General gaming discussion

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I don't feel under threat, I just feel it is complete and utter madness that I must exclude a specific race, age and gender in my hiring process.

Bringing it back on topic and related to my gripe with Disney. What is the purpose of having a black samauri other than jumping on the Disney diversity wagon and appeasing what is actually a left leaning political agenda?

There should be no politics. There should be no shame in having a game with an ethnically Japanese samauri.

Yes I know there is was a black samauri. Of course there was, why wouldn't there be?

It's not something I am personally offended by or have any strong feelings against it. But I can 100% understand why there is outrage and I do find it a bit offensive to see those who do being belittled and accused of being racist by other people who are just as equally exagerattijg their outrage and virtue signalling to make themselves look like better people, or more accurately trying to make their online persona come across as more virtuous and more important than those they are putting down.

Race usually has little to do with the main character, as long as they're well written and suitable it doesn't matter, ie: Bayak, Kratos, Franklin, CJ, etc. Its nearly impossible to have a create a character and have decent dialogue, which is why I much prefer playing as someone. Tell me a story. I'm not even a fan of game that have multiple main protagonists, but some manage it (GTA).

Playing as Yasuke in AC doesn't really bother me, but of all the historical characters from Japanese history, they go with someone whose of African descent and only in Japan for 15 months. Granted, that may suit the overall AC story somehow, but it was a missed opportunity. Playing as someone like Masamune, Hideyoshi, Sakamuto Ryoma, etc. I'm still gonna get it and play it, but I can understand some of the backlash for it. We waited long enough to play a Japanese samurai in AC, and we got Yasuke the retainer. The actual historical accounts of Yasuke in Japan are quite racist tbh, people killing each other to get a look at "the black man", and that being more or less the sole reason Nobunaga wanted to see him and made him continously wash himself to prove it was real. Strange choice imo, considering who else it could have been.

But I'll reserve final judgement until I've played it.

Edit: guess I'm a racist bigot... but the Japanese reaction, from what results Google is giving me, is split.

True, but she's the stealthy one and thanks to the rpg ACs I prefer the full on combat. And she a ninja, not a samurai. :P

I agree. Race never mattered to me, but story and gameplay does so I may end up liking it, we'll find out in a few months. But it's crazy that one can't speak out without being labelled, regardless of the argument against.

Anyway, if i have an issue with anything, it's all the redheads being blackcast, but no one cares about us. Plus I'm old enough now to laugh it off. (This is tongue in cheek, in case anyone needs notifying).

I'd also add that maybe the reason Ubisoft are telling a story about this particular Samurai is precisely because he has such an interesting backstory and dynamic; that he's someone who faces prejudices and extra challenges because of it and has to go further to prove himself. It's a very common storytelling framework.

But of course, the vast, vast majority of people complaining about the historical accuracy of it and who are suddenly experts in Japanese history had no idea he even existed a few weeks ago.

Astrobot Rescue Mission x 1,000,000. I am envious of anyone playing it for the first time. Its a masterpiece built from the ground up for PSVR and never equalled in VR. Hopefully some day we see another on PSVR2. Its 13.50 euro on Cex including delivery. 10 euro if you collect.

My wife loves beat saber on Meta Quest. Probably need the move controllers on PSVR though.

Edit: get all these first. Loads of demos and good stuff to try out including Astrobot. IIRC they were all free when I got them: