Ten minutes of Assassin’s Creed IV: Blag Flag gameplay has surfaced on YouTube via the user tetraninja. He's very excited to brings us gameplay footage of AC4: Black Flag.
"And what's even more exciting is that this is actually on the next-generation console. This is the PS4 version of the game. So you'll get a little bit of a glimpse of what next-gen will feel and look like."
Quite how Tetraninja has got his hands on a PlayStation 4 and a copy of Black Flag is unclear but it does look rather like a marketing stunt by Ubisoft as he has posted a pre-order link beneath the video, along with another link to the official site.
Get a fresh look at Star Wars Outlaws, Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and more on June 10.
That'd be too good if true.
But Henderson also leaked that next Far Cry setting was targeting some asian island.
With their shitty practices I really don’t care what Ubisoft announces until they reverse their course
Assassin's Creed Hexe is what I wanna hear about most. Yes I wanna play as a witch with magic during the 16 century witch trials in Germany (as per rumors). Sign me up
Yeah, Hex sounds amazing to me as well, and I've been playing since AC 1. I'm real curious how are they gonna fit the magic into the game, maybe in similar way the dlc introduced gods and god abilities. but I love that I've heard its gonna have a horror vibe.
The studio just completed Avatar and busy with Outlaws and also got their F2P Heartland cancelled ... IMO, Division 3 will surely come but it'll take more time.
I'd be most thrilled if Ubisoft greenlits a sequel or at least a remake of the studio's first game i.e World in Conflict
I would get hyped about Hexe. If the rumors are true, UBI might get a gold edition purchase out of me.
Hopefully gameplay of ac shadows or star wars outlaws, if they finally announce the new far cry I'm definitely getting that, far cry still fun af and gorgeous games, yeah ubisoft has their faults but atleast they're not copying souls like games their titles still have identity
I'm going to be an outlier amongst the rest of these comments.... give us something NEW! I'm pretty burnt out on Ubisoft franchises, unless you're giving us a new Rayman game!
*Edit - imagine what they could do with a Rayman 3D game in this day and age. I say now is the time to revisit the series.
Would love a AAA PoP too or a back to roots Ghost Recon (none of the open world stuff)
Hell yes! Ghost recon in the style of the originals with real consequences, permanent and all!
I love Rayman, played it a ton with my kids years ago. But Ubisoft puts dumb crap in their games. MTs , paid tiers , always online requirement for single player games and as they stand now I could see them doing that to Rayman
Their microtransaction monetization scheme on it will lie somewhere between good and evil!
Haha JK.... it'll be completely evil. 🙃
How about a new Splinter Cell? I loved the originals and finally just got around to playing Blacklist recently. Gotta say it has held up really well and I'm enjoying it mixh more than expected. Would love for a new one or a remake along with a ghost recon reboot back to the original feel.
Sony aims to release live service PlayStation games day & date on PC and PS5, but single-player games will have more "strategic approach."
How? I’m sorry but how when they literally port their games to the PC now after not even 2 years, it’s rumored GoW Ragnarok is next.
The best thing they could have done is focus on the generation before with PS3 / PS4 titles and when it got to the PS6 then start porting PS5 games so people will want to get the sequel on the new console
Now PC gamers just wait it out because they know it’s coming
Rock Star does the same thing. Release 1st on consoles, wait a year or two then release on PC. It's clearly a strategy that works for them.
They don't need a lot of PC gamers to move to Playstation, but they just need a few who would also buy into it and possibly double dip. There are some very unhappy gamers on Twitter, who wanted to hear day and date for all games.
Fox
Your analyse is not accurate..
If sony keeps things the way they are then they will grow the business. Some pc gamers who really liked God of War for example might buy PS4 or 5 to play Ragnarok. Same if they announce ghost of tsushima 2 or a new Ratchet game.
Rockstar?
Yeah I loved playing Red Dead Redemption on PC…….
@Cacabunga
I highly doubt it, PC gamers have their setups, if they didn’t budge for years to get a console despite all the cool exclusives then they aren’t going to budge now knowing a new PS5 game will get a port 2 years later
@cacbunga
Basically you're functioning under the assumption that PC players are impatient, rich and stupid.
Most will not budge. But if the hype is real enough they'll get a few. But those few won't actually be invested in the platform.
Those unhappy gamers will just have to suck it up. I'm sure Sony sees how thats worked out for Xbox. Why tf would they follow in their footsteps
How?
According to Sony, by co launching live service games like Helldivers2 day one, then enticing PC players to want to play sequels on the console for SP games.
That's how. If you play Ghost of Tsushima and Sony launches GoT 2 on PS later this year, you're more apt to want to grab the console and play the sequel instead of waiting.
