Bro, its reference to me owning the original releases when it came out. I don't need the blu-ray when I have the movie digitally saved onto my PC. Try and keep up.
Technically Yasuke isn’t the assassin, the female character is and she can blend in just fine. My problem with this is just Ubisoft’s typical greed and shadiness
@Linklex7 But even that is historically inaccurate. At this point in time, female spies were kunoichi. So, what they've done is put a woman in a man's role in Feudal Japan. Which is what they've chosen to do since they've basically admitted that they're making her a 'boss bitch'.
@@user-mi7hr8wc1yit’s not for the reasons you think. The OG assassins creed fans want good stealth and parkour. The new fans want good combat and a leveling system. Ubisoft is giving the fans what they want by providing all of it through the two characters. You can play as either one throughout. You can play as Naoe the whole game or Yasuke the whole game.
Chinese Architecture in a Japanese based game? From the people with the same mentality that put a Cuban flag in a Puerto Rican man's home, sounds about par for course.
"Chinese Architecture in a Japanese based game?" They didn't make a mistake. China profoundly influenced Japanese architecture, written language, culture and cuisine for centuries or longer. Some examples: 1. Kanji, Japan's third and most advanced alphabet, solely consists of Chinese characters. 2. RAMEN, Gyoza (fried dumplings), Mabo tofu, Harumaki (spring rolls), Nikuman (steamed buns), Karaage (fried chicken) and green tea all came from China. 3. Japan used Neo-Confucianism to order society in the Kamakura Period.
Having been to China and Japan, I promise you the architecture is Japanese. That is probably the only thing they got right. By the time Japan started building castles, they had gone to China and learned Chinese architectural practices but there are some distinct feature differences. Chinese architecture is much more detailed oriented and ornate because Chinese culture placed high value on artisans where as Japanese architecture is more muted due to the influence of Zen and simplicity. Tori gates are 100 percent Japanese and both cultures used paper lanterns.
@@MrJordwalk No they did. Japanese twitter is tearing them apart for all these inaccuracies down to the tatami mats - calling it “Fake Japan”, as if their research was all based on Western movie depictions…. which is exactly what their Yasuke is: Western fan-fiction. I’d rather get a new Afro Samurai game.
@@Behinddarkness86 Not according to Japanese twitter. There are a lot of mistakes of the time period that they are finding very insulting in light of the “historical consultation” that gave them samurai Yasuke.
Also, to add to the whole thing of other game receiving complaints, I remember years ago when Ghost of Tsushima was showed off at a game show, there was a white guy who was dressed in a yukata(?) playing a Japanese instrument, which he played it VERY well too, and people in the West, on Twitter, complained about cultural appropriation while the people in the East loved seeing how skilled he was with the instrument.
If I'm not mistaken, the musician is known as one of the few masters of that instrument as well. People fail to realize something like that is a celebration of culture.
The real step is to try and get people to pay for Ubi+. Many would've bought it after they saw the trailer. So, by the time they get to play the game, they've already paid for the $70 one. If they pay for the same amount of time after release, they've paid for the $130 version.
Ain't even worth 40$ in my opinion. They don't try anymore. Their AAAA are worse than shitty AA games. Like. They're full of crow. The games don't cost more to make. At least not so much they need to charge so much. It's to continue milking us as an infinite money hack for their investors
@jamescox4008 people talked about it? Like besides being a total scam and how they had to make it cuz legal contract? Game was dead years before it released. AAAA title was a fail marry to save it.
Yasuke is marketed by Ubisoft as a historical legendary samurai. He's not a legendary samurai or a warrior. He's a swordbearer, part of an entourage. William Adams is a navigator and a shipwright that Shogun Ieyasu declared as a samurai for the aforementioned, but Team Ninja never marketed him as a legendary samurai. Team Ninja also used Yasuke as a warrior in Nioh, since they already used artistic license for Adams.
Ubisoft dropped the ball with this one. Every game that released in the series had a protagonist of the respected race of the setting it was in. Fans aren't being racist they're upset about how he was included. It wasn't genuine he was chosen to check a box.
They are being racist and masking it behind being woke, Dei etc. It’s just a game and none of assassins creed is based of real history or people but there was a black samurai/detainer so this story may have bits and pieces of truth and fiction but it’s closer to historical truth than the rest of the games.
Fans are being racist. Because there is a literal Japanese woman in the game (Fujibayasshi Naoe) if they don't like Yasuke. People are acting like he's the only protagonist. But oh, then they'd have to play as a woman. Forgot about that. This so-called outrage is pure "anti-woke" garbage and I'm honestly sick of it. Nobody had anything to say when Black Flag had you playing as a white dude when it takes place in the Caribbean, since technically the protag would have been black. I also didn't see people claiming that AC: Freedom Cry was made "to check a box" because the main characters were black. Ya'll have some serious fucking brain rot and I'm starting to think that people are right about gamers being morons.
These big companies aren't making games for gamers anymore. They are making games for their ESG score. And beside, this is the same company whom have told gamers to be comfortable of 'not owning their games'. Ghost of Tsushima is out on PC now. I've heard that's very good.
I'm more concerned with the pricing of the game, and they didn't even show any Gameplay. I don't have a problem with playing a black protagonist in a video game considering I bought MK11 solely because Spawn was in it. I think people might be a little annoyed they waited a decade for an assassin's creed game in Japan, and this is what they got, and they weren't expecting this. I got no dog in this fight considering I've never played any of the Assassin's creed games. Although the one way they would probably get me to play is if it was in Japan. I grew up in the 90s playing Tenchu 1998 Tenchu Wrath of Heaven back in the day.
They won't show gameplay until it's the very end because if they show that the formula hasn't changed since the past 4 games, they'll cancel pre-orders etc. Mirage "went back" just to jack up interest in the franchise after all. Play the Shinobido series, from former devs of the Tenchu series before the license went to FromSoft. Really good games as well. If you want AC Japan, try Ghost of Tsushima, by Sucker Punch.
If you change your mind, here's a tiny tip that I will leave. The early AC games are awesome, decent and good story-wise. Everything after AC: Black Flag is a YMMV, AC: Rogue is where you play as a Templar (Heard the story is good, but some gamers don't feel right about going after fellow Assassins.) and anything after AC: Syndicate is a different gameplay style. It's more RPG-ish.
be concerned with both cause both are an issue, when a company pushes things ideologically especially for things like ESG/DEI tokenism its apparent how that affects the WHOLE product, the biggest dangers are the ones you can't see
Why does EVERY Black Character have to have "dreadlocks". Do these Liberals think that our hair naturally grow like that? So, one question that I have is: Who does, and maintains his "dreadlocks"? Yasuke was a retainer for Nobunaga, nothing more, nothing less. The position was a honorable one. However, it was not on the level of a Samurai. These developers really need to stop using Black characters to score some DEI points, it's shameful. BTW, not every Black person consider "dreadlocks" the appropriate hair care.
It's a popular hair style just like the very famous " white dude" hairstyle is like Nathan drake, Joel, chai a character that recently came out, the main character from bioshok, hell even Chris, it's just a popular hairstyle for black people it's not that deep
cause the entire company is filled with white liberal women and its apparent how they view things - always projecting their views into their work cause egocentric mentality
😂 I like the idea that only one woman in the castle figured out how to do his hair so he has to go hundreds of miles back and forth just to keep his hair right or else she'll get pissed off and shave his head.
For the claims of Yasuke not being a Samurai. 1) It's all due to him being given a rank though him not actually doing the usual duty of a Samurai in the Sengoku Era. 2) He also doesn't have a Family name nor was adopted to an existing Samurai family to become one. 3) He wasn't part or contributed to any of Oda's war campaign. 4) His only combat experience was during the Honnoji incident. 5) Mitsuhide Akechi didn't consider him a Samurai at the Honnoji incident. 6) His stay with the Oda clan was just 15 months. He's closer to Tokichiro a Sandal Bearer, Tokichiro eventually became a full pledged Samurai after getting achievements then changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi. Yasuke is a Sword Bearer, a Personal Bodyguard at best. Good guess he was at the process of being one but didn't become one due to the Honnoji incident. Another good guess is that Oda gave Yasuke a rank as an excuse to have him around as a bodyguard, since Oda has a habit breaking the norms in the Samurai hierarchy. Calling him a Samurai would be the equivalent of *"Calling a Cadet, a Lieutenant"* Edit: Reminder (Due to an idiot) "All Samurai are Bushi" "Not all Bushi are Samurai" The term "Samurai" didn't exist in the Sengoku Era, but the equivalent titles, ranks, & duty was there. As for the *"Retainer argument"* , look at Tokichiro. He was a Retainer but not a Samurai. It him years to eventually become one and changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi.
It almost seems Yasuke faced heavy discrimination and was honestly, treated like shit. I don't understand how anyone thinks Yasuke lived a marvelous life in Japan when his entire being and identity were stripped from him. At this point ubi is pretty much trying to glorify enslavement.
@@Saskfinest1 There's also the part where they keep referencing other games & anime with Yasuke in it. They don't comprehend the difference between: The Japanese "enjoying Yasuke as a cultural tall tale". vs Them "believing the tall tale is literal truth".
I believe he was a “Samurai” but the issue is that people use that term very loosely. You could be a Castle Guard and a Samurai. The main issue is that modern media portrays him as a man who fought like a Samurai which is wrong. He wasnt trained like a samurai and more than likely had very little battle experience. And portraying him in full Samurai armor is another thing that bugs me as well.
😂 I never forget Ade, he was in the brotherhood before Edward, and my favorite supporting character. Aveline I forget about but that's because I missed that full game, but only enjoyed the demo but she had interesting concepts. From exploiting social Stealth and swapping identities to a few new tools. Shoot nobody cried about Bayek in AC Origins either! Wonder why!
I wish they would have let his soul rest because he had no glamorous point in his existence and this whole controversy by a foolhearted greedy corporation only evokes bad energy.
I call him " YAASSUUKE", the " YAASS-IIFICATION" ( over praising and over promoting ) him. This is like Marvel pushing Miles Morales to be the Ultimate (official) Spiderman instead of Peter Parker.
The most comprehensive and thorough explanation of what's going on with this game. Nobody sane argues that Yasuke was a real person. There are some arguments about his samurai status: some historians believe he was one, and some have opposite views. But that's exactly the thing that should have been playing in favor of the game. There are 2 real problems here: 1) This endless "virtue signaling" and "messaging" when nobody asked for it. 2) Pricing is indeed insane That's all about it. Yasuke was just unlucky to re-appear in times when you can't take a breather from this bs happening all around.
It's extremely worrying how they've even altered the wiki to remove the bit where it states there's no definitive proof he was ever a Samurai. Sure enough wiki has never been 100% trustworthy, but it does show their willingness and desire to rewrite history. Welcome back, 1984.
That wiki has been changed so many times in the past 3 days it no longer has any relevance. People are so adamant he wasn’t a samurai but then those same people can’t decide what he was.
@RulerOfYore so here's the deal. He wasn't a samurai because he wasn't born to a samurai household, had performed a miraculous deed, trained his whole life in the techniques and education of a samurai. At best he was a retainer/bodyguard. Given an empty title and pension with 0 land or servants of his own just so he can entertain nobu and go places exclusive to samurai without being hassled. It at best was an empty title so his master/possibly friend could keep him close when decorum would otherwise prevent this. He wasn't some legendary bad ass. Nor some lifelong samurai out if myth. He was a bodyguard and possible friend who got at best an empty title due to strings being pulled. In the end his master died. His masters son died. He surrendered without honor to the betrayers. NOT. A. SAMURAI. Stop rewriting history.
