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[Kerotan]

No that's a really good addition to the series.

 

[DaciaJC]

That is far from what I would consider “ultra” gory. Hell, it’s tame compared to even certain other Ubisoft titles (see the executions in For Honor).

 

[Represent.]

People need to stop being fucking pussies about this game.

Too gory? really? Shut the fuck up.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Not sure people know or remember but black people were targeting and beating up Asians during Covid. That’s why it bothers some.

 

[rofif]

It’s good.
Any single decision this game does, will be looked at negatively.
The hate boner for this is idiotic

 

[rabbity-thing]

I don't have a problem with the gore - but what's going on here? Is Assassin's Creed an action game now?

It's always been kind of an action game. From day one, even though stealth was the primary gameplay option from a narrative standpoint, the easy-to-use (and gratifying) parry system made the combat an absolute joy.

 

[MayauMiao]

Was there same level of gore as previous Ass Creed game?

 

[Jinxed]

They took out the decapitations and dismemberments in the japanese version.

 

[IFireflyl]

They took out the decapitations and dismemberments in the japanese version.

Yep, I edited my first post to include this as well.

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That article also confirms that, outside of Japan, there is in fact a gore setting that can be toggled.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Not sure people know or remember but black people were targeting and beating up Asians during Covid. That’s why it bothers some.

Okay..? This seems completely unrelated to a video game. This rationale is ridiculous.

 

[BaneIsPain]

Gore or not, the combat barely changes. So still boring.

 

[Jinxed]

We all know the game will be great anyhow, proof:

 

[Bojji]

That's ultra gore? It's mid as fuck, more please!

 

[ssringo]

All I know is that if it's okay for Yasuke to chop up a bunch of Japanese dudes then Chris Redfield has free reign to mow down a bunch of black Africans.

everybody dies

 

[Icymanipulator]

That post in the OP complaining about killing is some smooth brain leveling pandering. Lmfao.

I’m glad they went with gore, I see it as one of the very few positives about the game.

Complaining about violence in video games… in 2025 smh

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Okay..? This seems completely unrelated to a video game. This rationale is ridiculous.

Just pointing it out. There’s more to it than just a black guy killing Asians. It was a real life situation going on.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Just pointing it out. There’s more to it than just a black guy killing Asians. It was a real life situation going on.

Many real life situations have gone on. How do these same people feel about World War II games? Or anything depicting scenarios that occurred in real life? It's baseless and arbitrary.

 

[Kings Field]

Personally Mirage is the only good one since Syndicate. Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla are bloated RPG messes.

Fucking thank you. Mirage brings the game back to the OG days of 1 and 2. Best game since those two IMO.

 

[Kacho]

Was there same level of gore as previous Ass Creed game?

No this is a step up. Valhalla had decaptiations iirc but no blood like this.

We all know the game will be great anyhow, proof:

Oh shit, hype!!

 

[MiguelItUp]

Wolfenstein 2 had so much stupid woke dialogue in it and I bought it anyway because it was a gory mess. I just want to teach the youth what a gib is.

I honestly never made the connection to Wolf 2 being woke. To me, it just had this ridiculous over the top grindhouse vibe to it. So, it all just felt, well, ridiculous and over the top.

Good on you, we don't get enough gibs these days. I still think about games where physics and gibs would add to the experience and it could get intense. Throwing nades around corners, seeing gibs fly around the corner to you to confirm you got the baddies, etc. I really wish we'd see that combo come back in gaming.

 

[MiguelItUp]

I haven't played an AC game since Blackflag, is this any worse than the more recent ones?

Personally Mirage is the only good one since Syndicate. Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla are bloated RPG messes.

Yeah, I heard great things about Mirage. Other than that, Blackflag. I tried playing Valhalla and to me it just felt so.... average, and surprisingly dated considering it only came out a few years ago. I put it down pretty quickly.

Whoops, sorry for the double post, lol.

 

[PhillMeCream]

Resident evil 5: the game is based in Africa
Assassin creed shadows: The game is based in Japan

 

[Gaiff]

Just pointing it out. There’s more to it than just a black guy killing Asians. It was a real life situation going on.

With that logic, no one would be allowed to kill no one and you could find real life situations of just about anything to be outraged by.

If we started pointing to the atrocities the Japanese did, they wouldn’t be allowed to kill a lot of people in their games, but when did they care about that?

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Fucking thank you. Mirage brings the game back to the OG days of 1 and 2. Best game since those two IMO.

I have Mirage recently purchased, waiting in the wings to play... I have high hopes..! Thank you for further reinforcing those dreams.

