Red flags in Assassins Creed Shadows: 1. Using an historical person as a main character. 2. Using a main character not from the culture and region. 3. Use of Chinese building structure in Feudal Japan. 4. Ubisoft stealing a flag from an army recreational group. 5. Hip hop music playing when Yasuke fights. 6. Ubisoft working with Sweet Baby Inc AGAIN. 7. Yasuke not acting like a Samurai in battle. 8. Yasuke being treated as a God when everyone is just bowing to him. 9. Ubisoft being involved with the edits around Yasuke on Wikipedia. 10. Ubisoft using Chinese Mandarin in the Kanji in a game set in Feudal Japan. 11. The pushing of LGBT stuff into the game (which also makes no sense in the realm of the animus). 12. Ubisoft working with a writer whose main "prominent" work is about monks being in relationships with young boys. 13. Ubisoft stealing the katana of Zoro from One Piece for Yasuke. 14. Not wiping blood off the katana before sheathing it. 15. Ubisoft got the seasons wrong. 16. Samurai wouldn't be walking around with their armor on at all times. Also the double standards media has to glorify Yasuke killing a bunch of Japanese people yet these same people attacked the likes of RE5. The double standards also continue with the people praising this game, a game that doesn't pay 100% correct tribute to Japan, were the ones attacking Ghost Of Tsushima, which did try to be as accurate as possible, simply because it was made an entirely European team. Those devs did their research. Ubisoft did not.
Number 1 shouldn’t be much of a problem if it’s fictional but the issue is brought up because Yasuke isn’t a real historical figure in Japanese history, since the fact that Ubislop mentioned that AC Shadows wants to have a historical accuracy to the game.
@V0RTA All of the AC main characters have been original characters. You were playing as the likes of Altair, Ezio, Connor, Edward, Arlo, and Bayek. You weren't playing as Leonardo Da Vinci, George Washington, Blackbeard, Jack The Ripper, Cleopatra, and Ceaser.
@@320iSTWEdition jup but way more subtle on stable roofs or small buildings, not at the big historic ones as I can recall at least. And they aren't painted white to make it extra obvious so we can understand for what it is for.
I'm not Japanese but I know this isn't black people's fault. They're just using you as a shield. I'm noticing black people are getting pissed at all this woke stuff also. I'm all for anti racism, appreciating other cultures. But this woke culture is dividing us rather than bringing us together. But luckily it seems most of us are seeing this for what it is, and rejecting it.
No need to be sorry bro. As a Hispanic even I can't stand when the leftists always try to use Hispanics as well for their political gain. It gets tiresome
I laughed hard at Yasuke doing Karate forms… Karate is from Okinawa and wasn’t even a thing back in that era… it was brought to mainland Japan in the Taishō era (around 1900’s) besides the weaponry training, the empty-hand martial arts that Samurais did was Ju-jutsu (Judo and Jiu-jitsu came from this martial art) A lot of things they show in this trailer aren’t even from Japan. Ubisoft devs are racist and ignorant.
Every time you release a video about AC Shadows, i directly come to watch because I know i'm gonna learn about real Japan (and laugh a lot xD) and not the Thomas Lockley version. Thanks for being here @Shokei Kondo.
They already bought it tho 😂 It was the most pre-ordered game in Japan after the first teaser dropped... Now is the game gonna be Great or another Star Wars Outlaw situation 🤔 ?
You sure? I watch jp youtubers tht cover this issue, ac shadow preorder sales from all of mafketplace in japan s really bad even game like dq that get backlash about it cencorship s still higher @@jaxthedisintegrator8096
Ubisoft Consultant: 'Japanese gamers have only had positive reactions and the criticism has just been Westerners using Google translate.' Meanwhile, Japanaese Gamers:
The fun part is the tree is a bonsai. Bonsai plants aren't natural grown. It is manipulated and grown using tools and cutting methods. So, if the bonsai here grown naturally ( as it seems to be ) that's fucking funny
And there’s no golden temple with a yellow forest in Tsushima. Let’s not hold binoculars towards ac shadows and wear unprescribed glasses for ghosts of Tsushima. I’m not tryna defend Ubisoft but let’s be objective in our critiques. The things people are complaining about are things that I’d be understanding about if people Said they just hated Ubisoft and are biased but some people are making legit complaints that shouldn’t matter to a gamer who just wants to feel like they are in Japan playing a Japanese fantasy game. You’re playing as an assassin in a fictional game I’m not worried about if the ground surrounding a bonsai tree doesn’t make it look believable that there should be a bonsai tree growing there. Most of the complaints show me a lot of people are just fed up with Ubisoft and I get it but, ya wouldn’t last during the ps2 era of gaming where realism was a hindrance towards fun games, now people see it as a prerequisite
Ghost of Tsushima really did try their best and you can tell, they did their research and made a good story and next to nobody got mad. Ubisoft used a half broken Tori gate as a stand for their characters to stand on. If you don’t know (please correct me if I’m wrong) a half broken Tori gate represents Hiroshima and nagasaki
The official trailer from Ubisoft channel in English it is being bombarded with bots with fake comments saying the game is great to counter the negative comments from the users... It seems that Ubisoft it is rolling an AI bot comment to make their video goes positive to not make their stock prices goes even down further haha
I love how the Japanese commentators are responding with criticism and humor. It speaks of maturity, and also like the kid in The Emperor's New Clothes, we shall point out the truth and laugh.
It's kind of dumb that they keep showing him in full armor rather than Kimonos or Haoris maybe straw hats which is better clothing and more than likely what he actually wore instead of him walking down the street in full brazen armor that's not supposed to be used unless in a actual war.....like we get it he has samurai armor show him in regular clothes
The problem with Western developers making a game based on Japanese history is that they don't really care about Japanese history or culture. They just want to use the aesthetics to sell a game. The added anachronism of racial politics makes it even more cynical. This is why Wukong was successful, because people who loved the culture and history made a game because it inspired them and it shows. I'll wait for a Japanese game about Samurais made by competent Japanese devs thanks.
@@elchavode6479 The story, writing, characters and dialogues in that game are still western in its nature and contain East Asian stereotypes seen from the west.
