United Kingdom, Jan. 27 -- 'Assassin's Creed Shadows' protagonist will not have any classic assassin abilities.

The upcoming action-adventure title - which is being developed by Ubisoft - will follow the Black samurai as he finds his place in feudal Japan, and 'Shadows' associate game director Simon Lemay-Comtois has now revealed Yasuke will miss out on major abilities like Eagle Vision because the character "is not an assassin".

Speaking with GamesRadar+, Lemay-Comtois said: "Yasuke is not an assassin, because the narrative makes sense that he is not."

As well as the outsider, 'Shadows' will follow shinobi Naoe, and the game's head stressed Ubisoft had to "always embrace" the differences between the two characters.

Lemay-Comtois adde...