Yeah, pc players are the most patient of players. They will just wait for the game to come to pc.
You're just spitting back out the Sony PR line.
PC-first and PC-centric gaming is a different beast. Helldivers 2's popularity and GoT's popularity are because they're good solid games, not because they're from PlayStation publishing.
It's the same PlayStation that put Helldivers 2 for sale internationally, then pulled their PSN-Steam removal card. The same PlayStation that released Returnal with UE4's dreaded shader stutter. The same PlayStation that released TLOU Part 1 in a broken state.
If Sony's PS4 slate of titles didn't convince PC gamers, if their current PS5 titles still don't, ports of games they've had *years* of knowing and reading and hearing about aren't going to convince them to finally buy a console.
Don't fall so easily for the same PR BS that fabricates quotes from their own studio heads.
I mean that's certainly the thinking, but for most PC gamers that just won't work. Like in a rare circumstance if someone was already on the fence about a console that might get them to take the plunge and buy a PlayStation, but it will be the exception rather than the rule.
PC gamers are super patient
There's no f****** way, for example, they are going to get a PS5 the moment Ghost of Tsushima 2 is announced just because they played the PC port of the first game
The mindset?
"Ah cool GoT2 has been announced, really enjoyed the first game. Anyway I'll just play on the dozens of other games I have while I wait for the obvious PC port from Sony in like 2 years"
Not a chance they'll all wait now.
@tacoboto
"You're just spitting back the Sony PR line."
I literally said: "According to Sony."
I was responding to someone who asked "How?"
I gave Fox an answer that reflects Sony's thinking. Maybe read the OP's comment and then reading a reply to that person as if it's an answer to their question instead of sounding off in such a bizarre way. See Jeece's reply to mine.
@Dom I do. Sony may not, but then again, they've made billions in the gaming industry and you've made $0.
@thorstein PC gamers have been condition to wait... Epic Games exclusives don't sell well and EA, Ubisoft, and MS have all come back/or arrived on Steam and that's all for preferred store front that doesn't cost money at all so to think people will rush out to spend 500 dollars on a console (whichvcould be used to help pay for PC upgrades) is a bit naive.
I think some of yall are giving pc gamers to much credit. Not every pc gamer is gonna be the same. I'm sure sony isnt expecting all pc gamers to switch, that would be foolish. Idk how many pc goers are there. 500 million 400 million idk really. Say son bgets 5 million of them to it was worth it. If you say none imma call bs
You're mistakenly speaking for all PC gamers, there are bound to be some people who are not willing to wait and for Sony those are potential console buyers.
eh, no ... if a PC gamer is playing on a PC, they'll continue to do so ... there are tons n tons of games on Steam alone and the steam gamers' backlog stories are one of the most discussed topic you'll find in PC forums ... indie is already huge there, plus early access, PC-exclusive titles, VR, big publishers' titles and now Sony's ports too.
Realistically speaking, usually there's not enough time to complete the backlog alone, than go buy a separate console altogether.
The only game that has the power somewhat to make a PC gamer to get a console is GTA VI.
PC gaming existed and proliferated well before this recent Sony's PC decision.
@romulus23
True, there will be new gamers who will be exposed to PlayStation IPs, and they will possibly obtain PSN accounts, both of which make people more inclined to purchase PlayStation.
I don’t think you understand PC gaming. We have sooooo many games to play it’s kind of ludicrous. The insane Steam backlog is not a myth. So, we’ll happily wait for the best version of a game.
How these guys think that they're only pc gamers that won't buy a console, I'll never know..lol. we're talking about the whole world here..not a few guys on this site or reddit.
Edit: in fact there's posts on reddit how they bought a ps5 after having played a few exclusives on PC.
"Not a chance they'll all wait now."
You don't know what all of them will do. Some may wait some may not.
Well, if they want the games when they release, they will need a PlayStation. If they are ok with waiting, then they can do that. I think it’s a sound gameplan for PlayStation. The release of games on PC, will generate additional fans for the ips.
So who cares how / when someone chooses to spend or not spend their money? Sony gets their money for their game sold either way whether its on PS5 or PC, so in the end what does it matter?
PC gamers will wait a year to get a game $10 cheaper lol. they ain't gonna go out and spend $500 on a system to play 1 game. people underestimate them big time.
@Fox
It actually works, i know some of my friends and cousins who cannot wait and bought a Ps5 to play Horizon FW. In fact they cannot believe that "ps has amazing games" lol
Sure there's others who can wait a whole year or two but then there's others who have to play as soon as possible.
