As Assassin's Creed Shadows approaches, the franchise and Ubisoft prepare to enter uncharted, possibly game-changing waters.

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.