just remember! you don't own it. You are just renting it for how many years if allow you to keep it then it will be removed "gamers need to comfortable of not owning their games" as they removed the crew from peoples gaming collection.
I really hope they don't fumble this. Feudel Japan is something most games set in Japan never explore and this game is finally doing that. I'm being cautiously optimistic about this. I hope the open world is at least lively and not empty.
It's morally correct to pirate any game. If you end up liking it, you buy it. That's the deal and I don't see any problems with it. If your game is good, people will pay for it. But the customer deserves to see if the product is worthwhile.
Correct, but I'm not going to bother. I don't play a game made by ppl that hate me, even if it's free. Ghost of tsushima is on pc, I'll be playing that
I still remember being part of an Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 'Secret Society' that Ubisoft used to run where you'd help 'spread the word of Assassins Creed' (Free advertising) months before its launch, you'd do tasks like make custom posters and digital art and give them ideas and you'd collect points to cash out on actual PHYSICAL rewards/merch like an AC Hoodie, T-Shirt, by just basically participating, everyone got the game for Free mailed to them just for advertising AC1 and AC2 for Ubisoft. The website names were 1191AD and 'LiveByTheCreed'. There's probably not a lot of information on these sites anymore, they stopped existing and have been lost in time. They were the times I loved and trusted Ubisoft and its a memory I'll hold, especially since I was the 1st place winner in the 2nd Site and won a Sony VAIO laptop before Sony discontinued those.
@@SyamDaRos-EndoManno Thanks, it was a crazy memory for sure. It was something like me and 2 others were basically tied for the Top 3 in points, but the other two quit, if I recall they told me one was due to School/University and time restraints so they forfeit and let me win and they gathered various prizes, and the other person said they REALLY wanted the surround sound speaker reward and went for that. I still have a few videos and photos I kept from back then. Damn fun times. I was a teen at the time without much money so winning a $2000'ish laptop was like a miracle to me.
@@rlx4059Sekiro has one the best, if not THE best, sword fight mechanics in gaming history. It’s such a tightly made game that really emphasizes on the “get good” aspect of FromSoft games. In the past you’d be able to brute force your way through bosses by doing some farming and beefing up your character. Sekiro doesn’t let you do that, it makes you learn the enemy’s attack patterns. Such an incredible game, my all time favorite FromSoft title
Well, you can obviously still get excited over the concept/premise/setting of the game as shown in the cinematic. But the cinematic will never be an indicator of what the game itself will be. That holds extra true for Ubisoft.
It still surprises me that people still play assassins creed. As a old fan of the franchise. I got so tired of it as time passed. Like he says in the video. There is one or two AC per year. Different from other franchises that you beat a game and wait around 3 years for the new one and get all excited. Every time i beated AC i found out after there were three new ones and i had no will to play it a new one for a while(because like most of people, i like to play other types of games too). How there are some people who still enjoys playing it surprises me.
I did with ff16, but that was because the trailer for ff15 was amazing and after I played ff15 and the cinematic are just as good on top of the amazing gameplay. I have trust in square in that regards despite them being a bit woke. But with them trying to go multi platform there is hope and I do hope they fire everyone in their ethics department. So they can continue to make amazing games
Yeah i don't get why people get excited over stuff like gta 6 when rockstar hasn't refreshed their gameplay for 15 years and people still get excited over it....
@@ToxicVex267 No, that was last time with all the P2W BS. They've gone beyond financial greed, they've made all the money in the world and it wasn't enough. Now they want your 'soul', or more specifically to control how you think and align you to the hivemind.
Nothing hits the same as playing AC Brotherhood as a kid and Ezio lifting up his fist and suddenly an squad of assassins fall from the sky and kill your enemies.
And dominating multiplayer using actual stealth kills while all these kids ran around brawling with each other. You could get like 4 blended hidden blade kills in a whole match and top the leader board blended as an NPC. Was so good.
@Battered_FannySo it's basically the order of ancients vs. The hidden ones. But order of ancients will eventually turn into the Templars, and the hidden ones will eventually turn into the assassins.
Out of morbid curiosity, for people you do trust with used tampons what are you having them do with them? This is an oddly specific issue to have to entrust people with.
I went to college to study Japanese language, history and culture. I'll never forget the lecture one of our department heads gave use about using online "sources" and the problems blindly trusting them. A guy turned in a paper that started out alright, but then went very far afield. Looking at his sources, turns out he had studied sources discussing a pseudo-Japanese warrior class from a TTRPG.
I got into an argument with someone who was discredited sites like Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. I have no problem being wrong but historically educated people like yourself should be able to tell me what your source is so I can read it myself.
As a Japanese man, I want you to know that Japan has nothing to do with this game after you may realize that your experience is simply chasing after quest markers.
Ok buddy but I'm having trust issue of a random person claiming to be Japanese, you sure yall aren't some westoid redditors feeling offended on behalf of others?
You know what Edward also did? Started having better judgment and morals after his meltdown. After joining the Assassins, he eventually stopped being a pirate and went back to Britain with his daughter, Jennifer Scott. You clearly didn't finish the game.
@@zod4365You had Freedom Cry for your racial accuracy game stop trying to change history the golden age of piracy was filled with European who had no other way to live a proper life you literally have to study 8th grade history to know this
I think feudal Japan is already played out by now. When everyone was asking for an AC based in Japan about... ten years ago. Yeah, fair eough. Today tho... that ship has long gone
True. I wanted to play as a ninja/samurai back when they released AC2 Brotherhood and have been waiting even after they released AC4 Black flag. Nowadays we got Nioh, Nioh 2, Sekiro, Ghost of Tsushima, Rise of the Ronin. All very good games. They had their chance back then when the market was not that diverse. 😅
If this happened 10 years ago, I'd have gotten HYPED. But it's too little, too late at this point. I no longer care about AC. It's just generic slop and has been for about a decade.
@@jonathancunningham8739In what way? I bought it on sale but haven’t played yet, as I don’t have time. If it’s a difficulty grind maybe I won’t bother…
Where you play as a white Samurai that saves Japan and Yasuke is still a Samurai but is a side character. Nobody had a problem with it for some reason. Him being a Samurai doesn't seem to be the issue and him being non-Japanese doesn't seem to be the issue either 🤔
@@MagisterXII because William Adams actually was a samurai. He earned his title of samurai down the line. Dude has statues and a station named after him in Japan. He helped make the navy Japan has today as well.
@@MagisterXII Proof you didn't play the games. Nioh is about a British man sailing to Japan to chase down another British man, and he takes the armor of the fallen enemies around him and wears it. The protag of Nioh isn't a samurai either, he just steals the garments off of his foes dead bodies.
Assassin's Creed in 2007: We removed the crossbow to maintain maximal historicaly accuracy Assassin's Creed in 2024: "Hey Ezio, we need you to kill this lava dragon god"
Broke: Hating Assassin's Creed Shadows because it has a black samurai Woke: Hating Assassin's Creed Shadows because it's a DRM and microtransaction hellpit Based: Hating Assassin's Creed Shadows because Ubisoft hasn't put out anything worth playing in like a decade
Woke shit and clear historical revisionism masked as "facts". IRL Yasuke was just nobunagas retainer that got shipped off to india as soon as nobunaga died. This is the first time ubisoft changed an actual historical person this much and made them a playable character. Every other assassin since AC1 was completely made up and they are basically using Yasuke to cover their ass when people rightfully accuse them of pandering. Its like having a game set in ancient ethiopia and the main character is some german dude @@sobbuh3378
@@dustinhernandez-eaton42"You could always do it, but the point I was trying to make was that in the broad strokes and scale of history, that's a theme that's been well-mined in videogames," he explained. "So, Assassin's Creed is one of those games that can take [lesser-known] time periods or corners of the world and make them cool, fun, new and refreshing. "Feudal Japan would work as an Assassin's game, for sure, but I feel like it would start to look like 'oh, have I played this?' You know what I mean - 'oh, I've been a ninja before, I've been a samurai before'." Dont worry bro, some of us were alive before 2010 and remember shit.
That was said by Alex Hutchinson, the creative director of the most questionable Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed 3. He said this in 2012 prior or after the release of AC 3 and I recall that it was a completely ass statement because at that time people were asking for a WWII AC game. He said that we, the players, “ask for the most boring settings”, and a [assassin’s creed] game “set in WWII, Egypt and Feudal Japan would be a dismal experience”. Yeah I really don’t recall 18th century America to have been done that greatly by him and his team either.
@@TheMasterblah before 2010? Homie, that ain't a few years, that's over a fucking decade. Wait, why TF are you dudes fighting about Ubisoft? Quadruple A publisher? I'm just messing with you, by the way. I'm not trying to be serious. People are way too serious online. Anyway. I think Yasuke is an incredibly interesting character, I would have loved to have seen explored in a game by literally ANY other Publisher. Ok. Maybe not ANY. Maybe a good indie company.
@@kojikimoto personally I believe ac was in its prime from 2007 to 2014 so many amazing games ac1 the ezio games ac 3 ac 4 freedom cry libration rogue and unity
@@Splomf you have to say allegedly because they used the HR department to cover it up internally for as long as possible, i think they are in with a decent chance at most evil corp right now
@@edmundblackadder2741Frankly I’m not gonna care about the opinions of the Country that made War Crimes and Suicide Rates a Olympic Sport on integrity.
The best way to do this, without risking that stuff, make a new email, then make a 1-Month Free Trial to libraries, like Game Pass. If you don't want to use your own card for it, preloaded should work too. After that, get familiar with a program that can dump the files. With Game Pass as an example, if you can launch it, you can dump it.
In one of the letters of Luis Frois, he says that Yosuke was sold back to Africa after Oda’s death, because they didn’t thought of him of one of them (Japanese or Samurai) so they didn’t reward him with death, instead was sold back to his previous master (sadly after this it’s unknown what happened to him) And as a lot of Japanese people have pointed out, this is the first time you play as a “historic figure” instead of just interacting with them Edit: It’s honestly sad, that a company like Ubisoft only uses story and race to pander to people. It’s not the same as AC 3 where you play as a Native American, because Connor wasn’t real, here Yasuke was a human being that lived and know is just a token for Ubisoft to push their game, a game that’s probably going to be overpriced and buggy. This is my opinion as a Mexican gamer.
@@jamretro1336 This is why these arguments are pointless. OP makes a claim the guy's a slave, and at least cited one of Frois' letters. You, on the oother hand, make a counter claim with no source. May as well not even bother to comment.
Biggest issue isn’t the factual info surrounding Yasuke, its that we’re playing as a real life character. We’ve never played as a historical figure before & it breaks all immersion. If yasuke was the Machiavelli of AC shadows, id be totally down with it.
I’ve read the comments of the reveal trailer. Largely it’s just racism. I didn’t see any perk clutching when we were playing all those fictional white people.
Playing as a real person ruins the game for you? I mean the game is probably gonna be shit but thats because of gameplay not because im playing as lebron james hairline and it doesnt make 100% lore accurate sense. This is obviously not a realistic game at all.
always has been a generic rpg tbh. AC1 being more linear & with AC2,3 Revelation/Brotherhood, Black Flag, Mirage, Odyssey etc all were generic RPGs nothing was special about them. Some had always some unique features that made the game "special" but thats about it. the core of the game was always a basic RPG. the biggest was prob Black Flag with their ship mechanics & features but thats about it. if u dont believe me go back in time replay them & find out the horrific truth. 10 years ago we had difference experience so the impact was difference when the "series was dope" cuz there was nothing else compared to it. in reality it was always the same.
Yep all thanks to the pile of shit that was Odessy and the even bigger pile of shit that was Valhalla I’m only leaving out origins because to be fair that was a genuinely great game
Dude Brotherhood was SO good, that was one of the best Multiplayers I ever played. People would be running around getting in brawls and I would be top of the leader board with like 3 genuine blended hidden blade assassinations, with 2/3 people hunting me at any one time. It was so good.
Why would you care, if they made it reasonable in the lore? Chinese maybe wouldn't be reasonable, but a slave from the Middle East or Northern Europe would absolutely make sense.
@@valistic7206 Why is not a bad thing? Imagine someone rewriting Hitler as a good guy, how is that bad? He's dead anyways so his feelings aren't getting hurt. This is bad logic and you need a brain to even comprehend why its bad, start thinking I'd suggest.