@@RulerOfYoreits cool if you have a fetish for blk caulk but to force your fetish on the majority of other people that do not have what you have is asinine.
@@ODST626 Do you know how many people have contradicted everything thing you’ve said on multiple different comments and have actually posted sources? Can’t really take your word for it pal.
My biggest problem is they named an MC for the first time after a real person. His real history shows him to be not a samurai and surrendered his weapon to his clans betrayer. They prop up someone who didn't earn his honor and they are pretending he was one of the most honor warriors in history. Another big problem is they wanted a story of "discovering Japan" why is this happening for the first time in the series? Because the devs are writing their own experience learning about Japan. Why didn't they "discover" france through the eyes of a foreigner? It's just so unauthentic and clear they didn't know what they are doing.
Bro legit has a statue in Japan...there's videos on tiktok with over 25k likes where Japanese people explain his role as retainer which was very much on par with a samurai 😂. Y'all need to chill out
Yosuke was a retainer, not a samurai, and he was gifted a short sword only. By all accounts he was a large and powerful man, but I believe he was only in Japan for 15 months, and he was brought over as a Dutch slave who was gifted. He had his own home, he had an allowance, and he is an interesting character. But to call him a samurai is a huge stretch.
Portuguese slave* It doesn't really matter whether he was samurai in name or not. He didn't have the life of samurai. He was only ever in 1 fight, a fight in which he surrendered his blade. The little we do know about him is pretty sad, especially the ending. But for some years now, people have been trying to rewrite his history. I guess cause it makes them feel good.
@@MustardSkaven Nobody sane is trying to rewrite his history. Japan has given him the "folk hero" treatment because Yasuke is the first known person of African descent to visit Japan. At least the only one recorded. That's why you see him in lots of anime, and Afro Samurai itself is loosely based on what little is known of his life. Yasuke did not lead a glamorous life based on what we know, but people trying to minimize his importance should also stop talking. Unless you lived in the Sengoku period, I don't want to hear what you have to say about it.
For me it's simple. I DON'T TRUST UBISOFT!!! I've been saying that if this was a Japanese studio I could trust them, because they don't care about the culture war, so if it's Yasuke, it's probably a creative choice, not box ticking. But UBIFLOP?!! We know why they are doing this and we can see right through it, woke company, woke game
Ubiscum lost me as a customer forever when they pulled the dev cycle on what was meant to be the next singleplayer entry in The Rainbow Six series after Vegas 1&2 (Patriots) back in 2013 and other projects that would've been well crafted story based action/adventure titles Prince of Persia Redemption, Star Wars 1313 and the original concept for Beyond Good n Evil all scrapped through mid development for short term money/data gouging scumware. They used to one of most respected videogame studios known for fun singleplayer adventure games now they're nothing but an imaginatively bankrupted sweatshop.
If they wanna suck up to women so bad, they could’ve just keep the male Japanese character as a samurai and have the female character teach him through out the story the ways of the ninja.
Tom Cruises character was based on Jules Brunet during the Broshin War. So, its based in history and documented. The thing with Yasuke, is there is very little information and again, every AC game has characters native of the location.
Indeed, and what many people don't seem to understand is that Cruise's character Nathan Algren wasn't "The Last Samurai", Katsumoto and his clan were. The film is seen through the eyes of both Algren and Simon Graham (Timothy Spall) but all some people see ids a white guy wearing samurai armour and all rationality goes out the window.
Ubisoft could have both a game just in Japan that focuses only on Asian characters, and a game set in Africa focused on African characters. Also as it's been pointed out having the only black guy who's tall in feudal Japan will stick out in a game about *stealth* . Also Sweet Baby Inc. may have worked on this game as well.
Should have been generic Japanese man/woman that could have been a great ninja and right hand of Iga kinda like Ghost of Tsushima was done with Jinn. Instrad they need to pander. I love Afro Samurai and they had a decent game for him on the ps3. No controversy. They could do a new game with Yasuke becoming this powerful samurai and make it ridiculous like Asura's Wrath and everyone upset about ac shadows would eat it up. Because it's ac and not having a Japanese man like they've literally done for every single other game. A none ac game with an over the top wild and entertaining story would be awesome no matter the protagonist skin color.
You can play as a Japanese kunoichi called noe or naoe or whatever the heck her name is. Ubisoft just wanted to be “different” since there are already a ton of Samurai games where you play as a Japanese male protagonist.
Yasuke could still have worked within the game, but he could've been a more, for lack of a better term, muted role like a mission handler where he gives the player missions to progress through the story. Like some of the tweets mentioned, there are tons of notable historical shinobi to choose from. Yes, I'm aware that there's also the female shinobi, but couldn't Ubi just have done it where both characters are ethnically Japanese? Like, imagine working alongside the likes of Ishikawa Goemon or Fuuma Kotaro, for example. Hell, maybe a sidestory of sorts where we collaborate with Mochizuki Chiyome would work as well.
Hattori Hanzo is Shinobi who is also a Samurai. Either him or a fictional character who's related to him. Could've done it that way. Doubt for Fuuma Kotaro since they're a retainer of the Hojo clan, way too far from the Oda territories.
Hattori Hanzo would have been a better fit than any of the people you mentioned. Kotaro is nowhere near Oda's lands, Goemon was pretty busy at the time this game is taking place, and Chiyome was (presumed) dead in 1571. This game is taking place right before the Hinnoji Incident, so about 1582-ish. So if historical accuracy is actually what people care about (and I don't think it is), none of those characters would work.
They also forgot to shave his head and give him a top knot like actual samurai, they did that so their head would fit in the helmet with hair getting in their eyes and as a symbol of manhood and status.
“Why are y’all using Wikipedia as a source?” Very good question. We’ve been taught in school and in college when it comes to using sources, *do NOT use Wikipedia as a source* , specifically because it can be edited. The fact that folks through that out the window is kinda hilarious 😂
Wiki is very unreliable but if he was titled as a Page or Retainer means he has a very trusted and high rank along side of Oda Nobunaga would make him Samurai,Nobunaga's family had many was also one of his Retainers was Mikumo Shigemochi who is listed right above Yusuke as a Advisor which would mean that they worked very close with Nobunaga, I probably won't play the game.Because I haven't played assassin's creed since brotherhood but i am interested in what becomes of this upon release
If he was truly a samurai why was he not given another name? All samurai had more than one name, usually a family and regional name. If he was truly a samurai why did he not commit sepeku after Oda Nobunaga was defeated? They just kicked him out like a nobody. He was at best a novelty.
@bmacaulay18 The samurai had some shared values, but there was no single path or definition that all samurai were required to follow. The samurai were as practical on the battlefield as other warriors,that being quote from the bushido code,He was still a foreigner who was give honor by the Nobunaga family to still be counted among Oda's trusted,when his Lord's estate was routed by Akechi Mitsuhide,Yusuke was not made to kill himself cause that is always a choice not a requirement,most raised with the code would choose to or become Ronin,was always a special case so they let him go according to the few accounts from merchants,being said he was not the only Foreigner during the warring states period,to this day, standards are a little bit looser when it comes to foreigners in japan outside of law,most expect not demand one to have some level of cultural understanding but are well aware if someone does not know all customs.
@bmacaulay18 As for the topic of family names those are only bestowed upon the clans,he was aligned with Nobunaga and was given land and a weapon, Which is a very significant gift that you wouldn't just give to anyone. Let alone a title, To establish a clan he would have to be there longer than the two years he was around,but he was also granted the ability to marry so if Things didn't end up so crossed.By the betrail he most likely would have married into a family,one doesn't always need a clan if a Lord gives you title
Don't feed the DEI beast and Ubisoft. The original male protagonist was supposed to be a Japanese monk. A guy that could actually sneak around low key in the environment. This was changed because sweet baby inc and DEI/ESG investment money during game development. My wallet will stay closed on this one, screw them.
UBI should've done the part where the Historical character is a supporting character, just like their previous games. JP side expected someone from a random Ninja clan or someone from Hanzo's clan to be the protagonist, but nope, UBI decided to make it a DEI approved game. Hanzo who's a Shinobi and a Samurai vassal of Tokugawa, or they could create a fictional character who's related to Hanzo. Yasuke is the opposite of stealth, since most of the records he's always with Nobunaga as a bodyguard. And he sticks out like a sore thumb given how he's the only known Black guy in Japan in the Sengoku era.
I haven't touched an AC game since Origins. I feel like using a real life person that is basically a footnote in history... I'm totally fine. However comma pause for effect, this one doesn't work because Yasuke physically sticks out too much in Japan at that era to be an Assassin. It's not the first time they've taken a character and given them superhuman powers (see all of the games with demon king Oda Nobunaga and the Borgia Papacy). But we all know that Ubisoft is a company that is completely full of shit and are using this simply for DIE and have intentionally turned him and the female side protagonist simply for that reason. So no, I'm not picking this up and I feel like if they knew better, they would have set another Assassin's Creed game in another part of Africa instead of Egypt.
