I wasn't having much fun with: Assassin's Creed Shadows (Hands-On Impressions)

[@SkillUp]

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[@brootalbap]

A black man randomly killing asian people without consequences is certainly... a design choice. Let's add hip hop music to it @Ubisoft ?

[@adamashworth6293]

You're still pronouncing analogous wrong even after all these years.

[@Osoronnophris]

Every small asian lesbian needs a big black guy in her corner

[@1_underthesun]

Only KZbinr who's ads I stay to watch.

[@CorruptedYT]

No.

[@dazeandconfusion]

If you can commend Ubisoft for anything is that they had the balls to give Ralph a preview code of this game based on his history with the franchise.

[@FluxCrush]

One thing Ubisoft should get credit for is ALWAYS giving out review codes, even to people who shit on their games regularly. They’ve never really blacklisted anyone for having negative comments.

[@remi4590]

@@FluxCrush Wow that is so not true in France 🤣

[@zuriyel5368]

That's more than what BioWare was willing to do, so there's that.

[@ShadowNeverDies1990]

His negative review of Valhalla (a game I liked a lot) didn’t stop it from being the best selling in the series. Review and preview codes shouldn’t be taken away unless someone is reviewing/acting in bad faith.

[@capitalist_jesus]

He shit on Valhalla, I still liked it (when stoned only lol) and it sold well. I wouldn't expect them to hold a grudge unless it performed badly and they needed a scapegoat. Thats not a Ubisoft thing though, whether its corpo life or politics, thats just the game.

[@AzharAli-q7e4u]

Yasuke not being able to crawl through that massive hole in the wall when he could literally just get down a bit lower is so fucking funny lmao

[@chromesucks5299]

He could prob break the wood and make the hole larger

[@MASTAHMELO]

Game looks average but let's be fair that shit is in so many games not just AC and Ubisoft

[@kwoni3337]

I hate it when games do this, it's way too common.

[@KurosuKirie]

Bad decision from management or creative director, should just pick either ninja or samurai, they decide both now we have subpar experience, damn ubisoft nobody want samurai in AC games.

[@remidee7276]

don't you remember that assassin creed games even black flag didn't allow you to crouch unless you were in a bush. Wild for a stealth game.

[@rainsong7773]

The most surprising thing about the video title to me was that Ubisoft actually allowed SkillUp an early look 😳

[@chettlar212]

Why wouldn't they. They always do.

[@rainsong7773]

@ Because I imagined them standing at the booth ready to shoo SkillUp away so he can’t tell millions of people his honest impressions of a Ubisoft game and it was funny.

[@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425]

They are professionals, not children

[@rainsong7773]

@@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425 Not in my imagination they aren’t 😂

[@Sasorislovery]

@@DontuseMyRealNameYTplz1425yes, I would imagine that they would have done the exact same thing in a professional way.

[@AHersheyHere]

"Yasuke, do you want to take off your crested Samurai helmet to fit through the gap?" Yasuke: "No, I don't think I will."

[@Auzzymandias]

Drip comes first lol

[@TraceguyRune]

Guess it would go against his code of honor 🤷‍♂

[@Re-bl1li]

tbh Ghost of Tsushima's method of using wind as a way to tell you where to go was genius compared to this menu sim

[@tsunamie1015]

Bit of a nitpick, but personally i wish the wind would have blown the other direction, coming from the objective. With the way it is in GoT it means that whenever you're wearing an outfit with a cape it gets kinda weirdly stuck on your character if you with the wind.

[@joevegaxv]

yeah, I didn't get it at first when I saw the objective the first time. I thought it was just some kinda poetic thing to do when I was asked to "follow the wind". Definitely one of the coolest ways I've seen open world navigation is implemented.

[@danielkristiansen2298]

It was a massive missed opportunity for GoT to not have map icons and instead let the player only rely on the wind, sound and animals. And then they showed where everything was anyway with map icons.

[@aaarjs]

@@danielkristiansen2298it was actually an improvement to not have your screen filled with a thousand stupid icons, having them accessible through the map means you can still interact with them at your own discretion.

[@Re-bl1li]

@@tsunamie1015 I genuinely want devs to pursue a systems in that direction where things are less intrusive i guess. But yes the cape getting stuck is a problem too i wont deny

[@ijustsawthat]

In MGS 3, on the PS2, Snake falls into a dark cave. At first, you cant see anything, because its too dark. But after some time, Snake eyes adapt to the darkness and you start to see more. Ubisoft, in 2025: put some lanterns below the wood house so character can see.

[@DeltaSlush]

I was thinking about how strange that was.

[@ufukkiblat]

Yeah, who would put a candle in there in the first place?

[@LINKchris87]

They could have let some light filter through the boards of the floor. But again, this game is made by people who thought 17 that after years of hype for a Japan AC it was a good idea to give the main role to the only black dude who ever lived in old Japan. Geniuses.

[@madbrute6204]

In Assassin's creed origins, open flame killed me the most, because you had to light torchs but set yourself on fire instead,

[@BasilAbdef]

@@blackscorpionstinger What does "DEI" mean to you?

[@bearshark5941]

killing the innocent servant girl gives Yasuke +5 xp lmao

[@celestialx8]

Black man deserve for justice for serve 😂

[@MarkHeathcliff-bf2im]

So they actively reward you for slaughtering innocents. Amazing.

[@goatlps]

The +5 was because he didn't rape her first.

[@WrathofFenrir99]

we wuz samurai, a p1mp's gotta keep shorty in line

[@guitaripod]

what were they thinking...?

[@johnnii]

SW Outlaws - Play as an outlaw, barely commit crimes AC shadows - Play as an honorbound samurai, murder innocents freely

[@hopwaffles]

Yasuke wasnt honor bound he was lent to Oda like property

[@blacknight0003]

ok, I don't like AC either, but I heard of a Japanese (maybe samurai too) technique of training your new sword on unknowing Innocents 😂

[@balintberend4768]

You know that “honorbound” samurai chopped your head of without a thought if you didn’t bow long enough when they passed by?

[@blacknight0003]

@@balintberend4768 and no phones in sight either, everyone locked in with nature 🔥

[@georgeromiti8254]

This game is already on sale on ubi - 😂

[@mcmullen288]

I love how when you sneak underneath the floor there are handy fire lamps down there for you to see, underneath the wooden house.

[@BritBox777]

I'm shocked every person who played the game didn't call this out, because it's the single stupidest thing in the whole video.

[@shanebovell6733]

no one with common sense made this game.

[@SrStakeholder]

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[@LaughingMan1980]

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[@PantsaBear]

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[@crypticDJ]

In other games you "desynced" if you hurt innocents. The implication being that this person would never do that and the animus is malfunctioning because of this. The immplication in AC shadows being that if you killed a bunch of people then the animus is ok with it and we can just assume Yasuke and Naue were murderus psychopaths who kill for sport.

[@piakschios2527]

It’s like they took to heart all the criticism from Outlaws about not being about to, you know, break any laws. But instead of letting players commit crime, and suffer consequences for those crimes, they just skipped the second part and called it a day.

[@catofwar119]

Remember the Japanese outrage and the saying is that Ubisoft is effectively making a video game where a fictionalized version of a footnote historical person to come to Japan and kill Japanese people? I think they took that to heart too.

[@LaterHarmony]

Imo it was always the worst part about AC games is you couldn't kill whoever. HOWEVER the first time that isn't a thing when the 2 main characters are a Black man and Asian woman needs to be studied

[@TomNook.]

Is this also the first time in the franchise you can just attack and murder women with "brutal executions"? Most of the time in previous games the enemies were guys or clear soldiers

[@dominickjadon]

@@LaterHarmony why would it be and when it wasn’t in those character’s…. Character? It made sense.

[@NickSmith-wj8eo]

So the character choice boils down to “would you like to play assassins creed or god of war on easy mode?”

