Multiplat Assassin’s Creed Shadows (Thursday)

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Mortismal, who's usually pretty generous with his reviews, gave it a "do not recommend". Ouch.

 

[A_bomb47]

Assassin's Creed Shadows Reviews

Live the intertwined stories of Naoe, an adept shinobi Assassin from Iga Province, and Yasuke, the powerful African samurai of historical legend. Against the backdrop of the turbulent late Sengoku period, this remarkable duo will discover their common destiny as they usher in a new era for...

www.metacritic.com

82% on metacritic.
Looks to be a good entrance in the series.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Reads like it was written by UbiSoft's marketing team.

 

[KaNesDeath]

Reads like it was written by UbiSoft's marketing team.

Game review publications have always been part of game studios marketing strategy.

Modern day players only taught game review scores when it reflects their narrative. In this case your anti DEI/Woke crusade.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Game review publications have always been part of game studios marketing strategy.

Obvious statement is obvious.
The issue is reviews are supposed to be independent from the publishers, not their mouthpieces.

Modern day players only taught game review scores when it reflects their narrative. In this case your anti DEI/Woke crusade.

Incorrect as always, Kane.
Haven't heard a word about DEI/Woke in any of the reviews posted today.
Have you?

 

[KaNesDeath]

The issue is reviews are supposed to be independent from the publishers, not their mouthpieces.

Video games are part of the entertainment industry. Identical to movies, music and television. Game publishers intentionally cherry pick reviewers for favorable rating. Reviewers curb harsh criticism to guarantee future press release copies for review. This is how its worked since the days of when gaming magazines only existed.

No different than complaining about Entertainment Tonight or E! programing.

 

[RJ43]

I just can’t get excited for this at all. I feel like I’ve done it a thousand times and I’m not seeing anything interesting or new here.

 

[Versez]

At that point … better be playing ghost of Tsushima …

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Video games are part of the entertainment industry. Identical to movies, music and television. Game publishers intentionally cherry pick reviewers for favorable rating.

No shit Sherlock.

Reviewers curb harsh criticism to guarantee future press release copies for review. This is how its worked since the days of when gaming magazines only existed.

If this was true every review released before a game, album, movie, or TV show was released would be overwhelmingly positive.

So how do you explain the bad reviews?

Not every game publisher tries to pull a Veilguard and only sends review codes to reviewers they think will give a positive review based on shared idealogy.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Obvious statement is obvious.
The issue is reviews are supposed to be independent from the publishers, not their mouthpieces.

Incorrect as always, Kane.
Haven't heard a word about DEI/Woke in any of the reviews posted today.
Have you?

I don't really think there's anyone who's unaware the main characters are black and a girl at this point tbh.

Doesn't impact my decision as to whether it's worth playing at all. Tell me what the gameplay is like.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

I don't really think there's anyone who's unaware the main characters are black and a girl at this point tbh.

You're right. You really don't think.

What is it with you and Kane always starting a post with a statement that everybody already knows in the dumbest way possible?

Next reply one of you are going to say "Video games are games gamers play on a screen with a controller."

Doesn't impact my decision as to whether it's worth playing at all. Tell me what the gameplay is like.

"Please EA Sports spokesperson posing as an independent and unbiased game reviewer, please tell me all of the huge improvements in Madden'25 compared to Madden'24."

 

[Hellowhosthat]

You're right. You really don't think.

What is it with you and Kane always starting a post with a statement that everybody already knows in the dumbest way possible?

Next reply one of you are going to say "Video games are games gamers play on a screen with a controller."


"Please EA Sports spokesperson posing as an independent and unbiased game reviewer, please tell me all of the huge improvements in Madden'25 compared to Madden'24."

But everyone who knows literally anything about gaming knows that already, it's the most famous part of the game. Nobody is going to buy it, start playing, realise it's a black protagonist and scream "fuck this woke shit!"

In terms of reviews, surely everyone just uses Metacritic and goes to the sources they like anyway?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

But everyone who knows literally anything about gaming knows that already, it's the most famous part of the game. Nobody is going to buy it, start playing, realise it's a black protagonist and scream "fuck this woke shit!"

No one brought it up.
You brought it up.
And now you say 'everybody knows that though' as a reply to yourself.

Have you concluded your conversation with yourself?

In terms of reviews, surely everyone just uses Metacritic and goes to the sources they like anyway?

'Surely?'
You sure about that?

 

[Hellowhosthat]

No one brought it up.
You brought it up.
And now you say 'everybody knows that though' as a reply to yourself.

Have you concluded your conversation with yourself?

'Surely?'
You sure about that?

You mentioned DEI and woke, what context did you mean that in if it wasn't about the protagonist?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

You mentioned DEI and woke, what context did you mean that in if it wasn't about the protagonist?

Are DEI & Woke your trigger words?
@KaNesDeath mentioned them completely randomly, so talk to him about it.

You stroke the right side of the DEI cock, and he'll stroke the other.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Are DEI & Woke your trigger words?
@KaNesDeath mentioned them completely randomly, so talk to him about it.

You stroke the right side of the DEI cock, and he'll stroke the other.

I don't ever really hear anything about DEI at all except for when I'm on here tbh. I just don't really see why it's relevant to the reviews of this game.

 

[GearSolidMetal]

I don't ever really hear anything about DEI at all except for when I'm on here tbh. I just don't really see why it's relevant to the reviews of this game.

That's awesome bro, good job.

I'm proud of you.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

That's awesome bro, good job.

I'm proud of you.

Are you malfunctioning Sherbro?

 

[GearSolidMetal]

Are you malfunctioning Sherbro?

Nope, you're posting meaningless jibberish.

I'm posting how proud I am of you for posting meaningless jibberish.


Make sure you put your helmet on to walk out to the short bus tomorrow.

 

[Hellowhosthat]

Nope, you're posting meaningless jibberish.

I'm posting how proud I am of you for posting meaningless jibberish.


Make sure you put your helmet on to walk out to the short bus tomorrow.

What number do I need to call to get the engineer out to you brother?