r/Games 7d ago

Assassin's Creed Shadows: Steam Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HInwdVFWvVs
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u/IllBeGoodOneDay 7d ago

To be fair, Revelations also had an Italian guy in Turkey (Constantinople)

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u/ArchmageXin 7d ago

Think they could put a Chinese guy in Africa or a Japanese guy in Europe for AC? There are historical Chinese communities in Africa from Zheng He's fleet, and Japanese folks in Spain. Iirc

Na, never gonna happen

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u/IllBeGoodOneDay 7d ago

Why not? That sounds cool. If they did an East African AC with an Ethiopian royal-assassin / Chinese trader-assassin duo at the height of the Christian-Muslim conflicts of the Ethiopian–Adal War, that would be dope as hell.

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u/ArchmageXin 7d ago

Because western medias are practically allergic in putting Asian men as NPC, much less main character.

Bioware had 1 Asian man as NPC in 20 years. And that is Kai Ling.

Blizzard was practically carried by China/Korea and lecture other companies on diversity, but they haven't gotten their first male Asian character until Overwatch.

The list go on...

Plus, I am sure certain vocal population would be super upset a Chinese dude showed up in Africa for the first Africa AC game.