Yasuke is actually a fantastic choice as far as history/narrative goes.
A shame the game looks like more generic Assassin’s Creed Mapfucking+Crowd Supermurder.
Which is fine if that’s your thing, but I haven’t been thrilled by an AC game since… well, AC1.
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I’d argue Yasuke was kind of a poor choice. AC’s have traditionally been about stealth, blending in to crowds, and being famous person adjacent (e.g. You meet Da Vinci, but you aren’t him.). Yasuke being known for being the only black dude in Japan at the time kinda screws the pooch on all three. Of course more recent AC’s have leaned more into arpg stuff but still.
Had Yasuke been a key supporting character I think those guys still would have bitched about woke dei whatever, but it would have held a lot less sway.
I mean, you were a super flamboyant Renaissance guy with dual wrist blades murdering dozens of mooks per encounter as early as AC2, and by Brotherhood and 3 it only got more overt.
Honestly the first time I’ve thought about buying a game just because all the racists and misogynists hate it lmao
Ubisoft’s management won’t let them make a good game. imagine getting up tight about the color of the cast and not the mountains of copy paste garbage quests, microtransactions and time padding rpg mechanics.
It’s insane that of all the things they could complain about with AAA slop, that they pick representation at their breaking out. Not day one, game breaking bugs. Not Microtransaction. Not gambling/gatcha/loot boxes. Not shitty working conditions. Not workplace harassment.
Promoting the culture war is easier than actually talking about the real problems plaguing the games industry, it seems.
Ubisoft is that one guy what said something funny once and made that joke their whole personality.
Yup, basically their entire business revolves around making 2 games: Far Cry and Assassin’s Creed. And they keep remaking them over and over and over again ad nauseam, until even the most hardcore fans of the series are tired and bored.
I’m more thinking that the black dude would look so “pretend” doing all of the acrobatics that AC is known for. Why is he 300 pounds?