*** Now PC gamers just wait it out because they know it’s coming ***
I think a lot of people who would abandon consoles entirely don't because of the wait. Sure, they aren't drawing new users from PC like they want, but they are maintaining while getting more from PC-only gamers (possibly even double taps from those who own both).
The PS5 Pro is going to be WAY above the average PC of users on Steam.
The PS5 Pro will be able to play every single game they have released on PC at PC settings with a minimum of 60FPS and higher with unlocked framerates.
I agree, there is zero logic from Sony on this. Sony completely underestimate how stubborn a PC player is. They can wait, I'll now wait as I've stopped buying games for my PS5 and will now acquire them for free on PC.
"While Helldivers 2 was released day and date on both PS5 and PC, don’t expect single-player narrative-driven games to be released in the same boat by Sony anytime soon. - This was confirmed by PlayStation’s soon-to-be co-CEO Hermen Hulst in Sony’s business segment presentation"
There you have it. Won't be 'day and date' single player games on PC anytime soon or for the forseeable future. They understand single player games are Playstation's backbone.
So much for the nonsense narrative that playstation is somehow failing so they are going to immediately start releasing every single game day and date on PC lol.
Agreed. First & foremost Playstation not only wants to sell their AAA first party games but their gaming consoles to play them on that is why their AAA first party games come to PC later after it sells on PS consoles.
I was told that Playstation was doing so bad on here and on X that Helldivers 2 was going to release on Xbox and Sony was going to start releasing all games on pc day and date with playstation. Why do people constantly lie on the internet!!!!!
We've gone from you'll never see PS games on PC, to you'll never see any PS games day one on PC, to you'll see some PS games day one but have to wait for others.
I mean, its kinda looks like it's heading one way no? That "wait" is going to get shorter and shorter.
It's happening.
God of War 2018 - 4 years
Horizon Zero dawn - 3 years
Horizon Forbidden West - 2 years
Well, with MS going full PC/multiplatform, PlayStation will need to adapt. Luckily, they are in a position to hold the fort for all lovers of console gaming. Otherwise, if MS’s business model was the norm, we can all kiss console gaming goodbye.
Thank god for Sony.
Ragnarok is now 1y and 10m between PS-PC release. Its only going to get shorter over time.
Well, change of leaderships on Sony did that, under Jim it looked like a lot has changed. Who would have thought eh?
Who would have thought under Big ole Phil xbox games would come to Playstation eh?
That's a smart move because at the end of the day playstation is a hardware business and need to sell hardware folks
Considering the amount of bangers PlayStation and Nintendo make, your name doesn't sound very apt.
Well I think he means that on PC, all software eventually is playable on it. Which is true.
Consoles just are a convenient way of playing some sooner than later.
Darth, all software eventually is playable on PC through emulation and theft of games. You forgot that part. It's not through legal means.
Apocalypse- You consider emulation theft of games? LMAO
Way to shill for corporations.
This gen has been trash. I was already on the fence but caved and bought the consoles, I have regretted that decision. Most of the games that I would play come to PC anyway. I'm done with consoles. I have had the best time with PC this gen and a good amount last gen that it just pulled me away.
This is probably the best they can do for now. Selling hardware is their heritage. It's what they've always done since the beginning. They're doing the best they can to hold on to that.
Let's see if they will be consistent with their actions too.
Only when it's more profitable than not. Right now there's no rush. PC gamers treat these old games like they are new releases.
PC market proliferated well before Sony's "drip feed" and will continue to proliferate with or without the "drip feed".
LMAO, these takes.
None of this makes sense. make a point so I can at least respond. I have also found that when people use acronyms like 'that' they aren't very confident in what they are saying. You might not be the case, but in general it's like that.
PC gamers are not going to flock to PlayStation to play their games, but Sony is fine having them double dip for the cost or porting games years later without alienating their bread and butter customers. It's just free money.
I don't think Sony strategy will work. So Sony idea is advertise single player experiences to PC gamers at a higher cost thus making us want a ps5 or whatever for the sequel. Do they know how much the average pc gamer has invested? I agree with a post here PC gamers are patient and Microsoft is taking a nicer approach. Stop the exclusives and just embrace gaming on a whole. Sony is still protecting their infrastructure of exclusive games to PS platform like Nintendo. If devices like the Steamdeck have taught us anything people want freedom. We're talking about PC here with a backlog of games into oblivion. I just I think I just think I might have a couple games to keep me busy while I'm waiting for the 3rd Spiderman game or next god of war to release and if it don't oh well. PC is a universal platform in which all games should be and can be played. After all every game started on PC at some point.
If that means more pc ports then all the better. Then release the sequel maybe 1-2 years later for more profit. Hope that means ghost 2 is in the works, I am having a blast with the first game on PC. PC gamers are willing to wait for years and sales for games as backlogs are incredible on PC.
