AJS News - TOMB RAIDER from Phoebe?!, Marvel Rivals Walks Back NDA, Ass Creed Shadows Controversy

[@HBarnill]

4:33 GameStop stock falls (what's new?) 6:44 Redfall final update 8:06 Marvel Rivals publisher walks back negative review clause for previews 11:00 Amazon making Tomb Raider show 13:55 Assassin Creed Shadows (for the rest of the video)

[@210420rocky]

Nice icon

[@ayushgupta1823]

Thanks

[@main1033]

​@@InfinitusDominus Angry Joe seems to be avoiding it because it makes him uncomfortable. Alex, the most knowledgeable of the group explained his views on the controversy and you seem butthurt about it

[@vigi1antvort3x41]

​@DunWorryBoutitBoutit Despicable is having a 30-45 minute video without having any kind of timestamps. That's just excessive if there's only 1-2 news story you want to see.

[@blazeblaze420]

​@DunWorryBoutitBoutitShut up

[@DudeAlexey017]

14 minutes of AC: Shadows discussion. Not a single mention of 130$ preorder.

[@jjdiner7862]

But they've been selling premium digital editions since what 2015? Sure they usually included some digital art book or soundtrack back then, but the base game then as it is now was always cheaper. If people are out here paying $60 extra for 1 mission they should part ways with their money. Nevermind the fact you can rent the complete game for $18 if you're really tight on funds.

[@captainmarvelous7678]

Because the controversy isn't about the price. They're talking about the specific controversy not the game itself. The game doesn't come out for months, they can address the price at any point between now and then.

[@goofball1_134]

@@captainmarvelous7678 But they have no way to know if the controversy is even stemming a majority from that. Ubisoft has so many damn reasons why people don't like them and their games, I'll list a few. Removal of multiplayer features years after a games released, Removal of games from library after customer purchase, Ubisoft's shitty NFT scam called 'Ubisoft Quartz', Insanely priced game editions, Singleplayer games with microtransactions incentivized by roadblock grind tatics, Multiplayer games filled to the brim with season passes and high priced microtransactions, CEO saying 'gamers need to get used to not owning games', Franchise fatigue and generic game making processes, Terrible launcher 'Ubisoft connect', Low quality and bug ridden game releases, SA and toxic work environment reports etc etc. All of this combined with a frankly at bare minimum an obviously controversial main protag for this game its no surprise the game has a lot of negative buzz around it.

[@inquisitorichijou883]

It definitely was an interesting move to show the pricing options before showing gameplay.

[@Devilishlybenevolent]

Why are morons so hung up about that? You can pay $15 a month to finish the game and never touch it again. No one is FORCING you to pay that price. These gaming companies have been doing this for at least a decade, are you new to gaming kid?

[@iwatchDVDsonXbox360]

17:12 he's not African-american, as far as i know he never been in America.

[@SpadeApeiron]

there's always the "Angry joe" type of people who support FORCED diversity rather than making sense diversity.

[@sten260]

racist game. Imagine making a game set in medieval Africa where 99.99% of people were black and you dig deep to find 1 white guy and pick him as a main character. Not because he was most interesting or most accomplished person, but rather solely because of his race. Wtf

[@user-yx3wu8vt2w]

@@SpadeApeironwho cares…it’s a game lol

[@TheLennonIV]

really??

[@Dommifax]

probably a slip of tongue - he was most likely just referring to his skin colour

[@ledkit]

Not every black person is african-american. It's kinda weird to hear that.

[@WillCap4food]

Yes, If you’re black and born in America, you’re just an American who happens to be black. If you’re born and raised in Africa then become a U.S. citizen, then you’re an African American.

[@Helieos45]

Why is Joe playing dumb and pretending to not notice DEI in movies what a beta bitch.

[@jimmy-sn6qz]

Why is Joe pretending to not notice DEI like a little beta bitch.

[@ntindo]

Yasuke was from Brazil, in the Americas.

[@Johnson09641]

Their is no such thing as "African American". American is not a race

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

people react this way because the industry, and Ubisoft in particular, has run out of good will with its customers. no more benefit of the doubt, people immediately assume the worst at the slightest provocation.

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Working with Sweet Baby Inc and seeing the lead writer of Shadows already having pronouns in her instagram bio, doesn't exactly help to reestablish that faith and good will lol

[@Razzanonymous]

@@IdocarebutIdontI’m sorry, how does someone having pronouns in their bio mean they are a bad writer?

[@Dani-kq6qq]

Black people existing is provocation? Stop being weirdos

[@IdocarebutIdont]

@@Razzanonymous Of course, pronouns alone aren't an indication for bad writing skills. However, it already says a lot about her agenda. Now add the fact that Sweet Baby Inc is involved and that they have a track record of delivering bad narratives and characters and now it should be clear why people don't have any faith in them delivering.

[@MrSpy13011]

@@IdocarebutIdont I'm sorry but this level of cringe coming from the anti-woke crowd is the reason I distanced myself from them. Tired of the "the game was woke" when it fails or "the game that was woke wasn't actually woke because it was good" bullshit.

[@Purple-Manatee]

“African American” lol Joe, I don’t think the character is American

[@JudgementNutter]

He looks so scared to just say Black. That's not a slur, it's just accurate. WoolieVs is from Grenada and Quebec, he shouts "IM BLACK" as a joke all the time. You don't have to be from Africa OR America to be Black.

[@SpikeTheWolf]

I'm confuse I thought black was just another word for the race? Africans are born in African and African Americans are black ppl born in America? Or nah?

[@decidedly_uncouth]

Western soy boy, brain rot. The black guy in feudal Japan was an African American!

[@LakrimaProject]

Americans are so brainwashed and obssesed on race.

[@panzer00]

Joe is terrified to hold an opinion that deviates from the cult. I lose respect for Joe every other video. They have the most ignorant "conversations" about these topics and are completely unwilling to understand the nuance in why this is a problem.

[@mylittlesun3296]

"Generic" Japanese samurai? Did I hear that right? What else are they suppose to be? African like Yasuke? Whats next? "Generic" vikings who arent white? Did Alex and Joe truly not truly understand why its ok for us to be disappointed? We've been waiting for years for a Japanese assassin's creed and we always mostly had the option to play as male/female of that region. To change it up now and say, if you dont like it, it must mean your racist is just absurd.

[@SpadeApeiron]

I wonder what happens is SUPERMAN is depicted as GAY-TRANSMAN with they/them pronouns.. I can accept since he's not from the EARTH he's alien. but i want to see Angry Joe react to that. Please DC make it happen

[@drafezard7315]

@@SpadeApeiron I thought we already have that with pink kryptonite or whatever.

[@CookieSicarius]

People have that reaction because of how much it matters to YOU guys. Like foes it really upset ur eyes to see a dark skinned man in japan?? Well the answer is yes. Those it mean ur racist by default? No. But what is l easier to assume based in the number of comments in regardsto yasuke??? That the utube/xuser commenter is a lover of all races or the latter 🤔

[@ripayanami]

You play as Japanese assassin Naoe - a female ninja. The question is why you should plays as a samurai at all... in game called Assassin creed?

[@ravemaster101]

Bet you didn't feel this way about black flag

[@FPchie]

You didn’t mention about the preorder prices for AC Shadows

[@salmankhan2739]

its nothing new from ubisoft, Star wars also did the same

[@FactoryDan]

They probably feel the need to defend the game at all cost for current day reasons, lolol. So of course they've won't mention the ridiculous prices

[@yarpen26]

One interesting theory I've heard is that Ubisoft shoved in the black guy just to distract gamers from the ridiculous price tag. Sounds so stupid it's actually ingenious.

[@salmankhan2739]

@@FactoryDan I don't think that, they're just talking about the bigger controversy with that game, not a lot of people are that mad about the prices as most of them are mad at the black samurai.

[@FactoryDan]

@yarpen26 considering this game didn't originally have a black lead until recently in it's development, I definitely can believe that. Already publications are calling gamers racist for not liking the game, ha ha

[@tyler4418]

Alex, how many times have we heard companies and studios say 'it's just a loud minority' in recent years, and then proceed to lose obscene amounts in revenue? It might have been a loud minority 5 years ago, but it's not anymore.

[@arnoldasm7300]

agree . 605k dislikes on ac shadows trailer is nothing near 'minority' level if its ac fans or possible customers..

[@heyblaise]

@@arnoldasm7300 You don't think a good portion of those are people riding the hate train? People love to spam a "dislike/downvote" button if other people are doing it too.

