I understand how long the videos with this level of polish take (even with all the IGN practice) and appreciate the work and well thought out critiques. I am an AC fan and it all sounds like delicious fast food gaming to me - 🍔
Or Ubisoft+. That's really my preferred way to play anything from EA or Ubi. I don't usually replay games, so it's a good fit to jump in for a single month, bounce, and take a look again when something new drops.
While I can understand *some* of the backlash over this game, I really don't understand the complaints about "historical accuracy." This is an Assassin's Creed game - this series has played it fast and loose with historical accuracy since the very first game. The entire *CONCEPT* of the Assassin's as they exist in this series is just wildly absurd from an historical standpoint. We've had major historical figures in these games since the original AC and very few of them have been depicted in an historically accurate way. It just seems odd to me that only *now* are people making a big deal over it. Calm down. You either like these games or you don't - but crying over historical accuracy in the AC series after nearly 20 years feels more than a little disingenuous.
@ Nah, I *know* why - I'm just not saying why because then they'll get all self-righteous about it and try to "explain" to me why they're not *actually* doing what they're *actually* doing. It'd just be another "Roman salute" vs... that *other* kinda salute situation and I don't have time to engage in that.
Ya I know, first world problems and all but it is exhausting to constantly see the comments you’re talking about. I actually really like disagreeing with people if they’re arguing in good faith and there’s an interesting discussion to be had. That’s just not the case with a lot of the complaints you see posted today though.
I myself just wanted fictional Japanese male and female, who interact with real historical characters, it has always been like that so it was what I was expecting, even more because the Japanese aesthetics seemed perfect for an Assassins Creed like that. For this reason and the whole "DEI" thing Yasuke seems a lil bit like a stretch but whatever. There's not much to it, it's just that, a question of personal tastes.
@@ryhanon7I agree with some of y'all it is ridiculous to get this angry at a game there's plenty of Japanese games with samurais in it pick one and choose one if you don't want to play assassin's Creed shadows
Looks pretty good, I usually hold off before buying these days with games coming out unfinished, especially at £70 well £40 now that I’ve moved to pc 😊 and that rule will be prevalent here also. But it’s looking pretty dam cool. Great preview Destin 😊
I think I'll still enjoy it. Odyssey is my favorite because of personal interest and it sounds like if nothing else, I'll appreciate for the world and atmosphere.
Thanks for the preview Destin. Ubisoft open worlds have always been their stong point. Their worlds have always almost perfectly realised the time period. Its their characters and story that have been a consistent disappointment for me personally. It seems that this is no different than the last few entries. I'll be honest, I'm not rooting for Ubisoft here, especially with how they have conduted themselves around their multiple controversies lately. But MAYBE this time I'll be different. I'm not getting my hopes up for another disappointment. Prob will be getting it when its in deep sale a year or two from now.
Every time I play an Assassin's Creed game, I try turning off as many HUD elements as possible without disrupting the gameplay. It baffles me how much unnecessary crap they have on the screen. Like, let people discover things on their own, man. Ubisoft definitely caters to the brain rot generation the most.
The problem with Shadows from the beginning has been the gaslighting. Ubisoft said in that quote they never intended the game to be historically accurate, meanwhile one of their presentation videos directly says the game is based on historical fact. Especially around Yasuke. It is the lying to their audience that has pissed everyone off. Everyone can smell bull shit and the way Ubisoft handled Shadow just reeks. So much so that it was brought before Japan's political class, and their anger was expressed in their government. People say it is just because Yasuke is black. That is just a deflection as the real problem is the lying and misrepresentations.
This game is Historical Fiction - like every other AC game. Are you telling me the events of 2 and portrayals of that italy match the thoughts and feelings of current italians? Or that Connor and the handling of native americans didn't come with the same critiques?
@SpazHZ jumped straight to commenting without reading, I see. Of course, it is fiction. However, from the start, Ubisoft portrayed Yasuke as historical fact. A departure from the fictional characters they created for the other games.
