The newest instalment in Ubisoft's blockbuster "Assassin's Creed" franchise received a "mostly positive" rating on Steam based on 359 user reviews, with 79% of them being positive, about two hours after its launch on the game distribution platform on Thursday.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows, like most modern open-world video games, features a large map filled with various animals, including horses, birds, foxes, rabbits, dogs, and cats. But unlike most other open-world games, even others from Ubisoft itself, you can’t kill any of these animals. Instead, you can only pet and collect some.

With ‘Assassin’s Creed Shadows,’ Ubisoft has made a visually stunning, mechanically uneven entry — including its best stealth gameplay in years.