Wonder if we'll see more companies trying to move out of the insanely expensive West Coast US in exchange for cheaper areas like Poland...Too many studios clumped in California, there needs to be more diversification.

Wonder if we'll see more companies trying to move out of the insanely expensive West Coast US in exchange for cheaper areas like Poland...Too many studios clumped in California, there needs to be more diversification.

Except this isn't DEI corpo shit, for Christ sake, every time you see a black man it doesn't automatically mean it's DEI, Japanese people themselves use Yasuke, Japanese author Yoshio Kurusu made a children's book about him, Takashi Okazaki's Afro Samurai is inspired by Yasuke, Koei Tecmo's Samurai Warriors 5 has Yasuke as a samurai, Nagoriyuki the samurai in Guilty Gear Strive is based on Yasuke!

Yasuke appears in the Japanese game Ni-Oh which is led by a frigging Irishman and nobody complained about that!

Leonidas I of Sparta wasn't a direct descendant of the Isu, Leonardo Da Vinci didn't chill with assassins, help create the hidden blade between all his other inventions and help an Assassin Guild, Pope Alexander VI wasn't a member of the Templar Order and fought in a crypt with a literal magical weapon. Leonidas didn't father both a boy and girl who went on to find Atlantis.

The Templar Order and Assassin Brotherhood doesn't exist ever. Adam and Eve! The Isu!

Where was the uproar when AC changed the historical accuracy of dozens of political figures since Assassin's Creed 1?

Rightfully you point out that Assassin's Creed mixes historical accuracy with fantasy. Yes, AC has had interactive walking tours that double as World History 101 courses, surely you see the difference between telling the history of some frigging buildings and the actual lore of the videogame itself? Take a history class and try to get through it by using only AC's lore itself and see how far you get.

"Yes, Queen Victoria worked with the Assassin Order to eliminate the Templar threat in 19th century London"

A*

Nioh was a new IP. There was no expectations set for that franchise yet. Nioh 2 has a Japanese protagonist.

I think you are trying a bit too hard to make a point about natives though. Edward is a pirate. Why would he sail around Wales? There are multiple protagonists in Revelations. And Valhalla starts off in Norway and you play as a Norwegian character. 

Also Im not upset by any of this or anything you mentioned. I just find it weird that they wouldnt use a native character this time around. Thats obviously what many fans of AC was expecting. Otherwise there wouldnt be any drama about it.

I won't be surprised if that starts happening. One thing we see when budgets are broken down are developers in California being paid a substantial amount more than other studios around the world, unless you're Blizzard A big part of that though is due to cost of living in California. Everything is just so damn expensive in general, then California is twice that lol. So as a cost cutting measure, I'm sure companies will start relocating studios if not they're entire HQ lol. 

There you go changing the goalposts again

Nioh being a new IP is irrelevant, it's a game set in Japan which uses a white Irish protagonist. This white Irish protagonist though is a real person who went to Japan, just like Yasuke. There's debate whether Yasuke was an actual samurai or not but AC has NEVER been strictly a historical documentary, the vast majority of AC is made-up nonsense, it has multiple times changed the historical accuracy of real life people.

If you're upset about this then you should be upset about Nioh, they're both fictional games but the problem is that AC is using a black guy in Japan?

Tell me when in history Queen Elizabeth worked with the Assassin Brotherhood to take down the Templar Order.

I'm not trying hard with the native point, it's quite easy, you asked if all AC titles have revolved around characters native to the country they are set in, I answered that, no, they haven't all been that. Edward is a pirate, I know that, I also said that it makes sense for Edward to be in Black Flag, that doesn't change the fact that Edward is not a native of the Caribbean, a question which you asked.

I'm aware Valhalla starts off in Norway, and the majority of the game takes place in England, I'm not upset by that.

As for Revelations, Ezio is Italian and Altair was born in Syria, Constantinople was in Turkey.

Probably Crash based on that. 

Probably Crash based on that.