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[Reaseru]

No, because i wanted a japanese protagonist. I'm not making other excuses to justify that. And I still have to buy Rise of the Ronin if I want play a game that takes place within that setting.

But if everybody else wants to buy it, i have no problems with that. I respect that.

If you like it, you buy it. If you dislike it, you don't. Simple as that.

 

[genesisblock]

I won't shame people buying this game but they should know the context when they do enjoy this game.

 

[King Dazzar]

I really liked the recent trilogy. But I've already got my fill of Japan with GoT. Maybe in the future when all the fluff has been added and its on sale....

 

[drganon]

Nope. After the mediocrity that was Valhalla, I'm done with assassin's creed games.

 

[LastBattle]

I might play it on Gamepass in the future. Haven’t played an AC since 2 mind you.

 

[xrnzaaas]

This game will sell a ton! No matter the poll says

Forums like GAF will never be a barometer of how popular and successful many games will be (especially those targeted at younger crowd). You're asking for the opinion of this particular community - that's it.

 

[Sanepar]

With 50% off like all acs yes

 

[Just_one]

day 1 , already pre-ordered as a part of a 3 for 2 promotion. Star wars/AC/Dragon ball

 

[U n i o n 0015]

No. I might've bought it years ago when I was really into AC. But Ubisoft mined the franchise into the ground and even though the Japan theme is awesome, it's too little too late since we've gotten some great games already in the samurai theme (Ghost & Rise of the Ronin).

 

[Fess]

More accurate? any decent samurai or general would laugh his ass off everytime uncle moron open his mouth about honor being more important than winning a war.

Tsushima is more accurate only if you believe that movie samurai are a real thing and they are not heavily romanticized for spectacle.

Unless you meant using an asian protagonist without stupid dubstep music during combat, in that case yeah tsushi is more accurate.

It’s not a samurai simulator but Ghost of Tsushima feels accurate enough that I’m not pulled out of the immersion. I just wish the climbing wasn’t like some linear Uncharted game where I have to search for specific climbing spots.

 

[Flyingpanther]

Mabey, when it hit steam. I just like to have my games all at the same place

 

[LordCBH]

Yup

 

[Kurotri]

I've been an AC junkie since the first game. AC has always been a series that I enjoyed. However, AC and by extension Ubisoft games, have always been one-and-done type of games for me. I'm not really big on replaying games in the first place, but you'd have to pay me to replay a Ubi game. I've tried several times out of nostalgia, didn't work out. That is why I have 0 qualms about using their subscription service to blast through Shadows and move on after that. Minus some stupid shit here and there I still actually a expect a decent game. As long as it doesn't bore me to tears like AC3 or Valhalla it'll be fine. Not sure if that falls into the buy category. More like rent?

 

[SaucyJack]

Yes. I've played every AC game and platinumed them all except for Brotherhood .... bloody Abstergo Employee of the Month trophy!!

But like all "AAA" games these days I will wait until it has dropped in price. Been typically picking up games when they hit £30 physical or sub-£30 digital. No longer feel the need to be on these things Day 1 as nothing lives up to the hype and my backlog is fucking enormous.

Got Mirage for under £30 physical and enjoyed it. Was nice to have an AC game that wasn't ridiculously long

 

[Rocinante618]

Full price? No way. 75% off with all DLC after 2-3 years? Hell yes.

I honestly don’t care about the drama, this is a video game, why so so serious? The skin colour in a video game is just a texture after all for I only care about the “funny” albeit repetitive gameplay AC has been providing me for so long.

Yasuke could be blue, red or white - the core Ubisoft gameplay will always remain disappointing but for a tenner? sign me up for some cheap thrills.

 

[Draugoth]

Assassin's Creed Games are bloated overpriced messes.

If you want to play good open world games that respect your time just get Elden Ring or Breath of the Wild

 

[Punished Miku]

I never buy AC until it's $15. But if this is always online, I'm probably skipping it entirely.

 

[Hayabusabruh]

But you are pretending that they're not pushing a woke agenda based on your comment

I'm sure they are. Every form of media is (just add black), but in this particular case it doesn't make sense to be outraged about it. Maybe if it were a historical Japanese man who they made black, but Yasuke in A.C isn't the first time he was depicted as a Samurai. No one gave a crap then. Keep the same energy. I'm buying the game cause I liked the gameplay video I saw and that's it.

 

[Daniel_Mallorca1985]

Yes:

 

[Bernardougf]

who are you to put words into my mouth?

you dont even know me personally let alone to truly know what i feel deep inside and yet you out of nowhere, emotionally suddenly accuse and slander me over some two line post.

you one of regular poster here and you should be better than this.

If you know he posts regular here you should know he is the biggest social/woke warrior troll of this forum .. just ignore his righteous than life crazy wall posts.

 

[DirtyBast8rd]

Where is the FUCK NO option?

 

[Chukhopops]

I voted yes and then I realized it releases on the same day as Avowed and two days before Dragon Quest 3 HD.

So most likely I will skip it at launch and buy it much much later.

 

[krumble]

Like watchdogs 2 I can wait on this one until the complete edition is less than £10

 

[Lucifers Beard]

No, I've got Ghost of Tsushima that I'm playing through at the moment which is all the Samurai action I think I need at the moment. I'm also not interested in Assassin's Creed as a franchise anymore. It's stale and boring.

 

[Putonahappyface]

Absolutely not.

 

[SyberWolf]

if it was similar to Ghost of Tsushima, but it is not.
probably would not even play this if they gave it to me for free.

 

[stn]

If it reviews well, maybe. Regardless, I'll wait for a sale, because Ubi games very quickly reduce in price.