[@arnoldasm7300]

@@heyblaise You think so ? because usually i dont watch videos/trailers about things i am not interested. So its sounds stupid just to search for videos which you can downvote(ride the hate train)..So i think most of those downvotes are legit, who were insterested seeing what was game about.. Dont believe youtube algoritms suggest this video specifically for those who hate everything

[@heyblaise]

@@arnoldasm7300 Well yeah, when news sites and other KZbinrs make articles/videos about trailers being heavily disliked, it brings more attention to them. It's the same thing on Reddit too. If someone is getting massively downvoted, regardless of the merit of their statement, the downvotes will continue to pour in because people love to tear other people down online.

[@arnoldasm7300]

@@heyblaise but normal people dont see dislike ratio or count without plugins, so i still think most of them legit . You just dont go for hunting videos to press down dislike as its some king of hobby. And like dislike ratio was formed before any youtubers or new sites could infuence heavily i think. I was watching trailer as soon as it was uploaded by ubisoft and dislike ratio was bigger from the start and it was consistend

[@rikou1986]

You should always cancel recurring billing straight away after you buy a month of any subscription.

[@DubsBrown]

FR. Gamepass will completely refund you too if you cancel early

[@johnv6806]

Like your phone?

[@NitriumOxide]

I suspect the Phoebe Waller-Bridge Tomb Raider script was repurposed from her Indiana Jones movie (there were multiple rumours that Lucasfilm was planning to spin her character from the movie into a TV series). After the film flopped, she pitched it to Amazon where it was greenlit.

[@poncho9587]

Oh dear God, that adaptation is going to be a trainwreck.

[@salmankhan2739]

you might be right oh hell no

[@prathapkutty7407]

How does this woman keep getting to work with popular franchises? She's a mediocre actress and her shows suck except for maybe killing eve.

[@purefoldnz3070]

PLEASE GOD NO.

[@liaminwales]

Just think of the slow motion running she will do! Ah I miss Angelina Jolie

[@mc2156]

“People dont like women or African Americans in prominent roles” “Our Angry review for Fallout got down voted to h*ll because we gave it only a 7/10” didn’t Fallout have a women and an African American in lead roles? I guess we just pick and choose when to say that.

[@sorrycashonly5651]

Seriously, Joe doesn't understand how the new Assassin's Creed is bad? Even if Yasuke existed, it is ridiculous to make him the main character in an installment that was supposed to represent the Japanese culture. They even went out their way to say that they didn't want a Japanese Samurai in the first place. This is the definition of racism, and here we are, pretending this is normal? Really? Assassin's Creed had long became a homage or representation of different culture in the world. Almost every AC installment resolved around a specific culture and representation, and here we are, seeing a black character representing the Japanese culture, and you don't understand why people complained? Do you have any idea how much credibility you just lost?

[@Hadeks_Marow]

Does every japanese game need to represent japanese culture? Sounds boring and repetitive and stale if so. I agree with you that the AC franchise (atleast at one point) did pride itself on cultural history, but does that mean they always have to maintain that level of prestige? If they do something different, can't we just acknowledge them choosing to do something different?

[@sorrycashonly5651]

@@Hadeks_Marow no, but Assassin's creed should, because THAT'S WHAT THEY DID IN ALL THEIR PREVIOUS INSTALLMENT. This is common sense. L'e'ts not pretend this isn't racism because this didn't happen to black people. What's next? Make Wakanda white because it was just a fictional country with fictional characters?

[@Senorbenignhillarity]

​@@Hadeks_Marow yes because their choices as of late have all been bangers lol. First trailer chose a side character as a protag because of skin color. 130$ preorder missions locked behind early access and mother fuckers are like "maybe the story will be good!". It won't. Lol

[@Hadeks_Marow]

@@Senorbenignhillarity Forests and trees man, forest and trees.

[@the_articulated_artist]

Stop trying to virtue signal and use Japanese culture as a way to mask your racism.

[@Reda.]

Today's sponsor : BlackRock.

[@thedarknight5714]

XD

[@t8chsupp0t8r4]

In before you go full Q-Anon.

[@pier-lucdanis5020]

AJ defending Ubisoft??? Cmon what about those prices and early access bullcrap???

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

Too busy in the comments 😔

[@alexandsimba]

He is not defending Ubisoft. He saying he is still going to play it even if it has a black guy as a Samurai. They probably found the character drama first before the prices.

[@rafterman5072]

I’m pretty sure he already made a video complaining about the prices.

[@KeyT3ch]

They have been doing the SAME pricing structure for YEARS already, and ONLY NOW people are coming out to complain about it? Why didn't yall complain the last few years? Go back and check AC Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla. Same ass pricing structure and y'all didnt give no shit. The whole point here is that, AS LONG AS the game is good, they can price it HOWEVER they want, pricing dont matter when it comes to that. That doesnt mean I will pay for it! Hell no! I will still wait for a deeper sale

[@-_Nuke_-]

AJ doesn't understand that what they are doing is just passing people off. Not because they hate black people... But because today EVERYTHING has to have a black character and a gay one and whatever else. So its not like they wanted to make this story. They HAD to include a black character because of regulations... Therefore they created the story around him. Because they have to. Black Rock, which is the trillion dollar company behind these regulations, will doom you if you don't follow their orders and they will keep you alive if you do. So Ubisoft might not even had a choice here. They just had to include a black person, and now we have this comedy, where we have a black Samurai... The biggest insult to ALL Asian fans of this game...

[@enegmatixerebro]

I forgot Redfall existed

[@ricardohoang8452]

Like one studio that created it lol

[@Autobotmatt428]

@@ricardohoang8452 Just Volition you make a bad game in not a great year your buts gone

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@Autobotmatt428 Also decisions from Embracer and somehow Deep Silver

[@6ix_winged_angel]

Red fall forgot red fall existed

[@nattyice23]

I played it for exactly one day and their were no ammo refills across the entire map, I spent almost the entire time looking for a reload LOL

[@Shizzmoney74]

Calling it "Ass Creed" from now on

[@Klartraumprofi]

It‘s getting summer, so „Ass Creek“ fits it better

[@TheForeignGamer]

I've been calling it that ever since Unity.

[@FoieGras4u]

We’ve been calling that for a while now

[@bryansilva6306]

My favorite fable achievement

[@hypocriticalsatire3966]

Ass Grease

[@soulechelon2643]

I'm sorry man, but as a black person myself this is very clear pandering and ngl I'm pretty tired of it. I mean dude has dreadlocks. Dreadlocks. In 15th century Japan. But at this point I don't really care anymore. Gaming is in a terrible place right now in far more ways than one. The world itself is in a terrible place as well, and focusing on this controversy while people are losing jobs, livelihoods, and lives screams of not seeing the forest for the trees. Like legit there is nowhere to run anymore. It's all politics and greed. Everything. Gaming was supposed to be about escapism. To not have to worry about being force-fed a message or nickel and dimed just to get a fully functional game. I loved coming home from school, sitting down, and playing my favorite game without a care in the world. And now that I'm older, I get to come home from work, sit down, and be told I should feel bad for trying to enjoy my favorite pastime in peace. And if I have a dissenting opinion on something? I get yelled at, called every name in the book, and told MY space that I've been in since I was a toddler is now "Not for me" anymore. This is truly the worst timeline.

[@PoisonViper133]

Then don't buy the game? What's with this soliloquy? Who gives a shit? I'm getting the game because it looks cool. Why do I give a shit if a main protagonist is black or not?

[@chitosesenri7087]

I've seen black people in fox news and trump rallies too. They're making $$$. You see it as pandering, other black people would see themselves represented. Stop hating yourself, you deserve to be seen.

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Oh you don't like the dreadlocks? Here, take the infamous Killmonger hair style and stfu Lmao What a timeline to live in where you get called 'part of the problem' by white Karens for disliking their whack stories and characters.

[@igorsenayoutube]

Very well said. If any company tried to pander to me, hire me for the color of my skin and not because of my talent and skill, etc not only would i feel offended but i would see it as them being fake and wouldn't give me joy; it would actually cause the opposite. When it comes to games and movies, story and entertainment should always come first, and not an agenda, etc If the main character then happens to be a woman, black, asian, purple or whatever, then it doesn't really matter; as long as the story and the implementation of whatever they are trying to do is good. But these days companies go with the color, gender, sexual preference first. Meritocracy should rule over all those. It's actually sad. Aside from very rare exceptions, gaming is pretty much dead. But at the end of the day, it's us, the costumers fault. We need to start to not have such short memory and vote with the wallet. It's literally the only language these companies speak. Now is a great time for retro gaming! I miss those times where you could just put the game in the console and it worked. No updates, no nothing. It worked and was fun.

