Assassin's Creed Shadows Statue Manufacturer Pulls Controversial, 'Insensitive' Design

They should make a drinking game for how many controversies, negative reactions, and dramas that this game gets in.

This game cant catch a break dx I wouldn't be surprised if it fails at this point

At least they’re doing the right thing instead of refusing to change it. I mean, they already did stupid things, probably best to walk this one back a tinge.

Again, know who a publisher like Ubisoft would hire to screen for things like this? Sweet Baby Inc...

@HotGoomba I’m honestly waiting for the release to see how well it sells.

@Nepp67 If it keeps up, I wonder if they’ll just outright cancel it? I know they have done a lot of work on it already. But with the delay, all the controversies and all, will it ever seen the light of day?

I am so happy to read they cancelled the statue over the gate and not the skin color. I’m so worn out.

Ubi cooked itself lol 😂

This game now has more ***** drama than the Autumn line-ups for tvN.

@LavenderShroud The game is complete there's zero chance its being cancelled. Anyway most of the controversy is just racists exposing themselves over Yasuke something the vast majority including Japan don't care about.

@DennisReynolds Yeah. I highly doubt it’ll be canceled myself. Stranger things have happened. It just feels like this game cannot catch a break, but like you said it’s most just race related rants against this game.

I felt it would be wise for me to just avoid all articles surrounding this game as the discourse was going to eye rolling and insufferable to wade through.
Turns out Ubisoft took the stupid crown and ran for it, and...... face planted into a brick wall they built💩💩💩💩💩

Just do the right thing and cancel the game too please.

@LowDefAl Let's be honest if Ubi adapted Adams as well instead of Yasuke then i expect the backlash wouldn't be anywhere near as big. Anyway we still have a Japanese playable character and she's literally the Assassin of the two.

How did they even accidentally do the one legged Torii? Like who designs a period game and decided a crumbled ancient gate as it stands today is what would have been there as it is today? Did they do Odyssey and assume the current condition of the Acropolis is how it was in the period, too?

This game is cursed. It would be better to just not release it. They can write it off financially as a loss. Movies have done that several times. It ends up costing them less than releasing them. It strange but when it comes to finances and taxes, there are very creative ways to save money.

If they do release it, I am curious if you can play through the entire game as the same character and if any trophies are tied to a specific character.

You’d think it wouldn’t be that difficult to avoid the atomic bomb given the game’s set rather a long time before 1945.

@CallMeDuraSouka "I felt it would be wise for me to just avoid all articles surrounding this game...." 🤔

@LavenderShroud @DennisReynolds I'm with you two on this. I was pretty much going to say the same. I'm actually looking forwards to the game just to see how many of the nay sayers have a turn about and say how it's such a great game...oh and I want to play it too of course.

@LowDefAl @LavenderShroud @DennisReynolds I just need to add that I'm finding it ironic that people complaining about the 2 main characters are usually the people complaining about the lack of DEI in games...

@Northern_munkey I honestly think this will either be the best selling game in the series, or the worst. Just so much drama and headlines with it nearly every week, it’s definitely got its name out there. Even for an Assassin’s Creed game.

@HotGoomba You'd be dead quick if you did that.

The only good thing is this got delayed to 2025 so I can play Dragon Quest III without any pressure.

I miss the days where people didn't get offended by absolutely everything.

I know that people like to hit Ubisoft while they are down, but I am actually happy that they are listening to criticisms. The difference between this game being awful and potentially being good can be as small as some dialogue changes after consulting with real historians.

No1 had issues with silly historical figures 15 years ago, but nowadays you gotta do better. Especially if you are going to promote your game as being historical.

This game and the lead up to it has gone from funny to just pathetic at this point.

I do think it’s great they are reworking the statue instead of outright canceling it. I don’t think many companies would do that?

God spare me from those people whos self-imposed vocation is to be professionally offended on behalf of others because there's no limit to their scrutiny.

Only Ubisoft could get in trouble for referencing a disaster that didn't happen until centuries after the game's setting. I'm surprised they've not made a statue of Desmond legging it around Pearl Harbour

I think this one was purely accidental, they just should've had a better vetting process. I'm assuming most Japanese would instantly see that this was a no go. Ubisoft has seen the criticism and are taking action, I take that as a positive.

