A historic tweet, via Ubisoft: somehow, topping the charts at one point was slipping into the abyss of Assassin’s Creed Shadows, what a collective mind of maybe trying to go haywire. The original post displayed Robbie and Luc talking about how Rufino snuck upon Feudal Japan, with a dab of Critical Role chill. Sounds cool, yeah? Meanwhile, gamers are trying to fight it out as if it were the real Sengoku era once again.
Let’s first take a look at the content itself. The tweet hyped the crossover between tabletop storytelling with AC Shadows-the fact that player-driven narratives can influence huge AAA productions. Badass-Imagine your DnD character showing up into a grand blockbuster! But, the replies, oh my, they’re such trash. Some liked it, Jacquez Hank calling it “epic” with regards to transferring tabletop adventures out into digital worlds. Meanwhile, ENTERYOURNAME was so excited about Robbie that they are buying the game right away.
Well, not everybody is cheering. Rubix003 took on full historian mode, ranting on how Ubisoft did Japanese history wrong by misrepresenting Yasuke-the actual African samurai. Then, he proceeded to share graphic details about the man’s life, claiming he was sold into slavery and punished for holding a sword. And EuchreBB responded with “Japanese media has portrayed Yasuke as a samurai before, so why’s Ubisoft catching flak?” Meanwhile, X CREED declared that AC1 “clears this terrible game,”-nostalgia can be a weird drug.
Speaking of bug reports and hotfixes: HangsomeAngel wants Naoe’s blurry hair fixed; senfdazwischen is stuck in skill-tree purgatory, unable to unlock skills after finishing the required missions. Classic Ubisoft launch, eh? And let’s not forget 5283Hellhound saw Ubisoft’s “you’ll own nothing” remark as encouragement to pirate the games. Okay, now that’s a bold move!
And violence in randomness: Mark Oertwich dragged Trump against AC Shadows. Because why not? And then DoorJacque3701 admitted they never heard of Critical Role-witch-how??
Takeaway? Shadows of AC are stirring passion-some in love, some in hate, and some in conspiracy theories as to historical accuracy. Ubisoft is trying narrative experimentation, and the gaming is-well-gamers. Some want patches, others want refunds, and some just want to roll the dice and see their stories come alive.
Good game? Maybe. But the drama? Chef’s kiss.