The Assassin's Creed Shadows Situation is Worse than you Think

[@Mugthief]

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[@markusmao6430]

The Ubisoft than made incredible game back in the day is long dead. Now they only have feminist and LGBTQ people running everything top to bottom. All the talented male game devs are ALL GONE!

[@SolStone]

You grossly overestimate the number of "great talent I'm sure they've retained some of".

[@alexispryde5415]

i dont know why this is so hard for you to grasp ...i'll try to help ... Step 1 : Remove your personal opinion from the position of everyones opinion Step 2 : Realize that the wider croud dictates the flow not your personal opinion Step 3 : realize your own personal view is 1 vs millions The Answer: - people dont want to play someone elses politics in game form = presense of politics in the game will repulse those ppl -people see force diversity as a flat out insult by casting a race or gender as feebel requiring a hand out to survive or prosper -people want quality if the game is ment to be factual then do so if not then say so but dont repackage a lie and sell it as truth - people do not want nor trust paying for a game to then have it not only editable at any time gut also that it is not owned on top of not being finished. these are the main reasons but there are more you should have been able to see it all at a glance Note : NOTHING is too big to fail it only takes time before the players leave losing trust... name recodnission only works once

[@odeball22]

No i want them to fail they will not change its time for new.

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

As Brit. I couldn’t care less about this Assassin Creed Shadow I’d prefer playing Syndicate during Queen Victoria Era. Rule Britannia ! The little extra along with it. You get to play the bloody WW1 campaign

[@MisterNightfish]

I am happy to report that just as the CEO requested, I am still exceedingly comfortable not owning any recent ubisoft games.

[@stripedrajang3571]

😂

[@nadtz]

Wasn't the CEO but I feel the same, I'm very happy to not own their games.

[@noodles9345]

Crazy how even legitimate youtubers fell for or continue to spread that misquoted and misrepresented line about not owning games. Anything to continue the hate narrative and keep the views coming in I guess.

[@stripedrajang3571]

@noodles9345 , well, a high level representative of Ubisoft did say that, that gamers should be comfortable about not owning games. So it isn't misrepresented nor made-up.

[@nadtz]

@@noodles9345 The thing is Ubisoft kind of did this to themselves. Between anti consumer practices of different flavors and putting out arguably mid games for however long they made it easy for the quote to be twisted the way it has. In a sense Tremblay was correct in what he was saying (you can point to streaming tv/movie and music services as an example) in another it was exactly the wrong time to say it.

[@TrueCicero]

The overwhelmingly major reason some people prefer single player games is specifically because they are not constantly bugging you for your attention. You are not harassed with constant pop ups trying to twist your arm into getting battle passes, season passes, or showcasing new skins, crossovers, or MTX sales. I prefer single player games because they are games, not virtual storefronts bombarding you with advertisements.

[@priestofthighs3013]

I like it when games have just a touch of online like persona 5 or nier, where it feels like you are playing the game as a community if that makes sense

[@ghiffaribara2949]

Secondly, due to this we know they'll divert their resources and focus toward this kind of stuff instead of the main core of the game, polishing it, fixing bugs, or making a big meaningful update or dlc that expands the game in large degree (I personally like if the game dev producing a great dlc than battle passes, skins)

[@khonsenwright4986]

I also like them because I do not require an internet connection to play them then. However now I have to boot up a launcher, wait for it to log me in, realize they logged me off, write in my acc info, wait for it log me in, find my game, and only then I can finally play it. Honestly, by then I already lost some of the mood to play the god damn game

[@stevec6228]

Completely agree with you 👍

[@time2play961]

So... Like the AC franchise? I never got any pop ups in the game or cared about the buyable skins

[@JamieJGJ]

Ubisoft: "Wanna see my stock drop after creating what should be a high profile succesful game?" "Wanna see me do it again?"

[@realityvanguard2052]

Perhaps we should make the main character a female? Flopped oh well. Perhaps we should make the main character a black guy? Flopped? Gamers fault. Perhaps we should make the main character a black guy and a female...

[@MrLowFrame]

​@@realityvanguard2052you might have predicted the next ubisoft game.... Well if they live long enough to release another game

[@thagomizer8485]

​@@MrLowFrameno, that's the main characters of AC Shadows

[@Ghost9507]

@@realityvanguard2052dont forget to make him gay too 😂

[@arclite4213]

"It is even funnier the second time !"

[@fr0ck360]

Ubisoft CEO should feel “comfortable” with their stock plummeting

[@captainthunderbolt7541]

Yves Guilmot should feel comfortable with not owning Ubisoft!

[@ozlantern4707]

Bring more girls to the compagny

[@Willyoustandintheend]

@@ozlantern4707they did and soon none of them will have jobs and with that company on their resume their future in the industry are done

[@RulerX.]

I WANT Ubisoft to fail. They are not what they used to be and it shows. Their predatory money practices and their overall failure in gaming is embarrassing.

[@imALazyPanda]

Its a shame in a lot of ways, when i was in highschool ubisoft was almost a stamp of innovation and quality. The first AC and the ezio saga were amazing for their time. Farcry 2 is still one of my favoirte games and at the time was incredibly innovative, both in setting and gameplay(gotta remember this was like peak WW2 shooter era). R6 vegas and Vegas 2, i spent so many nights with my friends in a lan setup in someones basement playing terrorist hunt. Now i havent even considered buying a ubisoft game in probably 8 years or more, last one was blackflag.

[@cattrucker8257]

This is the sad part. There is just nothing to make wake up anymore. Because there is nothing to wake up anymore, the life that was there, the Ubisoft that Mug and we remember from our younger years does not exist anymore, it's died and decomposed and now there's just mold on the bones passing for "life".

[@realityvanguard2052]

They won't fail. A chinese company will either buy them, or all of their properties. Ubisoft can be saved and turned around, a Chinese subsidiary company cannot. All of the problems Ubisoft is having stems from the woke mind virus, a strange perspective on the world, which China perpetuated heavily through tiktok in the west, for some reason... If you haven't noticed, wokeness has infected all of western pop culture, politics, and news and entertainment media. Which have all begun to collapse. Whether through coincidence, or intention, it doesn't seem to matter because the end result is the same. This is how China wins Civilization. A cultural victory.

[@scottsutton140]

The only people who don't want them to fail are the shills who earn a living of them.

[@BkBk-gy6vr]

Can't wait for this game

[@SchmokinJoe]

People shouldn't feel loyal to a mega-corp. Ubisoft isn't a person. And the people who poured their creativity into the games we love all left years ago. The executives who run these companies don't create anything and they're counting on your loyalty to their brand when they cut costs and fire the hard working people who DO create the high-quality things we love. They're hoping no one will notice when they bring in a new team to stand on the shoulders of those who came before and pump out a passionless product for the masses to consume. "Don't question why the quality is stagnant or worse, just consume our product and prepare for next product!!!"

[@Otazihs]

I can't agree with this enough. NEVER give your loyalty to a corporation. Loyalty only benefits them, not you. To them you are just a number, that's it. The second you think giving them loyalty is to your benefit is the day you are okay with buying shit products at higher prices because "loyalty" and "name brand".

[@TheAdarkerglow]

I was going to say that when he mentioned Far Cry 3; that was a part of Ubisoft and that part is gone. The company as it exists has been resting on laurels that people who no longer work there earned for so long they don't even know why they were given those accolades or why people enjoyed those games.

[@ReigoVassal]

Loyalty is two way street. Just like trust

[@Dzaandry]

Ubisoft games have never been good. I remember playing AC1, it was absurdly bad. 20 enemies would surround me and attack one at a time, dying to a counter. All other enemies would just stand there looking at the execution of their friend, waiting for their turn. It was horrendous. Chaos theory was probably the only decent game made by Ubisoft, everything else is trash.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Shadows appears to be the best ac game ever. Clearly that hasn’t happened with Ubisoft quebec

[@YanChose]

Why would anyone bother with that game when Ghost of Tsushima is on PC (and on sale !)

[@Juanguar]

I had to pirate it because Sony won’t sell it where I live but I was willing to pay for it Now as for AC I won’t even bother pirating it lmao same as Valhalla

[@planescaped]

I'd rather replay Way of the Samurai 3 or 4. Miss that series.