I agree with you to an extent. PLEASE HEAR me out. I think Yasuke looks INCREDIBLE, and so does the female Japanese Shinobi. The game looks amazing, and I will eventually buy it and play and beat the game with BOTH characters. It is interesting that too many Assassin's Creed players take the fictional history of the games and they think it's actual real history, when they tell the video game players that the game is FICTIONAL, NOT true, though like you said, there are some historical characters and events in the game as well as historical places to explore in the respected time period, but the stories are FICTIONAL, NOT true. I'm a bit of a history buff myself. I watched Shogun and loved it. I also watched Battle for Japan: Age of Samurai documentary. I was hoping to hear something about Yasuke in the documentary about feudal Japan. They covered the time period of Odu Naga. There was NOT one mention of Yasuke or any other African retainer, samurai, or slave. It's possible that Yasuke never existed in feudal Japan, or, he was around sometime after feudal Japan. IF anyone would know for sure, it'd be the Japanese historians who have known and researched in depth feudal Japan's time period. I have NOT heard one Japanese historian even mention Yasuke, I'm guessing either because he did not really exist, and / or perhaps he was a fictional character that the Japanese made up to tell stories to their kids to scare them into behaving and being good. That's a likely possibility. During feudal Japan's time period, the majority of the world didn't even know what Japan was or of Japan's existence other than some English and Portuguese merchants, CHRISTIAN, and roman catholic missionaries. The character Yasuke being a main character in and for Assassin's Creed Shadows has NOTHING to do with him being black. It's about playing one of the two main characters that's NOT Japanese during feudal Japan. It's about respecting the culture, history, and time period of feudal Japan. Fans and game players anticipate and expect playing a Japanese warrior of that incredible time period, which, we have one, a female ALL Japanese Shinobi, but the second main character, since there are only two characters to choose from, should be a male ALL Japanese Ronin, Samurai, Shinobi, Shogun, again, out of respect for the Japanese and their feudal Japanese culture and history. It's NOT about color. It's ALL about respecting Japanese culture and history. I've heard all the arguments. Some have even said, Yasuke could have been met by the main characters rather than being a main character to play as. He's already a main character so I don't think that will change, which is fine. HOWEVER, out of respect for Japan, the Japanese, their culture and history, they should add at least one more main character to play as, that being a male ALL Japanese warrior. This would clear up at least MOST of the problems. Keep Yasuke, keep the female ALL Japanese warrior, but add a male ALL Japanese warrior as well, because MOST people who will buy and play the game anticipate and expect to play as a female and / or male ALL Japanese warrior. Again, it's NOT about color, it's about respect to the Japanese and feudal Japan's historical time period. The developers, ubisoft, could even have Yasuke and the other two ALL Japanese main characters if they would add a male ALL Japanese warrior, to team up together, help each other out, and accomplish missions. That's what ubisoft needs to do. Lastly, there really is a hidden agenda behind ALL this that ubisoft has caused, that being making and turning this into race baiting and a race problem so we'll argue and fight amongst each other, and, a hidden agenda of ubisoft as well really is to try to change and rewrite history, brainwashing, indoctrinating, manipulating, and mind controlling the masses, and to stir up more racial problems in the world, especially in the US. It's the same thing when holly wood changes the color of a favorite character(s). Imagine playing Assassin's Creed Origins where the story is about ancient Egypt, Africa, and the main character to play as was some white dude. Africans and Egyptians would have rioted in the streets. Again, it's NOT about color, it's about respecting a country, a people, their culture and history. ubisoft did this on purpose with Assassin's Creed Shadows because they knew it would cause further racial tensions. This time, HOWEVER, it's as though ubisoft has something against Asian Japanese people, Japan, their culture and history, and that is UNACCEPTABLE. ubisoft should keep the two main characters they already have for the game, but ADD a male ALL Japanese warrior, because, after all, this is a story about feudal Japan. I hope this makes sense. ubisoft, what ever you have or need to do to add a third main character for Assassin's Creed Shadows, PLEASE DO SO our of respect for Japan, the Japanese, their culture and history. Otherwise, the game is NOT going to do nearly as well as it could have. Even if the game has to be delayed to add another main character that's a male ALL Japanese warrior, PLEASE DO SO. ALSO, the timing of ALL of this, an election year, and the game coming out during the US Presidential election, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out and understand that ubisoft is being used by the government to stir up racial tensions. Do NOT fall for their agenda, narrative, and propaganda, folks. REMEMBER, there's only one race, the human race. Let's respect EVERYONE'S country, culture, and history WITHOUT the race baiting and stirring racial tensions. To put it more simply, ubisoft is stirring the pot and backing up to watch what happens. They need to knock that off.
Playing as Yasuke in feudal Japan isn't the problem, it could actually be executed well by a studio with good writers. I just dont trust Ubisoft to not use it as a way to push their DEI slopaganda.
There's definitely a rotten agenda at play here. If you check into the background of the history consultant that ubisludge have commissioned for Shadows; Sachi Schmidz Hori its unclear how much involvement she's got in the narrative dept, however her thesis's are all based on an unhealthy obsession of adult-child/trans affairs. In fact she's a narcissistic personality who advocates for the erasure of AM. The studio have got a major headcase on their hands and its going cost em and they'll have nobody but themselves to blame.
There's definitely an evil agenda at play here. If you check into the background of the history consultant that ubisludge have commissioned for Shadows; Sachi Schmidz Hori: its unclear how much involvement she's got in the narrative dept, however her thesis's are all based on an unhealthy obsession of adult-child/trans affairs. In fact she's a narcissistic personality who advocates for the erasure of AM. The studio have got a major headcase on their hands and its going cost em and they'll have nobody but themselves to blame.
Yasuke should have just been DLC for later as a extra side story. I'm still not feeling all the racist remarks about him regardless, all that shit is tasteless and trying to diminish whatever role he served is kinda whack. I do agree the main male should have been Japanese along with the female and then you could have used Yasuke as DLC especially considering how much they love to push content for ppl to pay for. $130 edition ...smh crazy
Honestly would’ve been a safer approach but I think Ubisoft wanted to be different and not have the 100th samurai game feature a japanese man with the hero’s journey and be compared to a game like Ghost of Tsushima but now people are calling that game the superior version when we haven’t even seen gameplay of shadows. GoT had awesome gameplay that no other Samurai/ninja esk game has ever been able to match but Jin is as bland and boring as white rice by itself…
As an Asian woman, I really appreciated you speak out about this, thank you! To be honest, I know some of players don't have issue with female protagonist, but I do think she doesn't look like a Japanese woman in that time period. I would prefer she's a long hair woman with traditional hairpin, looks shy from appearance, but deep down she's an assassin with skill. It will make more interesting and different perspective between male and female ninja.
No problem, I believe it's western influence at play here with her design. Im seeing many people saying they made her look androgynous in her depiction. They are going for the bad ass boss woman approach with her personality. You're right, they should have made her look shy and passive on the surface. That's what makes her deadly because it's unexpected when she actually has the skill to assassinate those who under estimate her. I play mostly female characters in games because when they are done right, women bring different approach to a situation than a man that makes some interesting dynamics. She may not have the strength but she damn sure has the speed which is what I favor most in stats and most female characters are fast and acrobatic when it comes to games like this.
@@MugenLord Agree. To be fair, I won't mind having a manly female protagonist or tomboy character, but the motivation has to make sense. A female protagonist act manly not because she can be like man, it's because the environment makes her has to be like a man. Like the movie, Alien 2, the protagonist(Sigourney Weaver) was controlling a robot to fight alien because she wants to save the little girl who looks like her daughter. That fight was truly a girl boss moment.
Agreed, if it was coming from a Japanese studio we can atleast expect them to make it an artistic choice, but this is Ubisoft were talking about, no way they didn't do it to check a box
Cool concept? A giant black guy with Viking braids doesn't really make a good undercover assassin guy. "Hey, did you see the giant black dude who just killed three Asians? Nope".
@@bmacaulay18 the concept isn't the issue, it's the fact that Ubisoft is doing it with this IP, make something like Ghost of Tsushima or Sekiro with this character and it makes way more sense
The activists want a " YAASSUUKE", the " Yassukification" of the character being upfront and centre is insane. His battle cry will be " I am YAASSUUKE......!!"
Nioh 1 had a white protagonist based as well on a real historical figure and in Nioh 2 Yasuke appears as well, so I could care less who's the protagonist. Problem is that I already know this game will be boring crap, we are talking about Ubisoft come on. You want a nice Samurai game? Play Ghost of Tsushima (hope we get a sequel).
4:22 I was about to ask this, how did you felt about Yasuke being a character in Assassin’s Creed? Also do agree with you and maybe in another time when DEI wasn’t a thing a game about Yasuke would be a neat idea
That is what I think is one of the main goals - They want to turn all the peoples racist by forcing them into a more and more existential danger to protect themselves, their culture, history from being erased. In short, it's Divide And Rule.
They're doing this to check the boxes of ESG for that sweet sweet black rock money, Like seriously we could've had Hattori Hanzo or Musashi Miyamoto, the fearsome Samurais of all Japan and out of ALL PEOPLE they went with Yasuke who has a vague history of what he really was?
This is why you have to remember to be careful with what you wish for as may just come to regret it. The Assassin Creed fans are finally getting the Japanese locale they've asked for, and as we see them now, are not happy because Ubisoft gave them the setting and period we have been asking forever on. But now in this DEI era we are living in seeing we are not getting the full protagonists we want and they are of course going with a stealth option only for the woman and appears a brute force type for the Samurai in Yasuke for those who don't want to go the stealth route. I'll still get the game and I just hope the improvement to the stealth aspects lives up to what sounds like a feature that is been long overdue for the series.
I'd have been very excited to get a game about Yasuke in the early 2000s, before all this "modern audiences" crap. Also, Yasuke is probably the worst choice for a main character in an Assassins Creed game. I mean, an Assassins Creed protagonist should be stealthy and be able to blend with the crowd, the guy was probably the only black warrior in Japan and way taller than the average Japanese man at the time.
I'm personally indifferent to this whole thing, but I would say that much of this controversy could've been avoided if they just made the man an ally to the two Japanese protagonists or even gave him his own DLC storyline.
I’m just being honest if you have a game thats made by sweet baby inc like this the only way to stop this nonsense is to vote with your wallet if you preorder this game because of the assassins creed brand you’ll see more of this crap in triple A games
I don't have a problem with what they're doing when making the game except Yasuke should've been some sort of DLC. Yasuke in Nioh 2 was a nice touch though. 🔥🔥🔥
He was never a samurai. He was lord Nobunaga‘s sword carrier, and if you want to really get down to it, he was his pet, the real documents that talk to him or not even a paragraph long he was there for 15 months, and then disappears off the face of the Earth. You do not become a samurai in 15 months and guess what if he did he committed the most diss honorable thing he surrendered
My biggest problem with the marketing of this game is the blatant gaslighting involved. For those not familiar with the term "gaslighting": it's a form of emotional manipulation, using lies and half-truths to sow self-doubt and confusion with their targets. This was the same reason that got me upset with the planned inclusion of female Custodes in 40K. They could have just made it like someone found a way to turn females into superhuman bodyguards, but instead, they tried to manipulate the narrative into saying female Custodes always existed, and we the fans remembered wrongly (press Y for lie, people have brought up earlier editions to prove Custodes were always male). This is gaslighting in action. I can accept playing as a female protagonist, and if the setting was more fictional than historic, I would have given it the benefit of doubt. However, trying to manipulate customers and fans is something I cannot forgive, and it really shows the utter contempt these people have for us on the grand scheme of things. Lesson to learn from this: do not treat your customers like idiots.
I’m mostly concerned with Naoe. Not only she’s getting shadowed by Yasuke in the public but the fact that they made her a ninja even though she’s technically a Kunoichi, and Ubisoft will most likely write her as the usual unlikable girl boss we’ve been seeing in practically everything. It’s gotten so predictable that it’s boring. Her attire is so bland compared to the original concept art she just looks like a kunoichi rather than an Assassin.
Keep in mind, Ubisoft's has been doing this for a long while, ever since they sidelined their actual talent[Guyot(Warrior Within, Rayman), Michel Ancel(Rayman), Guillemette(Warrior Within, Two Thrones, Blood Dragon) etc] until they fired them or they left. They moment Ubisoft dried up from actual talent, they started embracing the SJW ideologies of the time AND moneytizing them : - The one AC game set in France has microtransactions in one of its DLCs or something, along with a transexual prominent character, or something to that effect...in Napoleonic France - AC in Egypt has half the population be nubians or have heavy black characteristics and nobody is a stealthy assassin - AC in Greece makes everyone look like they are from Pakistan and nobody is a stealthy assassin - AC in Scandinavia makes the men into cuckholds and secretely bisexual while also making them the blatant bad guys for invading the poor, multicultural people of the British Isles, and nobody is a stealthy assassin - AC in Japan picks the black samurai guy, instead of...I dunno, one of the many ninja of that era, with the samurai being the biggest, loudest most obvious distraction And of course, pre-orders, microtransaction in exorbitant prices that nobody in their right mind should even think of entertaining. It's always been a grift and open contempt to a playerbase that's willing to shell out incredible amounts of money for half-baked, half-finished, chopped up games with artificial blocks and gated content, with the extra sprinkle of political agenda for outside funding. The japanese are acting the best of all the gamers : they just say no, and go and buy the actual Assassin's Creed Japan game : Ghost of Tsushima. Gamers from the west should do the same, say no to these practices, say no to developers and publishers that actively fleece them and sell them sub-par products and buy something that actually gives them what they want. Ghost of Tsushima is finally on PC, so it's not jailed on PS4 anymore.
