Play Ghosts of Tsushima instead of AC Shadows...thanks Scott for covering this man!
@unrested
22 күн бұрын
Yeah I played a demo of it when it first came out a while back. I really need to dl the whole thing and get deep into it
@ATA47
21 күн бұрын
and here I thought it couldn't get worse D:
@blunrose
22 күн бұрын
As if games haven't been a dumpster fire in general, they attempt to bank on everyone's interest in Japan but creating a trashed, inverted vision of Japan... They really take gamers for fools, don't they?
@unrested
22 күн бұрын
They definitely take us for fools. Look at the Star Wars garbage they just put out thinking Star Wars fans were just going to come drooling like idiots to their “open world.” No one is fooled by their map full of chores that they keep copy pasting over and over again. But this time more than ever I hope people speak with their wallets to get the point across.
@AnthonyStJames-yn8nr
22 күн бұрын
Hey Scott! I've been a subscriber for almost a decade and it's always a good day when you make content! Godspeed to you. Some people are just like that, completely ignorant and insensitive.
@unrested
22 күн бұрын
Hey thanks for staying with me so Long it means a lot. Come join live stream sometime. It’s been really good vibes with a lot of viewers like yourself who have been with the channel for a while
@theshadowman1398
22 күн бұрын
Ubisoft really wants to go bankrupt
@unrested
22 күн бұрын
Yeah it seems like they only rely on their own internal opinions when it comes to feedback. Are we doing great? Boss of course we are! God forbid they preview or survey actual gamers before making a full game. I think they imagine customers to be dimwits who gobble up anything they make as if multiple indie options and way better other AAA options weren’t out there. Toxic positivity probably plays a big role in their dev rooms
@whiteberry8785
21 күн бұрын
Ubisoft is on a marathon to get their stock price to zero apparently
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@@whiteberry8785 seems like it
@SuitUpDubstep
21 күн бұрын
It is baffling to me just how tone deaf a company can be. There's lots of people working there, surely SOMEONE could have said that it really isn't a good idea.
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@@SuitUpDubstep I’m telling you it’s toxic positivity. There are definitely people there who are thinking “what a mess.” But they don’t want to lose their job so they nod and smile and give two thumbs up to whoever is in charge of this mess
@chromatic2006
18 күн бұрын
Good informative video. I hope all there is safe from the hurricane!
@unrested
14 күн бұрын
We were ok thanks for asking
@TheDynastyWarrior13
21 күн бұрын
I think you're exactly right, a good comparison I heard someone else make to this situation would like if some Japanese game company put out a toy of the twin towers with spider man or whatever video game character on top of them. It would obviously be considered in poor taste, and rightfully so, just as this one with the Torii gate is in very bad taste. Have you seen or heard any of the discourse in Japan around this game? I assume Japanese people, if they are gamers and aware of this game, have soured on it by now, but I'm curious if it's been a pretty big controversy there that has spilled into wider condemnation. The whole Yasuke thing struck me as odd instead of using a Japanese protagonist (seems like Yasuke wasn't even a samurai and like they went for the one non-Japanese option instead of literally any other option that would have been a Japanese protagonist). Were people upset about that too? I know since then this incident as well as getting all sorts of architectural and clan symbols wrong has gotten criticism. It seems like this game is one hot mess that hasn't been very culturally appropriate in a way that respects Japan and it's culture.
@unrested
20 күн бұрын
Yeah now they have backed out of the Tokyo games show and then today said they are delaying the game entirely till February 2025. They’ve even refunded preorders which shows truly they realize something isn’t going right. My guess is they are putting a pause on the release in hopes the noise about their irreverent behavior dies down by 2025. They are so desperate that they are skipping Xmas sales and hoping they release in the month with fewest game and movie releases to make up for lost sales, but nah. They are cooked. I have friends in Japan, Korea and china who have been long term AC fans and this time are out right boycotting this one. It’s crazy cause often times there is in fighting amongst My Asian friends from different countries due to country relations but china is pissed that Ubisoft got the architecture wrong and put Chinese structures in Samurai prefecture, my South Korean friends are pissed cause they love a lot of the Japanese style samurai and edo era style buildings, castles and gardens and Ubisoft got it all wrong. I have literally heard Korean friends say they are mad for Japan which is RARE. And of course the Japanese themselves see the whole Game as a massive insult to samurai and bushido history entirely. So Ubisoft is cooked in Asia. Black friends are insulted that they would play rap music when being represent in a time period and setting where there was no rap so I’m unsure who Ubisoft thought this game would please. Even non Asians who are big fans of Japan and its history don’t understand why they can’t play as a famous clan member of nobunagas massive army…it’s a game made for Ubisoft and not gamers.
