Assassins Creed Shadows | Trailer Review by Ninja Author

[@AntonyCummins]

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[@trancendedmindpalace]

It sucks they didn't consult you for this game

[@danlonick800]

I just bought 2 of your books. Let me get through them first haha 👍

[@jmg3471]

Could you review ninja kamui please?

[@trancendedmindpalace]

As far as a Samurai being a ninja as well, Ghost of Tsushima was closer to historical accuracy. I dont think they flat out called him a shinobi but basically he was one.

[@Amatsuichi]

there we go, Ghost of Tsushima now looks even better

[@Historybuff_769]

What they are different time periods tho ones the mongol invasion and one is the sengoku jidai period of japan aka civil war of japan, instead of watching your Andrew tate while snorting your vitamin powder mabye go watch shogunites videos he actually studied Japanese history

[@Amatsuichi]

@@Historybuff_769 I wasnt talking about the historical period, I was talking about having a better samurai like game in Ghost of Tsushima, regardless of from which part of Japanese history it is... If you would stop your stupid hate speech, maybe you would see that... not even mentioning your obsession with Andrew Tate whom I totally do not care about

[@owl-1314]

Man these game companies are just shooting themselves in the foot. A historically accurate ninja game would be game of the year no doubt. I hope one of these companies actually takes your advice and make something with it.

[@staycalmonelove]

They are not trying to be historically accurate.. Never was.. No apple of eden existed, no pre cursor race and no brotherhood of assassins.. It's all fiction

[@chriscolombie4135]

It would be difficult though and loose a lot of the recognizable style that everyone expects

[@nivsharabi1322]

but bro it's a assassin's creed game that's the point... I don't remember people complaining when leonardo de vinci made a hidden blade for ezio. people complain only because it's Japan and it's more exotic I feel like

[@chriscolombie4135]

@@nivsharabi1322 I don’t he is complaining about historical inaccuracies , i just think it would be for a company to adapt what true shinobis were like

[@nivsharabi1322]

@@chriscolombie4135 yes but then it wouldn't be assassin's creed because the parkour and the cool fighting style is an important part of the game

[@henrikaugustsson4041]

"We don't work with outsiders..." is code for "You're not part of our cult."

[@EduardoMajima]

Ryu ga Gotoku Kenzan! is set in Kyoto during the Edo period, in 1605. It is an account of the life of Miyamoto Musashi, who resides in the Gion district using the pseudonym Kiryu Kazumanosuke. Miyamoto Musashi is the protagonist himself xD Assassin's Creed Shadows and Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan are set in the same time period

[@daiaimaru5618]

Have you heard of the game Rise of the Ronin. It takes place in mid 1800s, i.e. late Edo period. Interestingly, there’s a historical figure called Yasusuke Sawamura from Iga and his goal is to pass on ninjutsu to someone since he’s afraid the art will be lost. But unfortunately, ninjutsu in the game is mainly a sword fighting style.

[@revbladez5773]

Sawamura's purpose in that game is basically just to be the Ninja Gaiden-guy.

[@AntonyCummins]

I will have a look

[@Amatsuichi]

I am just sad its not 1600s... the late Edo period and firearms kind of break the Samurai fantasy for me

[@denisfonseca8549]

When you say he shouldnt be the main character you are forgetting a very important aspect of it. It is an assassin's creed game, the order of assassins were not from japan. So most likely Yasuke is the actual person from the assassin's order and he recruits the girl to help him, not the other way around.

[@AntonyCummins]

That is cool info

[@denisfonseca8549]

@@AntonyCummins I totally butchered English there, i'm glad you were able to make sense out of it.

[@MaaZeus]

Yes. As far as the Assassins VS Templars storyline goes, Japan is still new and fertile ground for both groups and Yasuke was in unique position to influence either group (yet to be seen is he an Assassin or a Templar), a nobody from west who rose quite high in the ranks of a major Daimyo lord. A perfect choice for an Assassins Creed character set in Japan IMHO.

