Let me be upfront about what this is: the Yasuke Sekiryu Character Pack is a cosmetic DLC for Assassin's Creed Shadows, the open-world action-RPG set in feudal Japan that lets you swap between the nimble shinobi Naoe and the imposing samurai Yasuke. This pack reskins Yasuke with the Sekiryu aesthetic, which translates loosely to 'Blue Dragon,' giving him an alternate visual identity presumably tied to the game's broader seasonal or narrative theming. There are no new quests here, no new weapons with altered movesets, and no mechanical additions. You are buying a look. Keep that framing in your head for everything that follows. For players who are deep into Shadows and have already bonded with Yasuke as their go-to for heavy, deliberate samurai combat, the Sekiryu skin does at least deliver on visual quality. Ubisoft Quebec's art team knows how to dress a period piece, and feudal Japan gives them plenty of rich material to work with. The armor design leans into dramatic silhouette, which fits Yasuke's large frame and slow-but-punishing combat rhythm. If you spend a lot of hours watching this character smash through samurai patrols and execute heavy finishers, having him look distinct from the default presentation is not nothing. That said, the base game itself carries some baggage worth acknowledging. Shadows launched to mixed Steam reviews, hovering around 76 percent positive across a very large review pool. That split usually signals a game with genuine highs and real frustrations living side by side. For an RPG writer, the dual-protagonist structure is genuinely interesting on paper: Naoe handles the stealth, infiltration, and assassination loop, while Yasuke functions more like a character from a brawler, built around stamina management and weapon stances. The problem is that the narrative investment you build in each character is diluted when you spend significant chunks of time optimizing gear and engaging in the open-world content Ubisoft is famous for padding out. If you are the type who checks every vista point, expect some fatigue before the story lands its payoff. For a character pack like this one, the honest question is: does owning it change how you experience the game's RPG systems, its branching dialogue, or its world? No. Yasuke's build paths, his weapon types (kanabo, nodachi, and the like), and his role in the story are completely unaffected. This is pure cosmetic territory. If you are a collector who wants every visual variant available, or if you find Ubisoft's seasonal content model agreeable, the Sekiryu pack fits neatly into that habit. If you are a player who weighs DLC by story content, skill trees, or mechanical additions, this has nothing for you. The broader Shadows experience, which this DLC assumes you already own and enjoy, is a competent open-world action-RPG that handles its historical setting with more care than many expected, even if it never quite escapes the Ubisoft structural formula. Yasuke as a playable character is the more polarizing of the two protagonists from a gameplay feel perspective, but his combat has a satisfying weight to it that fans of straightforward samurai-style action will appreciate. The Sekiryu pack simply gives that experience a fresh coat of blue dragon paint. Monika, Scout Team