[@azizkash286]

God of war is much more fun than this garbage lol

[@cykablyat3680]

Its like they saw how much people hated the valhalla combat and said "ok, now lets give them a character that uses only the combat"

[@eazybaby5094]

@@azizkash286 yeah, because obviously you’ve played it to have a valid opinion worth listening to 🙄

[@XnathOW]

​​@@eazybaby5094It looks floaty and bloated. Bro hits enemies with a katana 10 times to kill them, this does NOT look good. Remember to preorder so youll get your valid opinion

[@imo098765]

@@eazybaby5094 if its the same combat from the last 2 games. God of War recent titles are better

[@Montesama314]

So a game with two characters but only one of them can actually explore the world. What is the point?

[@antonkirilenko3116]

"Let's make a game with a black lead protagonist, but it's gonna be in Japan and he's gonna be useless and boring! Wouldn't that be hilarious?" I think they should delay the game a little further and release it on April 1st.

[@adity-m2g]

To check the boxes

[@kamurotetsu4860]

Ubisoft's problem is they think we want less markers on the map. No, we want less copy and paste identical missions, less busy work and better sidequests.

[@truecaliber1995]

Well, hold on. Less UI clutter would be appreciated alongside these qualites.

[@EmilyKimMartin]

Less bloat does include making the UX less obnoxious, but you're right. Ubisoft is fantastic at making visually stunning worlds; too bad the content in them is usually pretty mediocre.

[@udontknowme00]

speak for yourself, I want less markers on the map lmao

[@alexDD-j6e]

And writing. Better writing. Goddamn, can't one of the largest videogame corporations on the planet afford writers as good as those from CDPR or Warhorse? Writing is the lifeblood and soul of games like this.

[@mrxlvcrft]

I mean, we also want less markers on the map

[@KeyT3ch]

Yasuke's "Brutal" Assassination is loud not because of the cries of the victim, it's because he starts screaming 💀💀

[@SunnyWave174]

Well, screaming is an important part of his skill set

[@troyrobertluna6151]

@@SunnyWave174 "REEEEEEEEEEEEEY"

[@McDLT999999999999999]

I CANT BREATHE!

[@YoshiLupus]

​@@McDLT999999999999999Jesus.

[@marzoval9551]

It's so fucking stupid.

[@harryfieldson]

My favourite part of all of this is that back in the day when we were screaming for them to please make a game set in Japan, they said it A. was too generic and B. wouldn't work. Not only has Ghost of Tsushima proved that wrong, they've now finally done it and still messed it up because the character more akin to old Assassin's Creed works but the one placed in to fit the new school combat doesn't. Ubisoft are really their own worst enemies.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

They waited way too long is the main problem. If shadows dropped as a 2012 game it would've been eaten up. But now even if they didn't split the characters up, people have played Tsushima now. Ubisoft isn't the only one making impressive open world action games anymore and what made them special has fizzled into thin air

[@MaTtRoSiTy]

It was a free win for them, they could have just taken it to the bank yet somehow they managed to take this obvious and easy formula (AC - make it based in Japan - add Japanese Samurai/Ninja - profit) and turn it into a complete fail. It is kind of unbelievable they could mess it up this much

[@sjtaylor7950]

It *is* too generic though. This is grasping at straws. AC was always fun because it was a bunch of different, European settings. Ninjas have been done to death, and this is no different. They should absolutely have spent more time on some of their earlier settings, rather than trying to bash them out so quickly and cheaply.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

@sjtaylor7950 Sounds more like you just personally dislike the Japanese setting as a whole. Their fanbase was desperately asking for a japanese assassin creed game for over a decade and when suckerpunch did it, it was (shocker), an amazing critical and sales darling. But now Ubisoft is bloated and burnt out. People are sick of assassin's creed games and how samey and grindey they've become. Better studios now make big open world action games that once made Ubisoft unique. And this being delayed shows how terrified they are of Ghost Of Yotei which people are hyped for.

[@winchesterkid]

@@harryfieldson I don’t even understand how they still have such a messy UI when ghost of Tsushima proved all those markers aren’t needed.

[@RedeyeJedi2985]

Your early review for Dragon Age was the only one to sound the alarm, which the cinematics confirmed. You saved me money then and youre doing it again by not bootlicking. Well done mate. Keep giving your honest thoughts.

[@shadowofnoc5760]

Yep! Knew he was right about that game.

[@zbeatza9910]

I didn't trust skill up with valhalla review. Played it, came back to the video and i agreed with almost everything. So yea, this game sux, Naoe only if you wanted an assassin experience. Mirage was good, for me.

[@Tadisz1]

U people are stupid, u should know by yourself that game is shit not relying on others

[@steve4728]

Well not to discredit him or anything, its not hard to see how bad that game is.

[@dantebrosia]

@@steve4728What was bad about it?

[@xcorr77]

Oh man, an Assassins Creed game where you can recruit people who help out you and your assassin group? Sounds like a real brotherhood, if only we could have an Assassins Creed game like that.

[@DaDaDo661]

What are you trying to say brother......hood?

[@Don9872]

I won’t say that mechanic in brotherhood was amazing, but I did enjoy levelling up all those guys and gals then using them to annihilate enemies.

[@JRyan56]

Assassin's Creed: Brotha in the Hood.

[@DaDaDo661]

@@JRyan56 that actually would have been a cool premise. An assassin in the hood

[@richardmarquez5433]

What are they, some kind of Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood?

[@Amputechture299]

It's crazy that nobody with an influencing voice who can affect change within the studio have raised any of the complaints and criticisms that you have. Surely somebody along the way has said "hey, don't you think it's a bit stupid that only one of the characters can climb the synchronization points?". if you're going to go down that route, at least make character swapping a lot smoother and faster so it doesn't feel like such an immersion breaking chore.

[@Chardan001]

It's sort of inexcusable that it isn't instant. It's a core element of the game. At the very least it should be mapped to thr controller.

[@bhelish]

Its a spiritual successor to Donkey Kong 64

[@anon4854]

"Surely somebody along the way has said "hey, don't you think it's a bit stupid that only one of the characters can climb the synchronization points?"" Those people would be called racist and fired.

[@decarus834]

Remember ubislop was one of those studios that was leaked/revealed to be heavy on the 'toxic positivity train' as in "IF something isnt good, dont talk about it AT ALL!" Hell theres also leaks that the Q'A testers were flat out ignored when bringing up bugs so do you really expect them to do something like "hey, don't you think it's a bit stupid that only one of the characters can climb the synchronization points?".

[@armoredchimp]

I'm not surprised though, as someone who works at one of the many lower rungs of a massive corporation, ideas from anyone other than those at the very top are literally 100% ignored. Not even remotely considered. I'm sure Ubisoft is like this too, I doubt any of the middle managers or anyone below them even are given any time by whichever idiots are continually making terrible decisions for this company.

[@Vixorous]

When people say "Aw man, wouldn't it be cool if we had an Assassin's Creed game set in feudal Japan?" They want to play as a badass ninja stealthing and parkouring on rooftops like in the other games. They basically just want Ezio with a katana. We're getting that with Naoe, but the more i see of this game, the more i question why Yasuke is in it in the first place.

[@Lerkero]

We know why

[@AdellRedwinters]

In the other games he’d have just been one of the historical figures you interact with. I don’t mind the choice to make him playable but the weird choice to make him bad at the actual parkour and stealth system is really stupid

[@geejaybee]

Doncha know he is black? Is that not enough for you?

[@ThePsychoRenegade]

In some ways it's continuing the concept they used for Syndicate but I honestly think they decided to change up the game during development and lost their original vision.

[@andremelo7324]

Come on mate you know why

[@christophermiller153]

Don't worry , for a 1 time payment of 49.99 you can unlock all the stealth skills pf Naoe and transfer them to Yasuke to make him have stealth abilities and parkour

[@chaosinc.382]

... yer kiddin. Right?

[@Jethro0815]

Franchise that brought us 'timesaving packs' in a SP game.

[@Reveal_City]

Single-player games shouldn't have microtransactions period

[@selectionn]

@@Reveal_City careful with that hot take, you might start a fire! Very bold of you to not think of the shareholders and the board of directors. How will the CEO afford his next yacht? What a selfish comment you wrote.

