Wait the black character is optional??? That would make this extra petty.
So far it looks like they both take part in the story, with their own sections to play through. The character introduction video seems to say you might have sections where you chose between offensive or stealth approach so youâll switch characters, but they want you to experience both so there will most likely be sections that force the use of one or the other.
People who still complain are just saying they refuse to play a Black man at all, so thatâs still a trash take.
Why does the black man have to be the offensive fighter? Is Ubisoft implying black people are violent and canât be sneaky?
The black guy is Yasuke, a historical figure who fought as a samurai for Oda Nobunaga. While itâs pretty stereotypical, itâs also accurate to have Yasuke as the combat character if theyâre splitting combat and stealth. I mean, itâs also pretty stereotypical to have a woman as the stealth character, which theyâve basically already done twice. Elise in Unity, while non-playable, was decidedly less combat focused and more stealthy and diplomatic while Arno fought. In Syndicate, Elise was the stealth character and Jacob was the combat character.
In short, itâs probably less that heâs black and more that the formula has the man be the combat character and the woman be the stealth character.