Assassin's Creed Shadows: we wuz samurai n shiet

[Reichspepe]

I'm seriously hitting ****** fatigue levels that shouldn't be possible.

[Finarfin]

I'm seriously hitting ****** fatigue levels that shouldn't be possible.

Agree mein Freund. This **** is hitting an all-time high and it's not stopping.

[CSM-101]

DLC confirmed!

[WhiteShark]

Watched a Japanese video about this fiasco and he pointed out a few more things. Ubisoft says they had experts on Japan when designing the setting, but it's messed up in ways that should have been caught if they had even a single expert:

• All at the same time, there are:
  • cherry blossoms blooming (March, April);
  • farmers transferring rice sprouts to the fields (May, June); and
  • peasants commenting on the excellent harvest (September).
• It's the 16th century but there are items that would not appear in Japan until the 19th century.
• The tatami mats are square instead of rectangular.
• Beheadings are portrayed as commonplace.

Ubisoft apparently also said in an interview with Famitu that they chose Yasuke because they wanted a protagonist who could become 'our eyes', calling him 'our samurai', implying two things: that a Japanese protagonist would be completely unrelateable, and that Japanese players aren't the target audience. Famitu later quietly deleted that part of the interview, inadvertently confirming this interpretation.

Furthermore, though this may have already been covered, Thomas Lockley apparently edited Wikipedia to claim there was a division of 8,000 blacks who fought during the warring states period and that Yasuke's arrival in Japan was the catalyst for a brisk trade in black slaves among the Japanese nobility, who (according to Lockley) considered owning a black slave to be a status symbol.

[Yankee Zulu]

Ubisoft has always been very gender fluid when it comes to 'historical accuracy' of their games.

Today they announce thay they recreated an ancient egyptian language with historic authenticity.

Tomorrow they will say 'our games are only fiction and have nothing to do with history'.

[Lich]

Why is it called "Shadows"?

[maidenhaver]

Watched a Japanese video about this fiasco and he pointed out a few more things. Ubisoft says they had experts on Japan when designing the setting, but it's messed up in ways that should have been caught if they had even a single expert:

• All at the same time, there are:
  • cherry blossoms blooming (March, April);
  • farmers transferring rice sprouts to the fields (May, June); and
  • peasants commenting on the excellent harvest (September).
• It's the 16th century but there are items that would not appear in Japan until the 19th century.
• The tatami mats are square instead of rectangular.
• Beheadings are portrayed as commonplace.

Ubisoft apparently also said in an interview with Famitu that they chose Yasuke because they wanted a protagonist who could become 'our eyes', calling him 'our samurai', implying two things: that a Japanese protagonist would be completely unrelateable, and that Japanese players aren't the target audience. Famitu later quietly deleted that part of the interview, inadvertently confirming this interpretation.

Further more, though this may have already been covered, Thomas Lockley apparently edited Wikipedia to claim there was a division of 8,000 blacks who fought during the warring states period and that Yasuke's arrival in Japan was the catalyst for a brisk trade in black slaves among the Japanese nobility, who considered owning a black slave to be a status symbol.

They worship *******.

[LemonDemonGirl]

Why is it called "Shadows"?

Because Yasuke is black.

[UltraFan123]

Thomas Lockley apparently edited Wikipedia to claim there was a division of 8,000 blacks who fought during the warring states period and that Yasuke's arrival in Japan was the catalyst for a brisk trade in black slaves among the Japanese nobility, who (according to Lockley) considered owning a black slave to be a status symbol.

I just wanna say that this got a good laugh out of me, like dayum these freaks don't even know what to lie about anymore. XD

[Godjjjita]

Thomas Lockley apparently edited Wikipedia to claim there was a division of 8,000 blacks who fought during the warring states period and that Yasuke's arrival in Japan was the catalyst for a brisk trade in black slaves among the Japanese nobility, who (according to Lockley) considered owning a black slave to be a status symbol.

I just wanna say that this got a good laugh out of me, like dayum these freaks don't even know what to lie about anymore. XD

dayum? Really?

[WhiteShark]

It came up on IRC again what Japanese sources actually have to say about Yasuke, and, as far as I can find, this is it:

February 23rd. From the Christian country comes a black. He appears 26 or 27 years old. The blackness of his whole body is like that of an ox. He is healthy and fit. Furthermore, he is strong, surpassing ten men. The priest brought him and came to pay his respects [to Nobunaga].

Lord [Nobunaga] brings with him the black man whom he retains and was given him by a deus priest. [The black man's] body is like ink, his height is six shaku and two bu 5' 11.5" / 1.82m, and his name is called Yasuke.

Everything else comes from Jesuit sources or Lockley's fabrications.

