Genuinely Trying to Understand Ubisoft

[Apophis13]

I don't care what someone's perspective is, but if I can't understand it, it bugs me:D Understanding people is my thing.

I do not Understand Ubisoft's creative decisions. Why insult Japan? Is it jealously over the quality writing that Japan does that Western developers just can't seem to emulate? A lot of their creative decisions in the past were eye-rolling, ridiculous, and cringey, sure, but at least I understood, from an ideological perspective, where they were coming from, generally they just clumsily hit you over the head with it and there's no figuring out to do. Surely, they understand that Japanese cultural power in the west is, quite frankly, overwhelming, and that insulting Japan is just a terrible idea and also just a total waste of time? Or, maybe they are frustrated by that very fact and lashing out. I just don't get it, and I want to, because it will drive me nuts until I understand. Or, maybe I'm overthinking it, and it's just simple and obvious and not nearly this interesting? But, I'm seriously interested in what others think.

[Jack Greedy]

Well for me personally, Shadows is just new entry to the glorious series of pc games.
While i don't see reason for taking it bad im seriously worried about Ubisoft condition.
Like well, they are Developers of many fantastic titles, for example i simply love Assassin's Creed series, and started playing all the titles in the series lately in timeline order.
I wish them well like every other Developers which i like. I completly don't get all the hate and value drop of the whole Company of Ubisoft. Like , what the hell, why?

[Stan]

Game is a fictional material and do not represent real world people, country, believes or anything.

[Gintoki]

The game is literally a simulation within an alternate history, all of you guys who criticize the choices haven't played assassin's creed from the start. Japanese created an anime about Jesus and the Buddha. Is that also a terrible idea and a total waste of time? You want to unalive creative freedom?

[Atech]

It's obvious. They wanted more diverse characters.


Now the actual question is that did they honestly believe that it attracts wider audience this way or was this because of woke DEI ideologies or something. Who knows?

[justdrop]

Sweet Baby Inc. detected detected

[LordPraxxus]

Inexperience.
I read somewhere (I don't remember) that half the developers have never worked on a game before. I don't know how much impact that has on a game's development or final state, but it's worth mentioning.

Incompetence.
With many design and marketing decisions being disrespectful towards Japanese culture, it feels less like malice and more like incompetence. They used a symbol for a flag, that already belongs to a pre-existing group, without their permission. They used the real name (and maybe location) for at least one real life shrine, without their permission. They used a "1-legged Torii Gate" as a prop to market their funko-pop-like figurines, and there's only one real life "1-Leg Torii" Gate in Nagasaki, Japan, which is a remnant of the atomic bombings. The other things might me minor, but that last one in unconscionable.

To me personally, it feels like Yasuke was added mid-development, and that might have caused disruption in development. Even if that's not the case, Ubisoft's not been in a good spot for the last few years, and a company in chaos is going to have a tumultuous atmosphere in the workplace. Studios closing down, senior devs leaving, new devs working on tech developed by those senior devs, upper management exerting control over many aspects of the game, improper communication between the many teams/studios working on certain things, teams rushing to meet deadlines, etc. We also don't know the real reason behind the 4 month delay from Nov to March. It must have been something big, because a company struggling financially, now has to pay 4 extra months of salaries to ~19,000 employees until they can cash-in on their big ticket franchise.

I'm still on the fence, I've not taken either side regarding this game. I'm waiting until launch for either side to sway me. For me it's less about the many controversies, and more about the final quality of the game.

[Verdeth]

Originally posted by Apophis13:

I don't care what someone's perspective is, but if I can't understand it, it bugs me:D Understanding people is my thing.

I do not Understand Ubisoft's creative decisions. Why insult Japan? Is it jealously over the quality writing that Japan does that Western developers just can't seem to emulate? A lot of their creative decisions in the past were eye-rolling, ridiculous, and cringey, sure, but at least I understood, from an ideological perspective, where they were coming from, generally they just clumsily hit you over the head with it and there's no figuring out to do. Surely, they understand that Japanese cultural power in the west is, quite frankly, overwhelming, and that insulting Japan is just a terrible idea and also just a total waste of time? Or, maybe they are frustrated by that very fact and lashing out. I just don't get it, and I want to, because it will drive me nuts until I understand. Or, maybe I'm overthinking it, and it's just simple and obvious and not nearly this interesting? But, I'm seriously interested in what others think.

some french people just hate the world and want to see it burn, this time it just happens to be japan

[Outlaw Mugen]

What's insulting is the Microtransactions, PRICE and DLC's.

10 hours of additional content? Basically CUT CONTENT sold separately. On top of STEAM, UPLAY and EXTRA DRM just to be sure no one will buy it xD

[Matze]

Originally posted by Outlaw Mugen:

What's insulting is the Microtransactions, PRICE and DLC's.

10 hours of additional content? Basically CUT CONTENT sold separately. On top of STEAM, UPLAY and EXTRA DRM just to be sure no one will buy it xD

I‘d argue it was planned as DLC, created as Post-Launch DLC but now that they’ve delayed the game so many times the development caught up so they make it a pre-order bonus.

The worst DLC were the two sequences obviously cut from Assassins Creed 2, since then it’s been better and while I hate Microtransactions, they’ve never bothered me in AC as they are mostly cosmetic. I guess after I’ve seen how bad it can be in Middle-Earth: Shadow of War it didn’t seem too bad anymore.

[𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔦𝔫𝔞 ✝]

At this point, I’m almost convinced that people saying this have never actually played Assassin’s Creed before.

[justdrop]

Originally posted by CiggyPop ✝:

At this point, I’m almost convinced that people saying this have never actually played Assassin’s Creed before.

There's no other explanation for how off-base people are otherwise.

[Pekuses]

Originally posted by Stan:

Game is a fictional material and do not represent real world people, country, believes or anything.

Too bad they literally tried to change history at start by spewing nonsense that Yasuke was actual samurai and using fake wiki notes

[ELDEN LORD]

answer is simple. they are jsut out of touch with what their fans want and expect from them. and all their dei hiring dosnt help. before u scream at me OHH U CALL EVERYTHING DEI BLAH BLAH. homeys, they literally advertise it.DEI ruins companys , its been proven over and over again.

[Argent]

Why insult Japan? They’ve insulted almost everyone lol

These people don’t play AC and it ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ shows lmao

We can ransack and steal and break stuff in churches and mosques in past AC games

We can assassinate priests and fight
popes too

It’s historical fiction

[HE1NZ]

They don't insult Japan. They are praising it. It likely be the most beautiful game set in the region.