I TALKED with an Ubisoft INSIDER About the AC Shadows Backlash!
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- I still can't believe this is happening, but it is. I want everyone to watch this video to hear your views about this game. I believe this video, along with upcoming ones, will provide a clearer view of what's really happening at Ubisoft, the issues they're facing, and how they actually think about this backlash. I have some conclusions at the end of the video, but I want you to share your thoughts about this as well. Also, please share this video and spread the message.
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Lol, he just recently commented that he secretly wish they would delay the release because he's getting so much content out this game, way more than if he just plays the game.
The gravy train will come to a stop when the game actually releases.
I cringe at the thought of a corporate communication using the term "haters."
Yeah, so we're a small vocal minority just making "noise" huh? Let's see the sales next
sucks only the shitty skilled got teabagged.
"Haters" is basically code for "paying customer that doesn't believe that they are our company property". 😂
You have to remember that he changed some of the wording to protect his source. We cant say for sure if that was or wasn't what was said
@TheOne-eo4xu I think you need to go learn what that term means. Lmao😅
"a small yet vocal minority" says the big company getting ratioed in every single youtube video they put out
Its definitely gonna be a rough year until they start leaning through no sales and firing staff
He was talking about the haters. Those are the small yet vocal minority, and the people who constructively criticize are the silent majority. Now how does that make any sense? I dunno
@@riothegod1831 Shadows will surely not make as much money as Valhalla I assure you, but sure, have fun with your messy and sloppy game buddy
I got a number for that "small and vocal minority" that Ubisoft terms as such. Its over 126Million... Just an fyi, 126million plus is the population of Japan.
@@zaskiaalsakila7248 and you're being generous for not even counting the millions of westerners that do/would despise this
Describing it as "noise" is so arrogent and condescending 😡 They are too stupid to even consider they may have done something wrong.
They are not stupid. Everything they do is on purpose. Don't give them excuses.
@@Counterbalance_ Maybe stupid was the wrong word. "Delusions of superiority" is closer to what I meant.
There are literally people who hate just to hate so some of it is just noise but the majority of it is legit
@@MIK_IL There is no one to hate to just hate, maybe you just don't know their reasons for hate
i hate this game, because i don't like dei agenda.
And then they say it's a minority, as if minorities can just be ignored. I thought they cared about minorities?
Ubi didn't merely allow the debate, they stoked it by pulling the, "You're just racists" as has become the trend in the US. Which has proven at best irresponsible and nearly always, self-destructive.
I don't believe they do it out of ignorance. It's all absolutely deliberate.
@@Counterbalance_ Pretty much this. When they've been going out of their way to step of every toe they could've easily avoided, then it's no longer just clumsiness or ignorance, but intentional petty malice.
yeah, calling everything racist diminishes what the word means... just like what white folks did to the word "woke" . I diminishes the pain and suffering of millions in the past and of today.
BT "woke" means being aware of the socio economics when it comes to race in the US in particular. Not many other countries have "red-lining"... it's why America has so many highways, and why rural folks are generally severely over weight. cause they don't walk.... like at all.
So why is george floyd been photoshopped onto yusuke so often
@@ra-neter6662 Because we are sick of it. Why should we sully our history for the appeasement of fragile egos.
Yasuke was a spectacle, nothing more. Not only they made him a samurai, who walks around offing people left and right without repercussions and destroying shrines, but now they also replaced Mori Ranmaru, with whom Nobunaga shared his last moments... replaced him with Yasuke! How much more disrespect is going to be tolerated?
I wonder why, there have been speculations of Ranmaru having a same sex relationship with Nobunaga floating around for ages. I guess Ubisoft hates it lmao
@ , I think I've heard about it before. If it is true, it means Ubi took even that away from the man who actually existed and (unlike Yasuke who did nothing at all; zero) played an important part. Taking from others is all that all those companies are capable of. "Evil can't create..."
The character doesn’t have free will you control him how did they make him that when that’s not the intention to begin with that’s something somebody did so I’d say point at that person and ask why they felt that was necessary
How much of a yellow fevered neckbeard weeb are you going to be? It's a fantasy game i've never seen people crying out loud this much whenever ac wasn't historically accurate, up until when the main character was a black samurai.
As I previously said on the earlier video that at several occasions throughout the Japanese history there were series of mass destruction of shrines in Japan by the Japanese themselves. One in particular was in order to "westernize" the country, no matter how shameful it is I have to point it out. Just saying. It's called Haibutsu kishaku..and it was a recurrent and continuous thing in the entirety of Japanese history.
I am actually very curious about @SHOHEI KONDO 's take on the 廃仏毀釈. But perhaps he didn't see it yet.
In the case of the video It's just a random player *purposefully* destroying destructible in a game, an it's not even forced or imposed by the game itself. You can kill people in AC, there is no way anybody could have the right to play the victim card when it come destroying the surroundings. You can even purposefully burn churches down in AC. Get over it.. seriously.
The protagonist of the original concept was Yamauchi Taka, a Japanese man. But then George Floyd died and a bunch of dishonest reporters, decided to lie and say that there was a large amount of racism in the US. The reporters said that in the US, there is a lot of racism against Black people. and the reporters were lying. BLM is the name of a group of liars that had also lied about racism at that time. BLM says that it’s against racism. But it’s actually a group that hates white people. And BLM thought that all white people wanted to see a Japanese male character. they did want to see a Japanese male character. The reason why they wanted a Japanese male character is because it looks natural in feudal, Japan. Racism was not involved the white people’s desire to want a Japanese male character. But UBI thought that only a racist would not be OK with a black male protagonist in a game that takes place in a historically accurate (with the exception of the sci-fi elements) depiction of Japan. To pander to BLM, UBI replaced Taka with Yasuke and depicted him as a samurai.
9:50 "toxic positivity" is a phrase borne of recent studio failures like Veilguard (FailHard). Bad ideas are greenlit because nobody is allowed to make criticisms of neither others' work quality nor the broader guiding vision and the quality and standards do a nose-dive off a cliff.
In the previous Assassin's Creed game, I forgot which one, but I remember seeing a news where Ubisoft removed crossbows from that one AC game because it didn't exist during the game's timeline.
It was the first one.
@@Old_l3g0back when they actually cared
@@Old_l3g0 Simple google search away. people are lazy.
@@Old_l3g0back when ubisoft actually cared.
@@Old_l3g0 They actually DID exist at the time but weren't popular in the Muslim world.
Ubisoft a French company have Chinese people working on AC Shadow game (behind the scenes making of the game) and that's why there are buildings that look like Chinese buildings.
Ubisoft used the fake Japanese historian Thomas Lockley's book as a source material. Thomas Lockley was asked how he wrote 100s of pages of his book based on 4 pieces of paper historical document (original historical documents written before the Shincho Koki manuscripts) and he admitted to having faked the whole thing (he had to be creative and embellish things as he admitted).
