Current Events > Why do Assassin's Creed games open with a disclaimer about gender identities?

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Every time you start it up, it says this game was made by a diverse team filled with different gender identities and sexual orientations...

Ok? Great... that probably applies to every game, but only Creed feels the need to give us that disclaimer.

to pander to the SJW crowd.

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Honestly it reads like a CYA to head off complaints about the being unfair to different religions or country's historical figures.

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Compsognathus posted...

Honestly it reads like a CYA to head off complaints about the being unfair to different religions or country's historical figures.

This

it started off as a "please dont be mad at us Muslims " as the first game was set during the crusade

Now they do it as just a one all "please dont be mad at us whatever group tends to get mad online right now"

Still waiting for the opening of Ass Creed Armageddon where they say it was made by a team of furies and otherkin

Saddest part Is they still failed. SJWs got mad at Odyssey for saying the hero had a kid because that means they cant be fully gay.

Yes people were legitimately mad about that
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All recent Ubisoft games do that

And lol if it triggers you
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Bluebomber182 posted...

All recent Ubisoft games do that

And lol if it triggers you

Are you sure? I haven't seen that in any other games.

UnfairRepresent posted...

This

it started off as a "please dont be mad at us Muslims " as the first game was set during the crusade

Now they do it as just a one all "please dont be mad at us whatever group tends to get mad online right now"

Still waiting for the opening of Ass Creed Armageddon where they say it was made by a team of furies and otherkin

Saddest part Is they still failed. SJWs got mad at Odyssey for saying the hero had a kid because that means they cant be fully gay.

Yes people were legitimately mad about that

Why do they care? I guess it's because i'm not in the business of making money, but if i made a video game/book/etc, i wouldn't give two craps who I offend, even if it means sales

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Behaviorism posted...

Why do they care? I guess it's because i'm not in the business of making money, but if i made a video game/book/etc, i wouldn't give two craps who I offend, even if it means sales

Because the publisher cares. They are quick to burn anyone who makes a mistake or says something off color. Appealing to the vocal minority is always on the plate. Look at how much of their collective dick that JK Rowling gobbled over the years, and how fast they turned on her.

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Behaviorism posted...

Why do they care? I guess it's because i'm not in the business of making money, but if i made a video game/book/etc, i wouldn't give two craps who I offend, even if it means sales

Philanthropy is the future of marketing

If you look like a douchebag a lot of people will stop giving you money.

So everyone makes a token effort to pretend not to be douchebags
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They started that with the very first game, largely because it casts Muslims and Christians in a relatively bad light.

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Purely posted...

Every time you start it up, it says this game was made by a diverse team filled with different gender identities and sexual orientations...

Ok? Great... that probably applies to every game, but only Creed feels the need to give us that disclaimer.

Ive asked this question for years now.
Apparently inorder to enjoy the game we need to know the sexual orientation of the people making the game even though it has NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
We dont need to know Jan in accounting likes eating snatch or that Bob in design loves the cock.

CyricZ posted...

They started that with the very first game, largely because it casts Muslims and Christians in a relatively bad light.

Yeah, the religion disclaimer made sense because it could offend people. This new disclaimer has nothing to do with the game.

SH_expert44 posted...

Because the publisher cares. They are quick to burn anyone who makes a mistake or says something off color. Appealing to the vocal minority is always on the plate. Look at how much of their collective dick that JK Rowling gobbled over the years, and how fast they turned on her.

And by appealing to to minority that doesn't buy your game anyway, you piss off the majority that does, but won't in the future. Now your future game flopped because neither side bought it.

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Behaviorism posted...

And by appealing to to minority that doesn't buy your game anyway, you piss off the majority that does, but won't in the future. Now your future game flopped because neither side bought it.

People aren't going to not buy Ass Creed 25 because they said some gay dudes and atheists worked on it

The past decades of ass creed games proves it
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Behaviorism posted...

And by appealing to to minority that doesn't buy your game anyway, you piss off the majority that does, but won't in the future. Now your future game flopped because neither side bought it.

Yes look at how hard all the Assassin's Creed games flopped

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Which game and what is the exact disclaimer?

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CyricZ posted...

Which game and what is the exact disclaimer?

Starting in Syndicate
http://i.imgur.com/fq2hvmn.jpg

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So the reason you're complaining is because they added "sexual orientation and gender identities" to the already existing statement?

Does it bug you to be reminded of that?

Does it bug you to know that there are a lot of gay and trans people who play video games?

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CyricZ posted...

So the reason you're complaining is because they added "sexual orientation and gender identities" to the already existing statement?

Does it bug you to be reminded of that?

Does it bug you to know that there are a lot of gay and trans people who play video games?