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Oh you don't like the dreadlocks? Here, take the infamous Killmonger hair style and be quite Lmao Jokes aside, what a timeline to live in where we get called 'part of the problem' by white Karens for disliking their bad stories and characters.

[@killerofprimes]

I don't think people have a problem with a black protagonist. We've had Connor, an indigenous character, Bayek, an african character, Basim, an arab.. and everyone was fine with it. People are just upset that ubisoft is blackwashing a game in Japan...

[@pablopablo3834]

That is the exact reason. I've seen people saying people are mad because Japanese are white? Also the Smithsonian is wrong History from a US perspective from when the US didn't even exist. Classic!

[@MavethTheReaper]

Blackwashing? But there is a Japanese woman protag and a yasuke is real

[@MavethTheReaper]

And Bayek wasn't African

[@martymcnasty6306]

@@MavethTheReaper Google "Where is Egypt?"

[@martymcnasty6306]

@@MavethTheReaper Yes, black washing. You know, the white saviour trope, but with black people. Having an Asian woman in a game is par of the course. Western entertainment loves to fetishise Asian women as "exotic". Asian men are the most under represented group in western media. And here was a slam dunk to get more Asian male representation, and they instead went with the one black guy who did nothing of any value in Japanese history. And not for nothing, but all previous "real people" have been side characters. Why is Yasuke different? Oh, I think we now. Racism. Plain and simple. Racism against Asian men. Something that western media has a LONG history of. Something we all talked about last year after Ke Huy Quan won an Oscar after decades of being pushed aside by hollywood after being in 2 of the biggest movies of the 80s. Stop waving away racism against Asian men. Its disgusting.

[@MaestroDrake]

A Puerto Rican samurai in blue armor isn't so bad. 10 out of 10 game.

[@johnv6806]

Is the blue extra?

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

@@johnv6806 blue only if you pre order the ultimate Time Saved edition for only $299 monthly! What a steal!

[@jonathanmora8208]

Puelto Lican use L instead of R

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

Joe would only be mad if they didn't dance, he would be scared to say anything about the main character being Russian White Man who once visited Cuba for a vacation 💀

[@letari2252]

The real insidious thing happening with AC:S isn't that there's a black guy in it. As soon as the trailer dropped, Ubisoft supporters started editing historical entries on sites like Wikipedia to prop up what Ubisoft is claiming. If the game is "just a game, don't take it so seriously" and not an agenda... why are sites people rely on for information being revised in real time?

[@drakeuchiha2007]

I would guess it’s because people that genuinely have a problem with a black guy being in the game as a main character went on wiki to change things as well. Years before this trailer even came out nobody really cared about “the only black samurai”. Now all of a sudden everyone’s a historian.

[@DaddyFatSzack]

Yup, these clown as white boys who “insist” that this is about historical accuracy, realize they are wrong, So now the pivot is…we want to play as an Asian man in game! (And I said Asian MAN, because there is already an Asian main character.) When will these clowns give up.

[@panzer00]

​@@drakeuchiha2007literally no one has a problem with a "black" protagonist. I have a problem with revisionism and Yasuke was not a samurai.

[@SlyMagma]

​@@drakeuchiha2007That is correct. Racists changed things 5 days ago. Wiki mods are just changing things back.

[@rasengdori13]

@@panzer00 Your source is that you made it up.

[@endersblade]

To me, it is very obvious when a 'person of diversity' is placed in a movie specifically to tick a box vs actually fitting into the story. Especially when the character is either fully fleshed out, fun to watch, vs paper-thin acting and just feeling like they were put there for that specific reason.

[@brettjohnson4321]

I've never seen anyone complain about all the media that has a white person as the main character who literally becomes the savior of a minority group. White people have been pandered to so much they get upset when they aren't pandered to. If the character was white, people wouldn't complain. It's only a problem when white people aren't front and center. Oh it's also funny how people all of a sudden talk about writing and character development when it comes to POC but never talk about shit white savior characters who are just good at everything

[@dillajoints433]

So then it’s just a “white person” in a “paper thin” role. Bad writing is just bad writing regardless of the persons ethnicity. In this situation it’s historically accurate and they want to tell his story.

[@al112v4]

There's a lot of white shitty characters throughout history, why in the fuck are people all the sudden getting so bitchy over characters of color existing?

[@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn]

But he he actually does fit into the story since ya know he was actually there history wise there is no box being checked that's what no one is getting Ubisoft just chose him to be one of the main characters is all and if people don't want to play as him there is a Japanese women you all can pick just as easily 😂

[@SombreroGato]

@@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn i think you are forced to play both equally, like itll switch between perspectives like it did with the twins in Syndicate

[@TGIpumba]

I don’t get how they acknowledge that most people don’t care that one of the main characters is black, but then dedicate so much of the episode to why those people are wrong. Just felt so preachy.

[@liaminwales]

Assassins Creed is clearly a box check. It was not a problem in Black Flag freedom, It was not a problem in Origins.

[@ps3beatswii]

Odyssey wasn't a problem either. (female box checked)

[@thetrashcanman7537]

It wasn’t a problem for black flags character to be white when he was in the carribean , nor when the main character of nioh was white in Japan, neither is this

[@braydoxastora5584]

Nor liberation

[@martymcnasty6306]

@@thetrashcanman7537 Dont you get tired of being racist?

[@BojangleBaggins]

@@thetrashcanman7537 Everybody keeps regurgitating this talking point and it’s really stupid. First Nioh is a completely different game setting it’s own precedent. Assassins Creed isn’t really the same and has a different internal consistency. Why change it now? Why not keep using original characters? Obviously because they think they wouldn’t be able to justify using a black man in this case. So they grasp at whatever they can to do it and because he was a real person they can use “historical accuracy” as a shield. And they can point at anyone who notices the glaringly obvious departure from norm as bigots. Lastly what do you think pirates in the golden age of pirates looked like genius? (You don’t actually know because you copy pasted this argument from someone else)

[@John-core]

Yasuke is now gay apparently...so tell me again this isnt pushing agendas and not forced DEI?

[@bobmcbob4399]

One spoonful at a time sweet baby 🤮

[@Shawnpo76]

I'm totally renaming my punk band gay black samurai

[@Sagan_Blandard20XX]

Yeah no. There's speculation that the game has romance options beyond straight. That's all. A really good try to hop on some hate there, though.

[@John-core]

​@@Sagan_Blandard20XXok neckbeard liberal

[@viktorreznov8740]

Go explain that to the Japanese people who are upset that shadows is pissing on their culture and history then. Go tell them they don't get to be upset about their culture being used for brownie points.

[@sadhappyrabbit7120]

Every race has a male and female Assassin and the ONE time that there could be an Asian male Assassin, who have been underrepresented in Assassin's creed they make him African. If they set Assassin's creed in Africa and then choose to write the story about the one noteable Asian guy there wouldn't that seem weird?

[@bobmcbob4399]

How further weird is it now that he's also LGB?

[@Bigrago1]

I find the problem with AC Shadows is that Yaskue was a real person and in past AC games the protagonists were fictional and now all of a sudden they decide to have a real person as the protagonist. If he was just a character that the player could interact with, like the other historical characters, then I believe the majority of people complaing wouldn't have a problem and this controversy wouldn't exist.

[@jjc5871]

Nope. Game set in Japan, Japanese characters. Simple as that. I am getting whiplash though. Can’t figure out if the game is supposed to be “historically accurate” or not.

[@jy-li1jq]

​@@jjc5871Dude we had the portuguese and dutch in japan before yasuke And no ac has always just been inspired by history more than anything

[@lukesilletta9295]

@@jy-li1jq I'm calling it now all the Portuguese and Dutch people will be Templars. So in the end this story is going to be a black man fighting white power...

[@tyruswillier7358]

@@jy-li1jq lol yes the game about gods that made a race of super slaves that become escaped assassins that have the ability to super parkour and have infinite stamina and oh yes eagle vision and lest we forget the magical apples that control people minds all very historical indeed i don't know if people know this but juno and zeus aren't actually surviving in the internet biding their time trying to return to the real world to stop the sun from exploding and tons of other obscure insane lore its made up stuff with very loose guidelines to be kind of based around historical events.

[@Dustin81]

@@tyruswillier7358Say you don’t understand AC without saying you don’t understand AC.

