One of the most hotly anticipated titles of the year, Assassin’s Creed Shadows is set to receive a hefty new patch named Title Update 1.0.2 for all platforms on April 8 @ 2 pm UTC / 10 am EDT / 7 am PT. The new patch will bring tons of gameplay and technical improvements to Assassin’s Creed Shadows along with new visual features and enhancements for the PS5 Pro version of the game, so if you’re currently playing the recently released open world title, make sure to update your game today as it’s going to vastly improve your gameplay experience in a myriad of ways.
One of the main gameplay improvements that this new patch will bring is the Auto-Follow option for players while they’re on horseback, a feature that was present in several of the previous Assassin’s Creed games but was completely absent in Assassin’s Creed Shadows at launch. Horse speeds in cities has also been increased a bit, for making sure the flow of the gameplay is consistent in the larger areas of the game.
Other gameplay additions include the option to sell/dismantle multiple items in shops, resetting Mastery nodes in the skill trees for the characters, new shortcut for direct access to the game’s investigation board and many more.
Here are some of the patch notes which focus on more gameplay improvements in Assassin’s Creed Shadows:
- Improved balancing of boss fights.
- Fixed an issue where the pathfinder line appears in photos taken in Photomode.
- Fixed inconsistencies with the ‘Throw a Kunai at the closest enemy after an assassination‘ perk when ‘The Tool Master Gear’ is equipped on Naoe.
- Improved Double Assassinations.
- Improved Naoe’s responsiveness in some instances.
The patch also adds several graphical improvements specifically for the PS5 Pro:
- Added PSSR support for PS5 pro
- I.e. Visual fidelity will be closer to PS5 Pro Quality mode than Performance mode.
- Please note that players who have been playing on PS5 Pro prior to Title Update 1.0.2 will need to manually enable PSSR in the video tab of the pause menu.
- Balanced mode will now feature Raytraced Specular.
The new patch also brings a host of bug fixes related to many in-game quests, you can read them at the official description of the patch notes here.