There's only one thing I want to be thankful for ACS. Without it, I would never found your amazing channel. Please keep doing your best, Shohei-san. There, I said a positive thing about the game. Now excuse me while I go step on some Legos...
Thank you for taking up this topic. This trailer is really bad. But what is worse is that Ubi claims that we paid homage to Japan in making this and other such nonsense. We have never felt a shred of respect from UBI. We have never felt a shred of respect from Ubi. What is their antics that make us angry. UBI should stop cultural appropriation and fabricating history and apologize.
Yeah, it's hard to explain but the music in the trailer isn't Japanese and as an Asian it's kinda hard to describe it. @5:16 gets me since I've never seen it in the Japanese media I consume and it being an ancient Chinese clay flute is hilarious. I'll get it if it's back in the Yayoi or Jomon period, but this is the Sengoku period!
Matsu and Sakura trees are very weired and bamboo leaves are growing from its trunk. I liked you say "E!" when you are surprised. Thanks for the video, from Japan.
hey, that's not Chinese music it Japanese, th-cam.com/video/bIs177d-yJA/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/lCxXo3LFDa/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/MDzJ15cIbso/w-d-xo.html
@@MelodyAssassinscreedluver "iM gOoD bEcAUsE i sTilL bUY gAmE", great good job you did what every gamer does. You have nothing interesting to offer to the discussion
It still angers me how blatant the disrespect, arrogance, and ignorance is in this trailer. Normally, I would say sharing a culture is enlightening and crucial so other cultures can learn and appreciate another perspective but I can't condone or share what Ubisoft has done here. If you're looking to appreciate the Japanese culture in a time period where Samurai were crucial and respected, play Ghost of Tsushima. They portray the Japanese culture and lifestyle of that period near perfectly, if not perfectly. They respected the culture while simultaneously making a non-historical protagonist to fit in the narrative they'd written around a historically brutal time in Japan's history.
😂 Nah Bro forget AC-Shadows. I just bought the entire Yakuza game series yesterday (at least we Germans call it "Yakuza"). So much better and the money is well spent. 😉
最近では原作タイトルに近いLike a Dragonに変更されたと聞きましたが、やはり最初にローカライズされたときのYAKUZAというタイトルのほうが印象が強いですよね。 あのシリーズで出てくる町は、町の名前は少し変えられていますが実際に日本にある場所で、スタッフの綿密な調査とシリーズが進むごとに町に出店してる各企業と正式にコラボすることで、販売当時の町並みを正確に再現している部分が多いので、本当に観光してる気分を味わえるのが良いところですね。
The game has its issues, but what major 3rd party AAA game doesn’t, I know it will be a vast Asian world to explore in finally as an attractive petite lady assassin
I'm five hours into my first playthrough of GoT. Wonderful game. I got more enjoyment in the first hour than every Assassin's Creed game I've played combined.
Kintsugi was used on that “Chinese instrument” strange that they included a japanese technique on a Chinese instrument. Im still getting this game at some point but funny things going on😂
I feel like people would like Yasuke if it's not so forced on the story, seems like a cool stoic warrior. I think the game looks kinda cool - still hope they can deliver a decent game
Even in Assassins Creed Shadow launching event at Japan Expo , The Ubisoft staff uses Zorro's katana instead of Yasuke's katana , Seem Ubisoft want to play fire to Japan's most fiercest copyright crusader beside Nintendo , Toei that known got the best legal team of all Japan , if Ubisoft really involved with legal battle with Toei , chances of winning might be thin
Como historiador posso afirmar que Yasuke (uma variação de seu nome real) existiu, de acordo com os relatos de mercadores portugueses, missionários, cronistas, o mais conhecido deles sendo o missionário Luís Fróis. No entanto, apesar de sabermos que um africano foi levado ao Japão como escravo por Alessandro Valignano, missionário neopolitano que estava de passagem de suas viagens às Índias, afirmar que ele era de fato um samurai é complicado e pouco provável. É dito que ele esteve presente no incidente de Honnō-ji em 1582, o que o colocaria próximo de Oda Nobunaga na época de sua morte e em contato por ao menos 3 anos.
Thank you for making this video. It is hard for us that don't speak or read Japanese to distinguish authentic voices from bots or those parading to be Japanese. There are some things that I can excuse for gameplay, like the weird roof hatches and always wearing armor. Sometimes game design trumps accuracy. Shadows should've been a game that printed money for Ubisoft but instead they botched it. Ubisoft should have worked with consultants and historians born and raised in Japan when developing this game.
hello, bro! they surely used element from older AC games, origins, valhalla etc, so they adapted the trees and everything from what they already had...armor, you name it
That Chinese instrument is almost exactly like a Peruvian instrument, which is usually considered a kind of ocarina; small ones being made to be worn as necklaces. I remember seeing a one of the Peruvian necklace ocarinas in a "new age" store in the late 80s or early 90s; because of that the ocarina from Ocarina of Time didn't look like an ocarina to me.
I can't wait till this game comes out, cuz I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima in honor of it. I already know this game is gonna be so bad, and I can't wait to watch it cost Ubi a lot of money
Not gonna lie, I think the game looks pretty good and I'm interested in it but I strongly dislike the way the marketing has portrayed it as historically accurate instead of historical fantasy.
@@SPOOKYTIMEZ2099 yeah I have no problem with a fantasy version of Yasuke, it's just a bit unfortunate that they're saying he was a real black samurai as opposed to being a black guy who came to Japan with some priests and served Oda Nobunaga for a time. That's interesting enough that they could make him an Assassin in the story without necessarily being a samurai. It would be pretty on brand for the series. Oh well, I still imagine it could be good.
@@krokodil5131they've said it since the backlash about Yasuke being in the game. This TH-camr has made videos about it in the past, go watch them. Ubisoft has said it repeatedly.
In the AC graphic novels, the Japanese branch of the Assassin Brotherhood is a primary ally of Tokugawa Ieyasu (when Tokugawa was still a vassal of Oda until the end of the war), not Oda Nobunaga, since Ieyasu used ninjas for his cunning deception against his enemies. I don't recall the assassins working for Oda unless they retconned it.
