Shadows-instruktør kalder den giftige debat om Yasuke "forventet"

Reaktionen på afsløringen af Yasuke som en af de to centrale karakterer i Assassin's Creed Shadows var mildest talt voldsom, og belyste også nogle af skyggesiderne ved diskursen omkring spil i dag. Bekymringer om historisk korrekthed blev blandet sammen med mere direkte racisme og "woke"-debat, og der var nogle uger hvor emnet i sandhed var giftigt.

For nylig tog vi en snak med Creative Director Jonathan Dumont om spillet, og han var faktisk modig nok til at berøre denne modtagelse af Yasuke kort.

"I guess some of it was a bit expected, but we believed and still believe that Yasuke is a great character for the Assassin's Creed universe. Aside from the gameplay aspects, where his gameplay is very different from Naoe, he is a very intriguing historical character that allowed us to create a rich narrative from the little historical information we had. I don't want to spoil his story and how he is connected to our lore, but his unique perspective of a man between two worlds, who is given a new chance in Japan, complemented Naoe's character very well."

Du kan læse interviewet her på Gamereactor om et par time, og vores anmeldelse går desuden i luften i morgen klokken 18.