Assassin’s Creed Shadows devs tell players “this is just the beginning” in post-release thank you message that whips out a cheeky quote you might recognise

Assassin’s Creed Shadows has had a pretty successful launch, pulling in plenty of players and attracting a lot of thumbs up from folks who might have rightfully been a bit sceptical following its multiple delays.

Now, the Ubisoft team behind Shadows has posted a message to Reddit, thanking fans on there for posting about the game that’s, er, not as discoursey as a lot of the chatter around it has been over the past year or so, as potentially warranted concerns about the portrayal of Japanese culture from actual Japanese people have been mixed in with yelling from internet weirdos who just don’t like the idea of a black samurai. Ubisoft’s future has also been pretty up in the air.

Anyway, it sounds like the Shadows team has enjoyed having the game’s subreddit as a place to just read what people think about the game in the days since release. “This weekend, many of us on the Dev Team spent time reading your reactions across the Assassin’s Creed subreddit — and we just want to say thank you,” a post on there attributed to Shadows’ devs reads, “The sheer amount of love and positivity we’ve received has been incredibly heartwarming.

“Seeing your excitement, your thoughtful reactions, and your joy has meant the world to us. After years of hard work, there’s nothing more rewarding than watching the community connect with what we’ve created. While we don’t reply directly, please know we’re listening. The entire Dev Team has been reading your posts — the celebrations, the feedback, the theories — and it’s been inspiring. It fuels us. And it helps us keep improving.

“Thank you for being part of this journey with us. This is just the beginning for Shadows, and we’re thrilled to see the game evolve with you by our side.”

The devs capped off the message, which cites this post from an AC player as the kind of thing being referred to, with a cheeky quote. “Where other men blindly follow the truth, remember…nothing is true.”

Recognise it? Of course you do, you big nerd of all things jumping, climbing, and stabbing people, it’s a thing from the actual, er, creed of the assassins in Assassin’s Creed. That’s not confusingly worded at all, shut up. Basically, someone says it to Ezio in AC2 before a painful thing happens to one of his fingers.

If you’re not keen on waiting for Shadows’ devs to hear your feedback on anything that might have been bugging you about it, you can also check out if mods can help, with some folks already putting out initial tweaks and additions.