Honestly there are many valid points that I can understand many people being upset by especially Japanese people but when it comes to complains like the samurai armor being worn all the time It feels like sometimes people choose to forget that this is a videogame and probably an rpg style game like the others too in wich you will more than likely be able to customize and wear different outfits of your preference. But besides that maybe I'm a minority here but I've personally never played a game and said, you know what! I'll just take off my armor and wear normal clothes as I go through this town. It's just hard to imagine gamers caring enough if it makes sense to be wearing the armor they have on in all locations of a game. Also I could be wrong but if I remember right when they did the Paris assassins there were a lot of creative liberties taken with the buildings and they were not very accurate at all to accommodate the style of gameplay and even the catacombs were present in the game even though in real life they were made after the revolution and their inclusion was because they were unsure if they would revisit Paris if I'm not mistaken but again like I said, it's a videogame so it felt reasonable.
Seriously and the real Yasuke would have worn Kimonos and Haoris which is better than straight up walking down towns in full fledged battle armor only seen in times of crisis
Thousands of Japanese great samurai and ninjas in the history. And yet they are nothing compared to a fake black samurai. In your face, there goes your pride that sold to the west!
The most shocking part about this whole thing is how nobody at the head of Ubisoft took one look at Yasuke and said "stop. No." years ago when there was still time to turn this very obvious disaster around. They should have hired some Japanese devs and historians to add authenticity to a culture that is obviously very foreign to westerners. This game could have easily become the best selling AC game in the franchise, as Japan is such a rich setting.. Its honestly just shocking what a blunder this is.
Someone wanted to but was afraid to be looked at as a racist. This is the problem, this is a cultural problem at Ubisoft. They ironically want diversity and cultural respect yet clearly didn't think about the Japanese people here. Ubisoft are doing the thing they hate and stand against.. this is basically cultural innapropriation and borderline if not straight racism. Hypocrites. Your comment was on point.
Ah, so Racist Creed Shadows where ubisoft steals, appropriates, caricaturizes, and revises Japanese history & culture is still in the works - can't wait to see the money go up in flames 🎉 🔥
Historical fantasy/fictional shouldn't be a game genre anymore, this is a proof how people can ruin it by saying it "fantasy/fictional" of something that actually historic, because for this case the Japanese regard highly of their culture/history, and changing it by saying it's fantasy/fictional is a such a cheap trick. Like you get the attention/views because this game based of real historical and culture of Japan, and then you change it because it's fantasy/fictional to the point that this ubisoft is lazy company that the only thing they can do is copy stuff from a country because it attracts the people and then change any part of historical/culture of the country because it's fantasy so it doesnt matter what kind of change we do to the historic/culture without considering the Japanese people and have the guts to say "you learn Japanese history/culture", like seriously?!
Nah... The genre exist since forever and will continue to exist. They were not in trouble until they made a game set in Japan. Maybe they should think before acting 🤷♂️. LOOOVED That they picked Yasuke as a playable character but that Sweet Baby Inc situation scares me alot 😕... Will definitely compare Yasuke in NIOH vs in AC Shadows, it's gonna interesting!
@@jaxthedisintegrator8096 Tbh, i have nothing against Yasuke,Naoe and whatever the plot is because it's been like that for previous AC games, but the basic stuff like torii gate is meant for entrance to a shrines for praying not to a city is already bad, no matter how minor it is should be treated in the respectful way cause it's actual culture/history of Japanese people, imagine if they make cross in the church upside down cause it's "fantasy".
The problem with this game is that Ubislop wants to depict a historical accuracy of this game by using Thomas Lockle (idk his accurate name) as the source, an african origin man who came to Japan and became samurai. If this sort of content is depicted to be fictional and not historical accuracy, for instance where an african merchant came to Japan to sell some goods and suddenly bandits took his wife and child. Therefore, he became a swordsman to hunt down the bandits. Do you think that instance is okay for the Japanese?
@@V0RTA Thomas Lockley is the accurate name of the fraud. That idea can work since the MC has to learn how to be a swordsman. Unlike in what Lockley is propagating, we didn't even know if Yasuke took up samurai combat training. Critics will say that Adams became a samurai but didn't even undergo training. Here is the thing with William Adams, he contributed something, knowledge on western politics, warfare and stuff. Things that were very valuable to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was granted samurai status because of it.
Yeah. I noticed the music too. It's all wrong. It's not Japanese instruments. I'm just an American who has heard The Waggaki Band before. They literally did not talk to 1 Japanese person.
shohei-kun, if i may ask.. do samurai allow to kill unprepared fighter who are not even prepared his/her stances? because i saw a lot about honor and pride as primary samurai code in ghost of tsushima... i even confuse how ubisoft make a trailer how vandalising is their strong core
i think a lot of problems w this game can be avoided if they comapny didnt advertise it as showing real historical figures, events, and that players can learn history from it. i dont think anyone expects realism/historical accuracy from a game, especially from assassins creed, but to justify their shortcomings as "its just historical fiction not documentary" is a bit conflicting when theyve already did their marketing campaign around historical accuracies. aside from that it clearly shows they dont actually have any respect or even do research while making this game as well. if they had just made a game about a completely fictional japan in a completely fictional world w fictional depiction of historical figures (like what fate did for example) i dont think anyone would have had any issues. but their stubborness to claim that the players can learn real history via this game had ultimately become their downfall
@@javierslytherin9898 then maybe say that its simply inspired by real historical events/figures instead of stubbornly advertising it as smth players can learn history from? like i genuinely believe if this game had had better marketing strats it probably would have suffered a lot less scrutiny, especially for its shortcomings in regards to research. and no u cant justify things like square tatami or rice being planted in the cold weather as "fictional elements" that is not fictional thats lack of research. again, the existence of fictional elements do not excuse the plethora of inaccuracies in it
5:14 god I put too much work in finding out what that instrument could be and why the hell it's in Japan if its Chinese, and I've got nothing, I thought maybe it was a Japanese instrument that looked similar to the Xun but the closest I got has pipes coming out of it then my second guess was maybe a modified ocarina but why would they bother when they could just use the normal shape, I feel thy could have just as easily used the ocarina which was in Japan around the time the game takes place, the only excuse I can think of that would allow it to make sense is Oda had it or the Japanese brother hood have it as part of their entrance ceremony as the Japanese brother hood is actual a branch off of the Chinese brother hood with its found Kotetsu be super close with the Chinese assassin Shao Jun
HA I found it there is an Ocarina that looks very similar to the Xun it's called Transverse ocarina EDIT: never mind because even tho the Transverse ocarina is identical to the one in the video it originated in 19th century Italy, EDIT (again): ok so I found an ocarina can be any shape (including a lady bug) soooo... maybe what we see in the trailer is a ocarina and not a Xun idk seems like a pretty big mistake on Ubisoft's part that I can't find any excuse that would make since in a historical stand point
4:55 and something else, I guess Japan didn't have glass windows in those days... what did they make this hatch from? made of paper? like the internal walls? XDD
Lol I love how you put the guy from Creed on your thumbnail. He made good music. As I'm writing this comment I have not seen the video, so I might not properly understand why this guy is when on the thumbnail. Okay, now I'm gonna watch the video.
