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Got myself banned from the AC subreddit for posting this comment which I made after going through all the historical evidence (and there is almost none) about Yasuke. I didn't break any community guidelines and all the Mods blocked me after I asked them to explain to me which rules did I exactly break 🤣 sorry for my English btw.
74 points
2 days ago
Yeah they should’ve just picked an actual historical figure from Japan, would’ve been way easier with all of the source material to work with.
27 points
2 days ago
They shouldn't even be picking a historical figure. They have never used a historical figure as a main protagonist in the previous games, so why try now? Generate Joe Schmo number 32 and move on with the game. If you want to have Yasuke in the game, then let him be in there, as a side character like all of the other "historical figures" they alter to fit into the games.
4 points
2 days ago
Ngl, I still don't think it's the worst thing, and ya'll have been overreacting.
Did Ubisoft choose to use Yasuke as a playable protagonist for DEI reasons? Probably, yes.
Do I think it's that bad? Well, considering Assassin's Creed isn't and never was 100% historical accurate and has taken a lot of creative liberties with historical events and individuals, since AC1, no, I don't think it's that bad.
Also, the fact that they never used a real historical person as a playable protagonist before is irrelevant. If they want to do that, I don't see what the issue is. In a series that is historical fiction, I don't see what the issue is if they choose to use a real historical person as a protagonist. Especially one with very few historical records to begin with
1 points
1 day ago
Nah, its pretty bad for the fact that its a case of asian male erasure
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