Yasuke was never a samurai or even a retainer, he was only a slave then became a servant to Oda. Yasuke never had a Japanese wife, or a daughter and he was never given land or a house. When Oda was killed, Yasuke took the opportunity to fled and that was the last record of Yasuke. Shincho Koki is a series of manuscript written by Japanese that did not live or witness the events, wrote manuscripts in late 1600s decades after Nobunaga Oda's death in 1582 describing the events around Nobunaga Oda late life and death. The history textbook title Shincho Koki Chronicles published 1992 are two different things. Shincho Koki Chronicles had a newly revised version (published in 2006) that conveniently added things about Yasuke.
The manuscripts from Shincho Koki never mention Yasuke. There are Jesuits letters written by people from Europe sent to Japan in late 1600s decades after Nobunaga Oda's death. Those letters did mention Yasuke and claims or "suggested" things about him. The history textbook Shincho Koki Chronicles does acknowledge both Shincho Koki manuscripts and Jesuits letters but never confirmed Jesuits letters the claims or "suggested" things about Yasuke. There are no artifacts of Yasuke. Any time someone name drop Shincho Koki, ask them are they referencing the manuscripts written around 1665-1695 or the history textbook published in 1992 and then newly revised version in 2006. Those are two very different things. The English translation in 2011 also added words like retainer. The European did not just translate from Japanese to English, they added words from in the 2011 edition.
Those Ubisoft's defenders are all insecure and they will keep spreading the lies propping up Yasuke. They do this by stretching and mudding facts and truths.
Yeah, Ubi take over the exploits and responsibilities of Nobunaga's real samurai and give them to Yasuke in Shadows. Like Gamo Ujisato, Maeda Toshiie, Mori Ranmaru.
翻訳揺れがあると良くないので、あえて日本語で表記します。
弥助に関しては金銭で雇われた可能性が高いと考えます。信長公記には60を超えるバージョンがあり、そのうちの尊経閣文庫本には弥助の名前が登場します。弥助は装飾付きの小刀、扶持、私宅を与えられたとされています。この資料の信頼性については議論があります。
また、家忠日記にも弥助の名前が出てきます。家忠は弥助を信長の元で給料をもらい働いていると認識しています。こちらは信頼性の高い史料ですが、実際に信長と弥助の間でどのような雇用関係があったかを知らない第三者目線での情報となります。
これらから弥助が奴隷のままであったというのは考えにくく思います。この点は少し意見が異なりました。
ただ、ロックリーの書いた歴史はただのファンタジー小説であり、他の武将の活躍を盗んで弥助につけかえるという悪行を繰り返し行なっています。これに対して海外からも声を上げてくださることに感謝します。
ロックリーの所業は歴史への侮辱ですし、弥助を功績泥棒にすることで弥助を侮辱し、功績を奪った武将たちも侮辱しています。決して許されることではありません。
🤷♂️RacistSoft
Asian is Asian to em
I honestly don't care , I just want to play an AC game . But if they do one about West Africa and mess it up , I would be mad lol
Kick those FZD artist they dont know how to design.
Don't fall for this. They had a studio in Japan and didn't ask the actual Japanese instead relying on Canadians. This should have been made by the now closed Japanese studio and not half way across the world with people who know nothing about the culture.
This^ weird how seemingly few Japanese were/are involved in deving this game.
The fact that Ubisoft used their devs in Chengdu, which is located in China to work on this game instead of letting their Japanese branch doing it just says a lot.
@wzx6x6z6w Yeah, imagine that with AC: Red. Japanese making a Chinese AC would make Chinese force Ubi to get their act together real quick.
They had to exclude legit Japan studio, otherwise it will be problematic for them to pass the check marks. Reddit and Twitter has been going nuts like 7months ago, they concluded that Yasuke is indeed a Samurai, if anyone says otherwise they are R-cist and Liars because they have the names outside of Thomas lockley that support this narrative however it is nothing that hadn't been debunked.
@@wzx6x6z6wNot only that, but Ubisoft tried claiming that they posted a position to fire for a Japanese historical consultant that no one signed up for, conveniently leaving out that the position was posted for their Chinese branch.
It's like trying to claim your survey results prove that nobody likes steak while leaving out that you hosted the survey outside a yoga club for vegans.
One of my favourite moments in gaming is when Ezio meets a goddess who tells him "I'm not talking to you." then turns to the camera and says "I'm talking to YOU!" The genius of that scene is that it's not a real 4th wall break, because she's talking to the timetraveler and not the player. I still love those early AC games, which is why I hate what it is now.
They were genius and had actual interesting subversive elements and puzzles. The one about the cable box still haunts me for some reason.
It's incredibly insane how they hyped up the Juno story like hell just to end it in a comic book instead of a game lol.
Why did they have to claim that this sci-fi game about hunting relics from a high-tech ancient civilization, where people jump from rooftops into a handful of hay, is historically or culturally accurate? Why even try?
Just call it a fun game set in Japan, and they could tell whatever crazy stories they want, just like in anime.
@@PhoenlxA Too late for that, after they have been praised for historically accurate worldbuilding (the 'museum' mode in Odyssey was actually used in schools and museums for a time...at least before it got censored). The series was known for having a large degree of historical accurancy in certain aspects (though obviously the story itself was fictional). Changing that would make people question it being part of the franchise (which they do...since yeah, it's no longer accurate where it was before).
Ubisoft has not EVOLVED at all to remain competitive. They market degeneracy and write it off as if it is normal behavior.
im a viking age historian and reenactor. ac Valhalla was equally trash. they didnt even do basic research. they included Anglo-Saxon helmets and weapons that predate the viking age by like 800 years. the lore was all over the place and so inaccurate i got a refund. i was insulted that they portray the Scandinavian people like terrible people. the truth is they were very advanced and open to peace. im sick of these company's using google for their research. not a good resource . 98% of the staves and runes they used predate the viking age or in some cases didnt get used untill the 1300s. they are trash and they will remain trash
yup fellow scandinavian here and vahalla pissed me off. Allthough god of war rangarok offended me more with how they treated traditions and lore. Sure the God of war games are more action rpgs and less showcase of history ( altered ) and more of a romstomp. How they used thor, agnaboda and similar chars felt like they spit in your face.
Typical millenial writing. Maximally lazy. Looks like these big companies are saving money as much as they can here, choosing quantity over quality. Really looks like some uneducated amateur just made a quick google search. Probably designers get quotas to make as much "thematically looking" objects as they can in a short time, without any consultant support. Rather than SBI they should have hired history consultants.
@@Solus749 these writers hate themselves and their culture (Western white people), but they miss the point that Scandinavian mythology is not their culture. They want to destroy and subvert everything, and it's pathetic.
Mythology was a reflection of real world and nature. Treat it destructively is not respecting the ancestors and their wisdom, not respecting the world you live in.
