{"id":298844,"date":"2025-03-25T02:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=351693"},"modified":"2025-07-01T15:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T22:04:38","slug":"this-youtuber-is-clear-the-controversies-surrounding-assassins-creed-shadows-are-unfounded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-youtuber-is-clear-the-controversies-surrounding-assassins-creed-shadows-are-unfounded\/","title":{"rendered":"This YouTuber is clear: the controversies surrounding Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows are unfounded"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Despite the controversy that preceded its release, Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows has dazzled critics and players with a remarkably positive reception. <strong>Initial complaints mainly focused on the inclusion of a black samurai in the narrative, which sparked a wave of outrage in certain sectors of the gaming community<\/strong>. However, after the release, reviews and the number of players have been very favorable, evidencing that the disproportionate reaction on social media did not translate into a real response among the majority of players.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A controversy that doesn&#8217;t seem to have any basis<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>The well-known YouTuber FightinCowboy also became a prominent advocate for the game, during a recent live stream, <strong>he urged viewers to set aside racist comments and foster an environment of respect<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2twt3ibjzzei5yjjcvg42fbz\/post\/3lks3wojmmk2y?ref_src=embed&amp;ref_url=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.vice.com%252Fen%252Farticle%252Fyour-opinion-is-worthless-to-me-an-assassins-creed-shadows-streamer-lets-people-know-where-he-stands-on-the-controversy%252F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"\">His call to action resonated with many<\/a>, highlighting that the outrage over the representation of diverse races and sexual orientations in video games is often fueled by a small group of \u201cgrifters\u201d who monetize that discontent.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Assassin&#039;s Creed Shadows: Launch Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_JzywR97gUs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cNormally, players who are not on social media are unaware of this controversy,\u201d mentioned FightinCowboy, suggesting that the anger expressed online is more a phenomenon of these platforms than a real concern among most players<\/strong>. This comment underscores that, while the gaming community faces increasing toxicity due to the inclusion of diverse characters, the actual impact of these controversies may be minimal outside of this digital ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>As Assassin&#8217;s Creed Shadows establishes itself as a commercial success, <strong>the debate on how developers and the media should handle incendiary criticism is being raised again<\/strong>. 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Initial complaints mainly focused on the inclusion of a black samurai in the narrative, which sparked a wave of outrage in certain sectors of the gaming community. However, after the release, reviews and the number of players have been very favorable, showing that the disproportionate reaction on social media did not translate into a real response among the majority of players. A controversy that does not seem to have any basis [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9318,"featured_media":298846,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[2255,6611,9768,9769,9770,9771,1076,4905],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[6823],"class_list":["post-298844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news","tag-assassins-creed","tag-assassins-creed-shadows","tag-fightincowboy","tag-grifters","tag-racismo","tag-sexismo","tag-ubisoft","tag-youtuber","content-category-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9318"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298844"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":308539,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298844\/revisions\/308539"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298844"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=298844"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=298844"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=298844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}