@TheDynastyWarrior13
20 күн бұрын
@@unrested I completely agree with everything you said, and I'm glad people feel that way honestly. I'ma big fan of AC in general too, I've generally enjoyed all the games. But as soon as I saw this game unveiled it immediately put a sour taste in my mouth. I'm all for taking some liberties with history, I get it, it's a game after all, but the gaslighting of people into believing that they were the ones who were correct and we were all wrong added fuel to the flame, when they were the ones getting things wrong.I'm glad people in Asia are putting their foot down over all of it and admit this isn't cool and refuse to support it. I just can't get it though, an AC game set in feudal Japan should have been a slam dunk easy W for Ubisoft, people have literally been asking for this setting since the series began. But instead Ubisoft tanked their own game with stupid decisions that were easily avoidable....
@whiteberry8785
21 күн бұрын
Idk how they could mess up this bad lol
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@@whiteberry8785 in their minds everyone else is messing up what they are trying to do. That’s how.
@ClefairyFairySnowflake
22 күн бұрын
Making a mockery of the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb dropping is not a good look for that gaming company. They do not value life, evidently. It is in poor taste. They really do need to think smarter. 🤦
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@@ClefairyFairySnowflake yeah now they are reeling back on the release and supposedly pushing it all the way to 2025 in February. I’m sure it’s in hopes all this dies down
@blakereneehope
21 күн бұрын
@AnubisGodfallX
21 күн бұрын
Another I'm a westerner and I'm offended by something from another culture I don't understand video, gotta get them views up I guess
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@@AnubisGodfallX hi welcome to your first video on my channel. I have 16 years of living in Japan married to a Japanese national, with 2 Japanese hafu kids. My mother in law who is 89 was 4 years old when she watched Osaka be carpet bombed into oblivion, and I’m not allowed to be offended. Thanks for letting me know I’m not allowed to stand up for my family. You should get a job at Ubisoft.
@AnubisGodfallX
21 күн бұрын
@@unrested you said this Torii gate is a symbol of strength so how is using it on a toy mocking Japanese people when it means strength, I highly doubt ubisoft was like "hey how can we offend Japanese people". if you thought this game would be historically accurate then you have never played an AC game. They have changed countless history in their games especially Christianity I didn't see anyone else kicking up a fuss in AC2, it's a fantasy game.