I wonder if Ubisoft is using Yasuke as payback/ revenge against Stellar Blade fans. I mean, if you think about it; American studios and " Diversity and Inclusion" consultants were harassing anime fans and manga creators for sexy female characters and positive masculinity. I've noticed they call East Asians " white", meaning East Asians aren't a minority anymore, they are on the same level as white people due to work ethic, family ties and respect of the hierarchy/ privilege. I'm pretty sure Yasuke is used for social justice points. He is not just a warrior, he's " YAASSUUKE", the " YAASSUKK- IIFIAACTION" pushed by the media is insane.
If "race" was a issue, Baek in AC Origins would be canceled AF! It is an environment and situational issue. Lots of important historical characters like Hattori Hanzō, Fuma Kotarō... and the choose one was Yasuke?!?
@UA-camCensors They're also ignoring Adéwalé and Aveline de Grandpré. Both black characters. ▪︎ Adéwalé was the protagonist of ''Assassin's Creed: Black Flag - Freedom Cry'' ▪︎ Aveline was the protagonist of ''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation"). ... Fans also loved Achilles Davenport from ''Assassin's Creed III'', another great black character
One of the traits of being an effective assassin includes being able to blend in with the general population which means not standing out among the crowd. Yasuke being portrayed as bigger, taller and not commonly seen among the population is sticking out like a sore thumb. Might as well call it Ass Seen Creed. Terrible foresight in designing the game.
I won't be pissed with their use of Yasuke if not for their marketing lie of him being a legendary samurai. That's straight up bull. He's a swordbearer, part of an entourage. Nobunaga won't endanger his rare conversation piece. He loves and shows off his imported goods. Hollywood often make Chinese/Japanese hybrid too And Ubisoft did the same for For Honor. Architectures are Chinese and their mocaps for the samurai are wushu. Their naginata woman (Nobushi) moves as though she uses guandao.
People forgot what books are? Who in their own mind would use wikipedia as a source for anything. That site can be edited by anyone and does get edited regularly. Visit your local library and rent a book. It's free. FREE. For the sake of repeating myself I will say it again. IT'S FREE! *Edit* - Here let me help you out. Go to the librarian and ask for a Sengoku Period book. Or a Sengoku Jidai book. Or Sengoku era and the Ōedo period. Or just simply ask for a book related to Oda Nobunaga that contains historical accuracies and is NON FICTION.
Oh, they've been changing way more than just Wikipedia. But I think the importance of keeping Wikipedia articles accurate is because, regarless of whether its 100% relieable or not, it's the first place a lot of people go to for random questions and doubts they come about. Seen some people saying that even if they did a new Assasin's Creed on Africa, everyone would still be complaining, and I can't really say I disagree. They've pretty much trained people to expect them to be pandering for ESG points at all times, so, at this point, they'd skeptical of everything they put out.
@@anthonygarcia8749 At this point? No, not really. I don't think they would actually do a game set anywhere on Africa besides Egypt, though. Because to do so they'd actually have to learn about their culture and not be tinkering with aspects they didn't like about it.
He was in japan as basically a servant for roughly 15 months. samurais would start training at the age of 5 and be sent to a swordsman school at 7 and years later would be ready to ascend to a samurai. There is absolutely no reason other than it being 2024 thaf this guy should be the main character in a samurai game. They could have made a whole other game set in africa or colonial america again for a black dude to be the main character. Its a damn shame that we sont get to play the master swordsman that has trained his whole life to be the nost elite samurai 🥺
real issue is the tokenism, that's how they get people to spend that much, buy appealing ideologically to them there's a reason they chose ONE time period of a black guy in the story remember they have ties to ESG/DEI groups like Sweet Baby (founder of which worked at Ubisoft beforehand) says a lot to why they do it, they become desensitized to their agenda pushing and will pay any amount
It just isn't right, this is just plain dei, yes I know Yasuke was a real person, but his history is completely unknown, but putting him in a game where you are supposed to sneak and quietly kill you enemy and sneak away, he doesn't fit in the setting, heck it really should have been two ninja and Yasuke being a support character who helps you not the main character, it just seem force to check a box and not organic, oh and the pricing is getting crazy a least with Japanese games you get extra outfits, weapons, items, experience points, accessories, and sometimes physical goods with that prices, but they hardly every charge you to get the game earlier or lock you out of a mission, this is just a scam on the west part and the studio know it.
I saw another gotcha example on facebook about this whole thing, Shogun is being dragged into this to because of one of the leads being white, even going as far as to say shogun is weeb shit. it's insane
Ok, they are introducing two different worlds, two different play styles and they are playing with those dichotomies. I'm pretty sure Ubisoft did their homework. You have a lot of games where you can play as Asian men as lead characters as Samurais, ninjas etc. You got one black man as a Samurai and everybody is losing their minds as if there isn't going to be anymore Asian men as Samurais. Yasuke is a historical figure but yet people are questioning his validity. Are people questioning the validity of William Adams (Irish), the lead character Nioh? Nobody cares until black people are the lead character in roles that people are not used to seeing black people in. Overall, these are VIDEO GAMES, they are meant to be fun and not for everything to be some stupid "culture war".
I think Yasuke look badass and found the controversy around it kind of silly when the argument of historical accuracy is bring up in this context. I will not buy it at full price because I don't like the way they sell you the game, but I will get it once in on sale like I do with ubisoft games nowadays. In a way they will still get my money...
OMG. I dont care. Im looking forward to the game because i like the series. Though ill wait till a big sale happens first, because I refuse to pay $130
Its not hard. Make the fuckin game about assassins again. Not fucking "yeah i know some assassins but ima be the king of norway headass" being an assassin never feels like the main shit. Its wack.
Every game after black flag has been ass I don't see why everyone is mad over it most likely not going to be good no matter who they use. PS just make a game on mansa Musa or some other great African dynasty. They can't just break their own rules and think no one would notice
1, Isn't Assassin's creed protagonist just fictional characters? 2, On Amazon japan currently it's number 1 on the website. Gotta ask who's really complaining about this. The thing I think is worthy of complaints is the price of current games.
Regardless, this isn't a life important issue at the end of the day But it did annoy how people quickly Jump on others for disliking or not being cool with something and quickly label others as if one opinion instantly invalidates you and makes you something you know you're not.
Anyone worried about the prices, I feel you. They are overcharging the shit out of this, but we're in luck. Ubisoft games depreciate VERY fast. It will go on sale within a few months of launch. Skull and Bones is currently on sale for 50% off for example. Don't buy Ubisfot games full price.
There’s the racist red pill crowd. We knew you were lurking. I hate DEI as much as the next person, but sometimes. . . . the people bitching the most about it really are just racists
They knew what type of negative attention this would get. I understand the issue and agree with some of it. If they take one of our stories in history and base it around someone else it would be upsetting.
The fact that Yasuke is in this game is not the issue (yet). No one knows what the story is and won't know until the game comes out. The real issue that no one's complaining about is the price of this game. It almost feels like Ubisoft has a plan with this. Take out missions and give early access for $140.00, but put the black samurai out in the wild to distract the customers.
Facts the only issue I have with the game is pricing besides the game looks really promising and good it’s just those racists like yellow flash complaining about it
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Lol you own Last Samurai on DVD and VHS? Do you know what year it is? Who uses DVD's or VHS in 2024 when Blu-ray exist?
Bro, its reference to me owning the original releases when it came out. I don't need the blu-ray when I have the movie digitally saved onto my PC. Try and keep up.
@@MugenLord Good Job 👍
I do.
@@MugenLord
Man really clapped back hard enough to blow my transformer 💀 💀
Assassin's Creed back then: blend into the crowd and become invisible.
Assassin's Creer now: er... never mind. Our ESG score is all that matters.
Technically Yasuke isn’t the assassin, the female character is and she can blend in just fine. My problem with this is just Ubisoft’s typical greed and shadiness
@Linklex7 But even that is historically inaccurate. At this point in time, female spies were kunoichi. So, what they've done is put a woman in a man's role in Feudal Japan. Which is what they've chosen to do since they've basically admitted that they're making her a 'boss bitch'.
@@Linklex7 isn’t An assassin but as a playable character in assassins creed,
hmmm.....i wonder why
@@user-mi7hr8wc1yit’s not for the reasons you think. The OG assassins creed fans want good stealth and parkour. The new fans want good combat and a leveling system. Ubisoft is giving the fans what they want by providing all of it through the two characters. You can play as either one throughout. You can play as Naoe the whole game or Yasuke the whole game.
@@jamovfx do you think those same fans expected to play as a Japanese Samurai?
Chinese Architecture in a Japanese based game? From the people with the same mentality that put a Cuban flag in a Puerto Rican man's home, sounds about par for course.
Very disrespectful and racist af of them for doing that. These wokies are so pathetic af.
"Chinese Architecture in a Japanese based game?"
They didn't make a mistake. China profoundly influenced Japanese architecture, written language, culture and cuisine for centuries or longer.
Some examples:
1. Kanji, Japan's third and most advanced alphabet, solely consists of Chinese characters.
2. RAMEN, Gyoza (fried dumplings), Mabo tofu, Harumaki (spring rolls), Nikuman (steamed buns), Karaage (fried chicken) and green tea all came from China.
3. Japan used Neo-Confucianism to order society in the Kamakura Period.
Having been to China and Japan, I promise you the architecture is Japanese. That is probably the only thing they got right. By the time Japan started building castles, they had gone to China and learned Chinese architectural practices but there are some distinct feature differences. Chinese architecture is much more detailed oriented and ornate because Chinese culture placed high value on artisans where as Japanese architecture is more muted due to the influence of Zen and simplicity. Tori gates are 100 percent Japanese and both cultures used paper lanterns.
@@MrJordwalk No they did. Japanese twitter is tearing them apart for all these inaccuracies down to the tatami mats - calling it “Fake Japan”, as if their research was all based on Western movie depictions…. which is exactly what their Yasuke is: Western fan-fiction. I’d rather get a new Afro Samurai game.
@@Behinddarkness86 Not according to Japanese twitter. There are a lot of mistakes of the time period that they are finding very insulting in light of the “historical consultation” that gave them samurai Yasuke.
Also, to add to the whole thing of other game receiving complaints, I remember years ago when Ghost of Tsushima was showed off at a game show, there was a white guy who was dressed in a yukata(?) playing a Japanese instrument, which he played it VERY well too, and people in the West, on Twitter, complained about cultural appropriation while the people in the East loved seeing how skilled he was with the instrument.
If I'm not mistaken, the musician is known as one of the few masters of that instrument as well. People fail to realize something like that is a celebration of culture.
@@HarambeKojima Indeed, the guy they used was one of the best in the world and had the full backing of his Japanese peers.
Yeah, it's almost like western gamers are morons.
That dude was amazing I remember that!!!
Don't let this distract from the fact that they're selling a $70 bland game with editions that are $130 and $170. And they call it AAAA
This right here. 👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾👆🏾
The real step is to try and get people to pay for Ubi+. Many would've bought it after they saw the trailer. So, by the time they get to play the game, they've already paid for the $70 one. If they pay for the same amount of time after release, they've paid for the $130 version.
