So... We finally saw 'Assassin's Creed Shadows'...

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Assassin's Creed Codename Red will be titled Assassin's Creed Shadows for release, according to an announcement from Ubisoft on May 13. The open-world Samurai and Shinobi RPG is the next big flagship game in Ubisoft's long-running stealth action adventure series, currently in development at Ubisoft Quebec.
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[@LukeStephensTV]

Subscribe to my second channel for Live Stream clips or I'll make you replay AC Valhalla... kzbin.info/door/5Pi8DHUItNgbGVhjh4kVgQ

[@darugdawg2453]

Historical tweak? As a brown asian man, are you kidding me?

[@MoJoLeBowsKi]

Do you try and bullshit people on that channel to?

[@jaughnekow]

I commented on IG that nobody should pre-order this game and wait for reviews, the comment was reported as a spam and removed 😂😂🤡

[@MoJoLeBowsKi]

@@jaughnekow they're outta control man.

[@RevivedSaiyan]

Dei

[@ottomaticallyawesome]

Stop buying Ubisoft games guys, they don’t deserve your money.

[@NilfgardianNationalist]

🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠🏴‍☠

[@aaronlc7948]

Oh, I agree, but you know that’s not gonna happen. The same people who complain about Ubisoft and who swear to never buy another one of their games will get over hyped and will buy this game. It’s inevitable. They will then get disappointed and pissed off again and swear to never buy another Ubisoft game. Again.

[@Elacity18]

Just wait till the game drops, then decide how you feel.

[@ottomaticallyawesome]

@@aaronlc7948 true, but I just hope for less people. Or Ubisoft fix their goofiness. But that ain’t going to happen anytime soon.

[@PlumGod]

Instead of buying id say preordering. Gotta wait for the BYB

[@markonovakovic6762]

"We finally saw Assassin's Creed Shadows." No Luke, we saw a cinematic trailer.

[@JJGames9]

yeah little bit of clickbait title ngl gotta get the views somehow though

[@afroponix3414]

Wah wah wah wah. He said a million times it was going to be a cinematic trailer. I guess you didn’t listen

[@marioluigi6024]

​​@@yeetus_the_feetus4858Those aren't what those are. Lmao. It's just the grammatically accurate way of including a game's title in a sentence or statement.

[@yeetus_the_feetus4858]

@@marioluigi6024your right lmao, I’ll take the L on that one😅

[@shreyway12]

Developers said they paid special attention to take all the choreography from the trailer from the gameplay.

[@KJ-je9pm]

The Good: Set in feudal Japan The Bad: Its from Ubisoft

[@comradekenobi6908]

The Ugly?

[@taylan5579]

the theme playing both samurai and shinobi characters in an open world game sounds interesting. studio is the same one that developed Odyssey so there's a glimmer of hope.

[@brunoneves6455]

​@comradekenobi6908 The Ugly: they're butchering history, shinobis were not assassins and yasuke... I don't need to elaborate in this one.

[@seatown109]

@@brunoneves6455 was the real life leonardo da vinci an assistant and friend to ezio auditore that helped dismantle the templar presence in Italy 1460s? No? why do you care about historical accuracy in assassins creed games. Get. A. Grip.

[@taylan5579]

@@brunoneves6455 the whole popular culture on shinobi is based on them being assassins. what the hell are you talking about?

[@Bullz_eye47]

The backlash behind this game is insane that people are willing to change Wikipedia pages lol.

[@hillehai]

It's just more historical revisionism to cater to a certain ideology. We've seen where altering of historical facts leads, and it isn't pretty.

[@Bullz_eye47]

@@hillehai maybe, but as a longtime AC fan in the end it's just a video game, i play video games not to write college thesis.

[@hillehai]

@@Bullz_eye47 Well then thank god there are people with higher standards than you in this world, otherwise we'd be in a bad state.

[@gkdaniels1]

I can agree with you, but it’s just a video game, but it’s also propaganda. Creating historical fiction is perfectly fine, I enjoy a lot of historical fiction, but it’s being used to further a political ideology in the year and now . And if you allow this sort of thing to happen, eventually all real history becomes a erased and your left with what George Orwell describes in 1984.

[@peacemaster8117]

@@hillehai It seems like you ARE in a bad state, if you're this upset just because an alternate history videogame franchise has some alternate history in it.

[@MisterMonsterMan]

I never thought I would see an AC game get ratio'd so hard on a main trailer.

[@mohammadashikurrahman7530]

Sony ponies are trying to dislike bomb the game. Can't blame them. They really don't want AC shadows to be a success because if it did ghost would become irrelevant.

[@waketp420]

​@@mohammadashikurrahman7530Lmfao that is not why it's getting ratio'd

[@tlungu962]

@@waketp420it’s def part of the reason but not the main reason of course. They did the same w/Rise of Ronin & that game is dope.

[@mohammadashikurrahman7530]

@@waketp420 oh yeah it is. They are using every excuses they can get to ratio dislike the game. This tactic is as old as time.

[@Ty-wf6mg]

Because it’s popular to hate things now. Y’all will never be happy.

[@theweddingsinger1970]

Is Tom Cruise going to show up and prove that he is indeed... THE LAST SAMURAI

[@LukeStephensTV]

DUDE I forgot that was a thing

[@BusesAreFatCars]

@@LukeStephensTV I re-watched it a while ago, it's actually a really good movie and holds up well. Let's Ask Shogo has a good video talking about it from a Japanese point of view and explaining how and why the movie is well liked in Japan.

[@unc54]

Anyone actually complaining about that movie has never actually seen it.

[@tom2gunzbombadil689]

Id def buy that DLC

[@erichoare]

You misunderstood the movie. Tom Cruise isn't the last samurai, Katsumuto is.

[@darknova5625]

Ac3 got me through US history in 5th grade ngl

[@gemgem-hl7ii]

My gripe with the more recent AC games is that they don't feel like genetic memories anymore. Why not just make a new franchise that's connected to AC instead of using the animus premise without really committing to it? I remember how grounded AC1 was. Every mechanic has an explanation that ties it in to the fact that it's memory being simulated through the animus

[@peacemaster8117]

It'd be a shame to keep doing the same thing, right? The animus mechanisms change as the animus technology changes. Black Flag isn't animus-based at all, you're a playtester playing a videogame based on the genetic memories of an assassin. Origins and Odyssey both rely on portable high-powered animus tech that creates weird glitches, like fighting the Gods of Egypt.

[@sleepyhyrule6894]

This is how I’ve get since Odyssey.

