Click here to get 20% off your own CUSTOMISED Helix Sleep mattress! helixsleep.com/gaijingoombah I'm REALLY stoked for Warlord Awaji and absolutely going to be streaming the full game as soon as it's live! Gonna see if there's anything else to analyze too!
Hi Gaijin Goombah! Love the armor commentary and historical details you pointed out, especially how the unlocks work like horo, I really made a point of researching how the progression works. It should be noted this demo was only for foot combat, but horses and archery will be in the full game on launch day! So really most of these O-yoroi warriors you see will be on horseback, and potentially wielding bows. Thank you for pointing out the head-hunting and seppuku/kaishaku mechanics, they are very important parts of samurai history, and will be present and expanded upon in the campaign mode! If only you enabled the "blood" option in this video haha! Thanks for playing and showcasing the game! Can't wait to bring out what is coming next.
WOO! No worries! Can't wait to see the whole game!
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I was wondering where the horse gameplay were. It'd be interesting if horse archery also incorporated various challenges, like timing, momentum, and having to deal with the rocking motion. Make you really feel how difficult it was. Each kill would be so satisfying.
If I may make a suggestion: You could use a freeze-frame the head-viewing ceremony as a brackground for the post-battle summary/score screen. That way it's included without getting in the way of gameplay. And I think players would appreciate seeing how many/which heads they collected during the fight.
I like the idea of this video. Instead of chasing trends and talking more about the "controversial" samurai titles everyone talks about, you chose to highlight a game most on the internet had never even heard of. I wish big creators did or could do this more often.
Nice video! Here's some suggestions for future videos: Silver Samurai (Marvel Comics) Roronoa Zoro/The Nine Red Scabbards (One Piece) Mugen and Jin (Samurai Champloo) Katana (DC Comics) The Seven Samurai (Kurosawa film) The Jedi (Star Wars) Jetstream Sam (Metal Gear Rising) Ghost Dog (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai) Nathan Algren (The Last Samurai) The 47 Ronin
I do want to say that 'polearms are king' is a going adage the world over, not just Heian Japan to the point that modern English (the language) still carries it impact in the name: 'freelancer.' It literally referred to an mercenary unbound by oath and most mercenaries (being professional soldiers) would be trained in a polearm (a lance.)
@@dawnmcauley6411 The lance was mostly used on horseback (as they were generally used in charging attacks which cavalry can perform especially well), so I think "freelancers" were mercenary cavalry specifically.
@@Rick586 Modern English, yes. Though in older etymology the word lance is derived from (and even the word lance itself, early enough) is used to refer to any polearm weapon, used by infantry or cavalry.
@@dawnmcauley6411 Very true! "Lance" originated with the latin word "lancea" which was the name for the javelins that Roman infantry used. I did a little research and it turns out that lances weren't re-defined to only refer to heavy spears used by cavalry until sometime in the 1600's (infantry heavy spears became known as "pikes" at about the same time). Before that "lance" did seem to just refer to spears in general :)
For millennia the spear and its cousins were the kings of the battlefield for a reason - basically up until firearms became accurate and reliable enough that most engagements ended at a distance. Reach is _really_ hard to counter, and takes _much_ more skill than the opponent needs to have to threaten you with what's essentially a long pointy stick. Bonus points for being incredibly cheap and easy to make.
@@SKy_the_Thunder Plus those accurate, reliable guns can *become* spears just by attaching a bayonet, so the spear is still a relevant weapon even to this day.
I realize this is a bit scummy on my part, but I did make a multi part video series where I translated one of the original sources about Masakado that you might enjoy. He's my favorite figure from historical Japan.
This is just a small demo, but even now it has elements that have never been seen before in a samurai game, or even in medieval combat games in general, like surrendering and injured after a battle. I hope the dev has success with the campaign, it could be a masterpiece.
As someone who makes videos about Heian Period folktales, I just want to point out that the term "samurai" wasn't explicitly used as a synonym for "warrior" until the Edo period when samurai were made a distinct, privileged class and explicitly connected with warriors. Up until then "samurai" just meant something like "servant," and the great warriors of pre-Edo Period probably would have had you executed if you had called them "samurai." Also, I'll point out that there were several major conflicts in the Heian Period before the Gempei War such as the Former Nine Year's and Latter Three Year's Wars, the rebellion of Taira no Tadatsune and, my personal favorite, the rebellion of Taira no Masakado, who, according to one of the stories I translated, attempted to set up a separate, independent state in Eastern Japan and crowned himself "The New Emperor."