It's the same with all viking shows and movies. They're all absolute garbage and go with everything you said
@@Solus749im from northern Sweden and Valhalla i get but GoW Rag? Really? Come on dude
Don't let this slide. Don't forget, don't forgive, not even when it comes to small, seemingly insignificant things. Otherwise companies will see it as a green light to continue to take your legacy away from you, just like they've done to Scandinavians, Slavs, Brits, Greeks, Egyptians and many more.
you all are butthurt when it comes to japan.
you all wouldnt care if something happened to other countries
@@nixad4248and who tf are you???? You don’t speak for gamers at large, and you’re a fool to even try. And I guarantee OP would call this shit out. Drop the “holier than thou” bs.
Yeah, as an englishman I feel fed up of ubisoft as well. They've not treated us very well over the years, with many similar problems in valhalla to shadows, and in syndicate, while Jacob was accurate to real english young men, evie was only there to complain about colonialism all the time, which was frustrating when syndicate is the 4th game in a row to do this. Plus evie isn't really accurate to english people. She's just what an American might think english people are like. As for AC4, Edward kenway was always english in the lore, but then they retconed him to be half english and half welsh, only for him to call himself welsh, disregarding his english heritage. This is especially odd because Edwards name is english and so is every word he speaks. So there's nothing welsh about him. Why make him say he's welsh then? Probably just yet more anti english sentiment from ubisoft.
@@nixad4248 If the citizens of those countries raise concerns and voices about such disrespectful depiction of their culture and history, people will stand by them, which Japanese and Egyptian were and are doing before and now.
Until then, it's not anyone business to complain about other cultures which their citizens don't care, like Greeks or Scandinavians or Europeans in general.
@@lastest_debteenator this is the absolute truth
今までUBIという会社が何を考えているのか全く分からず、彼らに日本人は見えていないのかとすら思えていましたが
ちゃんと自分たちの会社がやっていることを冷静に客観的に受け止めている人(心ある人)もいるんだと知れて、
ささくれてた傷にやっと薬が塗られたような気持ちです。貴重なインタビューを共有してくださってありがとうございます！
彼らにも色々事情はあるでしょうが、それでもただ少し舞台となる国の人の声に耳を傾けるだけで素晴らしいゲームを作れたかもしれないのに、
それどころか他国の文化をあまりにも雑に扱い、あらゆる声を無視し怒りを買い、自ら信用を失ってしまって、残念な会社としか思えません。
せめて発売までに目に余る表現(祭壇を壊す、非武装の人の首を吹っ飛ばすなど)だけでも修正されることを祈ります。
They've been destroying European culture and history for years. It's quite distressing. We must speak for our ancestors.
they let Yasuke destroy no weapon people and shrine because he is not japanese. and sakura tree is too normal.
@@shinodamasaru7945 That's even worse.
But it was on start easy too fix for example saying it's little based on history, it's not accurate etc. But of course it will not give more players so they lied and now get what they deserve.
@@shinodamasaru7945 I am using a translation software, so sorry if my English is not correct.
UBI said that they chose Yasuke as the person to be their eyes. What Yasuke is doing can be taken as what they want to do. Do they want to feel good in a game where they cut off the heads of Japanese people with metal rods and destroy the object of their faith? And he is just the right “black samurai” to evade responsibility. To the Japanese, he looks like a devil, not a hero.
If he had the spirit of a samurai, he would never fight like that and would always pay respect to any shrine. (The Japanese fear the wrath of the local gods.)
UBI should have imagined a little more how the Japanese would feel when they see this.
By the way, those cherry blossoms look like plum blossoms to me😂
Keep your guard up against these people, never put it down
It's so tiring that compared to the 70s and 80s and 90s, those generation of people didn't have to deal with this mind virus. It's phones and technology ruining people's minds to have these invasive and vastly different kinds of thoughts. California culture needed to stay there not slowly infesting everything over the Internet.
They are evil. They pivoted away from a game starring a Japanese character to being one about a black guy who is a mere footnote in history and having him rampage through the country was a deliberate choice. It wasn't one of cultural ignorance. Every AC game up til this point was at least observant of the many cultures the games were set in. They chose this to make a statement.
They even erased Yamauchi Taka, the assassin monk protagonist of the already established AC Japan lore.
They are zealots and they worship a certain racial group. I can come to no other conclusion.
Reminder that as Ezio you fist-fight the pope in Italy. As Arno you kill a target on the alter at Notre Dame and as Bayek you raid the tombs of Pharaohs, kill sacred beasts and fight the Gods themselves.
@Lifeislikeadoughnut 1. The Pope was the main antagonist of the game, not some random innocent you assault for no reason. The Borgias were notorious for nepotism, corruption, and generally being terrible people in real life.
2. The Templars are using the Notre Dame cathedral to discuss their nefarious plans to carry out evil deeds. Besides the Notre Dame cathedral was ransacked during the French Revolution and many priceless artifacts were plundered and destroyed by the revolutionaries, including statues of saints that were mistaken for representing kings of France. It was hardly considered Holy Ground at the time. It was dedicated to various "secular" ideologies starting in 1793 and was simply used as a warehouse. It wasn't until 1801 when Napoleon rededicated it to the Catholic Church and it became a site of Christ once more.
3. Fighting the gods is optional and is a challenge for high level players, not part of the narrative, and besides nobody worships the gods of ancient Egypt anymore so it's a moot point to argue.
I've heard there's a female sumo side character in this game too? If true, that's additional disrespect to Japanese culture and history.
All they had to do was make a samurai, Japanese. I will never forget the call I got from my friend when he said “broooo, the new assassins creed game is based in Japan! And the samurai is black”
I literally spit my coffee and started laughing hard cause it was the stupidest thing I ever heard.
And then I logged in to UA-cam.
They made the black guy the vocal point for a reason. They know exactly what they're doing and we should all call them out for this crap
A black Samurai and a non binary ronin. Naoe has always been refered as They/them.
There are plenty of games that have that. Why don't you just play those?
@@mandolorian9893 we do, Japanese games are superior to western games. But what does that have to do with the IP of assassins creed finally making a game everyone has been asking for?
@ Its good that you think Japanese game are so superior. So why don’t you just play those and leave games like AC alone? The only mistake Ubisoft made was ever listening to people like you in the first place. Hopefully Ubisoft, in the future, stops making games that “everybody” wants and instead focuses on the true fans who don’t have a heart attack because the main character isn’t the “right” ethnicity and instead people like you can just keep playing your “superior” Japanese games.
Whole internet is behind you man. Much love my Asian brotha!
🤝❤
Except for Mutahar, from SomeOrdinaryGamers.
He's not doing it out of spite though. He simply doesn't understand how most of us Asians value our holy sites and culture, given that he's a natural-born Canadian.
@ He smoking something and probably never been anywhere in Asia. I mean just search temples on google.
@@alcor4670who? Rhetorical question - because i don't care.
@@alcor4670 He's Canadian. They are worse than Americans with DEI. Most of these DEI shits are in Canada.