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@AnubisGodfallX yeah that’s why they tout it as historically accurate with their touted historical consultant Hori-Schmidt… but now it’s fantasy? Sounds convenient when called out for the irreverent way they handle this huh? Also the torii gate shown is a symbol of strength post WW2. You definitely should work for Ubisoft if you don’t understand how 1500s era samurai and WW2 have no connection. That’s like using symbols of concentration camps and asking why they can’t be used with a fantasy game about the high nobility knights of the duchy of burgundy. Who cares? Right? They are just concentration camps that can be thrown in anywhere in history because it’s a “fantasy” version of that time period. I mean it was all in Europe at some point so who cares about real world meaning… Can’t see how that would make it a mockery to survivors? Sony saw that using the twin towers post 9/11 in their Spider-Man game would make a mockery of those who suffered through that tragedy. So they removed them stating “real world tragedy and death has no place in a fantasy setting even if it’s based on a real location.” Also noticed you dodged answering if it’s ok for “a white westerner” to be offended for his Japanese family members to have commemorative symbols of their tragedies be used in a toy or game. They are offended too if you were wondering. Is it ok for them to be offended? Or for them it’s ok but for me due to my skin color? I am under japans naturalized permanent resident visa. So it’s gotta just be my silly ol’ skin color right? Gotta ignore justifying your original insult right? Bad look. Again, you definitely sound like a person with enough historical and culture ignorance to be a candidate for a job at ubisoft. I’d Apply quick before they go into chapter 11 in 2025. でも私は日本を理解していない愚かな外国人ですよね?あなたのような人種差別主義者だけが日本にとって何が正しいのかを知っているのです。
@AnubisGodfallX
20 күн бұрын
@@unrested They have always been fantasy games, they have a big disclaimer at the start of every game. You said so yourself that the torii gate wasn’t a symbol of strength till after WW2 and has no connection prior to that. Then what’s the fuss, the games set in 1579, well before America dropped the unnecessary bombs on Japan. It’s not even the same gate, it’s a red wooden torii like the ones in Kyoto. Ghost of Tsushima had loads of broken torii gates and nobody battered an eye lid. By European law the concentration camps are allowed in video games and any other media as long as they depict the horrors of the time, there was a mission in call of duty WWII in which you liberated a concentration camp. The Star of David worn by the prisoners has also been included in many games, so you appear to be grasping. Spiderman is set in modern day so wouldn’t removing the twin towers just make it a more accurate reflection on the city and show the real life tragedy existed, just looking at the landscape of New York without the towers would be enough for someone to have bad memories of the tragedy, so does that mean that New York should be never used in any games. I shuck my head when I seen your comment about living in Japan for 16 years and having a Japanese family that’s why I dodged a reply. Just cause you have integrated in to Japanese society doesn’t all of a sudden mean you know everything about it. My wife is Vietnamese and I lived in Vietnam for 10 years, I would never claim to understand everything about her culture. I should be offended by every American Vietnam war movie ever made, but I’m not cause I can tell the difference between fiction and reality. I’m white and my wife is Vietnamese but apparently I’m racist lol. I seen one of your comment about the Chinese architecture in Japan, if your such and expert in Japanese culture since you have lived there 16 years, you would know that China had a massive influence on Japan in the Nara period which included trade, agriculture and architecture, Kyoto is even built around the same grid system China used. Sounds like most of your information has come from KZitem comments and Twitter rather than any actual research.
@unrested
20 күн бұрын
Ok sorry not sure why I got so passionate about this comment thread. Editing this comment to simply say: If you wanna play the game it’s cool. I personally think the idea sucks. It’s cool to hear you lived in Asia too for so long as I’m sure you experienced some of the same stuff I do. The stairs, the silly questions, the learning process of another language. It’s unproductive to fight with a fellow who has been through a lot of the same stuff I have and is in the same sort of marriage I am. You sound like a cool dude who is knowledgeable and worldly. No hate towards you. I think Ubisoft using Yasuke is BS cause as I’m sure you can agree he was never a samurai and honestly I have a lot of love for samurai history and would much rather play as a famous samurai. I don’t understand why Ubisoft doesn’t get that. You gotta admit their historical team is pretty dumb though right? Honesty it sounds like you know a hell of a lot more than they do. Anyway sorry I was such a fuckhead about this some of my Japanese friends and family are honestly not too pleased with Chinese stuff being put in the game. The most racist people I’ve ever seen towards Asians are all Asians talking about Asians. Hope you stick around and watch more. Having lived Asia so long yourself you probably have a lot of insight that could teach me more about the area you lived and any interactions they’ve had with Japan over the ages
@marbellaotaiza801
21 күн бұрын
3:33 iirc, several scenes and posters of the first Spiderman movie were removed or had the twin towers digitally removed to avoid hurt feelings. Interestingly enough, that was done by a Japanese-owned studio, Sony Pictures.
@unrested
21 күн бұрын
@@marbellaotaiza801 yeah they made those right before it all happened and even 12,000 miles away Japan was like,”oh wow, that would be an awful reminder.” I’d actually bet if an American dev team were making AC they’d stick to Japanese samurai and stay as far away from any atomic reminders as much as possible. I’m not sure why Ubisoft refuses to acknowledge Japan as a culture and only want to see them and their history as a form of entertainment.
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