Ain't even worth 40$ in my opinion. They don't try anymore. Their AAAA are worse than shitty AA games. Like. They're full of crow. The games don't cost more to make. At least not so much they need to charge so much. It's to continue milking us as an infinite money hack for their investors
No one really talks about Skull and Bones anymore.
@jamescox4008 people talked about it? Like besides being a total scam and how they had to make it cuz legal contract?
Game was dead years before it released. AAAA title was a fail marry to save it.
Yasuke is marketed by Ubisoft as a historical legendary samurai. He's not a legendary samurai or a warrior. He's a swordbearer, part of an entourage.
William Adams is a navigator and a shipwright that Shogun Ieyasu declared as a samurai for the aforementioned, but Team Ninja never marketed him as a legendary samurai.
Team Ninja also used Yasuke as a warrior in Nioh, since they already used artistic license for Adams.
Ubisoft dropped the ball with this one. Every game that released in the series had a protagonist of the respected race of the setting it was in. Fans aren't being racist they're upset about how he was included. It wasn't genuine he was chosen to check a box.
They are being racist and masking it behind being woke, Dei etc. It’s just a game and none of assassins creed is based of real history or people but there was a black samurai/detainer so this story may have bits and pieces of truth and fiction but it’s closer to historical truth than the rest of the games.
Fans are being racist. Because there is a literal Japanese woman in the game (Fujibayasshi Naoe) if they don't like Yasuke. People are acting like he's the only protagonist. But oh, then they'd have to play as a woman. Forgot about that.
This so-called outrage is pure "anti-woke" garbage and I'm honestly sick of it. Nobody had anything to say when Black Flag had you playing as a white dude when it takes place in the Caribbean, since technically the protag would have been black. I also didn't see people claiming that AC: Freedom Cry was made "to check a box" because the main characters were black. Ya'll have some serious fucking brain rot and I'm starting to think that people are right about gamers being morons.
Really? Ezio in the Ottoman empire? Edward Kenway in Spanish Carribean?
@@DeuceGodyou’re just hurt, but the game or don’t
@@987married Hurt about what exactly?
These big companies aren't making games for gamers anymore. They are making games for their ESG score. And beside, this is the same company whom have told gamers to be comfortable of 'not owning their games'.
Ghost of Tsushima is out on PC now. I've heard that's very good.
Ghost of tsushima 2 will also be announced by Sony soon
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I'm more concerned with the pricing of the game, and they didn't even show any Gameplay.
I don't have a problem with playing a black protagonist in a video game considering I bought MK11 solely because Spawn was in it.
I think people might be a little annoyed they waited a decade for an assassin's creed game in Japan, and this is what they got, and they weren't expecting this.
I got no dog in this fight considering I've never played any of the Assassin's creed games.
Although the one way they would probably get me to play is if it was in Japan.
I grew up in the 90s playing Tenchu 1998 Tenchu Wrath of Heaven back in the day.
They won't show gameplay until it's the very end because if they show that the formula hasn't changed since the past 4 games, they'll cancel pre-orders etc. Mirage "went back" just to jack up interest in the franchise after all.
Play the Shinobido series, from former devs of the Tenchu series before the license went to FromSoft. Really good games as well. If you want AC Japan, try Ghost of Tsushima, by Sucker Punch.
To save the headaches, it has mircotransactions.
Same as last 4 I imagine
If you change your mind, here's a tiny tip that I will leave. The early AC games are awesome, decent and good story-wise. Everything after AC: Black Flag is a YMMV, AC: Rogue is where you play as a Templar (Heard the story is good, but some gamers don't feel right about going after fellow Assassins.) and anything after AC: Syndicate is a different gameplay style. It's more RPG-ish.
be concerned with both cause both are an issue, when a company pushes things ideologically especially for things like ESG/DEI tokenism its apparent how that affects the WHOLE product, the biggest dangers are the ones you can't see
Why does EVERY Black Character have to have "dreadlocks". Do these Liberals think that our hair naturally grow like that? So, one question that I have is: Who does, and maintains his "dreadlocks"? Yasuke was a retainer for Nobunaga, nothing more, nothing less. The position was a honorable one. However, it was not on the level of a Samurai. These developers really need to stop using Black characters to score some DEI points, it's shameful. BTW, not every Black person consider "dreadlocks" the appropriate hair care.
It's a popular hair style just like the very famous " white dude" hairstyle is like Nathan drake, Joel, chai a character that recently came out, the main character from bioshok, hell even Chris, it's just a popular hairstyle for black people it's not that deep
cause the entire company is filled with white liberal women and its apparent how they view things - always projecting their views into their work cause egocentric mentality
😂 I like the idea that only one woman in the castle figured out how to do his hair so he has to go hundreds of miles back and forth just to keep his hair right or else she'll get pissed off and shave his head.
For the claims of Yasuke not being a Samurai.
1) It's all due to him being given a rank though him not actually doing the usual duty of a Samurai in the Sengoku Era.
2) He also doesn't have a Family name nor was adopted to an existing Samurai family to become one.
3) He wasn't part or contributed to any of Oda's war campaign.
4) His only combat experience was during the Honnoji incident.
5) Mitsuhide Akechi didn't consider him a Samurai at the Honnoji incident.
6) His stay with the Oda clan was just 15 months.
He's closer to Tokichiro a Sandal Bearer, Tokichiro eventually became a full pledged Samurai after getting achievements then changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi.
Yasuke is a Sword Bearer, a Personal Bodyguard at best.
Good guess he was at the process of being one but didn't become one due to the Honnoji incident.
Another good guess is that Oda gave Yasuke a rank as an excuse to have him around as a bodyguard, since Oda has a habit breaking the norms in the Samurai hierarchy.
Calling him a Samurai would be the equivalent of *"Calling a Cadet, a Lieutenant"*
Edit:
Reminder (Due to an idiot)
"All Samurai are Bushi"
"Not all Bushi are Samurai"
The term "Samurai" didn't exist in the Sengoku Era, but the equivalent titles, ranks, & duty was there.
As for the *"Retainer argument"* , look at Tokichiro.
He was a Retainer but not a Samurai.
It him years to eventually become one and changed his name to Hashiba Hideyoshi.
It almost seems Yasuke faced heavy discrimination and was honestly, treated like shit.
I don't understand how anyone thinks Yasuke lived a marvelous life in Japan when his entire being and identity were stripped from him.
At this point ubi is pretty much trying to glorify enslavement.
@@Saskfinest1
There's also the part where they keep referencing other games & anime with Yasuke in it.
They don't comprehend the difference between:
The Japanese "enjoying Yasuke as a cultural tall tale".
vs
Them "believing the tall tale is literal truth".
@@YukitoOnline That's right, the Japanese have turned him into folklore, not necessarily historically accurate.
I believe he was a “Samurai” but the issue is that people use that term very loosely.
You could be a Castle Guard and a Samurai.
The main issue is that modern media portrays him as a man who fought like a Samurai which is wrong. He wasnt trained like a samurai and more than likely had very little battle experience. And portraying him in full Samurai armor is another thing that bugs me as well.
@@YukitoOnline Because its not a tall tale, you can blame nobunaga on that part.
People forgetting about Adéwalé, too.
I noticed these "gamers" did this before with odyssey then again with Valhalla so it ain't anything new
And Aveline (from ''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation'')
😂 I never forget Ade, he was in the brotherhood before Edward, and my favorite supporting character.
Aveline I forget about but that's because I missed that full game, but only enjoyed the demo but she had interesting concepts. From exploiting social Stealth and swapping identities to a few new tools.
Shoot nobody cried about Bayek in AC Origins either! Wonder why!
I would've been more happier if Yasuke was a member of the Assassin brotherhood who helps our main characters instead of being a main character
Could've made him a DLC even, as a rookie trying to prove himself as he passes his training & trials
@@TheRevenantEdits that's even better
@@headshotmaster138 EXACTLY! Gives him some solid character arc & development ;)
@@TheRevenantEdits basically
I wish they would have let his soul rest because he had no glamorous point in his existence and this whole controversy by a foolhearted greedy corporation only evokes bad energy.
My guy pronounced YAsuke like 6 different ways 🤣
I call him " YAASSUUKE", the " YAASS-IIFICATION" ( over praising and over promoting ) him. This is like Marvel pushing Miles Morales to be the Ultimate (official) Spiderman instead of Peter Parker.
@@kumikoloh9190not really because PP was & is still Spider-Man in the main marvel universe.
The most comprehensive and thorough explanation of what's going on with this game.
Nobody sane argues that Yasuke was a real person. There are some arguments about his samurai status: some historians believe he was one, and some have opposite views. But that's exactly the thing that should have been playing in favor of the game.
There are 2 real problems here:
1) This endless "virtue signaling" and "messaging" when nobody asked for it.
2) Pricing is indeed insane
That's all about it. Yasuke was just unlucky to re-appear in times when you can't take a breather from this bs happening all around.
Solid take. I agree with you.
the wiki edits is what got me. yasuke was never a samurai, and through edits now he is... troubling.
Honestly AC Valhalla was a mockery toward Norse and Celtic heritage as well, it's not surprising this is happening.
It's extremely worrying how they've even altered the wiki to remove the bit where it states there's no definitive proof he was ever a Samurai. Sure enough wiki has never been 100% trustworthy, but it does show their willingness and desire to rewrite history.
Welcome back, 1984.
Neo leftists have been editing wiki since roughly 2006 the creator said to stop using it years ago
That wiki has been changed so many times in the past 3 days it no longer has any relevance. People are so adamant he wasn’t a samurai but then those same people can’t decide what he was.
@RulerOfYore so here's the deal. He wasn't a samurai because he wasn't born to a samurai household, had performed a miraculous deed, trained his whole life in the techniques and education of a samurai.
At best he was a retainer/bodyguard. Given an empty title and pension with 0 land or servants of his own just so he can entertain nobu and go places exclusive to samurai without being hassled.
It at best was an empty title so his master/possibly friend could keep him close when decorum would otherwise prevent this.
He wasn't some legendary bad ass. Nor some lifelong samurai out if myth. He was a bodyguard and possible friend who got at best an empty title due to strings being pulled.
In the end his master died. His masters son died. He surrendered without honor to the betrayers.
NOT. A. SAMURAI.
Stop rewriting history.
@@RulerOfYoreits cool if you have a fetish for blk caulk but to force your fetish on the majority of other people that do not have what you have is asinine.
@@ODST626 Do you know how many people have contradicted everything thing you’ve said on multiple different comments and have actually posted sources?
Can’t really take your word for it pal.
My biggest problem is they named an MC for the first time after a real person. His real history shows him to be not a samurai and surrendered his weapon to his clans betrayer. They prop up someone who didn't earn his honor and they are pretending he was one of the most honor warriors in history. Another big problem is they wanted a story of "discovering Japan" why is this happening for the first time in the series? Because the devs are writing their own experience learning about Japan. Why didn't they "discover" france through the eyes of a foreigner? It's just so unauthentic and clear they didn't know what they are doing.
That’s a lie perpetuated by white people
Bro legit has a statue in Japan...there's videos on tiktok with over 25k likes where Japanese people explain his role as retainer which was very much on par with a samurai 😂. Y'all need to chill out
@@Blake-ld7mx where in Japan? Where is his “statue” in Japan?
