Assassin's Creed Shadows brings back the dual-protagonist system seen in the previous Syndicate, allowing players to play as two characters with different play styles, rather than choosing between a male or female protagonist as in Odyssey and Valhalla. The game now allows you to play as two characters with different playstyles. This caused an immediate backlash, not because people did not want to have two protagonists, but because one of them happened to be black.

Yasuke was an enigmatic historical figure who lived in Japan in the 16th century and was the first officially documented African in Japan. He arrived in Japan with Christian missionaries and later became a follower of Oda Nobunaga. We don't know much about Yasuke, but as an outsider who found himself in the service of one of Japan's most powerful men, his story is naturally intriguing and perfect for Assassin's Creed, which uses history as a springboard to tell its own story.

When Ubisoft was researching its latest title, "Yasuke's name kept popping up," executive producer Marc-Alexis Cote told Stephen Totilo in an interview with Game Files. And for us, that's what we want for AC," executive producer Marc-Alexis Cote told Steven Totilo in an interview with Game Files. And for us, that's what we wanted from AC.

However, the moment Yasuke was released, his appearance was met with criticism from certain angry corners of the Internet, which perceived him as an example of the mythical leftist agenda to destroy video games with "otaku-ness."

Some critics expressed concerns about historical accuracy, despite the fact that Yasuke is a real person and "Assassin's Creed" is a video game series featuring an ancient non-human species that ruled the Earth over 70,000 years ago. Others were more overt and openly racist, offended by the idea of a black person appearing in a game set in Japan.

On May 24, Elon Musk decided to throw his weight behind the mess by replying to a tweet about the game, "DEI kills art."

DEI is an acronym for diversity, equity, and inclusion, It is a policy that helps organizations promote the equal treatment and participation of all people, especially those who are usually underrepresented. It was not always nuanced.

"That tweet caused an emotional response and ...... The first thing I wanted to do was go back to X, which I deleted, and just tweet it back," Cote said.

"To me, Eron is just giving hate, which is sad. To me, Eron is sad. But he didn't respond to the mask." By attacking people like Eron: ...... I'm not going to convince people about our views as a team."

As for the team's views, "Yasuke is very, very rooted in the history of the franchise and how we are making choices." So naturally, Couric refutes Mask's assertion that Ubisoft is complying with policy and quotas by telling the stories of black historical figures.

"What Elon is saying is not the game we are making. People have to play the game themselves. And if they don't agree with what we are doing during the first 11 minutes and 47 seconds, we can discuss it."

It's a very specific time, and Côté won't reveal anything about what will be unveiled in that specific moment, but "the answers are there," he said, "I just hope people keep an open mind about this and see what the game is about. It's an 'Assassin's Creed' game, and I believe it's the best game ever made."

I enjoyed "Odyssey" and "Valhalla" very much, but I'm pretty burned out when it comes to Ubisoft's open world designs. That said, the Sengoku period (and the Azuchi-Momoyama period, which "Shadow" specifically addresses) is a fascinating period of Japanese history, so I'm quite interested to see how Ubisoft will tie Yasuke into the upheaval.