Was Feudal Japan really that inclusive?

Gotta get them brownie points. Now don't get me wrong homosexuality was alive and kicking in Japan during those days, and I've seen anime that have shown exactly that and been fine with it. I'm just questioning why this has to be announced before hand?

Truly a hilarious way of wording something that should be self evident

I know they’re getting wet to celebrate making a big masculine black dude do some gay shi

I don’t care what a character’s sexuality is if the story and game are good. It’s just that, does anyone honestly think this is genuine, Ubisoft and the other big companies routinely abuse and mistreat their employees but we’re supposed to believe they give a genuine fuck about diversity. I’m 100% in favor of diversity but this is classic virtue signaling.

They did the same thing in Odyssey. I can't remember if Valhalla did, I couldn't be bothered finishing that bloated mess of a game.

I'm attracted to e-girls and goth chicks myself

Dear Lord...do we even need this in AC games?!

Japanese culture was very frisky especially compared to the dogmatic hardline Catholic cultures of the Europeans in the 1600s which regarded homosexuality and multiple sexual partnerships as serious crimes. Interestingly enough they banned homosexuality shortly during the Meiji Restoration because of "western influence". History is full of ironies.

Cringe tbh.

This game is a dumpster fire.

UBI IS SOFT !

At this point i wouldn't be surprised if this game turns in to a hentai :)

IGN: it's got something for everyone 7/10

when you run out of ideas and talent , this is what you get. i doubt even lgbt people want to deal with this nonsense in a feudal japan based samurai game

Fudel Japan... like warm non binary apple pie

So glad that this is their focus instead of gameplay, visuals or atmosphere.

Did people forget that Ubi don’t even make good games to begin with?

I like how all the bigots are offended by something included in a game where the main quote is "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." I also don't doubt that these same people were playing as Femshep and hooking up with Liara.

As for historical accuracy, do you actually think homosexuality is something new? If so, how do you explain evangelicals constantly saying that the Bible - written over 1,000 years ago- is filled with passages denouncing homosexuality?

Why get upset about the always online and $129 cost when you can whine about a black samurai who may be gay?

Does this sway a single purchase? I don't think there's much reason to talk about it ahead of time. It just comes off as pandering without any context.

Didn't expect anything different, on AC Valhalla a viking lesbian general lead her troops while men where cleaning the houses, we all know historical accuracy is Ubisoft greatest strength.

That includes underage people?

I love how people think of sexual deviancy in Japan in the past in the same way they look at LGBT community now, it's absurd, it's so different in the same way that Japan have had Boy love and girl love as entertainment genre in manga for ages now but LGBT standards are different, there's a reason why when LGBT people read the old "inclusive" Japanese works they call it bigoted, same thing for the sengoku peroid, they treated it as deviancy and just did it anyway

Surely, there's more to the game than your sexual preferences? What a silly thing to focus on especially as they are usually an optional feature.

Nothing is new under the sun I'm sure back in those times in real life alot of horny shhi was going on 🤣 its funny tho cause I rarely use romance options in games I play, I knew they'd do this cause in valhalla the arc where you do the quest with the guy about the dying father, the son wanted to romance my male eivor I declined🤣🤣

? All BioWare games did it. Baldur's Gate 3 did it. AC Odyssey did it. Not sure what's the issue exactly

This is standard RPG romance mechanics. Not sure why people are making it a big deal??

Because when you think Assassin's Creed, you think romance!

They advertise it as if it's a plus. To me, it's one more reason not to buy it. What a joke.

Can Ubisoft stop saying

Phew....thank god this is clarified!

Nice. Nothing wrong with love.

Who the F care ! We want to play as a Ninja.

"Let's just hope that such a decision won't result in another round of backlash from some "fans" as we already have plenty of questionable opinions online regarding the game's black character Yasuke."

Did a little digging and there were indeed Black Samurai in Japan. Interestingly enough, only one white Samurai...Tom Cruise. I joke, but it's only recorded to have had one white Samurai.

What I don't like about the article is how he uses the word "fan." If this wasn't set in Feudal Japan then I don't think you get backlash about a Black man playing the protagonist. I mean. Put the shoe on the other foot. Would it of made sense to have a Japanese man as the main character of Assassins Creed Syndicate set in London in 1868?

Romancing characters...Just don't romance your opposite sex if you're not wanting to! Crisis averted lol.

No body hates options more than gamers who hate options that hurt their feelings. I have never understood why some people get so so triggered over optional things in video games. The more options the better

If this is a topic worth announcing in their eyes, it's enough of a "selling point" for me NOT to buy it and this is coming from someone currently replaying Odyssey and romancing everyone and everything I can

What about get me excited with improved stealth mechanics and combat system instead?

Woke