The statement doesnt need to be there. Everyone plays and makes video games. It doesnt need to be said. It lists the names of the creators in the credits. If people were that curious about their lives, they could call up the dev studio and ask to speak to each specific person and question them about their beliefs and sexual preferences.

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So it does bug you. Okay.

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SH_expert44 posted...

Starting in Syndicate
http://i.imgur.com/fq2hvmn.jpg

Worth noting that was the game that included hostile female guard npcs
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Doesn't matter if you think it needs to be there or not. You didn't make the game. And for anyone who has played through Syndicate it should be pretty obvious why that language was added to the disclaimer tbh

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CyricZ posted...

So the reason you're complaining is because they added "sexual orientation and gender identities" to the already existing statement?

Does it bug you to be reminded of that?

Does it bug you to know that there are a lot of gay and trans people who play video games?

It wasn't added. They replaced the disclaimer about religion with something entirely irrelevant. I just don't see the purpose of it.

Compsognathus posted...

Honestly it reads like a CYA to head off complaints about the being unfair to different religions or country's historical figures.

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idc if a team of transgendered biracial midgets worked on these Assassin's Creed games: they continue to feel boring as fuck. lol

I like how tc in the OP doesnt state the religious part of the disclaimer, and only the gender part. Like theyre trying to troll or something

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MaxEffingBemis posted...

I like how tc in the OP doesnt state the religious part of the disclaimer, and only the gender part. Like theyre trying to troll or something

His point is that religion comes up as a major reoccurring theme in the plot

Transgenders don't
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MaxEffingBemis posted...

I like how tc in the OP doesnt state the religious part of the disclaimer, and only the gender part. Like theyre trying to troll or something

The religious part is literally not in the disclaimer anymore. That's what I'm asking about.

http://i.imgur.com/H6S3o48.jpg

This disclaimer made sense. The new one does not.

Because the religious part hasn't been relevant for the last few games, but the sexual orientation and gender stuff has

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His point is their sexual orientation has no barring on the fucking game.
It wasnt something they needed to let people know.

because history triggers people

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eston posted...

Because the religious part hasn't been relevant for the last few games, but the sexual orientation and gender stuff has

If you say so.

Odyssey was all about religion. When did transgenders come up as a theme?
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I think the point is to make people aware that it's not just a bunch of straight white guys writing these characters

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eston posted...

You didn't make the game.

And also...

CyricZ posted...

So it does bug you. Okay.

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eston posted...

I think the point is to make people aware that it's not just a bunch of straight white guys writing these characters

Yes but TCs point is "but y tho?"
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UnfairRepresent posted...

If you say so.

Odyssey was all about religion. When did transgenders come up as a theme?

I was thinking more about Syndicate for transgender, although Odyssey most definitely has sexual orientation themes. And the religious stuff is all mythological so it's not really in the same ballpark as early AC games using actual historical religious figures. You literally fought the Pope in AC2

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Virtue Signaling

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UnfairRepresent posted...

Yes but TCs point is "but y tho?"

That's not really a point so much as just being ignorant about the issues surrounding diversity in media. Video games in particular have a bad reputation in that regard

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eston posted...

I was thinking more about Syndicate for transgender, although Odyssey most definitely has sexual orientation themes. And the religious stuff is all mythological so it's not really in the same ballpark as early AC games using actual historical religious figures. You literally fought the Pope in AC2

I dont remember transgenders turning up in syndicate either
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The new disclaimer basically reads as "hey, if you find something in this game offensive, at least know that someone like you was involved in the creative process". It heads off the common and often warranted complaint that group xyz wasn't even consulted over an the offending issue.

I personally think it sorta reads like "I have a black friend" and if something was truly offensive having a diverse staff doesn't make that less so. But it certainly shouldn't bother you.

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Need to go back to the good old days when they kept politics separate from my vidja.

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Simon_Petrikov posted...

Need to go back to the good old days when they kept politics separate from my vidja.

So at least before Metal Gear.

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Simon_Petrikov posted...

Need to go back to the good old days when they kept politics separate from my vidja.

Transgenders exist is politics?
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UnfairRepresent posted...

I dont remember transgenders turning up in syndicate either

Well there was

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Mah Tetris was free of all that extra baggage.

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eston posted...

Well there was

Ok ?
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Simon_Petrikov posted...

Mah Tetris was free of all that extra baggage.

You joke, but behind the scenes Tetris was full of politics in terms of ownership all the way up to the 90s.

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Well s***

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To some extent, politics have always been a part of video games. A lot of 80s arcade games released in America could be defined as "defeat the Ruskies" or "revenge for Vietnam." A decade later, and on the other political end of the spectrum, Super Mario RPG had some definite anti-war themes.

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