Assassin's Creed: Codename Red (AC Japan)

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Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

If people want to read about him, surely it's not that hateful and defamatory website.

Smithsonian Magazine: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/histo...rai-180981416/

Or

Britannica: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Yasuke

The reason people are upset is because the game is set in Japan and the male character isn't Japanese. I'd honestly have preferred to play as a Japanese male samurai, because, it's in Japan.

Afterwards, yeah sure I'd not mind to play as Yasuke.

On one hand it would have been interesting to see him play a key role in the story as those supporting NPCs do in AC games a la Basim in Valhalla and so on, but Yasuke as a person of colour, accepted by Nobunaga is a pretty rich story to tell and one that hasn't been done in the gaming medium with a Japan setting.

Playing as a generic male Japanese Samurai made by Ubisoft wouldn't have felt any different than the other examples we already have across a lot of media but done worse. That's why having a Japanese woman play a Ninja fits so damn well for the time period too alongside Yasuke. He had to overcome a helluva lot to prove himself and likely so will she in a very racist and bigoted world at that point in time.

My personal gripe is the very likely method of needing to be connected to install the game even if you planned to play completely offline to the point i would rather boycott until its in the £5 range of bargain bin buy.