@@snowshock8958 I believe Yasuke was technically a "sword bearer," but take that with a grain of salt because the Warring States Period is not my forte, and I haven't really cared to look into the issue beyond "when did the term samurai become synonymous with warrior" and so far, no one has offered convincing evidence that the terms were interchangeable before the Edo Period which means I find the debate to be a bit silly. As to samurai with golden armor, I haven't the slightest clue.
@@TalesofDawnandDusk Agree the debate is silly. I think most people agree that ashigaru weren't samurai. Usually when people asked about Sengoku "samurai", I believe the right answers should be living legends such as Uesugi Kenshin the "God of War", Oni no Hanzo or the Goat Honda Tadakatsu "The Warrior who surpassed Death itself". From my research, this is what the Japanese wrote in their sites, comments etc. I asked for a samurai with golden armor because I haven't find one yet.
Samurai already have an strong connection to being a warrior and a higher status,look The Taming of the Samurai by Eiko Ikegami. "to serve" is true if only you're looking at the kanji, it becomes more obvious when you're looking at the original pronunciation saburai. This can also be seen in the Goseibai Shikimoku and the Nippo Jisho, a Portuguese book containing the meaning of Japanese words at the time, they describe Samurai (saburai) having the meaning of noblemen or person worthy of respect. Meanwhile other words people point to "bushi” is mostly an honorific meant to evoke sentiment of praise rather than an actual title. 王権から見た武士: 武士・将種・
I’m so excited about Warlord Awaji! The full game is going to be amazing. Loved Warlord Britannia- this next installment in the Warlord franchise is going to be next level. Thanks for the video!
meanwhile in the mecha anime "Valvrave The Liberator" the titular giant robot commits seppuku to charge up a special attack that can destroy an army which is kinda funny.
12:39 They could use the ceremony as a background for your summary screen after the battle. Your character is sitting in front of his daimyo with the heads you collected spread out between them, with the scoreboard overlayed over it with a semi-transparent background. Would fit thematically and historically, while not getting in the way of gameplay.
I knew this would be interesting to watch, but I didn't expect the samurai armor lesson. Someone really did their homework, and it shows. Hopefully the game will be more polished as time goes on since "King of the Hill" looks only work on King of the Hill.
The outrage against Yasuke has less to do with the historical accuracy of his existence in a video game, and more the issue of self-loathing fanatical white people forcing another culture and nation to go along with their fanatical self loathing of actions they had no involvement with. I do think this indie game looks neat though and may check it out. Just feel like the Yasuke issue is less about accuracy and more about white French people being cringe.
While I think that the backlash against Yotei is overblown, I'm concerned about the rumors that Sony wanted the devs to change the lead from a male protagonist (there were rumors it was supposed to be Jin again) to a female one. I am taking this news with a grain of salt, though. There's also the news about the main character's VA's politics and how she's an extremist, but as far as I've seen her politics wasn't shoved into the roles that she's had so I'm hoping that Sucker Punch will also do the same and just have her there for her voice and likeness and leave her politics out of it.
I do agree that the backlash is overblown, but concern is valid in my mind. There has been a trend to replace prior male protagonists with female ones with other big titles and there seems to be a correlation with lack of quality. And this is where the other issue comes in: who knows whether it will be the same team who did Tsushima. Sure Yotei's trailer gave me a bit hope since it seemed way better done than the ones for AC Shadows, with some inaccuracies (like big flowers) probably being the same aesthetics choice as done in Tsushima, while in AC trailer the oddities were almost everywhere .
Fact that some people are more focused raging over female MC really shows to me were they priorities and how pathetic incels they really are. Ok so MC is female, who cares if game is good. Besides we have had plenty of bad games with male MCs as well. Grow up people.
@@Mecha82 I do understand that a lot of people are overreacting to this and their reactions are dumb, but IMO some people are recognizing a pattern and they're just worried about a game they were hoping would be good. Their fears could still be unfounded and the game would turn out to have a great narrative, but we have also seen other acclaimed game studios release lackluster products in the recent years so I don't blame them too much.
I wouldn't put too much stock on these rumors. They read a lot like the usual "woke agenda" accusations people throw around. If anything, Sony probably would've preferred the opposite and have a direct sequel with Jin again. At the end of the day, Sony is a cooperation, and you can always trust a corporation to take the most risk-free move to make money. A non-direct sequel with a new protagonist (and a female one, at that) is a much riskier move, and not something business execs would impose.