[@gemgem-hl7ii]

@@peacemaster8117 They don't have to keep doing the same thing. I just wish they made it more grounded. Yes, the animus was improved and became more powerful, but I find it hard to believe that all of Greece can fit into the genetic memory of a single person. Like, did she go in every nook and cranny of Greece? Maybe they could have made it the amalgamation of genetic memories of people from different parts of Greece and explained it as such. Also, the point of the synchronization bar is that if you do something that is not in-synch with the ancestor, it will deplete the synchronization bar. That's why killing civilians and getting hit (yes, the ancestor is really good at fighting that he/she doesn't actually get hit) deplete it little by little and going to a place the ancestor never went to results in imminent desynchronization. And remember how the previous games are divided in chapters called Sequences, which represent fragments of genetic memory sequences? That's gone now. The newer AC games don't even feel like memories anymore. I liked AC Origins and AC Odyseey, but they just don't give you the feeling that you're in the animus. Even the modern part of the story feels unnecessary, unlike in the older games where the modern part is well-integrated in the story and it actually feels like it's the main plot and what you do in the animus is just a driving force for that plot.

[@DC-hw7fw]

@@peacemaster8117 That was just disingenuous and a stupid thing to say.

[@charleslebi7297]

The good- nice setting, the bad- its ubisoft and there's a $130 ultimate edition.

[@Ty-wf6mg]

And? This has been going on for over a decade. Why are you shocked now?

[@kaushikkv8423]

just buy base game or wait for discount.

[@blackvalio4060]

​@@Ty-wf6mgand ubisoft hasnt given a good game for a decade, wonder why

[@Igor19485]

Who and why even buys shit like ultimate edition

[@kaushikkv8423]

@@Igor19485 exactly

[@ianAEF]

The season shifting tells me there's going to be a lot of "repeating the same map but with snow"

[@UserNot_Known]

Stop making dumb assumptions and wait to see the game

[@user-hb3fi3vn2w]

​@@UserNot_KnownUbisoft took 11 years to make Skull and Bones. Assuming them to be lazy with level design isn't unreasonable.

[@waketp420]

@@UserNot_Known It's not an assumption if Ubisoft has done that shi before lol 😂 you're the type to preorder this game and pretend it's good when it's actually bad

[@Igor19485]

@@UserNot_Known How is that a dumb assumption? It's a valid assumption, the one that will 99% turn out to be true. People were saying the same about Vallhalla " Wait until it releases don't judge it blah blah " and it turned out to be the biggest pile of shit Ubisoft ever released. I genuinely don’t understand how do people have any faith left in Ubisoft

[@darugdawg2453]

Spunds like map recycling

[@muffetmissulena6540]

I wanted to get into the Assassin’s Creed games, but in Ubisoft’s current state, I don’t want to do anything to support them financially.

[@abc4781]

Man just start with the first game and stop at origins.

[@davidfcorreia]

Forget it. Just get them by piracy. Remenber If buying is not owning, piracy is not stealing.

[@undefinedhuman7404]

just play the ezio trilogy and nothing else, MAYBE ac1, ac3, and black flags if you want more

[@k--music]

Replaying the old games was 100% a better experience than playing Odyssey and especially Valhalla. If this is anything like Odyssey it'll be a chore to play without their bs xp boosts and other single player microtransactions too. Definitely not buying this.

[@andrewwilliams3001]

You should , I’ve been a fan of Assassin Creed Franchise since the very first Assassin Creed Game - Altair . This Franchise is just awesome . Ive played every game except Black Flag , I couldn’t get into that game … who knows i might try again . My favourites … 1 - Original the 1st 2 - Mirage 3 - Assassin Creed 3 4 - Odyssey 5 - Valhalla And playing Origins rn ; this is also one I couldn’t get into originally

[@fazeelraza5215]

Remember, they said, ‘you should be comfortable with not owning it.’

[@johncole4882]

For anyone that is thinking about buying ANY game from Ubisoft I would urge you to reconsider after the comments that the company made about gamers will get used to not owning games and we'll be happy about it. If you want to buy an game from Ubisoft i suggest buying it pre owned so they dont get a fkn dollar from us.

[@dawsynasay4841]

Every company will be going down this route. Ubisoft just said the quiet part out loud. I don’t really care because I’m not going to be playing the game years later

[@spazco8669]

the things you own end up owning you.

[@ryanistooconceited]

​@@spazco8669i quietly laugh to myself at people's fear in regards to the shift to a digital age. Sort of like when flight and electricity was invented.

[@iChannelz88]

To be honest they were just saying out loud the direction gaming has been heading towards since PC games started going digital only. When you think about it do we really own the games we buy digitally on steam and PSN/Xbox when 1 push of the ban button, lost or hacked account or discontinued service and our entire game library is lost? If it isn’t physical i don’t think we can say that we truly own it.

[@1nicko29]

@@ryanistooconceited gaming has gone digital long ago. almost nobody buys hard-copies of games anymore since almost no game-company releases a bug-free game version anymore. what ubisoft is trying to pull on gamers next is the refusal to grant them ownwership of the payed for content. they also want to deactivate accounts that have been dormant for a longer period of time while theyre prices belong to the highest in the industry. thats what people complain about.

[@angryfilin9889]

Hey everyone, Ghost of Tsushima released on pc today !

[@A01Kun]

I can confidently say that this person has good taste in games

[@ZeroHxC07]

Sony slop

[@lukazade7192]

Haven’t played ghost. I’ll check it out. But finding out ac shadows was made by the same ppl who made odyssey seems quite promising imo.

[@yunglorn]

GOT is trash imo

[@FlyingFox86]

Oh great! I have it wishlisted but didn't get a message saying it was out.

[@tristans_]

$216/year for rental access to just Ubisoft games is actually insane.

[@d4mterro320]

uhm, these games aren't replayable usually, you pay 18$ and u finish all of it, and you ve gained the dopamine out of it, then u cancel ur subscription till the next time they release a good game. Why u mad?

[@mrpringles6690]

thats very close to the price of my annual gym membership lol

[@crazygamingyt7245]

@@mrpringles6690bros getting scammed

[@JacoBee93]

You have dozens of games in that

[@GoufinAround_]

Good thing I don't buy Ubisoft games anymore. Glad they told me to get used to not owning my games, they're getting used to not having me as a customer. I encourage everyone to do the same

[@senku3402]

Ubisoft needs a ceo change

[@A01Kun]

Agree

[@mr.bookum]

Agreed

[@onlypantgamer9645]

Almost every big Gaming company need that change

[@mr.bookum]

@@onlypantgamer9645 yah including Rockstar Not that’s some dumb 💩 too say

[@markonovakovic6762]

ASAP

[@Zen-Oh-Kage]

Local lord = Oda nobunaga one of the most famous names in Japanese history and one of the great three unifiers of Japan… 😐

[@Kelvin-vd4zv]

remember when they removed altiar's crossbow from the cinematic out of the game because crossbow's didn't actually exist during that time period...

[@plankton2878]

yasuke did so now what

[@nekoluxuria7721]

​​@@plankton2878 He exists but historically was not actually a samurai, there were no actual records that he fought at the frontlines, and oh. Supporting ofa nobunaga is completely antithetical to what the assassin brotherhood stabds for and would more than likely be a templar thing. Should have set the game in the bakumatsu period, think about it. The shinsengumi existed back then, the era which foreigners were able to travel to japan, could put an unreccorded black guy in there if they wanted to as another protag while keeping a lot of people in there. And the cherry on top is that with ac being loose on history anyways, you could include a lot of cool behind the scenes stuff.

