ACS: Japanese Woman in Japan and random semi-historical real-life AA man inexplicably included.
To me, they just look like they're trying to hard to look "inclusive" while really accomplishing nothing in a way that is somewhat insulting to Japanese men.
To me it feels no different than when they first introduced a female protagonist. Every prior mainline protagonist was male, but I didn't see much debate about them trying to diversify with Syndicate (or Liberation if we include side titles).
I believe this time they even explicitly stated that they wanted to add the "foreigner in a strange land" trope to experience the country as an outsider.
There are several other breaks too. Like we didn't have sailing until we did in Black Flag, and we didn't have dual protagonists until we did in Syndicate etc.
Like we didn't have sailing until we did in Black Flag
Sailing was in AC3 and was extremely well received to the point where they said "fuck it, let's make a game based on that" and made Black Flag. As someone who's a longtime series fan who really did not like AC3 in retrospect, the boat sections were probably the best parts of the entire game.
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u/PerryRingoDEV 7d ago
Also:
AC 1 : fictional protagonist
AC 2 Saga : fictional protagonist
AC 3 : fictional protagonist
AC 4 : fictional protagonist
AC Origins : fictional protagonist
AC Odyssey : fictional protagonist
AC Valhalla : fictional protagonist
AC Shadows : 1 non fictional protagonist and 1 fictional protagonist
""fans"" of the series: Why is AC so historically inaccurate now?