In the amazon page you can see that only 400 people pre ordered the game, which is a small number but because it's a slow week it became number 1, so journalists decide to say half truth to make this sound like a big deal

@H9
Where in Amazon you can see how many preordered?

Directly under the number #1 in gaming, on the game's page, it says 400+ users have bought this in the last month

Actually by the time I wrote that the collector's edition was 200 now it's 400, the standard version was 400 now it's 600, which doesn't change my point at all

I don't think he cares about the historical accuracy of AC he was just pointing out what this "journalist" had said in the past. Finding the lack of historical accuracy an issue in one game while praising it in another only shows you can't take her opinion on either game seriously. You can tell she has bias, and you should question why it's suddenly not an issue.

So some people have double standards? Yes.
You are upset about hypocrisy? Do you want them to cry about this game, even though you feel as if she was wrong about GoT? Just to be consistent? I'm assuming youd wish she didnt make those criticisms. Sure thats fair. Do you think the people who are making the argument that Japanese people dont like Yosuke or claiming its cultural appropriation are also just only upset over hypocrisy from one or two authors?

I know right that one or two articles where their hypocrisy which completely stopped GoT from reaching critical and commercial success.

But they did reach critical and commercial success. So why are you upset like her hypocrisy was that damaging?
Politically, I'm left wing black gamer who does consider himself to be woke (ever awaking) in the original sense of the word, and guess what....
I didnt agree with her article on GoT or her criticisms against Jin (only criticism I have for Jim was being too dry) I fucking loved GoT.

So if you really want to point out hypocrisy, go right ahead. Just seems to be a convenient excuse considering the authors hypocrisy was just moot. Noone listened to her, the game was enjoyed and celebrated by millions including the Japanese. Just like no one will listen to the racists (because even If You dont have racist intentions behind you, Ive seen comments that clearly show they just are upset because...black people) and the game will probably be enjoyed by millions including the japanese.

@Huey_My_D_Long

Typical boot licker with the "yOu GoNnA cRy" response

If you have to be that immature like a sentence or so into your reply then I literally can't be arsed with you, you're nothing worth giving a shit over.

Point is we're talking about the hypocrisy from sites calling GoT racist or trying to give off that impression without fully saying it but won't say a thing when big publisher Ubisoft do it...clearly out of fear they won't get their special Press Release kits, free copies or the next big scoop about their next game.

lol "bootlicker" thats the funniest shity youve said,
Nah I think people buying into the "DEI is ruining gaming" are the bootlickers. Since thats the crux of this issue. People too pussy to be truthful, so they just dog-whistle. I'm having none of that People crying about hypocrites. Yall didnt cry about Nioh, but yall are crying now.
I don't believe you care at all about hypocrisy, its has more of a valid air than just admitting people are racist
"You can't be arsed?" Explains alot by your choice of words lol

You just love making assumptions.
"GoT racist or trying to give off that impression without fully saying it but won't say a thing when big publisher Ubisoft do it...clearly out of fear they won't get their special Press Release kits, free copies or the next big scoop about their next game."
wow, so they are more scared of Ubisoft than Sony? A big publisher like ubisoft vs platform holder sony?
Makes no fucking sense.
Heres a thought. Go find that author since clearly that article hurt you in some way and find what they think about it.

They "don't care" because it's not a real historical game. No Assassins Creed game has been. We've had games where someone tried to pass off "real historical battles that once took place in ancient Japan" that involved "giant enemy crabs". The last thing they care about is one with ONE black guy in it. Because they play games where historical figures are played by anime girls.

We bash on white liberals getting offended on behalf of others but then we go and do it here meanwhile the Japanese don't care. Do some care? Sure but it's the same here in the west too. Some care, but I promise you, most do not give a damn no matter how hard you want it to be that way.

In fact, the only complaints I've been seeing is that they're getting the architecture, setting, plants and small details incorrect unlike Ghost of Tsushima who nailed it.

Me: "Is this offensive to the Japanese? No. Should it be? It depends on how the individual feels."
You from later replying to an as of yet still unedited comment: "We bash on white liberals getting offended on behalf of others but then we go and do it here meanwhile the Japanese don't care."

Yeah... So, where did I say I'm offended or that the Japanese should or are super duper offended by this again??? I don't care how we in the west feel about this character in a videogame.

I will be clear that I personally doubt the Japanese are stoked about this. Yasuke is a known figure, but he is not known as Samurai. Japanese people on the web are not enthused... and white people are just claiming those Japanese users are fake because reasons. I know Korean, I do not know much spoken Japanese words and I cannot read any Japanese at all. So, I cannot say one way or the other if Japanese players are genuinely upset and I cannot correct translation errors or even see them in that language. I only know what the translations tell me and I can see plenty of posts that suggest they are upset but I can not confirm they are legit. Knowing how translators get things wrong (even digital Ko-En translations from Korean and English speakers) I can say that I don't know how accurate Japanese translations are going by some translators which seem to be of a higher quality (due to a lack of errors that can handle English to Spanish or Korean and vice versa in any direction). I only can speak to Korean to English translations (and some Spanish, French and well that's basically it).

I'd be upset if a game tried to depict a minority known to serve a tiny role in USA's history would be somewhat offensive even if it is for entertainment when knowing full-well that diversity is most definitely something the company making the entertainment is. It's why I was almost completely blown away by Elysium, because before wokeness as a rule in media was bludgeoning us over the head, I tolerated that movie very well and actually enjoyed it at the time it released (enough to buy it on BD). I still like the concepts of that movie even with the ridiculous "Mexicans deseverve greatness." And this is the thing... those "respect me" aspects do not actually exist in movie, it is only because of modern political contamination that I can basically only tolerate the film today. It has also changed how I enjoy older media with "respect me, for I exist" themes in it even if the victimized characters are likable and unduly treated, it's become annoying to see it at all. As I said Elysium itself doesn't promote those views if you pay attention. And here is where things get worse... Will Ubisoft be able to handle a story like that with such nuance that whether or not race relations are repaired; can AC: Shadows stand well on it's own story?

Ubisoft should've decided to make all the protagonists Asian like Ghost of Tsushima. Yes, that means the bad guys are also Asian, but now in this game the good guy is black and the Asians are good and bad. If you choose the female protagonist at least she is Asian, but here is yet another thing, her character is 100% fictional, like all other AC characters were before Yasuke.

The only things AC tried to get historically accurate, were how certain structures looked and sometimes how parts of some historical cities were laid out. Yeah, that's it! Only uninformed or totally disingenuous people are saying AC was ever trying to be an interactive retelling of historical events.

Requiring internet to install the game is what I'm talking about

Ubisoft came out and verified that on PC, You need to be online for the install, but just once for the install, while they said it was an Error on Sony's part that said their game needed Online at all times.

Oh I'm sorry, do we love Ubisoft now? I was under the impression that we were still all in agreement that they sucked.

Mate it’s a commenting website to post opinions

Stop being a dick