[@bencarlson4300]

I just bought that, but I’m in the middle of a Divinity 2 co-op campaign with a friend and I’m pretty deep into Deadlock as well, so it may be awhile. Meanwhile, the friends I have that have loved AC games in the past as recently as Odyssey are not even considering Shadows. There’s just so much better stuff out there.

[@khangho4167]

*And free

[@james849]

Ghost of Tsushima isn't like Shadows?

[@uservl7di9ti5y]

As well as the confusion between China and Japan, AC Shadows is a game that represents a distorted, strange, and impossible Japan overall. For example, if Japanese experts really existed, they would not tolerate such an insane and outrageous act as designing a chrysanthemum crest on Nobunaga's castle. Treating the chrysanthemum crest lightly like that is equivalent to stamping the national flag with your shoes and burning it. Ubisoft disdains copyrights of other countries, disdains culture, tradition, and history, and disdains the Japanese, but ironically, they are so fundamentally uninterested in Japan that they don't understand or even try to understand what is insulting to us Japanese. That's why even though we Japanese are furious, they keep repeating rudeness and insults, making us even more angry.

[@abeeocta2599]

They also use Buddha statue that cannot be use in media like film or video game because its protected

[@adragonoflight]

Black on Asian crime is a major problem in the USA; in contrast white and hispanic crime against Asians is more or less nonexistant. It's very interesting that the USA-based Ubisoft created an extravagantly budgeted huge triple-A game based on the concept of black on Asian crime, as if this is completely normal and expected. Is this woke cultural imperialism?

[@uvicjames]

This is a company that portrayed Ancient Greece as full of Indians. The Japanese are just the latest victim.

[@Darkstar-se6wc]

In the DEI hierarchy, Asians are considered “white adjacent” so cultural insults are therefore the next thing to virtuous. Welcome to the party, pal! :)

[@ayszhang]

It is absolutely disgusting. I'm not surprised different Asians are uniting against this abhorrent design

[@davada123]

I always felt like Ubisoft viewed Abstargo as wishful thinking for themselves.

[@Someone-lg6di]

Look at real world portions of 4 and rogue

[@davada123]

@@Someone-lg6di I got super bored of Connor in 3 and sailing in black flags and never got off the first island in Odyssey. Ezio + Altair and Desmond was all great but after that lost the fuck out of me.

[@ericmantovani1835]

Yes, the ceo expounded their opinion about the gamers reaction to AC3.

[@Poppa_Capinyoaz]

And if they didn't see the irony in it, then that's even funnier than watching them die.

[@FuckedupSplicer]

Me too. Too easy to see the similarities.

[@whinegummi6329]

One could only hope people won't be sheep and let Ubisoft crash as hard as possible

[@AlphaMachina]

I'll grab the game when it's cracked. That's about it, though. Because I think no matter what, I'll still enjoy the game. I enjoyed Origins, Odyssey and Valhalla, though Valhalla not as much. I think I'll probably enjoy this game about as much as I did those. That being said, Ubisoft needs to learn a lesson here, they need to learn their place. And units sold need to be low for them to learn that lesson.

[@ericjoestar1065]

@@AlphaMachina that's called brainrot. enjoying such boring and lifeless games isn't normal.

[@jumi9342]

​@@ericjoestar1065Stop gatekeeping

[@DemoNinja79]

Well the Japanese gamers surely are.

[@wilsonng7554]

Ubisoft Discriminates Against Hiring Males I hope every Male must not to buy any ubisoft product

[@aquapendulum]

AC Infinity aka Animus Hub is the most blatant example of milking a franchise dry.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

It hasn’t even launched yet. And I ask you how a free, modern ac story is milking a franchise dry?

[@aquapendulum]

@@ApsmneShsbshu The fact that Ubi have a dedicated launcher for Assassin's Creed is a promise that a lot more AC games are coming to justify the launcher's existence. And each will have microtransactions like every mainline AC title starting from Unity (2015).

[@squiddokez]

Why i skip the game i just got ghost of tsushima on pc instead it got boths stealth and samurai in one character and i played the game before on ps its pretty good and kinda the true japan ac in a way

[@AC-hj9tv]

​@@squiddokezyea but muh black samurai man

[@Azerkeux]

I am extremely comfortable not owning any ubisoft games

[@brkenppt2222]

*recent games, in the past ubisoft used to make good games :)

[@powerbeard5653]

if they can make a Star Wars game flop, they can make anything flop

[@courier6640]

Tbf, Star Wars isn't what is used to be. Rogue One, Andor, the Games, the Prequels, and OT are breaking their backs carrying the Sequels and Shows.

[@straylite5611]

I am really enjoying SW Outlaws 😬

[@bradleye660]

Absolutely loved Andor. Super underrated show. I hope it’ll get renewed for a second season! ❤️

[@treyfolkmen7942]

@@straylite5611 as Migthief said, you can actually enjoy SWO, but only if you haven't played any really good games before.

[@michaelcarl79]

I didn’t play that because it didn’t look like I can be a Jedi or sith

[@aspicboat]

>I do not want ubisoft to fail I do not share that sentiment

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

Their failure is inevitable anyway. They haven’t live and learn their l'Essonne Ubisoft would be really soft in the next years

[@a_lost_one]

Games that want to hold you in place in perpetuity and milk you as a live service... I call them 'hamster wheels.'

[@gelinrefira]

I call it the "inevitable consequences of capitalism" but your example rolls off the tongue much better.

[@a_lost_one]

@@gelinrefira So there's no other economic model that needs to make money? It isn't capitalism - it's not having to come up with a new idea for a game. It's sheer laziness.

[@gelinrefira]

@@a_lost_one well the problem is that capitalism incentivize profit maxmization, not maximizing productive forces for social good. So as long as a scheme can make a capitalist more money, they will do it even if it will eventually destroy everything. That's why it is an inevitable consequence of capitalism to ruin everything beside making profits. It has nothing to do with making money itself.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Assassins creed isn’t a live service game

[@a_lost_one]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Always-on Internet connection ✅ Microtransactions ✅ Battle Pass FOMO BS ✅ DLC ✅ Right.

[@ATXAdventure]

I don't want to play a white samurai, or a or a black samurai, I want to play a Japanese samurai because I want to emmerse myself in the time, place, history, culture, and story that the game is going to provide. Im not even going to bother with the game because the character will break me out of the story and remind me that I am playing an agenda every time I see him.

[@andthe4010]

exactly why I won't even give it a chance... they are disrespecting an entire culture and civilization by pushing a political agenda and it's fucking stupid. so tired of this shit in games, black women on the front lines of ww2, black men as samurai in feudal japan, it's just beyond fucking stupid to have these things in products marketed as historical. market them as fantasy, fiction, whatever, because that's what they are. the word "historical" should not even be allowed to be used to describe games that warp history so drastically. Black people were not involved in creating European or Asian culture, why is that fact such a problem for so many people?!?!? If I was playing Assassin's Creed Abyssinia and they gave me a white guy to play as I would say the same shit, like what the fuck, these people were black.

[@jayl5032]

Big true. Mono-Cultures exist, *new diversity, is a shit concept.

[@legendofsaig]

Oh boohoo okay ghost of Tsushima or Sekiro then and stop fucking complaining gah damn

[@ObsidianFane]

Yah yah....that's cool and all but there is historical record of like one black guy that maybe existed at the time and like were gonna make it so.hes like a high ranking samurai and stuff and you get to play as him because like you know these stories need to be told because like this is probeeally what happened let's be honest

[@ATXAdventure]

@@ObsidianFane Thousands of years of Japanese culture and we have to pick the single guy who may have existed (The guy who reported that he existed is a known liar and fabricator of history) in order to push an agenda.