[@plankton2878]

@@nekoluxuria7721 tbh i don’t really care whether he was an actual samurai or not and i don’t understand why others do either. it’s so debated at this point that it’s turning irrelevant. what’s genuinely the big deal? like what’s ACTUALLY the problem? they got their japanese protagonist. they got their “assasssin” in an assassin’s creed game. naoe is front and center on the box art with the hood on. why is everyone ignoring her? the accuracy of whether yasuke was a samurai or not shouldn’t hurt anybody the same way no one bats an eye at the apple of eden in the same exact franchise. it’s historical FICTION.

[@nekoluxuria7721]

​​@@plankton2878read the second part of my first parragraph and the entirety of the second parragraph. The issue is less picking yasuke as the samurai character (though the issue of social stealth really comes to mind here) and more why are we using someone who works under oda nobunaga, the guy whose entire goal revolves around the unification of japan, i.e. stuff templars primarily do. The guy who was so cruel he was called a demon in the text books. You know a tyrant? I know guy is romantisized a lot, but you have to see the problem here right? Its very obvious they took yasuke because of the color of his skin and not because he would be a good vehicle to tell an assassins creed story. Like id be fine with yasuke if i am proven wrong and they do sometging interesting there, but with ubisofts track record, the people behind the writing, and you know SBI's involvement. Its not a good show for shadows to be written competently to tell a compelling story with yasuke outside of girlboss fantasy and black boi slaughtering japanese folks.

[@gritskun9591]

@@nekoluxuria7721 the actual story of yasuke is tragic and would make a good story and he for sure fought and wore samurai armor in battle although it wasn't like the one hes wearing in game, he's also considered a samurai because he has all the cool qualities of a samurai, he wore samurai armor in battle and was honor bound to his lord. Btw the general who betrayed nobu specifically didn't kill yasuke after the final battle and specifically said he wasn't a real samurai and those of his hue were animals which shows he clearly had the qualifications he just wasn't accepted by alot because of his race.

[@tonydeluna8095]

Skepticism is about to begin

[@screaminjesus]

Ubisoft: We have Ghost of Tsushima at home

[@zionwilliams179]

we’re in the endgame jow

[@kevinthunder3375]

😂 You weren't already skeptical?

[@Solaxer]

As soon as a fully finished game becomes available to the public for consumption, that is its release date. Which means “early access” is not early at all. It’s just regular access that they’ve managed to paywall. Paying full price for a game doesn’t even guarantee you access on its release day in 2024.

[@iansteelmatheson]

i don't understand why people care about this kind of thing anyways. games usually need a couple updates (at least) to iron out the kinks after release, and I don't like waiting for DLC to come out once I've finished the main game, so I wait months or even years before playing

[@pepeedge5601]

I never buy game at release. My backlog is too long anyway. By the time I get to them they are already half priced. 3 days late seems like nothing to me when I play games like 1 year after release when all the content is already avaliable.

[@pepeedge5601]

​@@iansteelmathesonThat is also what I do. It pretty much made me immune to "hype buying".

[@Solaxer]

@@pepeedge5601 Thanks for sharing, I guess? Doesn’t really have much to do with what I said though.

[@pepeedge5601]

@@Solaxer It does. The industry is rather rtrded and it is not worth getting games at release.

[@Drakaris-Og]

"The last black man on earth" starring Tom Hanks.

[@344shadowking]

You missed with this one.. this game is about samurai and Yasuke was a real historical samurai.. youre comment is just reaching for no reason

[@Drakaris-Og]

@@344shadowking You can play as a black samurai in feudal Japan, it's fine👍

[@anguswaterhouse9255]

@@Drakaris-Og Yes, because there was actually a black samurai in feudal japan. Well, not a Samurai, he was a retainer for Nobunaga, but to most people today Samurai means "Medievel Japanese soldier" not a lord in feudal Japan. And given what assassins creed is as a story about these two historical factions fighting throughout history, and the nature of japan as an isolationist warring state for hundreds of years, I can see how choosing a relatively famous "Samurai" who was also a part of one of the first Italian Jesuit missionary groups to reach Japan might play a role in the narrative.

[@Drakaris-Og]

@@anguswaterhouse9255 And yet, tho historical events in Ghost of Thushima are accurate, you play as unknown Japanese samurai, as should. See, I don't mind that he is a black, he could've been white, middle Eastern, or green. It's a samurai game obviously, so you expect you gonna play as Japanese, not some unimportant stranger. For the female it's fine, she gonna be either ninja or onna musha. Everyone gonna compare that game with GOT, and gonna be disaster. When was the last time Ubi made a great game? I play R6 siege almost every day, but it was from 10 years ago. Played all AC games till Origins, their last good, not great AC. It's a shame really, players arguing over these stuff because of someone else's woke bugs in their head. There were plenty black warriors as well in Alexander the Great army, but person would think about Macedonian Falanga, elite might unit made by Macedonian white soldiers only. Do you get my point. Ppl don't have nothing against blacks, but they do if he is a samurai in Japan, being real or not👍

[@anguswaterhouse9255]

@@Drakaris-Og But WHY do you have something against a black samurai, even though hes real? If you want to play as a japanese man whose a samurai you can play literally any other samurai game ever, this is unique and could be used to create a very memorable experience due to how different it could be to play as Yasuke who will doubtlessly be different from other samurai. Seriously, I don't get your problem, is it really that big of a deal that hes black? He's a real historical figure, he provides an opportunity for a brand new and unique experience and theres stil a japanese person you can play as if you're really that butthurt about it. Like really, no one plays assassins creed for the "historical accuracy" its a unique dramatised reinterpritation of historical events that follows the assassins and the templars, Yasuke not being from Japan might even tie into that story, he came to japan as part of a missionary group in real history. You are right that the game probably won't be that good, its modern Ubisoft after all, but I fail to see why you're upset at the concept of a game following a black samurai. Its an assains creed game, you're here for the assassins, whatever they choose to do in the game is just sugar on the cream. If this was Ghost of Tsushima 2 and it followed Yasuke instead of Jin that would be fine, but its an assassins creed game, not a samurai game or a game with established characters, so who it follows shouldn't matter. I'm sorry, but saying that they did this because of "woke bugs" is just stupid a nd reductive, its a video game about a real historical figure in a dramatacised alternate history world, they aren't doing this because of race, but because its a cool historical figure. And not much is known about him beyond a few records due to him not having a japanese family to carry on his legacy, so the writers have more freedom than they would if the game followed the lord he served, Nobunaga. Sorry but I don't believe you when you say you don't have a problem with black people, it sounds like your only problem here is that hes black, and given everything else, the only reason i can think of for you not liking him is your're racist.

