The REAL Problem with Assassin's Creed Shadows.

[@UselessNekoGang]

If my kids ever ask about the assassin's creed game set in Japan I'm just gonna tell them it's Ghost of Tsushima.

[@lorddrifter7296]

They prob wont ask. Ghost was good but it was very similar to a creed game. Lotta check list shit on the map.

[@johndodo2062]

​@@lorddrifter7296that game was incredible and much better than ac in every way. Most games copy multiple things from ass ass now. It's called open world gaming chief

[@KalenTomlinson]

Same. Ubisoft will not be relevant by that time

[@slothcatgaming5936]

Yeah but way better and clean imo.​@lorddrifter7296

[@Monsoonasaurus]

Fr.

[@TumpalManurung]

didn't some of us say that we're done with ubisoft? Let's just move on.

[@chadallen7474]

I hope and wish they would move on. I have

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

who's gonna move on? the normies? every year there are more gamers that don't remember how different things used to be.

[@chadallen7474]

@@arsenii_yavorskyi yea I know I’m just trying to spread the word as much as I can. I can’t do much so I’m doing what I can.

[@negobranclim8640]

"ITS nOt paY To WiN BeCaUSe ITs SinGLe PLayEr"

[@therealtoxsinzgaming]

Just predatory at that point

[@Leo-Draco]

Ruri also forgot they will sell you the reveal all treasures and point of interest on map item lol

[@heyjulzdontmakeitbad]

That's where Cheat Engine Inventory Editor comes in.

[@FellixNoAmatsu]

It's just "Pay-to-fun".. faster than your broke friend.

[@DogmaticNonsense]

What sucks most... I was really looking forward to a Japan Setting AC game since before black flag, hoping it'd be given the same love as the originals and Ezio tril... but this, Its like spitting on a hope i've had for a decade.

[@sweatyzeusgaming]

Yup

[@johndodo2062]

It's like they kind of gave it to you and then took it away while laughing actually. Or shoving your face in the cake while you blow out the candles. And the cake is made of shit inside

[@theafchefstable8284]

So how was the Gameplay, since you already know.... I mean that's the only problem you could have with this game right based on your statement correct?

[@DogmaticNonsense]

@@theafchefstable8284 No, my problem is trying to scam me into 100$ purchase for an incomplete game that openly mocks the culture and time period of a nation it was supposed to invest its historic theme with.... I guess you have some reason to assume it's perfectly worth the over 100$ purchase for complete DLC content without seeing the gameplay?

[@DogmaticNonsense]

@@johndodo2062 Good analogy. Then afterwards they say you're the dck for being mad about it.

[@guyver6622]

I'm more concerned with the pricing of the game and they didn't even show any Gameplay.

[@thunderchicken6438]

I remember saying they need to make a AC game in Japan for years. Now that they did, I dont want it. I wont be buying any more ubisoft games period. Not until they stop screwing their customers.

[@DiscoFinalBoss]

Fortunately, Ghost of Tsushima exists.

[@thunderchicken6438]

@@DiscoFinalBoss yeah it's top of my list when I have some game money saved up.

[@paulypipes1]

ANOTHERBIG PROBLEM is the fact they race swapped the protagonist. And the new writer is a far leftist. Besides the stupid microtransactions this is yet another topic certain youtubers won't talk about because they are afraid of being called a racist from the actual racist journolists. We wanted a Japenese protagonist samurai. They could've made this so badass but they chose to check a diversity box and don't sit here and act as if this is nonsense.

[@chrispalmer6804]

@@paulypipes1 she also follows SBI so there's that as well ppl should add this to the list of games SBI are involved with

[@paulypipes1]

@@chrispalmer6804 yes and they are a group of activists that have a terrible view on life and society Because all of them have been traumatized in the youth. So they've been raised with weak men who failed them so they have to force shit in their writing and call themselves smart employers. Wtf is a SBI job anyways. Money is being thrown away with true talent that cares about countries rich history and lore. But instead we get this weak generic shit. The story lines are so bland and generic

[@BlackF0x_]

Harsh. But this is exactly how it needs to be said.

[@jroc1176]

This is the same pay model as Star Wars Outlaws. Straight garbage.

[@KingRoturix]

Here to support the video. KZbin is kinda trash filtering your content.

[@WesYes]

Not buying? That’s just as well better to be selective than wasteful.

[@biggums5]

For some reason these videos aren't showing up on my sub page

[@meglo03]

same

[@QwertyBoredom122]

You Tube seems to be in full damage control mode on behalf of Ubisoft it seems, shouldn't be surprising considering they have been sucking corpo dick for a long time now.

[@fy4b230]

That’s odd. This video has been at the top of my feed since its release.