[@amysteriousviewer3772]

Imagine designing your game in a way so people want to play LESS of it. The biggest timesaver of all is just never buying a Ubisoft game again.

[@GeordieAtBirth]

@@Reveal_City How about free to play single player games like Path of Exile 1 where you can play Solo Self Found (a single player mode)? There are a number of games like this RC.

[@Reveal_City]

@GeordieAtBirth You're right, f2p would have to be an exception

[@EastyyBlogspot]

I guess you could say the series is now a shadow of its former self...

[@0uttaS1TE]

YEEEEEEAAAAAAAH!

[@vincent207]

Badum tish

[@jackieestacado5651]

*Dr Evil laugh*

[@SirCamWA]

Been that way for a while now, After the Ezio Era, it just hasn't been able to hit the same marks of the assassin fantasy, and in fact has made conscious strides to move away from it. Black Flag was the last notable AC game that interested me, for the unique fantasy it offered, and I didn't feel like it was wasting my time like the newer over-bloated AC games do.

[@flyingsquid6062]

Series went down hill when Patrice left

[@baseddepartment9656]

You absolutely can judge a piece of media's writing after 5 hours. That's more than enough time to set up a story and start digging into the meat of it. If it's not good by then, it probably never will be and even if it finds its footing later it's still a huge failing to not get there earlier.

[@le_fancy_squid]

Absolutely. If I'm not enjoying a book after 5 hours I'm not going to finish it, if I didn't enjoy the first 2 hours of a movie I'm not going to watch the sequel... 5 hours is more than enough time to make a game interesting, and if they can't make that happen that's on them, not me... I can't stand when a game takes even 1 hour to get going... The first part of a story is called 'The Hook' for a reason, it's supposed to grab the audience in, but more importantly keep them there. After 5 hours I think it's pretty clear that this IS the game, and it's just more soulless slop.

[@Simon200o]

Highly depends on your focus in these five hours. SkillUp focused on the differences between Yasuke and Naoe, not the writing.

[@ShiftyMoravian]

Exactly! Some games only take 5 hours and manage to be great, even story wise. Average runtime of a good game would be about 8 hours anyways. It this slop takes 20 hours to even finish the main story line, I ain't playing all that, I mean I'd love it if it was engaging but I bet it's gonna be padded by BS as it always is with these kinda open world games.

[@CuteLittleGoat]

How many things happens in first 5h Ghost of Tsushima? As far as i remember A LOT and i was hooked.

[@fang4223]

I love, and I do mean love, Dragon's Dogma the first. I, and any other fan being honest will tell you the first several hours are such a slog that only feels okay on your first playthrough. I'm definitely getting similar vibes from this, BUT, I don't see anything that would shake up things seeing as the issue are the foundational mechanics.

[@graxusgaming9889]

Having just the ninja character would have been a much better direction along the normal gameplay style of AC. Farewell salute to Ubisoft, not making profit on this game will be the final nail in the coffin. Was many good years, a damn shame.

[@Godsbackhand7]

I thought this as well, but unfortunately the newer fanbase of AC prefer the action combat more than they like the stealth aspects. Ubisoft decided to cater to both fanbases, but they are just bad at execution of fairly good ideas.

[@cykablyat3680]

I dissagree, they couldve made it work, if they made it like in rise of the ronin, you could select a character and the other would be an ai companion that would stick with you and you could freely swap between them in like 1 second without a loading screen

[@FilipMoncrief]

Exactly. And since most ninjas were samurai, you could just choose which approach you prefer and select your equipment based on this. Ghost of Tsushima basically did this, but it would be nice to go a step further

[@grimmjob8090]

AC Japan was such a layup for them, just make the main character an Asian assassin ninja type dude, they somehow managed to fuck this up

[@adamb.m4844]

​@@Godsbackhand7 have you played Brotherhood its the best on both

[@emacsterm2949]

The ability to kill indiscriminately without consequence is a major red flag.

[@rellixx6916]

in the old games you get 'desynchronised', what happened to that?

[@ImperialCitizenn]

Whaat!!! Do you want a black character to have consequences after killing hundreds of japanese people? yOu aRe rACiSt!!!!

[@K0WMaPuK]

This is a common reality in medieval Japan. No one dares to insult a samurai in any way, and a samurai sent by his master has the right to cut out those who are disliked on a whim.

[@ImperialCitizenn]

​@@K0WMaPuKyasuke was and will never be a samurai

[@rebornchaos7836]

​@K0WMaPuK that may be true, but assassin's are supposed to have different rules. It's literally the first tenant of the creed

[@ecfeclipse]

Yasuke should have been a side character as part of the overall story. His gameplay just looks like AC Valhalla

[@lochlannach7]

That's black erasure!

[@swarthygiant1463]

At least in Valhalla you could chain assassinate lol

[@TheodoreBotman]

He'd be a perfect side character to have missions with and befriend and help him escape Japan and return home to have a happy life.

[@galenkaa]

A dlc story where the environment actually works for him would've been great. They really didn't need to add a samurai as a playable main character. It looks like this game could've been great if they'd just focus on the actual ninja in an Assassin's Creed game

[@marcusclark1339]

yup but then they couldn't virtue signal their token lead as progressive

[@lomo1407]

In short: It's basically a modern Ubisoft game and you already knew...

[@are3287]

less than that

[@jetsssssss]

no, this impression isn't the best, he picked the guy he knew was worse and got mad that it wasn't how he wanted, even if the game points out how he is

[@marcusclark1339]

its even worse than that

[@TheVintress]

Witcher 3 is also a modern ubi game. Shit ton of generic markers that offer the same stuff. We can literally liberate areas in W3.

[@verbon47]

Don’t even know why they delayed it by a month. It’s mid anyway😂

[@gluttonyfang6674]

So they created an Assassin's Creed game where one character couldn't assassinate a target quietly. *Fucking genius.*

[@maddo-hq9jr]

Executioners Creed

[@TraceguyRune]

Yasuke isn't the assassin. He is a supporting character. The Assassin is the ninja woman. This appears to be your first Assassin's Creed game. Having secondary characters is nothing new.

[@warpath2273]

Jake Baldino kept saying that something just seemed off to him about the Yasuke gameplay shown in earlier promotional material, and it turns out he may have been right.

[@user-os7ec4dm8x]

Yes it's called playing as a black dei insert non Japanese 'samurai' to piss a whole nation of players off. Well done ubi!

[@LazyY91]

What did he said?

[@ahmada1629]

Who😂

[@RenataHyuna]

@@ahmada1629 one of Gameranx member

[@Izthefaithful]

@@ahmada1629Jake Baldino from Gameranx KZbin channel

[@miller42]

It's so weird that they chose to make Yasuke the main character while it's pretty clear that the female shinobi should have been the protagonist, since she fits in the Assassin's Creed framework and the setting.

[@caseyblankenship987]

It’s not weird when you find out that they added yaske in 2020

[@Ravengagepvl]

Yasuke was not part of the original plans for the game. They added the character during the BLM protests in America. Make of that what you will.

[@TheodoreBotman]

It's just absolutely crazy how you have actual ninjas, but they choose to do Yasuke.

[@Bulsara777]

@caseyblankenship987 Like Skill Up said, cool idea on paper to have separate characters for combat and stealth, but if the combat isn't fun, and your stealth focused character can also do combat, you just shoot yourself in the foot, having to play the game with a character can do just one thing, and that thing is not even fun.

[@ChicoAzevedo]

"THE MESSAGE"

[@JacksDeadInside]

I feel like Ubisoft has an entire department tasked with ensuring that AC games never fully feel like a stealth/assassin game.

[@esesel7831]

Shadow seems to have the best stealth in the series...

[@JacksDeadInside]

@ I agree. Which is why the inclusion of a brute, mallet-swinging tank that can’t climb a synch tower is even more baffling.

[@tempestvenator9809]

@@JacksDeadInside I'm wondering just how long this game was in development for. Because Yasuke looks like he was most likely tacked in late in development since his.... everything stands out as very out of place in the game.