@@rivensleyanelas4890 okay, let’s make a game that labels Genghis Khan as a good god-fearing man who fights for human rights, or let’s make a game where the N*zis are actually the good guys who fight for peace and democracy, accuracy isn’t required anyways, right? Whenever you open a door, you think of the worst thing that can come through that door and then decide whether it should be opened or not. If we open of the door of “history can be modified to whatever the people want”, we open the door to all kinds of BS, no, thank you very much, no game or media should meddle with history.
Hopefully Ubisoft will make a AC game based on Mesoamérica in the Mayan civilization. But the protagonist is an Irishman. I feel like I’m not properly represented.
Have a friend who wanted to legitimately buy the game, but unfortunately he lives in one of the countries that can't have PSN account, so Steam had to refund him. A "piracy is almost always a service problem" kinda thing, if you ask me.
@@TotalNoob86 I just pirate out of spite. Released cyberpunk like an utter mess? I’ll pirate that shit. I don’t care. I do pay for games I think the developers did an actual good job.
I love the part where Ted Bundy shows up in an attack helicopter and shouts *I PLAN ON COMPLETING MY LEGAL EDUCATJON AND I'LL BE A DAMN GOOD LAWYER* to boost morale of Darth Maul.
Or just be brave and finally make a new IP. Asscreed lost the mystique it had a long time ago now it just feels like a 2KX game. Woah they really upped their game with FIFA/NBA/WWE X 🤯
I liked AC: Origins because I'm a fan of ancient Egypt history. There was a version of Origins that was for education/exploration, like a museum walk-through which I thought was interesting as an idea, just not sure how much it was adopted by anyone in education.
Yasuke is an interesting choice lmao, it's telling why he is there, it's the only black man ubisoft was able to find, but he was not a samurai, never saw combat, and was basically nobunaga's pet (he is described as being used to perform "tricks" and entertain guests in ancient texts)... If only we had actual famous samurai we knew of... But nah, better pick the token black guy (which also giving the role of the rudeless killer and thief to the black guy.... Yikes ubisoft), mitamoto musahi? Never heard of him
@@champiion So mentions of him are all over the place and depending on the editorial you read from you are gonna read different things but mostly the same idea, you can start by reading the chronicle of lord nobunaga, the mention of him being shown the black slave and him requesting to keep it is at page 386 if you are reding the version published by the netherlands association for japanese studies volume 36 from there you are gonna want to go read Fróis’ letters and there you are gonna read about Nobunaga's taking a liking to the black man that knew little japanese because he "knew tricks" and some depictions of how he asked him to perform tricks for guests and what not, he basically saw him as a friend but low key treated him like a pet, eventually once nobunaga was killed it is stated he was seen as less than human for being a black man and not japanese and was returned to the Jesuit slavers because he was "not worth killing" I cannot post links to anything for obvious reasons but I'm sure if you google it you'll find the resources, ctrl + f and search "black man" and "black slave" and you are gonna find what you ar elooking for. Nobunaga's Chronicle and Fróis letters, have fun reading that, honestly nobunaga's life is an interesting read
@@champiion Just bear into account that those are texts from the 1500s and Yasuke was the first black man in japan... so a lot of what you are gonna read is racist af, but I'm sure you already kinda expected that... Like nobunaga tried to wash him to see if he could become whiter... its fucked
@onlyenzoYT the real story. As in the ones who came before. Black Flag was the first to deviate hard from the present timeline. I enjoyed BF, but in terms of when the overarching story stopped being compelling, it was after Desmond died in Ac3.
Starting to think that that Tim Horton’s coffee cup is a permanent fixture of Muta’s setup and actually came with the desk he bought where it has stayed there ever since.
@user-gt7vi9jm9m of ALLL the legendary samurai’s they could’ve choose they happen to chose the only black guy that ever was mentioned “potentially” as a samurai. They chose a black guy to represent a game from feudal Japan. I think it’s sad us as the west. Have to spread our bullshit around the world. Because nobody on earth is on the woke train. Except a part of the west
@user-gt7vi9jm9mMaybe he could've been a Ronin. Not defending Ubisoft in the slightest, just offering a plausible suggestion to explain a historical inconsistency.
No, he was real. He was a retainer ( which would mean he was indeed a samurai ) to Oda Nobunaga during the Warring States period which, depending on how you view it, can date from late 1400s to 1615. I’m more than happy to see more lesser known details of history being explored. Just not with Ubisoft.
Speaking of Nioh, Nioh 2 had Yasuke as the Obsidian Samurai. He's a minor character, but his appearance in the game is more genuine considering the game's more spiritual tone instead of adhering strictly to historical accuracy. In that same line, Rise of the Ronin looks far more appealing than another Ubislop title.
The difference is that Nioh is a dark fantasy re-imagining of that time period, and with that setting they get way more leeway, like kodama, ghosts, spirits, demons, magic weapons, etc. Having said that, even Nioh is a lot more historically accurate, since William Adams is an actual historical figure who helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become shogun in 1600 using guns and weapons supply by the Dutch. On the other hand, Yasuke only got his footnote in Japanese history _because_ he was black, he was basically a fucking unicorn in Japan at a time when conservative, isolationist politics were at an all time high during the Sengoku period. Besides, the guy wasn't even a "legendary samurai" Ubishit tries to make him out to be, he was nothing but a servant to Oda Nobunaga, and he only stayed in Japan for three years. That's it. A short visit from a random black guy in Japan, who was a nobody and accomplished nothing. Ubisoft: "hE wAs A lEgEnDaRy sAmUrAi"...
@@Playbahnosh how is AC not a fantasy re-imagining? youre forgetting alot. the artist Machiavelli is an assassin mentor. there's demons, monsters, Gods and magic weapons like the Swords of Eden . People complained about those alot and said it ruined AC You're hung up on Yasuke as it breaks your suspension of disbelief, most people just see it as a exaggeration of history like AC does. there's no difference then pretending like the Pope or George Washington or the historical figures were part of the Templars or Assassins
16:22 What really is sucks is that it's completely possible to have the Samurai be absolutely awesome to play as and experience, but ubi has shown that they care more about investors than making a game. When you put it all together, I don't believe Yasuke was included because he could be an interesting take (which he could've), and the potential that could've been tapped into will not be tapped into. I don't have faith in AC: Shadows. I think Yasuke's story and significance is ignored and he is included because of his color
Black Flag is one of my favourite games ever made, but I always remember rolling my eyes every time the animus stuff popped up. They should get rid of it by now, I don't think anyone has anything good to say about the modern/future stuff.
tbh i dont think they should drop the sci-fi parts just yet, not until we get an assassins creed future style game, like can you imagine anthem but instead you're trying to assassinate instead of destroy? sneaking onto the ships of the previous race who still live but watch from space. a game using desmond as the animus subject? would really put all the history of the game on showcase.
Fun fact about Nioh... Yasuke is also featured in that game as a kewl samurai black dude thats super strong and one of the hardest enemies you face . I liked him in that game. He also sported a mace just like in this new assassin's creed game.
One of the biggest issues being overlooked by people is the pricing. They put out the same exact garbage pricing that they did with the Star Wars game.
12:45 A few things worth noting about Yasuke imo: What many Asians are furious about, and rightfully so, is that this choice has very dubious ulterior motives (catering to certain markets, marketing through bad publicity... I don't even think the reason is political, Ubisoft doesn't even have the moral integrity to fight for an ideology). You HAVE to keep in mind that mainline AC games have NEVER had an Asian protagonist (as opposed to 2 POC with Freedom Cry and Origins, 3 if we count Liberation's Aveline, all in historically appropriate contexts). Why would Ubisoft, when given the chance to have REAL DIVERSITY, not some made up, Western bs "inclusivity" choose a POC over a context-appropriate japanese/asian? Your guess is as good as mine, but I would point to the aforementioned ulterior motives.
What are you talking about? There is literally an Asian woman as the protagonist of the game. Everyone is forgetting that because the discourse is so toxic surrounding Yasuke that it literally overshadows the other japanese protagonist. It's actually almost poetic that the Shinobi is being ignored, lol.
@@3Demon100I keep seeing comment like yours and been holding myself back from answering. As an Asian man tied to some Japanese, males played AC series for years and been wanting to feel included especially when it comes to their country. However it finally happens, but we get a Japanese woman and black slave become samurai instead that's killing a bunch of Japanense men. This is not how you make us feel included but some way shaming us. AC has never had an Asian man assassin before. When we think of ninjas, that's normally what we think of instead we get a Kunoichi. Ubisoft is making this game for certain crowds while ignoring others. It would be okay to have these characters and a 3rd one that any Asian man can relate to. Especially in the West, Asian male representative has been really bad even though it's been slowly fixing itself.
@@3Demon100 Point very well taken. However, there are multiple reason why I disagree and still stand by what I wrote. Before the long version, remember that from a quantitative and gender standpoint, there is insufficient representation of Asians in AC games when compared to POC. In particular, there is still no male asian assassin, whereas there is at least Aveline and even Aya for POC. Despite that, I agree that there is too much toxicity surrounding Yasuke, but my point was slightly more subtle than "he can't be the protagonist in the Japanese AC because he is African", which a lot of people believe and I despise this crowd of people. My point was that AUTHENTIC diversity is amazing and fascinating and inspiring. That's why I love playing origins or AC2 even though I might not be Egyptian/African or Italian/European. My problem is not Yasuke, on the contrary, what is even more outrageous is that Yasuke had so much more potential as a leading NPC character. Imagine the following: Yasuke, to most, is the servant of this cruel Samurai Master. No one knows why or how he came to Japan. To the assassin protagonists, however, he is the leader of the new japanese assassin chapter, sent from the African birthplace of the Assassin order to hunt for XYZ piece of Eden. He is shadows' Mirabeau, in a sense. After orchestrating the assassination of his master, in reality his target all along, he is forced to flee Japan, never to be seen again. The whole operation lasted 3 years, i.e. real Yasuke s stay in Japan. Isn't that story so much more enticing for an AC fan? Why not go for this instead in keep the POC protagonists for an AC game in, I don't know, Ethiopia, just one of the most culturally and historically rich places in the world? Because authentic diversity doesn't write headlines, superficial "inclusivity" does.
@@AlmightyTreeDragon I'm going to attempt to engage with this in good faith because for the most part I agree. I definitely understand the concept of representation in media and how it's important in breaking stereotypes but also in just being able to see more of yourself in a fictional character, even though it's not necessarily required for a good story. Where I disagree is when you see some form of representation and think of it as some dig at another group of people. Asian men definitely have severe under representation in media especially in the role of protagonist, but so do asian women. Off the top of my head i can only name two asian women who were protagonist in a video game. I don't necessarily think Ubisoft is leapfrogging over asian men in order to win diversity points, rather they must differentiate themselves from other games/media that have that era as it's settings. Already before any gameplay is out this game is already being pitted against Ghost of Tsushima and I suspect as soon as the game rolls out the characters in terms of writing will be compared to Jin, and Ubisoft is definitely not going to write a more compelling character than Jin. I don't think you should be upset at the fact of who is the face of the game just yet, there's always a chance (very slim for Ubisoft writers) that both protagonists and side characters could be compelling and you could very well still find parts of yourself in them. As for you talking about Ubisofts depiction of a black Samurai killing japanese people. I have to ask: is your gripe with it that a bunch of japanese men are being killed by someone who isnt the same as them or is it the fact they are being killed in the first place? Would you be more okay with it if it was just another Japanese man killing other japanese men? I don't think it's coming from a racially motivated place. It reminds me of the controversy that RE5 had when it was Chris Redfield going to a west African village and killing African zombies. In cases like these you must take into account the intent and ask yourself: do I truly believe the game directors (who are both Japanese btw) made this with any sort of racially charged biases? Obviously not, and I think it's the same with Ubisoft.
@@Industrialist_Hellscape Glad we are on the same page here. I 100% agree there is a severe under representation of Asian men in media. But just because an Asian male assassin hasn't been the protagonist in an AC game yet doesn't mean it won't happen. I am much more willing to bet Ubisofts creative and marketing teams, saw the mainstream interest in Samurai through games like GoT, Seikro and shows like Yasuke and decided that was their course of action and didnt put much more thought beyond that. It's a little bit "me too" gimmicky and uninspired but I truly don't think it's a problem on inclusion and lack thereof and moreso a problem of lack of inspiration and direction. In terms of writing Yasuke, what could be better is probably a list that is longer than the Nile. I'm not gonna defend Ubisoft creatives writing skills in any capacity. Will the story and characters be flat? Probably. I've played every mainline title and Ezio and Bayek were the only ones who I found remotely compelling. However I say all this with previous assumptions of AC Games. There is always a chance (very slim) that it could be good, but I'm not holding my breath, buying any special edtions or pre-ordering
Non of the assassins creed protagonists was ever a real historical figures before but for some reason they decided to use a random historical figure as a protagonist i wonder why.