AC Broke my immersion... That's my issue
What immersion was there to begin with?
@@jamescox4008 You know... the animus probably acts like a "nerve gear", but for ancestry.
The problem is Mugen that they're using Yasuke as representation Politics and Woke DIE clout
Oh and that's a fact? They came out and said it or are you just assuming?
Yosuke was a retainer, not a samurai, and he was gifted a short sword only. By all accounts he was a large and powerful man, but I believe he was only in Japan for 15 months, and he was brought over as a Dutch slave who was gifted. He had his own home, he had an allowance, and he is an interesting character. But to call him a samurai is a huge stretch.
The reason Yosuke could work as a character…is that it is a way to insert a “western” order of the assassin character into the far east.
Bro Yasuke was in Nioh and Samurai warriors 5 shut up bro talk about the main character in Nioh on the cover being white with blue eyes 🤡
Portuguese slave*
It doesn't really matter whether he was samurai in name or not. He didn't have the life of samurai. He was only ever in 1 fight, a fight in which he surrendered his blade.
The little we do know about him is pretty sad, especially the ending.
But for some years now, people have been trying to rewrite his history. I guess cause it makes them feel good.
@@MustardSkaven Nobody sane is trying to rewrite his history. Japan has given him the "folk hero" treatment because Yasuke is the first known person of African descent to visit Japan. At least the only one recorded. That's why you see him in lots of anime, and Afro Samurai itself is loosely based on what little is known of his life.
Yasuke did not lead a glamorous life based on what we know, but people trying to minimize his importance should also stop talking. Unless you lived in the Sengoku period, I don't want to hear what you have to say about it.
@@Seoul_Soldier Lol, so unless anyone here lived in Sengoku period, I don't want to hear anymore about all his great battles. It goes both ways.
If they wanted to make a foreigner view on that time, then they could make a standalone game starring Yasuke and William Adams. That would be cool.
For me it's simple.
I DON'T TRUST UBISOFT!!!
I've been saying that if this was a Japanese studio I could trust them, because they don't care about the culture war, so if it's Yasuke, it's probably a creative choice, not box ticking.
But UBIFLOP?!!
We know why they are doing this and we can see right through it, woke company, woke game
The reason I have western media so much because of their gaslighting and dishonest reasons for making Crappy products.
Ubiscum lost me as a customer forever when they pulled the dev cycle on what was meant to be the next singleplayer entry in The Rainbow Six series after Vegas 1&2 (Patriots) back in 2013 and other projects that would've been well crafted story based action/adventure titles Prince of Persia Redemption, Star Wars 1313 and the original concept for Beyond Good n Evil all scrapped through mid development for short term money/data gouging scumware. They used to one of most respected videogame studios known for fun singleplayer adventure games now they're nothing but an imaginatively bankrupted sweatshop.
If they wanna suck up to women so bad, they could’ve just keep the male Japanese character as a samurai and have the female character teach him through out the story the ways of the ninja.
How come y'all aren't consistent with Nioh? Why is this an issue now?
did that in mirage
Tom Cruises character was based on Jules Brunet during the Broshin War. So, its based in history and documented. The thing with Yasuke, is there is very little information and again, every AC game has characters native of the location.
Indeed, and what many people don't seem to understand is that Cruise's character Nathan Algren wasn't "The Last Samurai", Katsumoto and his clan were. The film is seen through the eyes of both Algren and Simon Graham (Timothy Spall) but all some people see ids a white guy wearing samurai armour and all rationality goes out the window.
@@Pryzm1965 Yeah, people tend to lose rationality when they see someone in samurai armor that isn't Japanese. I've noticed that too.
Ubisoft could have both a game just in Japan that focuses only on Asian characters, and a game set in Africa focused on African characters. Also as it's been pointed out having the only black guy who's tall in feudal Japan will stick out in a game about *stealth* . Also Sweet Baby Inc. may have worked on this game as well.
Should have been generic Japanese man/woman that could have been a great ninja and right hand of Iga kinda like Ghost of Tsushima was done with Jinn. Instrad they need to pander.
I love Afro Samurai and they had a decent game for him on the ps3. No controversy. They could do a new game with Yasuke becoming this powerful samurai and make it ridiculous like Asura's Wrath and everyone upset about ac shadows would eat it up. Because it's ac and not having a Japanese man like they've literally done for every single other game. A none ac game with an over the top wild and entertaining story would be awesome no matter the protagonist skin color.
You can play as a Japanese kunoichi called noe or naoe or whatever the heck her name is. Ubisoft just wanted to be “different” since there are already a ton of Samurai games where you play as a Japanese male protagonist.
Yasuke could still have worked within the game, but he could've been a more, for lack of a better term, muted role like a mission handler where he gives the player missions to progress through the story.
Like some of the tweets mentioned, there are tons of notable historical shinobi to choose from. Yes, I'm aware that there's also the female shinobi, but couldn't Ubi just have done it where both characters are ethnically Japanese? Like, imagine working alongside the likes of Ishikawa Goemon or Fuuma Kotaro, for example. Hell, maybe a sidestory of sorts where we collaborate with Mochizuki Chiyome would work as well.
Hattori Hanzo is Shinobi who is also a Samurai.
Either him or a fictional character who's related to him.
Could've done it that way.
Doubt for Fuuma Kotaro since they're a retainer of the Hojo clan, way too far from the Oda territories.
Hattori Hanzo would have been a better fit than any of the people you mentioned.
Kotaro is nowhere near Oda's lands, Goemon was pretty busy at the time this game is taking place, and Chiyome was (presumed) dead in 1571. This game is taking place right before the Hinnoji Incident, so about 1582-ish. So if historical accuracy is actually what people care about (and I don't think it is), none of those characters would work.
They also forgot to shave his head and give him a top knot like actual samurai, they did that so their head would fit in the helmet with hair getting in their eyes and as a symbol of manhood and status.
The only criticism I agree with.
6ft tall black guy and strong as hell. It makes perfect sense why Nobunaga would want this guy as his bodyguard.
No one can disagree with that. who wouldn't?
I think he was 6’3
Ubisoft hired more freaks in the company and the next Ghost Recon will be woke as hell . I hope someone like Elon buy em out !
“Why are y’all using Wikipedia as a source?”
Very good question. We’ve been taught in school and in college when it comes to using sources, *do NOT use Wikipedia as a source* , specifically because it can be edited.
The fact that folks through that out the window is kinda hilarious 😂
Wiki is very unreliable but if he was titled as a Page or Retainer means he has a very trusted and high rank along side of Oda Nobunaga would make him Samurai,Nobunaga's family had many was also one of his Retainers was Mikumo Shigemochi who is listed right above Yusuke as a Advisor which would mean that they worked very close with Nobunaga, I probably won't play the game.Because I haven't played assassin's creed since brotherhood but i am interested in what becomes of this upon release
If he was truly a samurai why was he not given another name? All samurai had more than one name, usually a family and regional name. If he was truly a samurai why did he not commit sepeku after Oda Nobunaga was defeated? They just kicked him out like a nobody. He was at best a novelty.
@bmacaulay18 The samurai had some shared values, but there was no single path or definition that all samurai were required to follow. The samurai were as practical on the battlefield as other warriors,that being quote from the bushido code,He was still a foreigner who was give honor by the Nobunaga family to still be counted among Oda's trusted,when his Lord's estate was routed by Akechi Mitsuhide,Yusuke was not made to kill himself cause that is always a choice not a requirement,most raised with the code would choose to or become Ronin,was always a special case so they let him go according to the few accounts from merchants,being said he was not the only Foreigner during the warring states period,to this day, standards are a little bit looser when it comes to foreigners in japan outside of law,most expect not demand one to have some level of cultural understanding but are well aware if someone does not know all customs.
@bmacaulay18 As for the topic of family names those are only bestowed upon the clans,he was aligned with Nobunaga and was given land and a weapon, Which is a very significant gift that you wouldn't just give to anyone.
Let alone a title, To establish a clan he would have to be there longer than the two years he was around,but he was also granted the ability to marry so if Things didn't end up so crossed.By the betrail he most likely would have married into a family,one doesn't always need a clan if a Lord gives you title
The thing that irritates me the most is the hypocrisy after they gave Capcom so much shit for RE5
Don't feed the DEI beast and Ubisoft. The original male protagonist was supposed to be a Japanese monk. A guy that could actually sneak around low key in the environment. This was changed because sweet baby inc and DEI/ESG investment money during game development. My wallet will stay closed on this one, screw them.
What are your thoughts on Yasuke's inclusion as a main protagonist in AC Shadows? Will you pick up the game or not?
UBI should've done the part where the Historical character is a supporting character, just like their previous games.
JP side expected someone from a random Ninja clan or someone from Hanzo's clan to be the protagonist, but nope, UBI decided to make it a DEI approved game.
Hanzo who's a Shinobi and a Samurai vassal of Tokugawa, or they could create a fictional character who's related to Hanzo.
Yasuke is the opposite of stealth, since most of the records he's always with Nobunaga as a bodyguard.
And he sticks out like a sore thumb given how he's the only known Black guy in Japan in the Sengoku era.
I got no problem with Yasuke’s inclusion. My problem is just Ubisoft’s typical greed and shadiness. That’s what going to keep me from buying this.
Ghost Of Tsushima is better
I haven't touched an AC game since Origins. I feel like using a real life person that is basically a footnote in history... I'm totally fine. However comma pause for effect, this one doesn't work because Yasuke physically sticks out too much in Japan at that era to be an Assassin. It's not the first time they've taken a character and given them superhuman powers (see all of the games with demon king Oda Nobunaga and the Borgia Papacy). But we all know that Ubisoft is a company that is completely full of shit and are using this simply for DIE and have intentionally turned him and the female side protagonist simply for that reason. So no, I'm not picking this up and I feel like if they knew better, they would have set another Assassin's Creed game in another part of Africa instead of Egypt.
I agree with you to an extent. PLEASE HEAR me out.
I think Yasuke looks INCREDIBLE, and so does the female Japanese Shinobi. The game looks amazing, and I will eventually buy it and play and beat the game with BOTH characters.
It is interesting that too many Assassin's Creed players take the fictional history of the games and they think it's actual real history, when they tell the video game players that the game is FICTIONAL, NOT true, though like you said, there are some historical characters and events in the game as well as historical places to explore in the respected time period, but the stories are FICTIONAL, NOT true.
I'm a bit of a history buff myself. I watched Shogun and loved it. I also watched Battle for Japan: Age of Samurai documentary.
I was hoping to hear something about Yasuke in the documentary about feudal Japan. They covered the time period of Odu Naga. There was NOT one mention of Yasuke or any other African retainer, samurai, or slave.
It's possible that Yasuke never existed in feudal Japan, or, he was around sometime after feudal Japan. IF anyone would know for sure, it'd be the Japanese historians who have known and researched in depth feudal Japan's time period.
I have NOT heard one Japanese historian even mention Yasuke, I'm guessing either because he did not really exist, and / or perhaps he was a fictional character that the Japanese made up to tell stories to their kids to scare them into behaving and being good. That's a likely possibility.
During feudal Japan's time period, the majority of the world didn't even know what Japan was or of Japan's existence other than some English and Portuguese merchants, CHRISTIAN, and roman catholic missionaries.
