AC Shadows is making noise as it continues to gain in preorders and the internet continues to dog-pile it for being an overpriced woke Ubisoft title. Par for the course. One issue that I think is being missed though – the hate helping. And not the way you think it is.
Assassin’s Creed Shadows is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft, set to release in November 2024.
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People are angry because in every single representation of every culture, it was a native citizen. AC in america was represented by a native american, AC valhalla was represented by you guessed it, a norse man. The list goes on until you finally reach AC Shadows. The stigma that asian american (particularly the men) don't have representation is particularly true and shines so bright here. It isn't about yasuke being a japanese historical figure. It's about the native representation. Yasuke could have been implemented as a main story quest line. Perhaps as a playable AC DLC. There were many ways to implement such a character, but to completely gloss over the fact that every character had a native male role represented until eastern asia… It's obvious why there's outrage. Your point in this video is ridiculous, as it argues for the historical accuracy of such a figure and no one gives a dime about it nor are most of the people that are "against" the historical accuracy of whether yasuke is a samurai give a dime about it. They are outraged because the cycle for representation ended at an asian male lead role. Your video is sending us back to the tom cruise as the last samurai era and it's ridiculous lol.
Im interested in the game but i will wait til a reduction in price. And whatever the gameplay looks like.
These games take like 80-100 hours to finish the story not to mention side content.
That’s like watching at least 50 movies. What would it cost to go to the theater and watch 50 movies…?
Assassin's Creed isn't assassin's Creed and hasn't been since it went the rpg route. Now on yasuke it's a dei woke move because Ubisoft said he was gay so yeah
No one is arguing about naoe
People just love feudal /sengoku time and I can’t wait for this game
This is by far so excessively disrespectful to not only Japanese culture tradition but even more so to the way of the honorable Samurai. this is just unbearably painful and just flat out sad.
I think the anger comes from insolent attempts to throw diversity everywhere possible, be it movies or games. This game is just another drop in woke sea. Yasuke being historical character is neat excuse for the agenda.
Also AC is big franchise. It will make money and hate has nothing to do with it. .
I'll wait until its on sale and some modder make Yasuke Japanese.
ASSassins Cringe Shadowz….
GAYming is great in 2024……..WTF….WOKEISOFT just trying to scoop up as much ESG scores as they can!
This is an agenda company not a gaming company
Finally get to play AC game in Japan
You play as George Floyd
Why are they like this?
Bro it’s an assassin’s creed game, you know you’re going to play it. Same thing with Marvel, you hate on it and yet you still watch it
Sure it’s helping gay shill. Company stock is tanking
I payed for the ultimate edition of Ubisoft avatar game and it's the last time i ever even pre order a Ubisoft game. There still is no dlc from the season pass and it's been on sale from £120 down to £60 already wich is a gut punch. So i guess I'll wait for shadows to go on sale and be patched up because day 1 playthroughs these days are riddled with bugs n glitches and is weey overpriced
This creator needs to go back and review all info on the guy. He was not a strong warrior. He was strong in carrying or picking up heavy objects.
The problem isn't yasuke being in the game, it's him being playable.
Many likely didn't read some leak from 2023 that as you said, had information wrong. I personally am more offended that we have cultural appropriation occuring once again because the studios know the Asian community is less likely to fight back if it's a black character.
I really appreciated this deep dive, im seeing so much unhinged anger at the characters of this game that is super unwaranted, and largely fueled by racist garbage and anger at the monitization. This was a breath of fresh air. I also really appreciated you bringing up the counterpoints, and especially bringing up the old job posting from 2018.
I wish people could pivot the discussion to the actual important controversies of the characters, most notably if a real historical figure should be playable, and the ability for him to be gay in the options. Let me make this super clear, there is nothing wrong with an LGBT character at all. However, it is weird to overwrite a real person as a sexuality or gender that they are not. I think there is a really important discussion to be had here, of if it is ok for players to be able to make that choice
Nonetheless, I really thought this video was well done, I love the angle you took, and I think you covered things beautifully and thoughtfully while still also acknowledging the gameplay frustrations that people may have (monetization mainly)
Haven't played AC since it's first game. Will definitely buy it now just to play as Yasuke.
They said the same about Suicide Squad, but look what happen 😂 it failed. I just think your an AC fan, kissing Ubisoft’s butt. Pucker up ❤
I can already tell the main villains are gonna be the white christian missionaries somehow.
You can tell agenda is being pushed, woke bs since they made it obligatory to watch gay characters on this games after that I stopped buying it. But as I’m a man of integrity I have to tell the truth.Yasuke was a real samurai, that I can tell. Even in Dynasty warriors, which is based on historical figures but fictional gameplay, he does appears as a black samurai under nobunga. Female ninjas are truthfully skilled more than men cause of their flexibility and ninjitsu is more about stealth than frontal assaults plus dexterity is a must on a ninja’s way of life. Which women are naturally more capable to accomplish than men. Since their bones are more flexible too, if you don’t know how pregnancy works, their bones extend and then retract. While men can’t do this. That a woman can take on 3 males, depends on how she approach the situation. From a ninja’s perspective it is possible. Since ninjas are more than meet the eye. In ninjitsu dark arts are combined with martial arts plus the art of deception. So it is possible for a female to take on more than 3 men. Dark arts give ninjas impossible strength. So my take on this is Yasuke have earned a right to be there, the female ninja too. But gay characters shouldn’t be there cause Japan as many other nations were anti-gay, so that would not fit in there. Other than that I will not buy it but see how it goes.
And I mean it’s a game set in Japan with the assassin style this game is going to sell extremely well if I was not a long time assassins Creed fan, I would still buy it for the historical setting because I love ancient Japan and I’ve actually been studying it for the last few weeks and it’s set in the perfect time period also.
Probably gonna be like the last of us 2. But who knows