Assassin's Creed

CGI trailers should be a thing of the past now days.

Also a black samurai... something tells me this is going to be received in a totally normal and considered way. Totally.

It's confirmed it's Yasuke. The best bit is that because of the absolute state of media literacy nowadays it'll be seen as a culture war by all the fucking weebs who are very "educated" about Japanese history.

How else are they going to give you that battle pass. Ubisoft are so odd they legitimately give a lot of content but go out of their way to sour the experience. It's fascinating.

And I, for one, will continue to give exactly zero fucks

Think this is from the same mob that did Odyssey, which I'd probably rate as the best of the RPG AC games thanks to the story and Kassandra. Was still overstuffed to the gills with needless Ubisoft bloat obviously, but I enjoyed it.

For me, Ubisoft's insistence upon non-linear gameplay is what really hurts their narratives - after all, it's hard to tell a good story when your game has to allow players to tackle areas/meet NPCs/fight bosses/etc. in whatever order they please.

It's by no means terminal - I enjoyed the Watch Dogs and Ghost Recon games, despite their shared reliance on this structure - but it is why I don't much care for their stories, and wouldn't even if Ubi hired some decent writers for a change.

Hope they had that same energy about Nioh, in which you play as a white man. And Yasuke's even in it too. But let's be real, a big proponent of this is the fact it's Ubisoft. People would be hating even with 2 Japanese cast members. It's so telling to see people complain about how it goes against the historical accuracy of the series narrative. Same series where Da Vinci makes devices to give to you to help in your assissanation attempt and Pythagoras giving you a staff of immortality which he obtained from Hermes. So long as the setting is given respect, which I've no reason to doubt, then let them tell the story they want. Don't let them hear about The Last Samurai!


Seriously. Think I spent more time overall accepting a mission and travelling to the mission than carrying out the mission itself. For every 5 mins of travel, I finished the mission in about 1. I hope that's sorted out. That and the combat. Watchign Unity's again out of interest and in the clip you had enemies reacting uniquely to where they were hit, stumbling from the direction of the swing, contextual finishers depending on if you were close to a wall etc. If you did a side by side comparison between it and Mirage, you'd think Mirage is the older game.

It looks gorgeous still BUT the gameplay in terms of missions has a lot of the series worst traits. The parkour is exceptional though, I'm amazed that all that technical progress was just binned off.

I wish it would go back to it honestly. Works better to fit the fantasy they're selling. It's a big part of why Ghost of Tsushima was so well received and something I have huge pause for doubt with Shadows if the combat is the same and elevated if Yasuke is gonna be the combat heavy character.

Unity isn't a flawless gaming experience by any means but it remains my resolute favourite AC game. Sprawling city, real sense of place, brilliant Parkour, shorter and more focused than a lot of other ACs... It's great.

Yeah the viewpoints haven't been great for a few games now. It really made an impact early on as you scaled huge buildings but sitting on a rocky outcrop or a sunken ships mast doesn't have the same appeal.

Japanese people are not happy.

Not really surprised. While historical person he really is anomaly in the history of Japan

He shoud not be main character in game where assassin are main character.

Japanese people who speak Japanese at least on Xitter.  possibly fake.  but at the same time the game franchise is not really that popular in Japan so at the end it wont matter.

Out of many great historical Japanese characters they pick a foreigner. who was there for only 2 years before being kicked out from the country.  They are going to create a story on how that amazing foreigner will shift history of japan forever (just like other AC main characters did for their settings). Seems absurd and iffy.

Could it be done correctly and in interesting way?  absolutely. Do I believe Ubisoft can do it? No. 

I might be wrong.  And if I am I promise Ill buy the game even though I am not the target market for the franchise (i have 3h of combined playtime across all those free AC games I got over the decade))