[@25xxfrostxx]

The largest problem with the game? It's a $110 release access or $70 cheap seats 3 days late access rental. I think I'm done with ubisoft. Also, apparently they used chinese architecture and assets in part of it because they don't care about history or authenticity.

[@Theophonis]

I didn't hear about that last part. That's insanely cringe.

[@DiscoFinalBoss]

I only learned of the Chinese architecture thing just now. /facepalm

[@25xxfrostxx]

@@DiscoFinalBoss Apparently it's a difference in lanterns, torii gates and other architecture.

[@robertnolen8568]

Welcome back, man. When you said you were giving up this fight I felt TB roll over in his grave. I am with you, companies aren't going to stop this BS until people stop lining up willingly to bend over and take whatever the latest way of nickel and dining them is right up the A.

[@potsi78]

AC: Shadows makes me sad, because it reminds me that we haven't had a Tenchu game since 2009 😞

[@lukestringfellow861]

Tenchu was made by fromsoftware , sekiro was the closest thing to a tenchu game but yh I understand , dam I miss those games

[@hatchin]

@@lukestringfellow861 I recommend Aragami 2. It's not the same but it's the next best thing that scratches that itch a little bit for me. It has great coop too for up to 3 ppl.

[@johndodo2062]

Pre-ordering ANYTHING is idiotic

[@hokiepokie8595]

Chopping off a mission and forcing you to pay an extra 40 bucks to get it is bullshit. Season passes are bullshit too. Ubisoft is bullshit. I actually liked valhalla too, but they've lost it when it comes to their pricing models. Fuck em.

[@IsaacChoo88]

I never like Ubisoft's predatory pricing tactics

[@TalesZuliani]

I love AC. I have a tattoo of it. My policy is to always wait the Gold Edition with all DLC on a big sale (under 40 dollars) before i buy it

[@OofTuna]

Almost feels like the Yasuke drama is a diversion tactic. “Look over here! Ignore our pricing model”

[@brokemono]

Yo Ho, Yo Ho, a pirate's life for me.

[@TheYdyp]

Ubisoft games at this point are not even worth the trouble.

[@ShivaX51]

Ubisoft has been trash for so long and in so many ways that I don't even understand how people still buy this stuff.

[@constantinebratanata]

I appreciate you consistently have the reasonable take. If everyone acted like you, the gaming community would be so much better. I wish everyone acted more like you when it comes to these games controversies whether its Stellar Blade or Assassin's Creed. The discourse should focus on the gameplay and the monetization. I wasn't interested in this until I saw you could play as Yasuke. I probably still won't buy this because Ubisoft has a long proven record of messing up Assassin's Creed gameplay-wise anyway. I personally recommend Ghost of Tsushima on PC which just came out yesterday. It's almost everything Assassin's Creed tries to be minus the ancient aliens conspiracy, social stealth, and most of the monetization bs. All the "discourse" going on motivated me to actually research things so I'll paste what I've written elsewhere from my findings: It's pretty obvious the complainers are just being racist when there's literally a playable Shinobi often depicted on the same promotional material next to Yasuke. While kunoichi are questionable, Wikipedia doesn't offer any explanation about the evidence presented in the bansenshūkai. In addition there's the main playable characters of Ghost of Tsushima, Rise of the Ronin, Like a Dragon Ishin!, and Sekiro all within the span of almost 5 years if you did want to play as a Japanese guy. Ghost of Tsushima is literally just Assassin's Creed gameplay but better minus the ancient aliens-esque conspiracy. Funny how the game published by "woke" Playstation that just released on PC yesterday is more accurate in that aspect. In several of the Assassin's Creed games, you're not playing as one of the locals such as in Revelations, Black Flag, and Valhalla. Ezio Auditore didn't exist at all. The Order of Assassins ceased to exist in the late 13th century and never used the iconic hidden blade. The blade itself is entirely an unpractical rule-of-cool fiction. Where were these people when Battlefield 1 had most people running around with submachine guns. As an actual Asian guy, where were these people when Scarlet Johansson was cast as a Japanese-speaking Japanese security agent with a Japanese name working for the Japanese government in Japan? I seem to recall them being on the other side telling me to shut up and that I didn't really care. Meanwhile there's literally evidence Yasuke both fought and received a samurai's stipend specifically. People need to think about the word retainer and what it means and why it's being used. A retainer is someone whose services would be retained after a conflict whereas a conscript would return to their life when their term is expired. Sure, at one point he carried Nobunaga's sword, a position of at least equivalent importance to Ranmaru and of much greater importance than the shoe-caretaker position Nobunaga's maybe more noteworthy follower, Hideyoshi once held. I don't know about you but I sure would have to trust someone a lot to let them carry my weapon. Would someone with as much martial success as Nobunaga really need to retain the services of somebody with the "strength of ten men" and who was significantly larger than the average Japanese person in order to simply carry his sword? Boy, I wonder how Nobunaga would have Yasuke prove his strength and what military purpose would Nobunaga have for a skill like that? Would the man who managed to unify Japan really think that carrying a sword was the best way to use someone like that. When samurai emerged, it wasn't a social class, it was a job someone did. It only became a social class later. It was only formalized in the mid-sixteenth century, decades after Yasuke's time. People need to stop thinking of samurai as just eastern knights that needed to be "knighted". There is already a lot more complexity and nuance that gets overlooked by popular media and general audiences. There is literally a thread of r/AskHistorians on this you can find and read. It's a tightly moderated subreddit that doesn't just let anybody comment unless they can properly source their claims. There is also literally an article with a photo of a retainer's armor by the Pitt Rivers Museum of Anthropology and World Archaeology which looks exactly like the stereotypical samurai armor including the iconic helmet. It also literally says a retainer was "usually a samurai providing military services." Sure, let's listen to people literally trying to rewrite history on Wikipedia. /s At best detractors can suggest there was a small chance that maybe he wasn't a samurai. The evidence and subject matter experts however generally agree that he probably was a samurai. There are literally descendents of samurai on twitter wondering what our deal is. This isn't even the first depiction of a black samurai. Yasuke is in Nioh! Afro Samurai as a piece of media exists. Nagoriyuki from Guilty Gear, the "noble vampire samurai", has the occupation of retainer.