As an Asian, you can’t tell me that wanting historically accuracy in a game that claims to be historically accurate is racism while having a black guy kill Japanese and destroy Japanese culture is not
I can't imagine how it's possible people can defend this game and company. It's one thing for defenders to call us westerners racist for not wanting Yasuke in this game but to tell actual Japanese people that they are racist and their feelings are invalid.
If anyone is evil in this whole situation it's the Ubislop defenders not wanting to listen to real concerns from Japanese people.
That's putting it lightly. There's something I've been saying over the past few years: Those who think they can't be evil are capable of the greatest of evils.
While these defenders taut themselves as the apex of cultural awareness and understanding, they couldn't give any less of a care about other cultures and their beliefs. They are the very thing C.S. Lewis warned of when he spoke of the tyranny exercised for the good of its victims, because nothing will be enough to satisfy their need prove moral superiority.
It's only because of Yasuke that we're called racyyst. If the PC samurai was white or a blue-purple alien, they wouldn't even have shields... Let’s be real, The male protagonist would/should have been Japanese in the first place. it was that simple. It is common sense. If they really cared about authenticity, historical accuracy, respect and integrity? And above all, honor the true heritage of the Japanese people. Yes, male PC samurai would have been Japanese. Whether fictional or real, samurai or ninja. It would be a deep tribute and a show of respect towards the Japanese men and women.
@@snowshock8958 The DEI zealots worship blk people. It's creepy.
nah, they argue that "its just video game" and "you all become loud when its Japan and not the other countries".
Seems to me it's more racist to remove a Japanese from a game in Japan and insert George Floyd because of some nasty shit that happened in the USA.
What Yasuke can do to unarmed NPCs, is pretty evil. IMO
Lmao it’s a game
@@yosighh Then, Yasuke should have been a NPC companion like Yaya
@@yosighheven Rockstar has a consequence for what you can do in a game.
You think every Assassin's Creed game was evil??
@ From what has been shown, Yasuke was not getting desynched, like most protagonists would in previous Assassin's Creed games.
They aren't ignorant. They know exactly what they are doing. They are ideologically bent.
Ubisoft sees Japan like the director of Emilia Pérez sees Mexico.
French people...
Naahh, couldn't just be a coincidence...
😂right!
Thank you Shohei-san for going deep into this subject!! Was very informative!! 😇🙏
I find it so insane how when Yasuke walks around the Japanese people all bow down like he's some sort of God. It's so unbelievably disrespectful to Japan's culture, history and it's people. I hope this game fails horribly so they get the message that this type of historical revisionism is not acceptable.
They bow because his character in this story is a samurai lol, it's a position of honour
@@LDillon No, Yasuke isn't a lord. It is just for an agenda. Yasuke wasn't Honda Tadakatsu or Gamo Ujisato. Ubi should removed these 'bowing actions' from the game.
They tried to copy the respect Jin Sakai get in Tsushima, but they forgot that the reason they do that is because Jin is a local Samurai of the island, of a respected clan, and a nephew + adopted son of the governor.
No one dislikes what's under the armor, what is disliked is how they hide their misdeeds and utter disrespect of Asian culture behind that man in armor, using his being of color as a shield from criticism and scrutiny.
@@Tfox-n6g Japanese man goes to Africa. He calls himself a Zulu Warrior. All the local African villagers bow down to him as he walks around.
Seem a bit weird or no?
Company, who focus on filling up "DEI Bingo card" instead of making decent product, deserve a bankruptcy.
What's insane to me, is that they went out of their way to make objects in a holy Japanese shrine destructable (with sound effects) instead of just making those assets indestructible. Ubisoft messed with the wrong culture bro
Were western religious symbols like the cross and statues of mary destructible in previous games?
@Sorenant not that I know of. Do you have a specific example?
I don't remember any. I remember combat happening in churches and cathedrals (ruins or standing) but not destroying real-life holy objects.
Seriously, I doubt JP would care if they actually ruined an object that is ruined in reality for unknown reason and make up their own story about it, but not this. Just never claim historical/cultural accuracy and show the opposite of accuracy. Had they claimed to be purely fantasy and fictional, and no one would have batted an eye.
They didn't go out of their way to make specifically shrine objects destructible, they upgraded the Anvil engine and enhanced environment interactability across the board. Everything is more destructible, in this and future Anvil games.
Christian iconography was less destructible in Valhalla not as a conscious design choice, but because it's an older, worse, and less technologically advanced game.
@@LDillonsounds like an excuse for trash
I don't usually post comments but this time I felt I need to speak up. I'm a life-long admirer of Japan and Japanese culture. I've been learning Japanese for several years here in Poland and took part in the organization of cultural events during which guests from Japan, usually artists and musicians, were presenting their skills and sharing their culture with us. I have never met more polite, respectful and talented people in my entire life. And now I have to watch as their heritage and culture are disrespected, history rewritten, religion and holy sites desecrated etc. Everything done by people with no shame or honor whatsoever, pushing their own agenda. Thank you so much for your videos, Shohei. You and all the Japanese have my full support. Ubisoft really needs to be stopped!
Please cherish and protect ur cultures there in europe too
They're doing it to all of us. We have to fight for our cultural heritage. I'm 2nd generation American born Pole and I cherish our heritage.
ありがとう❤
@@hareame7913 Dou itashimashite. Watashi wa Nihon ga hontou ni daisuki desu. Sumimasen, Nihongo ga mada heta desu, mada benkyou shite imasu.
Just FYI the game begins with Yasuke slaughtering Naoe's entire village, and then you are just smiling and tagging along with him on a friendly ride without a option to address it.
Surely he received an order to go and fight and slaughter the village for the sake of his master...then he meets Naoe, they will have differences, they will realize they have some sort of common goal etc etc. I would be surprised if Naoe didnt confront Yasuke about it in any of the cutscenes.
@@deadlyshadowlp9877 Of course it doesn't make sense. Yasuke should have been a boss turned ally NPC companion later. What we actually have is like Stockholm syndrome. Because, Naoe has more common goals and could have a more healthier relationship with Yamauchi Taka, the assassin monk.
I didn't know you played the game, even those who just played it a few hours, didn't get enough information to know their relationship, id recommend waiting till the game comes out watch a video then say the story doesn't make since we know nothing about the story except for the trailer
There is a real fetish with a BM+AW combo
This is flat out false. If you watched the story trailer you can see Naoe and Yasuke fighting over that exact fact. Stopping momentarily when Yasuke sees Naoe’s hidden blade.
No one should or will buy this game
alot of ppl will
Not trynna sound like that guy but people are honestly going to play it. Not because they want to but just to clown it for having a black samurai which yes, I agree, Ubisoft should’ve made Yasuke a side character instead of a main character.
Their last full-fledged Assassin’s Creed game made over $1 billion in sales (Valhalla).
