There are many iconic Japanese locations to be found and explored inAssassin’s Creed Shadows, and a fan has taken photographs at one of the real-life locations, and the comparison is beautifully realistic. Osaka Castle contains some legendary loot in the game, as well as a Samurai Daisho to defeat, and while there aren’t any stashes of valuable loot there in modern Japan,Ubisoft clearly went to great lengths to make the locations in the game as realistic and detailed as possible, which definitely contributed toAssassin’s Creed Shadowshaving the biggest launchin franchise history.
UserGenericReditUserNameover on Reddit photographed Osaka Castle, located in Osaka, Japan, and it is one of the most famous landmarks in the country. The user put up some screenshots fromAssassin’s Creed Shadowsfor a side-by-side comparison, andthe resemblance is uncanny,even with the game being set in the 16th century.
How Realistic Is Assassin’s Creed Shadows?
Very, Very Realistic
The photos shared by GenericReditUserName are all around Osaka Castle, featuring the moat, the main castle structure, and even the top of the castle facing west towards the modern city. Side-by-side with the modern, real-life locations, the game truly resembles a 16th-century version of Osaka Castle. While not an exact one-to-one recreation, like the visible hill in the distance from the viewpoint at the top of Osaka Castle being much further away in real life,Assassin’s Creed Shadowsmight be the most realistic video game depiction of Osaka Castle ever.
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Earlier this year,ScreenRantexplored Kyoto and also echoedhow realistic Himeji Castle is inAssassin’s Creed Shadows, saying,“Although my time with the game was brief, it’s clear from seeing Himeji Castle in person justhow much time and effort the developers have poured into getting the game as realistic as possible.”
Our Take: Assassin’s Creed Shadows Is A Hyper-Realistic Japan
Assassin’s Creed Worlds Are Rich With Detail
Assassin’s Creedis a series rooted in rich, complex, often violent time periods. Fans have asked for a game to be set in Japan for a long time, and the result is a hyper-realistic setting that truly feels like what Osaka would’ve felt like in Feudal Japan. A recentAssassin’s Creed Shadowspatch made temples and shrines indestructible, in response to concerns from Japanese politician Hiroyuki Kada that the game’s locations were so realistic that they could inspire players to damage sacred places.
From Ancient Egypt to Feudal Japan to the Italian Reinassance,Assassin’s Creedhas a long history of providing players with realistic locations to climb, explore, and interact with historical figures, andAssassin’s Creed Shadowsmight have the most realistic setting yet.