[@ITNoetic]

Nevermind the gameplay. The thing you gotta know before you play ac Shadows is, you gotta get used to not owning your games. My desire to play a big budget game with a black protagonist is overridden by my desire not to give companies like ubisoft my money

[@obiwanshinobi87]

It's going to be like Syndicate where you can choose to play most of the game as either the stealthy assassin... or the samurai brawler

[@ghosttemplar6989]

So what we all know is that the female is actually apart of the order since she wears the hidden blade, Yasuke is not but my two curious things are what roll will Yasuke play and how well is the gameplay. I dont really care about the historical accuracy because if you look it up its foggy at best. People tend to forget that during that time that yasuke came to japan he would have not gotten the title of Samurai which is why it is never listed...he was not Japanese now what we do know is Nobunaga Oda did not care about breaking the code so he named Yasuke as his retainer which work closely by Nobunaga oda until Nobunaga died. Mitsuhide the man who attack Nobunaga during a certain battle manage to burn down the castle with Nobunaga in it and Yaskue was one of the last few left to defend the caslte but failed and was captured by Mitsuhide army in which Mitsuhide did not allow Yasuke to commit sepuko because he would never call Yasuke a Samurai. The after that note in history Yasuke just dissappeared.

[@jimcarrey2866]

The problem with the MTX and season pass is that people that complained about it back in 2011-2013 always got the same answer "you don't have to buy it if you don't want to", "it's just comestic" people moved from this. "it's not my game so fuck it" till it got to their game. I remember when EA sold Mass Effect 2 real ending in a DLC

[@muruburu]

Dude mega respect on this video. Since D4 did the Early Access nonsense I've been so disappointed to see all these big Money Grab terrible games made by the big publishers do the same. It's disgusting and I will voice my opinion on it whenever I get a chance. The people who defend this stuff drive me nuts. Keep up spreading the info my dude, people need to be educated and stop spending money whenever they see any of these practices. All the best!

[@The_Claymores]

6 skill points is when it becomes too much

[@zulul2077]

All AC main was fictional character who interact with historical figures. Only in Japan they use the Only Black Man in there at that time, who stay only short period of time as caddy & court jester for Oda Nobunaga the full blown Samurai MC because He perfect for their agenda. If they really want use historical character, why not Hattori Hanzo, He legendary Samurai/Ninja at that timeline but they won't because he not fit today politics.

[@e3vL1]

They picked Yasuke bc his backstory is vague and is a foreigner. It's better to have a fish out of water protagonist so players can explore the setting at the same time the characters does. It also contrasts the other lead character who's lived in feudal Japan all their life.

[@shevek5185]

​@@e3vL1yep, the same reason why a lot of media gets inspired by William Adams, and in the case of Yasuke you have a relatively unexplored character with a very interesting backstory and that gives the writers a lot of freedom to fill the blanks. Btw, Yasuke wasn't a court jester LMAO

[@omensoffate]

@@e3vL1no the reason is because they get paid to make a black protagonist.

