Can't wait for Assassin's Creed Shadows? Here's another action RPG about its samurai protagonist Yasuke that will "leave you in tears"
May. 26, 2024Yasuke Junior is tearing the city up in this upcoming anime action RPG
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Yasuke, history’s first Black Samurai and one of two new protagonists inAssassin’s Creed Shadows, has been the topic of bothsome peculiar criticismand passionate excitement - and if you fall into that latter camp, dear reader, I have just the game for you.
Yasuke: A Lost Descendant, as you might have guessed by the name, is a game about the historical figure and one of his descendants who, in an alternate future, is a super-powered, anti-tyrannical anime fighter with some ultra-cool moves. Weirdly enough, the game also shares much in common with Shadows despite their different aesthetics, from the slick parkour movement to the action RPG brawls.
Elsewhere, I’m really intrigued by the “Stance Switching” combat that lets you toggle between three different fighting styles - Lion, Cheetah, and Rhino - each with its own abilities and combos. Mix in ultimate attacks, team-based moves à la Hi-Fi Rush, and the vaulting, wall-running, and swinging we love from Assassin’s Creed, and Yasuke: A Lost Descendant is shooting right up my most-anticipated games list.
Developer Dalliance Studios' CEO Will Gwasera tweeted to say that it’s “pretty cool” to see Yasuke front and center in the next Assassin’s Creed, despite the “online racism” rearing its head. Gwasera also shed more light on his own game, explaining it’s “in the future, has superpowers, and [is] going to have a storyline that’ll leave you in tears.”
Yasuke: A Lost Descendant has no release date so far, but you can wishlist it on Steam until it arrives.
Who is Yasuke in Assassin’s Creed Shadows? Check out the history behind the first Black Samurai explained.
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Kaan freelances for various websites including Rock Paper Shotgun, Eurogamer, and this one, Gamesradar. He particularly enjoys writing about spooky indies, throwback RPGs, and anything that’s vaguely silly. Also has an English Literature and Film Studies degree that he’ll soon forget.
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