Ubisoft's Cultural Problems with Assassin's Creed Shadows & WHY it matters

Ubisoft & AC Shadows is NOT being treated unfairly. Here's why.
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9:06 - Ubisoft's History of Mediocrity
26:36 - Ubisoft's Hypocrisy with AC Shadows
37:17 - Conclusion

[@TheDezembro]

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[@silverhawkscape2677]

The reason why the Destruction of the Temple by Yasuke is such a bad image is because Japan Respects their own Culture and Traditions. Even the Non religious Japanese would find a Black man destroying a Shinto Temple distasteful. For another Counter point. In The game Ghost of Tsushima, Temples and Other Japanese Religious Sites are completely Invulnerable.

[@arostwocents]

The "Asians" in the company are just western people - they are french or American or Canadian with Asian skin colour. They have ZERO idea or understanding of Japan. I would strongly bet that relying on the DEI Asian group rather than actual experts is *almost certainly* why we are in this situation.

[@arostwocents]

​​@@silverhawkscape2677honestly if it was a Japanese guy doing it it wouldn't be so offensive. I would much rather a British guy destroying British cultural sites in a game than a foreigner for example, especially the legendary black man who became known as king Arthur, his real name was King Akunhakbe (please buy my book in 2026.)

[@arostwocents]

Honestly changing the witchcraft thing to be about being able to read is changing history. It was barbaric but making the women into superior to normal people is part of woke cultural appropriament. If we allow them to do it we will never hear the end of how the witches were actually heroes.

[@griffonclaw]

Again, you nailed it. Best explanation... again. God bless you and your family.

[@ivercingetorix1367]

Leave the predatory, slop-producing, multimillion dollar corporations alone! 😭

[@umanoomgombi3842]

This also includes their narcissistic self-centered employees who've never read a book.

[@Isidore22]

When you put it that way, it makes me feel like a bully... 😊

[@Crimsontears83]

I think the thing that makes it bad is how Ubisoft keeps saying they are doing stuff to show respect to Japanese culture and then put things in the game that do the opposite. Both the personality of the characters and also "showing respect to Japanese culture" means that these things shouldn't be done. Neither Naoe nor Yasuke would destroy Shrines and Temples. They both would know better and would have respect for those things so why would either be able to do that.

[@kingofmonsters14]

every other game in the franchise treated the cultures and people in those with respect. so.... why not here? Why not here for Shadows? What is different with Japan to where they decided to just not do that?

[@jeremiahtorrevillas4396]

​@@kingofmonsters14japan dont bend the knee The straight ones doesnt

[@bionictryhard]

This is a game the point is for you to interact in the way you want you can kill anyone or destroy anything i dont see the issue this is the way it has been for many generations of ac games why is this only an issue now?

[@joevaghn457]

I can’t tell if they are just stupid, clueless, or actually think what they are doing is good. They are insane lol

[@kingofmonsters14]

@ yes, you raid Churches in Valhalla... but that was historical- Viking's did attack holy sites; that's not for being anti-Christian, that was historical. And other then that, name one other entry where you attack holy sites? and are able to actually attack NPC's? Even in games where you have the backdrop that you can like as a Pirate or a Viking, you can still get a game over for attacking civilians. it's more that the disrespect on full display for all to see cause like i said: every other game in the series- "we treat them with respect and as accurate as possible." Shadows- "uuuuun, no."

[@InitialPowerD]

Brother, you're making me recall how good this series used to be with all these great clip moments.

[@zupasha]

bruh, I'm crying. What happened? Why did it have to be this way? We had it so good...

[@Cube_Banana96]

After replaying Ezio series last year, I thought to get a tattoo, then I remembered what the series has become

[@jordirapper]

"hate speech" aka critique we don't like

[@soapyshazbot]

“Hate speech is speech we hate” etc lol

[@kreitzen3035]

Just to be clear, Yasuke isn't an "honorable" samurai according to Ubislop's marketing. He's the LEGENDARY BLACK SAMURAI. Gotta be clear about that, wouldn't want to undermine Ubiflop's "historical accuracy" painstakingly crafted by that fujoshit "cultural consultant" and Thomas "I definitely didn't write black power fantasy fanfiction and pass it off as historical fact" Lockley.

[@ponzfantasmical5715]

Oh God, a fujoshi?!?! Is that the person who I've heard likes man and boy relationship things?? It all makes sense now.... I once called myself a casual fujoshi because I occasionally enjoy gay romance in anime, but had to stop once I got to know real fujoshi. The amount of horrifically inappropriate things they defend is WILD. Super Lovers!?!? YIIIIIKES!!!

[@KawashiK]

​@@ponzfantasmical5715........ She is uh...... The worst type of Fujoshi. She likes old men (monks specifically) doing young boys. And it's not even the romantic kind.

[@butter1339]

​@ponzfantasmical5715 yea the priest and lil boy love writer🤢

[@ponzfantasmical5715]

@butter1339 oh yuck

[@92_dumanggasamuelsitorus34]

Normalize this call them ubislop insted of ubisoft

[@enkiduthewildman]

Once is an anomaly. Twice is a coincidence. Three times is enemy action. Sure, individually and one of these is a minor problem. But they're not individual, they're a collective. And that collective shows _at best_ a blatant disregard for authenticity and a culture of ignorance at Ubisoft. I may think "diversity consultants" are pure bs -- and I do -- but damn, if you're going to have them at all _this is what they are for_ !!! You've got to do better, Ubisoft. _You've_ got to step up.

[@MisterKeet]

I DO have major resentments for what has happened with Assassin's Creed. I forgave Unity, I can ignore Syndicate. At least you're still Assassins in those. I have this theory that we'll never hear the words "Assassin Brotherhood" and "Templars" spoken about the major factions ever again. Just "Hidden Ones" and "Order of Ancients." I hate that Aya stole Bayek's importance. I hate that Layla stole Desmond's importance. I hate THE ENTIRE CONCEPT OF BASIM and how the First Civ (I will not call them "Isu") have been handled ENTIRELY. This series is dead to me and now I only play them out of pure curiosity for how bad they must be.

[@gilgameshthetreasurehunter2750]

The first civilization, IMO, has made the series very grim as a whole. Like, whats to stop chaos and all hell breaking loose should the wider world find out the truth? Nothing really.

[@joevaghn457]

Yeah they never say brotherhood. They’d say “All assassins” because we all know why.

[@zupremo9141]

The main writer and the one who created the story of Assassin's creed is Corey May and he is not in Ubisoft anymore, His last game there was Syndicate. That's probably why after Syndicate everything turned to shit.

