There's a case to be made to have two playable characters in a game, but making Yasuke this huge brute who's basically nerfed because he can't climb fast and shouts loudly after every assassination and is stuck in his massive samurai armor is such a bizarre decision and probably a huge mistake.
It's not even about him being black or whatever, gameplay-wise it's just dreadful to look at because you can see the game is actively working against you by making it more clunky than usual. Every AC protagonist is nimble and fast, can climb easily, can sneak efficiently and keep stealth going by assassinating guards. But here Yasuke is slow and meandering, screams after he assassinates someone (why is this a thing??) even when he's in the middle of infiltrating an area. Seeing this huge guy in full samurai battle armor crawl through some grass to stay hidden is just ridiculous.
The game is making things more difficult, annoying and obtuse for literally no reason.
So bizarre. I don't even understand how this happens.
And the combat, sheesh. I've played a lot of Tsushima, Sekiro and Rise of Ronin lately so my point of view is skewed but good lord the combat looks dreadful.
