For Honor is a ‘Game for Everybody,’ Features Female Characters and Black Vikings

J Station X: Ubisoft's upcoming fighting game For Honor will feature female characters and Black Vikings as "this is a game about you" and it's a "game for everybody."

[annoyedgamer]

lol in other words its an arcade game. Nothing wrong with that but don't go around claiming its historically accurate or realistic.

[LazyMinion]

I only saw the one trailer, but there was nothing historically accurate in it whatsoever

[Eonjay]

I think everyone understands that its.complete fantasy. Especially with the introduction of the antagonist. Only people easily triggered will be 'upset' by this.

[bobtheimpaler]

As an asian, I'm just rolling my eyes. You can't claim to be both inclusive while maintaining historical accuracy.

[Dirtnapstor]

Lol, when has anyone claimed historical accuracy?
This game will be great!

[Forum_Pirate]

When has anybody done that? AFAIK It's an alternate history where warriors from more or less the far corners of the world meet in combat they'd never actually be in because of an endless war, which nobody even remembers the reason for, where you dynasty warriors your way through tons of enemies.

[Mystogan]

Vikings visited Africa so there probably were a few Black Vikings.

edit: I just looked it up, it seems like Black Vikings were rare but they existed.

[NapalmSanctuary]

Don't go around conflating historical accuracy with gameplay depth. The gameplay looks anything BUT arcadey.

EDIT: I just saw some recent gameplay and that shit looks arcadey as hell now. They have dumbed it from their earlier presentations. I must retract my earlier statement as it appears you are correct. What a waste.

[TwoForce]

The game is completely fantasy in get go.

[hazelamy]

i like how it's not ok to tell developers they can't do something when that something is a child groping minigame.
but it's just fine to tell them what they're allowed to do when it comes to making their game more diverse or including gay or trans characters.
or, gasp, WOMEN.

[kevinsheeks]

Lmao you can have a dragon and aliens but dammit "what the hell is that woman doing here, this isn't realistic anymore."

[hells_supernova]

Can I be a black Samurai?

[GrubsterBeater]

Yes. Your character will be The Rza from The Man with the Iron Fists. Lol

[TC731]

As long as it's Afro.

[Mystogan]

There is actually one black samurai in history. His name is Yasuke. The first and only.

[TC731]

Black vikings? So basically people who never existed.

[spicelicka]

It's just character customization options.

Also the game is complete fiction you know that right? Vikings never fought Samurai, it's alternate history...

[NotoriousWhiz]

None of the people in this game ever existed.

[Mystogan]

Vikings visited Africa and took some men as soldiers. So there probably were a few Black Vikings.

[ShoryuSwordsman]

Love how you didn't even bother to read the comment above you stating how black vikings not only existed, but were not uncommon. So....good job being ignorant.

[deafdani]

The guy said they were rare. As in, uncommon.

Good job reading.

[xPaYDaYx]

Does it have gay black female vikings? If not then I don't want it.

[mafiahajeri]

Lmao their stupid for catering to people for the sake of brownie points, really gonna kill the immersion...

[slappy508]

Protip: pick the skin colour and gender of your choice and stop being an ass about it just because there are options for other players who want to play differently than you do

[pyroado]

Female? What about the transgenders >.> or gay vikings got to cater everyone ;]

[goldwyncq]

Or Vikings who think they're dragons.

[BrandanT]

My thoughts on diversity: a group of different races and ethnicities does not equate acceptance. That group would naturally end up being exclusive to those who fall outside their system of personal beliefs (I.e. Anything that makes up part or represents the core of the GROUP'S identity.)

[Eonjay]

Of course this has nothing to do with that. Its simply a game where anyone can play as any character. It doesn't not claim to be a model of historical accuracy. Its fantasy.

[Exoil]

I'm hoping my upcoming videos of a white male chopping of the heads of females and other ethnicities won't trigger anyone..
Especially the one I'm going to name "Hunting women in For Honor"

[ZombieGamerMan]

idk hearing it's for everyone has become a turn off for me (not that I was even interested to begin with) the whole being all inclusive and shit just feels like pandering to the cry babies that don't play games that games lack black leads and female characters

[slappy508]

And what makes you any different to the sjw 'cry babies' you're complaining about? Its ultimately still the developers choice and they should have a right to design the game the way they want to. Fortunately there are options of recourse available to people in your situation
Option A: If you really wanted to play the game, but dont like the minority groups included, pick the gender of your choice and you're good to go OR
Option B: Just ignore the game and move on with your life.

[mafiahajeri]

Oh look it's the white Knight/Internet police...