EDIT: Adding the original Japanese text for my own future reference because the latter was hard to find:

► Original Text

二月廿三日きりしたん国より黒坊主参り候年之齢廿六七と見えたり惣之身の黒き事牛之如彼男健 すくやかに器量也爾 しかも強力十之人に勝 すぐれたり伴天連召列参御礼申上

上様、御扶持候、大うす進上申し候、くろ男御連れ候。
身は墨の如く、丈は六尺二分、名は弥介と云う。

[Yankee Zulu]

So shares are going down now.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisofts- ... go-private

WSJ reports that Juraj Krupa of AJ Investments and Partners has written an open letter to the board outlining its "deep dissatisfaction with the current performance and strategic direction of the company."

Consequently, the Slovakian hedge fund is calling for CEO Yves Guillemot and the board to "take Ubisoft private or allow it to sell to strategic investor."

[rusty_shackleford]

makes jap game, causes them to go so woke that they go broke

rusty proven right again

[1998]

So shares are going down now.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisofts- ... go-private

WSJ reports that Juraj Krupa of AJ Investments and Partners has written an open letter to the board outlining its "deep dissatisfaction with the current performance and strategic direction of the company."

Consequently, the Slovakian hedge fund is calling for CEO Yves Guillemot and the board to "take Ubisoft private or allow it to sell to strategic investor."

Yes, and not just slightly. 10 years low

[Unhelpful Contrarian]

So shares are going down now.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisofts- ... go-private

WSJ reports that Juraj Krupa of AJ Investments and Partners has written an open letter to the board outlining its "deep dissatisfaction with the current performance and strategic direction of the company."

Consequently, the Slovakian hedge fund is calling for CEO Yves Guillemot and the board to "take Ubisoft private or allow it to sell to strategic investor."

Yes, and not just slightly. 10 years low

Looks like Ubisoft days coasting by using Ctrl C in Assassin Creed for all the games are over.

Maybe they have to [ gasp] make a half decent game for once.

[1998]

So shares are going down now.

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/ubisofts- ... go-private

Yes, and not just slightly. 10 years low

Looks like Ubisoft days coasting by using Ctrl C in Assassin Creed for all the games are over.

Maybe they have to [ gasp] make a half decent game for once.

"Sadly" its too late to save the next AssCreed. Will be fun to watch that shitshow as well

[UltraFan123]

Ubishit now literally said "we respect Japanese history but how we depict it is up to US!"



https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/09/ ... ative-cho/

At least this will only further accelerate their speedrun to bankruptcy.

EDIT: Added screenshot of the ******** quote.

[Rand]

Maybe they have to [ gasp] make a half decent game for once.

The talented devs left long ago.
Not that the devs were ever very talented.
Ubisoft was always mid, with meh IPs.

Splinter Cell was pretty good, though.

[UltraFan123]

One day I'm gonna make a video game set in medieval Mali or Ethiopia, take a randomass White guy that was just passing by during that time period, and make him the protagonist of the game.

When libtards start bitching I'm just gonna tell them how much I respect African history but at the end the creative choice is mine. lol

[jebacdrkac]

Ubishit now literally said "we respect Japanese history but how we depict it is up to US!"



https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/09/ ... ative-cho/

At least this will only further accelerate their speedrun to bankruptcy.

EDIT: Added screenshot of the ******** quote.

"We paid a lot of attention to stay as respectful as possible to Japanese culture, but yeah we kinda put ***** as mc and made average japanese peasant bow to his greatness"

[Zothique]

One day I'm gonna make a video game set in medieval Mali or Ethiopia, take a randomass White guy that was just passing by during that time period, and make him the protagonist of the game.

When libtards start bitching I'm just gonna tell them how much I respect African history but at the end the creative choice is mine. lol

I hope some based ChinkDev does this down the line.

[Finarfin]

If Ubisoft fucks up even more, could Elon just buy them and then fire everyone woke?

[Rand]

If Ubisoft fucks up even more, could Elon just buy them and then fire everyone woke?

He has to help murder Iger's Disney first!!

[Brother Chad]

Is this thing dead yet?

By that I mean it being released and bombed right through the center of the earth.

Oh it launches Nov 15th.

Popcorn time.

[Yankee Zulu]

*******, ******** and other mentally ill should sign up here

https://boundingintocomics.com/2024/09/ ... ur-divers/

Applications Opening Soon For ‘Develop At Ubisoft’ Women And Non-Binary Mentorship Program: “We Have An Exciting Opportunity To Create Inclusive Entertainment That Is Truly Reflective Of Our Diverse World”

[SoLong]

Ubishit is already in decline and they keep pulling this garbage. The brainrot truly is terminal.

[Oyster Sauce]

Advertisement in Akihabara intentionally obscures Yasuke's face

[Havitner]

Advertisement in Akihabara intentionally obscures Yasuke's face

Replying to @UBISOFT_JAPAN
Come and watch at your countrymen get slaughtered by a negro, first Okinawa and now this

[Jordy]

Advertisement in Akihabara intentionally obscures Yasuke's face

How are they going to manage that through the whole game?

[Xenich]

Ubishit is already in decline and they keep pulling this garbage. The brainrot truly is terminal.

"UbiGay", fits the slang of being major **** and literally *** oriented.

Make it stick and any game they make will be immediately identified as *** garbage, oops I mean "Inclusive".