[@danlonick800]

Yeah it uses poetic licence, it’s for entertainment, I’d expect it. We are lucky it has any realistic anything at all really haha. It just looks like a fun adventure for those of us who don’t get out much haha.

[@doofenshmirtzevil]

"We work in the dark to serve the light. Nothing is true; Everything is permitted." It's not some cringey line it's the motto of the creed

[@unragazzonormale8732]

Still cringe

[@theexileac]

Great video! Purely to reach more views this is my title suggestion: A Ninja Author REACTS To Assassin’s Creed Shadows

[@GenLiu]

Kinda new here. I've heard of your channel thank to the Shogunate, which I found the content astonishing. I've already watched a few of your videos and I'm already sold. Originally I'm a fan of Japan history and culture and I'm writting a fantasy novel taking place in an imaginary world that's highly inspired by mid-late Sengoku Japan. So, of course, my book being fantasy, I don't technically have to be accurate (and the story is very much something of its own with near to no bearing on real history) but when it stands to clothings, traditions, everyday life ect, I want my world to FEEL like Sengoku Japan, so I'm surprisingly greedy for knowledge of that period and your channel came as a godsend in that regard. Thank you very much. About the video itself. Saddly I'm not surprised. Despite all what they may pretend, Ubisoft are more concerned by selling copies and pushing their woke agenda than historical accuracy. I won't play that Assassin's creed, personally. Not only because it had never been a franchise that appealed to me, but also because even from a historical standpoint, I know for a fact that most of what they'll depict will be questionbable, at best. And I mean, we just have to look at the trailer. Kunoichi who look like some character escaped from Watch dogs, Yasuke somehow promoted to taishō (sōtaishō??? Look, I like this guy. I found it amazing that a black african of that period managed to carve his way as Nobunaga's retainer but they kinda overshot it a bit there...to say the least). I'll pass.

[@poloshirtsamurai]

2:49 And samurai wouldn't be in full armor all the time. That's like thinking soldiers were always geared up.

[@EduardoMajima]

I would be very happy if you would do an analysis of Ryu Ga Gotoku Kenzan and Like A Dragon Ishin Kiwami

[@MrTrip666]

😂 after I saw the reveal trailer myself, I commented on their video that they should have just hired you. 👍 shame.

[@AntonyCummins]

Let’s hope they do

[@gaidencastro9706]

I don't know if you take requests like these, but can you describe the different "levels" of ninjas? Not necessarily the military rankings of each Shinobi, but moreso how some are thieves, some are foot soldiers with grappling hooks, some are samurai who dedicate their lives to the craft, etc. Something that stuck out to me was how Shinobi no Jutsu can be applied to a good number of different military roles.

[@AntonyCummins]

I have done this before. I have a playlist on basic ninja info.

[@Thunder5963]

Thats exactly what I said when I read about it first.

[@joshuadavidson5022]

Love your books brother.

[@carlospaiva2307]

Good and true review, you nailed it

[@othertipo]

Assassin Creed new woke and stereotypical edition... Looks like Sweet Baby Inc touched it.

[@signor_zuzzu]

Assassin creed missed the ninja train by a decade

[@lievenmaselis9332]

Why don't you do a coperation with Metatron on this subject? I bet he would love it.

[@AntonyCummins]

We have done a few on others but I need to reconnect with him

[@Renditiondesigns]

Do I remember correctly signing a petition to have Ubisoft consult you on a Ninja Assassin's Creed game or did I make that up?

[@AntonyCummins]

That’s amazing t if you did

[@Renditiondesigns]

@@AntonyCummins Yea, I was a huge fan of the franchise at the time and read some of your book on the recommendation of my sensei so it was a no-brainer

[@dionfrazier6836]

Good day Shihan Cummins 🤜🏾☯️🤛🏾proud student here of Natori Ryu 🙌🏾🙌🏾 I must say I was anticipating this game and I am highly disappointed !! Thank you for your review sir 👏🏾👏🏾. My honest opinion, they could have took a few lessons from the Game “Shinobido:Way of the Ninja” which was never released in the US, it’s absolutely the best realistic ninja game hands down. They need to remake that game today it would be amazing !’

