silver-horse reblogged
Ubisoft continuing to refuse to allow me to play through a AAA Assassin's Creed game from the jump as only a female assassin as the main protag is gonna drive me up the fucking wall one day
#THIS#assassin's creed#textposts#text post#misogyny#posts I commented on#ubisoft#it's also nonsense because it would be one of the most appropriate franchises for female protagonists#assassins are sneaky sneaky so it's not strength based they can't claim it's unrealistic to have many women in their order#and it's also one of the video game franchises with a huge female fanbase based on statistics#idiots always try to defend AC by bringing up statistics “well most gamers are male and want male protags” and conveniently ignoring#statistics that is specifically about asscreed players... where the genders are far more evenly split#don't tell me about 95% male call of duty players or Fifa games when we are specifically discussing AC for fuck's sake#don't tell me that after like 15+ male protags we can't have a major Asscreed game with ONE protag who is a woman and that is NOT optional#and the game is also not some fucking dlc or something ... this is nonsense... this is not about “catering” to the playerbase#ubisoft must know that women like AC they can see the statistics and they can probably see that odyssey brought more women to AC#ubisoft is just ultra mega sexist ... we know this now based on all the info that came out#and we now know that Aya would have been the first female protag of a major AC game but executives changed the story#and decided she has to be sidelined and her husband has to be the protag#which frankly explains why a lot of the story is so “do nothing... go kill next guy” and shit only progresses when Aya shows up#because Bayek was originally meant to die in the bath house instead of just losing a finger... and we would have continued playing as Aya#“Amunet” Aya was set up as the one who established the Hidden Ones in earlier games so it doesn't even make sense#now the whole plot revolves around her husband and it's like they lead the Hidden Ones together but then why does nobody remember him later#don't get me wrong Bayek is a cool character but it would have made for a better and more tragic story if he died earlier...#it would have made sense for Aya to want revenge when she is completely alone and to establish the hidden ones which is her new family#that would be on theme for AssCreed but instead the 2 of them have this illogical relationship where they are loving and supporting#but for some fucking reason they decide to separate lol and train child soldiers ...#makes no sense for a wholesome couple... would have made sense for a person who was left completely alone#we also know that evie's parts in syndicate were apparently cut shorter during development while jacob's were untouched#anyway rant over lol but I am forever annoyed