 

[Rodolink]

i stopped with these series after black flag so na

 

[feynoob]

It takes 10x that to make a profit now they claim so that's horrible numbers. Internet babies are winning the culture wars.

All they did was give free exposure and advertisement.

 

[Eiknarf]

God damn! NeoGAF has thousands of members, yet not even 100 people will be buying this ?

 

[AJUMP23]

No. I was interested in the one in Baghdad but I played it for 30 minutes to an hour and thought it was terrible. I am not buying another AC for a while.

I did enjoy Valhalla. Even if it is bloated.

 

[Mattdaddy]

I'll probably end up trying this and the Star Wars game both just because I'm pretty sure I bought a year of Ubi+ a while ago and its still active. Dont know if I would pay for either of them straight up unless reviews just went wild.

I dunno, Valhalla was pretty good, I liked Odyssey a lot, but Mirage was a smelly bums asscrack. Ill give it the ole college try.

 

[Bond007]

If reviews state it's the second coming of AC- then maybe.
As it stands i will be waiting for the $30 Ubisoft game drop. I was desperate for AC set in Japan for many years- it's alittle late now with Ghost of Tsushima really filling that niche for me. The luster AC would have had on this a few years back has dissipated.

 

[Eiknarf]

I don't trust Ubisoft at all - they're just another studio that had a scandal, which lead to an internal revolution and DEI taking over. Those are the devs that end up getting fucked the worst, because they just have to roll over for all the woke/DEI insanity. Now they have to post apologies for hiring insane woke consultants that don't care about Japanese history, and for making a feudal Japan game that stars a fake black samurai and a fake female shinobi. Or loot at that Star Wars game - that lame female main character has killed most of the excitement for the game.

But O Ozriel said you got the DEI info from Twitter

Some grifter pushed this shit on Twitter and now you can’t go into any thread without someone shouting about how anything they don’t understand is DEI.

 

[StereoVsn]

I might get this in a year for under $20. Would rather play Rise of Ronin before that and hopefully Ghost of Tsushima 2 will hit next year.

 

[Ozriel]

But O Ozriel said you got the DEI info from Twitter

And i thank you for proving my point yet again

 

[SleepySlippy]

No, because I don't buy Assassin's Creed games.

 

[Zannegan]

No, but not because of any political controversy or characters. The series got way too rote for me around the time of Syndicate, and none of the changes from the Odyssey soft-reboot did anything for me. As far as I'm concerned, AC4 with its ship battles and freedom of exploration was the peak of the series, and one game (two, if you count Rogue) was enough to scratch that itch.

So, no, but I'm not their target audience any more, so it doesn't make a difference either way.

I'm sure the game will sell tons without me (or Japan, for that matter). If anything, it will probably be the best-selling AC yet because people will be excited about the setting regardless of its authenticity. Just look at how Ubi portrayed the Vikings. That nonsense should have had a much greater pushback for the sake of authenticity, and people still ate it up.

 

[RoboFu]

anyone notice the slight racist tone in the thread title?

"Will yous be buying assassins creeds?"

Shame!

 

[proandrad]

No clue, I don’t buy a game until I know if it’s any good and preordering video games is a scam.

 

[Roman Empire]

"After years of fans asking for AC in Japan, then you get to play with someone who is not Japanese at all?!"

This is why people are mostly mad with this situation. Of all people they could have used, Ubisoft chose to not use a Japanese man as part of their dual protag directive. It feels malicious at this point.

 

[Eiknarf]

"After years of fans asking for AC in Japan, then you get to play with someone who is not Japanese at all?!"

This is why people are mostly mad with this situation. Of all people they could have used, Ubisoft chose to not use a Japanese man as part of their dual protag directive. It feels malicious at this point.

Yeah

It’s definitely not an accident

And it’s definitely on purpose

 

[Roman Empire]

Yeah

It’s definitely not an accident

And it’s definitely on purpose

I'm not even mad Yasuke is part of the story, I'm puzzled why make him the central piece of the narrative, even the shinobi Naoe feels like a second-class citizen next to him.

What does people like them win by doing things like these just to piss the fans? (rhetorical question btw)

I expect the game to sell gangbusters still as usual, if Ubisoft stopped with bullshit like that (besides their pricing model) they would get a lot less flak for their games.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Main character doesn’t matter to me give me a man with paper bag over his head I played origins, odyssey and Valhalla, skipped mirage it’s like playing the history channel the game.

 

[FunkMiller]

No. Because Ubisoft are an awful company who make awful games.

 

[Bernardougf]

People waiting for reviews.. is a black samurai and woman ninja in feudal historical japan ... I predict a lot of highs 9 and 10 for this game.... if one of them is gay, a lot of awards also.

 

[semiconscious]

No. I might've bought it years ago when I was really into AC. But Ubisoft mined the franchise into the ground and even though the Japan theme is awesome, it's too little too late since we've gotten some great games already in the samurai theme (Ghost & Rise of the Ronin).

you forgot sekiro...

& i agree. when it comes to genres, samurai games seem to be everywhere, at this point. what we really need is assassin's creed: tombstone. there are no open world westerns other than red dead (granted, there wouldn't be a whole lot of parkour opportunities)...

 

[phant0m]

No. I gave up at AC3.

Shame, AC IV is the best in the series.

And Syndicate was a solid too

 

[Mahavastu]

I guess I will buy it when it gets to a good price.

I am one of those who enjoy Ubisoft games like Origin, Far Cry 5 + 6, Valhalla...
I am still not sure about that black samurai stuff, but maybe it will be somehow explained in a not too stupid and tolerable way

 

[Nankatsu]

No, AC died for me me when they killed Desmond Miles.

Except Black Flag of course.