[@Gaiden-Shinji875]

There was a time where you would unlock content within the game itself. Gaming is about playing for content, not paying for content.

[@aaronhumphrey3514]

In a vaccuum, it would kind of a head-scratcher but not that big of deal. In the context of AAA gaming in 2024, it just smacks of more ESG nonsense being crammed into a game for no reason other than to check off boxes. In the end, making a game set in the Edo period where you can't play a Japanese male is just odd.

[@QwertyBoredom122]

Its 100% a shoe horn in diversity choice, it seems a former Ubisoft employee just straight said that the games MC was originally intended to be a Japanese man but that has clearly changed and Yasuke was the only "justifiable" black guy they could use.

[@Notme-rd2xz]

If it was a white male there wouldn’t have been any outrage

[@Bardaer]

Once I saw Yasuke in the Trailer, I knew exactly were they gonna go. They make it another Nobunaga storyline probably like we've seen in Nioh and Nioh 2 minus the yokai. Since Yasuke is said to have been Nobunagas weapon carrier. Could also be post Nobunaga and during his eirs time (Nobutada). Also fun fact, even japans historians aren't really sure of William Adams' samurai status. I don't know what japanese historians say about Yasuke though. Am a bit fuzzy on the exact details.

[@BonerificPoptart]

The only thing thats changed about ubisofts practices in the last 10 years is there pricing, all AC fans just see this as standard, we have been paying for already made missions for years and since ubisoft is best known for regurgitation its not really seen as a problem or anything new. But i agree we shouldn't be taking it lying down, but i honestly dont think it will change anytime soon.

[@sweatyzeusgaming]

Yasuke was never a samurai, he was a retainer. I don’t mind playing as a black character either, just not in Japan. Ppl who say they don’t care would be up in arms if you played as a white man in an Assassins Creed: sub Saharan Africa. I just don’t like the anti-historical feel, it takes me out of it. Same to a lesser extent with the shinobi woman… watch Shogun to see how much agency women had. AC was ALREADY inclusive to everyone… they give each region of the world their own game! It just feels disingenuous and spits in the face of Asian people or anyone who wanted to play as a historical Japanese character. Whatever tho I’m prolly done with AC after Valhalla bored me to tears towards the end.

[@QwertyBoredom122]

Strictly speaking its unknown if Yasuke was ever granted the position of samurai, although the fact that he was allowed to live after Oda's death has implications he wasn't, it is worth mentioning some Japanese sources do state he was made a bushi but that isn't the same thing and we do know from Jesuit sources that he was trained in combat and suggest he doubled as a bodyguard but again nothing that states directly one way or the other, as for the shinobi women the only really stupid thing is the idea of fighting a soldier in full battle gear since Shobi was a fairly umbrella term for a whole group of jobs and its also reasonable to mention that Onna Bushi where actually a thing.....just not very common.

[@benkai343434]

@@QwertyBoredom122 The thing to remember here is that Onna Bushi and Shinobi are two completely different things. Trying to equate the two in any way would be like putting a squire and a thief next to each other and going 'I can't tell the difference', so even on that line it's hard to make an argument for a shinobi going into the frontlines.

[@shevek5185]

William Adams was never an expert swordmaster with control of the spirit realm fighting yokai over Japan and still no one gave a crap about it in Nioh LMAO You are just being disingenuous, having a black main character in a damn fantasy videogame doesn't "spit in the face of Asian people" lol

[@bedarkthylight]

You live in Portugal? Now that's such a surprise, I've been following your channel for quite some time and had no idea. Greets from a Portuguese fan

[@rurikhan]

PORTUGAL CARALHO!

[@bedarkthylight]

​@@rurikhan 🇵🇹💪🏻

[@TheShugoBR]

there was a time i liked assassins creed games, i like ubisoft games, AC, Watch Dogs, some other games.... and im glad they pulled off their games from steam, now i don't even see and don't even think about buying any other game from them, and i don't have hopes for them getting better at any moment.

[@howl1440]

Same, I played every Assassins Creed game until Valhalla. I really liked Valhalla but it felt really lacking in some ways so haven’t checked out what ever Mirage (?) was and might not play this one either.

[@hisdudeness1835]

@@howl1440 Mirage is actually surprisingly fun and short.

[@margapickni7075]

@@hisdudeness1835na let them cry. They don’t try things for themselves.

[@gideonroos1188]

I'm not taking this lying down. I've tapped out years ago. Last Ubisoft game I played was Unity.