@@gazaalley3862 cause they know black people are easily impressed if you show them attention. These companies don't care about black people and only see them as diversity money 😂
"Naoe is focused on stealth" >a woman wearing armor, wielding a sword in broad daylight and talking to a black samurai in one of the most racist and sexist periods in world history
AC Chronicles China was a nice way of putting a female protagonist in Ancient Chine I feel like. Even though I am not sure about it's historical accuracy, I think that the protagonist there didn't feel awkward or forced.
I hate sweet baby as much as the next person but seeing mf’s draw the line in a series about ancient gods and mind controlling objects where you live through ancestral memories stored in DNA worry about historical accuracy all of a sudden is wild
@@xAfroMetalHead1990x Why can't I have my 2015 Kia Rio in my feudal Japan game? Why not just throw in Darth Vader and Rosa Parks? The suspention of disbelief only works when adherence to the internal logic of the creative work is faithful. Injecting modern "representation" politics into the AC universe is disingenuous and obnoxious.
@@xAfroMetalHead1990xfr. Like I know the game is probably gonna be dogshit, but not because od Yasuke or anything. Dudes are really ok with fighting the fucking Minotaur but draw the line at wumen and black. BUT it is pretty funny that every other game had you playing a character who's ethnicity matches the region for the most part.
I’m in the same boat Mutah, I don’t trust Ubisoft with Rayman. But hey at least they’re finally giving him a chance, even if it’s only to save their skin from impending collapse. But do I think they suddenly just care about him now? No, I know it’s for their bottom line & bottom line alone. Par la rêve pour la rêve, monsieur-dames, par la rêve pour la rêve.
I am fine with them doing different stories than the real history that happened. The main part that just bothers me most as someone who loved learning about the Sengoku Jidai era, is that they didn't choose an actual important historical figure. they didn't choose any of the figures that already had legends or myths around them. they choose the slave, that gets to be a retainer and then back to being a slave again. like Mitsuhide would have been perfect, the man who commited the Honnoji incident, or even hideyoshi the peasent to ruler of japan turned into a power hungry menace to society. or Leyasu the man who would in it all in the end. Like there are so many great characters that would have been amazing to do a game like this with and to take some creative liberty with, but no instead we get just random black service for no reason... like he couldve been a great side character but main fighter? nah, why would i want a immitation samurai and not one of the legendary real deals ? like even as for those that more so fit the assassin type game play, you have ninja clans like Hattori, Fuma, Takigawa all as good options. It just feels like a big miss to me.
You don't want your character to be too important. The idea is that the Assassin's are helping but not major players historically. It limits you to what you can do with the character forcing certain events. I think he is just vague enough to work in the setting given. If you want a game playing as a specific samurai or ninja AC isn't really for that.
That’s the exact opposite reason why he is a bad choice. AC has never used historical figures as the player character. We always played someone unknown to history as an assassin should be. Historical figures were amongst the NPCs we interacted with. Thats what Yasuke should have been. They could have ven made him a Leonardo da Vinci like thing where he is a recurring character throughout the game. Maybe say sure on the surface he was a curiosity Oda kept around, but secretly he was a spy planted by Oda’s side by the brotherhood to spy on him and he regularly provides intel to the actual player character who is some unknown Japanese person.
@@guywholikesheelies3231 who are you kidding he is in the front of the marketing material with the kunoichi that’s the female playable character while he is obviously the male playable character. He is obviously being set up as a player character not an NPC.
One thing though, almost every time when I saw a Western dev created a world based on feudal Japan (either in game or movies), it always uncannily felt like feudal China instead. I can't really point out exactly what it is, but it just felt that way to me.
Carrying swords around? Nah man, give blacks people examples of actual African warriors with African culture, Zulu perhaps. You could totally do a game as an assassin fighting British Templars in South Africa’s Cape Town or Sierra Leone’s free town. Zulu assassins would obviously work better in South Africa.
There was the Afro Samurai video game that came out in 2009 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 which was loosely based on the Afro Samurai manga/anime inspired by Yasuke. The Afro Samurai anime is also a fun anime to watch: the protagonist is voiced by Samuel L Jackson, the soundtrack is composed by Wu-Tang Clan member RZA and the anime is only 6 episodes long plus it has a sequel movie that was nominated for an Emmy Award.
what I loved most about the first AC was the parkour stuff you could do and that enabled you to move through the city. Back then especially that was pretty amazing
The game should have been set later in Edo. Maybe could have made it about a Samurai wanting revenge after their clan getting disbanded and finding the brotherhood along the way.
They had to include the portuguese for the templar connection. Portugal is THE templar nation. If you zoom on the portuguese ships in the trailer you see the logo of the Military Order of Christ - the successors of the Templars.
@@samanthapatrick4345 They officially were created in Burgundy but their origins lie with the Cistercian Order and the Order of Sion. Since the beginning they were always connected to Portugal, but it intensified when they were banned all over Europe, with the exception of Portugal. The knowledge and money used in the Discoveries were provided by the Templars of Tomar.
9:08 - It already is, Muta. I refuse to play another Assassin's Creed or Far Cry game. I actually was in disbelief that you brought up Unity, because the movement in that game was an absolute MESS when I played it.
Just looking at it on Gamestop makes me sick. Almost $300 for the collector's edition. What's included used to go for $130 10 years ago. And on top of that, they want you have an online connection to install it. I'm sick of it. Ubisoft deserves nothing....
Agree with Mutahar's statement, Assassin's Creed 2 was not only one of the best games, but it was a time in gaming that it was at it's peak, not in terms of like esports and sponsorships and streamers blah blah blah, but the sheer quality of games the storylines and the graphics... it was the sweet spot in gaming where you got so much value for your money... rip those days
The Playstation 3 turns 18 this year. The Xbox 360 turns 19 this year. Those consoles are old enough to vote and are legally fuckable now, that's how long it's been since the days of the 7th generation of consoles (not saying you should do the latter, just saying you have the option to).
eh, 2023 was one of the best years since 98. Zelda, BG3, Mario, Street Fighter, Armored Core, Hi Fi Rush, Alan Wake, RE4 Remake, Octopath 2, lies of P, ff16, Spiderman, a bunch of strong indie games (and Star Wars which only runs well on ps5). Ass Creed Mirage im not even sure would make top20 that year for most people.
Its not that ubisoft changes the history is the fact that in the games your ancestor fought the templars from the shadows, correcting the corse of history in favor of the good guys from the shadows, we never played a "famous/popular" character because history is written by the winners and using the animus was the way to discover the truth of what happen
which is honestly what makes Yasuke such the perfect first historical figure to play as, sure the side he was on "won" (however briefly due to Akechi's betrayal of Oda) but he is still mysterious enough they can embellish like they did in Samurai Warriors 5. Plus there is the fact that the only good versions of him we have gotten are Samurai Warriors and Nioh so I can deal with the Isu Ancient Alien BS but don't add mechs to a time frame that didn't have them while claiming to be historical fiction (just adding mechs and magic doesn't make it good), NETFLIX
I like how he cited messages used by Google translation from weebs pretending to be Japanese when real Japanese pointed out the characters flawed and how the kanji's used are hugely incorrect.
@@llama6394 I'm positive internet will be there, UA-cam maybe not. In any case, is different. You are paying for a game that you'll have until Ubi wants to maintain the server/files. Ubi doesn't even have to dissapear.
Ubisoft straight up removed the game files for The Crew 1 from the players' libraries despite the fact that the players paid for the game. What's gonna stop Ubisoft from doing the same thing with this game?
The better question is why not the bakumatsu period, the period in which the shinsengumi was formed, one of the collest post edonperiod to talk about and a timeline where a lot of cool historical shit can be talked about
Probably since they needed a reason for the brotherhood to be there and the Portuguese ships in the beginning show how the brotherhood got their start in Japan.
@@HifeManbakumatsu happens after all that, and the shinsengumi could also just be part of the assassin brotherhood on top of being able to just explore the stories of fanimes most wanked group in Japanese history.
Because the one black historical figure in Japan didn't exist in that time. So they sacrificed the best timeline, events, organizations, stories, etc of Japanese history just to make way for a black protagonist. Of course AC never had a real life historical figure as a protagonist before. But for this one game, they decided to do it. They just had to. I can't wait for AC: Dynasty or whatever so that Ubisoft can make an entire premise around the one black lesbian female that lived in ancient China because she had lunch with the king.
The historical record states quite clearly that Yasuke was Oda's literal water boy. Oda liked him because he was exotic and very strong and tall. Yasuke was the first black man Japanese people had seen at the time. Wherever Yasuke went, crowds would form up to see the mysterious foreigner. He never fought in battle, he was not a samurai and he certainly would not have been able to blend in anywhere. His one and only job was to follow Oda around so Oda could show him off as a status symbol, kinda like how Tyson used to have a pet tiger type deal. The only time Yasuke fought in a real fight, not battle, but fight, is when Oda died and Yasuke tried to rescue his body, so props to him on that one, but all he achieved was to get apprehended and kicked out of Japan. Thats the story of Yasuke. The whole story. He was not some mythical warrior of renown. He was a prestige symbol and a curiosity for the elites of Japan to show their power and influence no different than Kim Jong Un's black athlete guests. Literally the same thing. Ubisoft is a shameless corporation and I hope their game is banned in Japan. This is atrocious. Besides being incredibly historically insensitive and inaccurate, its also nonsensical. Anyone who buys this game, shame on them.
Yasuke was a samurai. Japanese historians and Japanese people agree. He has appeared in several Japanese made games and books, where he is depicted as a Samurai. In the trailer of this game, you can see that they're clearly setting up two different playstyles, with The Kunoichi being the stealth playstyle and yasuke being the loud playstyle, a playstyle which doesnt need him to "blend in". Also, I don't remember Leonardo Da Vinci designing weapons for a man named Ezio Auditore. AC stopped being about realism after the first game. You fight literal gods in the last couple of AC games. We barely know anything about Yasuke, what he did with Oda, what his name was, how he looked like etc. All we know is that he was real, he was strong and he was a Samurai. This makes him the perfect base character for Ubisoft to use. Granted, this is a Ubisoft game, so it almost definitely WILL suck, but I do find it funny how we have tom cruise and keanu reeves playing samurai, as well as the main protagonist for both Nioh Games (a game franchise which had Yasuke as a boss battle in it) is a white man who has never even held a katana in real life. All of those depictions are fine, but when it comes to Yasuke, basically a folklore character, you all become historians
@@joeeburgnope The fact that Yasuke was let go and not executed like every single samurai served under Nobunaga oda after his downfall tells you everything that he at least at the time of Oda's downfall was not a samura Also according to history records Yasuke only live in Japan for 15 months. No one able to become officially samurai in such short span no matter how good they are
The reason why the storyline became a mess, was because what the story used to be about was quickly abandoned in favor of what came after. I already knew that AC would eventually be happening in Japan, because this was already announced long long ago. 2012 was also something Ubisoft used during the story because at the end of the first game, we see all the nudges of what was coming because in real life, the world was supposed to be destroyed because of the Mayan calendar (the doomsday theory). It was a giant advertisement that scared the shit out of me back in the day. We haven't even seen a World War I AC yet, and even that was announced. There used to be a Facebook AC game many years ago that can't be accessed anymore, and this was around the time of AC II and Brotherhood. The Facebook game was called Project Legacy. *On 15 May 2013, Facebook removed the game because it no longer complied with their Terms of Service for Facebook applications, as it had not been updated recently* During that game, you had to collect items because of chapters and in these chapters endings they showed ''scenes'' and within these scenes you could see what was going to be happening in future sequels. One of them showed a WWI soldier with a Christmas tree in front of it (probably was supposed to be released around Christmas time?) the Crystal Skulls was shown with a jungle temple, there was an asian man sitting in front of a shrine or some sort (could have been the Chinese game) and much more. I think GW was in one of the pictures as well because of the civil war. So imagine AC with the title ''World at War'' or something like that, it would have been awesome.. (I hope I didn't predict that lol)
@@mahelnapo8385probably because he was a retainer. Not a Samurai. Samurai weren't 'soldiers', they were part of the nobility. He was never referred to as a Samurai back then.