[@everyonethinksyoureadeathm5773]

​@@zupremo9141wasnt he pushed out due to unfounded allegations?

[@bimbiman8495]

​@@zupremo9141 unfortunately that makes sense. I can still accept Origin because it explain the origin of the brotherhood. But after that the series is pretty mich dead to me (except for Mirage to some extent)

[@arostwocents]

The DEI Asian dept was likely the cause of all this. I strongly suspect they only consulted with westerners with asian heritage and thought that was sufficient, rather than talking with and consulting experts and historians who are actually Japanese. The woke ideology tells us that all that matters is skin colour. So a westerner, a canadian who was born and grew up in Canada to 3rd generation parents, if woke, fully believes he would understand Japan intuitively due to his ethnicity.

[@kman9884]

“Lived experience” and all that.

[@mariamstaton2443]

I'd be surprised if the Weaboos they consulted with even had Japanese heritage.

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

I can guarantee you don't know what dei actually means lol

[@SynchroUEHLNFX]

My problem isn't Yasuke. My problem is why are we playing as Yasuke instead of a Japanese man alongside Naoe?! We never played as real life people in this series. We always played as original characters. He should be a NPC and/or ally that helps you. Naoe's father had a son in real life. Ubisoft could made him a playable character too, but they are lazy and just made Naoe where it could have been twins that you can choose you want to play as like Odyssey and Valhalla with the other person being part of the story too.

[@LatterDayPup]

When you consider how long people have been requesting for an AC game set in Japan and THIS is how they choose to represent it there’s very little doubt that everything in this game was the product of contempt and pure malice towards their player base. Why else would Japan of all AC settings be tinkered with this much and done with this much carelessness and disrespect in a series that typically takes great care to get things right.

[@jedrzejkoszewski4342]

Biggest problem is the fact that Ubisoft hires outside "sensitivity and writing" companies that should have caught all these problems before they even surfaced. How were they able to release funko with half broken Tori Gate?

[@fattiger6957]

That's because East Asians are not a protected class in the far left social hierarchy, and thus the "sensitivity readers" don't account for anything they might dislike.

[@t3tsuyaguy1]

If I hadn't already decided to pass on this game, the female sumo wrestler would have done it. Ubisoft has become a parody of itself.

[@RodZombie]

New Ubisoft want to remake all the classic Assassin's Creed games. All of the complexities of character, depth of the themes, the acting and the performances, the cinematography of the cutscenes - these will be lost.

[@fattiger6957]

Well, maybe Tencent will remake those games when they buy the lifeless husk that is left of Ubisoft.

[@FoggyFogzmeister]

Yasuke is the literal definition of a "footnote in history". My guy was a retainer at best and a court jester at worst. The way they've overinflated his role in history is repulsive. Sick racists using Japans history to push black supremacy. Ranmaru is more important for fuck sake.

[@adawg3032]

They are all points on a graph that make a line. The Portuguese NPC, the shrine being destructible, women unarmed being able to be murdered with no consequence

[@bobby5678-ck2tc]

african in feudal japan

[@アイギスマヨネーズ]

The issue is as you put it Ubisoft is “pandering” Japan is very traditional. Women cannot be some things and the UN tries to get involved in stuff like that all the time in an intrusive fashion and foreigners can sometimes be restricted from places. This game feels like a decision to simply choose to willingly ignore Japanese culture as a smack in the face to try to show their ideal of Japan instead of a truth of Japanese history. The breaking of shrines is the cherry on the top where they blatantly allow you to do something that if I remember right might have actually been a death sentence for the time period.

[@VioletElite4]

Politcal ideologies aside, I have not agreed with Ubisoft's design philosophy ever since they changed it with Origins. AC as a series just doesn't work as an open world arpg imo. Aside from everything being too far apart, forcing you to traverse on the ground rather than rooftops like in the older titles. You're also constantly forced to deal with the mundane shoehorned rpg systems like loot and gear level, enemy health bars and levels making take down assassinations not one hit kills, and it makes the combat feel like this endlessly grindy friction that doesn't feel truly fun besides the decent finisher animations. It just makes the combat feel dull, only spamming light and heavy attacks with finishers. I think Naoe has more tools and is more agile, but still, it'll feel like playing half of an AC game. Parkour as Naoe seems nice, but also seems too automatic, stripped down of mechanics that the AC games built upon since the first game. I guess what I'm saying is, even if we never got Yasuke in the game, and none of this woke Japan stuff happened to this game, I still wouldn't buy it because I feel AC needs to be the stealth action series it once was like Syndicate and everything before it. Unity launched a buggy mess, leaving Syndicate to suffer the consequences as being this unappreciated game, so Ubi decdied to reboot the series into this bloated ubislop level gated mess...

[@Mduenisch]

To be honest I stopped playing after Assassin's Creed II, because Brotherhood's gameplay felt "more of the same" and I lost interest in playing. To be clear, I didn't like the HUD change and after having to climb a tower to burn a flag, I was out. After that I watched gameplay videos and cutscenes edited to be "movies" from Brotherhood up to Syndicate, and really liked how the Ezio trilogy and III ended, save for Desmond's death- not because his death was a tragedy but because the circumstances of "save humanity or lead what's left of it" didn't make sense why it had to be him to sacrifice himself. Of course I saw that years ago, so I barely remember much of the context for the situation. III tied in a little in the history but then felt like Connor just didn't really have much importance to even have had existed; Black Flag tied in a little bit with the figures from the precursor people, but the nameless characterless protagonist of the modern day just made it feel like you were moving around in someone else's story. Rogue seemed like an action movie that tried to be Uncharted in AC's universe, Unity seemed a bit bland and uninspired and had me losing interest, and I lost the remaining interest in continuing in watching Syndicate when Evie could double backstab someone in the kidneys and they'd die instantly without a sound. I'm probably just super nitpicky though here.

[@VioletElite4]

@@Mduenisch Oh yeah for sure, I want to go back through the Ezio series again, from the first game even if it's too dated. Just me missing when AC was about assassins, templars and Dezmond lol

[@zupremo9141]

The open world parkour is one of the biggest selling point of AC series. The problem with the new games is that the original people (Writer, Director and producer) are not in Ubisoft anymore and they are replaced by leftist propagandist who didn't like the political implication of the Assassins(freedom) vs Templar(Government Control).

[@DrPestilence1345]

I think the biggest issue for me when it comes to Yasuke is that he's a historical main character. Usually historical characters are your allies or even villains (Leonardo, The Borgas, Blackbeard etc). It would be better if Yasuke was an ally or better yet as one of the main villains (The first trailer show's him literally burning a village to the ground). Then later in a DLC you get to play as him, first as a slave, then later as Nobunaga's retainer.

