Assassins Creed Shadows - world premiere trailer!

Good movie haha

This was me reading your post a 1/4 of the way through

For the stupid anti woke people on this thread.....Yusuke was chosen because they wanted an outsider perspective along with an inside perspective with the kuniochi.

Interesting. I guess he was a Samurai through different means. Learned something new everyday.

Looks good, and I'm glad the historical character is also the player character this time around, instead of the usual sidelines NPC cameo.

However, this is a Ubisoft game, so no matter how great the premise and story is, the gameplay will falter.

According to several reliable academic sources, Yasuke was a samurai:

Yasuke (Encyclopedia Britannica)

African Samurai: The True Story of Yasuke, A Legendary Black Warrior in Feudal Japan

History of the Samurai: Legendary Warriors of Japan

Wikipedia disputes this, but it's not a reliable source. Yasuke's Wiki article especially has recently been compromised by gamer trolls editing the article with a clear agenda, making faulty claims while citing unreliable sources. So I'd take Yasuke's Wiki article with a grain of salt.

"Too many Japanese people"

- Extremely racist Ubisoft employee

"Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity."

- Hanlon's razor

@Jag85: @Pedro brought up my question but I'm ok with Wiki articles. It would be nice if Ubisoft did something different like what Afro Samurai did IMO.

Let's not pretend that Western countries don't have an infinitely worse history of racism against dark-skin people...

But I can see your point. I haven't seen Japan's reactions yet, but they would have every right to be offended. However, if they weren't also offended by white samurai protagonists in the likes of Nioh, Shogun, or Last Samurai, then that would be hypocritical.

There is anime about him

Afro Samurai?

At the time, I don't think anyone said he's based on Yusuke. He's his own character in Japan. Like I said in my other post, Afro Samurai game from the 7th gen is really fun but underrated.

Afro Samurai isn't about Yasuke, but it does appear to be inspired by him. And Japanese audiences definitely had no issue with it back in the days. But Afro Samurai was made in Japan, whereas Assassin's Creed is made in the West, so they might react differently.

There is also the Netflix series.

@gifford38: Asians are not white, so there are 2 people of colour in the game. I get you're going to go the WOKE route but at least get it right because you look like a fool when you can't identify what a white person is.

Just read through the rest of the thread, geez you really wonder with some people.

As for the game? Well there was no gameplay, so I can't judge it.

I will say I don't care if the characters are black, white, brown, or green. Some of you people just complain about anything just to get let out noise.

After watching the interview from Ubisoft, I can say if they can get away and I mean far away from Ghost of Tsushima style, I'll be fine with that I'm thinking of giving this a shot as I'm always a sucker for anything with Feudal Japan games. That said, I knew there wouldn't be any gameplay as that's to be expected since Valhalla Reveal did the same thing, I'm very intrigued so far.

I don't care what anyone says, I have always been cool with Ubisoft games, guess both Assassins Creed: Shadows and Star Wars: Outlaws are two Ubi games to see how they'll play out. I wasn't interested at first but now I am.

Lol, 6 feet tall is no different from a giant in feudal Japan.

For a second i forgot about you being into these shit games😢

@hardwenzen: Better than the old asre 360 graphics looking AC open world copycat Olden Ring from Kawasaki that you play 🤣🤣🤣

always online and 70 bucks. No thanks.

Video link of the interview? :)

I like how no one talks about the actual game in favor of extremely dumb bullshit.

But I understand why. It's just the same shit with a different setting. Not much to talk about when it comes to AC. Just yet another one.

Its RPG. so it will be like odyssey valhalla.

even worse than original AC concept.

What did you just say to me, kid? It looks more magnificent than anything you've dreamt in your life.

@hardwenzen said:

@last_lap said:

@hardwenzen: Better than the old asre 360 graphics looking AC open world copycat Olden Ring from Kawasaki that you play 🤣🤣🤣

What did you just say to me, kid? It looks more magnificent than anything you've dreamt in your life.

Might have to change that from 360 era to original Xbox era, that looks horrendous 😮

Ubi gonna come with the excuses when this game doesn’t sell well. It’s on them for pandering with trying to rewrite real world people. I’m seeing a bunch of black people making videos that are pissed about this. When wokeness goes wrong. Don’t blame the fans Ubi! This L is on you!

“We had to let go of 1943 employees because we spent 200M making a game fans didn’t like and berated us about since we announced it. But it’s not our fault for not listening, it’s your fault, you should have just bought the game and rewarded us for our pandering.”

@nnoyinghusband: How is this game rewriting history?

Next game should take place in Africa where everyone is black except the main character who looks exactly like Mel Gibson.