...Wonder if Gaijin has ever looked at Sword of the Samurai? I expect an `89 DOS game being a bit out of his wheel house but for somehow this whole "Proper cultural/historical research and representation" debacle reminds me of that game, for some reason.
Edit: Just tried Awaji. This is the samurai version Mount and Blade, really fun. They made Britannia, which basiccaly is a more stylized game about Legionnaires, which I had a blast with before. --------------- My own take on AC Shadows, since it's such a hot topic: It should've started off with Yasuke as Oda's retainer, and let the player bring him to samurai status. It would've been closer to history but also allow for a deeper story where he learns about Japanese culture, perhaps even shaping it slightly, while bringing in his own. Basically, like Shogun's Blackthorne.
If he was a retainer he was automatically a samurai.
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@@Peasham Yeah, if he was any other. But as Oda's retainer, he was no different than a priviledged personal servant. I'm not here to argue semantics, dude.
There is zero evidence Oda treated his retainers any differently than any other lord. I'm not arguing semantics, I'm pointing out that Yasuke was a samurai.
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@@Peasham "zero evidence" Yikes. Whatever you want to believe. I already recognize a strawman's argument coming.
The "drama" comes from two kinds of people: A)The people who cant stand a female protagonist B)The people who have issues with the protagonist's VA being a trans rights activist
@@Ashurman666it's more that type A can't stand a female protag unless she looks like she crawled out of an H anime. Then it's fine because they can wax themselves off to them
The latest assassin's Creed drama reminds me of when Assassin's Creed Liberty was about to come out. Even though the game was not a mainline game, people were complaining about the main character being a black woman because of "historical accuracies". Same with Assassin's Creed Syndicate.
Thing is AC liberty had a very specific mechanic based around the character and their mixed heritage in colonial Louisiana. The three different disguies you wore where based on how the story was presented and what persona she needed to do her mission. Honestly they should have set that game in Haiti during the Hatian revolution in opinion, but then Ubisoft has never been good at handling delicate matters in history.
@@inotaishu1 bro what, that game came out over 12 years ago. Why do you doubt that people were mad about a black female protagonist? There's constant bitching about the same stuff today.
@@clunkwestweed4541 1) Wasn't asking you. 2) People make stuff all the time (see people claiming Star Wars fans or the Star Wars prequels are racist) so I need some proof. 3) Without an example I have no idea what this commentator is actually talking about. 4) Just because it "came out over 12 years" doesn't mean most people were mad about the "black female protagonist" especially when someone like you comes along and claims "There's constant bitching about the same stuff today." when in my experience that "bitching" has nothing to do with race or skin color but all with creators making bad choices ranging from being racist themselves to straight up pandering.
This whole Yasuke drama has been blown way out of proportion. My takeaway is that even though we know so little about Yasuke, assassins creed has always taken historical liberties and even added the supernatural to a historical setting. I feel like that Yasuke being a samurai in this universe is far from the most bizarre thing assassins creed has done these days
Given the themes of Assassin’s Creed, from what I’ve learned anyway, having the protagonist being a black guy taken in by a powerful shogunate makes a lot of sense.
ACs tagline has always been nothing is true and everything is permitted, gods are a real factual thing in AC, so him being a samurai is fine, does not matter what the real world might say either way
I think people are more upset about the lying from Ubisoft and how they originally said he’s definitely a samurai and we are historically accurate then flipped multiple times on its fantasy to real, add to the fact that Ubisoft has been mistreating there costumers telling them they shouldn’t own there games and there the problem AC and outlaws just got caught in the middle and where used as the catalyst to funnel there frustrations though.
I kinda like the fact the models look silly, makes them look like toy figures and also kinda nerfs some the gruesomeness of the historical accuracy of its combat.
Gaijin my dude, I like Ghost of Yotei, really. The reason I hate it and refuse to buy it is because the voice actress and mocap is a progressive activist that hates the police and tells women who disagree with lgbt to kill themselves. I also don't care that she's female I just feel like they could've picked someone more respectable. As for Assassin's Creed Shadows, none of those games have been historically accurate recently. Which is what all the old games were well-known for. That and the fact they made that female character that appears along side Yasuke non-binary. Yasuke being a samurai or not is debatable to me. What they really steered away from was the historical fact he was a slave the Polish brought with them to Japan. They just want people to forget slavery ever happened.