 

[El Muerto]

It looks less gory than Rise of the Ronin. Combat looks more basic too.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

I have Mirage recently purchased, waiting in the wings to play... I have high hopes..! Thank you for further reinforcing those dreams.

just to balance the scales for you a bit.
mirage was the weakest entry in a long time and a complete slog to finish for me.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

just to balance the scales for you a bit.
mirage was the weakest entry in a long time and a complete slog to finish for me.

Noooo.. all this rain, it's ruining my parade!

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

With that logic, no one would be allowed to kill no one and you could find real life situations of just about anything to be outraged by.

If we started pointing to the atrocities the Japanese did, they wouldn’t be allowed to kill a lot of people in their games, but when did they care about that?

They probably feel it’s too soon. Saying crap about WW2 games in 2025 is hardly the same as being targeted like 2 years ago.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

They probably feel it’s too soon. Saying crap about WW2 games in 2025 is hardly the same as being targeted like 2 years ago.

Not sure people know or remember but black people were targeting and beating up Asians during Covid. That’s why it bothers some.

Corona was 5 years ago.

 

[Gaiff]

They probably feel it’s too soon. Saying crap about WW2 games in 2025 is hardly the same as being targeted like 2 years ago.

Oh, we have a status of limitations now? Besides, what happened during COVID pales in comparison to what the IJA did. Sure, it was much longer ago, but the magnitude is comically larger.

It’s just silly reasoning. What’s next? An Englishman can’t kill Irishmen or Scots because of what the British did to them? Or was it long enough ago that they can no longer complain?

It’s a game. It’s your character killing enemy soldiers who in turn are trying to murder you. You’re talking as if you were out there killing innocent Japanese.

 

[Boss Mog]

"People are complaining online"? Really? OP doesn't provide any proof of this. Personally I've seen many complaints about the game but none of them were about the gore. The included tweet also doesn't talk about gore at all. Seems more like OP's delusions than actual facts.

 

[Js562]

That guy tweeting about him killing Asians that boy is sensitive as hell. Talking like sucker lol everyone is offended now a days. I'm asian too and I don't give a fuck because it's just video games and it's supposed to be fun.

 

[Alexios]

If Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves can do it, Yasuke can too.

Not sure people know or remember but black people were targeting and beating up Asians during Covid. That’s why it bothers some.

Didn't know or remember. Looked it up. Eh.

Viral images show people of color as anti-Asian perpetrators. That misses the big picture.

A new analysis reveals misconceptions about perpetrators, victims, and the general environment around anti-Asian hate incidents. These can have "long-term consequences for racial solidarity," researcher Janelle Wong said.

www.nbcnews.com

This seems to be one of the important bits, alongside of course how easily crimes from non whites go viral in the media as mentioned in the article title.

A misread of a frequently cited study from this year, published in the American Journal of Criminal Justice, likely contributed to the spread of erroneous narratives, Wong said. The study, which examined hate crime data from 1992 to 2014, found that compared to anti-Black and anti-Latino hate crimes, a higher proportion of perpetrators of anti-Asian hate crimes were people of color. Still, 75 percent of perpetrators were white.

But hey, thanks for posting something that made me look things up and learn something, next time the topic comes up I'll know better. I hope you too.

 

[Inviusx]

Love it, also Mirage sucks!

 

[geary]

That tweet was made for clicks. Do you really think these grifters have a genuine concern? And you guys are giving him exactly what he wants, exposure. If you keep pushing these types of takes, nothing is gonna change.

 

[Js562]

They probably feel it’s too soon. Saying crap about WW2 games in 2025 is hardly the same as being targeted like 2 years ago.

Targeted huh. Maybe some that looked vulnerable but I think those people were already looking for an excuse to whoop on somebody. I live in Cali and people always get hit up if you look like a target or become one. Not just black folks and covid bullshit. People always pointing fingers playing victims. That guy in the tweet has the victim mentality and wants everyone to look at him to gain attention

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

If Tom Cruise and Keanu Reeves can do it, Yasuke can too.

Didn't know or remember. Looked it up. Eh.

Viral images show people of color as anti-Asian perpetrators. That misses the big picture.

A new analysis reveals misconceptions about perpetrators, victims, and the general environment around anti-Asian hate incidents. These can have "long-term consequences for racial solidarity," researcher Janelle Wong said.

www.nbcnews.com

This seems to be one of the important bits, alongside of course how easily crimes from non whites go viral in the media as mentioned in the article title.

Ha! 1992 - 2014 . . . I’m not talking large crime stats for a decade. It was happening in places like NYC for like 2 years. It’s not make believe. I even know Asians that were worried about it at the time.

