Historical African Samurai Yaske (Tongai Charisa played) and his new life in Japan, and the main statement centers of Nao (Masumi Sonoda), a female Ninja tried to live with the heritage of his family, such as the growing conflict with the Sungo -era. Iyasu, and outside Western effects pave the way for radical change in Japan.
“You always try to find something that catchs you as a creator. Odisi of the killersWe chose Greece because we found out that the moment was a philosophy, and it was a period where people like Socrates left the land of fiction in the time of reasoning. “The creative director said. It was morally gray time and the beginning of a global conflict in Japan as Western countries were coming to the country during this period of unity.”
According to the Domont, some reasons that led to Ubisoft did not play a killer’s belief in Japan soon, time, developer availability, and tech limits. Feel Japanese Japan’s architecture and the surrounding desert fully Which changes with game seasons. With ShadowDevelopers not only saw an opportunity to highlight Japan’s era for this series, but also presented the environment and changing culture of a country after looked at the Western world – all this is the focus of Hassan’s profession on the lens of the profession and the secret killers of history.
The creative director said, “This sequence was an important time in the history of Japan, and the country became a melting vessel, and during those 30 years of alliance, life changed so dramatic.” “The city was being built around the fort, from protecting the Samara Guardians (rural property) to becoming a center around the city, and it also led to citizenship – as the trade changed a bit because such a demand was made in the war, and the businessmen of that time became very rich, and they became very rich.
This aspect of cultural change and exchanges is reflected in the story of Yasoka, which is one of the main characters of the shadow and the first main character of a real person -based series. During the game’s humor, players see him as a slave man brought to Japan by Jesus Missionaries, and on the opening walk of Oda Nobonga’s compound, citizens see him as curiosity and comment on his black skin. After meeting with the feudal lord, Yasu’s eventually starts a new life in Japan and training as a Samurai under Nobonga, which makes him a partnership with NAOE after visiting Japan of the 15th century.
Unfortunately, the appearance of Yasuka has received attention Some corners of the Internet Which neither praises his involvement as the main character in the game nor his place in real history – despite the fact that he has already appeared in other sports Squence And Samara Warriors. It failed to consider racist criticism by these communities that during this time, the position of Yasuka makes it a major issue for him as a central character and makes it a strange, secret history of humanity, according to the focus of the killer’s profession.
Photo via Ubisoft.
Photo via Ubisoft.
Moreover, the developers found that as a foreigner in Japan, Yasu’s experience would allow the players’ global audience to see themselves on their journey as it drowned themselves in the country’s culture.
This approach is in the realm of popular myths. James Klewl’s 1975 book Shogon and the 2024 TV series of the same name introduced the legendary British Nakti John Black Stores ((Based on the historical figure William Adams) As the role of the audience’s point of view.
To become a student of history
One of the special details that Domont highlighted during the production was that Yasuke’s actor Tongai Cherisa made a sculpture that he wanted to do for this role, open -minded and “the mindset of the student”. It was the kind of aspect he wanted to win the character, but it was also a point that he wanted the developers to try to promote Japan for the AC.
Domont said, “I always think about making sports like going to school. You have to go back into the process of learning – look at what you know, then look at what you are learning, and then compare it in pop culture.” “So it’s really about being a student, trying to learn as much as possible and being polite about it. It can be difficult to photograph someone else’s culture, so you try to get a lot of people who can inform you or help you make the right choice.
Along with Yasu, the second playable role of the game, which focuses on the experience of stealth gameplay and the traditional ‘killer’. In a way, NAOE is an outsider like Yasuka, and its experience represents the spiritual and emotional element of the game that highlights the harmony between nature and humanity.
In the open world, the novoical activities of the hidden are meditation rituals, which opens the side mission to see his father’s development as a ninja. A major activity in which the players can engage is a town builder, an animal crossing style mode that is focusing on building a group of allies and creating your own town. In this way, the players will be able to see the details of the architecture and culture of the time, as well as how people get unity in difficult times.
Photo via Yubisoft.
Photo via Ubisoft.
Domont said, “Working on this game completely changes how we know the architecture, and how nature and humanity are combined with harmony in Japan.” “When you go to temples and shrines and shrines, it becomes very clear that everything has a strong relationship with everything. We did not understand at the beginning of this project, but as we did our research in Japan, we realized that we needed more attention to it. So, we were looking at everything,” yes, we were, “yes, we were,” We need to spend more time on it, “and it has improved our experience.”
In a clear shift away from the 2020s BanquetFor, for, for,. Shadow The focus has been on a more solid world, which aims to clear a clear light on a period in Japan, which is opening itself into the big world and how the main characters form a community. According to the Domont, they are all among the main topics of unity and community games, which they say is “important to take care of each other.”
While The killer’s profession shadow The traditional AC -style experience focuses on where players engage in brutal fighting, remove key goals, and remove the parkver across the open world in the chaos, deep historical research surprisingly inviting and propagating proportional tone, which creates a world -wide world.