[@SnipingIsFun]

Red flags in Assassins Creed Shadows: 1. Using an historical person as a main character. 2. Using a main character not from the culture and region. 3. Use of Chinese building structure in Feudal Japan. 4. Ubisoft stealing a flag from an army recreational group. 5. Hip hop music playing when Yasuke fights. 6. Ubisoft working with Sweet Baby Inc AGAIN. 7. Yasuke not acting like a Samurai in battle. 8. Yasuke being treated as a God when everyone is just bowing to him. 9. Ubisoft being involved with the edits around Yasuke on Wikipedia. 10. Ubisoft using Chinese Mandarin in the Kanji in a game set in Feudal Japan. 11. The pushing of LGBT stuff into the game (which also makes no sense in the realm of the animus). 12. Ubisoft working with a writer whose main "prominent" work is about monks being in relationships with young boys. 13. Ubisoft stealing the katana of Zoro from One Piece for Yasuke. 14. Not wiping blood off the katana before sheathing it. 15. Ubisoft got the seasons wrong. 16. Samurai wouldn't be walking around with their armor on at all times. Also the double standards media has to glorify Yasuke killing a bunch of Japanese people yet these same people attacked the likes of RE5. The double standards also continue with the people praising this game, a game that doesn't pay 100% correct tribute to Japan, were the ones attacking Ghost Of Tsushima, which did try to be as accurate as possible, simply because it was made an entirely European team. Those devs did their research. Ubisoft did not.

[@Blueslyfox]

I’m only going to tackle few of these points that I even consider valid. 1. So little is known about Yasuke and his disappearance that he makes a perfect character for an assassin and he’s super malleable due to not knowing much about him in real life’s 2. That’s fine, you don’t play as a native of the Caribbean when playing black flag, nor when you play Ezio when he’s Turkey and surprise he’s not Turkish or from there. 7. What is acting like a Samurai because there’s plenty of brutal shit samurai didnt have. Shouldn’t Yasuke not fighting like a samurai be accurate too? He’s not been one very long and it’s a video game so they’re going to make the violence flashy and shocking. 8. Bowing does not equal treating someone as a god, relax. 9. just like how everyone else also ran to discredit Yasuke with equally false statements? Like saying he was Nobunaga’s slave, when there is no evidence of that. 11. How is it pushing LGBT stuff in the game? Gay people existed during those times, and theyre just giving you the option to pursue a gay romance if you wanted. You don’t have to do it at all. Also what doesn’t make sense in the realm of the animus? You fucked women as Ezio in the animus 14. this is a nitpick and you’ve made several other nitpicks. Did you also care that the bushido code Jin uses in ghost of Tsushima didn’t even exist during his time period? 16. it’s a video game and samurai in all video games walk everywhere with their armor so it doesn’t matter that Yasuke does in this video game. Ezio also dressed as pointy hood white and red assassin everywhere he went which probably made things a lot harder. Then your last paragraph Yasuke is killing Templars. Chris Redfield was killing infected. Also the backlash to Yasuke killing Japanese Templars is 1000% worse than resident evil 5 backlash. Every re5 video you go on nobody is talking about race or Chris killing Africans. Yet every video on this someone is just ignorantly saying hur dur Yasuke killing Japanese when it’s way more complex than that. Ezio was killing Turkish people. Tf?

[@rickyhart4715]

​@@Blueslyfoxit will be funny when hardly anyone buys this trash. I wonder if you'll be attacking people online for not liking it? Most people don't like it. Fact. End of discussion. It will fail, and unless you plan on buying 20 million copies, there's nothing you can do about it.

[@Blueslyfox]

@@rickyhart4715 How do you know it will fail? It has a shit ton of pre orders already and no I’m attacking the lame brain logic you guys are using with your anti woke mentality. It’s just dumb.

[@Blueslyfox]

@@rickyhart4715 Gotta love how extreme you guys are too like dude you’re not preventing chaos from invading our reality. Wait for the damn game to come out. I hated the last 2 ACs and anyone who says otherwise is capping. It has single handedly introduced actual stealth to the AC series compared to the barebones excuse AC used to call stealth. That enough for me as a stealth game lover is gonna make me get this game.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

You copy and pasted this onto a different video. Most of your points have appeared in other wildly popular assassins creed games. (Black flag, and revelations)

[@dodge9981]

Don't care that they made him a Samurai, I care they made him the hero of Japan, slaughtering real Samurai in droves. We all know why they did it, and it has nothing to do with art.

[@jeffdoeskungfu]

because they unapologetically hate Asian men

[@GLsJAwtomatica]

Please enlighten us, why did they do it?

[@nine9_abyss]

​It's three letters. I'm sure you know it. 🤣🤣@@GLsJAwtomatica

[@ayszhang]

​@@GLsJAwtomaticaThe fact you wrote this passive aggressive message shows you don't really want to know. Sad. Ubisoft wants it both ways. It's historically accurate but it's fiction. It's an homage to Japan, but we used copyright material without permission, desecrate the emblem of the royal family. Which one is it😂 Is he the hero of Japan in this historically accurate portrayal?

[@bigbrain8839]

We stealin horse with this one 🔥🔥🔥

[@realityvanguard2052]

I'm getting extremely used to not owning Ubisoft games.

[@KingSleaze916]

I’m getting extremely used to not liking this overused comment that’s on EVERY Ubislop video

[@ithinkthereforeitalk935]

Who cares?

[@alventuradelacruz522]

I'mhappy with nintendo and elden ring and witcher 3 in my pc

[@disabledhorse6030]

@@ithinkthereforeitalk935 The people that actually want good ac games care

[@wiliestrogue2924]

Wallets closed for DEI.

[@mnopinion]

“Biggest disaster of the year”? In a year with Concord, Dustborn and Starwars Outlaw? Jeeez, that’s bad.

[@billyandwillow7773]

Alll the DEI infested games are just coming to fruition now, after the trend a few years ago. now they're all paying for it. and it's beautiful to watch them fall

[@Mugthief]

I mean, Concord didn’t tank Sony. Shadows COULD tank all of Ubisoft. Year aint over!

[@Axterix13]

"One of the biggest..." Those 3 extra words matter a lot, with Concord in the mix.

[@michaelpettersson4919]

​@@billyandwillow7773Saving themselves will require releasing good woke free games. Thing is that will years of development. They do not have those years. The time to release woke free games I'd NOW. Survival depend on it.

[@zarthemad8386]

and Skull and Bones..... D4 expansion (sales will be less than 20% of the main game)

[@renewagain6956]

"I think wanting Ubisoft to fail is the wrong feeling." No you don't. You understand it's the correct feeling.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Competition is always good for consumers. Wanting less competition is very anti consumer

[@saltysaltmaker3848]

@@ApsmneShsbshu That competition doesn't need to be Ubisoft or anyone like them.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@saltysaltmaker3848 but it is Ubisoft. Ubisoft is cods #1 competition right now. They are competitive in the open world rpg space. Competition is always good.

[@XwhiXteyX]

Why shouldn’t Ubisoft go out of business? Their business model is clearly failing. Their IP will be bought by more competent studios who won’t treat it like toilet paper. Everyone wins.

[@Deadsea_1993]

A massive bidding war would be over Assassin's Creed and Far Cry if that happened as they are too recognizable at this point. I'm trying to think of who could make Assassin's Creed good again ? Possibly THQ Nordic, but I don't see them winning a bidding war against EA or Microsoft. I'd rather Microsoft own this franchise over EA, but I don't see how regulators would allow them anymore properties right now and the fact that Microsoft is also doing badly with their own in house games.

[@Sinner987]

Maybe crytek could get far cry back

[@Willyoustandintheend]

@@Deadsea_1993what makes you think EA will survive they are failing same model too

[@king_dot]

@@Deadsea_1993given what Microsoft did to Halo I don't think I want them to have AC either

[@faboo2001]

Love how they tried to justify having Yasuke in the game by claiming it's "historically accurate", and have it blow up in their face by having people nitpick every other inaccuracies with the game.

[@Kosithegod]

We all know the reason for the yasuke backlash. I doubt 99% of the fan base know or care much about Japanese culture/history beyond anime. Wanna prove me wrong, name any other historical inaccuracy that's gotten this much attention in AC history.

[@faboo2001]

@@Kosithegod Yes, we all know why there's such a backlash: casting a minority as one of the main protagonist, probably due to some DEI related reasoning, in a scenario where the characters are already a person of colour. And yes, you are correct that the game is being scrutinized for its historical inaccuracies but that's only because of the initial push from Ubisoft and the media to justify the character choice with that reasoning. They brought it upon themselves, and personally as a Japanese person I love to see it.