[@willfullyinformed]

Joe, you're lumping everyone under the same unreasonable umbrella, and making it about the character being "black", or "haven't played it yet", this is why people are down voting your takes - as clearly majority stated in your comments. In the reply comments, you're claiming the majority of your analytics show down votes coming from bad channels/people that hate the character just for "insert race", but again both can be true, and a loud spoken minority does NOT represent the majority consensus, including downvotes, which is what we are saying (these are red-herrings from the actual majority recognized issue). The majority consensus from everyone I'm watching, and comments, coming from huge/small channels are disappointed because of Ubi working with Sweet Baby and similar, their nonsensical public statements, and that Ubi's version of "Japanese history" doesn't actually make much sense. In short, the entire character feels forced and meant for diversity points/pandering instead of ACTUALLY PUTTING IN A "BLACK" CHARACTER FOR NORMAL REASONS. People DO NOT LIKE BEING LIED AND PANDERED TO. This is why so many black channels are grossed out and don't like it either, are they also racist and not wanting black people in these industries? There are several viral BLACK CREATORS who have stated why the black samurai feels forced and disingenuous (pandering) which most people clearly agree with after connecting the blatant dots. Lumping everyone into the SAME CATEGORY and not seeing the actual issues/evidence is the issue here. Stop making this about "race" culture war, and wake up to the reality of what normal and reasonable people are actually saying as a majority-(what matters) - which is that Ubi is disingenuous/pandering at best, the entire industry is destroying gaming/entertainment to appear virtuous and $$$, hence why Henry Cavil is wanting to leave Warhammer with Amazon, etc. "Diversity" is being forced so they can climb ESG scores, and get ESG money, virtue signal, etc. The writers are very open/public about their actual racist views attacking white people, genders, and others alike, this is reality, not left wing or right wing political narratives - they are protestors masquerading as writers and entertainers. Look at the bigger and well researched picture here, don't be lied to and support those who don't do things for legitimate, real, reasons.

[@bobmcbob4399]

Also there are so many commie troll comments saying stuff along your main complaint too. So it's Joe and is fellow commies with the same disingenuous takes and saying low effort stuff like "define woke" to bait people into wasting their time. The left always lies and projects and is disingenuous. Total bad actors all of them.

[@kato093]

But..but...the Smithsonian!!! Math is racist. Sasuke was a samurai even though there's not a single document in Japanese history saying he was one and if he was, it would be the biggest exception in Japanese history as he didn't speak any japanese and stayed in Japan for less than 15 months, while Tokugawa Ieyasu didn't become a samurai while being a ruler until he married into nobility and couldn't become shogun due to his peasant origin. As for William Adams, he did a lot of things for Japan , while Sasuke was just... Black. And tall. That is why Nobunaga collected him. He was obsessed with western things and rare things. A 2 meters tall black man was pretty goddamn rare in Japan so he took him like a good luck charm, as a showpiece. Sasuke becoming a samurai would be the biggest and weirdest exception in samurai history on someone becoming a samurai. Samurai were a lifestyle of nobility. It's like saying that some random black slave became prince of England without marrying anyone or doing anything, he was just black and ... That's it. Dude was near 1 single battle and he fled. When captured, all samurai were forced to commit seppuku.,he was given back to the Jesuits and disappeared as fast as he appeared, still nameless and with nothing of significance done. That is what pisses me off the most. He is literally a nobody, no name, no battles, no significant actions attributed. His whole legacy is being black. That is offensive to Japanese history. Literally. He holds so little significance to history that every media portraying him is literally made up history or alternative history made up after his disappearance. Like the Netflix show or nioh, set after Honno-Ji and the death of Nobunaga

[@al112v4]

It's hilarious seeing white folk speaking for people of color. And oh LOL racism against whites isn't a thing, believe me.

[@geniusgamerr4517]

@@al112v4lol it’s funny to see western weirdo don’t know how to read

[@n00ban4ga]

@17:10 Joe and gang miss the point, again. Never learned.

[@shaun5497]

Joe you know why people are mad at AC!

[@selah199]

Yeah. Incels lol

[@BrianHuis]

I do think the whole Yasuke situation is a bit more nuanced then ''everybody is just racist or wrong.'' For me, as a fan of Japanese history I know he's real, he was a retainer as Alex correctly pointed out and so CAN BE considered a Samurai, he was never officially called one because around that period it didn't really work that way. I'll even go further and say he is an interesting and intriguing character and I am actually curious how he will turn out. However, I do question Ubisoft's motives. You kind of write off people who say that its pushing a message but even to me there's hints that he's just there to pander, not because he is actually their favourite choice or if there's actually passion to bring him to life. My reasoning is simple; Ubisoft has without fail made the protag of Assassins creed a representation of the people said assassins creed takes place in. Ezio is Italian, The unity guys are French, the Origin guy is a Medjay from Egypt. See where I am headed? Suddenly Yasuke is their first choice for a Samurai when there's plenty and I do mean plenty big named Samurai you could've gone for instead. He's clearly a break in that pattern, Yasuke is speculated to come from Ethiopia or Nigeria, so he's very much not native Japanese. Does the girl offset this? Maybe. Again, my criticism isn't so much of Yasuke being there as it is me having immense distrust for Ubisoft. All in all, I think Joe is right in that waiting and seeing is the best option here. But I did want to point out a lot of us that see him as potentially problematic do not do it because of him, rather because it is a bit of a situation where it could be simple pandering. And pandering is both bad for us gamers and those that want representation, because I am willing to bet no self respecting individual wants to be represented by a poorly written pander laden character. Anyway that's just my two cents.

[@MrGoonGod]

👏 exactly

[@Davy_Blaze]

Finally a nuanced comment. Agree 100%.

[@darkwitchxeres]

I appreciate this comment, kudos!

[@Iceqert_Play]

Can't wait for Assassin's Creed set in Puerto Rico, where we will play as the white guy. Hope AJ will like the game and have no problems with it, because why would he be mad about the white guy as a representant of Puerto Rico and it's history.

[@Razzanonymous]

You had a game set in the Caribbean where you play as a Welsh man, so you don’t really have a point. Also, why does everyone keep forgetting the Japanese woman you also supposedly play as?

[@Iceqert_Play]

@@Razzanonymous You played as a pirate. Pirates were usually BRITISH... buy brain. Britain got two british playable characters. Egypt got two playable Egyptian characters. Greece got two Greek playable characters. So Japan is not worthy of the same treatment?

[@VideojugadorIrritado]

​@@Iceqert_Play no because they are white

[@jjc5871]

I’d prefer a game set in South Africa where you play as a white Zulu warrior.

[@drakeuchiha2007]

He shouldn’t have a problem with it since there are white Puerto Ricans. There’s also black Puerto Ricans.

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

Joe talks about AC Shadows for 14 minutes, speaking of how he's got no issue with a male black samurai (who never was a samurai in reality), does not mention the absolutely insane pre-order price even once. It's quite clear where Joes' focus is on this. Why does this guy play dumb to all the DEI hires and characters that exist in a lot of media nowadays?

[@CaptainDope]

He's playing it way too safe because he doesn't wanna get cancelled. Same reason why didn't mention female custodes a while ago despite him being a big Warhammer 40K fan

[@3rdStreetAVolitionite]

@@CaptainDope That didn't stop him from praising Battlefield Vs' premier trailer despite being inaccurately portrayed and the backlash was so bad, Joe made a response video where he backpedaled HARD.

[@domomonstero3077]

DEI is strong with Joe today.

[@andrewl.3899]

People aren't upset over that he's black (though of course there are those who are) people just want a male japanese also in a game that is set in feudal japan. Like imagine if they set an ac game in India or something and one of the protagonists isn't Indian (even if it was historically accurate) people would be mad over both protagonists not being Indian in a game set in India. The same thing is happening to Shadows

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Love how you always just focus on the vocal minority of comments, throwing around racist slurs, while ignoring the vast majority making solid arguments against that woke bs in games.

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

There's no such thing as wokeness. You failed to see how gaming community became more diverse within the last decade and a half. So the companies are adjusting

[@IdocarebutIdont]

@@Foxfire_forty-nine Nah it's you who failed to see the obvious wokeness agenda going on. And with 'adjusting' you actually mean gaming studios replacing their staff with activists, like Rocksteady and CD Project Red did, or them hiring entire activist companies altogether, such as Sweet Baby inc lol

[@IdocarebutIdont]

​@@Foxfire_forty-nine Nah it's you who failed to see the obvious wokeness agenda going on rn. And with 'adjusting' you really mean gaming studios replacing their staff with activists, like Rocksteady and CD Project Red did, or them hiring entire activist companies altogether, such as Sweet Baby Inc. lol

[@IdocarebutIdont]

@@Foxfire_forty-nine Nah it's you who failed to see the obvious wokeness agenda going on rn. And with 'adjusting' you really mean gaming studios replacing their staff with activists, like Rocksteady and CD Project Red did, or them hiring entire activist companies altogether, such as Sweet Baby Inc. lol

[@IdocarebutIdont]

@@Foxfire_forty-nine Nah it's you who failed to see the obvious wokeness agenda going on rn. And with 'adjusting' you really mean gaming studios replacing their staff with activists, like Rocksteady and CD Project Red did, or them hiring entire activist companies altogether, such as Sweet Baby Inc. lol

[@milioner55]

AJ when a trailer gets downvoted and he agrees with it ---------- It gets TRASHED haha, people thinks the same as we 🤩🤩 AJ when a trailer gets downvoted but he doesn't agree with it --------- Vocal minority, racists, sexists 😛😜

[@JAR2388]

Facts

[@Razzanonymous]

But there is genuinely only two reasons why people don’t like the new AC game. Because they don’t like black people and women.