Ok now I watched the video. I'm no expert in Japanese history or historical warfare, but even I can see that a hatch in the roof of a castle in a country full of assassins is a bad idea.
Red flags in Assassins Creed Shadows:
1. Using an historical person as a main character.
2. Using a main character not from the culture and region.
3. Use of Chinese building structure in Feudal Japan.
4. Ubisoft stealing a flag from an army recreational group.
5. Hip hop music playing when Yasuke fights.
6. Ubisoft working with Sweet Baby Inc AGAIN.
7. Yasuke not acting like a Samurai in battle.
8. Yasuke being treated as a God when everyone is just bowing to him.
9. Ubisoft being involved with the edits around Yasuke on Wikipedia.
10. Ubisoft using Chinese Mandarin in the Kanji in a game set in Feudal Japan.
11. The pushing of LGBT stuff into the game (which also makes no sense in the realm of the animus).
12. Ubisoft working with a writer whose main "prominent" work is about monks being in relationships with young boys.
13. Ubisoft stealing the katana of Zoro from One Piece for Yasuke.
14. Not wiping blood off the katana before sheathing it.
15. Ubisoft got the seasons wrong.
16. Samurai wouldn't be walking around with their armor on at all times.
Also the double standards media has to glorify Yasuke killing a bunch of Japanese people yet these same people attacked the likes of RE5. The double standards also continue with the people praising this game, a game that doesn't pay 100% correct tribute to Japan, were the ones attacking Ghost Of Tsushima, which did try to be as accurate as possible, simply because it was made an entirely European team.
Those devs did their research. Ubisoft did not.
Out of all this, I still can't believe the Zoro bit 🤣 Minority hunter's blade stolen by the minority
I think there is also Torii used as the gate to a town. I think neither Chinese nor Japanese use gates like that.
offff thats tldr, SEE SBI = know bs.
Number 1 shouldn’t be much of a problem if it’s fictional but the issue is brought up because Yasuke isn’t a real historical figure in Japanese history, since the fact that Ubislop mentioned that AC Shadows wants to have a historical accuracy to the game.
@V0RTA All of the AC main characters have been original characters. You were playing as the likes of Altair, Ezio, Connor, Edward, Arlo, and Bayek. You weren't playing as Leonardo Da Vinci, George Washington, Blackbeard, Jack The Ripper, Cleopatra, and Ceaser.
日本人がホントに怒っていて、何故怒るのか説明して頂いた時はスカッとしました！遅くなりましたが少しばかりお礼をば
@@gs1371 ありがとうございます🙇🏻♂️
The door for the assassin in the roof... I can't 😂😂
This is in Ghost of Tsushima as well. Several buildings have roof hatches.
@@320iSTWEdition jup but way more subtle on stable roofs or small buildings, not at the big historic ones as I can recall at least.
And they aren't painted white to make it extra obvious so we can understand for what it is for.
@@Geffi01 Yeah, okay. You got a good point there. But hey..... "historically accurate"..... 😉🤣
@@320iSTWEdition 😂 you can at least try to make it as legit as possible as creator, without insulting peoples intelligence.
UbiSoft forgot to put a welcome sign next to the door.
Bro, we black people did not ask for this. Sorry for the disrespect you guys are facing using us.
I'm not Japanese but I know this isn't black people's fault. They're just using you as a shield. I'm noticing black people are getting pissed at all this woke stuff also. I'm all for anti racism, appreciating other cultures. But this woke culture is dividing us rather than bringing us together. But luckily it seems most of us are seeing this for what it is, and rejecting it.
No need to be sorry bro. As a Hispanic even I can't stand when the leftists always try to use Hispanics as well for their political gain. It gets tiresome
You have nothing to apologize for friend, this is all on Ubisoft! ❤ Thank you for your respect
I am black too. I don't know why Ubisoft is doing this.
Black people deserve representation in your own narrative, culture and history. Not being plugged into wherever the DEI people want.
I laughed hard at Yasuke doing Karate forms…
Karate is from Okinawa and wasn’t even a thing back in that era… it was brought to mainland Japan in the Taishō era (around 1900’s) besides the weaponry training, the empty-hand martial arts that Samurais did was Ju-jutsu (Judo and Jiu-jitsu came from this martial art)
A lot of things they show in this trailer aren’t even from Japan. Ubisoft devs are racist and ignorant.
As someone who loves to watch Japanese historical dramas set during the Sengoku Period, what AC Shadows did is just bloody offensive.
Ubisoft speed running to bankruptcy is the best moment in 2024.
Every time you release a video about AC Shadows, i directly come to watch because I know i'm gonna learn about real Japan (and laugh a lot xD) and not the Thomas Lockley version. Thanks for being here @Shokei Kondo.
After being so disrespectful toJapan, next Ubisoft is going to say the entire Japan is bigot for not buying their game
@polodhtip6061 It's probably because they don't try to imply that their games are historically accurate.
