Assassin's Creed Shadows - Yasuke confirmed Samurai, cope and seethe - coming February 14th

[ADL]

https://www.ubisoft.com/en-us/game/assassins-creed/shadows

Spoiler

Assassin’s Creed Infinity will be a home for a variety of games of different genres and lengths. It will mix premium boxed games with paid-for and free content. There will be a multiplayer mode that will unite the franchise’s eras. And it will be the place where Assassin’s Creed’s modern-day story will now live.

It is not a video game, nor is it a replacement for traditional Assassin’s Creed games. It is a platform that will host both past and future Assassin’s Creed entries, starting with Codename Red, a Shinobi-themed RPG. “You can absolutely buy [Codename Red] as a box product,” confirms Côté, vice president executive producer of Assassin's Creed. “But the first thing that you'll see [when you boot it up] is the Infinity [hub] that makes it coherent. But you can buy [Infinity’s second game] Hexe separately as well. This is how we envision things today. So it is still the same games that we were building, but bridged together in the Infinity hub. And obviously if you're in the Infinity hub playing Red, you'll see Hexe come and be available as a memory that you can explore.”

The launch of the Infinity platform and its first game, Codename Red, will mark the start of what Ubisoft calls Period 3 of Assassin’s Creed. Period 1 covers the series from its inception to Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (essentially the action/adventure era), while Period 2 covers the RPG era of Origins, Odyssey, and Valhalla. This new period has been designed to be a good place for new players to join, and as such it made sense for the more complex, ongoing meta story set in the modern day to be separated from the standalone historical tales.

“People who love just immersing themselves in the past will be able to jump right in there and never be interrupted or need to know who Desmond and Layla is,” said Côté.

As explained as part of today’s Assassin’s Creed Showcase, Infinity is not a game, but rather a launcher-like hub for the series. That means the modern day storyline will likely not be told through a playable character like Desmond or Layla. Côté held back on explaining exactly how the story will be told, but did say that we should expect the method to change as time goes on.

“The way we tell the story will evolve with time,” Côté said. “But the abstraction that we want people to have is [Infinity] is your Animus. It is your DNA Explorer on your desktop. You are the main story character.”

Codename Red - Feudal Japan RPG being made by the Odyssey team


Codename Hexe - 16th century Germany during the witch trials being made by the Valhalla team "different direction for the series", confirmed to not be an RPG like Origins-Valhalla

Directed by Clint Hocking (Splinter Cell, Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Far Cry 2, Watch Dogs Legion)

 

[Rahdulan]

On one hand they're dropping the modern day story, on the other it's a fucking launcher masquerading as a game hub.

 

[Zlaja]

That's.....fucking weird.

 

[orcinator]

inb4 they bought out the devs of that game I forgot the name of and Ass Creed Nipon will just be a texture replacement.

 

[Tyrr]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

 

[Reinhardt]

just one?

 

[Parsifarka]

If that fellow Hocking gets his shit together and makes Hexe, "a very different type of Assassins' Creed game", into a Splinter Cell with XVIth century tools and a gothumnal forest to top it up this will be the first time Ubisoft does something interesting since the murder of Might & Magic.

 

[LESS T_T]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

Funny you say that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

Maybe the game's setting is a bit late for Yasuke but I guess the writers can say that Yasuke actually had children and put multiple African-Japanese characters in the game.

 

[Lizard]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

Funny you say that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasuke

Maybe the game's setting is a bit late for Yasuke but I guess the writers can say that Yasuke actually had children and put multiple African-Japanese characters in the game.

Literally not a samurai though.

 

[JamesDixon]

After a few years, BoobieSoft will pull the plug on the servers denying you access to the game you paid for. Don't be a fool and give them your money.

 

[Softgels]

 

[Rahdulan]

It's funny to me how afraid Ubisoft is to actually commit to a female protagonist. They're quick to go on about "canonical MC" after games release, though. If asked about it I imagine they'd pin the blame on Liberation not doing as well while ignoring the fact it was originally a Vita game.

 

[Elttharion]

I have my popcorn ready for when they reveal the black samurai. Even redditors think its a stupid idea and yet Ubi will do it anyway.

 

[Tyrr]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

called it

 

[CarbonCarousel]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

called it

Not hard to predict when every Ubisoft game opens with a disclaimer that gloats about their participation in the downfall of civilization.

“Inspired by historical events and characters, this work of fiction was designed, developed, and produced by a multicultural team of various beliefs, sexual orientations and gender identities”.

 

[Elttharion]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

called it

Thats one way of making the female character the more popular choice lmao.

Also that article looks like it was written by an AI.

He was historically a real person that existed

 

[Reinhardt]

"despite being 0.000000001% of population..." shogunate crime stats.

 

[Tyrr]

Yes he existed, but he wasn't a samurai. He was more like a court dwarf. He was unique and the Japanese thought it was funny to keep him around.

 

[Reinhardt]

seriously tho, besides curious facial features what use he had? at least william adams was an educated man, traveller and master in his field.

 

[Fedora Master]

Can't wait for all the strong independent women in 15th century Germany that fight against White Male Templar Oppression. Also homosexual couples of mixed religion.

 

[911 Jumper]

Pushing black representation into everything is a symptom of the cult of black worship that is rife across the West.

I'm sure people are aware that Miles Morales, who is a black character, is now going to be the main Spider-Man in future entries.

 

[RobotSquirrel]

I'm calling it now. There will be a black samurai.

called it

Watch this turn into all the Europeans are Templars, Yasuke fighting against colonizers (nevermind that Europeans were the only reason he was even in Japan to begin with).

 

[Modron]

Yasuke fighting against colonizers

Well if he's killing Japanese he his fighting colonizers. The Ainu are the original inhabitants of the islands and the Japanese tried to kill them off several times.

 

[Reinhardt]

seriously tho - how this super sikrit nigga assassin shit even works? he's not just some nigga, he's SOLE nigga in vicinity, he's a fucking PERSONAL NIGGA OF A FUCKING ODA NOBUNAGA! i seriously doubt he was even allowed to walk alone outside of the castle.

 

[Modron]

Stop asking questions they did away with blending in with the crowd in the series already didn't they and just gave characters magical invisibility powers.