[@randomtaglmao]

Yasuke is the biggest wasted potential on modern Ubislop for this you're saying. They could perfectly made him an ally of the Assassin's that works for Nobunaga for information, it gives it to the ninja girl, and for the next game they would've done their high fantasy sequel on Africa or something like that

[@mariamstaton2443]

​@@randomtaglmaoOr a plant for the Templars. . .

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

He wasn't meant to play the villain my boy 😂

[@ema3807]

この問題を取り上げてくれて、ありがとうございます。

[@theemperorprotectsloyalist9307]

Damn that Ezio finding Altair's skeleton scene always gets me.

[@tbw223]

You forgot them building up the threat of the revived Juno and her cult in 3 games only for them to kill her off in some comic that nobody ever read. And, of course, essentially undoing Desmond's sacrifice of stopping the solar flare that was going to destroy civilization to have some other catastrophe (something with magnets or the Earth's poles?).

[@Katzegrin]

If AC Shadows isn't a comedy of errors it's a comedy of internal sabotage.

[@ogopogo1109]

what a lot of people don't realize is Japanese culture is not the same as their own culture especially when it comes to how people view traditions and religion. In fact, many historically or religiously significant sites in Japan, which in that AC Shadows clip they're indeed using the name of a Shrine that exists in the real world, require explicit permission to be given for someone to use them in works films or printed media and it often comes with very specific restrictions with how you are allowed to depict them. Not to mention there's also the difference in terms of context, just because Christian don't make a fuss about churches being burned down by a protagonist whose role is an Viking invader where it made sense for them to take such actions it doesn't mean the Japanese would react the same way to a protagonist who is suppose to be a "legendary samurai" going around destroying objects of worship symbolizing Shinto deities. It's not as if you were allowed to desecrate the mihrab in a mosque or knock down a cross in a church in previous AC titles, why should it be different all of the sudden here when the game's set in Japan? It's really the culmination of the disregards Ubisoft has shown to Japanese culture that's pissing people off, not just any single thing that's being blown out of proportion.

[@fattiger6957]

One thing I notice about political extremist westerners is that they have no respect for any culture. Not even their own, which they got away with it disrespecting for decades. Now they are coming for every other culture.

[@GnosisZX]

In sekiro you can harm those npc merchants of course the consequence is lose access to there goods

[@kman9884]

That’s because it’s a FromSoft game, and the merchants have their own quests and loot they drop. You can kill every merchant in DS, too.

[@OneColdtruth]

bro the Japanese stays getting disrespected...Christ who greenlit this game with the self awareness of an snail in quicksand.

[@チタニウム山田]

正直弥助が主人公なのは別に良い。ロマンあるしカッコいいと思うよ。ただ誇張して嘘を本当のように言うのがよくない。今作はフィクションで歴史的に正確ではないところが多いですが楽しいロマンのあるゲームになってますって正直に言えば良かったのに..なんで意地張ったのかなぁ 個人の見解だからなんも正しくないかもだけど弥助って当時からしたら相当でかい人間で側近にいてしかも外国の人で侍の格好してるだけでそれだけでみんなおそれるし、信長に対して畏怖の対象になりうるからそばに置いてただけで本当に侍（城持ちとか国持ち）にしようなんて思ってなかったと思うんよな。

[@チタニウム山田]

神社仏閣に失礼なことされるのは普通に嫌悪感抱く..よく日本は無宗教が多いって言うけど1月1日は神社で手を合わせるし、夏にあるお盆は先祖のことを思って墓を綺麗にしたりするし、無宗教だとしても神を信じてないわけじゃない。むしろ全てのもの（テーブル、トイレ、食べ物、ちりかみ等）に神が宿るって言われてるくらいだから。

[@BillyLeigh]

Don't forget they put hip hop music during the last year trailer

[@TheDezembro]

I think it was legitimate combat music when playing as f*cking Yasuke. I'm glad they removed that, it was so goddamn embarrassing ffs...

[@Pandemona01]

Really enjoyed this video. It was heartfelt and honest. Thank you for your tremendous work. AC was one of my favorites since the first one but ditched it after not finishing Valhalla (couldn't endure it anymore. Was too much to bear).

[@otukisama77]

I'm not good at English, so I apologize if there are spelling mistakes or strange expressions. Ultimately, I think they have no respect for the Japanese people. I think they create a game like this that shows no respect because they don't want to say, "Our historical research was wrong. This is all fiction." I was told that this company issued an apology to Japan after the Yasuke scandal became big, and I read both the Japanese and other versions, but the content was just a statement of intent that "We will continue to create games in a 'positive manner' and 'according to our own interpretation,'" and it did not sincerely reflect on their mistakes. All they needed to do was say one word, "I'm sorry," from the heart, not just superficially.

[@Hbr0wn]

One thing i hated the most around AC discourse, is how many people showed up to defend the game who clearly do not play the series, or understands the series, they just here for ideological reasons, AC is split into 2 parts, simply, the part that is historical as possible, and the small bit of AC twist, they always seem to enjoy bringing Borgia as the pope, but forget, he is still a pope, there is no real massive changes to what he was, and what was changed, was well, templar stuff, aka AC side, "oh but there is aliens", i hate when they call Isu aliens... but again, those are the AC side changed, they are not put into the historical side, or in Rogue, the earthquake that happened in portugal still happens in AC, but in AC is caused by moving a relic, Historical stays as close as possible, and the fictional part is mostly withing the AC lore/bits, they actually coexist without stepping on each other for the most part, the biggest change probly would be james Kidd as a woman, but still is a pirate, and most think he is a man, only the assasssins know whop she really is... Tourists indeeds who conflict when the game is fiction and historical....

[@digishade7583]

Not to mention the history tourists. I swear the people that defend Yasuke being a samurai as historically accurate are deluded.

[@Hbr0wn]

@@digishade7583 One day is "but he was a samurai" the next is "but he is a real human", then "but is fiction", then "is just a game who cares"... shift shift shift, even tho Yasuke breaks a few core things about AC...

[@fattiger6957]

@@digishade7583 They are desperately trying to gaslight everyone by making ridiculous claims about Japanese history. Yesterday, I read a comment by some smoothbrain who claimed that Samurai didn't really exist in the game's time period.