[@strettoasino9006]

When will people stop looking for entertainment to be source of historic enrichment?

[@gi7685]

How do you expect brainwashed people to stop? They are brainwashed.. they won't stop. And many others after them repeat the same.

[@mjsacg]

Most fictional games have something called character customization that allows you to create a fictional character to your liking. Yasuke was an actual black samurai....

[@JustinPrime85]

Being in the Bujinkan and an Assasins Creed fan I was anticipating a game in Japan. This trailer is a bit dissapointing. I can understand sacrificing historical accuracy because it is a game but I don't know why Ubisoft doesn't refer to historical researchers like you while developing the game. The game would have probably been better if you were involved in the games developement.

[@VikingTeddy]

They have a host of historians as advisers in every game, but they ignore them. They might have the leading authority on whatever period is being depicted, but it seems to be more of a formality. It even has a trope name, but I can't remember it. Executive meddling is another big cause. The execs are worried that people will find too much accuracy boring or off putting. We'll have to wait for the old execs to die off before we get better historical accuracy.

[@othertipo]

Ubisoft again trying to push The Message.

[@VikingTeddy]

@@othertipo What message?

[@carlospaiva2307]

@@VikingTeddy a stupid msg, that we need to follow woke rules, I cant say it, but check first Metallica album name, and its what I think about woke culture

[@Jaanikins]

Because they’re woke bastards with an agenda and are happy to completely reinvent history to project that agenda.

[@Francisco-hz4mi]

Hello Antony! This game can be a lot of fun or a big disappointment hahaha, but I don't exactly expect great historical references beyond some details or names about the Shinobi aspect. By the way, what is your perspective on the book "Hidden Lineage: The Ninja of the Toda Clan" by Sean Askew? Have you made a video about it?

[@dwl3006]

Yes he has.

[@AntonyCummins]

I’ve not read it yet because I’m told there is no new evidence in it

[@Francisco-hz4mi]

​@@AntonyCummins anyways it would be interesting to see your opinion about the content of the book, but of course, your channel your decision hehe. Best regards!

[@EMpowered06]

I love Assassin’s Creed and love this game. Can’t wait. As a woman gamer, I’m so happy I get to play a woman. My male gamer friends love playing as women as well.

[@toyoseries]

Hell yea. Just ignore the dumbasses here proclaiming that lame ass "woke" shit here.

[@harrymanbach358]

Typical Ubisoft woke and historical fail stir fry. They really missed a chance to make a historically accurate game by not hiring you. As a gamer and amateur Japanese history buff I really enjoyed this video. I'd like to see you react to Ghost of Tsushima,Rise of the Ronin,Tenchu:Stealth Assassins and Bushido Blade series. Maybe some chanbara films like Lone Wolf and Cub,Sleepy Eyes of Death,etc too. It would be fun to see your take as an expert and give you an excuse to relax for a bit. Cheers.

[@jamcalx]

Your thumbnail was my reaction. I just short of facepalmed. The fact that they just now are doing Japan smells of desperation because Ubisoft is mostly a Joke these days.

[@fnspidey3825]

The fact that they dismissed you is outrageous i have no interest in this game.