[@iropyro3095]

“We made 2 characters to give you a Shinobi fantasy and a samurai fantasy” *Laughs in Jin Sakai*

[@J.F.331]

Ghost of Tsushima (GoT) 2 will probably take us to mainland Japan and will blow AC Shadows out of the water. The one thing that AC games have always had going for them is their landscape and geography, even more so over GoT. But the story and gameplay of GoT is 10x better than most AC games and this will probably be true for GoT 2 while AC Shadows is mediocre at best with great landscape.

[@jesseoverdijk318]

Luke tries not to mention Suicide Squad in a video challenge: Impossible

[@BP-dn9nv]

It's the Fallout 76 of 2024, only except it has no chance of getting better.

[@jesseoverdijk318]

@@BP-dn9nv F76 didn’t really have any chance either lol

[@Belligerennt]

Suicide squad or Assassin’s Creed VALLAHA. Pick your poison.

[@loosegoose2466]

​@@Belligerenntha ha...you beat me to it...Valhalla lives rent free in his head😅

[@KingXhuntR]

he is a sick man 😂

[@theazranger6327]

seasons are cool... its wild that skyrim modders did seasons before a AAA open world game

[@SwallowMyKoolaid]

That’s cap my boy Bully had seasons and that came out on ps2

[@theazranger6327]

@@SwallowMyKoolaid fair enough 🤣

[@praisetheoak]

Tbh, that would the only redeeming point of the entire game. Changing seasons would be so cool on the right game

[@alinaanto]

Skyrim modders rock!!!

[@sinu9226]

why.. would most games have seasons.. 🗿

[@dya1990]

I have a curiosity - if I were to but the ubi+ monthly subscription let's say for a couple of months, if I stop paying for it, and after a while decide to only buy the game, will I still be able to play it from where I left it off?🤔

[@mrtguero]

Ubisoft devoloping a season system means they gonna sell different seasons of the game in season pass

[@jasonmcmurtry7812]

I think I'll just play Ghost Of Tsushima again cause no way Ubisoft is coming even close to that level of quality, amazing combat and great enemies to fight.

[@lukeluke333lukeluke]

Love Ghost Of Tsushima and been thinking about replaying it again.

[@PainxSorrow]

Go ahead no one stopping yall ai

[@joekaunietis538]

Especially since latest AC games don't care about Creed at all, like Valhalla.

[@Tringledingle]

Combats good but the enemies are objectively overused and stale there are like 2 variants throughout the whole game which have like one different attack each

[@gri22lybear]

I wanna put faith in Ubisoft bc I love a ton of their past games, but present Ubisoft is like trusting a Toxic Ex who constantly gaslights you smh. 😢

[@steppin-razor]

Loll

[@g3ar75]

Accurate, I loved the first two Watch dogs games and ghost recon wildlands, I will wait until release before I judge

[@iansteelmatheson]

Mirage is great though.

[@g3ar75]

@@iansteelmatheson Mirage looks fun but it's still a far cry (hah, get it?) away from a title like AC black flag that players love. Still it's a step in the right direction

[@momojafar9385]

man i wished mirage had a full team to work on instead of it being a side job. i loved the setting of that game.

[@J.F.331]

My question is concerning the seasons, are different seasons locked to specific chapters in the story or is there a hidden calendar that progresses through the game and you can see the seasons changing? Maybe a calendar day is equivalent to 20 mins of real gameplay, so after about 10-15 hours of playing the game the seasons actually change from autumn to winter or something like that.

[@TheReviewGhost]

Honestly as someone with a, how shall we say, flittering interest in assassin's creed, the ability to rent a new game for like $12 for a month would probably be the kicker to make me actually play the games. Just a flat 30-day rental and being offered a 'permanent' version + save transfer after time's up. Even if I only keep it that one month, they'd still get 12 bucks from someone planning on not buying at all, and that sounds like a win by any business standard.

[@Jonderlei]

As much as I loved the AC games at first I was pretty broke back then and couldnt justify buying them as youd finish the story and basically be done with them but back then we still had video stores where you could just rent them, a week rental or 2 was usually enough to finish them. I felt it was perfect for them. I definitely miss those days even though now I have more games than I know what to do with

[@yancieb]

thats exactly what Ubisoft+ is, they usually give you a 6 hour trial to their newest games and sometimes even straight up add the full game. I think theres two different tiers you can get or that may be the EA service. Its exactly what youre talking about though, should look into it.

[@CyraXFactor]

Playing a Ubisoft game is like going to work at a shitty job. You clock in, grind your day away, clock out, go home unsatisfied and not proud of anything you did and you keep telling yourself that “the weekend is coming, where I can forget about my job and I’ll get paid soon.” The only difference is that Ubisoft isn’t paying you to go to work.

[@lacuna3693]

Except you can stop playing whenever you like without consequence

[@truebaptistfilms]

Yeah, I played AC3 today, and it definitely felt like that. Nothing since Origins has, though.

[@CyraXFactor]

@@lacuna3693 That’s the whole point. To stop playing. No consequence will ever come from not playing Ubisoft games.

[@Tazza19931]

Not really? Unlike a shitty job, these are videogames. As in, if you don't like them, you don't have to endure them if you don't want to. Just stop playing and play something more to your taste. Also, while shitty jobs are something that are pretty much universally disliked, there are droves of people who really enjoy these games.

[@CyraXFactor]

@@Tazza19931 opinions are opinions. Obviously it’s a bit of an exaggeration, as these games really only feel like chores, rather than an actual job. But again, my entire point was to stop playing. You’re taking it too personally.

[@BRN2BNDAIR]

I saw a scene where I thought this was the intro for Madden 26 🤣

[@aresgodofwar7401]

So did they look at the Tenchu series for inspiration for the stealth system? The whole season model sounds interesting yet how will they truly implement it, like are we gonna see the seasons change throughout the story or while we are playing? As in if I get distracted by side content for a while will the season start to change based on how many side activities I do or is the season only changing after certain story beats?

[@DirtySancheeezz]

How will Yasuke bloody fit with that Hide in plain sight tenet i wonder 😂

[@darryljack6612]

By using known status to probably gain information from the inside and pass said information onto Naoe, essentially fighting the system from the inside out. And Naoe will do the same thing but from the outside in. This is why she is take op the stealth shinobi position and he takes up tank warrior. He is hiding in plain sight among the army, and her among the common folk

[@SuperAerie]

Just as well as a flamboyant & overly decorated dress usually does.

[@jaydonsciregiesekam6205]

so essentially the shinobi gets: -grappling hook and can move faster -new hidden blade and throwing knives/smoke bombs -can make use of the dynamic weather way better with new stealth mechanics and parkour and yasuke will play as a worse ghost of tsushima?

[@DonEmilianoBianchi]

Would’ve preferred a male or female shinobi option tbh

[@shreyway12]

Ghost of Tsushima only had one main weapon. How is it worse if we already know he'll have tools and multiple types of weapons?

[@liftingvids6780]

@@DonEmilianoBianchisame I really don’t wanna play as a woman it’s unrealistic af

[@KharaChmiel]

@@shreyway12 Tell me you didn't play the game without telling me. You didn't have just one weapon in Ghost lol.