[@wolfscareglow2425]

​@@Kosithegodcrossbows and well didint help the fact that yasuke was lied about heavily by a "historian" that was the literal refference for this bs

[@Kosithegod]

@@faboo2001 that's a lot of words to say "cos he's black". He's a person who actually existed in the time period in question with ties to one of the most important people of that era with a vague enough back story and post story to take creative liberties. Besides "he's black" what's the issue?

[@dutchmilk]

​@@Kosithegod This is a stupid comment. Yasuke is not getting hated because it is inaccurate. It is hated because it is literally rewriting the history of other countries and arrogantly telling others who raise up the issue to sod iff.

[@qu1253]

A lot of people I know cancelled their AssCreed Shadows pre-orders after they found out they wouldn't get to play as a Japanese Samurai. EDIT: I love how everyone in this comment thread is automatically assuming racism as the reason people canceled their pre-orders.

[@Darius-scifieart]

And yet none of you cared about Nioh... curious. Almost as if your problem is something a bit more melanin related. If not Then play a game where you can play a japanese samurai. It's not as if there aren't hundreds. Many of them better than any generic Ubisoft slop. Ghosts of tushima for one. Fact is this game would have been trash no matter what color the MC was.

[@bufosp]

​​@@Darius-scifieartbecause Nioh is not Assassin's Creed. how can you not understand this simple matter? jesus as if your brain is just rotten to the core.

[@zarthemad8386]

@@Darius-scifieart the hip/hop/bad rap music in fight scenes is also another large nail in the coffin

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@zarthemad8386modern music is a staple of the franchise. Nothing new to the series. It’s also modern JAPANESE music. Makes complete sense for it to be in the game.

[@Mrhouse-k1x]

​@@Darius-scifieartnioh= ass'assins greed. That's like comparing the boys to marvel movies

[@carbagehealth9634]

Another thing to remember about Ghost of Tsushima ... when you buy it on PC its a complete game AND doesnt even cost full priced, let alone have pricing tiers. The game is pretty well optimized with very minimal bugs, no extra dlc you need to buy, all cosmetics are free in game to earn/unlock, and no grindy progression where you feel pressured to "pay to progress". That in addition to it objectively being a better game thats also more respectful to its "source material". One game is beloved and praised by the japanese population, and the other game is utterly despised by them... it's not a hard choice on which game to play people :P Dont waste your time with ubislop no matter how invested you are in the AC universe!

[@Kung_Fu_Junkie]

I can’t believe how well optimized it is on pc! It’s gotta be one of the best ports I’ve seen

[@luxxy707]

Although it's a samurai game, they did it so good at stealth too.

[@Deadsea_1993]

I honestly think that not even Ubisoft knows what exactly the AC timeline is at this point lmao. They ended AC3 in the worst way possible to where all of the buildup to Desmond's story was squandered. That's why AC 4 had you play as a random descendent to Edward, basically a relative somewhere along the line of Desmond. They were an employee of Abstergo and They were not seen either and this would be the same treatment for all future games, including Liberations.

[@squiddokez]

​@@luxxy707the stealth and bow gameplay is pretty good indeed its basically a spiritual ac in japan in a way

[@casualcausalityy]

This isn't the same Ubisoft, no sympathy

[@castielbrooks8520]

As a black person I do cringe when gamer see a black face and outrage. However, when I see this game I can only think of one reason they’d overlook the legendary Japanese figures from the same time period. To patronizingly tell black people “we did this for you so buy our game”. When I see the shallow generic “plays itself” gameplay I’m only more sure this game owes its existence exclusively to the fact that Ubisoft thought it would market well and not because of any inspired ideas. The company that always paid the price of ambition now cowers from it.

[@Kosithegod]

Maybe they wanted to stand out from a sea of games about those very figures. If everytime there was a samurai themed game it was yasuke I'd understand but literally once was enough to trigger mass controversy... That's suspect imo.

[@disabledhorse6030]

@@Kosithegod ooo yes its so fun to play as a black gay man in japan

[@Kosithegod]

@@disabledhorse6030 are those 10 pixels of brown skin between his kabuto and the top of his face mask really gonna keep you up at night? ...also, dunno how to break it to you but samurai's weren't exactly shy about their zesty activities. Lotta "legendary figures" y'all say you would've prefered were probably taking/giving some serious back shots too. But I guess historical accuracy only matters when it agrees with your personal politics 🤧.

[@Cramblit]

@@Kosithegod You spelled demon wrong at the end of your name.

[@Mortiorchist]

Yeah, same with the LGBT inclusion. They’re not doing it to make the story or characters interesting, they’re doing it because they want a particular demographic’s money and they’re viewing it as an easy wallet-grab because they’re greedy and creatively bankrupt, and it shows with how bad the final product is. Then the minorities get blamed for the game being bad? Ubisoft must be relieved to have some of that blame directed elsewhere.

[@adamjames8419]

AC is like the single player version of Fifa/Madden. No matter how uninspired, tired, copy/pasted and generic the latest offering is, there will always be a large group of people that will buy it.

[@QueenSydon]

Thing is, Football doesn't go out of style, but lame and boring game franchises do

[@zarthemad8386]

@@QueenSydon Football video games have gone downhill since 2012. Blitz was the best no reason to buy the new ones

[@GBM6988]

Funny because nfl doesn't change from year to year

[@Deadsea_1993]

A friend of mine only plays sports games and he and many others have been missing NCAA as they've felt it was superior to Madden in every way. Unfortunately EA has a monopoly on the genre and that's why it has grown stale. They bullied Sega out of competition when they were going under by the time of Dreamcast. Sega used to put out some amazing sports games.

[@123skillax]

Thing is their good titles dont sell their shit titles do, i dont understand how , for example ac valhalla for me is a master piece off a game even though its not really ac , just the game is amazing, but then the crew does good in sales , (for example)

[@NuttachaiTipprasert]

I'm a stealth-genre fan (still playing Hitman 2016 to this day). Yes, the AI can be janky sometimes and that is acceptable. But it is unacceptable when you can solo stormtroopers equipped with blasters and armor using only fists. That cringes so hard. Try that in Hitman and the guard will floor you in 3 seconds max. So, yes. Outlaw failed isn't because of DEI. It's just a bad game in general. And I feel this will be the same for AC Shadow.

[@chronoshin8597]

Games don't become terrible for no reason. DEI forces company to hire incompetent staffs to the job. It is because of this we get a bad games from this company.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Hitman hand to hand combat is actually kindve similar. It’s very easy to knock out gaurds

[@Deadsea_1993]

Outlaws failed because it is both a bad game and DEI. They aren't exclusive.

[@lanefolston12]

@@Deadsea_1993 So in 2020 Ubisoft announced that they wanted to increase the amount of women hired by 2023. So when you say "DEI" are you referring to this?

[@zedetach]

Unfortunately, the Ubisoft that we grew up with is dead because the Ubisoft today is made out of people who are not the most competent at their jobs all thanks to DEI. Just look at how badly coded Star Wars Outlaws was. There is just no way that it would have been that awful back in the golden age when people were hired purely based on competence.

[@Deadsea_1993]

It's funny that in many places we get yelled at constantly with "Equal Opportunities Employer" yet Diversity hiring is a thing. Someone should not have a leg up on Someone just because of their DNA.

[@DeadFishFactory]

There's just something messed up about samurai being overwhelmingly Japanese men and you can't play as both Japanese and male at the same time. It's like they're mocking you.

[@captainnyan-nyan2005]

It's not like they're mocking you. They are mocking you. They hate Asians as much as white men. Because to them with their DEI. Asians are 'white adjacent'. They hate the feeling of made incompetent because they are. They are jealous. They have too much greed and pride.

[@GLsJAwtomatica]

Nope, that's your personality disorder talking

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

There’s so many samurai games. What’s wrong with Ubisoft doing something unique? That’s people main complaint anyway “Ubisoft doesn’t innovate”

[@ellechero2008]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuare you def ?? Innovating in terms of mechanism you fool the amount of non asian samurai can be counted with one single hand and spoiler no black guys in the list

[@yarikistaken]

@@ApsmneShsbshuYes innovation is when black guy lmfao. They’ve been beat to that idea about a million times by now.