[@pandemix69]

Wonder what his reaction would be if the character was white instead of black. Would the haters still be racists?

[@rasengdori13]

@@pandemix69 Resident Evil 5, Far Cry 2, The Mummy, Blood Diamond, God of Egypt. You can stop talking now.

[@phurion.]

yeah and tell me, when were those games made? maybe at a time where people didn't care about race and fitting agendas? the time where angry joe was an actual good game reviewer, but after years past it clearly shows what his political take was and he didnt even talk about the sweet baby inc situation So if anything, you can stop talking now Also resident evil 5 had a black and white character as the main characters, and it wasn't just any "white" characters, it was Chris, one of the most favorite characters in all resident evil

[@worlddd7777]

Can we have white Black Panther?

[@IdocarebutIdont]

Or how about getting a Black Panther game at all. They always talk about inclusion and diversity and yet, black people in media always get treated like guests. If they would actually care about diversity, they would produce entire games centered around black people, instead of lazily race swapping or looking for Yasuke type of loop holes.

[@moniumus6303]

This lives rent free in your head, you had to comment this multiple times

[@Delta97976]

Man for the conquers of the world you all are so sensitive over other non black peoples cultures

[@worlddd7777]

@@moniumus6303 Yep, im so mad that there is no white representation in Wakanda

[@moniumus6303]

@@worlddd7777 who actually cares

[@Khilab_Lacks]

Every time I see AJ complaining about culture-war I cant help but think of "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson old man?" AJ always say sh|t like this then come back & say u guys were right

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

He's in the comments rn trying to defend his opinion like it's a fact 💀 scroll through. Bro is dead ass ignoring even patreons positive messages just to reply to people criticizing. They need to just ignore it all. Once again, I'm a fan. Just thought it was wild

[@michaelbaker713]

Can't wait until he angrily replies to your comment. Anytime any of his videos gets a decent bit of dislikes he can't help but read and reply to dozens of comments, like with the interrupting alex videos from last year.

[@Khilab_Lacks]

@@michaelbaker713 it's like Joe we know you're pretending, we know you'e acting this way cuz you're scared of cancel culture. The real OG fans have seen your other side when u weren't a politically correct coward...

[@tyruswillier7358]

lol very true i dont remember the exact shows but i think it was moon knight miss marvel and she hulk he had to go back and re-rate cause he gave them ridiculous scores to try and bolster his woke ideals. but then eventually he sort of comes to his senses and realizes he was totally wrong. and that whole interrupting drama videos was just annoying. he was so passive aggressive and salty about it only to keep doing it in the end. i always notice him just cutting alex and oj off i cant stand when people do that to me so its annoying to see it happen.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

@@tyruswillier7358 He got a lot of flack for his comments on Warhammer the other day - ended up deleting the video I believe because so many people were telling him how wrong he was.

[@1SecondToLight]

AJS became so ... pathetically subjective after years. How you can be so delusional and trust Ubisoft? or they just paid you money to defend them?

[@netman446]

The Asian male erasure from western games and media is a shit thing to do. Imagine how mad people would be if they couldn't play an black guy in AC Origin, or a Viking in Valhalla. If they make a game based in Aztec, let's see how you feel if they make you play as some random British guy that happened to be there.

[@JudgementNutter]

You play a Welsh guy sailing around the Carribean islands in Black Flag.

[@paulodelima5705]

@@JudgementNutter Most pirates were French or British. Like the name says, Black flag means pirates.

[@netman446]

@@JudgementNutter One of the most famous Welsh pirates during that time period was Bartholomew Roberts. Most pirates during that era were Welsh, English, Dutch, Irish, and French.

[@antoeledsal]

Me importaria un huevo y medio

[@charaoki]

You haven't played Ni-Oh have you.

[@QuakeNukem]

The problem with new Assassins creed is that it’s intentionally pandering to make a certain selling point.

[@runi5413]

It's a consequence of the fact that absolutely NO ONE was talking about the last Ass Creed game... Ubisoft is getting desperate

[@bryansilva6306]

I can’t wait till we get gay Superman and Joe loses his mind

[@IdocarebutIdont]

He deserves it atp for not speaking up about Sweet Baby Inc.

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Gay and trans! And chinese! 😂 That's the Superman we really need to spread "tHe MeSsAgE" 🤣

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

Can't wait for the Superman who's scared about what opinions he says and then hides in his room feeling like the world's against him 😂😂

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

​@@IdocarebutIdontwhy did he need to speak about that?

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

​@@Secret_Takodachithe message? There's gospel and Jesus and Bible verses in it?

[@ezequielali9400]

Its sad to see Joe being ignorant just to not say the truth. The african samurai is wrong. He is a footnote on history. A sword bearer. A Pet from a shogun. It's not representative of japan. Or japan culture. Talk about culture APROPIATION

[@coolgamer1991]

We understand Joe leans left and has every right to but he doesn't need to be blind to the DEI going on. The lead writer is connected to SBI if they did a little more research than headlines

[@brando3342]

Yup, I can’t help but think he’s being willingly ignorant on purpose. He makes the worst strawman arguments, and then acts as if these imaginary people who believe this imaginary argument are all those who disagree with him. It’s actually embarrassing, and he should be ashamed at this point.

[@landrit31]

Don't care Gameplay is more important something that AC is no good at since 7 years ago.

[@coreyschmitz1970]

Did you have the same opinion about Shogun when it has a white male lead in it? Or Nioh that has a white main character in Japan? I doubt it. I wonder why that could be?

[@mackncheese1683]

@@coreyschmitz1970Not the same thing at all but okay.

[@coreyschmitz1970]

@@mackncheese1683 Oh gee golly, I wonder why you think so?

[@snakeshifter]

The Japanese downvoted the Japanese trailer for AC Shadows to hell as well. They do not seem to be very happy with this Ubislop.

[@chitosesenri7087]

Yea Japanese peop[e who are the most homogenous society in the world, who bans foreigners from their bars, restaurants, etc. who thinks dark skin is dirty, aren't racist at all. gtfo, this is a Western game.

[@MrSpy13011]

Considering people found out that a good portion of comments where actually westerners using google translate idk about that one. The most "aggressive" Japanese critic of the game has been incredibly civil in this discussion.

[@truevamp9857]

Lmao when most of the comments are shit translated Japanese I highly doubt that bud

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

They did? So they're just as into the culture wars as white American men are? 😂

[@voidox]

@@MrSpy13011 nice cherry picking of things, people have actually gone through the comments and they are not this claim of "badly google translated". You ppl are just going off with a narrative that has no actual proof

[@mateuszrybarkiewicz1115]

I don't buy that ubisoft talk that everything is fine, stock price went down on same day that trailer went live

[@tyruswillier7358]

i hope theyre doing okay jesus i thought i was mad lol everybody just wants to see the world burn these days.

[@sten260]

well then next time make a better game that people like. it doesn't matter if it's racist or whatever, if the ppl don't like it ,ppl don't buy it

[@jy-li1jq]

I just want devs and movie producers to stop being so spiteful to fans

[@tyruswillier7358]

@@sten260 i get it brother i hate the woke people as well I just love assassins creed as well so i guess we're enemies on this one lol

[@ianfudo5040]

i believe asmongold already shown that ppl are pre-ordering the game, i wish it was false but yeah...

[@michaelbaker713]

AngryJoe: "I hate culture war and politics leaking into my video games" Also AngryJoe to people who didn't like the new April in TMNT Mutant Mayhem: " Why not you stupid bastards!" Yeah really fueling the fire there bub.