@briant2438 Nope - I read it. Where does it say historical fact? All I can find are quotes directly from the game devs saying the following - as quoted from polygon "But developers at Ubisoft also stressed that while they have “put significant effort into ensuring an immersive and respectful representation of Feudal Japan,” the developers’ “intention has never been to present any of our Assassin’s Creed games, including Assassin’s Creed Shadows, as factual representations of history, or historical characters.” That sounds like someone made a mistake if it really says "Historical Fact" somewhere. Please send a link 🔗
If AC Shadows is meant to save Ubisoft, they need to put a 'For Sale' sign up now. The game looks outdated. Combat looks similar to Valhalla, and assets are reused from Odyssey (the kick), which shows that there are lot of new devs at ubisoft and the creative vision for the game is lacking in quality and experience. Ghost of Tsushima looks a lot better than this game. After watching the gameplay, the feel doesn’t look right. Enemies look like sponges. This will be the first AC game I have missed since 2007 when AC1 launched."
The game looks worse than I even expected, I am not surprised its been delayed twice. It still has the ridiculous level system attached to enemies & gear, this is pathetic. You shouldn't require a level 25 katana to kill a level 25 enemy, that makes no sense. A katana is a katana, if you take it through someone's head they're done, a few core slashes on the body, they're done, a levelling feature attached to the assassins creed games has never & will never make sense. It was solely added on Origins for 1 reason only, which is to make it possible for them to add an in game monetised shop that could sell you better gear. This game will flop & will be poorly reviewed, I am calling a 7/10 on most paid review sites & lower on metacritic & true fan reviews that aren't sponsored. Once we are in April, everyone will forget that game channels have been hyping this game for the last 2 years & focus will shift to the next unreleased disappointment that we have on the horizon. Modern era gaming is a joke & we have review channels & gaming media to blame for it more than anyone.
sorry! Ubisoft does not deserve sales for this game. Emersion is lost with main character. There are seven rules of Samurai. Rule 4: Respect. A samurai should always respect his enemy. A samurai respects his opponent before and after the fight. Even if a samurai kills his opponent, he is very respectful to the corpse.. So decapitating every opponent does not make sense to the way of the samurai. 👎
Skipping this one. They fumbled everything with this game so hard to this point, I don’t think it will be worth it until it’s like $10 and fully patched. By then I probably won’t care.
@ my man, you underestimate how much people hate woke/DEI products, not sure if you have pay attention how recently many well respected brands have go down after pushing this stuff.
Hope y’all like this one ❤ Consider supportiong on patreon.com/savestateplus
If they survive, they need to ditch the dual protagonists
They should've done it the same way they did in Odyssey and Valhalla, forcing you to switch characters mid game sounds mad annoying
Destin is killing it with these reveals. First SF6 now this 🙌
Told ya I’ve been cooking
@@DestinL We're here to support!
The face expressions are a huge improvement over the previous games.
Game looks good to me
I really like the inclusion of immersive mode. Definitely will be picking that option.
Sucker punch thinking "oh good we are going to swamp this garbage in Q4"
I understand how long the videos with this level of polish take (even with all the IGN practice) and appreciate the work and well thought out critiques. I am an AC fan and it all sounds like delicious fast food gaming to me - 🍔
Thank you Spaz
This franchise is always day one for me.
Hope they stick the landing with Shadows..
This game is going to be a great buy once it’s on sale for like $10
Or Ubisoft+. That's really my preferred way to play anything from EA or Ubi. I don't usually replay games, so it's a good fit to jump in for a single month, bounce, and take a look again when something new drops.
That's where I am at too with this one.
This was well put together!
Oh I'm playing in Japanese sounds great.
While I can understand *some* of the backlash over this game, I really don't understand the complaints about "historical accuracy." This is an Assassin's Creed game - this series has played it fast and loose with historical accuracy since the very first game. The entire *CONCEPT* of the Assassin's as they exist in this series is just wildly absurd from an historical standpoint. We've had major historical figures in these games since the original AC and very few of them have been depicted in an historically accurate way. It just seems odd to me that only *now* are people making a big deal over it. Calm down. You either like these games or you don't - but crying over historical accuracy in the AC series after nearly 20 years feels more than a little disingenuous.
You seriously asking why people are only complaining now?? Bruh 💀💀
@ Nah, I *know* why - I'm just not saying why because then they'll get all self-righteous about it and try to "explain" to me why they're not *actually* doing what they're *actually* doing. It'd just be another "Roman salute" vs... that *other* kinda salute situation and I don't have time to engage in that.