Unfortunately real life doesn't work this way. There are people who don't give a crab about gaming news or culture war stuffs like this, and they just consume whatever's being put in front of them. People have been buying the same Madden game for decades, you bet people will buy AC Shadows, but here's hoping the sales numbers will not impress the Ubisoft shareholders.
@@wzx6x6z6w"Consoomers"
Don't ask questions. Just consoom product and get excited for next product.
@@wzx6x6z6w i mean I’ll get it because it’s AC and for being optimistic
Just imagine all the money they spent on the game and they just didn't want to hire someone like Shohei to just look over all the aspects of the game as it is being developed to note all the issues that are there... Surprising they overlook a simple thing like that especially with a Japan-based game that everyone knows takes a lot of pride in their history.
There's a phrase my brother-in-law says that I think is very fitting and descriptive of everything Ubisoft is doing wrong: Spending dollars to save cents.
Ubisoft seems to think that they're very model of efficiency by refusing to do basic things like marking shrine props as non-destructable, snubbing an ethnically native protag in favor of a non-native whose story is based on the lies of a charlatan, refusing to hire any real and qualified Japanese historians assist with the setting, and filling out this game's dev team with newbies who probably couldn't program an RPG Maker game. Yet every "cost cutting measure" they take is just another sledgehammer swing to this game's knees.
At this point, this game isn't going even going to trip its way out of the starting gate. It's going slump over because it's already just a corpse.
Because if Ubisoft had, the male PC would have been Japanese.
Love how the respeciable thing to do would have been a default option. They went out of their way to make the shrine destructable. They went the extra mile to fuck up.
And most people don't even know that there is a mirror in the shrine, which means they DID do some basic level research and still didn't care that it was sacred to Japanese culture.
Must-watch video for anybody who grew up with Ubisoft games. Thanks for sharing!
This makes a lot sense why CERO allows ninja garden level of dismemberment since it’s all to monsters and demons etc.
Ngl I was surprised by all the gore in NG2 Black, having not played it since its release almost two decades ago, but considering Ryu's Dragon Sword can only cut through evil, I guess CERO will overlook it. (Also fun playing a game with some teeth again)
I think the lead devs just hate Japanese culture and secretly get off by putting a character like Yasuke in the game and having him desecrate shrines and brutalize the people. Basically a metaphor for what they would like to see happen culturally to Japan in the modern era. Their attitude is evident to anyone who actually believes in respecting other cultures as opposed to pushing globalism.
I don't just think that. I'm convinced of it. It's one thing if someone makes a faux pas a few times with space between them. It's another when they've basically stepped on every toe, pushed every button, and yelled fire in every crowded room. Big things are ultimately a combination of many smaller things. This isn't simply ignorance or clumsiness, but deliberate petty malice.
@@humrH2360 At some point claiming stupidity and ignorance is a willful act and not a result of being stupid and ignorant. They could've actually hired real expert instead they did not and willfully ignored all criticism of their actions. After the 2nd major outrage they could of hired someone to make sure they don't mess up again they didn't.
Even if this started in ignorance at some point it stopped being acadental.
Yep, they talk about "diversity", yet in every instance where they enact diversity in art, they show that they want to crush what are the genuine elements of diversity: biodiversity and diversity of thought.
It's mostly just ignorance. It's just annoying that these are the same people who claim to speak for the world and inclusivity. Very phoney.
yes, the devs are from inner China, where hatred for Japan and Japanese runs very strong.
Honestly Ubisoft deserves to fail and close . They've lost it . Sorry for the devs that are collateral victims , but for the industry to heal, it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make
My issue is saying that the back lash came from “the vocal minority” and to “ignore it.” That shows a complete lack of respect to the Japanese people as if to say their opinions don’t matter, it’s disgusting.
I am glad that there are (or were) people internally that know how wrong it is, but if they don’t say anything that is just as bad as doing it themselves, they become complicit. I can empathise with them though because burnout from repetitive tasks is a very real thing. And being a hobbyist game developer and sufferer of depression I know this isn’t conducive to a good work environment. The issues facing employees are very nuanced.
Still at least a former insider is better than nothing and confirms what we all suspected. Ubisoft is a horrible company run by horrible people that are just virtue signalling and the people under them know what they are doing is wrong but are too afraid to speak up. I for one will vote with my wallet, which at the end of the day is the only thing we can do to truly send a message.
this
Ubisoft did their research, but not to respect, they did it to disrespect.
Thanks for this video.
As a Japanese, I will explain.
Objects are important in Japanese religious beliefs, but so is the field.
In Japanese religious beliefs, the mirror is called the "GO-SHINTAI(御神体)", and is KAMI-SAMA themselves.
GO-SHINTAI varies from JINJA to JINJA.
In some cases it is a mirror, but in other cases it is a mountain located behind the JINJA that is GO-SHINTAI.
To do violence to GO-SHINTAI is the same as doing violence to KAMI-SAMA.
The response regarding this JINJA matter is very simple.
There is no need to think of the mirror(GO-SHINTAI) as an object and deal with it.
We just need to make the field impenetrable.
For all JINJA that appear, you can treat the building to make it impenetrable, and that's it.
Beginning at TORII, JINJA interior is divided into several areas as fields.
The closer we get to KAMI-SAMA, the more we move from the human realm to KAMI-SAMA's realm.
It is KAMI-SAMA who determines the rules within that realm, not man.
Therefore, those who cannot deal with the rule can deal with it by not entering the field.
Japanese KAMI-SAMA does not punish sin.
It curses(TATARU, 祟る) humans according to its own rules.
In addition, Japanese KAMI-SAMA are both nature deities and ancestors of the Japanese people.
For the Japanese, KAMI-SAMA profaned is the same as being profaned by their own ancestors.
The Japanese do not tolerate the desecration of their ancestors any more than they would tolerate the desecration of themselves.
Japanese KAMI-SAMA is fundamentally different from GOD and Buddha.
Please handle with real care.
I hope this explanation helps your understanding.
17:26 nailed it. I fully agree with you. According to them, DEI was meant to prevent this kind of cultural misconception (or distortion), but instead, it created an even bigger problem for them due to their lack of sincerity.
Yasuke was neither a samurai nor a legendary warrior. He was Oda's exotic specimen.
he was literally Nobunaga's pet monkey, used to show off to other lords.
"They are just ignorant, not well educated on the subject" Well GEE, if only they had an entire division for cultural sensitivity and inclusivity. But where the hell would you even find such a thing???
the did triple check it too, remember?😁
as i just say in my comment
they are ignorant and arrogant
they are EVIL
I wish Japan would ban the sale of this trash. Such disrespect. The one AC that people have been begging for and Ubi spit in everyone's face. This was a gold mine for Ubi.
