Ghost of Tsushima is Also Guilty of the Same 'Crime' as Assassin's Creed: Shadows, By the Way

TNS: Assassin's Creed Shadows gets a lot of flak for historical inaccuracy but other historical fiction games like Ghost of Tsushima don't.

[Tacoboto]

There is important contextual difference.

Assassin's Creed, especially Origins/Odyssey/Valhalla, use their attention to historical accuracy and plausibility as marketing beats. History modes are even in the latest games. The way Shadows had been presented showed how much they slipped from the standard they used to adhere to, in a way that comes off as disrespectful to the culture the game is sourced from.

Ghost of Tsushima has just one game in its franchise actually released and we have just one trailer for the sequel - time will tell how it gets received the more we learn about it. But GoT itself - it's clear the amount of respect went into every detail of the world.

[Extermin8or3_]

The history modes came after and we're totally seperate from the games narrative etc. they were purely educational historical tours using the games assets essentially..

[Tacoboto]

Yes, and they cared enough and did their due diligence that these ever got put in. We didn't ask for those modes, Ubisoft did it on their own.

If with Shadows there are so many little nitpicks already, pieces like this are no more than "Look over there!" puff articles excusing Ubisoft for things they used to care for.

[ChronoJoe]

Not true at all. The games have always been based on fantasy. In the last game you fight all kind of wacky shit, I think there's even a tribe of blue people or something stupid. AC has never been historically accurate, they have had historical modes, but and the fantasy stories have their respective historical settings, but they've never been accurate with their narrative or content.

[HellspawnPR1981]

Nitpicking at its best. Dumbest fuckin' article ever.

[raWfodog]

And anyone trying to defend it needs to be considered in that same vein.

When did we start looking to our video games for historical accuracy? You want accurate, go read a history book.

[The_Hooligan]

Well if it is was, GoT would have also received backlash from folks in Japan but instead it got a lot praise. If I'm not mistaken I think several Japanese devs named it their favorite game that year. So it seems GoT did alright then.

[rudero]

They also built a site on the island dedicated to the game AND made them ambassadors to the island..
So yes… respect was shown.

[The_Hooligan]

Oh yeah, I forgot about making them ambassadors.

[TheColbertinator]

Don't look for historical accuracy in video games or movies.

Assassins Creed is a fictional game based on fictitious story elements based on a loose interpretation of history.

I played all the main games since launch.

Assassins Creed 1 had a boss fight with a man who could replicate himself.

In AC Revelations, Altair summoned a handgun during the late Crusades era.

In AC Rogue, Benjamin Franklin builds a prototype grenade/smoke launcher.

In AC3 you find a man made cave with writing in Boston that is thousands of years older than Ancient Egypt.

In AC Odyssey, Trismegistus grants Cassandra immortality.

In AC Valhalla, a giant hook keeps its captives alive perfectly preserved for thousands of years.

Stop with this "accurate historical approach is important" nonsense. Maybe the reason why we play video games in the first place is that we don't want to be in a history class.

[Fishy Fingers]

I love learning about and being educated on history, the individuals, the events etc, sadly I'm of the age that s*** becomes more and more interesting (it will happen to you too!).

However, I'm more than happy for my media, be it literature, movies, games to take some artistic liberties in the name of entertainment. I dont understand the fuss, unless it advertised as a matter of fact who gives a f***.

[thorstein]

The fuss? They took a black man who actually existed in Japan and made him a main character in a video game.

The not fuss? The same people complaining about it were silent when they took a woman and made her into a man for Valhalla.

It's called selective outrage.

[wesnytsfs]

Im goign to guess I will love shadows I loved the other 3 open world rpgs they did before and loved Tsushima.

[Hedstrom]

How to miss the point, the guide!

[jznrpg]

These are games not history lessons so lighten up

[isarai]

Another case of speaking on behalf of Japanese people by talking over them, ironically it's not GOT that is guilty of the same 'Crime' it's literally you bruh 🤣

[anast]

It's either an AI article or a snake oil salesman trying to drum up some wallets for a release.

[BlaqMagiq1]

There was a literal Japanese historian who looked at Ghost of Tsushima and said the inaccuracies are minor compared to the rest of the game. AC Shadows' inaccuracies are so blatant it looked like the developers didn't even do any research.

[MIDGETonSTILTS17]

GoT is funner.

[gold_drake]

the big differences is how its being handled.

ghost of tsushima was handled with the utmost respect and care.

and assassin's creed feels sometimes like shit thrown at a board and just going with it, while they cater to specific groups of whiners to please them

while the GoT devs did it with sich fines that even the japanese population loved it.

[gigoran8]

Ghost of Tsushima didn't claim fiction as fact. Ubisoft (with Assassin's Creed Shadows) is doing just that.

[got_dam]

Yeah, but the culture that Tsushima portrays welcomed it with open arms. The Island of Tsushima officially honored the game. Shinji Makami said it's his favorite game of the last decade. Sucker punch did extensive consultation with japanese historians to make sure they were respectful.

Ubisoft always comes off looking all steve buscemi "how do you do, fellow kids." It's obvious every time they do it. Same with bioware, lately.

[Trilithon]

ubisoft were the ones who tried to push the historical narrative when they released things like,

Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt lets players and students discover the Great Pyramids and learn about Ptolemaic Egypt at the time of Cleopatra.

[dmonee]

Idc if the gamw has dinosaurs and dirt bikes! Just make a good assassins game

[VariantAEC]

Gran Turismo also makes stuff up about history... oh, wait, they actually don't.