[@RealityCheck6969]

I heard that the next Assasin’s Creed game will be in the 15th century Aztec Empire and the main protagonist will be a gay arab muslim who just converted to buddhism and gets taken by ufo-s. I am so excited, I just can’t wait!

[@AlphaMachina]

Sounds like it'll be more fun than Outlaws, at least. Game is boring as f-ck.

[@bjrnjensen9487]

And i have heard that it is based on a historically accurate figure.

[@carlosleyva-calistenia6400]

Mexican here. Weewuzers are already claiming they wuz Olmecs, so this is actually not so far fetched.

[@powerbeard5653]

your example is far too unique and original

[@lsebastian9086]

Honestly that example sounds ironically ausing due of how i feel it sounds over the top. I think if you wanted to make a remark over how out of touch ubisoft was, it could had beeded something that sounded less creative

[@storkkpapi]

Nioh portrayed Yasuke perfectly. This is just DEI cancer.

[@DonkeyFilms]

I miss the days when a new Assassins Creed meant something. Those are long gone and lost.

[@ssszzz8824]

And Far Cry, and Splinter Cell... Long gone and lost, the knowledge and the dev people

[@bencarlson4300]

I wonder if devs and journalists will blame gamers when Ubisoft’s stock price plummets again after Shadows underperforms.

[@FunkyDouch3000]

what do you mean wonder? of course they will. the games media is nothing if not predictable in this.

[@bencarlson4300]

@@FunkyDouch3000 sarcasm

[@FunkyDouch3000]

@@bencarlson4300 fair point.

[@iRemainNameless]

The thing is they don't HAVE that talent anymore. If you look at the staff now, merit based hiring doesn't exist at Ubisoft anymore. They are more interested in activism and progressive policies believing we HAVE to accept THEIR product no matter what because of their name. They WILL fail. Your fondness of Ubisoft is merely in memory only. They are not Ubisoft.

[@gelinrefira]

First, we have no idea what their hiring practices really are. Second, these decisions are not made merely because of "diversity" influence. They are made primarily for maximizing profits which means everything has to be geared towards making money off the players as much as possible. This video literally spelled out the way Ubisoft is trying to monetize single player game to the point of exhaustion. This clearly has nothing to do with "wokism" other than cynical pandering, which against is all about maximizing profits.

[@chomosuke0720]

​@@gelinrefira Hollywood and these kinds of entertainment have been failing for years yet they keep insisting on it. Where's the "maximizing profits" you're talking about? And don't tell me you've not seen the "This isn't for you" and "Don't like it don't buy it" these entitled people spew at their potential customers. You're either extremely ignorant or in denial.

[@gelinrefira]

@@chomosuke0720 You are in extreme denial if you think the executives of these companies do not place profit maxmization as top priority. I'm not ignorant or in denial. It is literally how every large company operates. They do it because they think it will bring in more money. They pander because they believe it will bring in more money.

[@Avertan221]

​@gelinrefira You are completely wrong and have no idea what ur talking about. Ubisoft is trying to have an only female staff, if they don't already. They openly stated they have man-hating seminars. So yes, they do have an agenda they are pushing, and the drastic decrease in the quality of their games is showing. They have become the Disney of the gaming industry.

[@gelinrefira]

@@Avertan221 LOL I think you have been consuming way too much propaganda from other side.

[@Chocula]

Sorry, Mug - but Ubisoft has had YEARS to wake up. They are just reaping what they've sown. Years of begging for a new Splinter Cell game and they stick Sam Fisher in that mobile game that only lasted 3 months on the market. People have been begging for a Japan-based Assassin's Creed since the 360 era and they choose to insult an entire nation's history to virtue signal an audience that never played their games in the first place. The Lost Crown is an absolute banger tho, I'll give you that.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

What about revelations, black flag, and Valhalla. All 3 did the same thing, and sold extremely well.

[@joshchronister2392]

I honestly want Ubisoft to go under I'm sick of their shit

[@TheAurgelmir]

I don't mind that Yasuke is in the game - I question why they made him a protagonist when historical figures tend no to be in main line AC games. What I do mind is that Ubisoft for some reason thought they needed to deliver on the "Samurai Power Fantasy" in a game about stealth and ... assassinations. In a game set in a nation which are famous for two type of warriors... the Samurai and the Ninja... which is the reason players have wanted an AC game in Japan for a long time. I dropped AC after Origin - since the writing was horribad and the gameplay was no longer about stealthing. If I want to play looter RPGs I have better options. I definitively didn't get back into the series when they set a game in my cultural region in Valhalla. Here they seemed to want to make "Vikings the TV show the game" - instead of exploring Norse mythology and the history of Scandinavia. I mean, Norse mythology has the Valkyria - the "chooser of the slain" who decides who goes to Valhalla. Ubisoft has wanted female protagonists for so long it seem, and here you have the perfect historical myth to spinn on. Oh, and why set the story to England? Why not for instance set it to the Christening of Norway? Which was a brutal affair. Olav the Holy would have been an amazing Templar. Long story short: Ubisoft have lost the spark that made AC interesting, and instead want to make bland "set piece" power fantasies.

[@gabrielmagalhaes859]

Finally someone that shares what I've been thinking

[@P.E.K.K.A_Kecik]

And Yasuke is big, like how is he going to parkour around and stealth assassination when the game is about all of that tho. I don't get it like why they can't just make the female protagonist the only one playable characters (she seems cool tho) and make Yasuke a protagonist that help the main character through out the story instead.

[@KoongYe]

I bought Ghost of Tsushima since the steam sale few days ago and I am having so much fun. I don't know why anyone would buy Assassins Creed over GoT.

[@Quasiguambo]

Brother... because it isn't either or... I bought GoT back in the PS4 era... a bloody long time ago. Granted... i've not finished it... because I don't want it to end... it's the ONLY good samurai game THE ONLY ONE! So... that's why I want AC Shadows... I love samurai/ ninja stuff. Rise of Ronin sucked, it doesn't count. I NEED more than 1 good, modern samurai game. For years... the only samurai fantasy I could have, was the 'way of the samurai' series. And that sucked. It was barely a real game. My favourite games back in the Xbox 360 era were Armoured Core, and Tenchu... and both were imperfect games, but the best their genres had to offer. I need more. I am satisfied in terms of this is the best offerings that have ever been. But why have just 1 good samurai game? Why not .... 10? A game (like this) only takes... 30-50hrs after all. Each to their own... for me though, this is the type of game I want the most. 1 is not enough. 2 is not enough. More. I need MOAR! Have a great day.

[@TheSorcerer1]

@@Quasiguambo Why? Are you typing... Like this?... It's so... ... fucking stupid. Rise of the Ronin didn't suck. It was alright, plenty of fun to be had. Assassin's Creed Shadows is riddled with problems, the worst of which is the blatant disrespect towards Japanese history, culture and identity. It's not about us wanting Samurai games anymore, it's about Ubisoft being a dogshit company, rife with anti-consumer practices, sheer and blatant disrespect towards entire nations and ethnicities, and it needs to go out of business. I don't care if I won't get the Japanese Assassin's Creed everyone's been asking for since 2007, because this isn't what anyone wanted. This isn't something you should buy either. Let the game and the company die.

[@king_dot]

I'm an Xbox player so I'm kinda stuck with Assassins Creed, might have to switch to PC

[@supermodestmouse]

i sincerely hope this goes the way of concord. their entire concept doesn't even make sense. your 6'2" only black guy in the entire country is going to do a hit and run and then blend in somewhere? c'mon now. it doesn't even work in the context of the game, historical fiction or not. might as well make him a green alien. it's the same issue. then we get to the actual racist slight of embellishing this figure where they haven't done so for other settings. in odyssey, you were a greek in a greek setting. in valhalla, you were a viking in a viking setting. in origins, you were an egyptian in an egyptian setting. but here we are...setting in japan and they cast a black guy. the ONLY black guy to exist in japan for hundreds of years much less. they should have captain kidd'd him and made him some NPC character you interact with. do your messaging that way. this is nothing more than pandering and racism. Personally, Ive een falling out of interest with the AC series for a while. like you said, same checkbox game, different setting. but now I just don't care. Ghost of Tsushima is the real AC japan. and i hope Ubisoft learns this lesson the hard way. i have zero sympathy for them.

