I can see why the british are throwing a fit about this. But seriously guys get a grip and stop whining, of course it was gonna be one sided its about the American Revolutionary War, who do you think Ubisoft's largest adiunce is? besides you can probaly still go into a town and kill some Americans if you want to.
Rise for This Live Action Assassin's Creed III Trailer
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Colonials would refer to the colonists, even before the war.Unsilenced said:
It wouldnt make any sense for the british to attack them, as the british wanted peace with the indians (unlike the colonists that wanted to expand into indian territory). The indians even fought on for the british.
Well, I'm hoping that in the advertising and the beginning of the game the Americans are shown as righteous freedom fighters and the British as oppressive douchebags, as to show what the Americans thought at that time, but then when Connor really gets involved in the Assassin-Templar War, both sides are shown as a lot more gray, as they really were.
Okay, we all know that's not going to happen. I'm probably waaaayyy too idealistic for my own good.
Okay, we all know that's not going to happen. I'm probably waaaayyy too idealistic for my own good.
I agree. The line really pissed me off as it just sums up the ignorance that a lot of people have of the world outside of themselves.scotth266 said:
Hehehe, all kinds of agree. I laughed and shook my head when I saw that part.DalekJaas said:
Personally, I don't have a problem with the trailer. Yeah, it's all "Pro-Mur'ka!" and whatnot, but on the other hand, it's a trailer released in the States on the 4th of July (Which, granted, means fuck all to the rest of the world). The only thing that annoyed me in that trailer were the American accents. During the revolution, British people were still coming to the States. So not one person would have been speaking with any of the American accents. They'd all be speaking with either British accents, or english with whatever country's accent they came from.
I am well aware of that. But then again, Bioware said you wouldn't have to play ME3:s multiplayer in order to get the best ending. But what I'm really hoping for is that almost propaganda-style portrayal of both Brits and Americans in the beginning of the game.Rahuzero said:
Yeah, you're right. They should have shown footage of how the civillians in britain were affected. Oh wait. They weren't.Karma168 said:
This is not the assassin perspective, this is the New English perspective. They were all still British people, and most of them hadn't even considered making a new country. They just wanted freedom from unfair sanctions and such imposed on them by the larger British empire. Honestly, there's not a lot to root for from the British perspective. They were the giant imperialistic entity that america became, at that time. The same kind of country that causes you to balk at any mention of american patriotism. This is about opression, plain and simple. Who gives a fuck about the bad things the country that was formed out of this went on to do? They were fighting because of very real threats to themselves.
I think a lot of people are pissed because the history doesn't match the way they want to see America: as a big bullying, obnoxious cesspool. It pisses me off, on the other hand, when people trip over themselves to be what they consider to be cynical and well informed. Lambasting Ubisoft for being only on one side of the issue and then spewing hatred for america in the next sentence. Do you see the irony in that?
The British weren't exactly super pro-indian, what with the whole French and Indian war where the British fought... well... the French and Indians. Even the tribes that allied with the British weren't exactly buddy-buddy.cahtush said:
Plus, there was the guy in that link that said it was the British.
So between "implied in the wiki" and "actual statement from someone working on the game," I'm going to say it was the British.
Its not the fact that its British soldiers dying. Its how its how they portray them. This game is based on real events. Now imagine if someone went back through your country's history and then change it so that your nation was pure evil, and the other side was pure good. Would you enjoy that game especially as you know that some people will take it for the truth?irmasterlol said:
You really think this is going to have anything to do with the themes of the actual game? This was dreamed up by some marketer who understands how patriotic we yankees feel on the fourth. It's pretty firmly established the Conner doesn't give a toss about the colonists and their revolution. "They say they fight for freedom, but freedom for who?" is the line that comes to mind, and in the frontier gameplay trailer he says "let the patriot's fight their own war, I just want the Templar," or something to that effect. I know it's fun to hate America, but you have enough actual reasons to hate us that this feels like digging elbow deep into delicious pudding just to scratch the bottom of the barrel.mb16 said:
