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This one probably will become Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft wallet on) Red
This one probably will become Assassin's Creed (Ubisoft wallet on) Red
Alright, did anyone notice Naoe is using the sideways blade from AC3?
I don't doubt that. IMHO apart from a few exceptions, most of what Ubi has released post Assassin's Creed 2 and Farcry 3 has been hot garbage, but the fact that there is photo evidence confirming Kim Belair's involvement is enough confirmation for me to steer clear of this flaming DEI turd.
This is the first AC game where they put a real person in one of the main character roles. And they picked the one person in the historical record during this era in Japan's history who happens to be black. In the other games the MC fit into the universe of their respective games and could thus blend in to be an effective assassin. I will give the benefit of the doubt and predict that Naoe will be the main character and you'll play Yasuke just in side missions helping her out, unlike recent games where you choose one or the other to play through the game with. The first reveal trailer for the game shows the shinobi/kunoichi as the lone character. That would make more sense and I wouldn't take issue with it.
holy fuck this is so stupid i sat here for 5 minutes and i can't even think of how to string together words to reply to this.Can't disagree that historical accuracy is of secondary importance, especially if Ubi is relying on historical consultants like Sachi Schmidt-Hori
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Don't be surprised if they manage to squeeze in some pedo side quests.
I think it will be a departure from the norm from here on out if we have a game thread where someone isn't freaking out over DEI, or a female character's face being too fat, etc.
"DEI" isn't killing your enjoyment in gaming. what's killing your enjoyment of gaming is allowing yourself to fall for the constant stream of outrage mongers on social media who NEED to farm engagement (clicks/views/comments/likes/shares) to make money. the angrier and more outraged they can make people feel, the better they do. because it's all designed specifically to create an emotional response from you, it's easy to fall for it and start believing... well, all the bullshit you just typed out.
what an utter lie
Cry harder, or use the ignore function instead of crying?
aww, are you upset that i popped your little filter bubble for a few moments?
I see you opted for crying harder.
if i ignored everyone making idiotic posts about DEI and the woke mind virus i wouldn't have more than a post or two per day to read and respond to.
Just in the same way that simply claiming everything is a big DEI/ESG woke conspiracy handed down from on high is an inaccurate narrative, its good not to fall into simple yet incorrect framing in the "opposite direction". Someone criticizing this decision for AC Shadows is not necessarily making a judgment on "whether certain groups of people should be allowed to be represented in games" or "REAL people from those groups allowed to make those games" and I think that suggesting the only reason anyone could have a problem with the AC Shadows decision is because of being an evil racist chud rightoid is what tends to push people towards those viewpoints.
you can say "well let's not oversimplify things, nor forget the extremes go BOTH ways!" bullshit all you want. the simple fact is, when you boil it down, one side wants certain people to not be present/exist, another side says actually that's fine, they can exist.
You are so wrong and stuck in your own head it's not even funny. I am all for inclusion and representation being an ethnic minority myself. I have nothing against diversity, in fact I am all for it. But using DEI as a tool to limit artistic freedom leading to subpar gaming experience is what I am against. You have a certain binary view of things, and are arguing from a position of self centered vacuum.
my guy, WHO the fuck is "using DEI as a tool to limit artistic freedom?" do you have even an inkling of how full blow fucking whackaloon that sounds? you are the *pitch perfect* example of what i just described above. i mean you said it virtually verbatim. "i'm all for diversity, but not the way these evildoers are twisting it for their nefarious motives!!!1"
This is kind of what I was talking about. First, the assumption that anyone who has an objection to choices in AC Shadows development "wants people to not exist" is to say the least inaccurate. This is wrapped into hyperbolic framing of existential threat which leads to culture war "with us or against us, the other side is EVIL" alignment and leads to a thought-terminating cliche - "you don't have to listen to these people, they don't want ______ to EXIST. WE ARE THE ONLY BULWARK AGAINST _______", and a reference to "enlightened centrism" as a way to discount anyone who critiques a position by someone on their same "side", or just isn't in lockstep with the prescribed views.
I grant this is an issue, but it can and should be handled independently and in a constructive manner when it arises. The same to what I wrote above applies - its nothing new for someone to wrap themselves in moral certitude as the defender of righteousness which means the ends justify the means and anyone who objects is abetting evil. The most effective counter to these sorts of arguments are to engage them without falling into the many pitfalls that can come from acting in ways that feel very emotionally satisfying for everyone already on your side, but make you look unhinged to outside obsevers trying to decide who is is more reasonable, as well as unlikely to allow the person making the bad argument a chance for their viewpoint to evolve in time as opposed to them becoming more recalcitrant. There was a discussion about ESG/DEI in gaming awhile ago and I spent a considerable amount of time addressing the individual arguments being made; does it mean that everyone is going to instantly believe as I do? No of course not, but I know that its something a good bit more effective to both those to whom I was speaking and to those who may be reading, then if I just decided to rage on assumptions about their character, politics and a variety of other circumstances that would incorrect and actively counterproductive .
but we're years... and years... and years into this shit. when is it ever getting beyond "hey you can't just ignore the merits of this one specific instance, there's really something to it, and just calling people racist hateful bigots isn't going to achieve anything!" this gets stated every fucking time the next "thing" comes along. absolutely i grant you that things happen that can be criticized even if it's a genuinely goodhearted attempt at representation. but after the 163rd fucking time, we're just past pretending that's all this constant furor is about. your brain is broken if you're honestly telling yourself that, here in 2024.
Viewing every single person weighing in on this is on behalf of some hardline ideological culture war is just misguided though. Those who are heavily invested, especially in online culture war political elements, knows and is immersed in all the various content creators and influencers and personalities who are on their side and those that oppose them, can very easily get into a distorted viewpoint. Its not much different than when I was playing Helldivers 2 the other day and had an opinion on a particular weapon (the airburst rocket launcher's apparent inability to takedown the dropships and fighters) and someone assumed I must have been some acolyte of a streamer who apparently discussed the same thing and they unleashed a torrent of bile over their distaste for that streamer and their community and whatever else and to them, I MUST have been an extension of that community - how else could I ever come to that conclusion if I wasn't some Discord raiding supporter of the streamer they hated? I have never heard of that streamer or knew anything of their community, but in their mind I must have been lying to disguise my evil Discord raiding, streamer community ways.
That female bartender with the Johnny Cash voice in Hogwarts slapped the immersion right out of my mouth. Can’t think of a better example.
can you give me some examples where the "SJW type material" is in a game "properly" in a way that doesn't "affect quality/immersion/story writing/character design?"