Ubisoft attempted to address historical 'authenticity' issues in Assassin's Creed Shadows and just made the whole situation worse

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Ubisoft attempted to address historical 'authenticity' issues in Assassin's Creed Shadows and just made the whole situation worse
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The team behind the upcoming Assassin's Creed Shadows, set in feudal Japan, published a statement on Thursday addressed to its"esteemed Japanese community," responding to"some criticism including from you, our Japanese players.

's message states that the development team is dedicated to"ensuring an immersive and respectful representation of Feudal Japan," even though the Assassin's Creed games are not"factual representations of history, or historical characters." , he's probably playing a 20-year-old Final Fantasy or some opaque ASCII roguelike.

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