Assassin's Creed Shadows - Why All The Hate?

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29 күн бұрын

The Assassin's Creed Shadows reaction has been nothing short of polarizing. Many see the AC Shadows trailer as confirmation of everything they hate in gaming while others are celebrating it. My own Assassin's Creed Shadows trailer reaction was just excitement about what we already knew, which is why the AC Shadows controversy seems strange.
Assassin's Creed Shadows is an upcoming action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft, set to release in November 2024. This game was formally known as AC Red or Assassin's Creed Red.
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@DraGanix33 28 күн бұрын

At this point it’s 1 thing or another. Someone is going to be upset about something.

@ConnerKent08 26 күн бұрын

I remember people saying something similar about Valhalla failing and not being successful. That game went on to make a billon dollars at the end of its lifecycle, I have no doubt this game will be just as successful

@xMikeDezzyx421 28 күн бұрын

This was a masterclass...

@javiercotto9862 28 күн бұрын

I think this game gonna sale like hot cake and I will be there to. I will support yasuke because I read about him a long time ago and I was wondering this could be a animated series and game to.

@rollins4484 26 күн бұрын

You're a level headed dude. Good on you mate.

@yurpper2242 28 күн бұрын

Honestly nobody had a problem when they did it in odyssey it wasn’t even talked about

@TheHippoCreative 27 күн бұрын

Hopefully AC just adds a character creation mode next game. They had a weak one in Immortals Fenyx Rising. Would love to have something like Cyberpunk has. Let’s face it most AC main characters are super generic to begin with, let us build whoever we want to play as.

@ekim5013 27 күн бұрын

At this point woke just means liberal, which most writers are going to trend in that direction anyways, most creative people do. So if you don’t want to play any woke games I don’t know? Good luck? I think if you need to look at the politics of the people who create the games you might play, and you want them to have conservative politics then have fun at that? I think that’s way too much homework to do before you buy a game. I usually just look at the game, decide if it’s up my alley, and then buy it. I certainly don’t have the time or energy to find out the politics of the people behind a video game before I decide if I will support it. I just support it if it looks like something I’d like to play, could care less what the writers rooms politics are.

@BALLzDeep1986 27 күн бұрын

The right would like everyone to believe woke means liberal (Gaslighting) It’s actually not that deep! Woke is just the opposite of Sleep! Same as the Red & Blue Pill metaphor! (Matrix) can be applied to alot!

@ekim5013 26 күн бұрын

@@BALLzDeep1986 yea I know that’s what it really means, but the right has made it mean liberal, and a lot of idiots just go along with it.

@jesse1086 27 күн бұрын

Im really excited to see what theyve come up with. This is by far the longest gap ever between mainline AC games....i hope theyve come up with some new tricks instead of the same old

@brootal4234 24 күн бұрын

Come on now, if they had an Asian guy play Captain America or any of the main Avengers, we white guys would lose our sh-t and riot.

@ReforgeGaming 24 күн бұрын

but "the black guy" you are upset about playing an Asian character isn't playing an Asian character..lol he's playing a black guy. It's literally a story about a black guy that got captured/taken/whatever and becomes Samuri - is it true? who cares? its a game...

@brootal4234 24 күн бұрын

@@ReforgeGaming Then it’s like making an Avengers movie about the Asian tourist in the background or the Asian IT guy. You know we wouldn’t stand for that. We don’t even like having Asian men be the main guy in Asian settings in Asian stories. That’s why we have The Last Samurai and The Great Wall. We’re the masters of race swapping. We love replacing Asian men any chance we get. And then we wonder why it bothers them lol.

@conquistador497 Күн бұрын

52:11 hhow is an african slave not the same as someone captured in captivity? Bc thats what yasuke was before nobunaga took him into service and he was actually probably more free than he was originally w the christian missionary he came with

@FearlessWithController 28 күн бұрын

Yasuke (Yaske) was a samurai, and I'm really tired of people saying but he was a retainer. A retainer is someone who is retained in service, the Samurai were warriors who were, in fact, retainers who served their lords or landowners. Yasuke was retained into service by Nobunaga. There was another famous black samurai in early Japan known as Sakanouye Tamuramaro.

@BrainWasherAttendent 28 күн бұрын

Keep dreaming. If you believe he was the greatest samurai ever it must be true.

@DraGanix33 28 күн бұрын

@@BrainWasherAttendentpost never said anything about being the greatest samurai.

@mareo187 28 күн бұрын

@@BrainWasherAttendent you clearly did not read what he stated

@undefinedhuman7404 27 күн бұрын

even if he was a samurai (he’s not), both main characters should be ethnically Japanese simple as

@Dandansuuuy 27 күн бұрын

@@undefinedhuman7404Nahh just say you don't want to play the girl protagonist.

@Lucax97 28 күн бұрын

Overblown racism on one end. The more quiet outrage is surprisingly the pricing, as you said.

