Andthetrailerwasreleasedabout a weekagoanditimmediatelygarnered a responseas I talkedaboutintheintroduction.
予告編は1週間ほど前に公開され、冒頭で話したようにすぐに反響を呼んだ。
Now I obviouslycan't playthewholething, buthereisjust a littletaste.
もちろん、全部をプレーすることはできないが、ほんの少し味わってみよう。
It's exactlywhat I thinkofwhen I thinkoffeudalJapan.
私が封建的な日本を思い浮かべるとき、まさにそうだ。
Evercrackedopen a historybook?
歴史書を開いたことがあるだろうか?
Samuraisaresosick.
サムライは本当に気持ち悪い。
Okay, soas a non-gamer, thatlookssick.
なるほど、非ゲーマーとしては病的に見える。
Justhadtosaythatasanaside.
ただ、余談として言わせてもらった。
But I wasreadingthecommentsandthegeneralconsensuswasthatUbisoft, whichisobviouslythecompanythatmadethegame, thattheymakebettertrailersthantheydoactualgames.
Ubisoft, obviously, like I'vesaidmultipletimesnow, pointedoutthefactthatitwasinterestingthateventhoughitissetinfeudalJapan, theychose a blackprotagonist.
Now, I don't have a problemwith a gameoranystoryteller, whetherthatbe a gamedeveloperorsomefilmproducerwantingtosharethatstoryandthisveryinterestingcharacter, butinthisculturalandpoliticalclimatethatisobsessedwithjustvapid, emptyrepresentation,
I thinkmostpeoplewouldagreethatchoosingthisspecificcharactertodrivethisvideogameinfeudalJapanisnotasinnocentasjustwantingtoshareaninteresting, slightlyunknownhistoricalfigure, ifyoucatchmydrift.
And y'all, thisiswhereitgetswildbecauseeveryone's concernsaboutthatexactthing, aboutthisbeing a calculatedployforrepresentation, werevalidatedrighthere.
Thispersonsaid, Jonathan, theproducerofUbi, Ubisoft, saidinaninterviewwith a Japanesemagazine, quote, I can't empathizewithJapanesepeople, so I waslookingfor a non-Japanesecharacter.
I findithypocriticalandlaughablethatwe'reonlytalkingabouttheneedforanAsianprotagonistnowthatit's beenrevealedthatAssassin's CreedShadowswillstar a blacksamurai.
Itis a knownissuethatthisrepresentationislacking, butit's notanissueenoughtobeupsetaboutwhentheyswapouttheracefortheracethatyoudeemtobethemostoppressedandinneedofrepresentation.