[@Orisu179]

Uh, mirage came out literally in 2023?

[@JacksDeadInside]

@ You’re right. One middling stealth-focused entry out of 30 (in a franchise that contains the word “assassin”) completely dissolves my point.

[@Baukplaus]

This looks like a poor man’s Ghost of Tsushima.

[@ajuiceboxxx]

Mom can we have Ghost of Tsushima? No sweetie, we have Ghost of Tsushima at home.

[@oshertoyui8545]

Ghost of tsushima is copy of ac just in japan..

[@liftingvids6780]

@@oshertoyui8545but 1000x better

[@steve4728]

@@oshertoyui8545 Except they got straight A while the one they "copied" got C-

[@Kidcrowley]

@@oshertoyui8545 say whatever you want but that copy is better than anything ubisoft has ever done, and this is coming from an ezio trilogy fanboy.

[@Wyglafff]

I'm 60 hours deep in Ghost of Tsushima and seeing AC Shadows all I can think of is "Eww UI everywhere"

[@RimshotKiller]

Even though I found the combat boring after a while, Ghost of Tsushima is a masterclass in style. Absolutely gorgeous game.

[@rocky047586]

You can easily take off the UI stuff.

[@yahia5476]

Lol seriously, and it still somehow looks better than shadows, I am playing through it right now and I can't help but enter photo mode every 5 minutes for how pretty it is

[@rocky047586]

@@yahia5476 you've barely even seen Shadows though lol. I don't think it looks better it's just a very different part of the country. Why don't you wait to see more of the open world and not just closed in spaces for Shadows? If we go by just that, GoT looks bland as hell just from interiors and small spaces.

[@un_kn0wn427]

Brother what are you even defending, GOT isnt perfect, but coping into pre-defending a modern ac game as if its gonna be anything above dogshit is lame​@@rocky047586

[@CheefChaos]

Imagine making the greatest Pirate game ever made and then just giving up on delivering that experience.

[@sebastianrosenheim6196]

No one who worked on black flagg is stil there.

[@KK-mk8dj]

I'll get the bug free complete edition for $20 in a couple of years

[@itsdabees]

"Bug free" thats a laugh

[@MrAkatango25]

20 bucks within 3 months of release

[@Sky-rv3to]

careful man, if you bought it digitally u might not own it anyway 🤣. Just the license.

[@joshuacrowley8887]

In a couple of years, we will have a plenty of new games as well as a new larian title worthy of all your attention. This is a game to leave to die in mediocrity.

[@tucci06]

Nah, the way they do it is like $10 for the base game, then make you pay like $40 for the DLC on sale.

[@Reikuma-X]

You are the only person I have seen who got to play this game and isn’t blindly saying how amazing it is. I’ve watched 5-6 full videos on others impressions and they all say the exact same thing to the point where it feels sponsored. So thank you for always being honest and giving us your opinion and feedback

[@Web720]

YongYea also said it wasn't amazing.

[@lucasLSD]

@@Web720 Yeah I was surprised by it, he's always so optimistic about every game.

[@Web720]

@@lucasLSD That means something...

[@JJAB91]

@@Web720 People still watch that guy?

[@Reikuma-X]

@@JJAB91 a lot of people do, he’s not as blunt as ACG or SkillUp but he’s pretty honest most the time

[@jiito808]

Ghost of tsushima at home

[@flamingburitto]

Ghost of tsushima at home but it was ordered from Temu

[@Ninjaguard13]

Ghost of Tsushima gameplay is mid, pretty boring.

[@EmilyKimMartin]

Funny given how Ghost of Tsushima was a very generic open world game with a lot of cookie cutter design choices. The combat was amazing but the side content was packed with filler and very repetitive, and the main missions weren't that better either. We've come full circle.

[@Ninjaguard13]

​@EmilyKimMartin "the combat was amazing" What? What game did you play lmao

[@bobsnob9246]

midass game

[@crowravencorvenrow]

Yasuke hacking away at unarmored people with a katana: only does a small chunk of damage. Sakai Jin from Ghost of Tsushima: Kills people in only a couple of hits once guard is broken. Christ...

[@Swaguley]

I don't know how they could see Ghost of Tsushima's combat design and then decide to do what they did for AC Shadows. This whole arcadey, quick animation combat system is enough for me to swear off this game completely. Such a shame.

[@spitfirestar8239]

And people thought the combat would be better in shadows, got is still the goat

[@kimmycat2977]

Remember Ezio's slow, laborous swings when he used heavy weapons like a warhammer or a bastard's sword? When u cant even get right what others have gotten right decades ago. Peak laziness.

[@MaticTheProto]

Me when a sneak games melee combat system is half assed: 😮 (Not like this is the case every time bc it’s not the focus)

[@yosemitesam9576]

@@MaticTheProtoThen why make one of the mcs incapable of stealth then dingus?

[@STGAoe]

So they basically just added in Yasuke just to add him in. Thats actually hilarious. “Let’s have the first black lead in a main Assassin’s Creed game be the antithesis of our series, bro can’t climb shit, can’t assassinate, and have another main character in the game that does everything you would want to do with the game anyways. Oh he is also basically just a hulking dude who runs through walls like a crazy person” Genius. Every video I have seen of people reporting their gameplay experience has said the same thing and made it clear the game basically forces you to play Naoe. Why the fuck even have Yasuke besides “I heard Yasuke was kinda a thing in history and we are gonna just slap him in”.

[@chillfenrir6050]

What makes it worse is I'm pretty sure he's the first protagonist who can kill anyone without consequence. There first black protagonist can kill people without consequence. That's actually crazy to me

[@cowel8734]

​@@chillfenrir6050It is crazy. Who thought in a time of so much anti-Asian hate crims by one group, that it'd be ok to have one in a game murdering Asians and committing crimes with no accountability or consequence. Pure insanity. They have to know this

[@Albus_Rex]

​@@chillfenrir6050 Really makes you think...

[@SwagMessiah1]

It's really crazy how they tried to show how "inclusive" they are and then went with the most racist stereotypical representations. The black man is a brutal merciless fighter and the woman leans heavily into the "barely seen and not heard" trope coming from the focus on stealth with her.

[@ventilated6443]

​@@chillfenrir6050We already had Bayek.

[@shaundankson3733]

I'm just going to wait for Ghost of Yotei. Suckerpunch obviously knows how to do this right.

[@jakiudarac2206]

Be very afraid, that game has been affected as well !

[@flying1dead155]

Check out rise of tje ronin for real . I feel like for whatever reason people let ghost over shadow it but its love letter to tenchu , ghost and assassin's creed you get to fly around with tje DaVinci Glidder with a tenchu style grappling hook , Also fire arms from the 1800s ninja red dead redemption.

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

Erika Ishii is pretty vocal on social issues 😈

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

and was the female Rook in Dragon Age Veilguard

[@tanishq2625]

Bruh these games just look like reskins of each other at this point

[@Snarbles]

but they somehow get worse. I'm NOT even kidding AC1 is still the best detail wise.

[@antonkirilenko3116]

Always have been.

[@S1DDUD]

13:45 Stay your blade from the flesh of the innocent is the first tenet of the assassins creed. This just tells me that this game is made by people who doesnt understand AC at all.

[@Ahmed24-tt9ow]

They need to be sent to AL mualim to strip them outta thier rank.

[@whatswiththisnewhandlesthing]

To be fair this has never been upheld. They worded their tenet poorly. Should have includes the clause "unless their means of providing for their family includes employment in security"

[@brysonharrison5698]

Samurai were more then fine with testing their blades sharpness on a peasant or 2

[@randeli7785]

Depends if the characters are officially part of the Creed or not. I don't think you were in Odyssey so killing innocents was fine in that.

[@S1DDUD]

@@randeli7785 Thats fair, but the marketing seems to insinuate that both Yasuke and Naoe are assassins. Maybe Yasuke will become an assassin later in the game and killing innocents will have consequences after that.

[@mosdefinitelynot]

Being able to kill random civilians with no reaction from the game world is unforgivable. It’s 2025 dawg games are beyond this point

[@gregoryjamaalfulton]

Y'all had no issue with Odyssey doing that why now all of a sudden?

[@theletterd]

@@gregoryjamaalfulton the barbarian system showed up when you killed civilians

[@yogi00700]

​@@gregoryjamaalfultondidn't you know? It's 2025 now so it's unforgivable 😂

[@johnsmith-hn2vu]

@@gregoryjamaalfulton People DID have issues with that. But at the very least in Odyssey you were both in a past time period with significantly less centralised law enforcement (Ancient Greece) and you were also playing as a Demigod Mercenary Supersoldier tricked out with all the best 'Magic' gear the Isu could pull out their asses. Even if you did kill random civilians, it's not like the various city-states could co-ordinate a police action to come after you- and even if they did, there was no way to actually take you down. Both Naoe and Yasuke are, by contrast, ordinary humans. Super athletic, maybe, but not beyond the ability of regular people to catch and kill. Also, Yasuke is perhaps one of the most recognisable men in Japan; it wouldn't be hard to keep track of his movements and arrange to gang up on him with overwhelming force if he is a known serial killer. And, ultimately, Odyssey was a power fantasy. Shadows doesn't claim to be. The standards for world reaction are much higher in a story that is supposed to be more 'realistic'.

[@darkness2160]

⁠@@gregoryjamaalfultoncass/Alexios is a mercenary, but of course you get a bounty on ur head and other high level mercenaries can come and kill u. I low key want this feature in shadows.

[@すずクッキー]

外国人の方々はUBIが日本語でのみ「弥助が侍である」という表記を止め、他言語では頑なに「伝説の侍」と書き続けていることを知らないのだろうか。UBIは自分たちが日本語を読めないように日本人は英語やフランス語を読めないと思っているようだ。

[@eureka7747]

I dont think so. Could just be a marketing strategy. Cultural and historic accuracy could be a reason. Love Japan! Clean and beautiful!

[@cowel8734]

That's crazy. They know what they are doing and seems on purpose

[@Daimon12820]

​@@eureka7747r u blind bro?

[@OkSid300]

I can read Japanese because I have that little translate button near the comment. ハラキリ、今ここに！

[@agroed]

Being forced to change characters frequently in order to complete objectives? I guess we've all forgotten the lessons of DK64.

[@sexylazercatwizard]

That game is gold, don't you ever knock it down

[@halstonconnally1367]

DK64 was my childhood xD

[@Plottwisters3]

You know you don’t have to change characters at all. You can play with only one character through the whole game

[@blackstallion7927]

​​@@Plottwisters3 How when Sasuke can't even parkor?..... You have to switch between them if he is the main protagonists quit lying.

[@Plottwisters3]

@@blackstallion7927 he is not the main protagonist. Both go through the same story besides the prologue. You can choose one character for the game and that’s it. You are not forced to use this or that. Your playstyle will change based on who you picked but that is something really good and an improvement. If you’re unable to watch other reviews and build your opinion only because of this review I‘m sorry for your inability but that is not my problem. In conclusion, no you don’t have to change characters. Edit: only because this reviewer played nearly the entire time with Yasuke doesn’t mean that he is the main protagonist. It’s an AC… the whole point of an assassin is going around sneaky, assassinations and climbing… exactly what Naoe does. Solely playing with Yasuke is a mistake that just shows that you don’t know what you’re doing.

[@unnero1]

Based on your descriptions 99% of this game is "Sounds good on paper" so they put it towards investors to get funding for it, and in actuality it doesnt and feels wrong.

[@Eirikur_]

The whole issue your bring up with Yasuke's gameplay is a great one. No one plays Assassin's Creed to be a walking tank, we play it to feel free, and to tackle encounters with creativity and a certain flair. I do think it's commendable that Ubisoft have tried to make the two characters distinct, having the experience be different for each. But when one of the experiences is so much less interesting you have to stop and ask, is it even worth including this?

[@GG-ou7it]

Yasuke should have been a side mission or bonus level

[@EmilyKimMartin]

Yet another "why not just drop the AC name alongside the expectations that come with it?" moment.

[@alexandruacatrinei1032]

​@@GG-ou7itor shouldn't have been part of the game

[@Rigel_6]

​@@alexandruacatrinei1032 It's amazing how much drama and problems on the horizon would not be if they decided to focus entirely on Naome. Then it would've been a mediocre and inoffensive game instead of this. But, not gonna lie, I'm kinda enjoying the shitshow, like having a chair set up and a bucket of popcorn on the iceberg that sunk Titanic

[@alexandruacatrinei1032]

@@Rigel_6 I was a fan of syndicate, odyssey and immortals fenyx. I really liked quebec but now this yasuke guy. I'm like no thank you I'm out. I don't wanna give money to ubisoft anymore. The show is pretty good. I think we will laugh a lot when the game will be released.

[@tangroro]

11:54 "Obviously we can't judge a game's writing and narrative based on just 5 hours with it" Huh??? That's 2 feature length movies worth of time, any competent writer could've already told a compelling story with that much time

[@antonkirilenko3116]

Mass Effect could get you hooked to the story in the first 10 minutes. If the narrative doesn't get good in 5 hours, it doesn't get good period.

[@Sandroxyz]

its not 5 hours of cut-scenes lmao

[@tangroro]

@@Sandroxyz So? Do you think story can only be told through cinematics? Have you ever played any game? Skyrim's 30 minutes opening already told a more engaging story than most game. You woke up on a car, being send to your execution because you're caught in between a civil war, then a freaking dragon showed up, where you get to choose which side you want to escape with, then you're invited to be part of said civil war The amount of world building and storytelling, even just seeing an imperial general arguing with the elves gave you a bit of intrigue, knowing there's more to this war

[@mr.s9783]

@@aceacerson2252Final Fantasy VII didn’t open up until Disc 2 and it’s still a masterpiece.

[@ChoJun69]

​@@mr.s9783 thats one way to say its your opinion

[@shybonner]

As we’ve known all along, Yasuke should’ve just been a side character. I can’t fathom Ubisoft thinking that we’d want to play as a character that can’t do stealth or parkour, in an Assassins Creed game, set in Feudal Japan.

[@gtmo55mack20]

Or a guy that’s not Japanese

[@onyxgilbert6579]

That's why you can switch characters...

[@zackfair_og]

@@onyxgilbert6579 If it was to play as another Assassin or a Templar, sure.

[@kylekgh]

​@@zackfair_ogwhich didn't work for syndicate either. The issue is duel protagonists, not who those protagonist are

[@Steve-of1kb]

Just like every other “historical” character in the series.

[@emperman]

Wanna bet which character was the original vision for this game?

[@Tacti_cat]

We all know that as soon as Ubisoft with it's DEI addled brain lost all their senses as soon as they read that a black man existed during feudal age Japan.

[@emilrogengellschwaner3555]

The 6ft 4" black guy that can't climb or assassinate?

[@caseyblankenship987]

Yeah it came out that they added him in 2020 during the George Floyd thing

[@TheHutt0326]

​@caseyblankenship987You have to be so braindamaged to believe that

[@TheErikjsm]

everybody except the japanese people.

[@flyingsquid6062]

This game did not need Yasuke

[@stuckintheinbetween]

It seems so forced. I want to play as some cool Japanese Samurai dude, not an agenda-driven character choice.

[@nicknevco215]

Think of all the failure of this game development

[@Rafael-km9mx]

​@@stuckintheinbetweenyeah because the only reason yasuke exists its because agenda, its impossible to be a creative decision. Lmao seek help

[@SUP-h9d]

​@@stuckintheinbetweenAh, you're one of those people, huh? Ok. Then allow me to enlighten you. Yasuke is a legit historically figure in japanese culture. Secondly, AC has always been about historical FICTION. Who says Yasuke can't be a samurai?

[@stuckintheinbetween]

​@@SUP-h9d I like how you say it's historically accurate and fictional in the same post. You're utterly hilarious. 😂

[@TheInterestRates]

Yasuke can break concrete? Things you can do with the power of fentanyl.