[@shreyway12]

@@KharaChmiel I said main weapon. Want to explain how I’m wrong? The rest is just side weapons, the bow, and other tools.

[@gage8545]

They’re hyping up all of these new systems like they aren’t gonna completely fall flat.

[@ericmagee9054]

It’s not racist to say we don’t need a black lead in feudal Japan. Let’s make that clear.

[@jojocasimir1118]

It’s not simple thing you can do is ignore it an gone bout ur day

[@n1ce-0]

>black man protagonist >shadows ???

[@Devourgorgon]

Bro... Why?💀

[@hazelcrisp]

There's literally two protags. One is an assassins and one is a samurai

[@user-hb3fi3vn2w]

​@@hazelcrispone is an unlikely assassin, the other was definitely not a samurai

[@n1ce-0]

@@hazelcrisp I'm not saying he's the ONLY one

[@adultishgambino1]

Or it’s another way of describing assassins in Japan since you know early on they called them hidden ones….

[@farhanowlsadik5016]

Na Luke.. if one thing we know about Ubisoft.. if it's big it's boring

[@guts4300]

That’s not necessarily true, they have done it right and they have done it wrong, like origins was a good example, and Valhalla was a bad example, thing is they don’t learn from their strengths or their mistakes, they just…abandon all progress. which is the weirdest thing I’ve ever seen a company do. We know that they have some talented people at Ubisoft but this company is being run by some shady individuals that has nothing but greed on the forefront of their minds

[@rodrigoperalta822]

​@@guts4300everyone praises origins but the biggest complaint Ive seen about odyssey it's that it's origins but bigger. So it's a slog because there's a lot of collectibles and a lot of grind. Valhalla went off the charts so people are starting to say "We need more like odyssey" when it was hated at the stary

[@Dandansuuuy]

Mirage is small, and boring. Odyssey is big and a great game. Wym?

[@Articfoxgamez]

If it helps sources says the map is Origin sized rather than Odyssey or Vallhalla sized.

[@cipri2k2]

that’s NOT what she said…

[@MatthewMobscene]

So is there any benefit to gain from winter season gameplay, cause so far it seems to fuck you up on every level: no grass or bodies of water to hide in, ice falling off of roofs to alert enemies, guards gathering around fire aka being grouped closely together meaning harder to take them out without others noticing. Snow will probably make your footprints visible and your steps noisier and you should be far more visible to the enemies even in the dark unless you’re wearing 100% white. Winter stealth gameplay just makes little sense.

[@atlxzsx]

Ubisoft really hurt some of you guys. Geez

[@Grump.]

most of us who wanted an assassins creed in japan we wanted it like Ezio style game set in japan, not odyssey reskinned...

[@Bearded.Nobody]

Who said it's a reskin of Odyssey?

[@mysterious___1]

If this game is anything like odyssey then it might be good. Go play the first 10 games or mirage

[@TheBasedBalkan]

Dude let it go. The AC style from the ezio era is over

[@eternalmetro]

wtf is an ezio style game like what does that mean

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

@@Bearded.Nobody You literally build your camp and faction up it says so on website.

[@Smarod]

Bruh why the FUCK are we playing as an actual historical figure. The whole point of the series is that we're a person forgotten by time that helped shape history from behind the scenes. Having yasuke be a MC and not a notable side character is the stupidest decision ever. What's next? Are we gonna play as Mansa Musa next? Or genghis khan? Maybe if it's a more modern one we can be Charlie Parker or one of the rolling stones

[@noodles9345]

I mean why not play as those people? I don't see how playing as a fake rando person that interacts with fantasy versions of historical figures is much different from playing as real people interacting with figures and settings. It's all made up stuff. There are no Templars dude. At least not how ubi shows it. It's all fake.

[@Smarod]

@noodles9345 it's about suspension of disbelief and immersion. I can't buy all those people I mentioned or yasuke going around killing people and shit, but I can buy a random person I've never heard of doing it. Also it's about creative liberty, same reason why historical fiction is hard to pull off. They're gonna shoehorn themselves into following the historical record or they're gonna revise history. Both options suck

[@gamingtonight1526]

It's not an historical character. The real character was a servant, not a Samurai!

[@Din_Kenobi]

​@@noodles9345Those people?

[@Smarod]

@gamingtonight1526 he was a real person 2ho lived in Japan. He fact he was already changed from servant to samurai highlights my issue with it. Either they can't tell an interesting story because they want to stay historicslly accurate or they revise history

[@pradeepsethi90]

I'm curious how long each season is going to last in game time

[@zuzisam]

What I'm concerned about is that we've heard nothing about assassin's creed..... in Assassin's Creed game.

[@rhysjulian805]

They've just dropped their first trailer, chill.

[@aldolaseomni4341]

The protagonists are literally the first assassins of their time.

[@kp-legacy-5477]

"we are the shadows that work for the light" That's as assassin a quote you can get

[@ryanistooconceited]

People hate Ubisoft....d... don't play their games. 😮

[@zuzisam]

@@aldolaseomni4341 Lmao what? That makes no sense

[@eljcd]

A Little list, people can decide if good or bad... > Ubisoft is charging $129 for AC UE > Injects multiple Battle passes > No Steam > DRM Denuvo Vm Protect > Ubisoft account required > online maybe required to play the game, maybe not > DEI checkmarks as to fill a truck

[@Motion_God]

Only complaint really is the price and battle pass plus drm is always in Ubisoft games

[@oshiko35P]

I haven't sailed the open sees in a few years, this game might bring me back. What's the chance this gets cracked in the first month?

[@Guts1999]

Likely ​@@oshiko35P

[@fionn2220]

>70 base price + 30 season pass + 30 for collectables/steel book/whatever other trash they want to put in = 130, adds up pretty typical to me. When I buy games at full price I always get standard edition anyway because I like money and amn't sure if Ill like it enough to want the dlc 99% of the time. >dunno what that is, never bothered to find out, anyone who spends money on microtransactions deserves what they get. >idc >idc >fundamentally annoying but made one when i was like 12 >"maybe not" >woman + black tom cruise, possibly a gay person or two = me no care. anti-woke stuff is nationalism for unimaginative cowards, get a real political position. actually being right wing and wanting monoracialism/monoculturalism is a thousand times more respectable than being upset and confused as to why a multicultural society makes multicultural entertainment. That which is made by a civilization will reflect its value system unless the author purposefully rejects it and builds a different one. Verdict: Its the same as always, ill consider getting it for 20 money in 3 years.

[@eljcd]

@@oshiko35P Month?? :)) Ghost of Tushima is already craked, so... pretty high.

[@gamestream2k983]

I just can’t take Ubisoft seriously anymore

[@andystephens6400]

What do you think about the fact that Shadows won’t have the “traditional” synchronization points (camera spinning around and unveiling every activity in the area)

[@myketh1196]

Take a shot every time the website uses the word “dynamic” lol

[@Pityuu2]

Dynamic i.e. created by shallow systems that have no art direction, nor intentions of telling a strory or making the player feel a certain way. Other than numb. They do make you feel numb and bored incredibly well.

