Marc-Alexis Coté, producer of Assassin's Creed Shadows, Responds to Elon Musk's criticismYasuke joined the chorus of accusations leveled at Ubisoft when he was offered the role, according to some of the results of the auditions, linked to the so-called “awakened culture”.
On that occasion, Musk retweeted a user's post that supported the thesis that an African-descended samurai was chosen as the co-protagonist solely for ideological issues, as opposed to the historical reality of feudal Japan. as Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.
“DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, ed.) is killing art,” wrote the owner of Twitter, proving that Support the same theses and to legitimize them on his social platform: an approach that deeply influenced Cotte.
Manufacturer's response
While some players blamed Assassin's Creed Shadows for Yasuke's role,” Musk's tweet It made me emotional“, the producer explained, “The first thing I wanted to do was go back to the X I deleted and reply to him.”
“But I stopped. I have a memory app on my phone, so I tried to use it to explore the emotions the tweet created. It's sad, but I Elon simply incites hatred. I don't have many good answers in mind.”
However, Cote realized that responding to Musk at the time would not help the cause. “Attacking someone like Elon certainly wouldn't have allowed me to convince people of our vision as a group. Yasuke is very much tied to the history of the franchise And how we choose.”
“Musk isn't talking about the game we're making,” the producer continued. “People should try to understand what to do next First eleven minutes and forty-seven seconds They won't believe what we're doing, let's talk about it.”
Why this moment in particular? “I recently rewatched the game and thought, 'Here's the answer!' I hope users will look at Game: Assassin's Creed Chapter with an open mind, and I hope The best we've ever done.”