[@C_O_N_C_E_P_T]

Love your videos Rurikkan. You understand gaming mechanics on a level not many do. You see the gameplay and know the difference between weighty movements and hits. Not floaty garbage that feels like you’re hitting with a wet noodle. A no gameplay trailer and then the asking of all this stuff we don’t know about is ridiculous. Don’t even know what combat is like. They cut off part of the game and call that dlc season pass. Why not just wait on that content and talk about it in 2 months. Then it won’t seem like it was content that was part of the game already just snipped and called dlc. I agree with your take on all of it and I hope people talk with their money. Only way this stuff will stop is if it tells them we don’t want any of it.

[@tinylv16]

XP Booster And Coin Doubler can be add to the game without anymoney (It's call easymode cheat code) it's just a few line of code, but also it's more line of code because microtransaction. This is singleplayer game not a competitive gacha game. Why people who dont have time have to pay more money to enjoy the game?

[@tp1saikou]

I've played Rainbow6, Ghost Recon, Division, Splinter Cell from the PS2 era and on. None of them clicked with me.

[@quinnharrison9695]

Hence the growing trend of consumers going back to older consoles and their games that existed before live service and free to play. And discs haven’t had the full game since before the PS4/XBox One era.

[@riemaennchen]

Why do all the people in the cinematic even wear armor? Or does Yasuke have some sort of High Frequency Blade laced in super deadly poison so that his sword cuts through armor without issues and kills everyone instantly?

[@mattp.6660]

Ubisoft are djinns. People collectively wishes for a AC Japan, so they grant the wish, but like a djinn, the wish always ends up screwed up in some twisted way. The only way I play this game is i pay the 17 bucks for the membership and cancel it immediately, play it within that month, then forget about it. Assuming I even want to play it for the whole month.

[@wolfmcknight3043]

Look at it from a logical perspective, an assassin needed to be able to disappear, blend in to thier surroundings, be inconspicuous. Having said that if anyone catches a glimpse of him, cover instantly blown, what did the assassin look like, he was black about 6 feet tall. Darn it will be impossible to spot this guy.

[@alexandergoldstein4908]

Ubisoft missed their chance to make AC japan a long time ago, and not just because Sucker Punch beat them to it. They haven't put out a good game, let alone a good AC for years.

[@AntonioCunningham]

I feel like this is forced diversity. Why not have a male Samurai? Why ignore the vast majotity (if not all) Samurai for the one black possoble Samurai? If they want a black man charater, there's a ton of Rich cultures in Africa. I've head some great stories from my Ethiopian co-worker and that's just one Country in Africa.

[@cordeliacentauri1737]

Yeah it kinda feel that way. Out of all the notable samurais they picked a literally nobody who only served for 1 year before disappearing from history. I mean even william adams contributed more in history to Japan if they want a "foreigner" in Japan PoV. They could have make miyamoto musashi as the lead and promote his dual weapon technique and it probably would have receive a more positive response.

[@TheRealJohnux]

They could have also chosen to make a fictional character like they practically always did. Them pulling the 1 historical Black guy is just to have a Black guy.

[@dumdude1083]

How is it forced if he was an actual person in Japan in that period? Nobody bats an eye at nioh when they have a game in a similar period with a white guy protag. Yasuke is a unique figure in Japanese history who has a lot of folklore around him being the first foreign samurai etc. it's an interesting character that like you said has very few details around him which is perfect for an assassin character

[@TheRealJohnux]

@@dumdude1083 Nioh Was literally in the same time period, they had Yasuke as a boss. Also Niohs white guy protag William Adams is also a historical figure, with probably more actual influence on Japans history at that time than Yasuke.

[@dumdude1083]

@@TheRealJohnux no it's not the same period. You're thinking of nioh 2. And you're literally proving my point. You don't care about nioh when it's a white man but a black man? Then it's race baiting forced diversity

[@Romangelo]

The slashing animations weren't weird. Swift slash is kinda iconic in fictions (well, even in real-life, some swordsmasters can do that). It shows how skilled and strong the characters are. But impaling a body and lift it with a katana... That's a no-no. Unlike European swords, katana are bendable. Doing that will just break or ruin the blade.

[@Rtraywick812]

Yasuke as a main character was a distraction from what they was doing with the prices the people talking about the black character didn't catch it but the people who didn't care about the black character caught it

[@riemaennchen]

Everytime a new Ubisoft Game releases I am happy I jumped of the Ubi Train after playing Far Cry 4. Haven't had the urge to play a single Ubisoft game since and I don't think I'll ever will.