Oh no, not a room temp take, how horrifying. Wait til you find out what the people who've CREATED the best games of all time think politically, you'll have a conniption. Anyway, ac2 has you fistfight the pope wielding ancient alien magic, there's no evidence the girl's nonbinary, and there's especially no evidence the fact that he was a slave will be ignored.
@alastor-yw7og I don't need to take crap from a whiner like you. And what I really hate about games like this is they thought it was a good idea to make it in the first place. Then don't take responsibility after everybody hates it.
I wonder if as an Infantry Swordsman, you can fight a Mounted General for like 5 minutes real time and drive him back and back and finally kill him and then get promoted to a Captain next mission? (Inside joke from Takeda)
Samurai did not commit seppuku for their own honor, but for their families and subordinates. By committing seppuku, the losers of war and criminals could have their honor protected, so the families and subordinates of those with honor would not be killed by the victors and would not be placed in an unjust position in Japanese society. In 1582, Hideyoshi negotiated with Shimizu Muneharu to spare his soldiers in exchange for his life. Shimizu Muneharu committed seppuku, and Hideyoshi, seeing it, helped Muneharu's soldiers and families.
So you're saying that Kubi Jiken rewarded being a good Head Hunter, much like I imagine HR positions for salarymen in the Human Resources department still can gain the attention of their superiors. (I saw a pun as "Head Hunting" can be a corporate slang for "recruitment" but I can't resist puns when i see the chance for them.)
The principal of the floofy cape is not really that ridiculous. Any arrows would bounce right off it or get caught on it if the cape was catching the wind. Softer and more flexible surfaces are more resilient to projectiles compared to more rigid and immovable surfaces. The momentum of the arrow would be diminished on contact, in theory.
@@nathanpierce2541 i know, it was a solid game. I was pointing out the irony of how the loud contingent of people that have nothing to do with their lives but find something to be offended by are all about historical accuracy suddenly where there wasn't an issue not too long ago
it looks good! Over that garbage big name game companies! i hate when they take my culture’s history and deface it! I’m from Hokkaido and i love it when good people make wonderful and accurate portrayals! i’m even more angry when they portray Onna Bugeisha!
@@Peasham have you seen the voice actress behavior on tweeter? The rumors of them writing out Jin Sakai and trying to rewrite japanese history doesn't help either
@@sdgamer1860 I've heard people crying that the actress blocked them on Twitter, there's no evidence that Jin Sakai was written out and the first game already MAJORLY rewrote history.
Great video. Good to know that some hope remains for simply good games made by people who actually care. I play games to have fun and dive into worlds/stories, not to be part of a culture war.
This "culture war" that you mentioned isn't real thing. It is buzz word that was made up my certain people to try to justify they outrage over stupid things.
I honestly feel anyone thats being annoying about assassins creed perhaps has more issues in the head then weather the game is historically accurate or not.
I think the problems against Yasuke valid, but taken way out of context. Obviously Assassin’s Creed has a very large Japanese following. This new game is the first time a non-western culture is being highlighted, yet it’s the only AC game where half of the gameplay and marketing is focusing on a foreigner. Japanese fans had every right to voice their opinions on this.
2 game samurai questions what's the deal with SMT/Persona's Yoshitsune and his OP skill Hassou Tobi and why do final Fantasy Samurai attack by throwing Money?
It's not that you're playing a girl in Yotei that gets me, it's insulting statements her voice actress made and that there's evidence this was going to be another story about Jin before staff changes at Sucker Punch. But this new here looks very promising and in his next video I'm going to get Captain Sauce to look into this.
I still have yet to hear what the "insulting statements" are. Besides, obviously they considered making Jin the protagonist at some point, it's a sequel. They ended up going with a new time period and location, so I don't understand why people keep saying this as if the VA did anything to change that.
I've never seen anything the actress had said that a normal person would get insulted by, and a dude on the internet saying something, one known for lying, isn't evidence.
