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[The Chairman]

The Japanese people are really angry about this game

Here is the full translated video.

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

While I really don't think it's that important to respect people's culture in a video game, I can't help but laugh at Ubisoft getting raked over the coals for it.

 

[March Climber]

They don't know how a video game works so they don't know that this is an optional thing that you can do.

 

[ReBurn]

Who you callin' a shrine head?

 

[Myths]

One game, cry more.

 

[Puscifer]

This is beyond cringe at this point, Ubisoft has been fucking up history and taking massive liberties for 20 years and it was fine till it was glorious Nippon.

 

[Generic]

I will make sure to destroy every shrine in the game.

 

[Tomeru]

This is beyond cringe at this point, Ubisoft has been fucking up history and taking massive liberties for 20 years and it was fine till it was glorious Nippon.

Everything is fine until it isn't.

 

[Auto_aim1]

I feel like this is a manufactured controversy to drum up interest in the game. Nice try Ubisoft.

 

[adamsapple]

Thanks, I'll make sure to find and ..

I will make sure to destroy every shrine in the game.

 

[WellSheet]

I think Ubisoft sucks; I think their whole premise with Shadows was mainly driven as some half-baked virtue signal,

That being said - I don’t think any modern culture should lambast another for using its culture as a basis for something/inspiration. Cultural appropriation is such a flimsy hunk of junk argument.

If some American historian was doing this about that American Showa game we’d all be fucking laughing our butt flaps off at how stupid it/he was.

 

[Gonzito]

This is stupid

 

[zokie]

despite being not japanese , i grew up playing japanese videogames and thus videogames saved my life as i won't be here to type this
i won't spend a cent on this game or download it when its on ps plus , this is my own decision

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I don't think it's cringe or stupid at all. It's a great sign Japanese authorities on the subject speak their mind freely, commenting on this subject. This is so much better than sugarcoating it or keeping silent about it. It's an actual dialogue, which is not necessarily expected if you keep the typical Japanese restraint in these matters in mind. The Japanese have every right to tear Ubisoft a new one over this disgraceful "product" and demand of them to do a better job.

 

[LectureMaster]

Thanks, I'll make sure to find and ..

 

[Generic]

I don't think it's cringe or stupid at all. It's a great sign Japanese authorities on the subject speak their mind freely, commenting on this subject. This is so much better than sugarcoating it or keeping silent about it. It's an actual dialogue, which is not necessarily expected if you keep the typical Japanese restraint in these matters in mind. The Japanese have every right to tear Ubisoft a new one over this disgraceful "product" and demand of them to do a better job.

Japanese companies make anime where nuns are raped.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Ubisoft fucking around and finding out is by far the most entertaining thing that is likely to come out of Shadows

Everyone else probably should just replay Ghost of Tsushima instead

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Japanese companies make anime where nuns are raped.

Sure. Would you say Japanese anime, a modern work of fiction for the purpose of entertainment, is the same as the subject of national identity, history and culture? Both of them have the exact same value, meaning and relevance to the Japanese people? Or that the contents of the works of some random Japanese artists are somehow a valid basis on which we can decide how much dignity and respect a national culture deserves?

 

[adamsapple]

And play exclusively as Yasuke and kill a lot of people while destroying the shrines.

 

[Raven117]

Live by virtue signaling, die by virtue signaling.

 

[Paasei]

It’s a fucking video game.

 

[Agent_4Seven]

Everyone else probably should just replay Ghost of Tsushima instead

Not even under a barrel of a gun I'm going to touch this boring and repetitive pos again.

 

[Rentahamster]

Could you fuck up Notre Dame in the AC set in France?

 

[CGNoire]

Just as Pathetic and Retarded as Westerners complaining about killing black people in RE5(2009).

The Victim Mentality Cancer keeps spreading.

"Offences....I See Offences Everywhere."
When will it end?

 

[Moses85]

It’s a fucking Ubisoft game.

Fixed

 

[LectureMaster]

And play exclusively as Yasuke and kill a lot of people while destroying the shrines.

My man Adam:
Yasuke feels so good most badass assassin ever! Imma infiltrating this fortress and fuck all the shrines!

Wait what, I can't even walk on the rope?

 

[Danjin44]

This is crazy overreaction over video game.

Also I’m pretty sure Japan has made games with western setting that’s not exactly super “accurate”.

 

[March Climber]

Imma infiltrating this fortress

Wait what, I can't even walk on the rope?

 

[Bartski]

Kudos to those shrieking snowflakes for practically greenlighting a tsunami of YouTube videos after release, with players cheerfully smashing up their precious virtual temple in the most disrespectful ways imaginable.

 

[MiguelItUp]

They don't know how a video game works so they don't know that this is an optional thing that you can do.

Yeah, it just got blown up out of context for sure.

 

[blastprocessor]

Day 1.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

Also I’m pretty sure Japan has with western setting that’s not exactly super “accurate”.

People draw a line between "not accurate" and "not accurate to a degree where it is received as a frontal assault, an insult to one's national identity and integrity." Has nothing to do with victim mentality or anything. Every nation on this earth, even the United States, has a sense of national pride and identity. Sure you can insult whole nations, but is this a well advised way of treating each other?

 

[existensmaximum]

Yes, I can understand that they are upset since this is the first time an AC game isn't 100% historically accurate and depicts every culture with respect...

