G*mers: We're not racists. You're actually the racist for making Yasuke who was black, black.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2024
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"Yasuke, depicted as a black man"
depicted as a black man
Whatever site that is really knows their audience. Not only is Yasuke, famously a real human being who actually lived and was black, "originally depicted as a black man", the mod also apparently turns him into an "authentic Japanese character". Which is apparently a more fitting description for whatever generic Japanese dude the modders think up than an actual historical figure. Christ.
— "According to our survey across various platforms, it was revealed that certain modders are actively developing a means to transform Yasuke, originally depicted as a Black man in the latest Assassin's Creed installment set in Japan, into an authentic Japanese character."
[Trivial: Success] — The run-on chaff breezes past you, leaving only the core conceit. "Depicted as". Changing him "into an authentic Japanese character."
— Certainly takes far less imagination to view a Black samurai as a Black samurai than the tone of this article would suggest.
[Challenging: Success] — I need you to not listen to what your instincts are about to tell you. Ignore them and walk away from this. Close the tab, close the article. It isn't worth your time.
— Pull your gun.
meanwhile gamers are getting mad that female leads look normal
Further analysis revealed the modders shared the same profile picture:
Wtf is with this guy
I heard he got doxxed so he did "this is how I would look like if I was asian or black"
can't say he's not committed to the bit
They weren’t mad about the white guy or Yasuke in Nioh.
But he was a Japanese man! He lived in Japan for years and years!
You can't expect those neckbeards that haven't touched grass in a century to understand that ethnicity is independent from citizenship.
This screenshot is fake, btw, it's not a real article on PC Gamer. It was apparently made by someone from KotakuInAction.
Ubisoft, hit these people with an account wide ban so I can have a pleasant game of Rainbow Six
be pretty funny when the plot and characters bring attention to the fact yasuke is black and then some dead-eyed worse rigged background samurai model they subbed in for him stares back
its been a long long time since i played AC but it was never very mod friendly, the closest i ever saw to replacement of characters was replacing the model with an existing one ingame, which will break customization, cutscenes and more.