@@ConsumptiveSoulpeople like are you are so butthurt and dying to trash the game so bad that you can't do basic research and act like you know more than you do and its sad
It feels odd to know we'll play a real life character. AC always had fictional characters as the protagonists who would meet real life people. Ezio is not real, but Da Vinci is. Connor is not real, but George Washington is. Arno is not real, but Napoleon is. So this shift to playing a real life individual feels out of place.
i mean what do u expect.. they HAD to find a way to insert a black man MC for ESG points in there and their reasoning was just that : "hE ExIStEd DeAl wItH iT" - Ubisoft.
@frumentarius7865Bro hes literally treated as a Dr Seuss clown figure for Japanese kids books and he was kept around because Oda and his companions were racist and immensely amused by his skin colour.
I’ll definitely get this game…when it’s on sale a few months to a year later for under $20. Also VERY excited for Ghost of Tsushima 2, that game is one I’ll gladly play on day 1 for $70.
9:15 They actually plan on basically not having that happen, and they explained that viewpoints will serve for you to manually look around and to spot any points of interest
Tbf if he was a weapon retainer for a known samurai it just shows the Trust between Yasuke and Nobunga that he let yasuke handle his weapon. I dont know if its true or not but i read yasuke was allowed to carry his own sword and even got his own house
He did. It's notated in the Shincho-Ko that Nobunaga gave gifts to Yasuke. I doubt he was actually on a battlefield but he wasn't treated like a pet like people are saying.
You really think that no noble would see yasuke as a luxury him being the only guy in japan at that time? Do i have to remember you about how bad people used to he before or you forgot about circus freak shows?@guywholikesheelies3231
To give some context for how much of a mess the plot is at this point, Black Flag introduced a new modern day villain out of an A.I back up of a member of the pre-curser race and she got built up as a big scary threat across Black Flag, Rogue, Unity, and Syndicate (Well not so much Rogue) only to kill her off in a comic so Origins could forget about it for a new plot.
For me it goes as follows; S+ Tier: Black Flag S Tier: AC 2, Brotherhood, Revelations A Tier: AC 1, AC 3, Odyssey, Origins C Tier: Valhalla, Mirage F Tier: Unity F- Tier: Rogue Spinoffs and Mobile don't count. Huge AC junkie, I actually think Shadows will be A Tier.
The only correct list. Ignoring the technical issues the Unity had for like 10 years, the characters and story just wasnt all that interesting, which is disappointing b/c the french revolution is such a dope backdrop for an AC game. Also, this is where I think ubisoft truly solidified it's current reputation of having a tedious and bloated open world. I dont really get where Muda's love boner for this game come's from. I guess the graphics are nice, but till this day, the game still has issues with performance.
They can’t claim they did any historic research. The Shinobi weren't their own fighter class. There were Samurai, which is a rank, who did assassinations or spy work, therefor they took on the job of a Shinobi. So exactly the opposite of what he is saying. Also a Samurai wouldn't walk through town in his battlefield armor. And Iga wasn't a secret, hidden village in the mountains, but an important and well known center of commerce with a lot of trade routes. There were no Ninja training in the Himalayas, that's from Batman for heaven's sake.
Ubisoft should be comfortable with us not buying their games.
It's almost seems to be their goal at this point. They just want everyone subscribed to Ubisoft+
Assassin's Greed
Borrowing*
But that’s not what happens at all. People do buy the games, and they are one of the most successful franchises of all time.
But they do well in sales
They haven't even released any gameplay, yet they want us to pre-order. What Ubisoft is becoming is surreal.
Even more surreal are the people who will preorder without hesitation and buy every micro transaction. Sad world.
Unfortunately that’s everyone. EA did it with ncaa football today as well
just remember! you don't own it. You are just renting it for how many years if allow you to keep it then it will be removed "gamers need to comfortable of not owning their games" as they removed the crew from peoples gaming collection.
Ubisoft (and EA) has been on the decline for well over a decade now lmao
I really hope they don't fumble this. Feudel Japan is something most games set in Japan never explore and this game is finally doing that. I'm being cautiously optimistic about this. I hope the open world is at least lively and not empty.
Remember guys, it's always morally correct to pirate Ubisoft games
It's morally correct to pirate any game. If you end up liking it, you buy it. That's the deal and I don't see any problems with it. If your game is good, people will pay for it. But the customer deserves to see if the product is worthwhile.
Add sony and EA to that list too
"Do what you want 'cause a pirate is free, you are a pirate!" - Edward Kenway
...or not play their games at all.
Correct, but I'm not going to bother. I don't play a game made by ppl that hate me, even if it's free. Ghost of tsushima is on pc, I'll be playing that
I still remember being part of an Assassin's Creed 1 and 2 'Secret Society' that Ubisoft used to run where you'd help 'spread the word of Assassins Creed' (Free advertising) months before its launch, you'd do tasks like make custom posters and digital art and give them ideas and you'd collect points to cash out on actual PHYSICAL rewards/merch like an AC Hoodie, T-Shirt, by just basically participating, everyone got the game for Free mailed to them just for advertising AC1 and AC2 for Ubisoft. The website names were 1191AD and 'LiveByTheCreed'. There's probably not a lot of information on these sites anymore, they stopped existing and have been lost in time. They were the times I loved and trusted Ubisoft and its a memory I'll hold, especially since I was the 1st place winner in the 2nd Site and won a Sony VAIO laptop before Sony discontinued those.
I have a vague memory about "LiveByTheCreed". Congratulations for your win!
Assassin's Creed ARG 🤔 Nice
I stopped playing AC since Brotherhood. I miss the original Ubisoft days like Splinter Cell Chaos Theory. This woke shit is outta hand!
@@80sNinjas "Maria Narcissa is a boat"
@@SyamDaRos-EndoManno Thanks, it was a crazy memory for sure. It was something like me and 2 others were basically tied for the Top 3 in points, but the other two quit, if I recall they told me one was due to School/University and time restraints so they forfeit and let me win and they gathered various prizes, and the other person said they REALLY wanted the surround sound speaker reward and went for that. I still have a few videos and photos I kept from back then. Damn fun times. I was a teen at the time without much money so winning a $2000'ish laptop was like a miracle to me.
We do have a Japanese assassin's Creed its called ghost of Tsushima.
Yea
And if you wanna play Ghost of Tsushima at hard mode Sekiro Shadows die twice
@@rlx4059yesss!!
@@rlx4059Sekiro has one the best, if not THE best, sword fight mechanics in gaming history. It’s such a tightly made game that really emphasizes on the “get good” aspect of FromSoft games. In the past you’d be able to brute force your way through bosses by doing some farming and beefing up your character. Sekiro doesn’t let you do that, it makes you learn the enemy’s attack patterns. Such an incredible game, my all time favorite FromSoft title
Rise of the Ronin ain't too bad either.
I still find it fascinating how people STILL get excited over cinematic trailers with no gameplay...especially by Ubisoft
Well, you can obviously still get excited over the concept/premise/setting of the game as shown in the cinematic. But the cinematic will never be an indicator of what the game itself will be. That holds extra true for Ubisoft.
It still surprises me that people still play assassins creed. As a old fan of the franchise. I got so tired of it as time passed. Like he says in the video. There is one or two AC per year. Different from other franchises that you beat a game and wait around 3 years for the new one and get all excited. Every time i beated AC i found out after there were three new ones and i had no will to play it a new one for a while(because like most of people, i like to play other types of games too). How there are some people who still enjoys playing it surprises me.
People are just dumb. They will just buy shit becauee they feel there supposed to
I did with ff16, but that was because the trailer for ff15 was amazing and after I played ff15 and the cinematic are just as good on top of the amazing gameplay. I have trust in square in that regards despite them being a bit woke. But with them trying to go multi platform there is hope and I do hope they fire everyone in their ethics department. So they can continue to make amazing games
Yeah i don't get why people get excited over stuff like gta 6 when rockstar hasn't refreshed their gameplay for 15 years and people still get excited over it....
Ubisoft put the Ass in Assassin's Creed
They put the Gay in Gaming lol.
We went from Assassins creed to Assassins greed
@@rustymustard7798 "Never cook again"
Double the Ass, double the scam.
@@ToxicVex267 No, that was last time with all the P2W BS. They've gone beyond financial greed, they've made all the money in the world and it wasn't enough. Now they want your 'soul', or more specifically to control how you think and align you to the hivemind.
Nothing hits the same as playing AC Brotherhood as a kid and Ezio lifting up his fist and suddenly an squad of assassins fall from the sky and kill your enemies.
And dominating multiplayer using actual stealth kills while all these kids ran around brawling with each other. You could get like 4 blended hidden blade kills in a whole match and top the leader board blended as an NPC. Was so good.
@@KeytarArgonianlol I completely forgot about ac multiplayer.
Back then most single player games came with some sort of multiplayer.
Those games sucked
AC BROTHERHOOD WAS PEAK UBISOFT
@@Bowblaxian_Tricknology u like battle/season pass in AC games ? great taste my guy
Just want Sucker Punch to announce Ghost of Tsushima 2 at this point.
That would be big sucker punch to Ubislop.
It'd be satisfying if GoT 2 got announced and people forget about AC Shadows
Fromsoftware annouces Shadows Die Twice 2 too.
YES
@@Zxnightmare898 Don't you call it that. show respect
I wanted to play as a Japanese Assassin in Japan for the last decade. Thanks Ghost of Tsushima for giving me what I’ve wanted.
Sucker punch did what ubisoft couldn't: make a good game
@@justsmiless203Cope, seethe AND dilate more.
@@justsmiless203 if you want to buy a game that's part of a dying franchise, then go ahead. We won't stop you.
@@justsmiless203a female Shinobi and Yasuke, who was the Japanese equivalent of a page and surrendered in his only combat instance. It's cringe.
@@ByteSizedGamerTbh bro you'd have to blame Japanese devs like Koei Tecmo for portraying Yasuke as Samurai.
Assassin's Creed Shadows makes you really feel like playing Ghost of Tsushima
Greatest advirtisement in gaming history. How kind of ubisoft😂
I already do play Ghost of Tsushima however I've taken a break from it for a while
just dropped today on pc
Not really since that’s even more historically inaccurate lol😅
You played it already?!🤯
I don't trust Ubisoft to make well written stories anymore.
I think ubi does a good job writing. They SUCK at actually developing the games though
@@Krazyinenope, the last ac game with decent writting was Origins
@@KrazyineOh really? Explain to me what the fuck the ending to Valhalla was without looking it up.
@lordbotato7175 Eh I'd disagree. The last part the plot was even trying to make sense was 3, when both the sci fi and history plots were connected.
@Battered_FannySo it's basically the order of ancients vs. The hidden ones. But order of ancients will eventually turn into the Templars, and the hidden ones will eventually turn into the assassins.
I wouldn't trust ubisoft with a used tampon
Out of morbid curiosity, for people you do trust with used tampons what are you having them do with them? This is an oddly specific issue to have to entrust people with.
@ninjimugen I'd assume throw it away, an untrustworthy person would do sum like that bakugo poster shit
They'd find a way to re-sell it and tell you you don't own it even tho you bought it lmao
@@vortex_beast1585Cherry popsicle.
@@Stumme-40203 o gawd why did u put that in my head. now i must live with this lol
Right now Ubisoft literally make a free ads for ghost of Tsushima 💀
Hilarious that today it's just been promo for the PC release
Bro Ubisoft just made this game to cash in and ride ESG cash
Which is ironic since that game is even less historically accurate 😅
^ Didn’t that game get praised by Japan (or wherever it’s based; I’ve never played it) for being historically accurate?
Or Sekiro
>1 player
>Online required to install even on physical purchase
>$70 for slop
Welp, time to sail the high seas.
I wouldn't even pirate it, total waste of time
Whoever had the idea to implement mandatory internet connections for single player games needs their neurons studied under a microscope.
Yep, just play Black Flag.
There is no online required. Stop parroting BS.
@@trenaceandblackmetal5621 They probably shouldn’t put it on the box then.
Anytime a single player has an online connection, it's 99% of the time due to its drm. Specifically denuvo.
the ceo of ubisoft once said that buying your games isn’t owning them. in that case, pirating games isn’t stealing them
pirate for what? id be surprised if they wont have to beg people to pirate this sloprp
You never own a entertainment product, when you buy for example a DVD you dont own the movie you own the right to watch that movie.
@@Dark_knightNL You're not very bright are you
@@Dark_knightNL Wow, you're reaching religious fundamentalist levels of mental gymnastics with that post.
That is exactly why games on the xbox 1 are so bare bones and yet 200gb
They stole the crew from us... No more ubisoft games for me
Yup! The best Crew game at that...
You should give Ubisoft a nickname since they don't care about us anymore...... Wokisoft🤡
Lol I doubt you even played it while it was available
@@hellomikie92I know I did, you bot.
Same here! I loved the first crew
I went to college to study Japanese language, history and culture. I'll never forget the lecture one of our department heads gave use about using online "sources" and the problems blindly trusting them. A guy turned in a paper that started out alright, but then went very far afield. Looking at his sources, turns out he had studied sources discussing a pseudo-Japanese warrior class from a TTRPG.
It'd be funny if it wasn't so sad
I got into an argument with someone who was discredited sites like Encyclopedia Britannica and Wikipedia. I have no problem being wrong but historically educated people like yourself should be able to tell me what your source is so I can read it myself.
At least the guy didn't use online sources, I guess.
Guess what that is AC for you second you play as a woman Asian Ninja assassin.
Honestly? Go to a library and pick up an encyclopedia or history book.@@RetreatSequel
As a Japanese man, I want you to know that Japan has nothing to do with this game after you may realize that your experience is simply chasing after quest markers.
Ok buddy but I'm having trust issue of a random person claiming to be Japanese, you sure yall aren't some westoid redditors feeling offended on behalf of others?
@@acerlaptop2661cringe racism
@@Hoodiewitdaboogie 😂 sure
The crazy part is that black people ain’t even the ones that made the game but we get all the flak
Never pre order
Or buy Ubisoft games
Pre ordering a game in 2024 is like willingly walking down a dark alley. You're just begging to be robbed.
Let's all take a page out of Edward Kenway's book and "sail the high seas"
*puts on my buccaneer's hat and raises a jolly roger
"it be a pirate's life f'r me!"
You know what Edward also did? Started having better judgment and morals after his meltdown. After joining the Assassins, he eventually stopped being a pirate and went back to Britain with his daughter, Jennifer Scott.
You clearly didn't finish the game.
Lol, true! Because nothing says Caribbean like a Welsh protagonist
@@zod4365You had Freedom Cry for your racial accuracy game stop trying to change history the golden age of piracy was filled with European who had no other way to live a proper life you literally have to study 8th grade history to know this
@Aman_Mondal lol, 8th grade in America, right? You're right! It's FILLED with so many options. You're proving my point, lol.
Yasuke travels to Japan and immediately starts stealing and murdering Asians.
What did Ubisoft mean by this?
You heard me boy 👴
Not cultural appropriation that's for sure
Realism part of assassin's creed💀
Maybe they are looking at real world statistics?
To be fair, Ezio traveled to the Ottoman Empire and murdered a bunch of Turkish Muslim people.
I think feudal Japan is already played out by now. When everyone was asking for an AC based in Japan about... ten years ago. Yeah, fair eough. Today tho... that ship has long gone
True. I wanted to play as a ninja/samurai back when they released AC2 Brotherhood and have been waiting even after they released AC4 Black flag.
Nowadays we got Nioh, Nioh 2, Sekiro, Ghost of Tsushima, Rise of the Ronin. All very good games.
They had their chance back then when the market was not that diverse. 😅
What setting do you guys, want? What im missing is a Game were yiu can be a Spanish Conquistador.
Or a Indien Ocean Pirat game, like Skull and Bones.
If this happened 10 years ago, I'd have gotten HYPED. But it's too little, too late at this point. I no longer care about AC. It's just generic slop and has been for about a decade.
A assassin game in feudal Japan with crazy side quest and insane story line?
Dude, that came out already, it's called Like a Dragon: Ishin!
Yet that game is way too hard for casual gamers.
@@jonathancunningham8739 the sword saint has a game?
Love Yakuza franchise, compact like Unity and yet utilize by content
@@jonathancunningham8739In what way? I bought it on sale but haven’t played yet, as I don’t have time. If it’s a difficulty grind maybe I won’t bother…
For real!
Fun fact, Yasuke was also in Nioh as a boss battle called the Obsidian Samurai
That’s not how it goes he was servant but this fan fiction made for folk
Where you play as a white Samurai that saves Japan and Yasuke is still a Samurai but is a side character. Nobody had a problem with it for some reason.
Him being a Samurai doesn't seem to be the issue and him being non-Japanese doesn't seem to be the issue either 🤔
@@MagisterXII because William Adams actually was a samurai. He earned his title of samurai down the line. Dude has statues and a station named after him in Japan. He helped make the navy Japan has today as well.
@@MagisterXII Proof you didn't play the games. Nioh is about a British man sailing to Japan to chase down another British man, and he takes the armor of the fallen enemies around him and wears it. The protag of Nioh isn't a samurai either, he just steals the garments off of his foes dead bodies.
@@Amphidex For fucks sake, read Koei Tecmo's description of him. William becomes a samurai in game.
Assassin's Creed in 2007: We removed the crossbow to maintain maximal historicaly accuracy
Assassin's Creed in 2024: "Hey Ezio, we need you to kill this lava dragon god"
While riding a flaming horse wielding Final Fantasy weapons.
Well, I would be even happy, if it was Ezio
Historically accurate. I forgot the part in history with the magical golden apple that you can use to shoot a beam
@@totallynotkevin4466 You know what the person means.
And you’re black and non-binary now
Broke: Hating Assassin's Creed Shadows because it has a black samurai
Woke: Hating Assassin's Creed Shadows because it's a DRM and microtransaction hellpit
Based: Hating Assassin's Creed Shadows because Ubisoft hasn't put out anything worth playing in like a decade
Facts
Naw. Based is recognizing all of it as a problem.
@@jaybeam1466how is a black samurai a problem just curious
Woke shit and clear historical revisionism masked as "facts". IRL Yasuke was just nobunagas retainer that got shipped off to india as soon as nobunaga died. This is the first time ubisoft changed an actual historical person this much and made them a playable character. Every other assassin since AC1 was completely made up and they are basically using Yasuke to cover their ass when people rightfully accuse them of pandering. Its like having a game set in ancient ethiopia and the main character is some german dude @@sobbuh3378
you know a game company has hit really low when their games are not even worth pirating
I remember a few years ago when Ubisoft said that they would never set AC in Japan or Egypt because it would be a "dismal experience".
No you don’t
@@dustinhernandez-eaton42"You could always do it, but the point I was trying to make was that in the broad strokes and scale of history, that's a theme that's been well-mined in videogames," he explained. "So, Assassin's Creed is one of those games that can take [lesser-known] time periods or corners of the world and make them cool, fun, new and refreshing.
"Feudal Japan would work as an Assassin's game, for sure, but I feel like it would start to look like 'oh, have I played this?' You know what I mean - 'oh, I've been a ninja before, I've been a samurai before'."
Dont worry bro, some of us were alive before 2010 and remember shit.
Jokes on you for trusting what Ubisoft said.
That was said by Alex Hutchinson, the creative director of the most questionable Assassin’s Creed game, Assassin’s Creed 3. He said this in 2012 prior or after the release of AC 3 and I recall that it was a completely ass statement because at that time people were asking for a WWII AC game. He said that we, the players, “ask for the most boring settings”, and a [assassin’s creed] game “set in WWII, Egypt and Feudal Japan would be a dismal experience”. Yeah I really don’t recall 18th century America to have been done that greatly by him and his team either.
@@TheMasterblah before 2010? Homie, that ain't a few years, that's over a fucking decade. Wait, why TF are you dudes fighting about Ubisoft? Quadruple A publisher? I'm just messing with you, by the way. I'm not trying to be serious. People are way too serious online. Anyway. I think Yasuke is an incredibly interesting character, I would have loved to have seen explored in a game by literally ANY other Publisher. Ok. Maybe not ANY. Maybe a good indie company.
Its sad when you realize assassin's creed peaked like 15 years ago with assassin's creed 2
Umm how do I tell u this ac 2 came out like 15 years ago
@@Pleaseebterusername oh thanks for reminding me
@@kojikimoto personally I believe ac was in its prime from 2007 to 2014 so many amazing games ac1 the ezio games ac 3 ac 4 freedom cry libration rogue and unity
@@PleaseebterusernameIMO ac games are going downhill from origins
bro, 10 years ago was AC Unity, tf you mean 2 💀
Ubisoft is the opposite of trust. Don't forget the actual crimes they covered up in their own company.
well dont keep us in the dark
what actual crimes?
Yes pls explain more
yes, please tell us your lies, i mean...secrets
@@Robbie-mw5uu (Allegedly) There was sexual harassment and bullying.
@@Splomf you have to say allegedly because they used the HR department to cover it up internally for as long as possible, i think they are in with a decent chance at most evil corp right now
Very good review, thanks for the video.
i just saw ur video
@@hydrosmurf-3710 I appreciate, thanks for watching.
"I don't trust Ubisoft" is a complete sentence on its own.
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Remember guys, if you want to know how Japanese people react to this,
you can just check the JP trailer version
Yeah I just saw and used translation on the comments they are really not happy like at all
They should be mad what they are doing is disrespectful. All they had to do is just give us a badass JAPANESE samurai to play as.
@@Texansfan59but we already have several games like that. Just say the idea of playing as a black person is unacceptable to you.
@@edmundblackadder2741Frankly I’m not gonna care about the opinions of the Country that made War Crimes and Suicide Rates a Olympic Sport on integrity.
Keep being historical challenged then.
I have created a secondary game backlog that I have dubbed "the pirate ship", take that as you will.
you and me both
Same. If it's good, I'll probably buy it on sale. But never from Ubisoft
I don’t even think the torrent edition of this game is worth it. Tbh
Will probably include a couple of miners anyways
The best way to do this, without risking that stuff, make a new email, then make a 1-Month Free Trial to libraries, like Game Pass. If you don't want to use your own card for it, preloaded should work too.
After that, get familiar with a program that can dump the files. With Game Pass as an example, if you can launch it, you can dump it.
Remember for the small price of $70 you can feed the 1%'s greed
It’s capitalism.
@@gamer7916Incorrect, that's corporatism. Stop spreading your bs.
@@Sevatar_VIIIth uncontrolled capitalism always leads to corporatism. Facts don’t care about your feelings.
@@Sevatar_VIIIth Which is just optimized Capitalism.
$70 dollars is the exact same price when it comes to other pre-orders for other video games that are coming out this year.
In one of the letters of Luis Frois, he says that Yosuke was sold back to Africa after Oda’s death, because they didn’t thought of him of one of them (Japanese or Samurai) so they didn’t reward him with death, instead was sold back to his previous master (sadly after this it’s unknown what happened to him)
And as a lot of Japanese people have pointed out, this is the first time you play as a “historic figure” instead of just interacting with them
Edit: It’s honestly sad, that a company like Ubisoft only uses story and race to pander to people.
It’s not the same as AC 3 where you play as a Native American, because Connor wasn’t real, here Yasuke was a human being that lived and know is just a token for Ubisoft to push their game, a game that’s probably going to be overpriced and buggy.
This is my opinion as a Mexican gamer.
Yasuke wasn't even a slave so he was sold to no master
@@jamretro1336 This is why these arguments are pointless. OP makes a claim the guy's a slave, and at least cited one of Frois' letters. You, on the oother hand, make a counter claim with no source. May as well not even bother to comment.
@@XBluDiamondX Yasuke was actually the first super saiyan
@@XBluDiamondXYou have to understand, his source is that he made it the fuck up.
@@XBluDiamondX But its no where said Yasuke was sold back to africa?? That is never said ANYWHERE. He couldnt even spell his name correctly dude.
Biggest issue isn’t the factual info surrounding Yasuke, its that we’re playing as a real life character. We’ve never played as a historical figure before & it breaks all immersion. If yasuke was the Machiavelli of AC shadows, id be totally down with it.
would be less bad if he wasnt portrayed as a samurai either
@@Gadottinho It could actually work if Ubisoft put effort into it, but knowing them that's a very unlikely thing to happen
I’ve read the comments of the reveal trailer. Largely it’s just racism. I didn’t see any perk clutching when we were playing all those fictional white people.
Playing as a real person ruins the game for you? I mean the game is probably gonna be shit but thats because of gameplay not because im playing as lebron james hairline and it doesnt make 100% lore accurate sense. This is obviously not a realistic game at all.
it's just a game lmao don't play it
Ubisoft turned AC from a dope series to a generic RPG.
tried too hard to become something it wasnt and ended up being bland and unoriginal
always has been a generic rpg tbh. AC1 being more linear & with AC2,3 Revelation/Brotherhood, Black Flag, Mirage, Odyssey etc all were generic RPGs nothing was special about them. Some had always some unique features that made the game "special" but thats about it. the core of the game was always a basic RPG. the biggest was prob Black Flag with their ship mechanics & features but thats about it. if u dont believe me go back in time replay them & find out the horrific truth. 10 years ago we had difference experience so the impact was difference when the "series was dope" cuz there was nothing else compared to it. in reality it was always the same.
