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Ubisoft Cancels Press Previews of Assassin's Creed Shadows (insider-gaming.com)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Something must be going on at Ubisoft. They cancelled their Tokyo Game Show stream without any explanation as well.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first few games were actually good, though. AC2 is one of my favorites.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly. The problem isn't diversity. The problem is soulless corporations who put out mediocre games, and then try to shoehorn diversity in a fairly surface level and lazy fashion as a distraction.

It would have been weird if AC1 didn't star an individual of MENA descent, because the game was set in the middle east. Origins had minority protagonists for similar reasons Connor being Native American in AC3 added a lot of depth when it came to the concept of freedom and how it relates to the American revolution.

I feel like I've seen the same story a million times. Mediocre IP, lazy forced diversity, culture war commentary, undeserved stellar reviews, underperformance with audiences due to fundamental issues.