[@vaishnav3D]

I don't even like assassin's creed, I just hate them with passion, they made watch dogs legion an insult to watch dogs 2, their pricing system is predatory, they have dumbed down npc ai, they play it very safe and by playing safe, they hardly make anything amusing, it's just average at it's best

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

Sakura blossoms, persimmons, water melons, and Japanese anemones appearing at the same time. Torii gates at entrances to villages. Square tatami mats. Japanese villagers bowing to Yasuke as if he is some kind of deity. A flint lock rifle being reloaded as quickly as a Winchester. Female Sumo wrestlers. Shifting the release date to the 30th anniversary of the Tokyo sarin gas attack. These are just things off the top of my head. One or two of these would be negligence, but how many of these kinds of things need to stack up to become disrespectful or malicious?

[@adrianalexanderveidt344]

This isn't a question directed to you, Dez. Just a rhetorical one.

[@fattiger6957]

If there is good one thing this game has done, it is to convince other creators and companies to actually do proper research if they want to make something set in historical Japan.

[@ragnarphillips1957]

An older AC games if you killed a second NPC desync in assassin's Creed shadows I've seen gameplay footage where you don't. And I must add if you were to attack one NPC to start with you would get a message saying you will desync if you continue to kill innocent and NPCs. But in AC shadows you don't

[@chazz00999]

The main issue is with the "legendary black samurai" who never existed which already is massively disrespectful to Japan added onto the fact that said legendary samurai goes around killing Japanese people whether civilian or not in the game.

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

Legendary black samurai is perfect homie 👌🏿

[@Erik-cv4tm]

Holy! That part when Ezio speaks to Desmond. I had forgotten how good that game was, it was so long ago since I played it. Assassin's creed really had some great story potential had it not? It is arguably the part they screwed up the most in later games. The background story didn't really lead anywhere. It was just a mess. But it could have been sooo good if they worked on some continuity in the background story between games while keeping up the strong writing in AC2. But these companies don't give a fuck about writing anymore. Not in games, not in movies.

[@wrathfirex]

As both a fantasy and sci-fi buff, I was floored with how the first AC blended technology with history. I was more of an Altair fan then Ezio, but the stories and history weaved together were brilliant. I even remember historians actually praising the architecture within the games as being very close to accurate. But more modern AC games are mired in love services and the need for an epic 80 hours plus RPG. It just dumbs down the essence of AC which has always been storytelling

[@PEC0TTO]

Thanks for the vid. It really is heart breaking when looking back at what Assassin's Creed could've been. But then they killed Desmond. Oh well.

[@Zombie-gd6fw]

Seeing intro for AC II made me sad and relieved at the same time. What a good time it was.

[@blumbtumb7404]

It would be so much better if the Assassin’s Creed series returned to its roots-what it was during the days of Revelations and Unity. Those games had a perfect balance of storytelling, gameplay, and historical intrigue. Now, the series feels overly saturated with political and activist sentiments, to the point where it’s almost unbearable. It’s barely recognizable as Assassin’s Creed anymore; instead, it’s just another open-world RPG with the franchise’s name slapped on it. The magic is gone, and it’s become tiresome.

[@anv_bis7287]

I know I won't be playing this even if it's free. I've had enough of Ubisoft, gave up on Valhalla because it's too damn long for a single-player game that isn't even that good story-wise. The one game and setting that could bring me back to the series was Japan due to its rich culture and actual assassins playing a major role in the history of the country but with the royal fvck up that Ubisoft is pulling here I'm honestly done with their IP as a whole. Looking forward to Monster Hunter Wilds.

[@editorrbr2107]

Assassin’s Creed ended at Black Flag. That is my head canon and I’m sticking to it.

[@fattiger6957]

And I'm sure it will be free in a few months, dumped on Game Pass, PS+ and Amazon Luna.

[@escapism6617]

I replayed the Ezio trilogy last year, thoroughly enjoyed them. When you compare those AC games, especially AC2 Brotherhood, to the latest AC games it's mind-blowing how fall Ubislop have fallen.

[@samuel.jpg.1080p]

I think it's really funny how accurate Ubisoft portrays Baghdad in Mirage but somehow they can't have the same care to details and respect to Japan in Shadows even when Shadows is a much more bigger and important game than Mirage. The problem with Ubisoft is they don't want to fully commit themselves to one side, either this game is historically accurate/have some sense of respect to that culture or just have the game a full fantasy rpg. They always said it's historically accurate in interviews and trailer but doesn't want to commit to it in the game. It's not that hard to disable the ability to attack innocent civilian entirely, Witcher 3 did this to Geralt with "You cannot attack this npc" prompt if you press attack towards civilian because it's in-character to Geralt. Yakuza 6, for example, features a real Senkoji Temple that you can visit and you cannot fight there. There's no npc that insults you there, no npcs that trigger the fight. The only time you fight there is in the main story one time, even then you fight on the outskirts of the temple ground, not inside while vandalizing stuff. That level of attention is sorely missing in AC Shadows, which is weird since Ubisoft removed crossbow from AC 1 due to how it is not accurate to history.

[@Zhilkata]

Thank you for driving an important point forward not only related to gaming, but to all hobbies and life in general - to view something as part of a whole. Much of what we have currently as problems in our shared culture, is that many people prefer to stay "neutral", to isolate each movie/game/book and attempt to be an objective critic of it. No art is separate from its artist, no element of a franchise should be viewed on its own when obviously it's part of a series, and no amount of energy thrown into attempts to "be above the culture wars/peasants' opinions" will equal the enjoyment and value received if you trust your senses about what you find interesting and enjoyable. If a person dies on the hill of objectivity when discussing subjective in nature topics and pieces, this same person has been part of the problem, and has taken a side, even though never admitting it.

[@tk8-d32]

Seriously, Ubisoft has just to turn off the destructible status of some of these religious props and it will end the chaos made for this part. I'm sure it won't take so much time and they have plenty until release date. I hope they won't ignore this and do right thing in the end, or you'll see much more failures

[@zupremo9141]

The guy who created the AC story and the writer of most of their famous franchise is not in Ubisoft anymore, I think his last game there was Syndicate and the original director of the first 3 game was put on their monkey simulator game that flopped a few years ago.

[@heyhey9360]

I don't think they have any ill will because we already know they have no interest, knowledge or respect for us, not even enough to know what offends us. Do what they want, I don't give a damn anymore.

[@Amokhunter]

"Honorable" Samurai had the right to severely punish peasants for any reason they could make up, most often "being disrespectful" which could end in the poor bugger of a peasant literally loosing his/her head. They were minor nobles in most cases, middling in rarer cases and they were A-holes or not, just like any other nobility throughout history. The French had the right idea on what to do with nobility, I.M.O.

[@fattiger6957]

The French weren't much better after the Revolution. Ever hear of The Reign of Terror? Or the Napoleonic Wars? Or French colonialism (which lasted until the 1950s)?

