Assassin's Creed Shadows

Two problems, they are claiming he is gay because the game allows both protags to romance anyone (like previous games).
And they are intentionally ignoring the fact that he was a real person, "samurai" label aside. "Real" should not be in quotes since he was, you know, real.

I don't expect much insight from 2 people who have never played a video game let alone AC game in their lives. Just trying to generate maximum outrage. Criticize the game if you want but do it properly.
 
In most MMO's you can choose what colour to be your character, and this is not so hard to implement in AC too if they want everyone to choose what they want.
But, no! :D
 
polonyc2 said:
you are?...I thought you were a male all this time
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It still baffles me to this day how devs want to so badly play against the obvious. They feel like they are being so radical and creatively bold when there intentions are so disingenuous.

If they can show that not one cent of DEI promoted funding had any sway on their decision to make a samurai main character set in feudal Japan black, I will eat my words.
 
BurningBeard484 said:
their decision to make a samurai main character set in feudal Japan black, I will eat my words.
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Clearly less realistic than the last character being a literal reincarnation of Odin

... who was actually a member of the same hyper advanced race who literally lived in a city called the Garden of Eden that looked exactly like "the world if" meme, had triple helix DNA which somehow let them see from the eyes of a bird, and told an Italian man who finished punching the Pope not five minutes prior about the chosen asshole who coincidentally wears a white sweatshirt because assassins several hundred years in the future would save humankind
 
mr_zen256 said:
Looking forward to seeing a gameplay deep dive, hopefully at the Ubisoft forward event. Been looking forward to this title for ages!
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can you change the title of the thread to Assassin's Creed Shadows?...just go to the top of any page in the thread...to the right of the 'Watch' button...there are 3 dots and a drop down menu...just select 'Edit thread'...you can then change the title
 
Hershy said:
The production values continue to rise though. In this regard, each game in the series has been a step above the previous. This game looks to be maybe two steps above the previous. As with the Far Cry series, you either love these games or you hate them. I personally love them because they’re just so much fun to play after work.
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I've never played them, just somewhat suspicious of franchises that crank out games so quickly But at the end of the day if they're good that's all that matters
 
At least the concept make it logical to change the setting (location and time) completely from game to game and they have differents studios, Origin-Valhalla was Montréal, Odyssey and Shadows Québec, so 6-7 years between release. And a type of game that can gain from compute-software getting bigger, still a lot of sequels, obviously, but one of the most logical game to make them.

also when we look at their non-Assassins Creed output, is much lost by them focusing on those ?
 
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they waited a few years too long for this...they should have struck when interest in a samurai AC game was at its peak...Ubisoft should have released this at the time they released Origins
 
mr_zen256 said:
That's for sure I don't think innovation is part of their vocabulary
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I think Ubisoft sees it as a brand, which is why despite some light RPG mechanics being added since Origins the game has still largely followed the same overall design.
 
pendragon1 said:

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6g6rwVaZds
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I didn’t even notice that when watching the trailer the first time. That is hilarious. I kind of get what they were going for. The idea of having unique combat music for both characters is a good one but they maybe could have picked something different. Generic sounding hip-hop style music combined with a black character that has the same hairstyle as every Black and/or African American main character in every video game these days (and that I’ve seen several African American content creators crap on) might come off as a bit tone deaf.
 
that's not really hip hop music...sounds like remixed 'Asian' music that is played to denote an Asian theme
 
pendragon1 said:
its a hip hop beat with an asian flare ala wu tang, completely out of place for 1200s japan.
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The series has never exactly been known for having music that exactly fits the time period of the setting. Given the premise of AC being that you're in a virtual world created from genetic memory, any music would technically come from the Animus or have been placed there by Abstergo.
 
Derangel said:
The series has never exactly been known for having music that exactly fits the time period of the setting. Given the premise of AC being that you're in a virtual world created from genetic memory, any music would technically come from the Animus or have been placed there by Abstergo.
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not the only point being made.

imsirovic5 said:
Market will ultimately have its say on what people want.
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we are part of that market.
 
Armenius said:
I think Ubisoft sees it as a brand, which is why despite some light RPG mechanics being added since Origins the game has still largely followed the same overall design.
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Gamers being complacent has allowed developers to be the same, in particular the big brand reliant studios. I know I am guilty of contributing to this and have been subsequently burned by mediocrity. Time to tighten that wallet.
 
Armenius said:
When you're so woke that you don't even bother to get Japanese right when sending swag to Japanese influencers.

https://x.com/GiveMeBanHammer/status/1801181719489630662
https://nitter.poast.org/GiveMeBanHammer/status/1801181719489630662

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Translation is always hard. But I recall they hired some oddball Japanese-American woman for their DEI checkbox and she did a blurb about this game. Maybe they should have hired a Japanese translator who know what they were doing instead.
 
Flogger23m said:
Translation is always hard. But I recall they hired some oddball Japanese-American woman for their DEI checkbox and she did a blurb about this game. Maybe they should have hired a Japanese translator who know what they were doing instead.
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I mean do you think this woman literally designed and produced all the art for the figurine, box, typography, etc.?

Or some possibly outsourced market flunkies fucked it up. She and 99.9% of the devs probably never saw or gave a shit about the thing - not their job.
 
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