Yep all thanks to the pile of shit that was Odessy and the even bigger pile of shit that was Valhalla I’m only leaving out origins because to be fair that was a genuinely great game
Not just a generic RPG--it's a snoozefest. There aren't open world games more boring than AC.
@@nickf2657 Starfield left the chat.
Dude Brotherhood was SO good, that was one of the best Multiplayers I ever played. People would be running around getting in brawls and I would be top of the leader board with like 3 genuine blended hidden blade assassinations, with 2/3 people hunting me at any one time. It was so good.
I miss the Assassin's Creed games where memory is stored in the balls
😂😂😂
Bro this is literally the best comment I’ve ever read
Exactly. Man, those were the days.
Imagine if in Assassins Creed Odyssey you played as the one Chinese guy who happened to be in Greece at that time.
Why would you care, if they made it reasonable in the lore? Chinese maybe wouldn't be reasonable, but a slave from the Middle East or Northern Europe would absolutely make sense.
and its like a chinese guy that sweeps the floors or something but the game would depict him as a Chinese spartan
@@ronmka8931 what's wrong with that??? Honestly sounds cool af
@@chillin5703 thats a pretty big if there bud. The problem is the writers lack the talent to make it reasonable in the lore.
@@ronmka8931Sounds interesting. Wouldn't mind it.
I agree that the problem is using a real life person and re writing there whole backstory is kinda wild lol
Why is that a bad thing?
@@valistic7206 Why is not a bad thing? Imagine someone rewriting Hitler as a good guy, how is that bad? He's dead anyways so his feelings aren't getting hurt.
This is bad logic and you need a brain to even comprehend why its bad, start thinking I'd suggest.
It's a fiction game, no game is 100% historical accuracy
@@rivensleyanelas4890 should there be a game that rewrites Hitler as a good guy? Games can F around, right?
@@rivensleyanelas4890 okay, let’s make a game that labels Genghis Khan as a good god-fearing man who fights for human rights, or let’s make a game where the N*zis are actually the good guys who fight for peace and democracy, accuracy isn’t required anyways, right?
Whenever you open a door, you think of the worst thing that can come through that door and then decide whether it should be opened or not.
If we open of the door of “history can be modified to whatever the people want”, we open the door to all kinds of BS, no, thank you very much, no game or media should meddle with history.
Assassin's Creed: Johnny Somali
lol 😂
Hahahahahahaha! Bro.... 😂😂😂
LMFAO 🤣
That's gotta be racist, there's no way - Druski
@@tbmdda😢😮
Hopefully Ubisoft will make a AC game based on Mesoamérica in the Mayan civilization.
But the protagonist is an Irishman. I feel like I’m not properly represented.
Thankfully the protagonist is inspired by a real black sword retainer that lived in feudal Japan
Why Irish huh why not Indian I feel like they don’t get represented enough
So canelo
@@cooliostarstache5474 for 2 years
@@cooliostarstache5474 lmao, he was just a random black guy, he was not even skilled with the sword, and not even close a samurai, just a servant.
The hilarious part of the trailer is that they talk about stealth while there is a literal black guy wearing a GOLDEN samurai armor in Japan.
He isn't the stealth character. There are 2 characters
I guess the Kunoichi was so good at being stealthy that you missed her
@@llama6394 so then why exactly is there a non stealth character in an AC game?
@@vicc6790 because valhalla is the highest selling ac game
There's a line between the warrior archetype and the most conspicuous person in the region.
2:58 I got a 360 with assassin's creed 2 for christmas that year. i miss that time so much bros😢
Sony just released Ghost of Tsushima on PC.
Sony somehow knew Ubisoft would fuck this up. Genius.
Not available to non-white countries like Philippines/Egypt
But they'll happily take your money (PSN account linking, HD2 fiasco)
Sony still dropping the ball , you have to link PSN to do Legends that is immediately turning PC players off
Have a friend who wanted to legitimately buy the game, but unfortunately he lives in one of the countries that can't have PSN account, so Steam had to refund him. A "piracy is almost always a service problem" kinda thing, if you ask me.
@@TotalNoob86 I just pirate out of spite.
Released cyberpunk like an utter mess? I’ll pirate that shit. I don’t care.
I do pay for games I think the developers did an actual good job.
@@NicitoStaAnaindonesia and malaysia have psn.... 1 region SEA nation but no psn...
When she says "it's shadowing time" then proceeds to shadowed all over yasuke, i felt that.
I love the part where Ted Bundy shows up in an attack helicopter and shouts *I PLAN ON COMPLETING MY LEGAL EDUCATJON AND I'LL BE A DAMN GOOD LAWYER* to boost morale of Darth Maul.
Yasuke: "What's up, ninja?"
Her: "What's up, ni-"
Id rather see an amazing graphical remake of the Ezio Chronicles rather than any of the new open world stuff
Or just be brave and finally make a new IP. Asscreed lost the mystique it had a long time ago now it just feels like a 2KX game. Woah they really upped their game with FIFA/NBA/WWE X 🤯
Don't let the current Ubisoft lay a single hair on that masterpiece.
I fear remakes. Nobody can trust Ubisoft
@@RetreatSequelevery new IP they make is absolute garbage. Have fun playing xdefiant
@@llama6394 better that than asscreed 2k77
Now Ubisoft is stealing from One Piece.
Yea and Thomas lockley creator of yasuke samurai book is under fire with false info and editing wiki
I liked AC: Origins because I'm a fan of ancient Egypt history. There was a version of Origins that was for education/exploration, like a museum walk-through which I thought was interesting as an idea, just not sure how much it was adopted by anyone in education.
Yasuke is an interesting choice lmao, it's telling why he is there, it's the only black man ubisoft was able to find, but he was not a samurai, never saw combat, and was basically nobunaga's pet (he is described as being used to perform "tricks" and entertain guests in ancient texts)... If only we had actual famous samurai we knew of... But nah, better pick the token black guy (which also giving the role of the rudeless killer and thief to the black guy.... Yikes ubisoft), mitamoto musahi? Never heard of him
Can you link a source I’ve seen otherwise. Literally would like to see it I’m not trying to be combative.
@@champiion So mentions of him are all over the place and depending on the editorial you read from you are gonna read different things but mostly the same idea, you can start by reading the chronicle of lord nobunaga, the mention of him being shown the black slave and him requesting to keep it is at page 386 if you are reding the version published by the netherlands association for japanese studies volume 36 from there you are gonna want to go read Fróis’ letters and there you are gonna read about Nobunaga's taking a liking to the black man that knew little japanese because he "knew tricks" and some depictions of how he asked him to perform tricks for guests and what not, he basically saw him as a friend but low key treated him like a pet, eventually once nobunaga was killed it is stated he was seen as less than human for being a black man and not japanese and was returned to the Jesuit slavers because he was "not worth killing"
I cannot post links to anything for obvious reasons but I'm sure if you google it you'll find the resources, ctrl + f and search "black man" and "black slave" and you are gonna find what you ar elooking for.
Nobunaga's Chronicle and Fróis letters, have fun reading that, honestly nobunaga's life is an interesting read
@@Talulah_Artorius thank you
@@champiion Just bear into account that those are texts from the 1500s and Yasuke was the first black man in japan... so a lot of what you are gonna read is racist af, but I'm sure you already kinda expected that... Like nobunaga tried to wash him to see if he could become whiter... its fucked
@@Talulah_Artorius no mention of him in the age of the samurai documentary on netflix.
Muta, as one of the same cloth I agree 100%. It really feels like the real story died after AC3. It's sad the state that the franchise is in.
Black flag ??? Origins was pretty good too.
Jesus Christ loves u 🙏🏽❤️accept God into ur life
@onlyenzoYT the real story. As in the ones who came before. Black Flag was the first to deviate hard from the present timeline. I enjoyed BF, but in terms of when the overarching story stopped being compelling, it was after Desmond died in Ac3.
Starting to think that that Tim Horton’s coffee cup is a permanent fixture of Muta’s setup and actually came with the desk he bought where it has stayed there ever since.
I’m not paying $100 to not own a mistake that ubisoft made
$130
i'm not giving ubisoft my money anymore at all
Base game is still 70$
Ubisoft: We removed the crossbow because it's historically inaccurate.
Ubisoft now: Black samurai in 1600 Japan lmao
Yes and a magic ball they've had since the first game is very historically accurate
@user-gt7vi9jm9m of ALLL the legendary samurai’s they could’ve choose they happen to chose the only black guy that ever was mentioned “potentially” as a samurai.
They chose a black guy to represent a game from feudal Japan.
I think it’s sad us as the west. Have to spread our bullshit around the world. Because nobody on earth is on the woke train. Except a part of the west
@user-gt7vi9jm9mMaybe he could've been a Ronin. Not defending Ubisoft in the slightest, just offering a plausible suggestion to explain a historical inconsistency.
it was 1581 and he fought in the Battle of Tenmokuzan 😂 Learn your facts boy
No, he was real. He was a retainer ( which would mean he was indeed a samurai ) to Oda Nobunaga during the Warring States period which, depending on how you view it, can date from late 1400s to 1615.
I’m more than happy to see more lesser known details of history being explored. Just not with Ubisoft.
Speaking of Nioh, Nioh 2 had Yasuke as the Obsidian Samurai. He's a minor character, but his appearance in the game is more genuine considering the game's more spiritual tone instead of adhering strictly to historical accuracy. In that same line, Rise of the Ronin looks far more appealing than another Ubislop title.
Samurai warriors 5 ,and senguko basra also yasku
The difference is that Nioh is a dark fantasy re-imagining of that time period, and with that setting they get way more leeway, like kodama, ghosts, spirits, demons, magic weapons, etc. Having said that, even Nioh is a lot more historically accurate, since William Adams is an actual historical figure who helped Tokugawa Ieyasu become shogun in 1600 using guns and weapons supply by the Dutch.
On the other hand, Yasuke only got his footnote in Japanese history _because_ he was black, he was basically a fucking unicorn in Japan at a time when conservative, isolationist politics were at an all time high during the Sengoku period. Besides, the guy wasn't even a "legendary samurai" Ubishit tries to make him out to be, he was nothing but a servant to Oda Nobunaga, and he only stayed in Japan for three years. That's it. A short visit from a random black guy in Japan, who was a nobody and accomplished nothing. Ubisoft: "hE wAs A lEgEnDaRy sAmUrAi"...
@@Playbahnosh how is AC not a fantasy re-imagining? youre forgetting alot. the artist Machiavelli is an assassin mentor. there's demons, monsters, Gods and magic weapons like the Swords of Eden . People complained about those alot and said it ruined AC
You're hung up on Yasuke as it breaks your suspension of disbelief, most people just see it as a exaggeration of history like AC does. there's no difference then pretending like the Pope or George Washington or the historical figures were part of the Templars or Assassins
- Strict historical accuracy
- Nioh
Pick one.
lol assasins creed since the first has been called historic fiction its never been real
16:22 What really is sucks is that it's completely possible to have the Samurai be absolutely awesome to play as and experience, but ubi has shown that they care more about investors than making a game. When you put it all together, I don't believe Yasuke was included because he could be an interesting take (which he could've), and the potential that could've been tapped into will not be tapped into.
I don't have faith in AC: Shadows. I think Yasuke's story and significance is ignored and he is included because of his color
I slept on my phone and the autoplay chose a Muta video. What a way to wake up.
Black Flag is one of my favourite games ever made, but I always remember rolling my eyes every time the animus stuff popped up. They should get rid of it by now, I don't think anyone has anything good to say about the modern/future stuff.
Agreed, i played Odyssey last year and the modern characters are so lame. They barely matter in the game's story too
Looking at Mirage, Animus may be ditched. Or else Animus turns into the rumored Infinity hub.
@@kibathefang6022 Last ac i played was valhalla. I remember it having some weird/annoying animus puzzle stuff that took me out of the world they set.
Someone got their hands on the Panderstone.
tbh i dont think they should drop the sci-fi parts just yet, not until we get an assassins creed future style game, like can you imagine anthem but instead you're trying to assassinate instead of destroy? sneaking onto the ships of the previous race who still live but watch from space. a game using desmond as the animus subject?
would really put all the history of the game on showcase.
"probably gushed over metal Gear" yea yes you have my guy
I’ve been waiting like 3 years for the mgs2 video
Fun fact about Nioh... Yasuke is also featured in that game as a kewl samurai black dude thats super strong and one of the hardest enemies you face . I liked him in that game. He also sported a mace just like in this new assassin's creed game.
He's medium strong I'd say
Nice.
that's dope af
wow a black guy 🤓
It was an axe, not a mace. There's no maces in nioh2
One of the biggest issues being overlooked by people is the pricing. They put out the same exact garbage pricing that they did with the Star Wars game.
12:45 A few things worth noting about Yasuke imo:
What many Asians are furious about, and rightfully so, is that this choice has very dubious ulterior motives (catering to certain markets, marketing through bad publicity... I don't even think the reason is political, Ubisoft doesn't even have the moral integrity to fight for an ideology).
You HAVE to keep in mind that mainline AC games have NEVER had an Asian protagonist (as opposed to 2 POC with Freedom Cry and Origins, 3 if we count Liberation's Aveline, all in historically appropriate contexts). Why would Ubisoft, when given the chance to have REAL DIVERSITY, not some made up, Western bs "inclusivity" choose a POC over a context-appropriate japanese/asian? Your guess is as good as mine, but I would point to the aforementioned ulterior motives.
What are you talking about? There is literally an Asian woman as the protagonist of the game. Everyone is forgetting that because the discourse is so toxic surrounding Yasuke that it literally overshadows the other japanese protagonist. It's actually almost poetic that the Shinobi is being ignored, lol.
@@3Demon100I keep seeing comment like yours and been holding myself back from answering. As an Asian man tied to some Japanese, males played AC series for years and been wanting to feel included especially when it comes to their country. However it finally happens, but we get a Japanese woman and black slave become samurai instead that's killing a bunch of Japanense men. This is not how you make us feel included but some way shaming us. AC has never had an Asian man assassin before. When we think of ninjas, that's normally what we think of instead we get a Kunoichi. Ubisoft is making this game for certain crowds while ignoring others. It would be okay to have these characters and a 3rd one that any Asian man can relate to.
Especially in the West, Asian male representative has been really bad even though it's been slowly fixing itself.
@@3Demon100 Point very well taken. However, there are multiple reason why I disagree and still stand by what I wrote.
Before the long version, remember that from a quantitative and gender standpoint, there is insufficient representation of Asians in AC games when compared to POC. In particular, there is still no male asian assassin, whereas there is at least Aveline and even Aya for POC.
Despite that, I agree that there is too much toxicity surrounding Yasuke, but my point was slightly more subtle than "he can't be the protagonist in the Japanese AC because he is African", which a lot of people believe and I despise this crowd of people. My point was that AUTHENTIC diversity is amazing and fascinating and inspiring. That's why I love playing origins or AC2 even though I might not be Egyptian/African or Italian/European. My problem is not Yasuke, on the contrary, what is even more outrageous is that Yasuke had so much more potential as a leading NPC character. Imagine the following:
Yasuke, to most, is the servant of this cruel Samurai Master. No one knows why or how he came to Japan. To the assassin protagonists, however, he is the leader of the new japanese assassin chapter, sent from the African birthplace of the Assassin order to hunt for XYZ piece of Eden. He is shadows' Mirabeau, in a sense. After orchestrating the assassination of his master, in reality his target all along, he is forced to flee Japan, never to be seen again. The whole operation lasted 3 years, i.e. real Yasuke s stay in Japan.
Isn't that story so much more enticing for an AC fan? Why not go for this instead in keep the POC protagonists for an AC game in, I don't know, Ethiopia, just one of the most culturally and historically rich places in the world? Because authentic diversity doesn't write headlines, superficial "inclusivity" does.
@@AlmightyTreeDragon I'm going to attempt to engage with this in good faith because for the most part I agree. I definitely understand the concept of representation in media and how it's important in breaking stereotypes but also in just being able to see more of yourself in a fictional character, even though it's not necessarily required for a good story. Where I disagree is when you see some form of representation and think of it as some dig at another group of people. Asian men definitely have severe under representation in media especially in the role of protagonist, but so do asian women. Off the top of my head i can only name two asian women who were protagonist in a video game. I don't necessarily think Ubisoft is leapfrogging over asian men in order to win diversity points, rather they must differentiate themselves from other games/media that have that era as it's settings. Already before any gameplay is out this game is already being pitted against Ghost of Tsushima and I suspect as soon as the game rolls out the characters in terms of writing will be compared to Jin, and Ubisoft is definitely not going to write a more compelling character than Jin. I don't think you should be upset at the fact of who is the face of the game just yet, there's always a chance (very slim for Ubisoft writers) that both protagonists and side characters could be compelling and you could very well still find parts of yourself in them. As for you talking about Ubisofts depiction of a black Samurai killing japanese people. I have to ask: is your gripe with it that a bunch of japanese men are being killed by someone who isnt the same as them or is it the fact they are being killed in the first place? Would you be more okay with it if it was just another Japanese man killing other japanese men?
I don't think it's coming from a racially motivated place. It reminds me of the controversy that RE5 had when it was Chris Redfield going to a west African village and killing African zombies. In cases like these you must take into account the intent and ask yourself: do I truly believe the game directors (who are both Japanese btw) made this with any sort of racially charged biases? Obviously not, and I think it's the same with Ubisoft.
@@Industrialist_Hellscape Glad we are on the same page here. I 100% agree there is a severe under representation of Asian men in media. But just because an Asian male assassin hasn't been the protagonist in an AC game yet doesn't mean it won't happen. I am much more willing to bet Ubisofts creative and marketing teams, saw the mainstream interest in Samurai through games like GoT, Seikro and shows like Yasuke and decided that was their course of action and didnt put much more thought beyond that. It's a little bit "me too" gimmicky and uninspired but I truly don't think it's a problem on inclusion and lack thereof and moreso a problem of lack of inspiration and direction.
In terms of writing Yasuke, what could be better is probably a list that is longer than the Nile. I'm not gonna defend Ubisoft creatives writing skills in any capacity. Will the story and characters be flat? Probably. I've played every mainline title and Ezio and Bayek were the only ones who I found remotely compelling.
However I say all this with previous assumptions of AC Games. There is always a chance (very slim) that it could be good, but I'm not holding my breath, buying any special edtions or pre-ordering
Non of the assassins creed protagonists was ever a real historical figures before but for some reason they decided to use a random historical figure as a protagonist i wonder why.
Well one of the protagonist is still fictional so......
Cause that's the story they chose to tell...
@@gazaalley3862 cause they know black people are easily impressed if you show them attention.
These companies don't care about black people and only see them as diversity money 😂
Probably for marketing and hes pretty much a blank slate
He’s not a random historical figure though 😂😂
"Naoe is focused on stealth"
>a woman wearing armor, wielding a sword in broad daylight and talking to a black samurai in one of the most racist and sexist periods in world history
AC Chronicles China was a nice way of putting a female protagonist in Ancient Chine I feel like. Even though I am not sure about it's historical accuracy, I think that the protagonist there didn't feel awkward or forced.
Wiki recently went about with some ministry of truth revisionism durring this dungfest, kind of expected..
I hate sweet baby as much as the next person but seeing mf’s draw the line in a series about ancient gods and mind controlling objects where you live through ancestral memories stored in DNA worry about historical accuracy all of a sudden is wild
@@xAfroMetalHead1990x Why can't I have my 2015 Kia Rio in my feudal Japan game? Why not just throw in Darth Vader and Rosa Parks?
The suspention of disbelief only works when adherence to the internal logic of the creative work is faithful. Injecting modern "representation" politics into the AC universe is disingenuous and obnoxious.
@@xAfroMetalHead1990xfr. Like I know the game is probably gonna be dogshit, but not because od Yasuke or anything.
Dudes are really ok with fighting the fucking Minotaur but draw the line at wumen and black.
BUT it is pretty funny that every other game had you playing a character who's ethnicity matches the region for the most part.
Ghost of Tsushima 2 waiting room 😴
I’m in the same boat Mutah, I don’t trust Ubisoft with Rayman.
But hey at least they’re finally giving him a chance, even if it’s only to save their skin from impending collapse.
But do I think they suddenly just care about him now? No, I know it’s for their bottom line & bottom line alone.
Par la rêve pour la rêve, monsieur-dames, par la rêve pour la rêve.
I am fine with them doing different stories than the real history that happened. The main part that just bothers me most as someone who loved learning about the Sengoku Jidai era, is that they didn't choose an actual important historical figure. they didn't choose any of the figures that already had legends or myths around them. they choose the slave, that gets to be a retainer and then back to being a slave again. like Mitsuhide would have been perfect, the man who commited the Honnoji incident, or even hideyoshi the peasent to ruler of japan turned into a power hungry menace to society. or Leyasu the man who would in it all in the end. Like there are so many great characters that would have been amazing to do a game like this with and to take some creative liberty with, but no instead we get just random black service for no reason... like he couldve been a great side character but main fighter? nah, why would i want a immitation samurai and not one of the legendary real deals ? like even as for those that more so fit the assassin type game play, you have ninja clans like Hattori, Fuma, Takigawa all as good options. It just feels like a big miss to me.
You don't want your character to be too important. The idea is that the Assassin's are helping but not major players historically. It limits you to what you can do with the character forcing certain events. I think he is just vague enough to work in the setting given. If you want a game playing as a specific samurai or ninja AC isn't really for that.
That’s the exact opposite reason why he is a bad choice. AC has never used historical figures as the player character. We always played someone unknown to history as an assassin should be. Historical figures were amongst the NPCs we interacted with. Thats what Yasuke should have been.
They could have ven made him a Leonardo da Vinci like thing where he is a recurring character throughout the game. Maybe say sure on the surface he was a curiosity Oda kept around, but secretly he was a spy planted by Oda’s side by the brotherhood to spy on him and he regularly provides intel to the actual player character who is some unknown Japanese person.
@@InDeathWeLove that maybe what his character is. There are two playable characters.
@@guywholikesheelies3231 who are you kidding he is in the front of the marketing material with the kunoichi that’s the female playable character while he is obviously the male playable character.
He is obviously being set up as a player character not an NPC.
@@InDeathWeLove yes he is a playable character and so is she. I never said he wasn't.
I don't trust Ubisoft with anything to be honest
I trust that they suck.
it didn't show any gameplay so thats an automatic wait and see
One thing though, almost every time when I saw a Western dev created a world based on feudal Japan (either in game or movies), it always uncannily felt like feudal China instead. I can't really point out exactly what it is, but it just felt that way to me.
Because most of the Japanese culture is inherited from China
A Yasuke game sounds like a really unique and interesting concept just not from Ubisoft.
Carrying swords around? Nah man, give blacks people examples of actual African warriors with African culture, Zulu perhaps. You could totally do a game as an assassin fighting British Templars in South Africa’s Cape Town or Sierra Leone’s free town. Zulu assassins would obviously work better in South Africa.
@@Sonof_DRN2004 I'm not opposed to that that sounds dope AF too
There was the Afro Samurai video game that came out in 2009 for the PS3 and Xbox 360 which was loosely based on the Afro Samurai manga/anime inspired by Yasuke. The Afro Samurai anime is also a fun anime to watch: the protagonist is voiced by Samuel L Jackson, the soundtrack is composed by Wu-Tang Clan member RZA and the anime is only 6 episodes long plus it has a sequel movie that was nominated for an Emmy Award.
what I loved most about the first AC was the parkour stuff you could do and that enabled you to move through the city. Back then especially that was pretty amazing
The game should have been set later in Edo. Maybe could have made it about a Samurai wanting revenge after their clan getting disbanded and finding the brotherhood along the way.
They had to include the portuguese for the templar connection. Portugal is THE templar nation. If you zoom on the portuguese ships in the trailer you see the logo of the Military Order of Christ - the successors of the Templars.
@@JoaoOliveira-rk8gv That's odd I thought the Templars originated in france
@@samanthapatrick4345 They officially were created in Burgundy but their origins lie with the Cistercian Order and the Order of Sion. Since the beginning they were always connected to Portugal, but it intensified when they were banned all over Europe, with the exception of Portugal. The knowledge and money used in the Discoveries were provided by the Templars of Tomar.
9:08 - It already is, Muta. I refuse to play another Assassin's Creed or Far Cry game. I actually was in disbelief that you brought up Unity, because the movement in that game was an absolute MESS when I played it.
Unity used to be a mess, but now has the best parkour system in the whole franchise.
