Veteran Japanese developer Yoshiki Okamoto has spoken out in protection of AC Shadows amidst controversy surrounding its protagonists. Okamoto, who spent over a decade at Capcom alone, has rightfully identified that AC Shadows is a “fantasy.”
AC Shadows controversy doesn’t make sense to Yoshiki Okamoto
Okamoto shared his ideas on the Murderer’s Creed Shadows backlash in a video uploaded to his private channel. As translated by Automaton, he spoke positively of the twin protagonist system and mentioned that he beforehand needed to make a sport like AC Shadows together with his Genji group again within the day.
Addressing the elephant within the room — the controversy surrounding the portrayal of Yasuke — Okamoto opined that the real-life determine is well-documented in historical past. He’s of the view that even when there are discrepancies between the sport and historical past, he disagrees with the criticisms as a result of AC Shadows is meant to be a fantasy, not actual life.
“It’s a sport, it’s fantasy, not actuality,” Okamoto mentioned. “Even when Oda Nobunaga’s household crest is the other way up, that’s simply the Oda Nobunaga within the sport, it doesn’t impression how entertaining the sport is.”
Yesterday, a quite absurd petition purportedly began by Japanese folks demanding the cancellation of AC Shadows popped up on-line. Nonetheless, upon wanting into it, it emerged that the petition was created by somebody in Germany, and had nearly fully been signed by gamers from the West.