It's got nothing to do with liking the minorities, lol your trying so hard to indirectly make everyone come off as a racist, it's pathetic.

Speaking of pro tips here's a pro tip for you before you go calling people names, understand what I meant before you go on your little rant.

If this was a game like GTA by all means go ahead and make it customizable down to race but when Im facing a viking or knight that's black GTFO with that politically correct BS, ffs Im sure a lot of black people will be like "dafuq? I don't want to play a black viking" because it just doesn't fit.

I'm Arab you don't see me wanting them to go all 13th warrior and make an Arab viking, do you? I would much rather have Arab warriors...

In the end I'm sick of Ubisoft trying to cater to people for the sake of it, when it obviously just doesn't work.

If you really want to respect all races then add for example zulu warriors as an update or DLC, if anything your offending them by tacking on a colour option instead of giving them their on historical warriors they can actually relate too...

[slappy508]

Offended much? I never even called anyone names
"Lmao their stupid" - not only are you the one guilty of something you're accusing me of, you used the wrong grammar, it’s they're. If you're going to question someone's intelligence at least try use the correct wording otherwise you look silly. And seriously, lay off the cool aid dude, a developer should be allowed to make the game they want, not the way you want.
"waaah waaah hey devlupah please make the game the way I want or you no get welfare dollah"
Again if you dont want to face a black warrior in a fantasy game, refer to Option B, it's not rocket science. And I’m not sure how being Arab makes your mansplaining any more valid. Now go dry your tears ,oh yee who doth protest too much, and remember that in the end this is only a game, and none of it is forced on you as you simply do not have to buy it.

[mafiahajeri]

Lmao you went back to my first comment and grammar checked it? Lol thanks for proving to me how pathetic you are, and sorry for English not being my first language, proving how much of an assuming bigot you are...

Welfare dollah? Lol if you only knew xD

[hazelamy]

kind of ironic, the guy criticising the "white knights" then goes on to state that black knights would be bullshit.

"i hate white knights, but knights should only be white."
"white knights bad, black knights bad".

is there smoke coming out of your ears right now?

[ZombieGamerMan]

@Slappy508 already picked the option to ignore it and move on with my life because the game itself doesn't interest me, however I that doesn't mean I can't voice my opinion on the matter

[hazelamy]

the game catering to somebody who isn't you is a turn off?
that says way more about you than it does about the developers.
it's actually disturbing that you find the mere possibility of anybody playing as a black or female character if they want to so disagreeable.
you're not even a real gamer you know that.
a real gamer would want gaming to be enjoyed by everybody, you however seem to think it should be reserved for people like you, and only people like you.
no other genders, no others skin colours, not other sexual orientations, just straight white dudes.

but then the sad fact is, your attitude does seem to reflect what it means to be a "gamer" these days.
and that's really fucking depressing.

[ZombieGamerMan]

Funny how I never said anything about not wanting people to play blacks & women, all I said was I don't like how devs go around pandering to people that complain that games lack whatever political agenda they are pushing that week. To me that feels less that they are making the game they want and more of making a game that is too afraid to displease people who don't even like video games but bitch about them when they don't represent whatever fucked up ideal they push on people.

I don't care what gender, race or hole they stick their dingalings in as long as it's not out to pander to people and was just what they wanted.

[hazelamy]

no, you said they're pandering to people who don't even play the games, and here you are complaining about a game you stated you had no interest in anyway.

ahypocritesayswhat.

and the only complaints i've heard about races or genders for this game is idiots complaining when the devs say they want to make the game inclusive.

you lot are the ones telling the devs what to fucking do.
but "it's an agenda" you bleat, what about your fucking agenda.

if it doesn't cater to you, fuck it right?
if you don't want it nobody else should have it either, right?

people like you always attack any attempt at diversity, while claiming those who support it are doing the attacks.

you can't censor a minigame that involves groping children, that's censorship.
the devs say they're putting black people and women into it, or shock horror, "the gays" and it's ban/boycott this filth.

you know what gamers means to me?

it means a fucking hate group.

it used to be people that loved playing video games, that would share their love of videogames with anybody.
not this fucking xenophobic cult it's turning into these fucking days.

[Bolts]

No transgender samurai?? What bunch of Nazi scumbags.

[jjj0309]

B.. black vikings? Is.. is such thing even existed?

[PaleMoonDeath]

Pretty sure there weren't any black vikings, or many female warriors back then.. strange but hey, looks fun.

[Lennoxb63]

There were actually more female warriors back then than there are now. African tribes and the Vikings had female warriors.

[PaleMoonDeath]

That's actually pretty dope!