@@Kasei7ththey never did lmao they’re up in arms over literally nothing. These always have been fantasy games lol
@@Kasei7thExcept for this game they did imply that
They already bought it tho 😂
It was the most pre-ordered game in Japan after the first teaser dropped...
Now is the game gonna be Great or another Star Wars Outlaw situation 🤔 ?
You sure? I watch jp youtubers tht cover this issue, ac shadow preorder sales from all of mafketplace in japan s really bad even game like dq that get backlash about it cencorship s still higher @@jaxthedisintegrator8096
Ubisoft Consultant: 'Japanese gamers have only had positive reactions and the criticism has just been Westerners using Google translate.'
Meanwhile, Japanaese Gamers:
I wouldn't even care if it wasn't for the fact that they're defiling japanese culture ALONG with the assassins creed franchise I grew up loving.
The fun part is the tree is a bonsai.
Bonsai plants aren't natural grown. It is manipulated and grown using tools and cutting methods.
So, if the bonsai here grown naturally ( as it seems to be ) that's fucking funny
And there’s no golden temple with a yellow forest in Tsushima. Let’s not hold binoculars towards ac shadows and wear unprescribed glasses for ghosts of Tsushima. I’m not tryna defend Ubisoft but let’s be objective in our critiques. The things people are complaining about are things that I’d be understanding about if people
Said they just hated Ubisoft and are biased but some people are making legit complaints that shouldn’t matter to a gamer who just wants to feel like they are in Japan playing a Japanese fantasy game. You’re playing as an assassin in a fictional game I’m not worried about if the ground surrounding a bonsai tree doesn’t make it look believable that there should be a bonsai tree growing there. Most of the complaints show me a lot of people are just fed up with Ubisoft and I get it but, ya wouldn’t last during the ps2 era of gaming where realism was a hindrance towards fun games, now people see it as a prerequisite
Ghost of Tsushima really did try their best and you can tell, they did their research and made a good story and next to nobody got mad. Ubisoft used a half broken Tori gate as a stand for their characters to stand on. If you don’t know (please correct me if I’m wrong) a half broken Tori gate represents Hiroshima and nagasaki
The official trailer from Ubisoft channel in English it is being bombarded with bots with fake comments saying the game is great to counter the negative comments from the users... It seems that Ubisoft it is rolling an AI bot comment to make their video goes positive to not make their stock prices goes even down further haha
他にも当時の城や村の中にあんなに木が生えてるわけないんですよね。それどころか近隣の山もほとんど木は伐採され開けた草原に灌木が少々って感じになってるはずです。
現在の日本は元農地に杉を植林したり、人口減少などで森が農地や民家のすぐ隣まで来てますが昔は近隣の山は燃料や山菜を採取する場でしたし、開けた草原は野生動物も避けるので農作物への獣害も避ける効果もあったとされますね。ちょっと里山の歴史とか調べればかなりの記録があるのですが、とりあえず日本の現在の風景をちょっと見ただけで知った気になっちゃったんでしょうねぇ・・・
I love how the Japanese commentators are responding with criticism and humor. It speaks of maturity, and also like the kid in The Emperor's New Clothes, we shall point out the truth and laugh.
The music instrument being discussed is actually the same type as Wukong's second relic in Black Myth: Wukong.
The blatant disrespect to Japan is disgusting
Japan.got more worry about some damn video game some of people are disgusting racists pigs
@@d4mterro320so edgy
@@d4mterro320Where are your parents, kiddo?
ありがとうよ…😢
Ohhhh but Ubisoft experts says it's accurate . I'm sure they will say the same about the sword they bought off of amazon
公式によると弥助の鎧は鉄製らしいですよ！
鉄の甲冑フル装備で雪の中を一人歩く弥助…聡明だなあ(棒)
意味もなく登場する石灯篭、桜をはじめ、木の高さが違和感ありすぎて気持ち悪いです。
お城の周辺にあるアホみたいに高い竹？とか天窓()とか暗殺者を誘う為のやつですかね？ｗ
まずもって建物の近くに竹なんか植えたら基礎ガタガタになるやんけ！と思います。
個人的には屋根の角にいちいち何かをぶら下げるの止めて欲しい。あと城下町が完全に異世界。
UBIがなにを参考にして、何をもって本物に近づけたという自信を持っているのか問い詰めたい。
It's kind of dumb that they keep showing him in full armor rather than Kimonos or Haoris maybe straw hats which is better clothing and more than likely what he actually wore instead of him walking down the street in full brazen armor that's not supposed to be used unless in a actual war.....like we get it he has samurai armor show him in regular clothes
The problem with Western developers making a game based on Japanese history is that they don't really care about Japanese history or culture. They just want to use the aesthetics to sell a game. The added anachronism of racial politics makes it even more cynical. This is why Wukong was successful, because people who loved the culture and history made a game because it inspired them and it shows. I'll wait for a Japanese game about Samurais made by competent Japanese devs thanks.
You mean Most western developers, look at ghost of tsushima it develop by western studio
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The story, writing, characters and dialogues in that game are still western in its nature and contain East Asian stereotypes seen from the west.
@@elchavode6479 you're saying this as if that game is some authentic take on history or culture.
@polodhtip6061 they're shit too
@@iamsheep it was the actual island locals that showed appreciation to the game creators for that same reason
They taked a lot of stuffs from everywhere and they put it all together to fit somehow
There's only one thing I want to be thankful for ACS.
Without it, I would never found your amazing channel. Please keep doing your best, Shohei-san.
There, I said a positive thing about the game. Now excuse me while I go step on some Legos...
Aww thank you!
It's insane how disrespectful Ubisoft is, but at the same time I'm not surprised.
Jin Sakai would crush Yasuke like a bug!!!
1:53 the horse is doing Michael Jackson moonwalk HEE HEE!
I'm black. And I was actually born in Japan.
I'm sorry Japanese people, if they stuck to the culture they are portraying, and did an honest job about it, it might've been a banger.
Thank you for taking up this topic.
