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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Don't hate new assassin creed games for being woke

Hate them for being bad games, like the rest of us

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I wish more streamers had the guts to do this. Too many ride the line and just ignore this stuff. It gives the idiots permission to keep yapping about it. God at least have your mods ban people in chat for it v

[–] [email protected] -1 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Sad to see that once again the nuances of the eastern perspective gets drowned out in the sea of tears western toddlers make.

Japan has every right to be upset about this game. Ubisoft has shown blatant disrespect towards the Japanese culture, history, and people.

But western eyes can't see culture; only color and gender.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago

"Japan" isn't a monolith. And how would we feel if Americans got upset at spaghetti westerns?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Japanese creators do not speak for the Japanese people. I could use your Asmongolds or Hasans to straw man any single argument about the West.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

It gets better.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

It's hard to overstate how true this statement is

Like of course racism is a huge issue in America and other European countries (not letting them off the hook here a lot of the anti woke commentary resides there) and that is where this comes from, but the outrage this game and others receive isn't organic.

So much money, effort and planning goes into manufacturing outrage that I don't believe you can feel strongly about these things and be "normal." These people are consuming media from ecosystems that are made to keep them mad and to feed them propaganda. It is no different with maga and fake news or really any other ideology that requires people to fully buy in and accept a reality that doesn't exist.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You havent played the new AC because its woke.

I havent played it because its 70± dollars.

We are not the same.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

I haven't played because I quit ALL video games 7 years ago. Picked up board games because instead of being "liked" playing with other people, it actually is.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

I’ve played every one except for Mirage, paid like 10€ for every single one.

patientgamers ftw

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Mirage was yhe first since Ezio that I finished

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Was it any good? It kinda just disappeared from the zeitgeist. Don’t even know the main characters name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Yeah worth playing reminded me a lot of 2

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 days ago

Only day 1 game I've purchased in like 2 decades is Elden Ring lol. Patient gaming is where it's at

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

This is the only way to combat that sort of thing. To keep it from happening in your communities, to call out the people who do it and shame them, and to make it clear that this is stupid online bullshit that no one should care about. Good on him.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 5 days ago (2 children)

There is an old man in my building, who got into video games about 10 years ago, when his wife died. When I first moved in I played games with him fairly often. After I knew him about a year, he exposed himself as racist. So I just faded away from interacting with him, too old to bother lecturing, so I just stopped socializing with him. I do see him around, and we make small talk, in the halls, elevator, etc.

Anyway, now that you have context, I ran into him in the elevator when Shadows first came out. He said he had been playing it, and asked if I had. I said I didn't then told him I was a little surprised he bothered with it. He said "Cause you play a colored samurai?" I said that I figured it wouldn't be his thing, a lot of people didn't like the idea. He replied "He was a real person, though" I told him a lot of people were mad about it, he said "it's just a game". So, if a racist, 83 year old, man didn't see the issue here, these people have to be seeking things to be mad about. He doesn't do much online though. Only social media he does is look at FB when his kids tell him they posted new pics of the grand kids, or whatever. This is purely a symptom of being terminally online.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

Everything that isnt about a straight white male plowing his sister is woke

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Fuck yeah, FightingCowboy!

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