[@WildArmsV]

The issue is not people caring to play as a black guy, the issue is that it makes no sense and he was obviously added because of skin color =/ I am also not bothered to play as him, is just that I cannot imagine him "Hiding in plain view" in the middle of Japan lol. I also thought some other parts it was weird, why would she just try to push a guy in armor, I think he is too heavy to be pushed like that. The "thing" with yasuke is that he is super strong so thats why i guess they added those parts, where he raises someone with the sword and easily using a heavy wpn And yes, the pre order is an issue that plagues all games not just AC

[@chrispalmer6804]

they could've done it like team ninja did it in nioh and in that i actually liked yasuke in that game ngl

[@AtypicalWarrior]

The monetization has been like this for 3 or 4 games now

[@flamingburitto]

The problem is that in a game set in Japan, with Japanese culture, Ubisoft chose to make the MAIN CHARACTER an African man. This would've been less of a controversy if yasuke was there was an NPC samurai, the problem is that the protagonist of a Japanese assassin's creed game, isn't Japanese. there would've been similar backlash from the other side if the protagonist was white, especially when the documented proof of there being Caucasian/European samurai is SUBTANTIALLY higher. that would've still been a conspiracy. Only dfference would be that the people supporting yasuke, would've been against that and would've called cultural appropriation. But for some reason, its okay because its Yasuke. PS: Japanese people aren't happy with this either, and i totally understand why.

[@Lunar_Yojimbo]

😅 I agree with you 100% Thank you for info and have good days 🍻👍

[@DaMillerBoi]

It's not that easy to cut through that armor as it's easy to pierce through it that's how he was able to put somebody up with the sword

[@insideout5568]

I'm glad gamers are finally not letting this bullshit fly anymore.

[@rDijDi]

To be fair, when Oda ordered the Jesuits to bring Yasuke to him, he believed that Yasuke had the strength of over 10 men. Maybe Ubisoft is portraying that in his combat.

[@margapickni7075]

That makes the most sense. A lot of the complaints this trailer received seem pre concocted.

[@kurosanyasuke8236]

This is awesome! I hope it has a great story to it and include The feudal Lord

[@tacothunder2298]

Legends speak of an old magic trick that allows people to play a predatory game and still keep their money. I think this would be useful with Ubisoft games.

[@Ethman16]

Selling a game before you’ve even shown off any gameplay should be fucking illegal

[@Frenzyshark]

"Just trust us the combat is good."

[@Dreggy990]

Considering they had to make two character instead focusing on assassin shinobi gameplay in a assassin game

[@kemikalz]

Ruri your last line of this video was legendary and I will happily repeat it to anyone considering buying this game.

[@izzoArtistry]

Aside from the accuracy of Yaskue, and the price point they are asking for the game, We waited 10 years for a AC setting in feudal japan and apparently Ubisoft said there are already too many Japanese male leads. We wanted a strong Japanese male protagonist. Yasuke could have not been a issue if protagonist shinobi was male. But no, The end. I also like to add the characters are now lgbtq+ in the game LOL . Disaster.

[@theq80gamer]

Let's wait for some gameplay footage. I agree the marketing with Ubisoft sucks. I am wondering what engine they are going to use, Anvil or Snowdrop?

[@hayatojp1249]

portugal was the only foreign country that was allowed to trade with Japan around 16 century some NPCs in the game will be supposedly Portugueses well the Black Samurai Yasuke can be considered as a Portuguese what do you think about that as a portuguese?

[@rurikhan]

In regards to my willingness to play the game, nothing. In regards to historical accuracy doesn’t seem likely. In regards my personal feelings on it I’m pretty neutral.

[@ddist0rtt]

They gotta afford all those DEI consultant salaries somehow

[@abahgaming2143]

I'm a father of two daughters myself, and theoretically speaking, I wouldn't ever send my daughters to fight in the war. Over my dead body! And even then, I'd come back as a ghost just to protect them!

[@dumdude1083]

Yeah that's silly when the war is knocking on your front door. Plus she's a Shinobi they're like spies and women are more inconspicuous as spies than men it makes sense

[@MFD00MTR33]

This isn't new though. Ubisoft has done this before going back to at least Origins (extra mission and 3 day early access) and so have other companies. There's always an "extra" mission, some exclusive skin and some weapon or skill. EA, Activision and Capcom did this back back in PS3 days, Ubisoft, Square and other companies started doing this in PS4 days. Now most companies are doing it and it's rare *NOT* to see it. Pre orders used to make sense in PS2 days when we only had physical releases and there were chances of actually not getting a game on the day of release (i remember people being salty that there weren't enough copies of GTA 3 and San Andreas). Now there's always enough copies and you can buy a digital version. Pre ordering doesn't make any sense for the consumer, its just helping the multi billion dollar company make more money.

[@eandlbloodflower6765]

There are a lot of reasons why I'm not interested in paying/playing AC Shadows but the biggest of those reasons and why, deep inside, I want this game to flop badly -- because it's Ubisoft. This isn't to say that the game will be bad; this is more of a protest with regards to the culture in the company and treatment of customers that I will not support the company in any way and I plan on sticking to my words.

