Apparently it’s possible to be guilty of a “hate crime to parkour.” Unfortunately for Assassin’s Creed Shadows protagonist Yasuke, he is culpable in this department, according to a couple of experts in navigating urban obstacles.
PC Gamer rounded up two parkour athletes, Benj and Toby from Storror Parkour Pro, to discuss what is actually realistic in Assassin’s Creed Shadows and what’s nigh impossible. The pair took issue with Yasuke using his knee to ascend a ledge, laughing while addressing the problem. “You’ll be canceled out of any parkour community around the world,” said Benj. Toby added salt to the wound by saying, “That’s a hate crime to parkour that climb up there. Yeah, that’s brutal.” Yasuke is one of two playable characters in the game, with Naoe serving as the more agile option.
Basically, the duo explained that parkour should never include utilizing your knees to climb up somewhere. The same is true for your elbows, since those actions are terrible for your joints. Intriguingly, the franchise’s iconic leap of faith is actually realistic–from certain distances. They argue jumping off from shorter distances, say no more than seven stories, could be possible with a good amount of hay. But when Assassin’s Creed heroes dive off from 30-plus stories, that’s a no-go.