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[Laptop1991]

And that's the real problem. The game was tarnished from the off.

I just can't get over the fact they wanted George Floyd running around ancient Japan killing Japanese by the droves, it just sounds bonkers, and, it is..

And that's what pisses me off with these people, they want all the diversity crap in gaming but do it in such shit ham fisted ways

Okay, you want more black people in gaming, that's great. Now, think of ALL the possibilities of an actual African AC (And dont say Egypt..) There's a plethora of ideas you could run with, thousands infact, make it natural and it'd be awsome! It would sell by the droves. I think most people would be interested as there's nothing like it

But no, cram the only black bloke in ancient Japan at the time based on flimsy evidence and current political politics hacking away

Fuck right off. Its bullshit for an AC game.

Yeah I agree, I've played most AC games and they all felt like you were in those times and places in history even with the mythical stuff in Odyssey, Valhalla and Origins, but Shadows because of all the political and agenda DEi Ubisoft has ham fisted into the game won't feel like Japan in feudal times, so I don't want to buy and play it. no matter what date they finally release it on.

 

[Ribi]

The what attack? Isn't the nuke technically a terrorist attack

 

[RoadHazard]

This game may well be cursed, but this is a reach.

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Yeah I agree, I've played most AC games and they all felt like you were in those times and places in history even with the mythical stuff in Odyssey, Valhalla and Origins, but Shadows because of all the political and agenda DEi Ubisoft has ham fisted into the game won't feel like Japan in feudal times, so I don't want to buy and play it. no matter what date they finally release it on.

Aye, and having current day politics in gaming is the fastest turn off I think you can get when trying to be immersed in a world.

This'll be the only AC I won't have bought on day one, but it is what it is.

But to be fair, I've found a lot of UBI games as of late to be truly terrible. The last I bought stupidly on day one was that new'ish Crew game

Jesus, that dialogue was just utterly awful. Most of their new stuff just seems pandering to some form of ideological nonsense.

I can see why they're at deaths door.

 

[StereoVsn]

The what attack? Isn't the nuke technically a terrorist attack

It’s technically part of a World War going on at the time. But do go on…. And yes, Ubi already got dinged for that.

As to the March 20th date, normally it wouldn’t be an issue. However considering all the controversies and lack of cultural sensitivities with AC Shadows already… they probably should have had an intern put in 5 min to search Google, Bing, Perplexity AI or whatever to see if there was anything if cultural significance in Japan on that date. Since Ubi is trying to be inclusive in the game and all that.

 

[Laptop1991]

Aye, and having current day politics in gaming is the fastest turn off I think you can get when trying to be immersed in a world.

This'll be the only AC I won't have bought on day one, but it is what it is.

But to be fair, I've found a lot of UBI games as of late to be truly terrible. The last I bought stupidly on day one was that new'ish Crew game

Jesus, that dialogue was just utterly awful. Most of their new stuff just seems pandering to some form of ideological nonsense.

I can see why they're at deaths door.

Hara-Kiri by Ubisoft, the only thing they got right about Japan .

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Releasing on the year Popeye is free from copyright as well, maybe he will make an appearance!

Also for Tin Tin, its rights expire this year.

 

[damidu]

lol try harder

 

[Leopold]

Really grasping at straws here.

 

[S0ULZB0URNE]

This won't end well and lessons will be learned.

 

[simpatico]

People poo pooing this underestimate how petty Japan is. But think about this, 15 years ago who imagined fucking Bandai would be looking waaaay down at Ubisoft?

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Keep it up until the cancer is gone.

 

[snapdragon]

The biggest terrorist attack in Japan's history was august 6th 1945.

 

[PatientGamer]

This is a reach OP, the AC Shadows hate was justified at the beginning but it's bloody boring now. People literally getting mad because there's a black man in the game and because the developer is Ubisoft. As if Japan hasn't done anything culturally insensitive in any of their media in the last 5 minutes. Just watch their ads if you want an insight.

It's going to be a great game regardless.

 

[indigoSociety]

Its a videogame. Lets stop finding reasons to be offended by everything. Were all exhausted by this nonsense. I lean conservatively and even that Naughty dog controversy with Interstellar even annoyed me. Being actually offended is one thing. Finding reasons is obnoxious.

 

[The Chairman]

The story got picked up by gaming news websites, nice!

Assassin's Creed Shadows New Release Date is Anniversary of The Worst Modern Domestic Terrorist Attack in Japanese History, Another Wildly Tone Deaf Ubisoft Move Toward Japanese Culture

The new Assassin's Creed Shadows release date is stirring controversy. The date is the anniversary of a major Japanese terrorist attack.

thatparkplace.com

 

[adamsapple]

The story got picked up by gaming news websites, nice!

Assassin's Creed Shadows New Release Date is Anniversary of The Worst Modern Domestic Terrorist Attack in Japanese History, Another Wildly Tone Deaf Ubisoft Move Toward Japanese Culture

The new Assassin's Creed Shadows release date is stirring controversy. The date is the anniversary of a major Japanese terrorist attack.

thatparkplace.com

"Gaming news website" is being INCREDIBLY generous there, lol.

edit:

Holy shit, what the fuck is this website

 

[Complistic]

Ubisoft shit enough without needing to manufacture outrage.