[@kumakell]

According to jesuit records, there was at least one ACTUAL FIGHT trying to get to the front of crowds to see him, and the door of a jesuit residence was broken down! Ain't no way that person would be the choice for an "invisible assassin".

[@Sunbreaker7]

Ubisoft has been at the forefront of anti-consumer tactics. Their influence only threatens to create a bleaker future for gamers, as other companies adopt their harmful methods. The sooner they fall, the better for everyone.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

What anti consumer tactics? Making 1 mission in a 100 hour game release a month late. Is that really anti consumer?

[@Faminetheblack]

Micro transactions Lootboxes 120 dollar editions What a dumb question.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@Faminetheblack the editions are completely optional. There’s no incentive to buy them. And there’s no lootboxes. Micro transactions aren’t anti consumer, they’re the only thing keeping games at $70

[@Faminetheblack]

@@ApsmneShsbshu "Micro transactions aren’t anti consumer, they’re the only thing keeping games at $70" Objectively not true, there are shining examples of the polar opposite, BG3 and space marines both launched at 60 bucks with no microtransactions and have made immense amounts of money "there's no incentive to buy them" ac shadows 129.99 Base games Pre order bonus (incentive) season pass (incentive) 3 day early access (incentive) Ultimate edition (incentive) I don't have the energy or characters to explain why you shouldn't have offspring, but please don't.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@Faminetheblack those are exceptions, not the rule. Everything you mentioned except for the early access, is available for separate purchase, or for free a month or two after launch. The only exclusive in the gold and ultimate editions is the early access.

[@I39393I]

idk whats going on but ubi is acting alot more confused than when i worked there(2016-20 i quit during the flu) if you pay attention to the live service side (R6S) its like they are intentionally killing their game by adding more paid content and cut the seasonal content year after year they are trading reputation for money but the company got such a bad reputation these days no one wants their stuff to begin with

[@Deadsea_1993]

Not to mention that they are a trailblazer for trying to push games to being $200 each at this point with their aggressive pricing strategies from this year alone such as $130 options for Star Wars Outlaws and AC Shadows. This is a bad thing because other companies will start doing the same. We've already gotten an increase to current gen games where in USA the games are $70 each, not including tax, with very little to show for it as quality has gone backwards. $200 a game would be a disaster.

[@Largentina.]

Anyone that thinks AC Shadows looks like a better experience than Tsushima, needs serious psychiatric help.

[@Wintertier]

Maybe someone should tell Ubi that, if your game is good, people will play the game again. Without new content, without DLC. I am a bad example for the casual gamer but I played Botw, totk, elden ring, sekiro, dos2 and BG3 at least 4 times each. And I bought the books, the shirts and shit. Just make a good game that offers people something and people will reward you.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

I mean… Valhalla made a billion dollars.

[@Mrhouse-k1x]

And it launched during a global pandemic​@@ApsmneShsbshu

[@gamerboy6787]

It gives me so much GLEE to see people not letting the Ubi CEO forget that stupid quote he made. And his "AAAA" quote regarding Skull and Bones.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

They did spend like 500 million dollars on that game

[@Gerry484]

I want Ubisoft to fail. They failed to all of us: downgrades, cuted games to be release as dlc, day one shit, 130 premium game edition, woke agenda ...

[@amirgarcia4162]

this is what happens when you create games to "PROVE A POINT" or "FOR PERSONAL AGENDA" for the audience that does not even play the game, we need games that have good story, not games that pushes the writer's "WORLD VIEW"

[@Nocturne989]

I mean with regard to SW Outlaws, given that a lot of folks right now hate Ubi, hate modern Star Wars, and are burnt out on generic open worlds... Are we surprised that the Ubi Open World Star Wars game didn't do well?

[@MetalGearMk3]

I want Ubisoft to fail and go bankrupt, because they are woke company.

[@Kosithegod]

Thanks for being honest. Genuinely wish more people would be upfront about this.

[@alvinite9164]

"I want an entire company to fail and it's employees go jobless because it doesn't follow my personal political values, and im a racist piece of crap waah waah" ahh comment

[@lanefolston12]

@MetalGearMk3 Define "Woke" for me.

[@lanefolston12]

@@alvinite9164 Thanks for being honest. Genuinely wish more people would be upfront about this.

[@Storm7777]

When discussing poor Outlaws sales, I don't think you can ignore all the damage Disney has done to the Star Wars name. It came out fairly soon after the disaster that was The Acolyte. The average person that liked Star Wars but wasn't a super fan is being turned off to the brand.

[@straylite5611]

I think you’ve hit the nail on the head here. I am really enjoying the Outlaws (35hrs in). I think it is suffering from Disney hate. Shame really.

[@Buugipopuu]

I think it shows how far Assassin's Creed has fallen that a series that started with the mission statement of 'showcasing historical periods that don't feature a lot in video games', managed to pick the most overexposed five-year period in 2500 years of Japanese history, and one of the most overexposed periods in gaming as a whole. Either they couldn't be bothered to do any research, or they had no confidence in their ability to sell anything else. ...and even if Ghost of Tsushima didn't exist, Sekiro exists, and Nioh exists, so if the only thing they had going for them was 'high fidelity AAAA ninja game', three different companies have already beaten them to the punch.

[@Quasiguambo]

Ok... I'm tired already even in this 1 comment section... imma give up after this... This game is for me. I love samurai stuff, games etc. Nioh doesn't count. Sekiro doesn't count. Those are fantasy games, in a 'high fantasy' sense. Many inhuman enemies. And also 'soulslike' of course. Do you understand the pretty overt differences there? I am literally not interested in having those experiences AT ALL. For me, what I want out of a samurai/ ninja game. There is ONLY the 'way of the samurai' series, which sucked. (but that I did very much enjoy since the PS2 era BECAUSE THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE)... .... Now we have Rise of the Ronin... which I own... but it doesn't count, it sucks by modern standards... the animations are terrible... graphics are terrible... the era is too late... it just sucks real bad. And we have GoT of course which is awesome and the ONLY. THE ONE. Good samurai/ ninja game. So please.... tell me, what are these games that I desperately want to play, but that I don't know exist? 'Overexposed' you said... how? What games? Tell me? Please? What games did I miss? Where are my good looking samurai fantasy games? Tenchu? Yes, I did enjoy the tenchu games on the PS2, 360 etc... but... they weren't even that great. .... the beginning, the 1st level of Ninja Gaiden? Yes... I played that over and over... after I finished the game, I just kept playing that 1 level AS IT WAS THE ONLY game that could offer that experience... for 1 level... Please. Teach me o wise gamer of infinite knowledge! What are the games I do not know about?! PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD?!!?! (You get the point... I will be legitimately mind blown and grateful if you have some amazing game to teach me about that I did not know about that could provide me with the experience GoT does... I know them all. Nioh and Sekiro absolutely do not count. Those are not the experiences I am looking for) Also I hate you for making me write all this.

[@Buugipopuu]

@@Quasiguambo Well, at least I know you're not a bot, since a bot would likely understand how to use ellipsis. But the number of things you've decided don't count tells me you are extremely spoiled. You have your pick of literally dozens of games and none of them are good enough. I could say Total War or Onimusha, or Shinobido, or Sengoku Basara or Sengoku Musou or Nobunaga's Ambition, but you'll say they don't count either. Do you know how few historical periods as short and localised as the Sengoku Jidai even get one game, let alone enough that you can turn your nose up at multiple entire frenchises? Can you even name one game set in the English Civil War, or the Reconquista, or the Polish-Bohemian War or the Javanese Wars of Succession?

