• spacecadet [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    I recall people questioning why a white guy was chosen for Nioh when it came out, Tom Cruise Last Samurai etc., pretty sure it was the progressive crowd noting it tho, not the Gamers™ crowd

    • JohnBrownNote [comrade/them, des/pair]@hexbear.net
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      2 months ago

      yeah there were some radlibs holding Ls on that one not realizing that billy was a historical figure and somehow missing that team fucking ninja are a japanese studio. maybe they were cynically having a white protagonist to sell more copies in the west but i don’t get the impression that koei or team ninja think like that, doa 6 doesn’t have rollback and you wouldn’t launch a fighting game without lobbies and rollback in whatever year that shit was if you’re catering to a western audience. A shitload of japaense people in japan love the last samurai and shit because they’re not minoritized, so i’m guessing they did billy because they’ve all seen a billion historical dramas and played other games with japanese protagonists.

      using yasuke is 100% cynical corporate bullshit from ubisoft, like it’s fucking ubisoft, but yasuke is cool and kool-aid manning people is probably fun and there’s two protagonists anyway so the only thing to be mad about here is that it’s a ubisoft game and yves continues to escape justice.

      They should have the next one in the old west and you play as a chinese guy and be like “we heard you wanted an asian man, well here you go” and then double piss off the racists by accurately depicting the horrible conditions building the railroads.

  • ShimmeringKoi [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    2 months ago

    I only use reddit for hobbies but lately it’s started recommending me posts from the Asmongold subreddit for some cursed reason, and they’re all just bitching and whining about the SJWs and their NARRATIVE and how they don’t care about HISTORICAL ACCURACY and how the next game will have you play as a DISABLED BLACK TRANS WOMAN and they’re doing FORCED DIVERSITY and blah blah fuckin blah. It’s seriously like 2015 never ended in there, I’m reading all the exact same stupid gotcha points I thought maybe had some substance as a dumb 20 year old who’s youtube recommends were full of Sargon.

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      2 months ago

      Insane to complain about historical accuracy with Assassin’s Creed, like Yasuke (an acutal historical figure) is woke nonsense but the eternal war between the Assasins and the Templars (and aliens I think) is fine.