Assassin's Creed Shadows bombards you with a handful of confusing settings right at the start of your journey. Better to get them out of the way beforehand, I suppose, yet it's hard to grasp what each one actually does. AC Shadows' canon mode is perhaps the biggest culprit.
Like the new immersive mode and guided exploration, canon mode changes many of the core mechanics in Shadows, resulting in a wildly different experience. This choice is especially daunting as you're told in scary red text that you can't change this setting midway through.