The Ubisoft pricing model for this and Star Wars are a rough pattern
Just looking at it on Gamestop makes me sick. Almost $300 for the collector's edition. What's included used to go for $130 10 years ago. And on top of that, they want you have an online connection to install it. I'm sick of it. Ubisoft deserves nothing....
Agree with Mutahar's statement, Assassin's Creed 2 was not only one of the best games, but it was a time in gaming that it was at it's peak, not in terms of like esports and sponsorships and streamers blah blah blah, but the sheer quality of games the storylines and the graphics... it was the sweet spot in gaming where you got so much value for your money... rip those days
I swear those days seem farther away than they've ever been.
We truly have gone into one of the darkest timelines.
The Playstation 3 turns 18 this year. The Xbox 360 turns 19 this year. Those consoles are old enough to vote and are legally fuckable now, that's how long it's been since the days of the 7th generation of consoles (not saying you should do the latter, just saying you have the option to).
eh, 2023 was one of the best years since 98. Zelda, BG3, Mario, Street Fighter, Armored Core, Hi Fi Rush, Alan Wake, RE4 Remake, Octopath 2, lies of P, ff16, Spiderman, a bunch of strong indie games (and Star Wars which only runs well on ps5). Ass Creed Mirage im not even sure would make top20 that year for most people.
Its not that ubisoft changes the history is the fact that in the games your ancestor fought the templars from the shadows, correcting the corse of history in favor of the good guys from the shadows, we never played a "famous/popular" character because history is written by the winners and using the animus was the way to discover the truth of what happen
which is honestly what makes Yasuke such the perfect first historical figure to play as, sure the side he was on "won" (however briefly due to Akechi's betrayal of Oda) but he is still mysterious enough they can embellish like they did in Samurai Warriors 5. Plus there is the fact that the only good versions of him we have gotten are Samurai Warriors and Nioh so I can deal with the Isu Ancient Alien BS but don't add mechs to a time frame that didn't have them while claiming to be historical fiction (just adding mechs and magic doesn't make it good), NETFLIX
I like how he cited messages used by Google translation from weebs pretending to be Japanese when real Japanese pointed out the characters flawed and how the kanji's used are hugely incorrect.
Confirmation bias
If Assassin's Creed weren't dead for me, the internet connection to install the game helped a lot.
My biggest concern
"You don't have a internet connection? " 🤓👆
Honestly how are making a youtube content without internet?
@@llama6394 I'm positive internet will be there, UA-cam maybe not. In any case, is different. You are paying for a game that you'll have until Ubi wants to maintain the server/files. Ubi doesn't even have to dissapear.
Ubisoft straight up removed the game files for The Crew 1 from the players' libraries despite the fact that the players paid for the game. What's gonna stop Ubisoft from doing the same thing with this game?
With the internet thing to install from a DISK seems like itll be another crew situation. They REALLY dont want us to own our games
The better question is why not the bakumatsu period, the period in which the shinsengumi was formed, one of the collest post edonperiod to talk about and a timeline where a lot of cool historical shit can be talked about
Because black protagonist == ESG money
Probably since they needed a reason for the brotherhood to be there and the Portuguese ships in the beginning show how the brotherhood got their start in Japan.
@@HifeManbakumatsu happens after all that, and the shinsengumi could also just be part of the assassin brotherhood on top of being able to just explore the stories of fanimes most wanked group in Japanese history.
@@nekoluxuria7721 because they want that ESG scores
Because the one black historical figure in Japan didn't exist in that time. So they sacrificed the best timeline, events, organizations, stories, etc of Japanese history just to make way for a black protagonist. Of course AC never had a real life historical figure as a protagonist before. But for this one game, they decided to do it. They just had to. I can't wait for AC: Dynasty or whatever so that Ubisoft can make an entire premise around the one black lesbian female that lived in ancient China because she had lunch with the king.
The historical record states quite clearly that Yasuke was Oda's literal water boy. Oda liked him because he was exotic and very strong and tall. Yasuke was the first black man Japanese people had seen at the time. Wherever Yasuke went, crowds would form up to see the mysterious foreigner. He never fought in battle, he was not a samurai and he certainly would not have been able to blend in anywhere. His one and only job was to follow Oda around so Oda could show him off as a status symbol, kinda like how Tyson used to have a pet tiger type deal. The only time Yasuke fought in a real fight, not battle, but fight, is when Oda died and Yasuke tried to rescue his body, so props to him on that one, but all he achieved was to get apprehended and kicked out of Japan. Thats the story of Yasuke. The whole story. He was not some mythical warrior of renown. He was a prestige symbol and a curiosity for the elites of Japan to show their power and influence no different than Kim Jong Un's black athlete guests. Literally the same thing.
Ubisoft is a shameless corporation and I hope their game is banned in Japan. This is atrocious. Besides being incredibly historically insensitive and inaccurate, its also nonsensical. Anyone who buys this game, shame on them.
Yasuke was a samurai. Japanese historians and Japanese people agree. He has appeared in several Japanese made games and books, where he is depicted as a Samurai. In the trailer of this game, you can see that they're clearly setting up two different playstyles, with The Kunoichi being the stealth playstyle and yasuke being the loud playstyle, a playstyle which doesnt need him to "blend in". Also, I don't remember Leonardo Da Vinci designing weapons for a man named Ezio Auditore. AC stopped being about realism after the first game. You fight literal gods in the last couple of AC games. We barely know anything about Yasuke, what he did with Oda, what his name was, how he looked like etc. All we know is that he was real, he was strong and he was a Samurai. This makes him the perfect base character for Ubisoft to use. Granted, this is a Ubisoft game, so it almost definitely WILL suck, but I do find it funny how we have tom cruise and keanu reeves playing samurai, as well as the main protagonist for both Nioh Games (a game franchise which had Yasuke as a boss battle in it) is a white man who has never even held a katana in real life. All of those depictions are fine, but when it comes to Yasuke, basically a folklore character, you all become historians
@@joeeburgno lol
@@joeeburgnope
The fact that Yasuke was let go and not executed like every single samurai served under Nobunaga oda after his downfall tells you everything that he at least at the time of Oda's downfall was not a samura
Also according to history records Yasuke only live in Japan for 15 months. No one able to become officially samurai in such short span no matter how good they are
According to actual historians he was a samurai. Feel free to check the ask historians subreddit for what historians have to say on the subject.
@@thawhiteazn I rather ask Japanese historians, and they said no.
Didn't they say for years that they (Ubisoft) doesn't see the "appeal" of feudal Japan?
For an Assassins crees neither do I imo
They didn't until a bunch of games set in feudal Japan started coming out and they wanted in on the bandwagon.
The reason why the storyline became a mess, was because what the story used to be about was quickly abandoned in favor of what came after. I already knew that AC would eventually be happening in Japan, because this was already announced long long ago. 2012 was also something Ubisoft used during the story because at the end of the first game, we see all the nudges of what was coming because in real life, the world was supposed to be destroyed because of the Mayan calendar (the doomsday theory). It was a giant advertisement that scared the shit out of me back in the day.
We haven't even seen a World War I AC yet, and even that was announced. There used to be a Facebook AC game many years ago that can't be accessed anymore, and this was around the time of AC II and Brotherhood. The Facebook game was called Project Legacy.
*On 15 May 2013, Facebook removed the game because it no longer complied with their Terms of Service for Facebook applications, as it had not been updated recently*
During that game, you had to collect items because of chapters and in these chapters endings they showed ''scenes'' and within these scenes you could see what was going to be happening in future sequels. One of them showed a WWI soldier with a Christmas tree in front of it (probably was supposed to be released around Christmas time?) the Crystal Skulls was shown with a jungle temple, there was an asian man sitting in front of a shrine or some sort (could have been the Chinese game) and much more. I think GW was in one of the pictures as well because of the civil war.
So imagine AC with the title ''World at War'' or something like that, it would have been awesome.. (I hope I didn't predict that lol)
I remember there being something about WWI or 2 in AC Syndicate but I could be wrong
AC Syndicate had a WWI side mission.
Mitsuhide declared “ Yasuke was no real samurai.” This is literally the guy he surrendered to saying this quote
This is also the same guy who hated and rebelled against oda nobunaga. Why would he of all people respect today's decisions
If Yasuke was a Samurai he wouldn’t surrender he would have fought to the death or Commit seppuku but he didn’t he was a coward
@@mahelnapo8385probably because he was a retainer. Not a Samurai. Samurai weren't 'soldiers', they were part of the nobility. He was never referred to as a Samurai back then.
@@ConsumptiveSoulpeople like are you are so butthurt and dying to trash the game so bad that you can't do basic research and act like you know more than you do and its sad
@@Xxxxavvs ???
This is the reason why aliens don't visit the earth
I only buy new games for 8-16 bit consoles.
Dope I’m on my first playthrough of Mega man x
As a human that's totally not an alien, I agree.
Wouldn’t they just feel like it’s their duty to destroy us then
As someone who is definitely a human, I feel bad for those aliens.
Don't buy is the best way to prove them wrong.
It feels odd to know we'll play a real life character. AC always had fictional characters as the protagonists who would meet real life people. Ezio is not real, but Da Vinci is. Connor is not real, but George Washington is. Arno is not real, but Napoleon is. So this shift to playing a real life individual feels out of place.
i mean what do u expect.. they HAD to find a way to insert a black man MC for ESG points in there and their reasoning was just that : "hE ExIStEd DeAl wItH iT" - Ubisoft.
@frumentarius7865Bro hes literally treated as a Dr Seuss clown figure for Japanese kids books and he was kept around because Oda and his companions were racist and immensely amused by his skin colour.
Trust me...if Yasuke was white in real life, he would have been an NPC. Not a playable.
They put someone who isn't a big figure and japanese in Japan so it's not that critical to the story
@@heyjeySigmammmm yes lets totally forget about aveline and adewale
I’ll definitely get this game…when it’s on sale a few months to a year later for under $20. Also VERY excited for Ghost of Tsushima 2, that game is one I’ll gladly play on day 1 for $70.
2 dollars is too expensive for this tbh, probably even for free..
@@Gadottinho No it is not the base game is 68 dollars which comes to 70 the normal price for a game don't get the bundles.
“I dont trust Ubisoft…” say no mo fam, you got me right there.
9:15 They actually plan on basically not having that happen, and they explained that viewpoints will serve for you to manually look around and to spot any points of interest
Tbf if he was a weapon retainer for a known samurai it just shows the Trust between Yasuke and Nobunga that he let yasuke handle his weapon.
I dont know if its true or not but i read yasuke was allowed to carry his own sword and even got his own house
He did. It's notated in the Shincho-Ko that Nobunaga gave gifts to Yasuke. I doubt he was actually on a battlefield but he wasn't treated like a pet like people are saying.
You really think that no noble would see yasuke as a luxury him being the only guy in japan at that time? Do i have to remember you about how bad people used to he before or you forgot about circus freak shows?@guywholikesheelies3231
To give some context for how much of a mess the plot is at this point, Black Flag introduced a new modern day villain out of an A.I back up of a member of the pre-curser race and she got built up as a big scary threat across Black Flag, Rogue, Unity, and Syndicate (Well not so much Rogue) only to kill her off in a comic so Origins could forget about it for a new plot.
For me it goes as follows;
S+ Tier: Black Flag
S Tier: AC 2, Brotherhood, Revelations
A Tier: AC 1, AC 3, Odyssey, Origins
C Tier: Valhalla, Mirage
F Tier: Unity
F- Tier: Rogue
Spinoffs and Mobile don't count.
Huge AC junkie, I actually think Shadows will be A Tier.
Why is Rogue so bad? Honestly haven't played it but I thought it was more of you favourite Black Flag
The only correct list. Ignoring the technical issues the Unity had for like 10 years, the characters and story just wasnt all that interesting, which is disappointing b/c the french revolution is such a dope backdrop for an AC game. Also, this is where I think ubisoft truly solidified it's current reputation of having a tedious and bloated open world. I dont really get where Muda's love boner for this game come's from. I guess the graphics are nice, but till this day, the game still has issues with performance.
Never rate again 🔥
They can’t claim they did any historic research. The Shinobi weren't their own fighter class. There were Samurai, which is a rank, who did assassinations or spy work, therefor they took on the job of a Shinobi. So exactly the opposite of what he is saying. Also a Samurai wouldn't walk through town in his battlefield armor. And Iga wasn't a secret, hidden village in the mountains, but an important and well known center of commerce with a lot of trade routes. There were no Ninja training in the Himalayas, that's from Batman for heaven's sake.