Ya I know, first world problems and all but it is exhausting to constantly see the comments you’re talking about. I actually really like disagreeing with people if they’re arguing in good faith and there’s an interesting discussion to be had. That’s just not the case with a lot of the complaints you see posted today though.
I myself just wanted fictional Japanese male and female, who interact with real historical characters, it has always been like that so it was what I was expecting, even more because the Japanese aesthetics seemed perfect for an Assassins Creed like that. For this reason and the whole "DEI" thing Yasuke seems a lil bit like a stretch but whatever. There's not much to it, it's just that, a question of personal tastes.
@@ryhanon7I agree with some of y'all it is ridiculous to get this angry at a game there's plenty of Japanese games with samurais in it pick one and choose one if you don't want to play assassin's Creed shadows
I'm really looking forward to this game. The hype is beyond real.
I'm going to *dog walk* the Templars with Yasuke!! 😂❤😂
Im getting this. Looks amazing 👏
Ubisoft has a lot riding on this.
Yup
Curious to see the sales figures in Japan
@@jayjay6156 are AC sales typical great in Japan? If not just because the setting is in Japan I don’t see this moving the needle much.
Assassin's Creed about to take out the main target: Ubisoft.
Looks pretty good, I usually hold off before buying these days with games coming out unfinished, especially at £70 well £40 now that I’ve moved to pc 😊 and that rule will be prevalent here also. But it’s looking pretty dam cool. Great preview Destin 😊
The Game has cinemáticas direction again, finally xD It looks amazing
Looks awesome!
Playing this with Japanese voices and on the canon version thing I want to play it how they wanted things to play out
Well done Destin, keep cooking!
Looks 7/10 game. Not sure if I pickup on launch or when all content is out and patched.
I think I'll still enjoy it. Odyssey is my favorite because of personal interest and it sounds like if nothing else, I'll appreciate for the world and atmosphere.
If you're an Assasins Crees fan more than likely you'll like it,nif youre an RPG fan you'll probbaly get some milage here.
Looking forward to it 🇯🇵🔥
Right the opposite, it goes against what other Assassins Creed games stand for, the average AC fan is disappointed.
@robeeer2 You mean the original guys? Sure, but let's not pretend that the new games don't sell well.
Thanks for the preview Destin.
Ubisoft open worlds have always been their stong point. Their worlds have always almost perfectly realised the time period.
Its their characters and story that have been a consistent disappointment for me personally. It seems that this is no different than the last few entries.
I'll be honest, I'm not rooting for Ubisoft here, especially with how they have conduted themselves around their multiple controversies lately.
But MAYBE this time I'll be different. I'm not getting my hopes up for another disappointment. Prob will be getting it when its in deep sale a year or two from now.
I’m rooting for them too!
Im playing Valhalla and am enjoying the story
Xbox direct will be on at this time or am I wrong
1 hour after.
Looking forward to your thoughts on the xbox developer direct Destin!
Every time I play an Assassin's Creed game, I try turning off as many HUD elements as possible without disrupting the gameplay. It baffles me how much unnecessary crap they have on the screen. Like, let people discover things on their own, man. Ubisoft definitely caters to the brain rot generation the most.
Tenchu > assassin creed
So I can't just play as Naoe if I want? It's a constant swap back and forth?
It seems like you may be able to play as Naoe mostly? But if you want to play as Yasuke you will need to swap to her.
@DestinL 👍 Thank you! That new story trailer got me excited to play her.
Wish the parry system was more defined it looks sluggish in comparison to say Phantom Blade.
Fable gameplay and renting system lets gooo
I wonder if Yasuke is going to be able to use eaglevision
Not in this build
@ boo hoo
I like the AC games but will probably give this one a miss and just wait for Ghost of Yotei instead
Looks like AC.
Yasukes inclusion as a lead still doesn’t make any sense
Who cares
Ninja Gaiden 4 and Ghost of Yotei and phantom Blade zero are releasing this year. I’ll pass on assassin’s Creed.
The problem with Shadows from the beginning has been the gaslighting. Ubisoft said in that quote they never intended the game to be historically accurate, meanwhile one of their presentation videos directly says the game is based on historical fact. Especially around Yasuke. It is the lying to their audience that has pissed everyone off. Everyone can smell bull shit and the way Ubisoft handled Shadow just reeks. So much so that it was brought before Japan's political class, and their anger was expressed in their government. People say it is just because Yasuke is black. That is just a deflection as the real problem is the lying and misrepresentations.