[@TylerKadle]

I'm not sure we played the same game. rise of the ronin was a great game and going back to it recently, counter spark timing, fluidity of movement etc is so much better. Traversal in that game is so much fun too. I think its overall better than shadows can be. I could be wrong but idk I Had a blast with rotr

[@Quasiguambo]

@Buugipopuu Buddy... I don't give a F about any of those nonsense historical periods you mentioned. I don't care, at all. Thus.. well.. i don't care. And yeah, I played the musou games... sengoku basara etc.. of course musou genre doesn't count. And yes I have total war shogun... that's an rts, we're talking mano a mano action games. Yes I've been gaming since the commodore 64.. I'm old, I own everything and can play whatever game I want... I've been a gaming nerd long enough to have earned a couple of decent samurai action games I would've thought! How was there no more bushido blade after ps1!? .... and of course as you point out... onimusha is more of a resident evil deal... absolutely nothing like what I'm after... I have no interest in that series either. Rise of the ronin just had terrible visuals and animations... and in this day and age, I need those elements to be on point. Sure, the combat was fine. I just find it hard to appreciate a game on a 'next gen' console that looks 2 generations behind. It's an insult to my wallet. But thanks for playing. I appreciate the effort. I am British... I just don't care for Knights and our European historical w@nk. It's boring to me. Studied history all my life... I'm a weeb, it is what it is.

[@TylerKadle]

@@Quasiguambo I'm a weeb too hence why I prefer nioh 2 to me it's absolute king of action games and nothing comes close with player input and character response. Once you get to Dotd it's a whole new game and your skills really start coming together and you feel like a bad ass destroying some of these enemies with style. With stellar blade, the combat was just soooo good. The dance between using your combos offensively and quickly tapping parry to cancel into going on the defensive was done so well that if it had a better story and was about 10 or 20 hours longer or just had 2 more chapters it would be up close to rebirth and wukong for my goty. All that being said I've played so many action games that I went back to different games for a while and persona 3 reload is fucking amazing once you get the hang of it. Im playing that until the 24th when the expansion for Warhammer 40k rogue trader comes out so I can play as the new archetype. It was obviously going to get overshadowed by bg3 last year but tbh rogue trader is the best crpg I've ever played and I've only gotten to chapter 2. The power fantasy it lets you fulfill is unlike any other game. You aren't just some random, youre a noble and the owner of entire solar systems. You don't buy gear, you just keep your reputation high and can take their whole inventory.

[@johnsmith93920]

As per usual, assassin creed is in my "Buy it when it's 70% off two years down the line" bin

[@habs4life41]

Man this really sucks.. like EA, Ubisoft used to be a household name in the 2000s.. you knew you were getting a solid well made game

[@Silath01]

They told us to get used to not owning their games and proved it with The Crew. I’m now used to not owning their games and frankly do wish them to fail because of what they did to ghost recon

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

They never said that, and the crew had 6 players.

[@Mrhouse-k1x]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuthe subcriptions lead guy said it. Also you can literally find the direct statement from youtube. So stop lying

[@NGL_Shinhok1]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuYou should really try something else than rage baiting

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@Mrhouse-k1x look up the context.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@NGL_Shinhok1 are you really that brainwashed.

[@remydetrou734]

Wanting them to fail is the correct feeling imo. They will not wake up until the money runs out due to perceived cultural pressure. So many companies in entertainment media have their wires so thoroughly crossed destruction and rebirth is the solution. The Ubisoft we grew up on died years ago

[@副架橋]

Thank you for taking up this topic! In a recent interview, the art director reiterated the same assertion as before, “We paid our respects to Japan. Now, with that in mind, take a look at the comments section of the new trailer. You see what I mean? There are a lot of things that are pointed out that would never happen in Japan. Hmmm...UBI claims to have paid respect with this? Talk in your sleep, UBI! UBI should never use the words “respect” or “genuine” again, I have never felt a shred of respect from UBI's actions. All I feel from UBI's actions is arrogance and “we will use your inferior Japanese culture for money, so shut up”. Lately, I am beginning to think that I should stop asking for apologies from UBI. I can't expect anything from them. All I ask is one thing: UBI should shut up and perish. Just now.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Everything they’ve done is a creative or artistic choice, to make the game better.

[@副架橋]

@@ApsmneShsbshu Incredibly, it seems so. UBI constantly claim to have hired “Japanese experts”. It is highly unlikely that Japanese experts would approve of this. Therefore, I believe that UBI's “creative choices” mean “ignoring the opinions of experts” and “claiming something as authentic when it is a messed-up fabrication".

[@emlyndewar]

Ubisoft need to get comfortable with not owning any of my money.

[@nicodemous52]

I am of a mind that part of why SW Outlaws did so poorly is because of the BS surrounding AC Shadows. I think people have had enough, and they are finally going to start voting with their wallets. That is something I never thought I'd see. Gamers actually not buying things. Gamers love to complain, but they will buy it anyway, every time almost without fail, until this year basically.

[@nicodemous52]

I do also think that saying they would delete inactive accounts and that we should get used to now owning our games is no small part as well.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@nicodemous52they never said we should get used to not owning games.

[@katamattyon]

"I do not want Ubisoft to fail" - well I absolutely do. Even if it means some really cool IPs are lost to time. I want this dodgy company humbled

[@wombatillo]

These companies defile and abuse the old IPs we know and love. They deserve to fail and get punished.

[@DrkShd]

ubisoft go bankrupt? well seemlike we won't lose much, they should hurry up and go bankrupt already, that's better for video game

[@Hynotama]

I don't want Ubisoft to "wake the f* up", because if they do, it's just temporary, like they keep proving over and over again. I want Ubisoft GONE, with all the blue hair weirdos infesting that company! Ubisoft has not done anything! It was the passionate people who are no longer with the company, that have done amazing things.

[@JacobBenson-j1w]

I was gonna be fine with an odyssey with a samurai spin. Then I remebered how bad Valhalla was.

[@svenstevenson2245]

Ubisoft wants us to.get used to not owning games, they need to get used to not getting gamers money.

[@jackpotskirazor3142]

I was always concerned by the phrase "Too big to fail", because it reminds me of the sentiment of the Titanic: "Too big to sink". Well, we all know what happened to the Titanic.

[@mrjackiemoua]

should have never put the "base on true events" stamp on it.. lmfao

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

It is. That’s a 100% factual statement

[@JaiArah]

After AC3 i swore to myself that I would never buy another game in the series until they made one in Japan. 😢

[@crazykenbei]

We're at the end game now baby! 😂

[@AkiTsukita]

I don't understand how Star Wars: Outlaw got 3.88 stars on the PS5 store. It's not even worth 2 stars.

[@zarthemad8386]

"gifts"

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Because it’s a good game.

[@Mrhouse-k1x]

​@@ApsmneShsbshuit sucks ass more than paint drying for 10 hours: The game

[@sandulramanayaka6938]

@@ApsmneShsbshu go kiss ubisoft ass

[@straylite5611]

@@ApsmneShsbshuExactly.

[@stll01batt]

How old is Skyrim? Skyrim has better horse animations than ACS.

[@therealMrA]

And in Skyrim there’s pretty much never a good reason to use horses

[@BusrtNova]

AC Infinity is not getting enough scrutiny rn, they'll have to put it out eventually. Just thinking about it makes my skin crawl

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

It’s a free modern day story. What’s ring with that?

[@borntobegame]

Ubisoft must be comfortable getting all the negative feedback

[@TheAurgelmir]

Remember when Assassins Creed actually had an overarching story, that was actually kinda interesting? Remember when Assassins Creed played around with religions and themes from them to create a cool sci-fi-fantasy world?

[@EsbenJJ]

And let's not forget, they still protect people who SA women in the workplace.

[@silveriver9]

Game Science's Black Myth: Wukong saved the gaming industry from companies like UBISoft.

[@michaelredmond6861]

Ubisoft absolutely needs to fail : the need to go bankrupt and be made an example of for all the other studios that say you should not get used to owning your expensive games and teaming up with certain babies that hate the customer especially males the main demographic of people buying games!

[@Tulenoslav]

I want Ubisoft to fail. I want their practices to go. I want their laziness to go. I want their management that insults me as a customer to fail.

[@yawsways]

This ham-fisted approach to inclusion has done nothing but hurt minorities. Not only do failures get attributed to them, when in reality, it was poor game design, we automatically become guilty by association. This approach has made it to where any person of color in a position is automatically seen as unqualified and undeserving, despite whatever the reality of the situation might be. How did they not think this was going to blow up in their face? You take a culture with centuries upon centuries of a rich celebrated heritage, and make an obscure outsider the representative and call him the hero. It's absurd on the face of it, so many figures they could have chosen and they do this. And then they also give him dreads, set it to hip hop music, stereotype him to hell and back, and have the audacity to call it historical. Guess who deals with the backlash outside of the developers. Japan already has issues with foreigners, no matter how you view that statement, it's true. Whether it's how they behave in the country or how natives view and treat them, all before you add melanin to the mix. Can't be dark anywhere on earth smh. P.s. it was never about the characters: Baulder's Gate 3, Spider-Man, Cyberpunk, Returnal. Poor game design is poor game design, stop blaming us.