If that is the case, then they should focus on single player games as those as to be released later on PC and will be more likely to entice PC players.
However according to this article
https://wccftech.com/playst...
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"Sony confirmed the names of the seven studios focusing on single-player games with a narrative focus - Asobi, Insomniac Games, Santa Monica Studio, Sucker Punch, Naughty Dog, Firesprite and Housemarque, and the nine working on pure live service games or hybrid titles - Bungie, San Diego Studio, Firewalk, Haven and Neon Koi for pure live service games and Guerrilla Games, Polyphony, Media Molecule and Bend Studio.
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Thus more live service games than single player will be released if true.
Sony completely underestimates the PC players stubbornness to wait years or to simply do without. Which is what PC players have been doing for decades until you started giving your big games away for free on torrent sites. Ghosts of Tsushima was at over 500k seeders on a popular site and the best estimates are that game sold around 70k on Steam.
They can if they want to and Sony doesn’t need all of them to buy PlayStations. Their money is good enough. And as far as patience goes, they are not that patient. They are gamers just like everyone else. Besides they have the money because they generally have expendable funds. Shit, when I play on my PC regularly, my electric bill is through the roof. Haha
It's a logical yet flawed business model.
It's flawed because if it were effective, people would have already shifted from PC to PlayStation years ago. The same people would migrate from Steam to the Epic Games Store, etc. Making them wait in a world already saturated with games won't compel them to buy a console.
Despite this, it's a logical strategy as it represents guaranteed money when Sony decides to port their game. Additionally, a second release allows them to rekindle interest in an older title, resulting in title sales. Finally, it satisfies a segment of the PlayStation fanbase that appreciates the concept of exclusivity.
"It's flawed because if it were effective, people would have already shifted from PC to PlayStation years ago."
Worked for me. PS' first wave was back in the 90s and I was caught up in it. Between Sierra, Looking Glass Studios, and Psygnosis most of my favorites on PC were from Psygnosis.
Sierra, Looking Glass are gone and so is Psygnosis, but Psygnosis game me 3 or more favorites on PC and when Psygnosis became Studio Liverpool I picked up a PSP for WipEout Pure and switch to PS2 instead of playing on PC
I have a PC it's not much for gaming anymore; being 7 years old now it can't run most modern PS5 era games well at 1080p30 maxed out. I'd basically run all PS5 ports and 1080p30 medium or lower settings with stutters and such. R&C is a great example of that. 900p30 with much longer loading due to PCIe gen 3 NVMe speeds. Anyway, I do rarely buy PC games still and have for over a decade. Back towards the end of PS3 era I got a meh laptop with weak gaming potential but managed Crysis 1 at 1080p30 with a mix of medium and high settings. It could hardly run late PS3 games including NFS:MW which ran fine on PS3 and while the most complete portable version was a visual cut the PS Vita ran the game better than my laptop! Today my phones run games like Grid: Autosport and Alien: Isolation much better than my old laptop at the same or higher settings and resolutions.
This is where my PC is now. Picked it up as a workstation at the end of the PS4 gen and now it can hardly run the simpler games made for PS5. Unless it's a really simple indie title like Animal Well these days. It really feels like my PC became less computationally capable. Yet, FH5 runs maxed out at 1440p30 with RT. Of course FH5 wasn't the spectacle people touted it as. Some still think FH5 is a top-tier game visually for the PC platform. To me that's a bit generous of them.
Look, the point is, I moved to PS2 and PSP after I discovered some of my favorite PC games were on PS. I ultimately still wasn't a 'fanboy' at the time. I entered fanboy age during the PS3 era and that lasted for all of 5 years and I picked up an Xbox 360 during the PSN outage which ironically only made me understand that sometimes fanboys can have very solid arguments. In the end. Most of my gaming is on console primarily PS. I stopped caring about Nintendo and Xbox burned me with Xbox 360.
Back in the 90s my favs were PS 1st party games on PC. Thing is I didn't know it. As PS started publishing my favorites, I left PC as a platform behind at least largely speaking. I still have a decent PC, but I don't do a lot of gaming on it and don't ever feel pressure to upgrade like I used to. PC as a platform has so many massive drawbacks and when I was young my OCD didn't help. Even getting treated for OCD and trying some recent PC games I still fell into old habits tweaking game settings to get the most out of my HW. It takes up so much time and is just... too much effort. On literally prefer playing on my phone to playing on PC and rather ironically PS4 and phones were the first places where I saw 90 and 120FPS games respectively thanks to PSVR on PS4 and 120hz displays on phones. Honestly it's not at all difficult to give up 120FPS for significantly better visuals and most PS5 games I play at 30FPS for even better visuals anyway.
