"I'm sure your hill has a lovely view": Assassin's Creed Origins actor comments on the vitriol surrounding Assassin's Creed Shadows' Yasuke
The historical evidence is right there
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The actor behind Assassin’s Creed Origins' Bayek has commented on the vitriol surroundingAssassin’s Creed Shadows' Yasuke.
Earlier this week,Ubisoftfinally pulled back the curtain on Assassin’s Creed Red, now known as Assassin’s Creed Shadows, and its dual protagonists: Naoe and Yasuke. The former functions as a stealthy Shinobi, while the latter takes a more straightforward approach to combat, since he’s a Samurai and all.
Historical evidence shows Yasuke was a retainer of Japanese daimyō Oda Nobunaga, which therefore made him a Samurai in the Sengoku era. The modern understanding of Samurai as having a rigid caste system is something that wouldn’t happen until the later Edo era, which didn’t even begin until decades after the setting of Assassin’s Creed Shadows. That means that Yasuke being given a prestigious …
