The lack of flexibility in when you can change characters reads as an intentional design choice, as if Shadows is denying you the chance to have as much fun in the sandbox as you’d like. The titular Assassin’s Creed creed stipulates in part that “everything is permitted.” Well, clearly not everything!

Assassin's Creed Hexe, the codenamed project that's understood to be the next single-player entry in the series after Assassin's Creed Shadows, has been referenced by Ubisoft for the first time since its reveal two years ago.