[@Nedk82]

Problem is making an assassins creed with a black samurai like it’s the greatest idea ever. No one cares it’s based on a real character we all know why it was done and I’m so tired of this shit

[@arsenii_yavorskyi]

please, make a dedicated video to support Ross Scott's Stop Killing Games campaign.

[@hisdudeness1835]

I agree with most of what you said. I did pre-order the game though. Here is why: I played every single AC game and I enjoyed them all. I know Shadows will be at least similar enough to the previous games so I don't need to see gameplay. If Capcom would've opened up pre-orders for MH Wilds after the game awards I would've pre ordered as well, because I know I will like it. And since I'm pre-ordering physically I can cancel the pre-order anyways if the gameplay reveal does sour me on anything. I don't interact with Ubisoft's MTX really, I just buy the game (going for Collectors Editions if the physical extras are cool to me) and play through it. If the DLC later on looks interesting I'll buy that separately (unless I went for a CE like I did with Origins becaus it's included there anyways). Like I said, I agree with you and think it's important to speak your mind on that. But just like you said it with the whole Yasuke controversy, I personally don't care about the MTX myself because I never interacted with it and don't plan on changing that. I just want to play a franchise I'm invested in eversince the first game because I love the games despite the shady business behind it. If I wouldn't care about physical goodies like figurines and artbooks would never go further than buying a standard edition and what you showed in the video is definitely why. 40 bucks for a season pass we know nothing about plus an extra 20 bucks for cosmeticsy a photo mode filter and 5 skillpoints... it's disgusting.

[@kz3dart]

I make my stance 2 years ago .... since then I buy 80% of my games on GOG , DRM Free even SONY games.

[@therealtoxsinzgaming]

I've haven't bought a AAA game since d4,and even that was a month after release,before all the shit with it. I just play indie games or I go into my back log of older classics that I need/want to play....corperates don't care about wasting your time fellas,they just want your money.vote with your wallets,ask Warner bros

[@MekMaster921]

When are you doing return to iceborn

[@imALazyPanda]

For these sort of on release "bonuses" they should be required not to say extra in the higher tiers but in lower tiers to say X removed from game. If its already in the game its not a bonus, its the work that was already done. Personally i dont believe in buying these digital "editions" since they stopped being physical bonuses, things that were actually cool and had extra production/distribution costs to justify an increased edition price.

[@Grubkiller35]

Also the disc thing is just being unreasonable, disc's strait up don't have enough memory for games now a days. Other than those two points I totally agree with you ruri

[@rurikhan]

Put two discs in the box.

[@Grubkiller35]

@@rurikhan fair point

[@chrispalmer6804]

@@rurikhan it was found out as well the lead writer for this game follows SBI so imo ppl should be worried

[@ultimatenoobtuber]

Tbh i think preorder and dlcs can cost more (not much more) but at the same time i feel like the base game should be EVERYTHING you create before release, if u feel like it raise the price a bit idc just dont do the thing where you split your content so some people can have more than others. everyone should be playing the same game for it to be fair.

[@AntonioCunningham]

I don't care for ultimate or more expensive versions of a game. I'll *much* rather they do that than microtransations. I don't like the early access though. That's BS. That should never be tolorated.

[@shaifs5072]

Bless you. This is the only sane take.

[@drummerkingrulez]

Its been a hot minute since I've seen Ruri this pissed off

[@jamescheek7507]

This is absolutely one of THE BEST videos of 2024. And the ending if the video" Get fucked". Chef's Kiss!!

[@kibathefang6022]

I can't really relate to you guys getting turned off because of these micro transaction. I've played Odyssey for like 120+ hrs and never have I felt that it was asking me to spend paid currency for weapons, armors and mounts. The game already had enough you can get in the game. Now if these weapons were so far beyond with dmg and effects, and gives needed advantage to clear the game then maybe I'd take it differently.

[@rurikhan]

Play it in a harder difficulty.

[@QwertyBoredom122]

Now that is interesting, this video was NOT in my sub feed, seems YT is actively supressing videos on this topic.

[@vitorrejano670]

Thank you very much for this video Ruri, I really needed to hear it

[@mokadelic4037]

Who in their right mind would ever buy this trash when Ghost of Tsushima exists?!