[@Kimkong2]

To be honest, the whole thing IS being blown out proportion, down to people criticizing the size and quantity of particular trees/leaves. It's crazy and many other games don't get the same level of scrutiny unless it's for fun. Most other games are kind of allowed to play footlose with accuracy BUT it's because the game studio ADMITS it's not meant to be totally accurate and is self aware! The issue with UBI and why there's more outrage is because they keep virtue signalling about respect of culture and preaching respectful representation in AC games while constantly crapping on said culture, so people will inevitably get outraged by the blatant hypocrisy! They could have avoided all this by not pretending to be so liberal and caring but simply said they aim to portray some culture while taking liberties about accurate representation, like most other games. Heck they could even just not made any comments about represenattion and it would be fine. Most outrage would just be ignored, especially if the game was also really good.

[@silverhawkscape2677]

Female Sumo wrestlers during Oda Nobunaga time was another nonsense.

[@Asriel_Cypher]

Ubisoft was asssassinated by their own downfall. As if the real Templars has infiltrated the company and ruined the story and company for the Assassins to tell stories close to the truth.

[@pematsering4517]

There is also the globally present attempt to rewrite history. Ubi probably subcribed too. They DON''T WANT to be historically accurate

[@LinUzumaki]

my problem with destroying the shrine is that we play as japanese (well not yasuke) or play in japan, an no japanese person would destroy them. Its taking me out of the immersion of the setting. On top of that all the other mistakes they did, it just feels like they dont care and could not care enough

[@fattiger6957]

Considering all the mistakes Ubisoft made in something as basic as architecture, they never cared about immersion.

[@minoru-kk]

Ubi already provokes us JPs too much. And now that new blasphemy allowed in AC Shadows has been revealed, we protesting JPs feel no need to suppress our anger

[@fattiger6957]

And based on the stories I've heard, Japanese people on the internet can be extremely vicious.

[@CardCrusher29]

Look at the cultural issues of the movie "Emilia Perez". People are not dismissing the voices of Mexicans, transpeople, and Latinos. AC Shadows criticism is being dismissed as coming from white people. Japanese and Asian voicing criticisms are being disregarded.

[@fattiger6957]

The far left always disregard from East Asians, since they are considered "white-adjacent" and are therefore an acceptable target of hate.

[@Karras353]

I think cultural sensitivity can be genuinely a tricky one, same with religion. Because often what this equates to is to treat most cultures associated with non-white countries with kid gloves and to buy into romanticised versions of them. Romanticised versions are also often seen with "white" cultures and ancient, dead ones (Rome for example) but this is a bit more optional and we can have a warts and all interpretation if that fits the artistic vision or intended messaging. But what this tends to mean is that what we might regard as negative aspects of cultures are either treated very gently or there is an attempt to detach them from the culture. So if part of that culture or religion (or a valid interpretation of it, universal or not) advocates treating women in ways that do not fit with western concepts of equality, there is mental gymnastics to suggest that the women are empowered by choosing to participate. Or alternatively the cultural aspect of it is brushed under the carpet and its just treated as generic misogyny that is separate from the culture, cos "men bad". Now usually the type of people running Ubisoft seem to fall on this end of the spectrum, where they are hyper sensitive to anything that might be construed as a negative portrayal of a culture. But I think the issue with this game is likely a result of a combination of ignorance, laziness, maybe a touch of hubris and also conflicting priorities. With the last point in particular, the thing is there tends to be an informal pecking order as to which cultures, ethnicities, etc, deserve the most attention and protection (which may vary depending on who is in charge of a project). You can get an idea of this from who they have chosen as the main characters. They have shown willingness to even go to bat against the Japanese themselves because they want that representation. Now I don't know what the ideal is on this because there is evidence that some cultures/countries/religions themselves can be hyper sensitive to perceived criticism and/or what they believe to be non-authentic. So a certain amount of pandering might be necessary if you want to sell them your product.

[@deeayenn]

Great work. Keep 'em coming...

[@LordOfTheDeceased]

RDR2 is one of the most beautifully crafted and immersive worlds ever made. With gameplay and story to match - yet I was like okay we can't kill the natives. I would probably feel the same ab not being able to destroy a temple like??? Ubi wake up

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

Rdr2 is one of the most beautifully crafted and immersive worlds ever made. Yeah so immersive that you can literally can come across hangings.

[@makination1000]

Its amazing how poorly they handled this game. I can actually see the merit in having Yasuke as a protagonist from a creative standpoint because there is not much history about him other than "he was there" which gives the writers a lot more creative freedom as opposed to a more prominent figure whose entire history and movements would have been documented and thus any deviation from events would have been scrutinised. They could have made it work if they made him an actual assassin that operates from the shadows instead of a samurai. If this had happened 10 years ago I would just think it was some poor decision making from out of touch suits but everything about AC Shadows feel malicious. I unironically want to thank my broke college self for deciding not to buy a PS4/One so I had to drop AC after Black Flag, I'd be so much more upset if I actually still cared about the franchise to the extent I did previously.

[@b.w.s3165]

the issue people have is not with the fact that you CAN destroy religious sites, it's the fact that by UBISOFT'S OWN STANDARDS, they are doing something really terrible in their game and are FAR from the inclusive internet-good-boy-points morality police they pretend to be behind closed doors and in employee training. It's hypocrisy. The least we can do is hold them to their own standard, even if you don't necessarily care about any perceived offensive things in any particular game.

[@Muizemullard414]

Alright. So here is my take. Shadows deserved a lot of the critism to have yasuke as a mc in a historical setting in feudal japan is just asinine and so ridiculous that of course people are gonna point it out, plus the numerous and consistent mistakes that Ubisoft made with depicting japan, like even down to the buildings! There is so many its honestly impressive. Add on top that ubisoft is generally hared because of their business model and monetization and yeah people are sick of Ubisoft. Now having said that.. people have definitely went over board with nitpicks and trying to find issues wherever they go, that it gets to the point of parody. Like you "cant destroy the traders?! Must be woke!" Levels of nonsense. Plus there is like thousands of videos dunking on this game that its exhausting at times and its been miked to such a degree that even i try to ignore them and i dont like this game either. Overall i dont like what Ubisoft did and ubisoft as buiness and their decision to have yasuke as the mc felt like a slap to the face, because of its pure absurdity. But i do agree that people have taken their nitpicks to the extreme and trying to find issues in everything which just seems unreasonable eventually.

[@ticket2space]

I hear you brother a lot of the same people complaining about yasuke are literally calling for censorship in other aspects of the game. Screw that. I don't like what they've done either but people just have this tendency to be the exact same as what they hate just the opposite.

[@snowshock8958]

Yasuke should have been an NPC companion like Yaya, the female sumo wrestler. The fact that Ubisoft want him front and center, somehow, as a PC character was their downfall.