Ubislop cannot go bankrupt any sooner Bruh
They are not though. This game is going to sell so many copies. I’m not trynna sound like a fanboy but I am giving you the truth. It was also on top of the charts of being one of the games that is most pre ordered. 🤷🏽♂️ They also got AC black flag remake in development & AC Hexe which is the next full fledged game. Oh and there’s also more remakes they are working on. This is the only franchise that is keeping Ubisoft alive but they are not listening to us. Let’s just see what happens
@@Welps222"going to sell so many copies", yeah, like failguard? Just don't buy it and tell your ppl about it. Fook'em. Let them DEI.
the deluxe edition of this game was 1# most preordered game on ps store and standard edition was 3# most preordered game on ps store for whole week, and when this game releases it will sell even more, this game isnt failing
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBI.PA) at 11.05, Ubisoft Entertainment SA (UBI.PA) at 2.24 right now, when the game launch, the stock will be tenfold (copium) back to the highest value like in 2021.
There is a slang phrase in English. "Phoning it in" which refers to not putting enough care and effort to actually show up to do something. Like phoning your friend to say happy birthday instead of showing up at the party with a present. Showing the minimum possible effort you can get away with.
In large part Ubisoft is seen as increasingly "phoning it in" over the last decade. At the same time they are grabbing at more cash while for providing what work they do.
I fail to see why it was so hard to have JAPANESE people FROM JAPAN part of the game development from day one. They should have been part of every single aspect of the game. Baka-desu!!! The concept of an AC game in Japan is so utterly simple, and they couldn't even do that. There are so many stories and lore to pull from. The fact is, ALL we wanted was a Japanese Man and Japanese Woman in an adventure in Japan. PERIOD! No DEI, no Woke!
This^ what was Ubisoft thinking by making foreigners dev this game largely without Japanese consultation.
The historical fiction of AC Shadows is in all cases dishonest and mischievous. I’m sorry to be blunt, but they definitely have an agenda… If that wasn't the case, and if they really cared about authenticity, historical accuracy, respect and integrity? And above all, honor the true heritage of the Japanese people. The male protagonist would/should have been Japanese. Whether fictional or real, samurai or ninja. It would be a deep tribute and a show of respect towards the Japanese men and women
Bc RacistSoft wanted to keep it soft...
So they went with one of their fetish--the BM+AW combo..and it also filled a lot of other check boxes.
Also...
Asians are Asians.. and Asians are now white adjacent (especially males) so....being one of the most replaced just got easier to replace
That's too bad
I was looking forward to hip hop beats, watermelons 🍉, fried chicken 🍗, and the Killmonger hairstyle to represent Yasukes heritage/culture
and pointing out how absurd the hip hop is is off limits for liberals. it's wild how captured people are.
he was kangz n'shiiit
The fact that Ubisoft provided detailed descriptions and other info that was so accurate, it was used to help rebuild Notre Dame, yet couldn't/didn't bother to get anything close to that level of detail for Shadows is upsetting
They didn’t help rebuild Notre Dame. It’s a rumor
Players aren’t fatigued, Ubisoft has been hiring people that are just not the best for the job and this is what you get. Pretty simple.
They purposefully ousted yt people to appear more diverse. This isn't just Ubisoft doing this. It's industry wide in the west.
Ubisoft fatigue is DEFINITELY a thing. Many former customers are sick of the cut-and-paste gameplay. Ubisoft games are best described as an all you can eat oatmeal buffet. Bland, boring and you get tired of it real quick.
My experience working in tech is if you see something wrong and speak out against it, you are likely to get pushed out of the company or fired. The conpany not being responsive when issues arise hurts the company in the long run but in the short run all managers and most employees are more concerned with looking out for their jobs and future employment. That takes precident over doing the right thing. Managers who tell their managers what they want to hear get promoted as employees who express concerns are viewed as trouble makers. Personally I choose to leave companies like this but it doesn't always work to my financial benefit.
What really resonated with me was the comment on how much of the hate for the new games comes from the people who loved the old ones. I hate this, because I care about Ubi and loved the old AC. Otherwise I'd just be indifferent. Also; Changing the grammar of your source to hide their identity is some next level journalism. Bravo!
funniest thing is they could have had "Yasuke was such a good 'assasin' nobody saw or knew what he was doing, so there are next to no historic records of him" and dodge all of this.
That’s…exactly the case with every Assassin’s Creed main character. Their presence within history is covered up by the Templars via destroying records or changing public perception with Abstergo’s games based on Miles’ DNA.
We see these events only because of the Animus using genetic memories which cannot be easily scrubbed clean. In Unity and Syndicate you actively see that you have to essentially jailbreak your Animus to experience what ACTUALLY happened.
@@Lifeislikeadoughnut Which would have been fine. But then they had to hire fake historians in Japan to lecture Japanese people that the game's story was true and they were all racist for thinking otherwise.
Right?! Even if they wanted the fucker in the game no matter what, why make him a samurai? Making him a guy who is treated as a pet by the locals but is actually a badass assassin working IN THE SHADOWS would have been a much better idea.
@@Lifeislikeadoughnut I know I meant assasin like "sneaks around in shadows instead of going around killing people like Postal dude" rather than just the faction itself :P
@@justletmelistthese My guess is he’ll become a member of the brotherhood around the time our historical records of him end so everything after that would be scrubbed from the history books as he wouldn’t have been working in the interest of the Templars anymore.
i hope this game is the final nail in the coffin for Ubisoft. They don't deserve anymore chances.
As far as I am aware, every AC game has had each game with its main character, the ethnicity or culture, to its game. This is the only game they changed it up. If they wanted yasuke in the game, they could have made him a main ally or something else. They should have kept both main characters Asian. Not white, not Hispanic, not Muslim or Indonesian, Japanese. On top of that i hate that they making one assassin like one tankey like. They haven't done this with other games that I am aware of either.
I'm sure Ubisoft(the higher ups) are lying about anything and everything. They don't care about offending anyone. They only care about saving sales of this abomination. At the end of the day they only want your money.
I'm glad that you continue to speak out and share your thoughts about this game.
Keep up the good work Shohei san!
10:30 unfortunately, even if this game fails, this issue will not go away in the west. If games like Concord, Dragon age: veilguard, and Dustborn can be astronomical failures and not affect this industry, I don't think any game failing will either. For example, the director of dragon age veilguard, responsible for burning a beloved IP to the ground (Corinne Busche), already got hired by wizards of the coast for their new game studio.
Evil doesn't have to be intentional or deliberate. Ubisoft corporation, and those running it in this manner, are doing something that is the opposite of creating positivity in order to pander to itself. It's more impactful than just the absence of doing good; this is actually doing harm to how a country is seen, and how that country now sees others.
That was interesting. Thank you for the insider perspective on the whole issue, anonymous. The devs are not to blame here; they do what they are dictated to do. The real perpetrators are the higher-ups who are ideologues.
So they designed destructible shrines on purpose? That says it all about Ubicrap.
More than likely the guys handling the destruction physics are seeing all the assets of the shrine separately, and just assumed the mirror was a regular mirror.
