Experience an epic historical action-adventure story set in feudal Japan! Become a lethal shinobi Assassin and a powerful legendary samurai as you explore a beautiful open world in a time of chaos. Switch seamlessly between two unlikely allies as you discover their common destiny. Master complementary playstyles, create your shinobi league, customize your hideout, and usher in a new era for Japan.
- Explore the captivating open world of feudal Japan, from spectacular castle towns and bustling ports to peaceful shrines and war-ravaged landscapes. Adventure through unpredictable weather, changing seasons, and reactive environments.
- Become Naoe, a shinobi Assassin, and Yasuke, a legendary samurai, as you experience their riveting stories and master their complementary playstyles. As Naoe, use stealth to avoid detection and agility to confound your enemies. As Yasuke, strike your foes with lethal precision and power. Unlock new skills, gear, and progression independently for each character.
- Make information your weapon as you explore the world, and build your own network of spies to be your eyes and ears across locations to hunt down your next target. Along the way, recruit new allies with unique abilities to help accomplish your missions.
Minimum specs:
Resolution/FPS using dynamic resolution and MetalFX: 720p at 30 FPS
Chip: M1 Max / M2 Pro
Ray-tracing: Software selective
Hardware recommendations for sustained performance: MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini, Mac Studio, Mac Pro
RAM: 16 GB
OS: macOS Sequoia (15)
Storage: 130GB of free space
https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/help/assassins-creed-shadows/connectivity-and-performance/article/system-requirements-for-assassins-creed-shadows/000111013
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Poor Performance but Has Potential
zGhillie
The main issues after 5 hours of gameplay are poor performance and a bug to where my mouse just doesn’t work. Trackpad does and restarting the game multiple times sometimes fixes it. This is not a my mouse issue because it works on every other game. Im on an M3 Max and was struggling to get 30fps at default settings (mostly medium). It was also using roughly 28gb of my 36gbs ram at these default presets and still running poorly. Lots of stuttering and input lag. After turning down settings it made the game almost always get 30fps. You also can't disable ray tracing either you can only set it to low. This game has potential but just doesn't feel like they put the effort into this version. There needs to be much more optimization on all versions of this particular game but that’s Ubisoft in general.
Developer Response
Hey there zGhillie, we're terribly sorry to hear about these performance issues you've encountered when trying to play Assassin's Creed Shadows. M3 Max chip allows for 1440P at 30 FPS which is Low on the Standard Ray Tracing settings. You can see the full details on our system requirements (scroll to bottom). You can find the link in the Game Description after pressing "More". We understand that this may not be ideal for some players, and do appreciate your feedback on the matter. However, if you are getting less than 30 FPS, can you please try a few steps to remedy this? Force quit out of other background programs when trying to run the game (to test out resource usage). Ensure your OS and game are fully updated and all content has finished installing. As a last resort, try reinstalling the game to ensure there aren't any corrupted or missing files from the original install. If the issue is persisting, run Apple Diagnostics. The instructions can be found on Apple's Support page under "Use Apple Diagnostics to Test Your Mac." Once you've done this, contact Ubisoft Support on the official Ubisoft Support Discord server, mention your device specs, description of what's happening, the troubleshooting that you've completed, and submit your system files. Be prepared to submit your Diagnostics file once an agent helps you with your case (Web search: Discord Servers > Enter "Ubisoft" > Join first server on list) Thank you!
LOVING IT!!!
Havoc26
I’ve played about 70ish hours so far and am absolutely hooked by the gameplay loop. I can’t go past a castle without deciding to clear every baddie out and swipe all the loot. Really appreciate a unique legendary piece of gear from every castle, instead of RNG loot drops. Performance has been good for me… I grew up in a gaming world where sometimes you were lucky to get 30 FPS and so not being able to play the game at 60 doesn’t bother me as much as it may others. As is, I’m playing it on my M3 Pro MacBook Pro 16” and getting around 35 FPS avg on mostly Low settings with the lighting options bumped up to Medium, and a couple of the other textures/character at Medium as well. I have RT set to diffuse in the hideout only. It feels smooth to play and I have not ran into any issues where I died or mis-timed a parry due to poor performance - very responsive even at 30 FPS. As well, the game world/weather effects are absolutely beautiful even on Low settings, so I wouldn’t let that put you off if you’re worried. This is a Next-Gen game and you can still tell even on Low settings. Overall, I’m very satisfied with the game and happy to support a developer who is putting their AAA games onto Mac day 1. I could have bought this on my Series X, but decided on the Mac version to show there is an audience here who will play the games if they come to Mac. Even hooked my MacBook up to my 4K 55” TV and it looked/ran great! Can’t speak for all the M Series chips, but if you’ve got an M3 Pro or up, I’d say give it a go!
A great game with pretty good optimization
SilverPenguin7
I pre-ordered this game and have recently concluded the canon story mode with 100 hours on my saved file. With that being said, I had my doubts when I first purchased the game because of how much criticism it had received from friends and on social media; However, I can say this is a solid game on my MacBook Pro and a really enjoyable experience that is now more portable for my daily life. A lot of the gameplay can feel familiar to other mainstream games on other platforms, but it does a good job making its own identity and it kept me engaged with the story. The scenery in this game is unmatched and I am very impressed by how optimized the game is when displaying so much detail such as: sharp shadowing, leaves blowing in the wind as you gallop on your horse through the fields, and the highly detailed foot prints in the snow, meanwhile keeping a consistent frame rate of 60 fps or higher. My only issue was that recently, the game had started crashing at random points of my play-through and this began after the most recent update. While this issue is happening, it doesn’t discourage me from completing out the game or doing more exploring so hopefully there can be a fix to that soon.
I’m having fun
CuteCosette
So I’ve been playing Shadows on a M4 Pro Mac mini, and after sinking over 60 hours into the game I’m still not done. The world of Shadows is beautiful. And despite originally thinking I wouldn’t enjoy playing as Yasuke (because I was more interested in the stealth aspect) I’ve found myself playing both characters a good deal, just because of how different they are. While sneaking around as Naoe is the most fun I’ve had, ending pirates with Yasuke’s Teppo was quite enjoyable.I know there has been a great deal said about the optimization, but I’ve never really had an issue with the frame rate. My only complaint is that every time I hop off my horse to fight a ronin it runs away from me! lol. As someone who’s been lukewarm about the Assassin’s Creed franchise in the past, Shadows has given me reason to be excited to indulge in the franchise. I look forward to the expansion that’s supposed to come later this year, and hopefully even more fun things they haven’t even announced. Anything to stretch out my stay in Shadows’s version of feudal Japan.
PATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• New Free Story Quest: Black Tides – Two elite-level Templars known as "Black Cross" are called to Japan to hunt Naoe and Yasuke for all the trouble they have caused.
• New Crossover Projects: Riptides & Undertow – Two new crossover Projects available in the Animus HUB where you can unlock new themed outfits, weapons, trinkets and more!
• New End-game Feature: Domains – A new Animus activity unlockable at level 30, 5 new gameplay simulations across 10 challenge levels.
• New Animus Rift: Horizon – Another Rift has opened to reveal trouble stirring in its depths.
• Quality of Life HUB Improvements – We've changed the access to the HUB features in the main menu to harmonize with how they are accessed from gameplay. The Animus button seen in the Memories menu will now open directly the Animus menu on the Projects tab.
• Various bug fixes & balancing.
Version 1.0.33
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Information
Seller
Ubisoft
Size
152.9 GB
Category
Action
Compatibility
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Mac Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
Languages
English and 12 more
English, Arabic, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Traditional Chinese