[@ferasamro9735]

The milking Season is upon us.............

[@wibblesmcscribbles3018]

I am so surprised at the amount of people who have not watched Naruto. Why are so many people pronouncing his name as YAW-Soo-Kay?

[@Bojake]

Damn that’s such a good point actually. It should be pronounced like Sasuke 😂

[@Qinzman]

Will it be lile valhalla and co. rpg gameplay?

[@Brekner]

Can't wait to buy it in like 2 years with all the DLCs for like 20 bucks :D

[@ZakiBTW]

If they don't sell it on steam it'll probably be on sale in less than a year for around 25 on Ubisoft connect got ac mirage for 15 bucks 😂 pretty good game at that price

[@sora-a]

or the better option: pirate it :D

[@Alex-zy6yc]

Games with denuvo haven't been cracked since hogwarts legacy ​@@sora-a

[@ff7522]

Why wait? Pirate it so they don't get anymore money

[@Articfoxgamez]

If its like Valhalla it'll be on gamepass an extra year after that

[@xman777b]

so in Spring when the pollen is blowing, the main protagonist begins sneezing heavily and gets snot all over his samurai outfit, i guess?

[@KakavashaForever]

Why?

[@cinegoth4144]

@@KakavashaForeverBecause hay fever sucks.

[@cinegoth4144]

Also, the eyes will water and swell and he will start wheezing due to seasonal asthma.

[@KakavashaForever]

@@cinegoth4144 Why him specifically?

[@TheBeastCH]

Samurai cosplay would be the correct term.

[@matteoboscariol2532]

Guys I’ve an ISSUE. I have a xbox one, should I upgrade to a series s so that I can play shadows and other games (that can run only on modern consoles)?

[@UserNotFound00101]

Wonder if they are going to race swap Japanese characters, like they did with Vikings in Valhalla.

[@Rebellion5]

People say they will pirate the game, but why? I mean why would you play a Ubisoft game at all?

[@Motion_God]

They can’t ever pirate it anyway lol it was denuvo and the only person who was doing it has left the scene

[@reccatimes2]

@@Motion_God There aren't other people removing denuvo from games?

[@Motion_God]

@@reccatimes2 yes but it’s insanely hard to crack so most people don’t bother to try and most games that don’t have it are pirated like PlayStation games for example

[@Motion_God]

@@reccatimes2 but I don’t use pirated games simply because people can inject whatever virus or malware into the game installation and then your whole pc is compromised

[@Sylentmana]

Because Fromsoft won’t resurrect Tenchu.

[@AvreeL89]

If it's like AC Odyssey I'm totally in for it! Buy only the Ubisoft+ version! you have 3 months to finish the game and it still cheaper than the standard edition! and hell, if it will take you even 5 months to finish it it's still cheaper than gold edition one.

[@ryguy1483]

If it's like Odyssey, I'm not buying it. EASILY my least favorite AC game with the WORST story (That family dinner scene at the end.... Beyond cringe. I'm going to wrestle my psychopath sister, like we've been together for all time? Weird. Just weird.)

[@marcusclark1339]

don't be dumb, don't buy services that clearly aren't worth it its just manipulative design to own nothing for a mid game and you know it will be like so many of their modern games

[@AvreeL89]

@@marcusclark1339 I get what you’re trying to say, but even if you buy the standard/gold full price/on sale you still don’t own anything, even a physical disc! I miss the old days simpler times :(

[@Nevad25]

@@AvreeL89 Or better, just don't buy this crap. If people would stop supporting those kind of practices they wouldn't have a choice but to change their strategy and give people real games that they own, just like back in the days.

[@ile.spirkoski]

AC III has changing seasons, although they only change with story progression and are not as interactive... just stuff like threading through the snow.

[@jaggwithswagg8304]

There was some motion capture in the behind the scenes footage that wasn’t in the trailer which makes me wonder if fully motion captured cutscenes are finally back. I sure hope they are.

[@brennanhughes976]

Can’t we just be an ASSASSIN, go to ASSASSIN BUREAUS, and ASSASSINATE target? Is that too much to ask?😂😂😂

[@Din_Kenobi]

That's what Naoe is for. Did you miss the trailer?

[@gastererror2563]

​@@Din_Kenobi You mean the trailer with no gameplay?

[@brennanhughes976]

@@Din_Kenobi she never mentioned the word assassin once, no eluding to the assassins or templars in any way, they’re called “shadows” and she’s a ninja, not an assassin. Until they prove otherwise, this is the 4th game in a row with no assassins or templars

[@Zaelthifrex]

​@@brennanhughes976Her hidden blade has the assassin logo on it.

[@scr3verrrb70]

@@brennanhughes976what was mirage then ????

[@Xucalfer]

I played Yasuke in Samurai Warriors 5, and fought him in Nioh 2. But when it came to an Assassin Creed game I wanted both genders to be Japanese. Yasuke had no impact in Japanese history other than being a novelty item of Oda Nobunaga. It's also an Assassin Creed game with a 6'2 Black man in Feudal Japan. Can't really sneak around. Eyes will always be on him.

[@notesonwheels]

i guess yasuke will be more of a tank gameplay character.

[@Yabio362]

Since when did ubisoft stick to historically accurate? Yasuke history has been briefly recorded, you can do alot with making a story.

[@ryguy1483]

​@@Yabio362 Lmao funny how AC fans will defend stuff for historical accuracy and just discard historical accuracy when it's convenient

[@YourBlackLocal]

None of the Assasin’s creed characters have historical significance. What a random thing to expect?

[@ryguy1483]

@YourBlackLocal No historical significance?

[@markmcgee9732]

I think its pretty sweet we get to play as Tyrone Takugawa

[@Keeleb007]

Luke what are your pc specs?

[@Trace153]

Oh joy, time for Ubi games… can’t wait to ignore it and see game omega gold edition at 75% sale within 6 months after release charging people $130

[@Frisken96]

Yasuke says, "then we will look for it together". That made me wish for co-op. Fuck it would be amazing

[@juicebox9859]

would be very cool

[@evanauditoredafrienze]

The AC2 music you use in the background is so nostalgic and eery. I listen to the soundtrack sometimes on long scenic drives. Really takes me back to being a kid

[@Shane-gg3hl]

Sad Reality tho, People have taken pre-orders to the next level and apparently there are more people pre-ordering the Gold edition than the regular edition with pre-orders for shadows reaching #1 in Amazon JP.

[@jojocasimir1118]

An they anti woke kept on saying don’t buy it 😂 ouuuu ac shadows score 10 points anti woke is at 8 points can they make a come back are they gone pull out the LBGT+ card don’t forget woke is power

[@ianchinsor9248]

Imagine if sucker punch comes out and completely steal ubisofts things by revealing GoT 2 in June. The original GoT was the Japan assassins creed everyone wanted

[@EJx6]

Nah, that game is cool but Assassins Creed maps alone are worth seeing.

[@techno_otaku]

I loves Ghost of Tsushima for what it is, but AC has their own charms too. It's just fun running around historical places helping or causing mayhem!