The reason indie games are being ignored is directly connected to the hypocrisy of a lot of criers in the first place... or at least I suspect, because I don't believe that those people would be interested in a game with this type of presentation and gameplay. They just want a AAA action game and then brag about how much they think they know about the time. All media takes liberties in their recreation, that's half of the foundation of this very channel, if the historical and mythological references were always blatant then there'd be no room for interpretation. These people who claim to care about the historical accuracy of the depiction of samurai rarely cried out at action games before all this, though they loved to praise the better examples. We joked about Nioh being about an English tradesman slaying yokai, it wasn't offensive then no matter how incongruous, and even without the glaring appearance of a white man in the leading role, every ninja and samurai in games before him had massive embellishment and inaccuracy, but that was the theme, that was the vibe, no one in their right mind would bemoan Onimusha for its impressively unique and metal album cover esque interpretation of Oni. To be frank, the idea that a woman couldn't be a sell sword in a game like Ghost of Yotei, or that a series KNOWN for its altered history plotline and "ancient aliens" level conspiracy plot couldn't breath life into a figure like Yasuke... well its about as ridiculous as ignoring the real life community and inclusiveness among the poor laborers and outlaws in the old west who came their because they couldn't live their lives among the judgmental and restrictive culture of the colonies, and then complaining about how Arthur doesn't like racist and supports suffragettes in Read Dead 2. Though to be clear here, I hate Ubisoft... it just makes me even more mad that there are much more egregious and blatant things they've done to prove they aren't worthy of your patronage... almost like how there are countless other worse examples of historical inaccuracy than just the sex of a single character.
Oda Nobunaga being portrayed as an actual demon in video games Weird internet man-babies: Cool! A black man from Japanese history being a protagonist in a video game Weird internet man-babies: RHEEEEEEEEEeeeee...! That's unrealistic!
I was really hoping he was actually going to talk more about Yasuke actually doing a video on him in the whole controversy. I know he's done a historical video on him before when he went over the possible origins inspiration for Afro samurai a long time ago. And I'm hoping he does touch on it soon. I mean of all people, I'm expecting him to touch on it. I'm surprised he hasn't already.
I don't hate ghost of yotei. I want to play as a female samurai. I want it to succeed. If they remove the DEI elements and hire competent actors and actresses without western political bull it could be a great sequel. That's all I want.
The yasuke stuff has blown out the horn a bit too very much , i personally lean towards the fact that he was in line to be a low ranking samurai or was holding a similar rank to one by name only for his affiliation with nobunaga but wasn’t a traditional samurai or a samurai at all due to the time he was there, but Ac is about hidden possibly alternative history and in yasuke a person with such grey area and low info you can go the direction of a samurai because there is a chance even if it’s a low chance that he might’ve being one, of course it doesn’t help ubi garnered bad faith from previous comments, mistakes in their marketing and landmarks that aren’t coherent for the era , the game in all honesty looks good except for the bugs, I’ve some issues I need clarifications in the next few trailers but the backlash doesn’t come from a genuine place from bots pretending to be Japanese , the ultra right wing channels who never played the games pretending they did cuz there is no way they will call Ac historically accurate if they played any ac games in the last 13 years , not to dismiss actual history nerds and actual Japanese that don’t like the inaccuracies in the game but most people that still complain now are there for politics, hell now that the controversy isn’t as hot as it used to , the more favorable yotei is attacked when during the trailer the same people praised it for being a competitor to shadows
@@snowshock8958Does Mori refer to Mori Naritoshi (Ranmaru)? If so, there is such a huge gap between their social status that it is foolish to compare Mori Naritoshi and Yasuke. It is not even clear whether Yasuke was a samurai in the first place. On the other hand, Mori was a trusted aide of Nobunaga, to the point that he sometimes served as Nobunaga's messenger. Mori was an undoubted Sengoku warlord who was given a fief of 50,000 koku by Nobunaga at the young age of 17.
Except for Lara croft, Jane dark, Smaus Aran, and Berret from final fantasy. We don't hate playing as women or minorities we hate when it's used as an excuse by devs to defend bad game design and poor storytelling.
@@mercerholt8299berret is a party member not a protagonist, Lara Croft is boner bait, and Samus looks nothing like a typical woman in her games and is silent most of the time which allows players to forget she's a woman entirely. Occam's razor dictates that the obvious answer is racism and sexism and I've never seen a good argument for removing oppressed groups from video games and media.
@datanotfoundpleasetryagain3559 Ah yes the old it's not moderndoecit doecount to which I answer 2b Bayonetta and eve from stellar blade all whom your side hated till they saw that no one cared. Point is no one cares about race or sex till some says that's the reason a product failed.. it failed because it was bad and people didn't like example ghost busters 2016 vs ghost busters afterlife.