This trailer is really bad. But what is worse is that Ubi claims that we paid homage to Japan in making this and other such nonsense.
We have never felt a shred of respect from UBI. We have never felt a shred of respect from Ubi.
What is their antics that make us angry.
UBI should stop cultural appropriation and fabricating history and apologize.
This game looks amazing, I don't care what anyone says
Thats what happens when you have low standards.. you probably find FIFA or COD amazing too
@@EX0007 People are complaining but I bet y'all are gonna play it when it releases
Yeah, it's hard to explain but the music in the trailer isn't Japanese and as an Asian it's kinda hard to describe it.
@5:16 gets me since I've never seen it in the Japanese media I consume and it being an ancient Chinese clay flute is hilarious. I'll get it if it's back in the Yayoi or Jomon period, but this is the Sengoku period!
1:05 Bonsai Trees x100 bigger
Matsu and Sakura trees are very weired and bamboo leaves are growing from its trunk.
I liked you say "E!" when you are surprised.
Thanks for the video, from Japan.
Its like they used AI to generate the trees.
Ubisoft: This is Japan so we're going to play some Chinese music for you. Hope you enjoy! 🎵🎶🎶😎
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I will support japan and i will not buy this piece of garbage! 😡
Someone's a little whinny cry baby, arnt we? Lol
@MelodyAssassinscreedluver are you paid to glaze ubisoft?
@supermilesxd5358 Yes, because everyone that loves games are paid. Then are you saying you're all being paid to hate on it??
@@MelodyAssassinscreedluver Ubisoft is doing clear cultural misappropriation and you continue to glaze them like a call of duty camo grinder
@@MelodyAssassinscreedluver "iM gOoD bEcAUsE i sTilL bUY gAmE", great good job you did what every gamer does. You have nothing interesting to offer to the discussion
It still angers me how blatant the disrespect, arrogance, and ignorance is in this trailer. Normally, I would say sharing a culture is enlightening and crucial so other cultures can learn and appreciate another perspective but I can't condone or share what Ubisoft has done here. If you're looking to appreciate the Japanese culture in a time period where Samurai were crucial and respected, play Ghost of Tsushima. They portray the Japanese culture and lifestyle of that period near perfectly, if not perfectly. They respected the culture while simultaneously making a non-historical protagonist to fit in the narrative they'd written around a historically brutal time in Japan's history.
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Nah Bro forget AC-Shadows. I just bought the entire Yakuza game series yesterday (at least we Germans call it "Yakuza"). So much better and the money is well spent.
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plus a lot of minigames.
I whole heartedly agree with this statement. Far more fun and a better, heartfelt storyline.
I can only agree with you both.
最近では原作タイトルに近いLike a Dragonに変更されたと聞きましたが、やはり最初にローカライズされたときのYAKUZAというタイトルのほうが印象が強いですよね。
あのシリーズで出てくる町は、町の名前は少し変えられていますが実際に日本にある場所で、スタッフの綿密な調査とシリーズが進むごとに町に出店してる各企業と正式にコラボすることで、販売当時の町並みを正確に再現している部分が多いので、本当に観光してる気分を味わえるのが良いところですね。
сейчас серия игр называется Like A Dragon.
The game has its issues, but what major 3rd party AAA game doesn’t, I know it will be a vast Asian world to explore in finally as an attractive petite lady assassin
I thought there was a Solar panel on the top of castle
186 Likes are from Ubisoft payed buzzer
@airingo4516 if you Call Bots Paid. Every Positive Comment on the American Trailer is a Bot.
@@djrandalruckus1Yeah, and with some... Questionable pfps.
It's like they're taken straight from the OF.
If you want to play as samurai in Japan just buy Ghost of Tsushima and forget AC shadows.
I'm five hours into my first playthrough of GoT. Wonderful game. I got more enjoyment in the first hour than every Assassin's Creed game I've played combined.
Dude it gets better in the dlc
Kintsugi was used on that “Chinese instrument” strange that they included a japanese technique on a Chinese instrument. Im still getting this game at some point but funny things going on😂
I feel like people would like Yasuke if it's not so forced on the story, seems like a cool stoic warrior. I think the game looks kinda cool - still hope they can deliver a decent game
Even in Assassins Creed Shadow launching event at Japan Expo , The Ubisoft staff uses Zorro's katana instead of Yasuke's katana , Seem Ubisoft want to play fire to Japan's most fiercest copyright crusader beside Nintendo , Toei that known got the best legal team of all Japan , if Ubisoft really involved with legal battle with Toei , chances of winning might be thin
Love and a sub from Yukon Canada!
At some point, ubisoft needs to re-release the ezio collection on Steam/pc when the 10th anniversary of their collection comes.
The real Azuchi Castle is not located in such a snowy place.
Ghost of Tsushima is a great game with almost the same concept and made by the same people. How could they mess this up so bad.
That wasn't made by Ubisoft
@@casualcausalityy yeah it was made by SuckerPunch
Ubisoft need to know that Chinese and Japanese are not the same people
Como historiador posso afirmar que Yasuke (uma variação de seu nome real) existiu, de acordo com os relatos de mercadores portugueses, missionários, cronistas, o mais conhecido deles sendo o missionário Luís Fróis. No entanto, apesar de sabermos que um africano foi levado ao Japão como escravo por Alessandro Valignano, missionário neopolitano que estava de passagem de suas viagens às Índias, afirmar que ele era de fato um samurai é complicado e pouco provável. É dito que ele esteve presente no incidente de Honnō-ji em 1582, o que o colocaria próximo de Oda Nobunaga na época de sua morte e em contato por ao menos 3 anos.
I am sorry but I find this game an insult to Japan
ROFL that dislike counter on the JP trailer! Man I love Japan 😂
That's one of those full size giant Bonsai indigenous to Japan.
I have notice something when Yasuke walks through a village. Some of the villagers hairstyles is during the Yayoi period. So what era are they in?
Good video brother! Just launched my React. Keep it up!
Thank you for making this video. It is hard for us that don't speak or read Japanese to distinguish authentic voices from bots or those parading to be Japanese.
