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GudOlRub
Member
I don't playing as CJ in GTA SA, or Franklin in GTA 5, or Saga Anderson in Alan Wake 2, etc and usually find all the rage bait about races in a contemporary videogame pretty cringe.
But this just feels so fucking bizarre....
At least it'll certainly make people talk a lot more about the game and as they say, any publicity is good publicity...
But this just feels so fucking bizarre....
At least it'll certainly make people talk a lot more about the game and as they say, any publicity is good publicity...
March Climber
Member
Because they chose Yasuke.
And you won’t, as he will clearly go through a growth arc and go down his own path. The game is fiction.
Maybe, maybe not. We will see when the game releases.
I don’t care if Ubi topples next year. I care that people don’t make up stuff, like claiming Yasuke was going to be a ninja after literally seeing the promo image proving otherwise, or Draugoth’s sneaky attempt at baiting outrage with fake prices last page. The fake outrage, fake info, and clickbait is what’s wrong here.
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Senhua
Member
This is my last reply as I will ignore all this turd of game thread here.
Stop to try correcting others people critics to a game (every game) especially when it's about personal taste.
So even you admit there is no reason for him to be in this game. It's honestly embarrassing what Ubisoft is doing.
March Climber
Member
As long as they give bad and incorrect takes, I won’t stop. You’ll have to live with that, and you’ll have to cope with this game existing. I don’t ignore people here because I can deal with heavy convos, criticism, and being wrong sometimes.
I hope you find your peace here and don’t end up with a massively one-sided ignore list.
March Climber
Member
Every AC game is historical fiction…
Yes, but this is like making a game set in the Congo feature a clearly Caucasian male protagonist. It is embarrassing. The only viable reason would have been a historic one.
March Climber
Member
Black Flag had a Welsh privateer in the Caribbeans…
Not trying to be mean here, but do some of you actually play these games?
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MatrixReloaded101
Member
If this game is good it will be one of the best selling AC games ever released.
They made the right decision with the character because it will bring more attention to the game, just watch.
I already see morons losing it on Twitter = free marketing lmao
They made the right decision with the character because it will bring more attention to the game, just watch.
I already see morons losing it on Twitter = free marketing lmao
balls of snow
Member
Create a character wasnt he/she. Japanese create a character games never do it for me. Including Fromsoft. Who cares about the mc you play in Dark Souls. Its all about the bosses and everyone on earth agrees.
Also Ronin characters seemed more boring /stoic like Jin was in Ghost of Tsushima which I dropped after 20 hours ( ooh im breaking my oathhh ohhh look at me Im an oath breaker). Over here, Yasuke is a stranger in a strange land who just so happens to burn Naoe's village. Already has tension and drama. Other than that, the costume designs of each are ace.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
If there were thousands of pieces of media set in the Congo, then sooner or later, you'd see one starring a white man, but there isn't, so that comparison doesn't make sense.
There are hundreds upon hundreds of media set in feudal Japan starring Japanese characters. Yasuke stands out so unsurprisingly, someone is filling that vacuum of having a major game starring him.
>game set in Japan, you play as a Japanese woman.
So is the problem here that you don't get to play as an ethnically Japanese man? Otherwise, there is no pattern being broken here in terms of ethnicity.
People had no issue playing as women in the past several Assassin's Creed games.
Zheph
Member
No need to go on Twitter
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
It's a kanabo or war club used by Samurai.
Shits_McGiggles
Member
There was never a black samurai. Yasuke was never an actual samurai. He was a “pet” at best.
Hudo
Member
Just turn the brightness up until he becomes white, bro.
Gaiff
SBI’s Resident Gaslighter
For one he wasn't a samurai and for two, doesn't it make sense to pick a novel character that stands out most? Joan of Arc is renown in no small part because she was a woman doing what were considered men things. Cleopatra stands out because she was a prominent figure in a geopolitical climate dominated by men. Barack Obama stands out because he was the first and only black president of the US. Many fictional white characters in works set in feudal Japan are based on William Adams, an Englishmen and so forth.
Why wouldn't you pick out the obvious exceptions? Additionally, historical details on Yasuke are scarce so it makes it easy to mold the story around him without deviating too far form the historical figure. Hell, the only reason we can all name him is exactly because he was black. If he was Japanese, none of us would remember him.
What annoys me is that it's Ubisoft taking first crack at it and it's gonna suck.
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Mortisfacio
Member
Yah, but this is 2024 revisionist history. He was the most amazing samurai to ever live in the Ubisoft universe.
I just hope the game doesn't suck. I was so hyped for Valhalla because I absolutely love vikings/norse mythology. I have no idea how Ubisoft managed to make Norse mythology sooooo boring.
Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Can't make this shit up. On PSN it's listead as an always online game.
Draugoth
time for a new thread. 
Draugoth
time for a new thread. 
Rocinante618
Member
New AC!
Few points.
- nice trailer, but CGI no gameplay, gameplay is the most important thing for me in a video game
- I'm not American nor white so I don't get the skin color shit that has plagued the West.