The fact that 30FPS doesn't slow me down probably also makes me a better gamer. I even play Stellar Blade at 30... though, the final boss kicked my butt so much I switched to story mode. Happy to say hard mode was still unlocked when I finished the game and so far I've not experienced any serious difficulties against the hard mode bosses yet.
Anyway, PC is just as locked down especially with Windows 11 and more people will ultimately be f••••d out of caring about PC gaming for the waste of time that it is, eventually. My PC is a means to capture very high quality 1440p60 gameplay from PS5 these days.
PC is an open platform, Sony will release their games on it in a manner that fits with their bottom line. Dummies act like these decisions are not backed by research and data by people who are paid to weigh/monitor these decisions 24/7. Playstation matters to Sony in a way that some don't understand or pretend not to. Microsoft unlike the other 2 platform holders can be reckless and take big gambles with their xbox division because it has almost no relevance to their bottom line. There is almost zero case to be made for day and date when the potential damage it could cause is taken into account.
If you own a gaming PC why would you buy a PS5 for a single player game that's going to release on PC in a year or two? There's plenty of games to play whilst you wait.
If you want more people to buy your console do what Nintendo do. Don't release your games on another console and don't release on PC.
I dont think many pc gamers will buy a playststion to play playstation games, they will just wait the 1-2 yrs for it to get ported. That being said, this is the right decision. MS destroyed their console business, now there is literally zero reason to own an xbox.
Yeah..... But port the predicessors to PC to make you question why you even has a console in the first place
Sorry, Sony. As a PC gamer with a hefty rig, you still have not convinced me on why a PS5 console is worth my money. At this stage, it's safe to say it will never happen. Downvote me all you like. But someone please explain to me logically why anyone with even a decent PC rig would want to shell out $500+ for PS hardware at this point? Also, please don't use timing in your argument - I have plenty of games to play, I can wait and I don't care how long. (i.e. that's not a valid reason for shelling out $500+).
SP games they're keeping at 80 bucks for 2-3 years? Yeah, by the time they're considering a discount/sale, PC gamers will be able to pick it up at a lower price and play it with better performance.
This strategy won't bring in PC players to Playstation 5/6. It will sinply mean that those console-players who refuse to pay 80 bucks for incomplete SP games will increasingly just wait for a cheaper and better PC release instead.
Tell me you know nothing about PC gamers without telling me you know nothing about PC gamers. Sony should just put the games day and date on PC and be done with it
Not Sony first party, GTA6 on PS5 Pro will be the one for Sony if Microsoft sits this model refresh out. PC release will be a while to wait
Interesting strategic approach sure, but people don’t always act like you hope they would.
It’s a rather safe strategy tho. If it works, great, but if it doesn’t, no harm really.
Doesn't really make sense. Since, it's going to be released on PC, players will just wait for it to become available. If they really want to entice players to play on playstation, than don't release any of their first party games on PC at all.
Exclusives it's what made specific console unique from other. It's still working for Nintendo, so Sony should have just kept it to their platform as well.
Also, Sony should just stop it with these live service games, and stick to what they do best, and that is make great single player games. It's helped since the psone era to now.
When a PS game comes to steam, PC gamers "oh cool another game to my vast catalogue!". If it doesn't, PC gamers "OK, I'll play a game from my vast catalogue!". People on here thinking PC gamers are port begging, when in reality they don't care either way seeing as Sony is making these decisions.
Ubisoft recently shared more details about Assassin's Creed Shadows protagonists, confirming that both of them will romantically attract and be attracted to different types of people.
Feudal Japan DEI LGBTQ+ Samurai, sounds very accurate for the time period. Surely a decision made only with historical accuracy in mind.
You have no idea what you are talking about, bet you didn’t know nobunaga was bi-sexual. Or ran maru his is often depicted as androgynous was a “beautiful boy”.
So yeah, feudal Japan had tons of lgbtq and kawaii enough… A BLACK SAMURAI! All without the need of offending a Caucasian because the world is diverse.
This story has cracked me up so much! Bravo Ubisoft, bravo! 🤣. So last week everyone was upset that in the long-awaited first Assassin’s Creed: Japan game the protagonist is black. But NOW he is also LGBTQ+ ! It’s like the Ubisoft creative team sat around a table and said “How can we best impress our Kotaku/IGN/Polygon friends and antagonise gamers? Let’s make it woke x 100!’ And then they all silent clapped!
Just you wait until the Star Wars: Outlaws details come out, there better not be anybody complaining about Kay Vess’ dating preferences and the gay droid armies.
Lexreborn2 is right
Go read up on Japan's feudal era homosexuality and bisexuality was a very common thing in that time.