There are some things that I can excuse for gameplay, like the weird roof hatches and always wearing armor. Sometimes game design trumps accuracy.
Shadows should've been a game that printed money for Ubisoft but instead they botched it. Ubisoft should have worked with consultants and historians born and raised in Japan when developing this game.
hello, bro!
they surely used element from older AC games, origins, valhalla etc, so they adapted the trees and everything from what they already had...armor, you name it
Ubisoft Stock going downnnnn
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That Chinese instrument is almost exactly like a Peruvian instrument, which is usually considered a kind of ocarina; small ones being made to be worn as necklaces. I remember seeing a one of the Peruvian necklace ocarinas in a "new age" store in the late 80s or early 90s; because of that the ocarina from Ocarina of Time didn't look like an ocarina to me.
Im gonna buy it when its 5 dollars
I can't wait till this game comes out, cuz I'm playing Ghost of Tsushima in honor of it. I already know this game is gonna be so bad, and I can't wait to watch it cost Ubi a lot of money
Not gonna lie, I think the game looks pretty good and I'm interested in it but I strongly dislike the way the marketing has portrayed it as historically accurate instead of historical fantasy.
Gameplay is shit. Trailer might look good but gameplay is just dime a dozen.
@@SPOOKYTIMEZ2099 yeah I have no problem with a fantasy version of Yasuke, it's just a bit unfortunate that they're saying he was a real black samurai as opposed to being a black guy who came to Japan with some priests and served Oda Nobunaga for a time. That's interesting enough that they could make him an Assassin in the story without necessarily being a samurai. It would be pretty on brand for the series. Oh well, I still imagine it could be good.
Whatever you choose, its not good enough to say its stealth or samurai.
I’m sorry when and where did they say this is historically accurate? Can you point me towards this statement?
@@krokodil5131they've said it since the backlash about Yasuke being in the game. This TH-camr has made videos about it in the past, go watch them. Ubisoft has said it repeatedly.
1:20 I've seen Bonsai shaped like that, what do you mean? This is surely a wild bonsai that grew to become a big tree, isn't it?
Learned about Japanese reaction to AC and I learn Hunter x Hunter is coming back? Very nice thank you!
In the AC graphic novels, the Japanese branch of the Assassin Brotherhood is a primary ally of Tokugawa Ieyasu (when Tokugawa was still a vassal of Oda until the end of the war), not Oda Nobunaga, since Ieyasu used ninjas for his cunning deception against his enemies. I don't recall the assassins working for Oda unless they retconned it.
Wow they have done a great job depicting chinese music instruments well that's where the game takes place after all right guys, oh wait it isn't .
Ubisoft: China and Japan were trading, it's perfect depiction of history. You got a problem? Go somewhere else.
Honestly there are many valid points that I can understand many people being upset by especially Japanese people but when it comes to complains like the samurai armor being worn all the time It feels like sometimes people choose to forget that this is a videogame and probably an rpg style game like the others too in wich you will more than likely be able to customize and wear different outfits of your preference. But besides that maybe I'm a minority here but I've personally never played a game and said, you know what! I'll just take off my armor and wear normal clothes as I go through this town. It's just hard to imagine gamers caring enough if it makes sense to be wearing the armor they have on in all locations of a game. Also I could be wrong but if I remember right when they did the Paris assassins there were a lot of creative liberties taken with the buildings and they were not very accurate at all to accommodate the style of gameplay and even the catacombs were present in the game even though in real life they were made after the revolution and their inclusion was because they were unsure if they would revisit Paris if I'm not mistaken but again like I said, it's a videogame so it felt reasonable.
4:48 "Assassins welcome"
I always look forward to you posting.
You are inspiring me to start making content too!
Even novice weaboos will know that samurai and ronin would only wear full armors during wars, observing from basics like Seven Samurai and Vagabond.
Seriously and the real Yasuke would have worn Kimonos and Haoris which is better than straight up walking down towns in full fledged battle armor only seen in times of crisis
Let It Flop ❤❤❤
Im so happy hunter x hunter coming back too best thing i heard in this video was about hxh ❤
lol when you said nu metal video with that backdrop i thought of One Last Breath too!
Thousands of Japanese great samurai and ninjas in the history. And yet they are nothing compared to a fake black samurai. In your face, there goes your pride that sold to the west!
2:44 _BEST PART_ 😂
Hey you do realize that in every assassin creed game at the beginning of the game it says it based on fiction the stupidity is real 😂
You laughing at the wind from the snow made my day
It’s gonna be a good game regardless.
The most shocking part about this whole thing is how nobody at the head of Ubisoft took one look at Yasuke and said "stop. No." years ago when there was still time to turn this very obvious disaster around. They should have hired some Japanese devs and historians to add authenticity to a culture that is obviously very foreign to westerners. This game could have easily become the best selling AC game in the franchise, as Japan is such a rich setting.. Its honestly just shocking what a blunder this is.
Someone wanted to but was afraid to be looked at as a racist. This is the problem, this is a cultural problem at Ubisoft. They ironically want diversity and cultural respect yet clearly didn't think about the Japanese people here.
Ubisoft are doing the thing they hate and stand against.. this is basically cultural innapropriation and borderline if not straight racism.
Hypocrites.
Your comment was on point.
They could have just said it's not based on historical records and is completely fiction......like the other AC games and no one would care
I really can't understand all of this hate, the game look awesome, and I'm saying this as ghost of tsushima lover.
That instrument is China origin ocarina,call 塤
If you look at the staff of Ubisoft you will totally understand there stupidity.
Ah, so Racist Creed Shadows where ubisoft steals, appropriates, caricaturizes, and revises Japanese history & culture is still in the works - can't wait to see the money go up in flames 🎉 🔥
Historical fantasy/fictional shouldn't be a game genre anymore, this is a proof how people can ruin it by saying it "fantasy/fictional" of something that actually historic, because for this case the Japanese regard highly of their culture/history, and changing it by saying it's fantasy/fictional is a such a cheap trick. Like you get the attention/views because this game based of real historical and culture of Japan, and then you change it because it's fantasy/fictional to the point that this ubisoft is lazy company that the only thing they can do is copy stuff from a country because it attracts the people and then change any part of historical/culture of the country because it's fantasy so it doesnt matter what kind of change we do to the historic/culture without considering the Japanese people and have the guts to say "you learn Japanese history/culture", like seriously?!