The character Yasuke being a main character in and for Assassin's Creed Shadows has NOTHING to do with him being black.
It's about playing one of the two main characters that's NOT Japanese during feudal Japan.
It's about respecting the culture, history, and time period of feudal Japan.
Fans and game players anticipate and expect playing a Japanese warrior of that incredible time period, which, we have one, a female ALL Japanese Shinobi, but the second main character, since there are only two characters to choose from, should be a male ALL Japanese Ronin, Samurai, Shinobi, Shogun, again, out of respect for the Japanese and their feudal Japanese culture and history.
It's NOT about color.
It's ALL about respecting Japanese culture and history.
I've heard all the arguments. Some have even said, Yasuke could have been met by the main characters rather than being a main character to play as.
He's already a main character so I don't think that will change, which is fine.
HOWEVER, out of respect for Japan, the Japanese, their culture and history, they should add at least one more main character to play as, that being a male ALL Japanese warrior.
This would clear up at least MOST of the problems. Keep Yasuke, keep the female ALL Japanese warrior, but add a male ALL Japanese warrior as well, because MOST people who will buy and play the game anticipate and expect to play as a female and / or male ALL Japanese warrior.
Again, it's NOT about color, it's about respect to the Japanese and feudal Japan's historical time period.
The developers, ubisoft, could even have Yasuke and the other two ALL Japanese main characters if they would add a male ALL Japanese warrior, to team up together, help each other out, and accomplish missions.
That's what ubisoft needs to do.
Lastly, there really is a hidden agenda behind ALL this that ubisoft has caused, that being making and turning this into race baiting and a race problem so we'll argue and fight amongst each other, and, a hidden agenda of ubisoft as well really is to try to change and rewrite history, brainwashing, indoctrinating, manipulating, and mind controlling the masses, and to stir up more racial problems in the world, especially in the US.
It's the same thing when holly wood changes the color of a favorite character(s).
Imagine playing Assassin's Creed Origins where the story is about ancient Egypt, Africa, and the main character to play as was some white dude.
Africans and Egyptians would have rioted in the streets.
Again, it's NOT about color, it's about respecting a country, a people, their culture and history.
ubisoft did this on purpose with Assassin's Creed Shadows because they knew it would cause further racial tensions.
This time, HOWEVER, it's as though ubisoft has something against Asian Japanese people, Japan, their culture and history, and that is UNACCEPTABLE.
ubisoft should keep the two main characters they already have for the game, but ADD a male ALL Japanese warrior, because, after all, this is a story about feudal Japan.
I hope this makes sense.
ubisoft, what ever you have or need to do to add a third main character for Assassin's Creed Shadows, PLEASE DO SO our of respect for Japan, the Japanese, their culture and history.
Otherwise, the game is NOT going to do nearly as well as it could have.
Even if the game has to be delayed to add another main character that's a male ALL Japanese warrior, PLEASE DO SO.
ALSO, the timing of ALL of this, an election year, and the game coming out during the US Presidential election, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out and understand that ubisoft is being used by the government to stir up racial tensions.
Do NOT fall for their agenda, narrative, and propaganda, folks.
REMEMBER, there's only one race, the human race.
Let's respect EVERYONE'S country, culture, and history WITHOUT the race baiting and stirring racial tensions.
To put it more simply, ubisoft is stirring the pot and backing up to watch what happens.
They need to knock that off.
Had no idea about the version differences. That's an easy not buy then.
Playing as Yasuke in feudal Japan isn't the problem, it could actually be executed well by a studio with good writers.
I just dont trust Ubisoft to not use it as a way to push their DEI slopaganda.
I'm waiting for the memes to come out with his face and battle cry:" I am YAASSUUKE...!!"
The " yassukification" has reached insanity levels.
There's definitely a rotten agenda at play here. If you check into the background of the history consultant that ubisludge have commissioned for Shadows; Sachi Schmidz Hori its unclear how much involvement she's got in the narrative dept, however her thesis's are all based on an unhealthy obsession of adult-child/trans affairs. In fact she's a narcissistic personality who advocates for the erasure of AM. The studio have got a major headcase on their hands and its going cost em and they'll have nobody but themselves to blame.
There's definitely an evil agenda at play here. If you check into the background of the history consultant that ubisludge have commissioned for Shadows; Sachi Schmidz Hori: its unclear how much involvement she's got in the narrative dept, however her thesis's are all based on an unhealthy obsession of adult-child/trans affairs. In fact she's a narcissistic personality who advocates for the erasure of AM. The studio have got a major headcase on their hands and its going cost em and they'll have nobody but themselves to blame.
Yasuke should have just been DLC for later as a extra side story. I'm still not feeling all the racist remarks about him regardless, all that shit is tasteless and trying to diminish whatever role he served is kinda whack. I do agree the main male should have been Japanese along with the female and then you could have used Yasuke as DLC especially considering how much they love to push content for ppl to pay for. $130 edition ...smh crazy
Honestly would’ve been a safer approach but I think Ubisoft wanted to be different and not have the 100th samurai game feature a japanese man with the hero’s journey and be compared to a game like Ghost of Tsushima but now people are calling that game the superior version when we haven’t even seen gameplay of shadows. GoT had awesome gameplay that no other Samurai/ninja esk game has ever been able to match but Jin is as bland and boring as white rice by itself…
As an Asian woman, I really appreciated you speak out about this, thank you! To be honest, I know some of players don't have issue with female protagonist, but I do think she doesn't look like a Japanese woman in that time period. I would prefer she's a long hair woman with traditional hairpin, looks shy from appearance, but deep down she's an assassin with skill. It will make more interesting and different perspective between male and female ninja.
No problem, I believe it's western influence at play here with her design. Im seeing many people saying they made her look androgynous in her depiction. They are going for the bad ass boss woman approach with her personality. You're right, they should have made her look shy and passive on the surface. That's what makes her deadly because it's unexpected when she actually has the skill to assassinate those who under estimate her. I play mostly female characters in games because when they are done right, women bring different approach to a situation than a man that makes some interesting dynamics.
She may not have the strength but she damn sure has the speed which is what I favor most in stats and most female characters are fast and acrobatic when it comes to games like this.
@@MugenLord Agree. To be fair, I won't mind having a manly female protagonist or tomboy character, but the motivation has to make sense. A female protagonist act manly not because she can be like man, it's because the environment makes her has to be like a man. Like the movie, Alien 2, the protagonist(Sigourney Weaver) was controlling a robot to fight alien because she wants to save the little girl who looks like her daughter. That fight was truly a girl boss moment.
I think the concept is cool but, we know this is DEI AF
Agreed, if it was coming from a Japanese studio we can atleast expect them to make it an artistic choice, but this is Ubisoft were talking about, no way they didn't do it to check a box
Cool concept? A giant black guy with Viking braids doesn't really make a good undercover assassin guy. "Hey, did you see the giant black dude who just killed three Asians? Nope".
@@bmacaulay18 the concept isn't the issue, it's the fact that Ubisoft is doing it with this IP, make something like Ghost of Tsushima or Sekiro with this character and it makes way more sense
@@CYRU5_DA_GR34T People would have still complained anyways. All people do is bitch about everything.
The activists want a " YAASSUUKE", the " Yassukification" of the character being upfront and centre is insane. His battle cry will be " I am YAASSUUKE......!!"
Nioh 1 had a white protagonist based as well on a real historical figure and in Nioh 2 Yasuke appears as well, so I could care less who's the protagonist. Problem is that I already know this game will be boring crap, we are talking about Ubisoft come on. You want a nice Samurai game? Play Ghost of Tsushima (hope we get a sequel).
4:22 I was about to ask this, how did you felt about Yasuke being a character in Assassin’s Creed? Also do agree with you and maybe in another time when DEI wasn’t a thing a game about Yasuke would be a neat idea
The DEI crowd has caused everyone who is sain to have a knee-jerk reaction anytime a black character is introduced.
That is what I think is one of the main goals - They want to turn all the peoples racist by forcing them into a more and more existential danger to protect themselves, their culture, history from being erased. In short, it's Divide And Rule.
They're doing this to check the boxes of ESG for that sweet sweet black rock money, Like seriously we could've had Hattori Hanzo or Musashi Miyamoto, the fearsome Samurais of all Japan and out of ALL PEOPLE they went with Yasuke who has a vague history of what he really was?
This is why you have to remember to be careful with what you wish for as may just come to regret it.
The Assassin Creed fans are finally getting the Japanese locale they've asked for, and as we see them now, are not happy because Ubisoft gave them the setting and period we have been asking forever on. But now in this DEI era we are living in seeing we are not getting the full protagonists we want and they are of course going with a stealth option only for the woman and appears a brute force type for the Samurai in Yasuke for those who don't want to go the stealth route.
I'll still get the game and I just hope the improvement to the stealth aspects lives up to what sounds like a feature that is been long overdue for the series.
I kinda hate the pricing already was stated even before the gameplay was shown.
I was wondering when you were gonna talk about it. Great vid man.
I'd have been very excited to get a game about Yasuke in the early 2000s, before all this "modern audiences" crap.
Also, Yasuke is probably the worst choice for a main character in an Assassins Creed game. I mean, an Assassins Creed protagonist should be stealthy and be able to blend with the crowd, the guy was probably the only black warrior in Japan and way taller than the average Japanese man at the time.
I'm personally indifferent to this whole thing, but I would say that much of this controversy could've been avoided if they just made the man an ally to the two Japanese protagonists or even gave him his own DLC storyline.
I’m just being honest if you have a game thats made by sweet baby inc like this the only way to stop this nonsense is to vote with your wallet if you preorder this game because of the assassins creed brand you’ll see more of this crap in triple A games
I don't have a problem with what they're doing when making the game except Yasuke should've been some sort of DLC. Yasuke in Nioh 2 was a nice touch though. 🔥🔥🔥
This video was very on point, great job!
Thanks!
For what its worth, thanks again for a solid nuanced take.
He was never a samurai. He was lord Nobunaga‘s sword carrier, and if you want to really get down to it, he was his pet, the real documents that talk to him or not even a paragraph long he was there for 15 months, and then disappears off the face of the Earth. You do not become a samurai in 15 months and guess what if he did he committed the most diss honorable thing he surrendered
My biggest problem with the marketing of this game is the blatant gaslighting involved. For those not familiar with the term "gaslighting": it's a form of emotional manipulation, using lies and half-truths to sow self-doubt and confusion with their targets. This was the same reason that got me upset with the planned inclusion of female Custodes in 40K. They could have just made it like someone found a way to turn females into superhuman bodyguards, but instead, they tried to manipulate the narrative into saying female Custodes always existed, and we the fans remembered wrongly (press Y for lie, people have brought up earlier editions to prove Custodes were always male). This is gaslighting in action.
I can accept playing as a female protagonist, and if the setting was more fictional than historic, I would have given it the benefit of doubt. However, trying to manipulate customers and fans is something I cannot forgive, and it really shows the utter contempt these people have for us on the grand scheme of things. Lesson to learn from this: do not treat your customers like idiots.
I’m mostly concerned with Naoe. Not only she’s getting shadowed by Yasuke in the public but the fact that they made her a ninja even though she’s technically a Kunoichi, and Ubisoft will most likely write her as the usual unlikable girl boss we’ve been seeing in practically everything. It’s gotten so predictable that it’s boring. Her attire is so bland compared to the original concept art she just looks like a kunoichi rather than an Assassin.