- Black, White, Brown, Chinese, etc color/race doesn't bother me one bit, I care only gameplay - changing the color of a 3D model to whatever you like will not matter if gameplay is shite. I know genuinely that many friends feel nice when they see their color in a video game they enjoy so, it's nice I guess. I don't care about historical accuracy as well. My simple rule is: if gameplay bad, no amount of DEI or no DEI will make it better.
- Absurd pricing coupled with some weird mini gamepass + AC infinity is insane but on par with Ubisoft.
- I play very very few games, I'm already set for this year lol - Huge Backlog! + Elden RING DLC, Animal Well, World of Goo 2, Kingdom Come 2 and Indiana Jones are enough to last me till next year. Starwars Outlaws as well! oh dear.
- I don't expect this to be like AC2, Brotherhood etc and that's fine - Ubisoft has found a formula, it sells so they make/churn.
Will get this when this goes for 50% for the all ultimate edition. I like Ubisoft games, they are fun to goof around, I know they are cliched and use the same formula but that's fine, I'm expecting that and it's alright.
I guess I need finish Valhalla and start Mirage before I get this next year lol
Few points.
- nice trailer, but CGI no gameplay, gameplay is the most important thing for me in a video game
- I'm not American nor white so I don't get the skin color shit that has plagued the West.
- Black, White, Brown, Chinese, etc color/race doesn't bother me one bit, I care only gameplay - changing the color of a 3D model to whatever you like will not matter if gameplay is shite. I know genuinely that many friends feel nice when they see their color in a video game they enjoy so, it's nice I guess. I don't care about historical accuracy as well. My simple rule is: if gameplay bad, no amount of DEI or no DEI will make it better.
- Absurd pricing coupled with some weird mini gamepass + AC infinity is insane but on par with Ubisoft.
- I play very very few games, I'm already set for this year lol - Huge Backlog! + Elden RING DLC, Animal Well, World of Goo 2, Kingdom Come 2 and Indiana Jones are enough to last me till next year. Starwars Outlaws as well! oh dear.
- I don't expect this to be like AC2, Brotherhood etc and that's fine - Ubisoft has found a formula, it sells so they make/churn.
Will get this when this goes for 50% for the all ultimate edition. I like Ubisoft games, they are fun to goof around, I know they are cliched and use the same formula but that's fine, I'm expecting that and it's alright.
I guess I need finish Valhalla and start Mirage before I get this next year lol
VeganElduderino
Member
GymWolf
Member
You are into grannies uh?I have zero interest in this game but to be fair there is also female ninja in Sekiro.
Not everything is about being “woke”. But it’s Ubisoft and I know how this game is gonna be like and I have no interest in it.
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Yeah, it's dumb. In the last two assassin's creed games the online part is optional.1 player but online required?
Here's Shadows:
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
MagiusNecros
Gilgamesh Fan Annoyance
Can't make this shit up. On PSN it's listead as an always online game.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
I want to say I'm surprised but I'm not.....its fucking Ubisoft.Yeah, it's dumb. In the last two assassin's creed games the online part is optional.
Here's Shadows:
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Thick Thighs Save Lives
NeoGAF's Physical Games Advocate Extraordinaire
Such a dogshit company... if I'm picking up this game I'll make sure to buy it used so they don't get anything from me.
delfrickintree
Banned
Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
Yasuke was essentially Nobunaga's personal jester. He had some sword training but he was not a samurai.
Iirc he wasn't even in Japan for more than like 2 years.
Iirc he wasn't even in Japan for more than like 2 years.
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Varteras
Member
I think youre forgetting something
No cap, famurai.
The Infectious Paradox
Member
A BLACK Samurai?? What's next, a white rapper?!
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Muffdraul
Member
Also, DaVinci never actually built a working tank or a flying machine that actually flew.
Danjin44
The nicest person on this forum
There are too many good games coming out to for me to waste my time with this game.....
Also already this masterpiece....
Varteras
Member
BLASPHEMY!
Punished Miku
Human Rights Subscription Service
Always online means never buying it. Maybe I'll rent it someday.
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Tal Shiar Agent
Banned
My problem is we are playing as an actual historical person. Just make a new guy Ubisoft.
Killer8
Member
I suppose it is not too different from William in Nioh ie. a person who is not of a Japanese background becoming a samurai.
Both William Adams and Yasuke were real people but games of course will take a lot of liberties with realism in order to make a better game (I doubt the real William Adams used a kusarigama to kill a big titty semen demon irl). Nioh also featured Yasuke as one of the final bosses named "Obsidian Samurai".
The real reason to be skeptical of the game is that Assassins Creed has fucking stunk since Origins.
Both William Adams and Yasuke were real people but games of course will take a lot of liberties with realism in order to make a better game (I doubt the real William Adams used a kusarigama to kill a big titty semen demon irl). Nioh also featured Yasuke as one of the final bosses named "Obsidian Samurai".
The real reason to be skeptical of the game is that Assassins Creed has fucking stunk since Origins.
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Kerotan
Member
Jin Sucky begs to differ.