@hardwenzen said:

@last_lap said:

@hardwenzen: Better than the old asre 360 graphics looking AC open world copycat Olden Ring from Kawasaki that you play 🤣🤣🤣

What did you just say to me, kid? It looks more magnificent than anything you've dreamt in your life.

DAMN...looks like a Mega drive Game..

Glad I watch this as this gives me peace of mind. I'm now on-board for Shadows.

I'd love to play this game day one with my brother and share stories like we did for Valhalla, lol.

Vahalla truly was a continent spanning, decade spanning game and I loved it.

I'm a bit worried what Ubisoft will do with battle passes in this one. I fear they are taking away fun (like unlocking stuff) and putting them behind battle pass.

However, I thank you for this video and I will keep one eye on this game for sure.

Some folks learn today that is better to get as much information on a topic before taking a position. But, like most lessons, this would repeat.😂

Assassins' Creed was never good.

This is a historical fact.

Great news and good update from Ubi:

Sounds like Syndicate with those characters. Hopefully it's not 100 hours long.

Glancing through this thread, I have to wonder when gamers got so fucking stupid. It's embarrassing.

Like seriously, the guy's Wikipedia article called him the first recorded foreign-born samurai until the trailer dropped, then someone edited the article and started a culture war about it.

Stop being such imbecilic children. It's a videogame. None of this fucking matters.

He should have been played by Terry Crews.

I honestly think had ubisoft paid for famous actor likeness the backlash probably minimal.

Even japanese hated the trailer its how absurd the situation is. The wiki untrustworthy as its on editing war as honestly, nobody could confirm historically what that dude really doing for Nobunaga Oda. Retainers can also be people you hire to work in your households i.e maids, cooks, cleaners, weapon bearer etc or even as foreign warriors, samurai.

Idk gamespot dont want to embed videos for some reason check the japanese trailer here~

https://youtu.be/lZN-kKoGevo?si=MC5KWkajuFDsVgQr

The gaming media is doubling down trying to normalize African American samurai'. IGN has went all out.

Crazy.

@uninspiredcup: Normalize African American Samurai? What are you talking about?

Exactly.

👍

I am normally on the side of the anti woke, but this is interesting and historically appropriate. Even if he wasn't formally a samurai, he did perform the same role.

I think the idea of having the perspective of black outsider taking a look at medieval japan, if they do it in a nuanced and realistic manner, will be great.

I just hope it doesn't have blockbuster movie style writing.

Though do hate these takes "outsider perspective", people bending over backwards to make it come across as not dumb.

The reason they used and stuck him in there, is because someone with pink hair and a Resetera account told em' too. Someone mentally ill who shouldn't be in any form of power.

Dats the truth that I just made up.

This happened with Mary Queen Of Scots as well. I am from Scotland, you have more chance of seeing a UFO than a black guy. They exist, but incredibly rare. And raring still going back to that timeframe.

What I was watching is stupid and distracting. Doesn't mean hate black people or don't want them on screen, it means contextually, what I am looking at is dumb.

Overall, this game won't be good, it will be Ubisoft jangling keys and corrupt game media convincing dunces it isn't trash. IGN already shilling it for all they can.

But, let's not pretend this isn't dumb pandery shit where they are condensed black people down to a gimmick selling point.

If he acts like Black Dynamite might be worth playing or just watching on Youtube.

@uninspiredcup: well if it's political and trying to push an agenda it will be ruined. Otherwise, it can actually be interesting.

After all, a guy from Africa, having dealt with slavery, travelling with Portuguese clergy through south and southeast Asia, and arriving to Japan to serve the original unifier of Japan after the Sengoku period seems really interesting.

Trying to think of an Ubisoft story that had me hooked or at the very least interested, ignoring their golden years, when Tom Clancy was good, the closest thing that came to mind was Assassins' Creed III. (which isn't good game)

The opening section, I was genuinely invested in the story. This British asshole, who's actually da bad guy falling in love with the Indian lady.

And then we play passive-aggressive asshole man. And they have a shitty Darth Vader knockoff showdown, except not interesting.

Think the likelyhood of them not actually doing something cringe is probably non-existent. Most of their characters (esp Watchdogs) were a nightmare.

One thing won't Ubisoftcock on is their presentation. It's literally, imo, the only fucking reason to play, and positive thing about most of their games now.

Even something as old as Ass Creed III still looks visually stunning.

Actually give passive-aggressive asshole man a pass. Him being an asshole and acting the way he does makes sense.

The problem was that Haytham Kenway was so much better, and the first thing you do.