[@Humdrumv]

Kinda sad that peeps waited for so long to finally play as a Japanese samurai and now realizing that will never happen is devastating😪

[@nofaults]

We still have tsushima

[@Humdrumv]

@@nofaults I really wonder how much this trailer boosted the sales of tsushima on PC and in General

[@nofaults]

@@Humdrumv For pc users I think they are going to be a hard sell after the helldive situation Plus the legends portion from what they said is required psn sign in and how much it will try force it down pc users throats

[@rodrigoperalta822]

​@@Humdrumvthis game will not be able to sell a single copy in Japan lmao

[@dogman6687]

Ghost of Tsushima exists… and i can almost gaurantee its better than anything Ubisoft is capable of putting out

[@augusttiner3235]

How can you say you saw the game?

[@jojocasimir1118]

Luke u work with ubi here an there do u know if yasuke is gonna be able to do basic parkour im dying to know if he’s gonna be able to climb cause i really dont wanna feel force to play as the female just cause yasuke can’t do basic parkour which I wouldn’t mind playing as the female im just gonna be a lil disappointed

[@BlazeSwigglePlayzMc]

The thing is we all know the reason why they chose Yasuke as a lead, and it's not for "narrative or we thought it would be cool" reasons. Thats why so many are making it a problem. I personally don't mind it too much but I do think its kind of dumb that once we finally get a japanese AC game they come out with that.

[@GameoftheYear-fx4mq]

You can just choose not to play as him. The main character is a woman and she's attractive, pale and pleasing to the male gaze.

[@justinlacek1481]

Ohkay, don't buy the game then. Problem solved. They're charging $130 for a special edition but everyone l's crying because one of the characters is a black dude.

[@milboxr9772]

​@@GameoftheYear-fx4mqis he not gonna have half of the main missions what do you mean choose to not play as him? Thats like saying just choose not to play as franklin or trevor when they are part of the main story in gta v and u have to play as them?

[@loganpullo7044]

​@@GameoftheYear-fx4mqyour last sentence is weird dude.. dont project your feelings on others

[@GameoftheYear-fx4mq]

@@milboxr9772 well GTA 5 and ac syndicate are from a different era. We don't have to be forced to play what we don't want

[@sleepi0ne]

Well, we didn't really though, there was 0 gameplay

[@shreyway12]

all choreography from the trailer was taken from gameplay they literally said

[@DawidUliczny-ro7eo]

@@shreyway12 Oh yeah, and Skull and Bones cinematic trailer totally looked like finished product. Ubisoft are liars.

[@tablettablete186]

​@@shreyway12Do you believe in that? 😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrEujoo]

Its not only a videogame, its about the message. AC was always about how you could influence the story in favor of the good guys and while doing it through the shadows

[@spellandshield]

Mr. Stephens; when is your full review of Baldur's Gate 3 coming out?

[@BlueBloodPenn]

It’s a cinematic trailer which means we’ve basically seen nothing. It tells us basically nothing about the actual game.

[@Tazza19931]

People will get a lot more from reading the articles than watching the trailer. The people who watch a cinematic trailer like this and comment on how amazing it looks compared to another game that is already out really confuse me. People just need to wait and actually see the game before making big comments, regardless of whether those comments are positive or negative.

[@lI_Speedor_Il]

It tells us a bit about who the characters are

[@deltafive_o-first2417]

Its a problem that if you take out the girl and just leave Yasuke there nothing Assassins Creed about this at all but hey final judgement for the final product

[@gbohunm.i]

That is an insane take. You can do that with any other AC game. "If you take out the assassinations, there's nothing Assassin's Creed about black flag" And before you say "that's not the same thing, that's a key gameplay system" Naoe is the players way to engage with those systems in this game

[@deltafive_o-first2417]

@@gbohunm.i You misunderstand. What Im saying is that specifically in this trailer if you just leave Yusuke there isnt really anything that says AC. Theres nothing about him that indicates hes an assassin. No hood, no blade, no Assassin logo even on him, no mention of the creed, no brotherhood, and even his target has no Templar logo. It doesnt need all of those but it should have some to make him feel like hes an Assassin. No your thing isnt the same because you escalated it to the whole game. Im just talking about the problem with this trailer and the current presentation of this character.

[@peacemaster8117]

@@deltafive_o-first2417 There wasn't anything overtly Assassin-y about the guy in Origins either, and that game was pretty good. If you removed Connor from AC3 there'd be nobody who looked Assassin-y. Why's it a problem if Yasuke doesn't look like an Assassin? Who cares?

[@DoomOfConviction]

At least you could play a Greek in odyssey and an Egyptian in Origins… so if I was Japanese I would be pissed AF!

[@hillehai]

Practically every AC game has had an MC that was culturally connected to the region in which it took place. Not only is Yasuke not Japanese, he doesn't have any connection to the culture or history of Japan as he was only there for less than 2 years. I doubt he even learned to speak the language at any significant level during the time he was there either, so how does he communicate with people around him? It's ridiculous.

[@von1590]

Ubisoft came out and said you do not need a constant internet connection once you download the game.

[@tezman1511]

They'll pull a uno reverse later, it was corporate speak probably. Ex: no internet connection, but during the menus or loading screens, cutscenes, etc your actually connected. Keyword was "constant"

[@fantact]

It's not that they are "massaging historical facts a little bit" its that they are doing it to pander and every AC game before it had characters who where from the region the game was set in, a game set in Africa should not have a white guy as the main protagonist and this is the exact same situation. Nobody likes this sort of pandering and in a game supposedly about stealth and assassination being the least inconspicous man in the land is a bad idea. This is why the current gen of AC games should have been RPG spinoffs instead because they are barely about assassination and stealth anymore.

[@shreyway12]

The Samurai isn't stealth focused. The Shinobi is. Also black man doesn't automatically mean pandering. You said it yourself. Every AC game in the past had characters who were from the region the game was set in. So the FIRST time it's not like that and you're jumping to conclusions? That's not critical thinking. Not to mention future titles like AC Jade and AC Hexe have protagonists from the region the games are set in too.

[@KakavashaForever]

We know why you're really angry, no need to pretend.

[@A01Kun]

@@shreyway12 With all due respect I just want to ask: If there is a game that will be set in your home country and u we’re very hyped to finally play a protagonist that u can relate to but also is from the same country that u are from but then suddenly the game’s higher ups changes so that the protagonist that u are able to play will not be originated from that country would u still be excited or happy?

[@shreyway12]

@@A01Kun I would be happy because there is another character for me to play that I can relate to and is from my home country 😊

[@gbohunm.i]

​@@A01Kun2 questions back. 1) are you saying you can't relate to anyone who doesn't look like you? 2) why day "suddenly" you make it sound like Ubisoft hoodwinked you. As far all the leaks and any official information, this seems to have been the plan for the jump

[@imbro2529]

After Ghost of Tsushima I don't see any point in the existence of Shadows

[@ilyMiickeyBee]

Damn so one Japanese inspired things means there's no reason to ever make anything else ? Lmao

[@victory7763]

​@ilyMiickeyBee people say wild sht when they're upset. I guess after GTA there's no point in open world crime games

[@HeyPlayboi]

people have been wanting this for years.