[@DeputyChiefWhip]

Ubisoft... Seem to be Brainwashers who are out of ideas on Assassins creed

[@peacem8574]

People who live in a fairytale just completely ignore the fact that the 1500's was a completely different and brutal time where slave trading and racism were normalized. Yasuke came from a portuguese colony and was black, most likely slave traded to japan. The japanese may have seen black people as inferior at that time,just like the spanish and the portuguese. So giving a honorable title that requires years of experience to some stranger that lacks the training,that doesn't speak their language and who was only there for a very short time and on top of that is viewed badly because of the skin colour alone, is absolutely unrealistic. The problem is that those games can change people's perception. If the media shows you only rich people, the general public will think that more than 30% of the people make more 500k a year,but in reality it's just 1% that makes that amount of money for example. Considering that the ultra power hungry rich from bed rock are forcing this stuff on the people, is quite worrysome and there must be a reason for that.

[@roycehuepers4325]

As an assassin's creed fan, I'm exited. But as a ninja fan, I'll stick with Ghost of Tsushima. At least the only real inaccuracies (not getting into plot of course) is the armor is Sengoku not 13th century. Most of the inaccuracies though are more western shorthand. Haiku instead of Renga for example. And even the inaccuracies are only time period inaccuracies. Though if they make a sequel, I want it in the Sengoku, and you get firearms, spears ect

[@revbladez5773]

If they actually get to Sengoku, I fully expect them to go "samurai do not use guns, they are dishonorable"-route, considering how much that game focused on the so called samurai honor. Really, it is the game equivalent of The Last Samurai.

[@roycehuepers4325]

@revbladez5773 eh, I don't know about that. Really only his uncle acted in such a way. His father in lore was said to be more creative as well in war

[@Javier-vb2oz]

what a crap game

[@kaguth]

Antony, you should react to the featurette "Assasins Creed Sadows: Who are Naoe and Yasuke" right off the bat the game makers say a few things I know you would disagree with. Also, Kings and Generals just released a shinobi video you should review

[@AntonyCummins]

I will look

[@mapogo835]

am gona buy ghost of tsushima now and its next dlc

[@Kaan_Gokturk]

Of course there were milions of standart Japanese samurais but they gotta choose the black one for the sake of woke culture.

[@tochiro6902]

Thank you very much, it's just not real

[@funkadelicmayhem1765]

Every one of their games starts with "THIS WORK OF FICTION." This is not in any way meant to be an historically accurate game.

[@MaaZeus]

Sure. But what USED to make Assassins Creed, especially around Ezio era, was them telling a fantastical story revolving around very real historical happenings and people.

[@mjsacg]

Then don't name the protagonist Yasuke then if it's supposed to be fictional. Wouldn't you agree?

[@erichwebb8312]

Thanks for the share brother , got the Book “ Death Cult”fascinating info ….. appreciate your work ! Take care ✝️

[@AntonyCummins]

Glad you like it.

[@radoslavkosil7450]

Before even watching review video as I saw trailer myself... yeah its really bad.

[@cutwir3317]

😂

[@Subutai_Khan]

The whole premise of Assassins Creed is nonsensical to begin with. It would fit better in a fantasy setting. I don’t understand why they don’t do that because with fantasy you can make whatever shit up you want. Which seems to be their goal. I mean how the fuck do hassassin and Templars end up in 16th century Japan? (I get there are no white people this time but remember that the whole point of the series is this secret war between those two factions.) It is bad enough that they are around centuries after the Templar order is destroyed. They even somehow connected the destruction of the Templar order in the 14th century to the French Revolution. I wish I was making that up… I also hate the whole ahistorical Templar conspiracy nonsense we see in this and stuff in Oakisland. Just make a fantasy Templar order and make a new world and it would work better. Like what Dragon age did.

[@revbladez5773]

That it is not fantasy, that it is based on history is one of the main appeals of the series. It is the main reason I play the series.

[@Subutai_Khan]

@@revbladez5773 So why base it on history if you do not intend to include any real history in the game aside from perhaps the most basic of facts? There is no point. Mount and Blade Bannerlord is a fantasy universe but even that game has better arms and armor and more historically accurate factions than Assassins Creed because they based the factions on real factions from the past. Sure it is a bit of a mishmash of time periods but it works cause it is fantasy.