[@kash1Mz]

Too funny man stop, I cant breathe.

[@jairozalexis4989]

Ayo 💀

[@needlessninja4895]

​@@kash1Mz watch out lord derek is gonna use his knee-ga saki move on you

[@ajiibshah3760]

And ofc hard core rap music!! Gang gang gang!!

[@RobBoss_]

I think it almost would have been a better idea to have Yasuke be playable only in certain gameplay segments, similar to what Insomnic did with the Venom segment in Spideman 2. He can still be a central character, and definitely help in gameplay, he would have been better as a occasionally playable companion.

[@aaarjs]

Completely agree should’ve been a switch every now and then

[@snowshock8958]

Where's Peter counterpart? = Japanese ninja samurai

[@chimichangle]

in that final mission, what is the other character doing? Just sitting and waiting for the character you picked to do their thing? When I heard this game had 2 characters, I assumed there would be some sort of concurrent piloting gameplay, like being able to very quickly switch between them, maybe do team up attacks, maybe signal yasuke to cause a distraction so that naoe can do stealth easier and vice versa. But this... a loading screen when you need to switch... this is not it...

[@GG-ou7it]

Thats sounds really fun actually

[@doughlausprashaal7151]

Atleast in syndicate like both are Assassin's but both characters are handling completely different missions with different skill trees and stuff Here it's implemented but much much worse from what I can see and the combat I mean ac has always been about button mashing combat but like atleast there was a lot of flashy moves and stylized combat movements that was visually appealing especially in games like ac3 and ac4 Brotherhood had the finishers system as well

[@MightyManotaur22]

that sounds dope!

[@SamDavies94]

Same, kinda like some missions in GTA5, from 2013...

[@MarigoldAW]

Lowkey that would have been so good. They would have had to spend a LOT of time on game systems though to facilitate that which Ubi is not known for. Sad really

[@CriticalNobody]

Ubisoft: what if we made Ghost of Tsushima, but worse?

[@juleswinnfield1246]

ghost of boring

[@yogi6917]

I don't know if you could make a worse game. GoT sucked..... truly.

[@adamb.m4844]

​@@yogi6917 this why game genre exist

[@adamb.m4844]

​@@yogi6917 this why game genre exist

[@Agarwaen2012]

Wait, so as a viking I couldn't harm any civilian, but the black samurai gets to slaughter everyone? So unfair -.-

[@Randlemannn]

Got to keep it realistic.

[@kikoeschobar1462]

​@@Randlemannn🔑

[@kevchink]

That’s the goal of the BLM movement, they want immunity, not equality.

[@indeedinteresting2156]

​@@Randlemannn touché 😂

[@saulgoodman2071]

Black people slaughtering innocents is a tale as old as time

[@jak-A127]

It's insane just how badly Sucker Punch ate Ubisoft's "Assassin's Creed in Japan" lunch with Ghost of Tsushima almost FIVE years ago. They shouldn't of even tried.

[@tyrelljackson7317]

So where is it said there could only be 1 feudal Japan game? I enjoy both

[@UnrealGenius]

@@tyrelljackson7317 How are you playing a game that doesn’t come out for 2 months? Are you also reviewing it?

[@ElonsMusk123]

@@tyrelljackson7317so says I, Davy Jones

[@yougotrice9655]

Don’t be fooled sucker punch are taking the same route with yotei a game that was secretly developed behind SONY until the trailer dropped Sony expected ghost of Tsushima 2 And sucker punch dit their thing with an lgbtq pro activists as their lead character

[@Eskimo_iio]

It was a last minute attempt at digging themselves out of bankruptcy but they also couldn't simply put dei politics on hold to make a profit.

[@camdenjurewicz4280]

What's funny is that AC already did a fairly decent job at a two Assassin playstyle game with the, admittedly somewhat forgettable, AC Syndicate. (Though I generally liked Syndicate) An assassin who was built more towards being a brawler but could still easily stealth his way through missions. And an assassin built towards stealth that could still hold her own when stuff went tits up.

[@lastbeer]

Syndicate is criminally underrated!

[@Gaiden-Shinji875]

My only real criticism of Syndicate was the uninspired combat. One attack button, a counter button, and a guard break button. Just repetitive animations and beating on guys until you stab them, and then do a finisher. The brawling should have been something similar to The Warriors, heavy handed, throwing people around, using the environment, using your Rooks and being able to properly mix things up. It could have leaned into it more, or even tried giving the twins more distinct play styles different to one another. Other than combat I found the story, characters, setting, dialogue, and the world design to be excellent (I also happen to love London)

[@Omar411269]

@@Gaiden-Shinji875 I found London to be a pretty bland setting and the game was just... too simple? I think Ubi was scared to do to much after the Unity backlash that Syndicate was dialed back to be way too safe. Unity to this day is still the most beautiful and lively AC game ever made.

[@Lenariet]

Syndicate was the last AC game I played. I literally fell asleep several times when I played it. It was boring and uninspired. Unity was better as the person above me wrote.

[@Carlisho]

@@Gaiden-Shinji875my only problem with Syndicate was the location, London. Because Ubisoft wanted the locations to be as IRL as possible that meant parkour had to be sacrificed, and yeah, the Batman do it all grappling hook was just not it. But other than that the game was pretty decent.

[@plochol]

Origins, Odyssey, Valhalla and Mirage journalist previews showed us exactly what the games were like and they didn't improve anything before official release so I believe what we see now is what we will get.

[@alargefarva4274]

In other news, water is wet!

[@Lickzalot]

just like my pants in the morning.

[@PeteOnTheBeat]

Mild shock

[@Pilot_Warden]

Damn it, if I say water is not wet I’m basically saying AC Shadows is gonna be good

[@amo903]

Who else read that in the skill up voice😂

[@hurricaneharvey9053]

And the sky is blue!

[@MVPUnlucky]

It's crazy how the inclusion of Yasuke caused to much controversy to a point where stuff had to be pushed back, and appearances canceled, and then you see him active in the game and the general consensus is that if you had removed him from the game and just had this game but with Naoe then no one would have batted and eye and it probably would have been a better game. Why they chose to die on the Yasuke hill I will never understand.

[@kg7228]

DEI

[@fattestallenalive7148]

cause french white woman they had as executive or whatever is mad hooked on them bbc's to no help of course

[@SithEmpiredidnothingwrong]

Blackrock's pile of money.

[@ianw.9185]

Because Ubisoft is run by morons.

[@jakubdanis3387]

Jews

[@Pilot_Warden]

13:47 bro literally earned XP for killing an NPC… TF?!

[@alexandruacatrinei1032]

Now we can't say it's not historically accurate.

[@CarlWheatley-wi2cl]

Clearly the actual Creed of the Assassins has gone rather downhill.

[@anonymous4068]

Ubisoft just can't stop

[@CmogVT]

Didn't you know? If Black's kill people, it's not racist or even considered murder because of all the systemic violence and racism done towards them. ObViOuSlY 🤪 /s

[@johnorack25]

I loved Valhalla so much, I don't know why, but I couldn't put it down when I played it.

[@dallaspag3663]

I have never felt such an overwhelming feeling of shock from a video title in my life

[@JusThought68]

Because you didnt feel that

[@KepSquiPu]

I've never been less surprised by a title from skillup lol

[@alibozkuer5022]

lmao nice one

[@gameoverinsertcointocontin8102]

but not all that shocked?

[@alau5643]

Ha ha real funny guy here

[@paulordbm]

At 6:44 the guard looks you straight in the face, then conveniently corrects their body position so you can do the assassination move. This kind of canned animation system is the curse of many modern games.

[@JMW10o0o]

If I remember right in AC Unity it would've played a different animation depending on front, side, and back assassinations.

[@doooodeh]

Unity had brand new animation system that had multiple animations depending on position you pushed input next to enemy model and they just threw that system into trash lmao. BTW look how Yasuke has one(1) singular "brutal" assassination animation through entirety of this video like what the actual fuck am I witnessing? A fact he can assassinate this way is fine but if they really didnt bothered giving that more than single animation then thats insane.