You can literally fist fight the pope in the Vatican in assassins creed lol it’s 2025 and everyone is uber sensitive
@ y’all really gotta stop using day one arguments about this.
@@lighthatjI don't remember being able to demolish churches or crosses
Nice video Shohei Kondo san.
I guess you are on the good way. You are being neutral and your approach on all this is pretty mature. I hope you will keep being as professional as you are right now. Thanks for offering us this type of content, you are doing a great job. 🙏
Game devs may not be evil... but the company in sum... appears to be.
That’s what DEI hiring did to this company. Ubisoft used to be talented and I’m sure there’s still talented people working there but DEI is hurting the business. I don’t blame the CEO because he’s been there since 1988. He was there when they used to make talented games like the ezio trilogy, AC4, far cry 4, & other games. They actually used to innovate but now it’s just DEI hires who are adding this whole “transparency” stuff.
I don't know, the pander mentality took many people, the CEO may have merely been one quick to adopt it. Maybe it isn't his fault, but... I have to at least acknowledge he allowed it to happen.
The problem I see there is they are doing a game from japanese locale and don't bother at all to do even basic research. Personally, I also didn't know about the mirror in the shrine even though I'm interested in japanese culture but those sakura trees and clashing flora in different seasons are different matter. I believe this is nothing they wouldn't be able to fix actually hiring team of five or so japanese people who would catch those details early but the question is how much say they have in the final decision made by creative designer. Given japanese nature I would imagine they wouldn't try to go against their higher ups andn proving them they are wrong.
This is where that $20 million and delays went to. This Insider is a real one for willingly talking about this at least.
Probably $30million now with the additional month of delay.
even with the sakura, these forests and trees look Chinese to me
one more month before you can call them evil again, unc. stay strong
Wow this is quite shocking the fact they reached out to you is quite telling how dire this situation has become for them
Fear leads to hate & hate leads to the dark side.
- Yoda
Hate comes from ignorance.
- Shohei Sensei
The phenomenon described by the Anonymous Developer can be aptly characterized as Rainbow Capitalism-a practice wherein corporations strategically adopt Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, not out of genuine concern for marginalized communities, but as a means to bolster their public image while simultaneously exploiting these very groups for profit. Ubisoft is far from the sole perpetrator of this practice in the Western corporate sphere. Such companies claim to champion inclusivity and social progress, yet within their own ranks, employees endure systemic issues including sexual harassment, talent attrition, and mental health crises. The hypocrisy is glaring: how can a corporation profess to care about the well-being of marginalized individuals while neglecting the suffering within its own workforce? One need only recall the investigation into Activision Blizzard by the state of California, which exposed similar patterns of corporate misconduct. Not to mention Five former Ubisoft executives were arrested for sexual harassment. These entities do not seek to uplift diverse cultures; rather, they commodify them, extracting economic gain while shirking ethical responsibility. This, in essence, is the true face of Rainbow Capitalism.
Don't forget that Sweet Baby Inc., the "narrative consultant" company that exists purely to shoehorn DEI into games and charges exorbitant amounts of money for their services, was originally rooted in Ubisoft, as its founder, Kim Bellair, was previously part of them. Gothic Therapy put out a video some time ago (search their channel and "SBI Origins") that shows that nearly everyone in that company one way or another is connected to Ubisoft along with several other major corporations.
I won't be surprised if there will be a time where a DEI group/block will be so unanimous on their purchase that publishers will lick their boots just to have the player/sales count.
Being able to see the Sakura trees from afar, they could have done what GoT did and not made the terrain so flat.
16:31 This is kind of sums up my problem with DEI in entertainment, its the higher ups who decides these things but then when games eventually flops the blame falls on the studio and people who worked on the project most likely lose their job. Meanwhile the higher ups decisions to push controversial DEI content in their games go unpunished because they aren’t targeted by the lay offs/closures.
What's the DEI exactly.
@@Kurofinance Not gonna discuss specifics in the comment section, but gaming as a whole has become a divisive and political space. All news i get about Ubisoft games the past years is how they’ve majority upset fans and rarely anything good and every comment section for videos about their games is like a battlefield
@@iChannelz88 100% agree, it been a bad 10yrs, this need to be blamed on management and CEOs. Not lazy DEI Policy, If you had a corporate Job you know DEI is nothing and HR could care less about who they hire.
@@KurofinanceI actually skimmed through Ubisofts employee code of conduct before when someone posted it on reddit and it basically says that all employees should design their products/experiences with DEI in mind and not just hirings. I think when you have that approach of development it’s going to be hit or miss and risks becoming divisive when it comes off as really forced.
(the code of conduct is on their website)
@iChannelz88 I don't think so. That statement has to have context. If you are looking at it from the outside, you miss it.
What would be better is there actual training videos and meetings. No one seems to get oh show.
I can tell you from working at corporate jobs that they are pointless and would have nothing to do with something like the above situation. And that is the first problem. DEI is corporate lazyness to address actual real life situations.
Here before channel hits 1 million
To be honest that is my fear if I got into game development, I worried if I work for a company like Ubisoft, Activision, and EA, I won’t be able to create the games I want to create, I would be told I have to make games for the company, not for myself, not for the fans, not for the community, or anyone else, which is probably the reason Triple A Studios have suffering and indie studios have been booming
"This game needs to be failed." Make it a sacrificial lamb to tell other developers never hire fake historians to do cultural researches, never hire people by DEI criteria alone.
As an old Assassin Creed player, I would boycott this Assassin Creed Shadow!
I don't think any rational person blames the developers for all this ignorance. These decisions are clearly the fault of managers and department leads. Researches, which have been generally excellent to the point where Assassin's Creed was used in History lessons, completely failed to do what they should have. They didn't even bother to hire actual Japanese historians. In Origins, they used the works of Jean-Claude Golvin to accurate portray Ancient Egypt. They were so thorough, that they implemented a chamber in one of the pyramids that was discovered to be real only after the game had released.
Where was that passion with this game?
They cared more about American Black History Month than they did about creating at the very least a respectful, let alone an accurate representation of Japanese culture.
This Ubislop need to fail. It has to fail.
わかりやすい対談でした。ありがとうございます。シャドウズは長らくその話題が私に不安と苦痛を与え続けているので、早く発売して論争を終わらせてほしいです。もちろん買いません。
I had a wish that someday Ubisoft made Assassin creed game based on my country, but after I saw what a disrespectful shit they did to Japanese culture? Now I wish Ubisoft never do AC game of any countries again.
They are not just ignorant they just don't care. If they did care, they would make it impossible to enter the sensitive areas like the shrines. If they did care they would make it impossible to homerun the civilians heads. If they did care they would have made Oda Nobunaga more prestigious than Yasuke. And if they did care they would have made us play a male japanese samurai instead of Yasuke who is only there for political reasons.
You are right, the game needs to fail.