[@Leontemplar-yt6ff]

Assassin’s Creed original appeal was about working around history, not changing history itself.

[@MustafaKulle]

I agree. Watching this trailer had me going "Nope... nope... nope HAHAHA Nope." 🤣 Seriously though, throughout the series there was consistency; In the middle east we had Altair who is an Arab. In Florence Italy we had an Italian named Ezio. Why couldn't ubisoft be consistent with Japan? Massive disappointment. I'm a lifelong Japanese history enthusiast and I'm also an Assassin's Creed fan. I am not buying this game.

[@revbladez5773]

They are consistent though. Naoe is Japanese.

[@RyanG0899]

​@@revbladez5773Yasuke isn't

[@uscstaylor]

I’ve been a big fan of the creed series but this is absolute rubbish. I want to be a male assassin not a female. They just lost a ton of their fan base. Woke is broke

[@KISS739]

Assassin creed black woke everth wanna be

[@scorpzgca]

I see your points Antony but it is a fantasy game and I wouldn't call it woke like you said Yasuke should be there and Noae is cool to but I see your points it isn't historically accurate lol

[@shytall]

why ? why should Yasuke be there? when you represent an age in time and the historical representation of a culture and a people are you going to represent it using 0.00000000000001 of a population ? i think it does a deservice to Japanese people, it should be about them . this is not about ninjas and historical accuracy/inacuracy, this is to make an impact and introduce subjects in a conversation forcibly so the people that are less learned think oh wow, that's what history was like..Revisionism rears its ugly head again(through alternate means), what a surprise.

[@Subutai_Khan]

@@shytallYasuke worked for Oda Nobunaga closely so it would be very likely that you would see him with Oda Nobunaga who seems to appear. Acting as a shinobi though? Of course not since it wasn’t his job.

[@scorpzgca]

@@Subutai_Khan Facts

[@scorpzgca]

@@shytall Why not Yasuke is part of the history plus it's a fantasy game

[@gi7685]

Woke bs

[@jeffreyswaney5435]

So tired of this woke crap....

[@nunulove8702]

No This is wonderful Trailer...😊🙂

[@EMpowered06]

What “woke crap” are you referring to?

[@fnspidey3825]

@@EMpowered06 You know exactly don't play that guessing game and say your definition of woke is more accurate.

[@othertipo]

Sweet Baby Inc. detected

[@EMpowered06]

@@fnspidey3825 What game am I playing??

[@samiibrahim5356]

Sorry I've been living under a rock, what do you mean when you say "the woke agenda" what is that?

[@AntonyCummins]

You deffo been under a rock

[@samiibrahim5356]

@@AntonyCummins I tried to google it but I got different definitions, some said it goes back to the civil rights movement and defined it as being aware of systemic inequality others said it was something designed to destroy families and others said it was just the latest buzz word politicians are using to refer to anything they don't like, a sort of boogeyman to help sway evangelical, white conservatives and so many other meanings, I don't recall them all but I also don't want to assume your meaning, which reminds me some defined it as something to do with homosexual behavior and at least one definition said it was being aware of a corrupt "deep state" which is a sort of shadow government that controls banking and bribes politicians using legal lobbying methods to get them to betray the interests of their own countries and support foreign powers. Very surprised to see how differently it is used by so many. I would have guessed it means being awake to something.

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awh his beloved japan is tainted cry harder lol

[@dwl3006]

Assassin's Woke Creed

[@Ninja13400]

@ubisoft

[@unragazzonormale8732]

I wish they would have taken your offer. Its a shame because a realistic game would have made a far better experience. Tenchu Z is 100x better than this assassin’s creed game and even that is not realistic, but at least the characters are Japanese. They’re a bunch of woke casuals. Likely to not make much sales. Especially because we’re all sick of the woke shit.

[@NightmareFuel-vx5xv]

They should've just had a male Japanese Shinobi character. Ubisoft failed to deliver lol. 🥷