[@Shrilack]

TMNT was fine

[@Joshtapus]

I think they more hate the boomers that think everything now a days is “woke”. Maybe you could complain that it’s a little corny because companies obviously are doing it as a marketing ploy or to seem virtuous but in the end if it doesn’t affect the story what does it matter…

[@yarpen26]

@Joshtapus Yes, it does affect the story to a tremendous degree. Box-checking characters by default rob the writer of freedom. There are so many political roadblocks you have to navigate around as you draw a female ("she can't be too pretty") or black guy ("he can't wear chains or be a drug user") that just ain't there for white guys. You probably noticed how they always seem to go out of their way to emphasize that a "disenfranchised" character is intellectually superior to a white male lead. Typically achieving the opposite: the "loser" white guy steals the show because he's the only one that audiences of all backgrounds can actually associate with, as opposed to those Mary Sues and black Gary Sues that are just bland and forgettable. That's why so many black and female characters of the '80s cinema worked so well: because writers didn't have all those "thou shalt not..." notes glued to their screens.

[@NepBeard]

How are those statements in contradiction with each other?

[@michaelbaker713]

@@NepBeard Hit the "Read more" Button under the comment

[@Perkele_Itse]

Never ceases to amaze me how AJ doesn't see issues with obvious shit like black samurai in Japan but goes off the hinge from tiny shit. Must obey the party line!

[@landrit31]

Assasins creed game made the pope have magical wizard powers. The whole game is on some cartoon level fiction and u take it literally? Lol

[@shanthagopian7559]

Really?? dude you didn't realize how far left he is?

[@artzo118]

DId everyone just forget about Ghosts of Tsushima?..that was essentially the Feudal Japan Assassins Creed way before AC Shadows.

[@tionik06]

He believes the Smithsonian which buries history that is problematic lol

[@John-core]

Alex thinks he smart its embarrassing he's just ignorant and loves himself

[@Jabrownie23]

Regardless it has more information on the matter than your racially biased asses.

[@FadedFlash7]

The problem with assassin's creed shadows is not because the main character is black. The reason why it sucks is because there are so many other historical japanese samurais out there that they could've picked instead. also, i bet the game is not going to be good anyway. since it will probably be filled with boring story lines and boring repetitive gameplay and gazillions of microtransactions and season passes so yeah.

[@StormedChud]

you heard the white man, japanese men you will have your black samurai and you will love him

[@tuinhoofd1923]

17:12 this feels really hypocritical after seeing Joe do the exact same thing when he saw the woman in the latest wolverine trailer

[@TezTheAztec]

His face was very telling in that moment. AJ doesn’t like women in his media

[@geekyraven2911]

So at first, Yasuke bothered me since the Sengoku period had a lot of interesting characters. But the 110 and 130 price points just pissed me off entirely. I feel like Ubisoft is the least consumer-friendly triple A studio around right now.

[@endrjukomon7053]

Joe Always did struggle with awareness but this time around he is hitting new levels. geeez

[@bobbyj731]

Not really an AC fan to begin with so this game won't really affect me. If this game would have come out 15 years ago there wouldn't have been such a response. Most media feels to be pushing ideas that a large number of people don't agree with so often now that every time it happens it elicits a stronger response. It's not that people are inherently racist, it's that the things they've always loved has changed in ways they don't like. Media companies use currently existing IP with a large fan base to push these ideas which only serve to anger people even more. Star wars, Lotr, LoU2, etc. If companies made original IP with their ideas and it came out amazing, people would be far more accepting.

[@Razzanonymous]

What ideas? That black people and women exist? What a crazy idea!

[@Dani-kq6qq]

Ideas that people dont agree with? That is just like Black person existing dude.

[@jjc5871]

We know about the full dei push now. Can’t unring the bell.

[@ntindo]

You lost me at "Its no that people are inherently racist". I tend to see that comment frequently whenever a black character or movie is highlighted from people angry about it. Its always "Im not racist, but let me tell you why these sub humans don't belong in a media space I feel entitled to"

[@gureedoteam5632]

This is one of the better comments. The current Ubisoft does too many things by force.

[@tomprestengaming996]

Why not just make assassin's creed game in africa. Do like a Zulu, tribe or something. Africa has a lot of untouched history that could be turned into movies and games.

[@martymcnasty6306]

Finally someone says it. They want to insert black characters, but they dont want to tell any of the millions of stories from Africa. A continent of over 50 countries and 150 THOUSAND years of history. They have stories, myths and legends to rival any from European or Asian countries. Yet, crickets. No, lets just continue to shoehorn black people in everywhere and completely ignore their actual history.

[@raptortim]

There is, it's called Assassin's Creed: Origins, Egypt is in Africa

[@NumBaOneDoaBoy]

Did you forget egypt? Try again!

[@brianmata1830]

Definitely like an assassins creed game on the movie zulu and you fight back against the British troops

[@memes3751]

@@raptortimyou know what he means. Where 80 to 90 percent of the people you see are black.

[@IKIGAIofficial]

Can’t we be dissapointed that we’ve been waiting to be a cool japanese ninja assassin dude ever since the first AC game?

[@NumBaOneDoaBoy]

Can't we wait till it comes out and actually play it to see if it's good? We waited for nioh.

[@chitosesenri7087]

Why does it have to be a dude. You enjoy looking at dudes from behind as you play with one hand?

[@IKIGAIofficial]

@@NumBaOneDoaBoy if its good itll be even more dissapointing for us who was hyped to be an asian assassin dude, let alone one in an actually good AC game. Also Nioh isnt AC. Even though Ubi tarnished the AC IP throughout the years.

[@TheOneTrueNoName]

Don't disrespect Jin Sakai like he doesn't exist

[@IKIGAIofficial]

@@TheOneTrueNoName “in an AC game”

[@MrSteelface96]

17:14 Confirmation that JOE missed the whole DEI Sweetbaby inq story with forcing inclusion into videogames. SBI, CEO on video making a speech about ''make them scared'' to not have the DEI, etc in the videogames.. lmao.

[@gokussj4af2]

Later on they will be complaining here that ubisoft studios are laying off people and closing down studios. There is simple truth, to earn money You do what people want You to do. Not follow blackrock and vanguard ESG guidelines. They could do this story as DLC, but to start game in Japan settings like this is a big nono. Noone wanted it. They knew well what gamers wanted to decided to ignore that. Good news from this is that when they will close another studio will open in Japan as they ignore 'the message' in their country.

[@bruvamichal7437]

Come on Alex calling everybody don't agree with nacies, how very grown up. That custodes retcon blatant violation of years of establish lore. (I thought somebody who likes lord of rings would understand)

[@Drag7on]

It not just here in the US, Japan doesn't like either.When you have DEI coming into space and its not for money,.. Be careful on who toes you step on. Its not the US, you Japan, the 40k community that are rowdy as AF some much that pulling stock from GW. This is not a poplar take on things. The normies will not care when DEI takes hold. Also, these companies are not doing any favors fro themselves. They are en-flaming the community of gamers.

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

You do realize DEI is just a culture war talking point, right? Like, hopefully you do? It's just the latest iteration of woke now that word has become cliche

[@TheSwordOne_]

​@@Foxfire_forty-nineExcept it's not. Surface level, it's artificial marketing with overarching good intentions, but bad execution. People throw it around without explanation which makes them sound paranoid; but it most certainly is real, and arguably works against what it hopes to achieve

[@bobmcbob4399]

@@TheSwordOne_ It's like "Communism is to starvation/death" as "DEI is to game dev closures/media destruction". Not their stated goals. But these are the observable outcomes.

[@NepBeard]

It’s the #1 game on Amazon Japan lol

[@Drag7on]

@@Foxfire_forty-nine I give you the narcissist prayer "That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did, you deserved it."

[@animehybrid7021]

Once again these guys are so TONE DEAF! when it comes to why people are mad about The Assassin Creed game. Just fucking sad when they do this!

[@heavymetalgear279]

People still blindly trust institutions in 2024? Wow.

[@DistilledGuava]

Ubisoft saw an opportunity to make a woke statement. No one would be mad about playing as an Asian male. That is all.

[@richardgibson2158]

Joe, if it's a historical character then they need to be historicaly accurate. If a character is fictional then they can be a blue elephant for all i care.

[@jakethornton4856]

Tbh I feel like a lot of the backlash for AC Shadows is that people are just tired of forced diversity more than they are just mad about this game because they are already tired of it and each time it happens people just get angrier about it. It's not like everyone duznt know that they made the decision to make the MC's black and female just for diversity. Part of it is also that AC has a tradition of having main characters from the area where the game is set. As for Japan, even tho I love the countries history and anime; that is one of the most racist countries in the world and there may be a lot of dislike for it there. Tbh that's the reason I always figured that Yasuke wasn't a samurai because I doubt that Oda's underlings wud have accepted him getting that title, it wud have been like RIchard the Lionheart making a Muslim person a Knight in England. I cud be wrong cuz the Smithsonian says he was but from what I have read there is no actual documentation from that time that says he was a samurai only a retainer which a lot of people say means the same thing.

