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Patitoloco wrote:Seijuro wrote:As one previewer put it (not sure if JoRaptor or SkillUp) - why would one opt to play as the character that only has full access to one gameplay system (Yasuke: combat; climbs slow, can't climb higher buildings, no stealth) when the other character has full access to all three gameplay systems (Naoie: combat, stealth, parkour). Especially when switching is cumbersome via menu.Yep, I've been saying this for a while, I have no clue why anyone would play as Yasuke.
Like I guess he brute forces combat? Fine. But Naoe has damn cool abilities there too. Yasuke is useless in many things, Naoe in none!
It's absurd, they clearly focused in her since the beginning and left him just in case.
ASilentProtagonist wrote:Everything looks solid, but the game doesn't look to do anything mechanically that's exceptional or all that interesting. A good Ubisoft open world game, nothing more, nothing less.
Yasuke should've been given more distinct and interesting abilities. When one character is overwhelmingly more popular than the other in previews, that's a failure of game design.
ClearMetal wrote:I really do wonder if this was another case of Ubisoft's usual "can't have a woman as sole AC protagonist" bullshit. Yasuke at least is fucking cool, but he does feel tacked on.
The fact that they're focusing so much on Naoe and she'll likely be on the cover can already be considered progressive by AC standards, which is really depressing if you think about it.