[@calvincaesar6182]

​@JMW10o0o ohh hell yea I usually try to pull a certain animation by approaching at different angle because I like that one specific animation

[@winters0075]

Naoe should have been the main and only PC character in AC: Shadows. It would have shunt half of the criticisms away from this game.

[@johnpminis]

Should just have made a playable male/female ninja option. Like they did in Odyssey and Valhalla.

[@BladefullySwift]

Ubisoft still playing it safe by always having a male protagonist, using only them in marketing, and putting the female-only protagonists into side games and comics (Yet Kassandra was a way better choice in Odyssey, aside from the Olympics incident).

[@holylight17]

Yeah they could have made yasuke a badass NPC/ally to naoe. Instead of a dumb tank character that no one's gonna use.

[@ezpz_183]

Yeah, or they could do something similar to Syndicate. That would be more fun/less offensive than this

[@bennorrell6411]

So Ubisoft saw Ghost of Tsushima and thought “let’s do this, but with way less fun.”

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

Ghost of Tsushima isn’t fun.

[@bennorrell6411]

@ that’s a fair take. But I still think GoT was a 10/10.

[@cezarstefanseghjucan]

@ Solid design doesn’t mean perfection. The game is barebones in many areas.

[@bennorrell6411]

@@cezarstefanseghjucan again. Your opinion is fine. Just stating mine.

[@skullknight4579]

13:40 our first black main mc and there isn't any consequences for killing civilians?

[@EM-zw4bj]

he's living the dream

[@ItaIakinho]

@@RogueCityDynastyLos Angeles reality

[@olofman300]

Don't forget Adewale and Bayek though ;)

[@willproctor6655]

hat tip to you lol

[@justateddybear951]

@@olofman300 don't compare them to this lol

[@jcorpac]

Yasuke sounds like he would make more sense as a quest NPC, or even as an antagonist and a boss. The person he was based on would have had authority from and been tied to a major warlord. It doesn't sound like Ubisoft did anything with that and just made him a tank.

[@viotyers]

I'm thinking he might be a Templar. That's why he's so out of place; physically and storywise.

[@lastbeer]

Yasuke missions would be perfect as DLC side story. But... Brownie points are brownie points...

[@jcorpac]

@@viotyers That might make sense, or maybe he defects from his Templar master during the Honno-ji temple incident where the real Yasuke stops showing up in history. Those don't help him feel like he fits in gameplay-wise though. The physical combat in an AC game is usually a failure state after you've lost the advantage of stealth.

[@flataffect]

@@lastbeerlol it’s not brownie points when people find the gameplay to be shitty.

[@markgraham5971]

The character was completely fictional. Yes, there was an african slave in Japan. That is all. Nothing else about it is in any way real.

[@LX6R_Alexander]

I dont understand why Ubisoft just doesnt want to keep one female character as the protagonist. Nobody needed Yasuke. I watched a bit of their livestream and sadly I felt everything that Skill Up just said...

[@Megaman231122]

Because they did that for the last two games as an option and the same vocal minority shitting on Ubisoft for including Yasuke were shitting on Ubisoft for including the female option. Ubisoft trying to appease sale numbers and if the loudest people say they hate that, they will listen to a degree. Shadows feels like it is trying to appeal to everyone and impressing no one

[@Gilbeast]

Not to be that guy but there is clearly a reason why they tacked on Yasuke. It shows on just how tacked on he was, basically an afterthought except for one thing. I am fine with it, but make a good game if you are going to.

[@LX6R_Alexander]

@@Megaman231122 Like they always do, they never learn. Stop trying to please everyone and please noone in the process. Do one thing but do it right.

[@BainesMkII]

For whatever reason, Yasuke blew up on popularity a few years ago. A couple of Hollywood studios planned to make movies about him, Netflix released an animated series, he was in videogames like Nioh and Samurai Warriors 5. Beyond that, something that really shouldn't set off the political mobs that it does, "black samurai". It's not a surprise that Ubisoft would make Yasuke a major figure in AC: Japan.

[@LordMuzhy]

Because they want to insert black people into everything

[@jonlava173]

Yasuke sticks out like a sore thumb. He is a lumbering grizzly bear dressed in ridiculous gaudy armor, running around, smashing through doors and walls, indiscriminately and brutally bashing in skulls with a giant iron club like a thug, openly in the streets of historic Japan.

[@romofin]

Blatant ass dog whistles you got there...

[@markmurphy3462]

Yasuke can only barge his way through walls, destroy the environment and fight people. Oh and theres hip hop music playing when he does so. Where have I seen this before?

[@Jjcbgoat]

Opinion on Candace Owens?

[@BasementPepperoni]

At the McDonalds down the street?

[@Jay.Taylor]

Knew there'd be a racist loser down here somewhere

[@michaeljamesm]

it’s almost like games have in-game soundtracks dependent on when action starts or to build atmosphere

[@mspoints4fre123]

​@@michaeljamesmit's almost like you purposely skipped the hip hop part

[@kylelangford5643]

I feel like the soul of assassin’s creed was lost around the time they started the mythology trilogy. I can appreciate certain areas where they return to roots, but it just doesn’t feel the same

[@Shapershift]

The soul died along with Desmond. There was a last breath with Black Flag, but that's it.

[@lukkkasz323]

When they killed Desmond

[@coolguyinc.1555]

Yeah once they started the mythology and added all those power level elements it was over

[@caldale4941]

It's a classic modern gaming example of a developer NOT leaning further into what made them great and what they were good at. Many developers could learn a lot by looking at Japanese developers who focus more on refining their games iteratively over generations.

[@avery5446]

​@@lukkkasz323 RIP subject 17

[@sebastiancardoso]

Do you hear that? That's the sound of both Ubisoft's creativity and stock hitting rock bottom.

[@juleswinnfield1246]

there is some creative stuff in the game that he didn’t talk about

[@andystegall7407]

So basically Ghost of Tsushima was the AC game set in feudal Japan people wanted and this game is going to flop hard by virtue of being worse at everything GoT did

[@ArariaKAgelessTraveller]

While costing more

[@adrianorlowski6647]

Who would have EVER assumed that a GIANT TOWER of a man wouldn't suit the Assassin's Creed game? Wow...

[@BamfIamone]

I mean I was a giant tower of a man in Valhalla and it was ok

[@Snarbles]

@@BamfIamone evoir is not a giant towering man wtf

[@BamfIamone]

@Snarbles how is he not? Just cause he can't bash through concrete?

[@Snarbles]

@ homie he wasn't that tall, yesuke is the same model for ubisoft for honor tanks. I am not a yesuke hater but lets be real here he's giant

[@Omar411269]

@@BamfIamone per the lore Connor Kenway from AC3 is supposed to be a hulk of a man and his animation set even shows him huff a bit as he runs. The alpha footage of AC3 showed a much more lithe and slender main character.

[@darkness2160]

In Ac odyssey killing innocents puts a price on ur head that other mercenaries can claim I wish they bought that back

[@itsty-ler]

Basically every AC game had negative consequences from civi killing, most did the 'kill too many you desync' but aye, some just sicced the law after you. Weird that here there's just no downsides or effect

[@vashSJ]

I love that mechanic, I have other modern AC games Valhalla, Odyssey and Origins but Odyssey is the only one I enjoyed so far. Origins is boring and story is dragging af, haven't played Valhalla but i heard the map is ginormous.

[@guatonqlcancer7751]

They can't, Warner Bros trademarked that mechanic.

[@POSlTlVE_EDGE]

An AC protagonist that can't climb up the ubisoft tower? What's next? Jason in GTA6 won't be able to drive cars?

[@ltheabyssl]

It will be the woman that can't drive cars obviously

[@guitaripod]

the fact you can just massacre everyone without consequences is shocking... Ubisoft is done.

[@blinkq_530]

clear blind hate from you nothing more

[@cowel8734]

​@@blinkq_530You're just triggered for no reason

[@zacretzer]

Shame I was hoping this would be a surprise but looks like my expectations were appropriately set low.