Keep in mind, Ubisoft's has been doing this for a long while, ever since they sidelined their actual talent[Guyot(Warrior Within, Rayman), Michel Ancel(Rayman), Guillemette(Warrior Within, Two Thrones, Blood Dragon) etc] until they fired them or they left. They moment Ubisoft dried up from actual talent, they started embracing the SJW ideologies of the time AND moneytizing them :
- The one AC game set in France has microtransactions in one of its DLCs or something, along with a transexual prominent character, or something to that effect...in Napoleonic France
- AC in Egypt has half the population be nubians or have heavy black characteristics and nobody is a stealthy assassin
- AC in Greece makes everyone look like they are from Pakistan and nobody is a stealthy assassin
- AC in Scandinavia makes the men into cuckholds and secretely bisexual while also making them the blatant bad guys for invading the poor, multicultural people of the British Isles, and nobody is a stealthy assassin
- AC in Japan picks the black samurai guy, instead of...I dunno, one of the many ninja of that era, with the samurai being the biggest, loudest most obvious distraction
And of course, pre-orders, microtransaction in exorbitant prices that nobody in their right mind should even think of entertaining. It's always been a grift and open contempt to a playerbase that's willing to shell out incredible amounts of money for half-baked, half-finished, chopped up games with artificial blocks and gated content, with the extra sprinkle of political agenda for outside funding.
The japanese are acting the best of all the gamers : they just say no, and go and buy the actual Assassin's Creed Japan game : Ghost of Tsushima. Gamers from the west should do the same, say no to these practices, say no to developers and publishers that actively fleece them and sell them sub-par products and buy something that actually gives them what they want. Ghost of Tsushima is finally on PC, so it's not jailed on PS4 anymore.
I wonder if Ubisoft is using Yasuke as payback/ revenge against Stellar Blade fans. I mean, if you think about it; American studios and " Diversity and Inclusion" consultants were harassing anime fans and manga creators for sexy female characters and positive masculinity.
I've noticed they call East Asians " white", meaning East Asians aren't a minority anymore, they are on the same level as white people due to work ethic, family ties and respect of the hierarchy/ privilege.
I'm pretty sure Yasuke is used for social justice points. He is not just a warrior, he's " YAASSUUKE", the " YAASSUKK- IIFIAACTION" pushed by the media is insane.
If "race" was a issue, Baek in AC Origins would be canceled AF! It is an environment and situational issue. Lots of important historical characters like Hattori Hanzō, Fuma Kotarō... and the choose one was Yasuke?!?
I have no problem at all having Yasuke as a DLC, but hell no as main protagonist.
Shush, everyone's supposed to be ignoring Bayek for the Narrative That everyone who dislikes this or is against it is racist
@UA-camCensors They're also ignoring Adéwalé and Aveline de Grandpré. Both black characters.
▪︎ Adéwalé was the protagonist of ''Assassin's Creed: Black Flag - Freedom Cry''
▪︎ Aveline was the protagonist of ''Assassin's Creed III: Liberation").
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Fans also loved Achilles Davenport from ''Assassin's Creed III'', another great black character
Gamers like myself pointed out the Arab in North Africa. It’s just wasn’t a problem for y’all!
I’m skipping due to the twisted intentions behind it. Imagine how silly it’d be had Bayek been made an Asian or white
One of the traits of being an effective assassin includes being able to blend in with the general population which means not standing out among the crowd. Yasuke being portrayed as bigger, taller and not commonly seen among the population is sticking out like a sore thumb. Might as well call it Ass Seen Creed. Terrible foresight in designing the game.
I won't be pissed with their use of Yasuke if not for their marketing lie of him being a legendary samurai. That's straight up bull. He's a swordbearer, part of an entourage. Nobunaga won't endanger his rare conversation piece. He loves and shows off his imported goods.
Hollywood often make Chinese/Japanese hybrid too And Ubisoft did the same for For Honor. Architectures are Chinese and their mocaps for the samurai are wushu. Their naginata woman (Nobushi) moves as though she uses guandao.
Id definitely like a yosuke game, but this is not it. Suckerpunch should make a game with yosuke imo. Ghost of tsushima is prolly > thwn ac anyways
People forgot what books are? Who in their own mind would use wikipedia as a source for anything. That site can be edited by anyone and does get edited regularly. Visit your local library and rent a book. It's free. FREE. For the sake of repeating myself I will say it again. IT'S FREE!
*Edit* - Here let me help you out. Go to the librarian and ask for a Sengoku Period book. Or a Sengoku Jidai book. Or Sengoku era and the Ōedo period. Or just simply ask for a book related to Oda Nobunaga that contains historical accuracies and is NON FICTION.
UBIWOKE.
I need to see game play then I'll decide but definitely not a day 1
When i thought ubisoft couldn't disappoint me here. They continue to suprise me more here..
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Oh, they've been changing way more than just Wikipedia. But I think the importance of keeping Wikipedia articles accurate is because, regarless of whether its 100% relieable or not, it's the first place a lot of people go to for random questions and doubts they come about.
Seen some people saying that even if they did a new Assasin's Creed on Africa, everyone would still be complaining, and I can't really say I disagree. They've pretty much trained people to expect them to be pandering for ESG points at all times, so, at this point, they'd skeptical of everything they put out.
But can you blame people at the same time tho? In the way the current culture is (which is by no accident)
@@anthonygarcia8749 At this point? No, not really.
I don't think they would actually do a game set anywhere on Africa besides Egypt, though. Because to do so they'd actually have to learn about their culture and not be tinkering with aspects they didn't like about it.
They have the balls to show that pricing before showing any gameplay lol Ubiflop deserves to go bankrupt.
Unnecessary Sweetbaby subversion Yusake would be a great side MC, but NOT a bombastic Django Unchained protagonist
He was in japan as basically a servant for roughly 15 months. samurais would start training at the age of 5 and be sent to a swordsman school at 7 and years later would be ready to ascend to a samurai. There is absolutely no reason other than it being 2024 thaf this guy should be the main character in a samurai game. They could have made a whole other game set in africa or colonial america again for a black dude to be the main character. Its a damn shame that we sont get to play the master swordsman that has trained his whole life to be the nost elite samurai 🥺
real issue is the tokenism, that's how they get people to spend that much, buy appealing ideologically to them
there's a reason they chose ONE time period of a black guy in the story
remember they have ties to ESG/DEI groups like Sweet Baby (founder of which worked at Ubisoft beforehand) says a lot to why they do it, they become desensitized to their agenda pushing and will pay any amount
It just isn't right, this is just plain dei, yes I know Yasuke was a real person, but his history is completely unknown, but putting him in a game where you are supposed to sneak and quietly kill you enemy and sneak away, he doesn't fit in the setting, heck it really should have been two ninja and Yasuke being a support character who helps you not the main character, it just seem force to check a box and not organic, oh and the pricing is getting crazy a least with Japanese games you get extra outfits, weapons, items, experience points, accessories, and sometimes physical goods with that prices, but they hardly every charge you to get the game earlier or lock you out of a mission, this is just a scam on the west part and the studio know it.
I saw another gotcha example on facebook about this whole thing, Shogun is being dragged into this to because of one of the leads being white, even going as far as to say shogun is weeb shit. it's insane
Ok, they are introducing two different worlds, two different play styles and they are playing with those dichotomies.
I'm pretty sure Ubisoft did their homework.
You have a lot of games where you can play as Asian men as lead characters as Samurais, ninjas etc.
You got one black man as a Samurai and everybody is losing their minds as if there isn't going to be anymore Asian men as Samurais.
Yasuke is a historical figure but yet people are questioning his validity. Are people questioning the validity of William Adams (Irish), the lead character Nioh?
Nobody cares until black people are the lead character in roles that people are not used to seeing black people in.
Overall, these are VIDEO GAMES, they are meant to be fun and not for everything to be some stupid "culture war".
I think Yasuke look badass and found the controversy around it kind of silly when the argument of historical accuracy is bring up in this context.
I will not buy it at full price because I don't like the way they sell you the game, but I will get it once in on sale like I do with ubisoft games nowadays. In a way they will still get my money...
OMG. I dont care. Im looking forward to the game because i like the series.
Though ill wait till a big sale happens first, because I refuse to pay $130
the real issue is gaming companies are supposed to make games not work activism.
Its not hard. Make the fuckin game about assassins again. Not fucking "yeah i know some assassins but ima be the king of norway headass" being an assassin never feels like the main shit. Its wack.
Every game after black flag has been ass I don't see why everyone is mad over it most likely not going to be good no matter who they use. PS just make a game on mansa Musa or some other great African dynasty. They can't just break their own rules and think no one would notice
Unity has the best stealth and parkour lol
Hangaku Gozen is at least a real samurai, without a doubt.
Shoulda used her, but oh well.
buy this ROT? NO WAY, NEVER
1, Isn't Assassin's creed protagonist just fictional characters? 2, On Amazon japan currently it's number 1 on the website. Gotta ask who's really complaining about this. The thing I think is worthy of complaints is the price of current games.
Twist: Ubisoft releases the Sho’nuff DLC skin free in the redemption arc, saves gaming.
Regardless, this isn't a life important issue at the end of the day But it did annoy how people quickly Jump on others for disliking or not being cool with something and quickly label others as if one opinion instantly invalidates you and makes you something you know you're not.
They could’ve made Yasuke have a fictional family member or somethin and have that dude be Samurai if they really wanted
If they were gonna attempt Yasuke why not have him as the only protagonist I don’t know why we needed 2
Girls need to see themselves.
If a persons day-to-day job is to chop fruits for the shogun does that make him a fruit ninja!? 😂😂
Ay man! spoiler for a movie….that came out in…..2003……nevermind.
I was disappointed we couldn't be a Ninja. I'm pretty sure Ubisoft hates Assassin's creed and it's fans it's simply their cash cow.
Anyone worried about the prices, I feel you. They are overcharging the shit out of this, but we're in luck. Ubisoft games depreciate VERY fast. It will go on sale within a few months of launch.
Skull and Bones is currently on sale for 50% off for example. Don't buy Ubisfot games full price.
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This is not assassin's creed this is a martin lawrence sequel movie it's called black knight 2 shogun of blacks
LOL XD
Calling people blacks or whites is a problem ngl. What do you call japanese? Yellows? Cmon man.
There’s the racist red pill crowd. We knew you were lurking. I hate DEI as much as the next person, but sometimes. . . . the people bitching the most about it really are just racists
You're way too soft, it's not that deep bro
They knew what type of negative attention this would get. I understand the issue and agree with some of it. If they take one of our stories in history and base it around someone else it would be upsetting.
The fact that Yasuke is in this game is not the issue (yet). No one knows what the story is and won't know until the game comes out.
The real issue that no one's complaining about is the price of this game. It almost feels like Ubisoft has a plan with this. Take out missions and give early access for $140.00, but put the black samurai out in the wild to distract the customers.
Facts the only issue I have with the game is pricing besides the game looks really promising and good it’s just those racists like yellow flash complaining about it
I am consistent, I like Russian super hot girls, so I want either beautiful blondes or elves in my games. Anyway, AC series was never that good to me.