This game is Historical Fiction - like every other AC game. Are you telling me the events of 2 and portrayals of that italy match the thoughts and feelings of current italians? Or that Connor and the handling of native americans didn't come with the same critiques?
@SpazHZ jumped straight to commenting without reading, I see. Of course, it is fiction. However, from the start, Ubisoft portrayed Yasuke as historical fact. A departure from the fictional characters they created for the other games.
@briant2438 Nope - I read it. Where does it say historical fact? All I can find are quotes directly from the game devs saying the following - as quoted from polygon "But developers at Ubisoft also stressed that while they have “put significant effort into ensuring an immersive and respectful representation of Feudal Japan,” the developers’ “intention has never been to present any of our Assassin’s Creed games, including Assassin’s Creed Shadows, as factual representations of history, or historical characters.” That sounds like someone made a mistake if it really says "Historical Fact" somewhere. Please send a link 🔗
Yasuke isn’t an assassin so that’s why he can’t do all the Naoi can
Love your content. Huge AC fan here. Day one purchase for me. 🎉
If AC Shadows is meant to save Ubisoft, they need to put a 'For Sale' sign up now. The game looks outdated. Combat looks similar to Valhalla, and assets are reused from Odyssey (the kick), which shows that there are lot of new devs at ubisoft and the creative vision for the game is lacking in quality and experience.
Ghost of Tsushima looks a lot better than this game. After watching the gameplay, the feel doesn’t look right. Enemies look like sponges. This will be the first AC game I have missed since 2007 when AC1 launched."
Mom look at mee 5:48
I'm skipping this one definitely, there have been lots of samurai/ninja games lately, lets hope they make an open world prince of persia next
i'll give it a shot, why not?*
*gets out popcorn*
Oof…..this done not look good.
Ubi-slop🌚
The Japanese language didn't seem more immersive to me. And I wasn't trying to read the subtitles, just watching the characters.
The game looks worse than I even expected, I am not surprised its been delayed twice. It still has the ridiculous level system attached to enemies & gear, this is pathetic. You shouldn't require a level 25 katana to kill a level 25 enemy, that makes no sense. A katana is a katana, if you take it through someone's head they're done, a few core slashes on the body, they're done, a levelling feature attached to the assassins creed games has never & will never make sense. It was solely added on Origins for 1 reason only, which is to make it possible for them to add an in game monetised shop that could sell you better gear. This game will flop & will be poorly reviewed, I am calling a 7/10 on most paid review sites & lower on metacritic & true fan reviews that aren't sponsored. Once we are in April, everyone will forget that game channels have been hyping this game for the last 2 years & focus will shift to the next unreleased disappointment that we have on the horizon. Modern era gaming is a joke & we have review channels & gaming media to blame for it more than anyone.
sorry! Ubisoft does not deserve sales for this game. Emersion is lost with main character. There are seven rules of Samurai. Rule 4: Respect. A samurai should always respect his enemy. A samurai respects his opponent before and after the fight. Even if a samurai kills his opponent, he is very respectful to the corpse.. So decapitating every opponent does not make sense to the way of the samurai. 👎
Games gonna flop so hard it’s not even funny
No AC game has ever flopped. It's fine if you don't like them but they're money printing machines.
I'm sorry but this tittle has the unfortunate situation where everything indicates it will fail.@@jasonprice9823
Buddy, you are so wrong. AC always does fine sales wise.
AC games don't flop despite toxic slugs like u
Let me save you 18 minutes and 18 seconds
Game will suck and it will be the ruin of Ubisoft and they deserve it.
Your welcome 🙏
This game looks great for the closet racists in HR
Skipping this one. They fumbled everything with this game so hard to this point, I don’t think it will be worth it until it’s like $10 and fully patched. By then I probably won’t care.
They aren't featuring Naoe because people freak out at woman protagonists. Remember Valhalla?
Another DEI flop incoming, this is going to be worse than concord. Nobody wants to play as George floy in feudal Japan.
My man... You underestimate the power of the Assassin's Creed brand.
@ my man, you underestimate how much people hate woke/DEI products, not sure if you have pay attention how recently many well respected brands have go down after pushing this stuff.
@@bardaksuper yeah yeah, I watch asmongold too.
Go WOKE, go broke!