[@chettlar212]

Ehhh keep in mind quite a lot of other people were vibing with it. Sometimes Skillup goes against the grain and he's totally right like with dragon age, but other times he goes against the grain when it doesn't make a whole lot of sense like with resident evil village. It just depends.

[@GhostMW184]

From one reviewer? Christ

[@benpoke]

​@@GhostMW184a few actually

[@MrWizardGG]

It still looks fun to me. And I think it's actually good devs got extra time to improve it. Makes me think the middle and end received extra attention.

[@NeutralGuyDoubleZero]

Save your money for ghost of yotei, it's coming sooner anyway

[@heretustay]

On my first ever Ghost of Tsushima playthrough now, and all this is making me think is that GoT does all this better

[@anthonypirlo3052]

'GoT' has been used to mean Game of Thrones so often that I had to read your comment twice before I realised what you said lol.

[@RyanG0899]

Yep. Not only does it do basically everything better, it's also 5 years old and on sale.

[@xeroeddie]

​@@RyanG0899Can you climb buildings better in GoT than in AC?

[@Meowtro]

Why is Ubisoft allergic to writing compelling and interesting characters?

[@StNerevar76]

They could offend someone. Despite being french they do games mostly with a sector of the usa in mind. I'm only surprised it's taking so long for people to burn out of it all.

[@null40404]

Because the writers are woke activists and not good writers. The protagonists of the last 3 games are canonically female, yet they never had the balls to market the games with a female protagonist. Here they've just decided to gimp the male option by making him useless.

[@dudebruh8534]

Why write a good story that appeals to a majority of gamers when you can cater to a very specific minority that's loud as heck on twitter?

[@EmilyKimMartin]

​​​@@null40404You are aware that the people greenlighting this are the out of touch, rich men in charge/investing in the company, right? You all like to throw the term "woke" around like a buzzword but this is literally a side effect of old men looking for maximum profit thinking the vocal minority on Twitter are the ones that actually consume the games.

[@lochlannach7]

Because they hire activists with agendas instead of writers with talent.

[@Revampyremetal]

Still blows my mind that IGN called resident evil 5 racist because a white guy kills black zombies But are fine with Yasuke slaughtering innocent Japanese server women

[@blinkq_530]

because only white can do wrong according to ign

[@Dex2024]

Sums up their mindset mate

[@Uhhhhheahh]

How long ago did that happen a, decade ago? Do the writers who even wrote that article still work there, this games gonna be trash but not because of your race baiting angle,

[@chrisbartelo4636]

Actually they didn't say that. The review is archived so anyone can see for themselves.

[@Revampyremetal]

@ they did , but I’m specifically referring to them talking about why a remake would be problematic. That’s available too

[@fatalradius]

The female ninja would have been fine alone. So silly they added a samurai. We already have so many samurai games.

[@tinyrainbow0505]

Ubisoft has alsway been cowards when it comes to female protag, the writers nudged players towards the female choise in Valhalla and Odyssey, but somehow they half assed it every time with non-choices

[@MR3D_dev_archive]

Interesting he had more fun playing the actual Assassin character than the ARPG generic character because this is an AC game. I am surprise how Ubisoft didn't see that.

[@MaliciousK]

Good lord. Seeing Yaskue pickup a green rarity kanabo off the corpse of a random dude that he hacked at for 40s without even bending down, or anything, decided my purchase for me. That seems fucking GRIM.

[@rigbone3587]

I've have never had this reaction before, but something about his combat just seems.. gross. Like actually not cool. I'll just play the new ninja gaiden 2 remake instead, it's had phenomenally visceral combat that doesn't feel gross in a bad way, and none of the bloat. This looks actually awful lol

[@dredlycan9664]

Well, after the quadruple A experience Skull and Bones, it was all bound to be downwards from there.

[@le_fancy_squid]

Where do you go once you reach the top?

[@twalker5801]

Imagine my shock that Ubisoft doesn’t make good games anymore!

[@AfterAttackTV]

13:46 actually so crazy you can do this and there are zero consequences lmao

[@FuzFuz]

Not really. Samurais could kill civilians with some degree of impunity.

[@majimasimp]

@@FuzFuz Probably not the entire village without repercussions though lol

[@acuilnos]

13:46 Thanks Ubisoft for showing everyone how you really feel about Japan and its people.

[@celestialx8]

So call a George becomes a justice in Japan by murdering inoccent people lives 😂 he is the worse than nobunaga

[@celestialx8]

So call a George becomes a justice in Japan by murderiiiing inoccent people lives 😂 he is the worse than nobunaga

[@Kurogane3]

So basically you're straight up sabotaging yourself if you play as Yasuke.... Also, watching the other videos, the voice acting during this part of the game sounds exceptionally emotionless...

[@Z0ULD]

i played every AC game as christmas tradition, but after Valhalla they lost me and its gonna take a lot to get me back

[@cloudbloom]

AC2 really hooked me and 3 is one of my favorite open world games ever. But i think they really lost their charm around Unity and Syndicate, i tried Odyssey and it was so overwhelmingly mediocre and bloated i just gave up on the series entirely (i should say i gave up after Unity but i tried Odyssey in the hopes that it was good, but was very let down). Anyway i don't think they will change their formula any time soon so I'll just skip AC games entirely

[@MrWizardGG]

Odyssey bought them many many many more chances in my book. I loved Odyssey despite not liking Origins or Valhalla

[@bricktop.]

Yeah Odyssey for me was simply fantastic, loved that game. Valhalla was just too much tbh, I'm not convinced to this day that I actually managed to finish the base game.

[@smartyggyt1231]

Look into kingdom come deliverance

[@THEONETRUEOVERLORD]

This will be a great 5$ game

[@THEONETRUEOVERLORD]

Just kidding I probably wouldn’t even play this on gamepass. I tired other modern AC games and I hated them.

[@mrmacju1530]

Yeah... imagine having two main characters who are both fully-fledged assassins but the other one focuses slightly more on stealth and the other is more of a brawler. Oh wait, I think I just described AC Syndicate.

[@jeremyt5905]

Ghosts of Tsushima was one of the only games I’ve truly 100%d. I find it very unlikely that Shadows will inspire with same kind of staggering beauty, polished combat, and wonderful story.

[@ryanadams2671]

Let’s be honest here, Literally the ONLY reason they tried to do a feudal Japan era game was because Ghost of Tsushima is beloved in the gaming community and they wanted to ride its coat tails. They fumbled hard though and it isn’t a fraction of the game that is.

[@jaxsonburch-eo1vz]

I’m pretty sure this game was already in development by the time ghost came out. So that’s not really the case.

[@angrypapibeuns]

Everyone has wanted an AC game in Japan for years

[@mercylavigne]

@@jaxsonburch-eo1vz Nope

[@HonduranMegatron]

Well…..it was nice knowing you Ubisoft, sort of

[@nicknevco215]

Fitgirl has to get this

[@aboveaura4817]

Ehh Valhalla was the best selling AC game, even if the game is bad it wont mean anything. People are braindead.

[@HonduranMegatron]

@ point taken, games like Madden that are literally just the same game with a tiny bit of parsley sprinkled onto it still sell well

[@_Rick___Grimes_]

honestly i feel like Ubisoft has been cheeks for a while, as much as i like far cry 5, 6 sorta ruined everything good 5 had going for it, and outlaws just seems boring as hell, i feel like ubisofts last 5-6 years of releases have been pretty lackluster

[@HonduranMegatron]

@ I feel ya, 5 was honestly the last good Far Cry for me, New Dawn was ok, but 6 felt like a goddamn sweatshop

[@F0XRunner]

Ubisoft is going to go out of business.

[@jeji5860]

Ubisoft motto "Copy & paste"

[@stedz2000]

and then strike for a bit

[@iggswanna1248]

@@stedz2000 and then teach you about racial equality and gender fluidity

[@skaetur1]

Farcry 16

[@sandro-of9fq]

Copy & Paste & Time savers

[@chintoki]

@@stedz2000 Well they are French.