I just have to laugh because the same people complaining about this are the same ones crying about wanting "historical accuracy". When it's clear most of the whiners don't even know history themselves.
Facts don't care about downvotes, btw. You either claim to understand historical accuracy or you just admit you don't like the stuff people did throughout history.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wi...
Japan had no Christian stupidity about sexuality.
That's where your nonsensical puritanical view comes from: the Abraham's faiths.
It's feudal Japan, they don't believe in your religion's made up nonsense.
I mean, if you're going to embrace a particular viewpoint, you should at least be aware of where it comes from. Most of the world doesn't care about your ideals.
In those days, they certainly didn't care about your religion.
Get over yourself.
All of you guys missed the point, I even said I'm very sure they did it ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate. Stop defending this, we all know why they did it and who they want to pander, it's not out newfound respect for history.
@RpgSama
Nobody is defending anything.
People are just pointing out the fact that after they just cried about the game not being historically accurate, when they SHOW they're accurate, they cry about it because they don't like certain parts of history
Not to mention you contradicted yourself RPGSama. You just pointed out you said they "ONLY because they wanted to be historically accurate". Then turn around and accuse them of pandering and/or having an agenda. Those two things are opposing statements
Dumbest decision ever.. always online was a pass for me but now not even for free I’ll try it..
It's made by Ubisoft Montreal.
Obviously we'll be allowed to bang anything that moves.
People actually telling you that Japan had sexual deviancy which is correct however what's hilarious is that they will act as if it holds the same moral value that the LGBT community holds today, oh the things men used to say about themselves when they are attracted to other men, it's not empowering in the least bit
You are completely lost on Japanese history. Japan was one of the most liberal places in the world, and in many ways still is. You can slice and dice it from your western hubris and whatever point of view, but the reality is that history tells great stories about freedom of choice and people not being judgemental on this island. Also one of the reasons I want to raise my family here, no need to have those whatever Western woke bullshit here, because everyone just respects each other without using all that nonsense.
Oh yeah!!!! What about being inclusive???
I'm sorry
..please replace the word inclusive with stupid.
I thought you crybabies wanted "historical accuracy." Now that your going to get it, you're going to cry more.
It's past the point of retarded, everyone seems forced to do this bullshit now in games. 😑
Hell no. A good game or film is secondary now to the agenda and the 'message'.
It's not enough to be simply entertained these days, there has to be an overarching real world narrative. I mean look at Dr Who as a recent example. Disney have completely destroyed it all in the name of 'diversity'.
It's the only thing that explains the incel crap. They can't simply be angry virgins who don't get any, so then a lack of a sex life i.e. a dad of three or something, is also a good additional explanation. They're either lonely and don't get any or too busy to get any. There's a horrible news for sexual control with incels, and they're angry because they simply aren't the right people to achieve that control. They're weaker animals.
dude’s too busy commenting on other people’s sex life to actually stay on topic.
That or he’s angry but didn’t have half the brain needed to refute back so he went for the classic ad hominem fallacy.
Notachance
It's a fact that remains true. The only way it can't be true is if humans were not greedy and heavily reliant on procreation.
Your username is fitting.
dude, let’s be real, you’re on a video game news site going into the comments section and taking time out of your life to go to war with people you think don’t f*ck. You sound as much of a virgin as any incel does.
Let’s be real, bub you’re just as pathetic as the rest of them. Anyone who would look at this who doesn’t waste their time on a video game news site or video games in general probably thinks the only thing you f*ck is your crusty ass pillow.
C’mon, man. Anyone who f*cks doesn’t immediately go into a comment section claiming others have no sex life. It’s just one of those things if you are getting your d*ck wet. It just comes off like you’re projecting in hopes to god nobody figures out you can’t get any, so you try to flex, even though you’re completely full of sh*t.
I mean, that’s the only thing that makes sense to me 😅.
I'm engaged without children - I'm doing just fine.
This is just nerd sites now. Users are just so angry and for basically the same reasons. Most people go through phases with this type of stuff but it's scary seeing the same attitudes being regurgitated over and over again. From what I've seen it's a strange mix of sexual frustration, lack of proper financing and the need to have 100% control over both so that they aren't taken away from the users.
@fartcushion
Look, man, people are allowed to have opinions and show frustration with stuff. It has no bearing on them not getting sex or not making money.
I have no idea how people commenting on being tired of hearing about SJW sh*t being shown in the spotlight like some carnival sideshow where publishers are wanting some pat on the back for means they’re financially unstable and don’t have a sexual relationship.
What, are you on the spectrum? Like how do you come to that conclusion and make multiple responses to the discourse with “virgin alert” or “you need to have sex?” That right there is kind of sus to me.