 

[Danjin44]

People draw a line between "not accurate" and "not accurate to a degree where it is received as a frontal assault, an insult to one's national identity and integrity." Has nothing to do with victim mentality or anything. Every nation on this earth, even the United States, has a sense of national pride and identity. Sure you can insult whole nations, but is this a well advised way of treating each other?

Have you played SMT? I LOVE that series but it also a game that doesn’t show Christianity in best light.

My take is devs should have absolute freedom to make what they want and gamer are also free like the game or not.

 

[Ozzie666]

Any publicity is good publicity right?

It's going to do better than most people in our little bubble and Japan than people think it will. Have Japenese gamers actually supported Assassins Creed in the past?

Truth be told, I think people are just disappointed that they finally visist Japan. Then cut off their knees with bullshit deceisions. The setting is what most people wanted to see.

 

[rofif]

lol they are so stupid.
Where is condemning for yakuza or rise of ronin.

 

[Team Andromeda]

Get Bent

 

[Physiognomonics]

And play exclusively as Yasuke and kill a lot of people while destroying the shrines.

So you are racist? I am sorry but it the situation was reversed (a white guy killing all the people he could in Africa just for the sake of it), what do you think we would say the guy wanting to do that would be?

 

[ShadyAcshuns]

I get that they feel disrespected, but a LOT of Japanese tv shows depict Christianity in a very disrespectful light, often using it for nonsensical story plots with priests and nuns, and an extreme bastardization of that religion from outside their borders, so I don't really feel like they have the high ground here to complain when someone from elsewhere doesn't respect their beliefs.

 

[March Climber]

So you are racist? I am sorry but it the situation was reversed (a white guy killing all the people he could in Africa just for the sake of it), what do you think we would say the guy wanting to do that would be?

He would be Chris Redfield. And I'm sure adamsapple along with many of us superpunched every NPC into the earth with glee.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

the fight ain't over

 

[Peroroncino]

I mean, it's a bit cherry-picky for my taste considering how Japan is portrayed in many games/anime etc. (and how Japan portrays other cultures) but I agree with what one of the fellas above said, I think it's hilarious that it's ubisoft that's getting sandbagged so I'm totally fine with it.

 

[IDKFA]

Lol. This is now beyond dumb.

 

[Luipadre]

Yawn. Game looks great.

 

[Soodanim]

This must be one of those Japanese things that I'm too gaijin to understand.

I don't see this as a big enough deal to kick up a fuss about. If I apply the same rules about any other country then I see little reason to care because there will always be someone offended by something, and it's whether or not the complaint has merit. "Most Japanese cannot bear" shooting an arrow into a shrine seems like it would be a bit of an exaggeration to say the least.

If we're talking religion there's even less reason to take complaints on board, and just like Mohammed shouldn't have been censored on South Park, AC:S should be able to do whatever it wants unless it's a hateful attack on a nation or people. Which obviously it isn't.

When Egypt sued Netflix, it was because their show was depicted as fact and there were lies told about their history. This isn't that.

Ultimately I'm a believer in ubi's free speech and to make whatever good or bad game they like. But on the other hand, if you're making games that are so wildly off-base on basic things like samurai never harming civilians then perhaps the foundation of your game could have done with some more/better research and planning.

 

[The Chairman]

It's funny how the narrative keeps shifting to fit whatever argument people want to push. First, it was "only western chuds are mad, the Japanese don't care," then "okay, some Japanese chud incel gamers care, but not the majority," and now that actual japanese officials are speaking up, it's suddenly about some historical grudge about the japanese disrespecting our nuns before and now it's ok to destroy their shrines in the game and also fuck their feelings! the mental gymnastics are wild lmao

 

[March Climber]

It's funny how the narrative keeps shifting to fit whatever argument people want to push. First, it was "only western chuds are mad, the Japanese don't care," then "okay, some Japanese chud incel gamers care, but not the majority," and now that actual japanese officials are speaking up, it's suddenly about some historical grudge about the japanese disrespecting our nuns before and now it's ok to destroy their shrines in the game and also fuck their feelings! the mental gymnastics are wild lmao

The news and takes in this thread aren’t new btw…

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/assassins-creed-shadows-real-life-japanese-shrine-officials-are-%E2%80%9Ctaking-action%E2%80%9D-over-ubisoft%E2%80%99s-portrayal-of-religious-site.1681001/

Also, you should double check people’s post history to make sure it’s the same groups of people are saying all of those things.

Sometimes I really don't get this forum.

When the game was announced, most people here were mocking Ubi for their wokeness and their inability to portray Japanese culture, architecture, or anything right... but now that Japanese officials are getting involved, suddenly none of that matters anymore? Is this some basic anti-Japanese feeling I'm not American enough to understand? I don't remember seeing these reactions when Egypt banned a TV show for having a black Cleopatra...

Read above.

 

[The Sum of Zero]

Have you played SMT? I LOVE that series but it also a game that doesn’t show Christianity in best light.

I'd argue it's pretty accurate. But I'm agnostic and had some bad experiences so some bias on my part (and a little drunk >_>)

Would love to give YHVH a punch in the face like you can in II and IV Apocalypse

 

[captainnapalm]

I will never get over the stupidity of this game starring a black guy. You can just imagine when these woke morons found the Yasuke story and realised they could shoe-horn a black guy in. They must have felt like they hit the mother-lode.

 

[realcool]

And play exclusively as Yasuke and kill a lot of people while destroying the shrines.