[@therealMrA]

Criminally underrated comment

[@Hynotama]

Diversity Hire The Lost Crown is NOT a Prince of Persia game and I'm not budging on this position.

[@therealMrA]

Also Ubisoft doesn’t deserve your money for any reason

[@johngalactus4014]

Question. Why buy a Ubisoft game? Thank you.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Tell that to the ten million people that bought valhalla

[@jayl5032]

>Viking game: Danes, Swedes and Nords. >Origin game: Egyptians. >Odyssey game: Greeks. >Shadows game: Black Samurai. Huh? What the fuck?

[@strickshot]

Black and Japanese

[@strickshot]

Black samurai and Japanese ninja*

[@LogenNinefingers]

Real reason why AC Shadows will fail is because of Yasuke, everyone and their mother knows about it. I guarantee you if male MC was your usual japanese samurail like Jin Sakai and if female MC looked like more feminine - the game will be successfull despite all gameplay flaws.

[@weirdeurasianboy8091]

If they really wanted Yasuke in the game he should have been the quest giver for the assassination questlines chain. In Valhalla the way I started the whole take down that cabal thing was killing a random horse rider and it just kinda became "go here for clues" fetch quests until the end. But having an actual guy to report back to would have given that whole questline a lot of personality

[@oceyho]

The problem is, the companies stocks are being accumulated by a single family while the price is so low, so I think, there is a lot more to the eye than we think.....

[@mickypain2959]

The AAA problem in general is that many games NEED to sell 10-15 million copies just to break even. That requires a very large target audience that simply doesn’t exist, as a result most of these games have elements that one group likes but others hate and so forth. As a food analogy: Let’s make a dish that everyone likes. Everyone loves fries, so let’s start with that. Oh, pizza is good too, so let’s add some marinara and pepperoni and cheese. Thai curry is great too, so let’s mix in some hot peppers and coconut sauce. Almost forgot the hot dogs and mustard. Ice cream is good too. Maybe some quinoa and romaine salad for the health nuts. Now just some refried beans on top and blend it all into a delicious smoothie…. Hmm, delicious AAA game!

[@whysoserious4274]

The problem is when they make games so big They expect a return bigger than they spent and that’s unrealistic for a lot of games Some are saying it’s possible for gta 6 but that’s about the only game I see that could do it successfully. Everything else just doesn’t work And in general it shouldn’t be the norm cuz you’re looking at fails upon fails of game projects By the time the game is done being developed it’s either out of style or people moved on. The act man said it best Making games smaller is the way Especially when it concerns a new IP you want people to jump into If it does well or is received well You can put a few more millions into a second game of that new IP and build it up overtime That’s how you make legendary game franchises not start with 500 million straight out of the gate.

[@GinraiPrime666]

@@whysoserious4274 I think even GTA 6 might struggle, especially given how alot of people are feeling deflated when it comes to Triple AAA gaming. Ultimately we'll wait and see what happens but all it would take is for one thing to screw up regarding GTA 6 and it'll become the worst selling game in the series.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

You pulled those numbers out of your ass. Shadows will probably need to sell around 5 million copies to break even

[@mickypain2959]

Believe what you will. But at 5 million sakes to break even, considering that 30-50% of the game price goes to Steam, Sony, Retailers, etc, that would give Shadows roughly a 150-180 million budget, including all marketing campaigns to play with, which would be one of the lowest budgets of any AC game ever. Odyssey cost 500m, and who knows how expensive Valhalla was… Cyberpunk cost 316 million and made ~725m in revenue after selling 25 million copies, so would break even somewhere in the 10-15m range.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@mickypain2959 you forgot dlc, micro transactions, and gold and ultimate editions.

[@АнтонДемин-ю4з]

"Ubisoft bosses need to get comfortable with not owning any money."

[@gilardes]

I have owned and played all major AC games. Thing is, I would have still bought this one despite how rehashed and bland it could look, either day 1 or some time later. But the way they had to shoehorn their holy diversity in this game is too nauseating to me. At this point, I won't even bother to pirate it. I am that uninterested, despite the fact that I have pretty much been a persistent AC fan thus far.

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

How does the game look bland? Genuine question, because it looks better than every other assassins creed game.

[@friendlyreaper9012]

Ubisoft should be thankful for this drama. It's the only attention this game will ever get.

[@iownall2222]

Ubi wont go out of business, they'll sell to Microsoft, sony or another investment group before they go bankrupt and close. And also, I don't think shadows will go like concord. It will sell, it wont be the highest sold AC game but it will sell just fine. There are too many casual gamers who dont habe the same standards that more hardcore gamers have. So theyll buy it and it will be just fine. It will be interesting to see though if its sales are enough to cover outlaws as well. I don't think they will be, but you never know.

[@FoxyCAMTV]

I treat my inner fan with respect,I watch the best movies,i read the best books and play the best games.Trash like Ubisoft disturbs me to my inner core,too much respect for art and artists to play their trash.

[@DayFul]

While it's not a stealth game Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth really showed up Ubisoft's laziness. Having a big open world with charismatic characters, Interesting things to do and excellent music makes the clearing map marker process far more enjoyable. Assassin's creed in Japan was the holy grail I'm still praying it's somehow good but Ubisoft are creatively bankrupt the writing is so weak.

[@kratosgow09]

The original creator/creative director of AC left after Brotherhood, he joined THQ Montreal. When ubisoft aquired THQ they fired him. AC is dead a long long time ago.

[@ThatGuy-xm5rm]

This might be unpopular, but I think they‘ll sell 5-8 million copies (2-3 immediately). There is a lot of casual players that just get the new AC game without thinking about it

[@whinegummi6329]

You probably meant sheep

[@ThatGuy-xm5rm]

@@whinegummi6329 Same type of people that enjoy Rings of Power

[@therealMrA]

You’d think Star Wars would’ve had the same thing going for it yet Outlaws tanked their stock.

[@ThatGuy-xm5rm]

@@therealMrA I dunno, normies don’t watch Star Wars

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

@@therealMrAoutlaws actually looked like a bad game. Shadows looks like at least an 8. Probably a 9

[@irisvonpadoru830]

Not making hattori hanzo, the man who practically started ninja clans, the main protagonist in an AC game set in japan is one of the worst critical misses in decisions that I have seen.

[@akaneki7234]

Here's a truth that's gonna be hard for some to hear. Star Wars Outlaws was always gonna fail because no one under the age of 45 gives a shit about the "smuggler" experience in Star Wars... No one cares about Han Solo anymore...

[@AlphaMachina]

On top of this, they took a niche within Star Wars that caters to a mostly middle-aged male demographic, within an IP that already caters to a mostly male demographic, and tried to make the game cater to young women. You can't make up how poorly planned this entire game was.

[@Roe777]

Ubisoft peaked with Farcry 3, after that they just copy/paste the same quantity over quality open world junk with mid gameplay

[@ApsmneShsbshu]

Ac 2, brotherhood, and revelations are the exact same game. And brotherhood and revelations were made in a year, because of copy and pasting. Those 3 games are also the most beloved in the series.

[@Roe777]

@@ApsmneShsbshu diminishing returns and other devs surpassed them since then, many such cases

[@WreakHvok]

I’m so happy not owning their games!!!

[@MrSefiroh]

Id like to add that Ghost of Tsushima also has an amazing multi-player as well.

[@andreylucass]

Probably a 5/10 (7/10 for IGN and reviewers) that'll still sell millions of copies, just like the last AC games.

[@nicolasferreiro4492]

We are not customers, we are resources, and the goal with a resource is exploiting it the most effective way possible. They aren't going to wake up. (Think you didn't get just how much burn out there's around SW currently, now it's more assume it's bad and wait to see if there's luck and it isn't).

[@wiliestrogue2924]

Wallets closed for DEI. Reject "The Message".