 

[Alexios]

Ha! 1992 - 2014 . . . I’m not talking large crime stats for a decade. It was happening in places like NYC for like 2 years. It’s not make believe. I even know Asians that were worried about it at the time.

Yes, exactly what the article is talking about, the "misreading" of that study happened just after that time so when the claims were made to add to the sentiment as it was published in early 21. Learn how to read or just don't bother pretending you did just to go "Ha!" like you found some gotcha

You’re not worth reading. I remember the news at the time. Thanks.

I'm inclined to believe the (Asian) PhD analyst & (Asian) journalist over one's memory of chosen "news". it's prejudiced folks like you making poc crime reports viral, even when they're a minority. It suits your biases while you ignore everything challenging them, you're a walking confirmation bias

Not like 2014 is ancient history or something of course, but a decade's stats showing 75% of anti-Asian crime being from whites is just something to gloss over but "the news" during covid is not, you're totally all about empathising with the Asian people, those you "know" or otherwise, sure mate

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Corona was 5 years ago.

Hypothetically, In a few years do you see why some Ukrainians would have an issue with a Russian protagonist power fantasy game killing a bunch of Ukrainians?

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Yes, exactly what the article is talking about, the "misreading" of that study happened just after that time so when the claims were made to add to the sentiment as it was published in early 21. Learn how to read or just don't bother pretending you did just to go "Ha!" like you found some gotcha

You’re not worth reading. I remember the news at the time. Thanks.

 

[Gaiff]

Hypothetically, In a few years do you see why some Ukrainians would have an issue with a Russian protagonist power fantasy game killing a bunch of Ukrainians?

Yasuke is African probably from Mozambique. Can you point to me where there was a wave of anti-Japanese (not Asian-Americans) crimes perpetrated by people from Mozambique?

No? Then stupid comparison.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Yasuke is African probably from Mozambique. Can you point to me where there was a wave of anti-Japanese (not Asian-Americans) crimes perpetrated by people from Mozambique?

No? Then stupid comparison.

Yea, cause the internet is always that nuanced and informed before any outrage . . .

 

[Gaiff]

Yea, cause the internet is always that nuanced and informed before any outrage . . .

So you know the internet is a bunch of idiots getting outraged over nothing. What are you arguing then?

 

[TerribleAtThisGame]

I wish Sekiro had those decapitations and dismemberment...

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

So you know the internet is a bunch of idiots getting outraged over nothing. What are you arguing then?

I was pointing it out. That there is more to it. Not arguing. You can see my first comment on here about how I feel about this game.

 

[Gaiff]

I was pointing it out. That there is more to it. Not arguing. You can see my first comment on here about how I feel about this game.

And as I answered, we can all find reasons to be outraged by anything. Doesn’t mean we should pay attention to those people. Let’s just ignore them and keep enjoying killing people of any race like we always have. That’s true equality.

 

[Glockmarksmen]

Yasuke is African probably from Mozambique. Can you point to me where there was a wave of anti-Japanese (not Asian-Americans) crimes perpetrated by people from Mozambique?

No? Then stupid comparison.

Thanks for pointing this out, as an Ethiopian I notice that Black people are seen as a monolith apparently, there's no respect for variance in cultures and DNA. My people are nothing like African Americans and that's not a diss to them, but they're just different people. Despite Yasuke not being African American, he's getting pissed on because of their crime statistics which may or may not be skewed.

It's like me getting angry at Koreans and Japanese people for how Africans were blamed for Covid in China and how people there made millions off the general population in China enjoying content making fun of African culture: https://restofworld.org/2022/china-racist-livestreams-africa/

 

[kruis]

Ha! 1992 - 2014 . . . I’m not talking large crime stats for a decade. It was happening in places like NYC for like 2 years. It’s not make believe. I even know Asians that were worried about it at the time.

Yep. I’ve been following Andy Ngo on Twitter for years and saw a surprising number of videos showing attacks by black guys on random Asian passersby. I had no idea there was such animosity between parts of the black community and Asians. Haven’t seen such videos in my feed for a while though, but it certainly was a thing.

https://www.npr.org/2021/08/12/1027236499/anti-asian-hate-crimes-assaults-pandemic-incidents-aapi

 

[adamsapple]

Video games must have desensitized me over time, cause nothing in the video in OP seemed ultra gorey to me, compared to what other games have already done.

Now, clicking that tweet and accidentally reading replies .. that was harrowing.

 

[hemo memo]

I don't play AssCreed for the gore, that's for sure.