[@KaitoGillscale]

So true. I played CoD3 back in the day. I'm so glad they never made a WW2 game after that.

[@TheMsr47gaming]

​@@victory7763 I mean they tried Saints Row.

[@locdogg86]

Luke you can’t undermine the tonal shift between games. No, historical accuracy isn’t the end all be all. But plenty of people hate the newer ac games because of the rpg/tonal shifts. So to say it as if those things don’t matter is disingenuous, u know that’s a bad comparison. There’s a massive difference between an order of assassins and fighting mythical creatures.

[@kpe02]

During spring your character will be sneezing because of pollen ;)

[@loganfaraday1740]

"Their vison": ESG and DEI

[@user-eu7qp3ry5b]

only bigots say ESG and DEI.rascist

[@MrMakatoshi]

The problem with the historical aspect becomes more apparent when you look at the situation further. There were other families with actual Samurai that could be used. With the female ninja being the daughter of one of Japan's famous ninjas, it seems like they wanted the notoriety that comes with them but not the figures themselves. There's a bunch of notable figures that shaped Japan at this time and 97% are Japanese and male, that's just a fact.

[@charlesmiv3842]

So they went with a person that’s unique and different… it’s a video game.

[@sieben.5141]

It’s a video game. I’m pretty sure that people weren’t fighting spirits in Egypt, but we had some of those in Origins. I don’t care that much about how historically accurate these games are. I also would like a game more historically grounded and based in Japan, like we have Kingdom Come, but Assassins Creed will never be that historically grounded game.

[@speeddevil4040]

Well to be fair. It makes sense why they went this route. All the protags are usually 100% fictional. They like using a character that has little to no records about them to shape them into whoever they want. They can’t use someone who had a lot of history writin about them. Though I agree Yasuke made more sense as a side character, maybe make him the Leonardo Di Vinci of this game (the best friend of the MC)

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

@@charlesmiv3842 No they went with a false history of that person and now are glorifying slavery. Basically "Slavery in the US wasn't that bad...they had food and Houses!" He was never a Samauri, was used as a novelty "Hey look at black skin!" never battled but once because he was being attacked, and was instantly sold too someone else who offered a large sum of money losing all the titles and the house he was Supposedly "Given".

[@refugeehugsforfree4151]

@@speeddevil4040 No he was a literal Slave against his will. Never was a samurai. This is like glorifying slavery and people are cheering for it.

[@timothy6672]

cant wait for AC africa and we play as an eskimo colonialist $270

[@imAgentR]

This has been the most mature video posted about the entirety of what we have so far about the game is a reflection of the creator in the community of the channel. Personally, I’m hoping the game can bring me back in as my favorites were the first and the second.

[@RainyFun]

Well, as someone who kinda likes Ac these days for the settings, and someone who wanted this game since I was a kid... I'm cautiously optimistic

[@notesonwheels]

finally an opinion without hate

[@dominicarroyo6269]

Yea it looks good as to what the concept is. I just wanna see gameplay and everything else that comes with this game like what you'll be doing in this world and etc before I preorder. ​@@notesonwheels

[@ryguy1483]

Yeah, as a kid YEARS ago. As an adult that misses old AC gameplay, I'm kinda annoyed that NOW they decide to go Japan RIGHT after Ghost of Tsushima.

[@RainyFun]

@@ryguy1483 Yup, that bugged me back when the announced this as code red or whatever but now it's not too bad, there are plenty of things they can do to make it stand apart from Ghost but as I said... cautious.

[@longjohn526]

@@RainyFun They already have made it stand apart by having a female and a Black protagonist ....... If you want to play as a male Japanese then go play Ghost of Tsushima, if you don't care then play AC Shadows ..... Personally I'll likely play both .... I don't have a problem with the protagonists, I'm more worried about the gameplay loop which sucked in Valhalla, a boring story and protagonist and horrible combat like Mirage and poor performance and crashing like Valhalla which still crashes every 8 hours on average while Odyssey and Origins almost never crashes and I can easily go 100 hours between crashes. I also worry because I see some of the exact same promises they made with Valhalla (like stealth ) and failed to deliver on being said again about Shadows. I'm cautiously optimistic that the game engine rewrite will fix a lot of the issues that Valhalla has because they tried to hack DX12 into a game engine designed for DX11 and DX11 and DX12 are two entirely different beasts

[@hanzfit1999]

I might be in the wrong place…..but the trailer looked really cool, and I tend to enjoy more Ubisoft games than I don’t….looking forward to this.

[@horizon5856]

People just enjoy hating too much

[@ryguy1483]

Its.... okay..... Got it???????????????????

[@MajerHawk]

@@horizon5856get this man some knee pads

[@Solaxer]

@@horizon5856so you’d argue there isn’t much to hate about the gaming industry and Ubisoft currently? Lol

[@longjohn526]

@@Solaxer So you'd argue there aren't more toxic idiots online today than any other time in the history of the Internet?

[@youssef4955]

I respect everyone’s feelings and opinions about the lack of representation. Personally I am very excited about the game even if we only have seen the cinematic trailer. Most people hate the game because people with a bigger influence tells you to hate on Ubisoft. I’d like to keep an open mind and if its as good as AC odessey then i’ll be very satisfied

[@28Vandals]

No one complained about Afro Samurai a fictional character

[@mikee4639]

Saying it’s one time internet connection I am not convinced. Look at Mirage, Ofyssey, Origins and other, still want an Ubi connection to launch they games and I don’t know why if I choose not to sync . It’s a deceptive practice and I am very annoyed at this IMO

[@rainyfriday6175]

This is like saying “your history is only worthy when it was diversified.”

[@KharaChmiel]

100% agree.

[@andrewbinns5035]

And embellished greatly

[@Rubycore]

As if the japanese aren't diverse enough to a western audience

[@lawrencehaynes6408]

Why do you believe ubisoft has an obligation to create a game that is historically accurate? Hate to break it to you but not one of the AC games are historically accurate 😂😂😂 The fact that you are so concerned about the genitals and skin colour of the protagonists in a made up story is kinda weird 😂😂😂

[@andrewbinns5035]

@lawrencehaynes6408 ask the asian community who get the shaft once again.

[@blessanabey5575]

Yasuke invented Dreads.😂

[@Daddy2025HQ]

I’ve never played this type of game before this could be

[@TEFFTPATTERN]

The entire vision they have for AC makes such little sense at all based on the game and mechanics they are making it for. I could write a 2 page post about why the gameplay loop for AC games is not designed for just looping outpost capture forever, the game needs a cinematic and captivating storyline that makes you want to go find the next mission. The outposts are like the bread at an Italian restaurant, it goes WITH the main dish. It’s not exciting or fun enough to want to play for more than a couple weeks at a time.