Nah...
The genre exist since forever and will continue to exist.
They were not in trouble until they made a game set in Japan.
Maybe they should think before acting 🤷♂️.
LOOOVED That they picked Yasuke as a playable character but that Sweet Baby Inc situation scares me alot 😕...
Will definitely compare Yasuke in NIOH vs in AC Shadows, it's gonna interesting!
@@jaxthedisintegrator8096 Tbh, i have nothing against Yasuke,Naoe and whatever the plot is because it's been like that for previous AC games, but the basic stuff like torii gate is meant for entrance to a shrines for praying not to a city is already bad, no matter how minor it is should be treated in the respectful way cause it's actual culture/history of Japanese people, imagine if they make cross in the church upside down cause it's "fantasy".
もうトレーラー作るよりリアルタイムの株価チャートでも撮って投稿した方がおもろいわ。どうせゲームで人を楽しませられないんだからせめて末路で人を笑わせてくれ。
HEY off topic but go into voice acting... your voice is so cuteeeee
古代中国の笛が出てくるわけだけど、その古代中国って春秋戦国時代（紀元前200年代）のものらしいので、およそ２０００年の時を越えて16世紀の戦国時代に存在するとか、歴史の空白を埋めすぎだろと。
@@ヒナオ宮 “歴史の空白を埋めすぎ”😂😂😂
America has gone crazy can I come back to Japan? Yes I have been to Japan.
Hahaha, loved this. Keep it up Bro
The problem with this game is that Ubislop wants to depict a historical accuracy of this game by using Thomas Lockle (idk his accurate name) as the source, an african origin man who came to Japan and became samurai. If this sort of content is depicted to be fictional and not historical accuracy, for instance where an african merchant came to Japan to sell some goods and suddenly bandits took his wife and child. Therefore, he became a swordsman to hunt down the bandits. Do you think that instance is okay for the Japanese?
@@V0RTA Thomas Lockley is the accurate name of the fraud. That idea can work since the MC has to learn how to be a swordsman. Unlike in what Lockley is propagating, we didn't even know if Yasuke took up samurai combat training.
Critics will say that Adams became a samurai but didn't even undergo training. Here is the thing with William Adams, he contributed something, knowledge on western politics, warfare and stuff. Things that were very valuable to Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was granted samurai status because of it.
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Thanks for the vid :)
Yeah. I noticed the music too. It's all wrong. It's not Japanese instruments. I'm just an American who has heard The Waggaki Band before. They literally did not talk to 1 Japanese person.
shohei-kun, if i may ask.. do samurai allow to kill unprepared fighter who are not even prepared his/her stances? because i saw a lot about honor and pride as primary samurai code in ghost of tsushima... i even confuse how ubisoft make a trailer how vandalising is their strong core
Creed goes well with this trailer…
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someone should edit this song with this trailer.
of course you get yellow dollar sign.
I made a short
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@@shoheikondo bro too eager. W rizz
I thought Yasuke served as a follower of Oda
The japanese expert they hired for history accuracy was annexpert in yaoi. I'm not kidding.
i think a lot of problems w this game can be avoided if they comapny didnt advertise it as showing real historical figures, events, and that players can learn history from it. i dont think anyone expects realism/historical accuracy from a game, especially from assassins creed, but to justify their shortcomings as "its just historical fiction not documentary" is a bit conflicting when theyve already did their marketing campaign around historical accuracies. aside from that it clearly shows they dont actually have any respect or even do research while making this game as well. if they had just made a game about a completely fictional japan in a completely fictional world w fictional depiction of historical figures (like what fate did for example) i dont think anyone would have had any issues. but their stubborness to claim that the players can learn real history via this game had ultimately become their downfall
They always say that the game has a lot of fictional elements
@@javierslytherin9898 then maybe say that its simply inspired by real historical events/figures instead of stubbornly advertising it as smth players can learn history from? like i genuinely believe if this game had had better marketing strats it probably would have suffered a lot less scrutiny, especially for its shortcomings in regards to research. and no u cant justify things like square tatami or rice being planted in the cold weather as "fictional elements" that is not fictional thats lack of research. again, the existence of fictional elements do not excuse the plethora of inaccuracies in it
5:14 god I put too much work in finding out what that instrument could be and why the hell it's in Japan if its Chinese, and I've got nothing, I thought maybe it was a Japanese instrument that looked similar to the Xun but the closest I got has pipes coming out of it then my second guess was maybe a modified ocarina but why would they bother when they could just use the normal shape, I feel thy could have just as easily used the ocarina which was in Japan around the time the game takes place, the only excuse I can think of that would allow it to make sense is Oda had it or the Japanese brother hood have it as part of their entrance ceremony as the Japanese brother hood is actual a branch off of the Chinese brother hood with its found Kotetsu be super close with the Chinese assassin Shao Jun
HA I found it there is an Ocarina that looks very similar to the Xun it's called Transverse ocarina EDIT: never mind because even tho the Transverse ocarina is identical to the one in the video it originated in 19th century Italy, EDIT (again): ok so I found an ocarina can be any shape (including a lady bug) soooo... maybe what we see in the trailer is a ocarina and not a Xun idk seems like a pretty big mistake on Ubisoft's part that I can't find any excuse that would make since in a historical stand point
looks good to me
I downvoted every Ubisoft videos I came to cross. I'm doing my part!
4:55 and something else, I guess Japan didn't have glass windows in those days... what did they make this hatch from? made of paper? like the internal walls? XDD
Lol I love how you put the guy from Creed on your thumbnail. He made good music. As I'm writing this comment I have not seen the video, so I might not properly understand why this guy is when on the thumbnail. Okay, now I'm gonna watch the video.
Ok now I watched the video. I'm no expert in Japanese history or historical warfare, but even I can see that a hatch in the roof of a castle in a country full of assassins is a bad idea.