@punch180 28 күн бұрын

You people always pull out the racist card. Holy. Annoying af. There might be some, but most are not racist. There are two AC characters who are black, and there were no complaints. This is in Japan, so all main should be Asian. There is so little known about Yasuke if he's even a samurai or not.

@whiskeyneat97 27 күн бұрын

@@punch180yeah I haven't personally seen a racist take about this. Granted I don't use Twitter or keep up with people that would say racist shit, but still. I've seen a lot of pretty measured takes that are just disappointed they can't play a Japanese Samurai. I personally would be too if I wanted the warrior play style

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

@@punch180racism is defined as hate or favoritism to a specific racial background air go hating a game just because of a characters skin color more so when he actually existed how you interpreted his history makes 0 difference fact is he was real he was there and the game has him in it maybe they fill in there own aspects in his story fact is in a series where you are fighting anubus on a flaming horse and fighting the Pope with a magical mind controlling apple on a reality bending staff crying about historical accuracy when this is the most historically accurate the series has ever been while ignoring Japan's past historical figures or the fact there is a actual Japanese women ya all are completely ignoring is not only hypocritical it's also very disrespectful to all of Japan I see way more people speaking for Japan then actual Japanese people in fact it's legit number 1 in pre order sales in there country so I think it's very clear to say the Japanese do not agree with any of you at all

@Set451 27 күн бұрын

@punch180 there's about two things known about Yasuke. He's black. He's a samurai.

@lucienmoolman8017 27 күн бұрын

@@punch180 guess you haven't played: AC: Revelation, AC Rogue, AC valhalla, AC freedom cry, AC liberation, AC black flag, AC origins... Most of the protagonists in the AC games are not native to the settings they take place. But hey, black man in Japan bad, amiright? Actually go powerwash your brain, atleast then you'll get an idea for the first time in your life

@whiskeyneat97 28 күн бұрын

I completely understand the wish of having a Japanese Samurai, but the outrage with it is wild. I'll be playing as the female cause I want the sneaky play style anyways, but if I was wanting a warrior play style, I'd admittedly be slightly irritated.

@Alien_isolationist 28 күн бұрын

Because AC is a yearly AA game from AA developers? Also why do enemiess light up with a white border, like we need that to see them. Imagine if Hellblade 2 did that.....

@MayteraMarble 28 күн бұрын

No ones know Yasuke's sexuality. Just saying.

@sauronluna3669 28 күн бұрын

I will get this game, that samurai looks goooood

@RenzaissanceTV 28 күн бұрын

Did you know that he’s also LGBTQ+?

@The_Gent 27 күн бұрын

i bet all the money in the world you were born on or after 2000

@sauronluna3669 27 күн бұрын

Born in 1999, if he's gay or not doesn't really matter but that could change if they actual do stuff with that than just one night stands or a mini romance that ends. Well see.

@Dandansuuuy 27 күн бұрын

@@RenzaissanceTVDamn! racist and Homophobic? Open your mind bro. It's a video game.

@frankkent5567 28 күн бұрын

Probably has something to do with Ghost of Tsushima doing it first and better.

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

See that's the problem if the game did make the character actually Japanese like nio or ghost of tsushima the player base would be calling it a ghost of tsushima clone and comparing it to each other and crying about what one did better so fact is the ac fan base is just never happy and would have cried about this game no matter what

@DraGanix33 27 күн бұрын

@@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn I agree, it’s ubisoft & assassin creed, they’re going to complain about something.

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

@@DraGanix33 that's why I say all the people complaining don't matter in the end the ac series has always been hated but done well in the end personally I think all the people who complain every release hate buy the game just to run there mouth about it and feel validated in there hate solving nothing in the end anyway so I say everyone just do you because I'm willing to bet over half the people complaining still pre ordered this game anyway 🤷

@BALLzDeep1986 27 күн бұрын

To think Oda Nobunaga didn’t utilize Yasuke as a Samurai is crazy💯 Some people really just have a problem with Black/African representation! Look at the past 100 years of media! Tv, Movies, Video Games, Magazines etc.. Egypt/Kemet is an another example!

@rdavidsmith 28 күн бұрын

I'm black is it weird I would rather a Japanese samurai? 🤷🏾‍♂️ Arthur Morgan in Red Dead redemption being a Japanese man would seem weird not that there wasn't a Japanese man somewhere in the old west. It their game artistically they can make whatever they want but you're not going to convince me it's not a little weird.

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

Then play as the women if a character skin color bothers you that much fact is no one including you are bringing up any reason for the hate for this game other then personal not factual you hating a black man is not a valid excuse to massively down vote a game then speak on behalf of an entire country that most of you probably have never been to or even thought to ask them how they feel it's very disrespectful to speak for Japan without there input and I have seen way to much of that I don't wanna play as him is not a valid excuse for the hate this game is getting more so since there is a 2nd character you can play as it comes off as a personal grudge against the series not a valid or factual one just personal hate

@rdavidsmith 27 күн бұрын

@@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn I don't care either way. That doesn't make the choice less strange. As I stated you could have justified historically making Arthur Morgan Japanese but it would still seem strange since it would be pretty anomalous. It "seems" more like a choice made simply to say that they are checking the box of inclusion as opposed to telling an interesting story. I also don't feel like a bunch of white people are constantly oppressing me, so maybe I just have a strange worldview. Saying that it "bothers me" and noticing it for what it seems to be are two different things.