[@GmanZer0]

I do like how the shills are upset with us gamers for not caring about ubisoft collapsing. It's not like ubisoft has had this coming for a long time now. For me, it's been since 2012. I'm just glad now people are finally getting sick of their crap. "If they closed down, you'll won't get anymore of your favorite games". Well those sails have already been set. I've gotten over never getting to see splinter cell or Rayman again for the past decade, they didn't care then and I don't care now.

[@deetsitmeisterjd]

Ubisoft the comaony brand and the CEO's deserve the hate. 90% of the dev do not. They are just doing a job and a lot of them are art team devs consistently making gorgeous worlds (regardless of gameplay)

[@STORYME01]

You're just so right man! Assassin's Creed games were just so much better back in the days

[@VerminaeSupremacy]

Assassin's Creed died with Desmond. I heard the Black Flag was all good fun, but didn't want to even try to play it with most of plot threads tied in previous games and AC2 with DLCs being so, so stellar.

[@MrsTavington]

Great video, and thank you for making. AC: Shadows deserves all the criticism it can bet. I do want to say I agree that some of the criticism has been a little disingenuous though, so please let me point out something (that's not mentioned in your video): others criticizing ACS point to the March 20th [Japan time] release date as coinciding with the March 20, 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack. However, this has nothing to do with why they chose March 20th, and I know this because I study some aspects of Japanese history--the famous story of the "47 ronin" or sometimes called the "47 samurai" in English, or the Chuushingura in Japanese, culminates with a vengeful attack by Ōishi Kuranosuke Yoshio and his men on Lord Kira; because of this attack they're ordered by the government to off themselves, which occurs on March 20th, 1703. That's why Ubisoft chose this date.

[@kraosdadafusfus8034]

Can't wait for March. To see how it all ends.

[@ragnarphillips1957]

Overall the reason why I'm fighting against this game so much is because I don't even recognize assassin's Creed anymore it's not assassin's Creed anymore man and anyone who's played this series for a long time knows it but you have these people who are in denial and I don't understand why

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

Yeah it's hard to relate when the MC of a game isn't white.

[@kzumf]

I really hate the new Assassin's Creed games. Ubisoft just wanted to try some cool settings but wanted the pull factor of an established name. I liked Bayek, but they could've done more with him and show more how the Assassin's were founded. And I hated Aya, she was the typical girl boss. The games after Origin were mid at best - and way too long.

[@gamerboy6787]

Thank you for another well-spoken, well-thought-out video. I apologize for the incoming mini-essay. XD I get annoyed at people who compare Connor with Ezio, and call Connor milquetoast, bland, boring, a goody-two-shoes, etc. I love Ezio, like many fans do. He is a deep, well-written character. Beyond the surface of a cocky, hotheaded punk, the dude has layers and layers, like a real human being. And this was all possible because the writers got to step up to the plate not just once, not twice, but three times with him. We got to see Ezio go on a journey, and live a full life. By comparison Connor got only one game. Of course he's gonna feel underdeveloped and bland compared to arguably the best protag in the IP's history. I roll my eyes so much when people don't look at the pertinent context. And to go off on a tangent real quick, what is the gameplay you're showing at the end? Is it that "Rise of the Ronin" game? I've heard lots of good things about it, and the PC port is coming soon. Again, I apologize for the long comment. Thank you for all your hard work.

[@addidaswguy]

THANK you, I like Endimiyon and that other guy, but this is the other side of the SAME coin of the cancel mob. If we listened to stuff like this for games like Red Dead, you couldn't tie up anyone but straight white Men. This is a VERY slippery slope and we can NOT be like this as gamers(OR in entertainment) or the freedom will be lost, and games and entertainment as a whole WILL be worse. These people need to man up and stop being 🐈🐈🐈.

[@arostwocents]

I want to know why there has been no game set in the Crusades showing the European point of view and what the rampaging horde did to 4 of the 6 most holy sites, igniting the rage that led to the Crusades. Can you imagine if we went and took out nearly every holy site in the ME of theirs? The woke would be justifying trrsm even more than they do now! In the intro you could play as members of the horde and have to destroy the sites and take out unarmed holy men, one by one, interspersed with clips of meetings in Europe over what is happening. It could be fn *EPIC* Each site taken out would be led by a particular guy (the one you was playing as) who would be a named character and set up as a significant HVT who you will face off with later in the game. Giving the game four acts before the final boss. All pre release previews could just have you play the intro so the media would love it 😂 The final bit of the intro is rousing music playing as the call for people to join the crusade goes up all round Europe and people step forward, including your customised character from any European nation you wish. You could even be a woman for current year points.

[@fattiger6957]

Historical revisionists have spent a very long time demonizing one side and claiming the other side was always innocent and were never imperialist. As the few thousand Zoroastrians left in the world how innocent and non-imperialist those people were.

[@on2thenextthing]

Looking forward to your upcoming Ubisoft bankrupt video. We've reached that point.

[@Danielss250]

"getting mad at?" i'm just laughing my ass off at ubisofts incompetence, and even if they are being scrutinized more than most studios, they did it to themselves. They killed their public perception and no one trusts them to even do the bare minimum anymore.

[@adventurianist2580]

Goodness, I recognize that song at the beginning of the video... isn't that the main theme for the old Tomb Raider games on PS1?!

[@TheDezembro]

Bingo 😁

[@Killarem318]

I'm starting to see a pattern with the current AC games, here me out. When Origins released it was around the time where GoW was rumored to take place in Egypt. They tried to beat GoW to the punch, in my opinion. GoW comes out in 2018 and went the Norse route, so bam, AC goes to Sparta, for reasons. GoW 2018 do really well and announced a sequel. AC dev see this and is like "oh vikings is the new hotness so lets go Norse with AC Valhalla. Which is weird because when you think assassin the first thought is not vikings.

[@1theprince1]

The problem is it's Yasuke doing these things, not even a native Japanese man. Yasuke, a character Ubisoft has been pushing as historically accurate dawning japanese samurai armor and going around as a samurai, not only that but he is one of MC which you are forced to play as. That's the problem.

[@ashe_regera]

Finally, a video that keeps it a buck. Saying the exact thing I've been trying to find. "CONTEXT". We cannot have points in good faith when we forget context. My problem with Ubisoft has always been their decision to pander to the nearest thing that cries even when said thing has no relation to their profession. They treat everything as fragile but choose what can be offensive to people and what shouldn't. It's hypocrisy that annoys me. The only team i havent encountered this problem with is Ubisoft IVT. I get the The Crew is a racing franchise so we needn't treat it the way other titles do, but i feel IVTs only problem is that they're slow on fixing things...that and they're probably underpaid by Ubisoft. For some weird reason, every other subsidiary team is either screwing up, or has been liquidated completely to forget about future screw ups.