[@milioner55]

Don't talk to Joe about "forced diversity", he doesn't believe that thing exists or is afraid to admit it in public.

[@TheCrain]

⁠@@milioner55His gf will stop touching his pp if he acknowledges it.

[@_Cetarial]

Real historical people are ’forced diversity’ now? Just say you don’t like the color of his skin.

[@tyruswillier7358]

thats true forced diversity is a thing of everytime it happens it gets more annoying for sure. and the other guy is right joe is not looking to engage rationally. we're the type of people he'll call racist bigots in his videos, and say we are unreasonable.

[@NepBeard]

If you see a Black guy and your first thought is “forced diversity” then you’re just racist lol

[@GeorgeNadaYT]

Joe, everyone wants to just play and enjoy video games. But they're pushing agendas on us within games that are ruining the games.

[@rasengdori13]

Explain the agenda. Make an argument.

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

@@rasengdori13 explain why all our female characters have to be ugly now. Make an Argument.

[@rasengdori13]

@@theunholyknightofyoutube3893 "All"? Many of them aren't, including by western developers. You're upset about things you made up in your head. Facts don't care about your feelings.

[@DjTittySprinklez]

​@@theunholyknightofyoutube3893oh that's easy it's because the Metoo movement. Now answer his question what's the message are they trying to push for Yasuke being represented in this game?

[@JudgementNutter]

I feel like that's been a thing since MGS1 on the PS1, people want to tell their stories their way with their ideals. Kojima hates war, violence and nukes and his games reflect that.

[@Saberyoko]

In Brazil we have a term that is called "Pimenta no ** dos outros é refresco", which is a bad word for more or less meaning that nobody gives a care since its not happen to themselves. The worst offender is the other saying that people are pretending to be japanese, lol dude do I have to show my ID whenever I have a black discussion and people need to know I'm black? This is basically the mentality of the weirdos editting the Wikipedia. What proof do you have? Anything to support that at all? Thats exactly the controversy, you can't claim or say something without something to back it up, otherwise its just spreading misinformation. The best answer you guys gave is that you guys have your opinion and people theirs. I'm surprise you guys didn't mention the price at all.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

i will just put all the outrage into simple words. Ubisoft took one step too far and started editing Yasuke's history on wikipedia and many articles about him just to make him look more believable. this is a pathetic move to cover up a lazy over progressive agenda. Heck.... the person responsible for historical accuracy for this game is literally an advisor for gender relationships.

[@pablopablo3834]

Defending Japanese History from lies is now racist. Classic!

[@Matty_Meister]

All of a sudden you care about historical accuracy in a videogame? 😂 hide your racism harder

[@kaynewoolley9104]

It's a fucking video game. Your not defending shit, it was never stated this is a historically accurate representation of real life. You people truly live sad lives. Go for a walk in nature and appreciate life

[@geniusgamerr4517]

@@kaynewoolley9104you mean Ubisoft that try to paint this game as historical accurate and the Japanese were pretty pissed about it. Nice try western weirdo

[@diocub4022]

The angry joe show as a whole believe asassin creed shadow haters are a minority lmaao. If this was the case, the stock of ubisoft wouldn't have plummeted by 15% when the trailer for shadows dropped. Seems like the angry joe show is the minority in this one.

[@gureedoteam5632]

That's right, just look what the Japanese themselves think about it. And they are not happy.

[@heyblaise]

And yet the game will still sell millions of copies, so who cares? Their stocks will begin to recover when their other games releasing sooner actually come out.

[@diocub4022]

@heyblaise selling millions and them meeting there quarterly are two different things things, worse case scenario is a studio closure, this debacle with a black samurai and the deluxe edition of a 130$ prices for both starwars outlaws and shadows are pushing most people away. They put a lot of time on this game and a majority of people are boycotting it as the likes and dislikes show. Meaning they lost millions of sales as well to pay out there profits lmaoo.

[@rasengdori13]

And it has already recovered 8% of that loss in 4 days. Stop acting like gamers have more influence than millionaire/billionaire shareholders.

[@gureedoteam5632]

@@rasengdori13 Can you provide reliable sources for this information, because I can't find anything like that, unless you just made it up.

[@fazeapplestic9420]

The TMNT April thing is definitely woke lol

[@MIK3ALLDAY]

Funny how Alex bring up wikipedia, but yet the first stealth edits were done by someone trying to Bring Yasuke more in line with Ubisofts view. Receipt's are there on wiki itself.

[@SourRobo8364]

Joe continues to disappoint. It really isn't the same anymore.

[@TheLennonIV]

How so?

[@nine6tails661]

Then don’t watch its not that difficult 🤣

[@SourRobo8364]

​@@nine6tails661 You're right. I am no longer watching.

[@nine6tails661]

@@SourRobo8364 Bro I don’t really care just do you 🤣

[@millrrs]

You made a bit generalization over japanese folks. I sure there are some people trolling and racist over the comments, but there are japaneses over the comments as well that don't like seeing their culture threat like that. And about the wikipedia, nobody give a @#$ over the page about Yaskue never being a samurai (we don't have any factual report of Yaskue being a samurai, you guys are free to prove otherwise) until Ubisoft start to made over. And I sure Ubisoft is laughting over you guys taking advantage of the 'controversy' to hide their predatory selling editions. Alex take was a super jerk moment. He don't know s#$% and keep talking just like Twitter users talk. Learn to respect others opinions.

[@b.i.8361]

Disappointed there was no review for FF7 rebirth or Dragon's Dogma 2

[@ohyaization]

18:48 Nioh is a white guy because historically William Adam's in Nioh is white. First English man to travel to Japan amongst the first known samurai. People are upset not because of diversity but because of pushing diversity for the sake of it, and rewriting history

[@ohyaization]

Black guy with clean dreads in feudal Japan as a Samuri makes 0 sense as well, not that video games need to make sense.

[@Yabio362]

William Adams was not a samurai, he was a retainer. He only held swords for tokugawa and traded. 🍵

[@ohyaization]

​@@Yabio362 Multiple reputable sources say so. Where are you getting the information that William Adams was not a samurai?

[@mr.heisenberg0122]

Yasuke was a real historical figure tho. And if you’re complaining that they’re rewriting history (even though you haven’t seen the whole story in the game yet) then shouldn’t you also complain about the movie The Last Samurai where the main protagonist is a White American Civil War veteran who helped the Samurai in Japan (which never actually happened in real history).

[@ohyaization]

@@mr.heisenberg0122 I never said Yasuke wasn't a real historical figure. Nor have I complained at all, just pointing out how Joe is wrong at that time stamp and clarifying why some people are actually upset. If Yasuke was black, purple, or green, I couldn't care less, it's a video game. They are clearly pulling a Disney. Put diverse thing in, when project fails, blame racism, sexism, etc.

[@Lo_Svedese]

Joe having a hard time explaining how people are racist for wanting a Japanese character instead of a black character.

[@stanrichie5340]

Alex specifically said "There are people, that are like "this is not exactly the type of character I wanted to play, I wanted to play a generic japanese samurai" it's totally legitimate ", 24:03, if you need a timestamp. He basically addressed people, that post hateful stuff in the comments because of that. Therefore, Joe didn't tried to explain " how people are racist for wanting a Japanese character", he tried to explain how people are racist, for posting hatred because of black character, and I think he did a great job of explaining.

[@michaelvanniekerk2104]

I get what you guys are saying about the AC Shadows game coming out.... but you need to understand the effect their decisions have on the industry as a whole. The pandering is blatant and pricing is a very bad thing. I personally have no problem with the diversity either, but it's not about me. You NEED more research on this matter.

[@piano1350]

The real winner in this "controversy" is Ubisoft, all this talk is giving the game attention and making sales numbers go up.

[@Patrick-y4d1z]

Or down...

[@theunholyknightofyoutube3893]

Stocks been dropping since trailer launched 💀 even more so In Japan.

[@SirAdrian87]

Ubisoft stocks have dropped 15% worldwide since the trailer came out. Usually when gaming companies release pre-order numbers after a trailer the reality is exactly the opposite of what they say and they're just desperate to bring stock value back up.

[@Bob-km1wh]

You are completely ignoring comments calling out western media for rarely if ever making an Asian name a main character: diversity never means or includes an Asian male

[@Razzanonymous]

Ghosts of Tsushima, Persona series, Yakuza series, Shenmue, I can go on. How many popular games can you name with Japanese female leads, I wonder?