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

@@rdavidsmith bud how can you speak of the story and gameplay when there is no story or gameplay revealed yet that's the problem with your point of view you are focusing on a black samurai completely ignoring the fact you do get to play as a Asian as well and talking about the gameplay and story being of less importance when you haven't even seen that stuff yet your point is just so ignorant and asinine so I'm sorry but I don't agree with you at all more so since so many people been going around saying the Japanese hate this game with fake accounts just to down vote a trailer and run there mouth on some comments only to find out the Japanese love it it's legit number 1 in sales in there country right now I'm sorry but ya all just starting to come off as some racist liers at this point you have no valid reason to be against this game other then a personal one and that's it that's your right but it doesn't make it well right heck I'm willing to bet over half of you are gonna end up buying this game in the end anyway

@EPICSAWIKI 22 күн бұрын

This place seems like an echo chamber bro. No use bringing a different opinion here lol.

@tommyhumphreys362 28 күн бұрын

They chose a non-native main character for the first east asia setting - its pandering.

@ReforgeGaming 28 күн бұрын

Two main characters. One is Japanese. So. No. That’s false.

@tommyhumphreys362 27 күн бұрын

@@ReforgeGaming 100% not false. I said a main character - not the main character.

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

@@tommyhumphreys362it is false as there both the main characters bud you can't disregard one in favor of pushing your own narrative very hypocritical fact is shes there she's Japanese and your all talking like she don't even exist when she does

@sebastianguerrero6617 28 күн бұрын

Yes kill the justice league is a good game

@abstuli1490 28 күн бұрын

Assassin's Creed: Shadows is not very popular on the Ubisoft Japanese site. Many people find it strange that the only male main character is the only black man in Japan among 15 million Japanese people.

@tyfighter2557 28 күн бұрын

Pretty scummy for you to mock everyone who just want what was advertised and paid for. It's not about booba.(stellar blade)

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

Pretty ignorant of you to ignore the fact this was announced years ago during Ubisofts 15 year anniversary celebration when they announced this game hexe and jades development and only want to get worked up now that the trailer is out this is what was advertised to you ya dope no lies where told you got exactly what they told you was coming

@The_Gent 27 күн бұрын

Nobody wants to play as a gay (yes, they just confirmed both characters are homosexuals whatta shock) black dude Samurai in Feudal Japan. Lets be real.

@ReforgeGaming 27 күн бұрын

They didn’t confirm that. Lol “Romantically, they will also attract and be attracted to different types of people. Through the pair, players will get to experience a multitude of relationships.”

@JoshuaVaughan-pi1sn 27 күн бұрын

I have yet to see any video confirming this other then people saying they said that and if it's anything like any RPG game witch they confirmed this was going to be part of that type of game play you can legit make your character sleep with anything in bulders gate 3 we where able to screw a bear dude and that game won game of the year you seriously act like this impacts the game when it doesn't what truly impacts the game is gameplay something none of us have seen yet

@MiccansMeyer 22 күн бұрын

@@ReforgeGaming You are right, they said "types" not kinds"

@RenzaissanceTV 28 күн бұрын

Now both Yasuke and Naoue are LGBTQ+

@DraGanix33 28 күн бұрын

If it’s a choice like Odyssey, it won’t matter.

@RenzaissanceTV 28 күн бұрын

@@DraGanix33 why even make it a choice?

@DraGanix33 28 күн бұрын

@@RenzaissanceTV because most people like having a choice. Think about it, you don’t like what they’re doing with this game, but what if they made it the way you wanted it and someone hated it? How would you respond?

@RenzaissanceTV 28 күн бұрын

@@DraGanix33 who would hate being a Japanese samurai in a feudal japan game?? Last time I checked thats the only reason people advocated for AC Japan, not to play as a women nor play as Yasuke?? Like what are we doing here

@DraGanix33 28 күн бұрын

@@RenzaissanceTV but that’s where you’re wrong, some people obviously wanted to play as a female, & some people don’t care what the character looks like as long as they’re samurai. Like I said it’s a choice. You’re saying what you’re saying because you feel someone is taking your choice away.

@parapendejadas4913 27 күн бұрын

Wokesoft again with their agendas. Yasuke came to Japan (1581-1582) as a slave along with the Italian Jesuit Valignano and became a weapon retainer and sort of a jester to the samurai, but never a samurai himself..... Plus, is not a surprise that Ubisoft is after those juicy ESG points for DEI BS now making him GAY?....WTF??...hahaha..... not to mention the microtransactions, 70usd + game rental practice, bugs, horrible writing, etc..... Man, GAYming in 2024 is great....

@ReforgeGaming 27 күн бұрын

He isn’t gay.