I don’t know in what world you lived in where this hasn’t been a nerd site, but people are allowed to comment their thoughts on things and still have relationships. You’re just as much of a nerd as everyone in here.
You have to understand they’re incapable of writing a good story so this is the best they could come up with
Well, after last weeks crying about historical accuracy. Now Ubi days, " Oh, okay, historical accuracy: here you go."
Now you're saying you don't want the accuracy? Can you guys just make up your minds?
It's a genuine click-bait snippet to rile up people like you to push traffic.
@JunonZanon Can't say about Japanese society today. But just like most other ancient cultures, the men (especially upper-class men) would engage in activities that were frowned upon or prohibited in society. Women would not do such things as they were expected to give birth and raise the children. Of course secret relationships would probably happen between women. There are parts of the world today that have this patriarchal system where women hardly ever leave the home but the men are out living their lives and some drink alcohol when it's illegal and have sex with other men when it's forbidden.
Gotta get them brownie points. Now don't get me wrong homosexuality was alive and kicking in Japan during those days, and I've seen anime that have shown exactly that and been fine with it. I'm just questioning why this has to be announced before hand?
They were probably hoping to get all the whiners and complainers out of the way now in hopes that they'll tire themselves out by time the game releases. I doubt that'll work but that's the only thing I can think of
So complainers can complain now and not when they buy the game and are surprised that it's historically accurate. Essentially, they're saying if you don't like that stuff, don't buy it. Of course, most ignorantly claim it's not historically accurate instead of just admitting they don't like that stuff.
It's more fun to catch em by surprise imo, but I guess it also doesn't give em a reason to review bomb if they know in advance. Not that they won't talk about through and well after release.
That's fine, I won't buy it, and regardless of the supposed high number of pre orders, I suspect many others won't buy it either.
In the Viking Assassin's Creed you could also have different relationship with men or women. So I don't know why this is so different in this Assassin's Creed. Lots of different types of RPG's let you choose differeent relationships. They don't force you. You can tell anyone that makes a pass at you to go kick rocks. People overreacting here
***In the Viking Assassin's Creed you could also have different relationship with men or women. So I don't know why this is so different in this Assassin's Creed.***
It's the anti-woke and anti-DEI movement that is fostered on Twitter and the like. Any element of an LGBTQ or racial diversity related element is seen as problematic and an attempt to rewrite history, censor, yadda yadda yadda.
The biggest problem is that gaming journalists are expanding their platform by reporting on them at all. Journalists are idiots and in their drive to find something to write about only help to spread the things about which they complain.
@heligirl
Well said. And that's the problem for most of the complainers. They're males and are afraid someone might make a pass at them.
Women have to deal with men looking at them and hitting on them and know how to deal with it.
These people are suddenly vulnerable and don't know how to deal with it. It threatens their manhood.
I'm straight, white, and male. I've been hit on by men. It doesn't bother me like it does these insecure little man-children. Why would it?
Honestly I'm just gonna start avoid these posts but I'm grateful that some people are calling out these asshats for dogwhistling.
I just don't have the patience anymore.
It was for men. For women, the other protagonist, it was not. So everyone who is trying to say that feudal Japan was inclusive are full of malarkey. It was only common for the upper-class
I know they’re getting wet to celebrate making a big masculine black dude do some gay shi
I don’t care what a character’s sexuality is if the story and game are good. It’s just that, does anyone honestly think this is genuine, Ubisoft and the other big companies routinely abuse and mistreat their employees but we’re supposed to believe they give a genuine fuck about diversity. I’m 100% in favor of diversity but this is classic virtue signaling.
They did the same thing in Odyssey. I can't remember if Valhalla did, I couldn't be bothered finishing that bloated mess of a game.
Japanese culture was very frisky especially compared to the dogmatic hardline Catholic cultures of the Europeans in the 1600s which regarded homosexuality and multiple sexual partnerships as serious crimes. Interestingly enough they banned homosexuality shortly during the Meiji Restoration because of "western influence". History is full of ironies.
when you run out of ideas and talent , this is what you get. i doubt even lgbt people want to deal with this nonsense in a feudal japan based samurai game
I like how all the bigots are offended by something included in a game where the main quote is "Nothing is true, everything is permitted." I also don't doubt that these same people were playing as Femshep and hooking up with Liara.
As for historical accuracy, do you actually think homosexuality is something new? If so, how do you explain evangelicals constantly saying that the Bible - written over 1,000 years ago- is filled with passages denouncing homosexuality?
Why get upset about the always online and $129 cost when you can whine about a black samurai who may be gay?
Does this sway a single purchase? I don't think there's much reason to talk about it ahead of time. It just comes off as pandering without any context.