Some people are suggesting cancelling the game, which is an insane suggestion and I can't really wrap my head around why anyone would want that. What they need to do is release it in a good state (which hopefully the delay will take care of). There's always a place for these massive open-worlds. A lot of people complained about Valhalla, but that sold a ton of copies and there were plenty who loved it.

@riceNpea it's ironic that you're clearly referring to those that who don't know better would call "the woke crowd" when it's literally the opposite side that has been exposed multiple time as taking offense and stirring up controversies on behalf of actual Japanese people.

Don't care,.I'm.buying it, I was actually disappointed when it got delayed

Probably best to just cancel the game at this point it's D.O.A anyway.

@LowDefAl I don't think one can finish Valhalla. It's never ending.

@starbuck2212 Call me crazy but I actually 100%-ed Valhalla and all of its DLCs just last month. It's unquestionably a bloated game, but I found if I limit myself to just one of these types of games every couple of years, it keeps the fatigue away. There's a weird sort of comfort in the bloat and repetition.

Love every new aspect of ubisofts downfall. Trash ass company

@dskatter If not it will be a massacre on the PR side but they are doing the right thing.

@clvr The anti woke side is on Twitter and man if this would be your first notice of gamers then as a group of gamers we would all be doomed.

@LowDefAl What an epically disingenuous post. This has got nothing to do with dubious historical analysis, Ubisoft's original intent (and its timing) for this game's story was and is perfectly obvious - just watch the original trailer. Now you can interpret that positively or negatively but at least recognise it for what they actually wanted.

@Flaming_Kaiser yeah I know, it's just tiring to see people throw out dog whistles and then cower away when they're exposed.
If you're gonna be a bigot, at least own it.

@Northern_munkey Ha ha, yes, but the Ubisoft train wreck has been fascinating and I couldn't resist

@clvr why has God forsaken me again? Lord spare me from the faux outrage 👼

I miss old days where Assassin's Creed was about filling DNA memories to find the truth about assassins VS templats and their purposes for their acts. Now these new games are about nothing.

Just to play devils advocate, this isn’t out of any malice. The west has been appropriating Japanese culture heavily for a while now, and the last bit has been overkill (don’t get me wrong Edgerunners is great, but it’s still a very western brand). This is just what happens when no one complains and companies get sloppy and reckless. And boy am I happy to see the backlash. It’s amazing to take inspiration from another culture, as it helps to broaden that culture’s impact and relevance. But altering core aspects of that culture solely to cater to markets that are not predisposed to it is ill advised.

Don’t forget, Ubisoft is a Canadian firm. That’s the funny thing, Canada has been shrieking about progression but this is…not it. I’m in Canada and yeah, it’s weird.

Good, I mean it's a google search away for searching about toori gate and yet ubisoft "japanese consultant" didn't even do this? What are they doing over there.

@DennisReynolds I honestly feel the hate is driven from the negative publicity Ubisoft has from social media because it’s normalised to hate on them for anything these times…

Yes their quality has degraded in recent times but it gets boring and silly when the hate is overdramatic. C’mon they are long timers in the industry have given plenty of great titles over generations and are also human beings constructive feedback is one but some of the negativity is unnecessary. Many actually don’t care but force it to seem like all of us do it’s a video game I could name a dozen that logically doesn’t make sense.

I'm looking forward to playing the game next year. Hopefully the extra time will give it some good polish. 6 months is a long time in Ubisoft dev time considering the whole thing takes only 3-4 years. Ultimately I will decide for myself how I feel about the game. Basing my opinion off of those who monetize through hype or hate doesn't work out.

The problem with Ubi is that they knee-jerk react to the .001% of online who get upset over everything which makes things actually seem like a controversy even so the vast majority just don’t know and don’t care. And then articles like this get made when they reverse course and they look incompetent.

This is BS. Those tori gate structures are ALL OVER japan, at every temple. 1 may have survived the bombing but to now say if you have one pictured somewhere is insensitive is bazaar and insane and this is clearly just something they want to bring up and start some bs controversy over.

@clvr It just makes me sad how much racist, homophonic, women hating simp there are on the world.