[@paybacksuper3670]

@@Razzanonymous we talking about AC dude

[@duncankowable]

@@paybacksuper3670 First AC game was Asian Male protagonist

[@paybacksuper3670]

@@duncankowable oooh now you guys remember middle east is part of asia.

[@Tony-qk7sf]

​@@paybacksuper3670"... western media for rarely if ever making an Asian name a main character" Don't move the goalpost, OP said western media not only AC and commenter brought up other video games with Asian main characters

[@SiBORG.]

Its because politics is being forced into gaming. Look behind the scenes

[@Secret_Takodachi]

Sweet Baby Stink has their smell all over a bunch of new/upcoming releases

[@PoisonViper133]

Ohhh the horror, how scarryyyy!!! Noooooooo!! Not politics!!! How dare a fictional game set in fictional Japan, has a black guy in it. GOD FORBID!

[@LilFeralGangrel]

​@@PoisonViper133a black guy that actually existed. these people are just thin-skinned bigots.

[@andresgonzalez887]

But why care more about that than story, performance, sound, gameplay and polish? Thats all that should matter

[@Razzanonymous]

God forbid you play as a historical figure who was black in feudal Japan.

[@ronnieyuen4309]

Disappointing discussion from Joe on Ass Creed

[@bio-weaponn5576]

After looking through the comments, this feels like the reaction to black April O'Neil all over again. Which was actually about how Joe tried to demonize Eric July.

[@MultiStendhal]

Hey Joe, I think the better points to discuss are their intentions not actions, they could have a playable alien character who came from Mars for all we care. If this was their vision from the get go, if this was the decision of the artists and the writers, who are we to tell them to change it? I recommend watching Metatron's video on it. He knows what he's talking about. But the good thing about this day and age is that most of these developers are but a tweet away from you. Look at their posts and believe them when they tell you who they are. The main reason why they chose Yasuke is because he's black. That in itself is wrong, still, now we'll have to see if they can pull it off.

[@marcosramos5117]

Some people are blowing the black protagonist issue outta proportion but I do understand those AC fans that waited a long time for a Japanese AC and the only reason they went with the one black “samurai” is because Ubi DOES like to pander to these agendas. Personally I don’t even play Ubi games so it doesn’t matter to me-I just don’t like that gamers get ripped off by Ubi with greedy monetization practices & locked out of content for not paying out the nose. Like there’s a preorder bonus content ONLY if you preorder-why alienate your fans it’s unnecessary?

[@jjc5871]

Like I’ve been saying, it’s not that he’s black, it’s that he’s not Japanese. And based on what I’ve heard, they scrapped the original story just so they could make the main character a black dude.

[@BeckyBucky3]

When i said i want AC in Japan, it mean i want to play as a freaking ninja for god sake, why do i have to choose between kunoichi and a black samurai? The original plot is WAY BETTER.

[@Foxfire_forty-nine]

Hey critical drinker, Nerdrotic and others gotta pander to his whiners and make that rage bait money

[@JustSomeMisfit]

The focus should be on gameplay anyway. A black samurai is an interesting way to go. If you're gonna be upset about something it should be the pricing and locking out of content. You could've gotten 2 Japanese characters, but does it matter if it's another typcial formulaic Ubisoft game with a Japanese coat of paint and the worst decisions that just makes you wanna play Ghost of Tsushima?

[@marcosramos5117]

Yeah I agree on all these points and expected more for the immersion & representation the game COULD have had. If anything do it for the money Ubi?Draw in and satisfy your fan base with Japanese main characters and all the season passes you wanted. Then later draw them back in with a new expansion with Yasuke. Hey you guys liked playing as a stealthy ninja assassin/s try playing as a tanky samurai and make it all multiplayer coop. It would only mean even more “season passes” and money for them?!

[@robez457]

Ubisoft: for the first time in assassins creed. A samurai will be featured as a protagonist. It will be set in Japan. Japan: cool it will be amazing to se a Japanese man finally be featured as a protagonist in an assassin’s creed game. Especially since it’s based in Japan. Ubisoft: yeah about that 😅

[@sandro-of9fq]

I feel like it wouldn't have been a big deal having a black samurai if these couple of years companies hadn't blatantly been pushing an agenda. They literally hire companies like Sweet Baby inc. To "Diversify" their games. That's exactly the case with AC Shadows. One of the original writers for the game literally said that original story was completely different and Ubisoft mandated diversity for DEI. And people are sick of it including me. Btw japanese fans aren't happy either.

[@ilovewobbuffet]

You won't shy away from controversy? You never talked about the huge GamerGate 2 Controversy swirling around Sweet Baby Inc. You're whole bit is being a safe SJW.

[@John-core]

He didn't even talk about warhammer 40k that's how weak he is

[@mikekuzmicz8408]

I dont know why youre being disingenuous about why people are mad about a black samurai. People dont get triggered by black male protagonist or a female protagonist. They get 'triggered' when studios and game urnalists gaslight people and try to shove it in their face that Yasuke was a samurai after extensively editing all their previous articles, sources etc to straight up lie to everyone. I really dislike when people straight up lie about these things, look down on fans who just want good games and then also will later play victims when they get caught out. Yes, there is miniscule minitority who are probably legit racists and phobes and so on, but they dont even make the 1%. I feel like everyone who gets access from games studios purposely lies and try to play us for a fiddle, despite being supported by loyal fans. Its not ok

[@mrigamer7084]

Generic Japanese samurai? Alex being a real smooth brain.

[@bebehillz]

Assassin’s Creed Shadows is currently #1 on the best sellers list for PS5 games on Amazon Japan.... Take that information as you will but obviously not EVERYONE in japan really cares that much.

[@4m4n40]

They forgot to mention the preorder price…

[@andreyshumaev3434]

Out of ALL historical events of feudal japan Ubisoft chose the one with black guy that have two sentences of history about him. Surly there is no biased or message here, it's just a lucky coincidence! Who want's to hear about real heroes of that time? Reminds me a lot of Battlefield 5 single player missions...

[@TheOneTrueNoName]

You're entitled to your opinion

[@Ahntera-n4u]

My only critical thing about Shadows that I agree on is that Japanese people and also bunch of western were looking forward to play as a Japanese samurai in an Assassins Creed game. While there were great games that had one, as far as I understand most main protagonists (male and female version) in those games where natives or at least like "what you would imagine from that time period" people and now when it finally came to Japan they picked this 1 guy who is not. I think it will be fun to play as him since he fits the bruiser style and she is going to be fun as well. I'm looking forward to it and just bought for crazy discount the previous 3 games with DLC to get back into the series. Not going to PreOrder though

[@sunnam819]

Joe doesn't even say single word of stellar blade and now AC? bruh

[@tairunking187]

Joe has woke agenda to push

[@SpadeApeiron]

He's into FORCED Dei. He loves those stuff. He's that guy who will tell you that Sweet baby Inc is the best company i'd consult with. so yeah. there's also the "Angry joe" type of people who support FORCED diversity rather than making sense diversity

[@MrGoonGod]

Make your own channel. You 🤡 are constantly exposing yourselves

[@Taylosh545]

As a Japanese man, I am offended. Idgaf

[@GreenTygur]

As a Latino, I was offended by Sony trying to mess up the Spanish language in Spiderman 2. Trying to destroy centuries, millenia, of my heritage to suit their agenda. I've sworn off buying anything Sony related because of this absolute narcissistic arrogance.

[@nine6tails661]

😂😂😂 over a video game but not the price tag

[@GreenTygur]

@nine6tails661 maybe that's why they chose Yosuke, so that everyone will argue and will forget how overpriced this game is lmao.

[@famgaming6969]

I'm more worried about the scummy preorder prices and bundles they've been doing for their games. The character being black is the last thing on my mind

[@nine6tails661]

@@GreenTygur Facts 🤣

[@LightningWoof]

WTF! In the new Assassins Creed 17:20 Ubi is literally pushing all of that stuff!!! And it's disgusting!!! They say Pre-orders are good, and companies like this never lie. AngryJoeShow has gone woke too far. That is all the reason games nowadays suck even a few of them left. You have to be a man and always stay on the good side and tell the true crucial part, even everyone around dumb woke zombies, cause they are wrong and don't know about it, time will change that. Turn into shit really easy, everyone got problems but takes small steps to get rid of anything bad, especially from the mind.

[@antonakesson]

Alex, could you share the source for where the Smithsonian states the samurai class was anything other then a class? I can't find it.