Didn't expect anything different, on AC Valhalla a viking lesbian general lead her troops while men where cleaning the houses, we all know historical accuracy is Ubisoft greatest strength.
You do know you choose to play male or female as well as who you are attracted to, right?
The character i mention exists in the game no matter who you decide to have a relation with, specifically you hear that dialogue before the big battle with all the allies from the different counties you've been gathering, and i don't think that character ever existed in the real world tbh, because we would have heard about her a million times at this point if a female lesbian general led her army to battle, she would be a heroine among the LGTB population.
***because we would have heard about her a million times at this point if a female lesbian general led her army to battle***
I mean, living a homosexual life is actually quite new and wasn't common in the old age. Much like how gay Roman Generals didn't advance LGBT rights for men, why would it do as such for women? The focus in those old days weren't on sexuality, but propagation for survival. But people were still partaking of what they wanted.
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Because we know that homosexuality was common in Greece and even Socrates and Plato were lovers, because we know alexander the great had a male lover called Hefestion, and so many more in history, so i think that we would know of any great viking female general, which would be uncommon by itself, and then even more if she had female lovers, but we do not, so that's basically Ubisoft doing the LGBT treatment to viking history to improve their DEI score and grab some extra funding in exchange.
Hell yeah! Why do you think the game is called shadows? Who lurks in the shadows waiting for an opportunity to abduct an underage person?
I love how people think of sexual deviancy in Japan in the past in the same way they look at LGBT community now, it's absurd, it's so different in the same way that Japan have had Boy love and girl love as entertainment genre in manga for ages now but LGBT standards are different, there's a reason why when LGBT people read the old "inclusive" Japanese works they call it bigoted, same thing for the sengoku peroid, they treated it as deviancy and just did it anyway
Surely, there's more to the game than your sexual preferences? What a silly thing to focus on especially as they are usually an optional feature.
Nothing is new under the sun I'm sure back in those times in real life alot of horny shhi was going on 🤣 its funny tho cause I rarely use romance options in games I play, I knew they'd do this cause in valhalla the arc where you do the quest with the guy about the dying father, the son wanted to romance my male eivor I declined🤣🤣
? All BioWare games did it. Baldur's Gate 3 did it. AC Odyssey did it. Not sure what's the issue exactly
This is standard RPG romance mechanics. Not sure why people are making it a big deal??
They advertise it as if it's a plus. To me, it's one more reason not to buy it. What a joke.
"Let's just hope that such a decision won't result in another round of backlash from some "fans" as we already have plenty of questionable opinions online regarding the game's black character Yasuke."
Did a little digging and there were indeed Black Samurai in Japan. Interestingly enough, only one white Samurai...Tom Cruise. I joke, but it's only recorded to have had one white Samurai.
What I don't like about the article is how he uses the word "fan." If this wasn't set in Feudal Japan then I don't think you get backlash about a Black man playing the protagonist. I mean. Put the shoe on the other foot. Would it of made sense to have a Japanese man as the main character of Assassins Creed Syndicate set in London in 1868?
Romancing characters...Just don't romance your opposite sex if you're not wanting to! Crisis averted lol.
No body hates options more than gamers who hate options that hurt their feelings. I have never understood why some people get so so triggered over optional things in video games. The more options the better
If this is a topic worth announcing in their eyes, it's enough of a "selling point" for me NOT to buy it and this is coming from someone currently replaying Odyssey and romancing everyone and everything I can
What about get me excited with improved stealth mechanics and combat system instead?
AC4:BF looks amazing of what I've seen so far. The PS4 version doesn't dissapoint either. It looks really smooth. Open world games will be such a joy on next-gen platforms.
Just look at the lush vegetation and colorful environments. One thing I visually dislike though - and now I'm nitpicking. That's when the character is swimming at the surface level and it looks like he's on top of the water. GTA V does this better, imo, hiding the lower body properly under the water surface. Of course, this is tropical water, but...
Looks nice, but it doesn't quite look next gen in my opinion. Some textures are pretty bad for a next gen game and the graphics overall don't look as impressive as other next gen games ive seen, but guess that's because its a cross gen game and third party.
The game looks good. But the graphics didnt impress me all that much.
I hate to bring this up again and again but (this is 5 years ago), similar beach scenes:
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Okay, I'm staying away from any more gameplay trailers/walkthroughs from for this game now until launch.
It's getting ridiculous.
@ clouds5
yeah sadly I'm only getting this because there is nothing else to really get at launch...
BF4 and AC4.. that's the only two games I'm a little interested in playing..
all the other good games are now 2014
Destiny
Second Son
Dying Light
The Division
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