This was really insightful. It mirrors issues in lot of fields, people at the top are too seperated and the devs are stuck just following orders
Japan needs to make a lawsuit against Ubisoft! All the directors, producers, CEOs, and shot callers need to be blacklisted from Japan forever!
Bro what?
I agree because they had no business for taking something that did not belong to them it is for the Japanese to decide of what game that is based off of the African itself so why would you be Ubisoft and do such a thing I don't know but you be soft will suffer some type of consequences in any shape or form as an African American who loves Japanese people I hope the Ubisoft company suffering consequences behind their actions
@@Welps222 What what? Egypt did the same on Netflix, no big deal.
Cheering for censorship is just being a cuckold.
Just make them _"persona non grata"_ and stamp that in their passports.
I’m a history nerd and still remember the first time playing AC1 with my dad. It was magical. AC3 was out while I was studying abroad in the States and to experience it with my American roommates was absolutely priceless.
It’s so sad Ubi has lost their magic. To me, AC games nowadays are simply chores after chores, and are terribly boring. I had to “force” myself to finish Valhalla and I guarantee you the experience wasn’t pleasant. So when Ubi announced Mirage I had 0 interest in giving it a chance, let alone Shadows. All the controversies aside, they really need to learn a huge lesson.
Ubisoft, you can call us anything, haters or whatever. I’m definitely not buying your lazy, uninspired and half-baked products anymore.
Their supposed 'intent' is too late. This game can't fail enough.
Ubisoft will never get another cent out of me.
There are certain things that can be easily fixed in game from dev side, working in the field i can vouch for. Also too had they did a simple google search about why that gate from Nagasaki was destroyed, they would have known the signifigance. Ubisoft is just very insensitive and stupid. I refuse to beilieve they did any research. They didnt care.
Man! This is SOOOO IMPORTANT! This was a great interview! I hope others see it and spread it. You are right, this game NEEDS to fail!
That's a great question on if portion of the game is made in China.
Pure speculation, but chinese people under state propaganda is educated to have this intense hatred for Japan (although they also love to travel to Japan). Late last year there was an incident where chinese tiktokers openly defaced the Yasukuni shrine and posted the video online. Almost all chinese commenters left encouragement below the video. Couple that with how chinese people (since under heavy surveillance) learns how to "sneak" messages in subtle ways... it's not hard to imagine chinese developer/teams(s) sneakily added stuff that would mock or offend Japan. Since we pretty much know that the ubisoft higher up are only concerned about their DEI and the black samurai, these less visible, culture sensitive offences could more readily sneak under the radar during the review process.
Some people in Chinese community don't really care about the controversies, since they can use a "black ogre" to kill Japanese then even feel excited about the game.
Thank you for posting this video and the interview with Ubisoft employee. Very interesting and informative! 👍
@2:24 - No, they are absolutely evil. Calling evil, evil is very important.
2:23 They’ve been trying to claim all this while that they did their research. They put it in all of the game’s marketing material and in the artbook.
And then they try to push their lies.
They are 100% pure evil.
Eh, I think that kinda dilutes the term evil. These people are just retarded and concerned about their reputation.
To correct the problem:
(1) Reduce Yasoke to a retainer, with a big stick. - He can be used to send when someone is sent to fetch, carry and haul about anything.
(2) Get rid of all of the expensive armor and weapons.
(3) Assign him an assistant to Anoa and he is subservient to hear.
(4) Insert Anoa into and remove Yosako from major scenes requiring special abilities that generally think, deduction, stealth and so one.
I think i've found a better solution.
Step 1 : Buy Ghost of Tsushima
Step 2 : Play that instead. : P
The armor looks abominable.
Good idea. Historical accuracy. Put each one in their proper place.
だいたいこんな感じなんだろうなと思ってた通りの内情でした。明らかに社内コミュニケーションすらまともにできてないでしたし。片や弥助は侍ではないということを半ば認めたり、ゲームとしてかなり創造もしてると言ってるかと思えば違う所では全く違うことを言ったり。多分色々な所からの苦情を聞いてる人達もまともに上に報告できない社内環境で、違う部署も上の指示に従って発言するしかなく問題の報告すら聞こえていないという・・・ いやそれが分かっていたからこそこの会社は一度潰れないとダメだろうなとも思っていたんで、何の救いもないことには変わりないと言うのがなんとも・・・
あとMeToo運動やハラスメント対策をした結果、職場環境が悪化してるっぽいのが皮肉だけどいかにもさもありなんて感じだなぁｗ
Yeah, and even if it is a series of destructable props, they merely need to toggle it as indestructable.
But as I type that ubi insider covered this.
Thank you brother for spreading the message
The me too movement going from sexual assault to mental harassment is crazy 😂. Literally every man in the workforce has experienced mental harassment at least once and I’m betting more on the side of daily 😂😂
If Ubisoft somehow read this:
Don't bother fixing AC Shadows, don't waste your money, don't waste your time. Cancel it, take an L, and just sell yourself to Tencent or whatever.
That was great informative input. I'm glad they reached out to you.
If they made Yasuke as a DLC character instead of the mc, I doubt it has this much backlash.
Not based off what I've seen.
Yasuke is just a cherry on top. So far Ubisoft has done worse stuffs than just trying to promote Yasuke and his samurai identity. They stole assets from historical reenactment groups, they used designs of religious institutions without permissions, they used the design of one-legged Torii gate (a symbol for the atomic bomb event in Nagasaki) for their promotion material, they also stole Zoro's sword from One Piece at some point. There's also drama surrounding Thomas Lockley, a fraud scholar who made up all the samurai BS for Yasuke and got hired by Ubisoft for consultations on Yasuke's story. All of these just piled up and became this huge mess we are seeing right now.
@@wzx6x6z6w True, but people only dug that deep and found out all the mistakes because he’s the center of the spotlight.
If they made him the dlc character, people would have bought the game without realizing those mistakes and they’ll give Ubisoft money for him as a dlc character as well.
I phrased it in the previous comment poorly, sorry.
It's just not Yasuke, the game in general is just not good. They just use Yasuke to blame racism when the game comes out and sells bad.
Just stopping by to give you a thumbs up and show some support for the work you've been doing. This could have been such a cool game, too bad Ubisoft had to F it all up.
It would be a RIOT in the Internet due to this game, a lot of details would be exposed around the world - people surely will talk about it, every single detail that they find
The bigger and more popular a series/company gets, the more fragile it becomes. Ubisoft and AC became so big that they are a shadow of what they once were. I don't think Ubisoft and AC can be saved by this point, and the ones at the top can't blame anyone but themselves. We need to accept that the best stories are the ones that have an ending before they become too big, and I hope that is what Ghost from Sucker Punch and Horizon from Guerilla learn from Ubisoft's mistakes and understand that endings are inevitable, and are sometimes needed so the story itself can stay special.
🤷♂️its a cycle. All the real talent and vets get let go etc. Some might reform some newer smaller studios and release some great stuff and get bought out again.and the cycle goes on..