Summary
- Assassin’s Creed Shadows fans have already developed mods to make the game look more like Ghost of Tsushima.
- Despite only being two days old, there are almost twenty mods available for Assassin’s Creed Shadows.
- One mod in particularly drastically alters the game’s colors and lighting to give it a new aesthetic.
Various Assassin’s Creed Shadows fans have already begun adjusting the game’s visual style with new reshade mods in an attempt to make it look more like Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima. Despite being just a couple of days old, Assassin’s Creed Shadows already has a handful of useful mods available to download for the PC version of the game, with some aiming to change the game’s aesthetic drastically.
Despite being surrounded by controversy in the build-up to its launch, Assassin’s Creed Shadows has got off to a great start. According to Ubisoft, the latest entry in the Assassin’s Creed series quickly surpassed 1 million players on its launch day. Assassin’s Creed Shadows has also received generally positive reviews from critics, with the title sitting at a score of 81 on Metacritic and 82 on Opencritic. While the sales numbers for Assassin’s Creed Shadows are currently unknown, it looks like Ubisoft may finally have a winner on its hands after a rough year filled with studio closures and live-service title shutdowns.
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Assassin’s Creed Shadows Receives First Reshade Mods
Assassin’s Creed Shadows enhancements on the PS5 Pro might be impressing console users, but PC fans appear to already be experimenting with some visual overhaul mods. As spotted by VG247, NexusMods (a popular site for game mods) has already been updated with almost 20 different mods for Ubisoft’s newest title. Some of them fix issues with stuttering, while others aim to speed up the game’s launch by removing introduction videos. But there are also a couple of reshade mods that are aiming to make Assassin’s Creed Shadows look more like Ghost of Tsushima by doing away with the greyish undertone and adding a more vibrant color palette to the game.
One of the more popular reshade mods currently available is “Assassin’s Creed Shadows High Graphical Fidelity Ghost of Tsushima Reshade,” which adjusts the “dumb greyness of the vanilla game,” according to the mod’s description. The creator says the aim is to make it look more like the visually stunning Ghost of Tsushima, with a much more vibrant color palette than the original game. A handful of before and after pictures showcase the mod’s altercations, which most certainly give the game more of a pop with better lighting and improved texture clarity. But with many users already praising the game’s vanilla graphics, this mod might not be for everyone.
Fans are already praising Assassin’s Creed Shadows as one of Ubisoft’s most graphically impressive titles, with some even noticing more minor details that add to the game’s immersion. One such feature that players have picked up on is Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ melting snow, which appears to slowly disappear when the sun appears in-game. While it may only be a small feature that some players won’t even pick up on, the realistic weather system is one of the many elements that add to the game’s immersion.
- Released
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March 20, 2025
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ // Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language