[@Oh_Mason__]

Wouldn't the mirror being destroyed in the shrine be reminiscent (or a spiritual placeholder) of the very same mirror used by the Kami to pacify and distract Amaterasu, Shinto Goddess of the Sun/among other terms, after she came out of the cave she was held up in after her brother, Susano-O (Shinto God of Storms/among other terms), destroyed her celestial silk workshop and celestial rice Paddie fields? Japan has 3 Sacred Treasures. These are known as the Imperial Regalia of Japan. 1. Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi/Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi or "Grass-Cutting Sword/Heavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds" This is basically the Sword of Japan. It is the blade that Susano-O pulled from the body of Yamata-no-Orochi (The Eight Headed Serpent) after which he handed to Amaterasu to apologize and recognize her authority. Now the dual name thing I believe comes from "Ame" (you know the rest) being the original celestial name. However, when Yamato Takeru (or Prince Ousu) came into possession of it he used it after being tricked by a Warlord into a High-Grass field (see where this is going?) where the Warlord ordered Flame Arrows be rained upon him. Seemingly trapped and doomed to burn away, Takeru began to cut the grass with sword but upon doing so discovered the legendary secret of the blade. It could control the literal wind and its direction upon swing. He then sent the flames upon the Warlord and his men, claiming victory. Unfortunately, he would meet his end against a monster after not bringing the blade with him one day. The sword represents Japan's and its people's Spirit of Valor. 2. Yata no Kagami The legendary mirror that was held up just outside Amaterasu's cave in order to distract so the other Kami could prevent her to retreat to her cave. You see since Amaterasu was in her cave all 8 million Gods in Japan were camped outside as this was the best place to be since Japan was locked in perpetual state of Near Everlasting Darkness. The mirror is representative of the Spirit of Wisdom in Japan. 3. Yasakani no Magatama This is probably the most important as far ceremonies are concerned as apparently, it's the only artifact used as the sword and mirror only use spiritual replicas as they're delicate and brittle. This magatama is used in the coronation of Japan's Emperor (think of it as England's Crown Jewels) it said to be the same Magatama that used along with the mirror to pull Amaterasu out of her cave. The Magatama (this one in particular) is symbolic of Japan's Benevolence. Valor. Wisdom. Benevolence. Obviously, these 3 artifacts are more important and sacred than what I can just dig up via a quick Google Search and Wikipedia look-through as I'm just some American Otaku/Weeb from Missouri and not a Shinto Priest/Priestess/Practitioner. My apologies, vehemently, if I messed up any information and have only caused more irritation upon Japanese citizens or even fellow fans of Japan and its unique and wonderful culture. To put it bluntly, showing any disrespect, destruction, demeaning, etc. of these artifacts in shrines as they mostly have them there in a spiritual sense, but is still in very bad taste and can be seen as horribly offensive. This is akin to an Eastern Dev Studio making a game set in "Historic" America/European setting taking a Christian cross (which depending upon denomination, were kind of the Baskin Robbins 31+ Flavors of Religions, I mean this in a light-hearted joke sense, nothing critical) is made to represent the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit and making it destructible or disrespected. It'd be like making a "Historic" game of Brittons unification with King Arthur and when you (Arthur) go to pull Excalibur from the stone, you fall in the mud, get told by a Royal guard to "bloody bugger off", all to the tune of "Yakety Sax" as your being chased by hounds. 1. Excalibur is Sword of Lady in the Lake, not the Sword in the Stone. That's Caliburn. 2. "Bloody" is seen as kind of gutter mouth talk. Not really fitting a Royal Guard. 3. Yakety Sax is that comedic saxophone tune you hear in Britain's The Benny Hill Show. While comedically classic. In what is SUPPOSED to be a "serious" and "historic" telling of Britton's history. It feels a little...taking a piss, wouldn't you say? As is getting some very basic info wrong if you do quick research. Anyway, if you somehow made it this far. Here is MY OFFICIAL Assassin's Creed Shadows HEADCANON and TRUE recalling of Yasuke (Feel free to STEAL and post in WIKIPEDIA as I think that'd be funny) Brought to you by KZbin Newz TM. Oh!Mason Japanese HipHop Expert PhD, Prized Publisher (Yasuke: Fake It till Make It) and (Conning AAA Game Pubs. 101) (Expert is not an "accredited" Japanese Hip Hop Expert PhD, as a Tokyo University "Representative" clarified, "All of his cards declined, and we don't offer any course like that here at all." Clearly Bigots.) "Well...I heard Yasuke in his time was as a teen in Africa he was a Tupac/Andre 3000 fan but, as he grew and matured in Japan he began getting into "Teriyaki Boyz" and "Soul'd Out". This changed Yasuke, he abandoned the way of the warrior, after the defeat of Lord Nobunaga (who loved hearing his sick verses while helping him lay it down with a Sick Beatbox Sesh) and in seclusion began crafting the sickest HipHop beats and tracks known to any man. However, the celestial council of Kami in Japan began to take notice of his Passion and Soul and therefore allowed him to Asscend not as God of War, but as Japan's God of Beat. Now whenever, a young brutha got it down horrendous in Yokohama, and is losing the will to grind and stack paper because he is plagued with "Getsuga-no-Geishas" or "NoWaya-Imma-Getta-Hoesa"....he just needs to ignite his Soul and Beatbox, crack open a bottle of Sake, Sochu, or even *gulp* American Beer if you have to and let your Soul shine!!! Until Japanese officers or Otokonokos come and take you away into the night. It's what Yasuke would've wanted." In all serious, it's a shame so much of Yasuke's history is horribly obscured. I don't view this (Assassin's Creed Shadow) as Yasuke. The Yasuke we should know about is sadly lost to reeds of time in so much Japan's history of War and Battle. It doesn't mean he doesn't deserve to be talked about or be not allowed to have a role in smaller ways, but until more information, and I'm sure there is somewhere, he really should just be introduced. Honestly, if he was just introduced as like a Bodyguard and we got to simply hang out and maybe do a few small hunting missions with the guy and get to learn maybe a little of his tribe and how he views life in Japan and being under the rule of Nobunaga. I don't know. I feel like that would've been more, more interesting. Hopefully, more info can be found about him as the idea of playing a possible Afrikan tribal hunter turned Disciplined, Honor-bound warrior isn't a bad idea. Oh, and for anyone saying, "You need to wait till the game comes out!!!" Brothers/Sisters/Fathers/Mothers open your eyes, the dream of an Assassin's Creed game in Japan is not here. It's been lost to us for so many Years like Tears in the Cold, Kentucky Rain. We have had to suffer with Unity and its INSECT INFESTATION, Syndicate going Brittania, then Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla being the same game with tacked on Far Cry wanna be "RPG" combat which, ahem, doesn't make the game fun just more tedious than the original games pre-Unity, and Mirage...it lived up to its name at least. Of course, if you enjoy them that's fine, but I just want ONE Stealthy Ninja Game. So, it's either Ninja Gaiden, Metal Gear Rising Reveagance, Red Ninja: End of Honor, or its spiritual successor Senran Kagura. Sorry for Para-Mongering, I thought I'd just lighten some moods and share some information on stuff. Looking forward to the next video!