[@chrispalmer6804]

ikr and it's on PC now so there's that as well

[@JetStrmSam]

My main concern is with story implications. The waring period of Japanese history follows Lord Nobunaga’s rise and fall in power and I’m concerned how Ubisoft will effectively use Yasuke. Given that he is a samurai/retainer/servant to Nobunaga and the history states he was very close with his lord, the story premise seem flawed from the beginning with Yasuke assisting our female protagonist. I understand Ubisoft stretches history in making games but this seems to far a stretch where suspension of disbelief is overlooked. Personally I would have preferred if you choose one from the beginning and the story plays out from there, or if we have Yasuke play as the antagonist foil to the other protagonist. Possibly making story opportunities where you play one character to make a trap and prevent it as the other

[@UrbanBeatz9]

EA, Ubisoft, Activision Blizzard go directly to jail. Do not pass go do not collect £200

[@ni55an86]

I was most impressed by everyone's fluent English. If you're not old enough to read subtitles then you are not old enough to play a mature rated game.

[@MFD00MTR33]

Its like i told you on stream, i used to like Ubisoft back in the PS3/360 days with the Ezio AC, Far Cry 2 and 3. They made great games without any BS. Then they saw EA making billions from MTX and figured "we can do that too". I love ancient Greece and Egypt and was so excited about origins and Odyssey. Was a bit disappointed by origins and hoped they would change with Odyssey. They did, but unfortunately they changed for the worst. Most AC fans wanted one set in Japan around AC3-4 days a decade ago, when we didn't have a lot of open world samurai games. Now we have a lot and some are much better that what i expect Ubisoft will deliver to us going off what they delivered before.

[@kevadu]

I don't get the "sense of weight" complaint. Real swords are pretty light. Big, heavy swings are a video game convention but they're actually pretty unrealistic. His movements seem fine for a custscene.

[@AntonioCunningham]

While I agree with you, most historical accurate content creators like Shad and Metatron don't realise that realistic combat is *boring* to most people.

[@poiyut]

For some reason some of your recent videos are not showing up on my subscriptions feeds

[@DietersYT]

Unless they make Yasuke trans so that my they-friend is represented, I’m keeping my money. Shameful on Ubisoft for not including more diversity.

[@The_Apothecary]

‘YaSoGay’

[@jordick8427]

Here we have Ubisoft doing their usualy BS. And me doing my usual BS and not giving Ubisoft any of my money.

[@zeroarts7623]

Hope Capcom and Nintendo dont move in this direction. I rather have no discounts or mark downs for Nintendo's IP and cosmetic mtx in capcom than to move in the direction ubisoft is going.

[@daveworrall1151]

Platinumed all of the previous titles (apart from the side scrolling one) and I'm officially out of the franchise. I have no issue with a non-white protagonist, and an outlier (as this character was) is not an issue for me (William in Nioh was an outlier, after all). But this pricing model is beyond bad. It's not that I can't afford it, I simply see no value in it, I don't feel like I'm getting a decent deal. So I'll bow out of the franchise and spend my money elsewhere

[@Rheinau1988]

It almost looks like Ubisoft made the price modell so bad that they want people use Ubisoft Plus xD

[@iwantsaveu]

I think you're taking the CGI trailer presentation too seriously. Usually, CGI trailers are made by different teams or even outsourced to other studios. I believe the sequence in this trailer is mainly meant to convey the game's story atmosphere.

[@davidmurphy9049]

I've given up on ubisoft games quite awhile ago. I just can't condone their practices and over bloated games. Honestly.. if you want to play then. Fine.. but if you wait a month, they slash the price. Keep waiting and pick the game up for less than 20 bucks. Last game I grabbed( and it was actually my son that picked it up for me ) was the last far cry. I played it for about 2 hours and un-installed it). The game lacks the magic, and it feels so generic. I'll admit that at that time, I was also suffering from open world burnout.

[@simondelavega1938]

Im gonna say this. The premiss of AC game have never bee realistic what so ever but they have revolved around historical events with some insparation from real figures. Ubisofts problem is that they started out with realism in the way gameplay mechanics work, i.e., character combat animation parkour to compliment the classic playstyle of being an assassin, however after origins which marked the first time they implimentsd RPG elements to a game they also diviated away from the classic playstyle of being am assassins which shows franchise inconsistency, but because the concept of being able to play as descendants from the past stems from everything in the game being a simulation, that also gave headroom to retcon having realistic aspect in the game not just combat but elemenets influencing plot a d now newer player who started with origins onwards have a set example of what assassins creed is but older fans also have examples of what an assassins creed game should be. And i also believe there are people who dont mind this shift in franchise but aside all that its the scummy buisness practices of ubisoft that turn people away because its not just about buying a game a single time anymore, but contents split and hidden behind season passess and paywalls.

[@Primarch-h9t]

Think we can all agree Ubisoft should just give AC to someone else who can make a pretty good game