So, in summary, Japanese reviewers haven't quite put Assassin's Creed Shadows on the same pedestal as Ghost of Tsushima — Sony's gorgeous open worlder really did seem to hit home over there — but it's still managed to garner a lot of praise.

Let’s get down to it – as my good colleague Andy has already noted in his Assassin’s Creed Shadows review, Ubisoft 's latest RPG is brilliant. It’s a great ninja-em-up that feels like a modern successor to Tenchu (I’m going to talk about Tenchu as much as I possibly can, it rules), but oh, boy, does it love to crib from Kurosawa.