[@mariamstaton2443]

I don't like a lot of things about Shadows, but it's no less respectful of Japanese culture and religion than a lot of Japanimation and derived-style games are to Westetn culture and Christianity.

[@Oh_Mason__]

@mariamstaton2443 Indeed so, perhaps. I still think to know the full extent of offenses we will have to wait till release. Whether it's just harmless jesting or legitimate insensitivity. Also, it is disrespectful to say this game is supposed to be Historical based on Real Life Information and then get countless things wrong. Ubisoft has said prior in several marketing this is a game supposed to be Historical with its depiction of Yasuke. Lastly, Japan is mostly a Christian nation. Shinto is seen as something akin to a Spiritual Background Tradition that is still upheld by many practitioners of the faith. I explained prior what those 3 Regalia represent to the Shinto Faith, AND the majority of Japanese people. If Yasuke, is allowed to destroy shrines and temples how does that exactly look to a Japanese person who sees him tearing down the very symbols of not just the spirit of the faith but Japan itself? Mind you, a lot of that Japanimation is most likely based off a Manga written by some one person who ended up having it blow up. They probably didn't even think it'd be successful enough for it to be published for Tankobon distribution, let alone to come over to America. Most Americans are cool with it, unless you're like an Old Testament type. I don't remember a single manga or anime that said, in particular, "Jesus Christ was actually an evil, corrupt mastermind." I've only seen him in being portrayed as a Spiritual guide to even being college roommates and buddies with The Buddha. I'll concede there is probably, some obscure series or single issue that does it, but clearly by now if it came out Japans market voted and hated it. I'm not buying this game, simply on the principle of not buying another Ubisoft game after Far Cry VI. Mistakes were made, that day. Ubisoft is just not the same anymore to me and I believe many others. If you wish to play and enjoy it, don't let me be the one to ruin it for you. Mind you I'm just picking on only Ubisoft, cause they are terrible at the ONE job they've got. Making good games.

[@sanjaysridharan3812]

Thanks for speaking out our thoughts.

[@terrykrugii5652]

"How dare you bully my multibillion dollar corporation!!! Bigot!!!" We know the kind of person that complains we're being unfair to Ubislop.

[@fattiger6957]

It's strange thing how so many wannabe communists have become corporate worshippers over the last 15 years.

[@thegoldexperience8340]

"Oh no, we criticize everything wrong in this game. Now we are now branded as grifters oh no" some people are clueless af

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

Pretty much lol

[@DauthEldrvaria]

Man I miss AC Classic. Since Origins this RPG AC is so awful.

[@justaquietpeacefuldance]

Studios put in dumb lore breaking cosmetics as optional things you can pay for, but never the pronouns... wha da!?

[@tommyhawk2065]

In the minority here, but I think the problem with this series (Shadows debacle notwithstanding) is that it went for far too long. they should have just ended it earlier. Where are we now in the Templar/Assassin conflict now since Desmond died? Yep nowhere.

[@fattiger6957]

Ubisoft was never going to let the series end. They were going to milk it dry.

[@UncleRed]

I have a feeling that Ubisoft are scrambling to "fix things" because it has become clearer that the game they intended to release wasn't going to be well received. It's like a "sorry we got caught" moment. We could have got a very different, preachy game. It would have been hilarious 🤷‍♂️

[@utt716030]

Yasuke is their samurai, so... Harming civilians may be some kind of representational meaning. He doesn't belong to Japan. Or maybe this is from the original setup.

[@heretic0014]

The people producing Shadows have the SAME mindset of the people producing GTA 6: far left. But you people dont care, do you?

[@thuledragon6663]

If you were a Viking, you probably didn't respect a monotheistic religion with far different virtues and ideas and the priest would not stop wailing about how evil and sinful you are for putting tats on your body, mixing fabrics, taking their holy relics (because it's metals and you kind of need some right now) that last part might be theft but it was the Viking age, a lot of people were raiding and sometimes monasteries did not have guards. Yasuke if he was a samurai should definitely not be sacking temples of his own religion, stealing from those temples It doesn't make sense.

[@theklownshark7639]

Another banger. Keep up the great work. Hope you get better soon.

[@williamdistefano5698]

This is like Rake #25 that Ubisoft has stepped on. At this point, I think they're just done.

[@SachinJames89]

All that sensitivity training served no purpose after all!!! 😂😂

[@Yougottubed89]

Nice balanced opinion with a different take on the subject which is always good to see.

[@InguesMarduk]

Great vid again

[@bulletblast7187]

All of this, by the way, and the game's fanbase just wants a good stealth game where you do flips and twirls

[@infinitsai]

If you want to base your protagonist on a obscure history trivia, and didn't bother to do the research to know that watermelon and cherry blossom aren't supposed to be in the same season, maybe you better now market your game with the word "authentic"...

[@mrbigglezworth42]

What is and is not in the game will be revealed upon its release. Everything else is hearsay until otherwise proven. This does not however excuse all the poor marketing choices Ubisoft has made up to this point however.

[@addgame7961]

The newer "Assassin's Creed" would've worled much better if it wasn't called "Assassin's Creed". At this point, that name is more of a restraint more than anything else. With every new "Assassin's Creed" game they makes, they are forced to carry the history of all of the previous games.

[@mincentprice1041]

Much like Snow White and so many other franchises being run into the ground, I'm shocked by this game. Why make it Feudal Japan if you're not going to be accurate? Just make some crazy fantasy world and do anything they want. You're selling history, and delivering something that comes off as disrespectful - Even to the West.

[@creepy_assassin6234]

Too many "accidents" indeed

[@chadwolf3840]

It’s all of their moral preening BS with the splash screen that says how virtuous they are that makes them a legit target when you see all the ridiculous racist crap they threw into AC Shadows. If they just acted like normal humans making a game and didn’t have the preachy crap people would care much less.