The New Assassin's Creed III Trailer Made Me Throw Up In My Mouth A Little

I think you misinterpreted it.

No, no she didn't. This portrayal of Native Americans and colonists as brothers in arms is ridiculous. Do you suppose the developers included the Native Americans being systematically killed and displaced from their land? That's what really happened. Hats off if in fact they did.

They were... granted they were treated largely as savages as ms. gunn states but they were comrades... on both sides... frequently throughout american history. They were nearly always betrayed but still they fought together. Where guerilla warfare got it's start in american armies...

Almost every instance of Native American involvement in the American Revolutionary War saw them supporting the British. I feel that while it probably isn't intended as such, this game probably has elements that further white-washes American history.

Historical accuracy aside, this trailer sucks and the music is atrocious.

IT'S A TRAILER. I guess trailers are supposed to tell EVERY SINGLE LITTLE DETAIL OF THE STORY AND LEAVE NOTHING SURPRISING. AMIRITE?

Yeah, hit thumbs down if it makes you feel better. Pretend genocide didn't happen. Let's just play this cool game that makes history all happy and tidy. BTW, Mokawks fought with the British.

I was just about to say that. the mohawk tribe fought WITH the British. And yeah, maybe if the trailer showed the division in the native American opinion on the war. Some fought for washington, some for the British, some... actual MOST of them didn't fight at all, they were running away or being slaughtered!

Reply once you've finished the game.

It seems like you're the GR troll account. As a southerner, understanding what people like Andrew Jackson did to the native population, I am ashamed of vast swaths of my heritage (among other obvious scenarios).

So far I am also ashamed of any article with "Posted on day, month day @ numbers Eastern by sara_gunn" on this great website I visit regularly.

Seriously not sure at this point if you get that easily butthurt, or if you're just trying to generate clicks.

Agreed. Sara Gunn articles make my head hurt.

How long has she been at GR?

4 years, 4 posts on the forums.

So I'm not alone feeling this then? At first I was thinking, "new poster, cool"... then I realized 80% of her posts are *****ing about something or getting on a soapbox. She's worse than me... and that's sad. =(

I don't see the issues you're speaking of... I see what you are complaining about but I don't see what the problem is?

1) Ubisoft is a company selling a product. The product they are selling is set during the American Revolution. Football is an American sport. Opening weekend guarantees a huge audience of admitted couch potatoes. Sounds like a damn good marketing plan...

2) Sure let's comment on an issue that is hundreds of years old that no one currently living has experienced first hand. While you're at it let's throw out into the open another issue that is literally thousands of years old because we don't hear enough about it in everyday life.

3) As far as I know (not pretending to know much) Marketing and Advertising is handled by different departments and with little to no oversight by the people who made the game. I assumed that while a company like Ubisoft would like to see its game represented properly I think for the most part they trust the people they have hired to do a good job...

4) Mute requires little to no clean up

LOL I think you're looking at this all wrong. No one ever said this game was historically accurate anyway. And as someone else pointed out, it really was just targeting it's audience.

No No... It is historically accurate... It has George Washington and Revolutionary Era Soldiers...

It also has a benevolant uber secret order that has been fighting for our freedom since the aliens created us...

I hear that in other places Abraham Lincoln could swing one hell of a mean axe......

HAHA... I spelled beniv... binev... benn... It's spelled wrong...

HAHA... I spelled beniv... binev... benn... It's spelled wrong...

HAHA... I spelled beniv... binev... benn... It's spelled wrong...

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You needed to say that four times and you spelt it right in the first place.

*Benevolent* Hopefully this doesn't quadpost... seriously can't one of the mods get rid of this...

Damnit, I was apparently not awake when I posted that. Didn't notice you'd put benevolAnt. Now don't I feel silly...

I swear if the song played when I would kill someone I would play it forever . Or a mod that plays the soundclip " suprise *******s!" When I kill a key person . @,@

He's only part... Maybe it's the rest of him that's doing it...


I did not QUAD post that... The comment thingy is broken apparently... Please can someone get rid of them...

Not nearly as bad as the live-action trailer where the kid shows his stand against oppression by refusing to learn about world history.

Yeah that trailer was pretty over-the-top. The song and the dialogue were totally ridiculous, but so is tomahawking British officers in the face right in the middle of their firing lines, or evidently FIGHTING A FUCKING BEAR.

How has nobody else mentioned that in this game you get to ASSASSINATE A BEAR. HOLY FUCKING YES SHIT FUCK. I don't have a problem with any of this. I like for video games to be fun.

Also, how great is it that this sentiment is trickling down from Quebec like sweet sticky maple syrup.

not sure if sarcasm or not...

Totally not sarcasm. I am replacing my broken ps3 for the sole purpose of playing this game.

It doesn't sound at all like sarcasm...

I agree the wolves made the game cool but the bear has convinced me to pre purchase this game. x-)

p.s. Its sad the pc version is delayed until November 20, 2012

PC's are for elitist bastardos that spend too much time massaging their UI's to play a real game Console like a real AMERICAN!!!

APPLE PIE AND BASEBALL WOO!!!

And no doubt Ubisoft has correctly incorporated how the British (Canadians) troops were the only foreign power in history to have EVER occupied Washington D.C., burning down the White House (again, the only time) and actually honourably withdrawing all troops after the mission was accomplished (all of this to punish the Americans for burning down the Government Building in Canada). Yes, I am sure they will clearly show how president Madison escaped from Washington like a sore all-talk-no-walk little boy when he heard the canon fire in the distance and was advised the the British (Canadians) are winning battle after battle... Yes, I am sure Ubisoft will make such events clear as the blue and mighty American sky.

Umm... that happened in the war of 1812. Not the revolutionary war, which is depicted in Assassin's Creed 3. Washington D.C. didn't even exist until 1790.

I'm not even sure how to reply to this, so I won't. Though, I would recommend that you make liberal use of Google to get your facts straight before trying to lord your 'intelligence' over people. You have the internet, why people still post incorrect information in this day and age is beyond me.

I always laugh on how the Canadians think we 'merikans actually care about the war of 1812... hehe...

As a person who took native American history and Labor and community in America, I agree with everything that Sara Gunn posted (Queue NecroWolf popping under my comment calling me names cause she has a vendetta on sara). It's true that SOME of the native Americans did join sides during the revolutionary wars, but the majority of them were plain right slaughtered and kicked out of their lands. And no i don't mean that the settlers did that at the start of the revolutionary war or even back when they just landed on the continent, i mean during the 7 years war. In between the 7 years war and 1776, the settler of all colonies made the promise, some written, some not, that after the war would end, they would give back their lands, promote a better relation between the tribes or even give their food back (a horrible tactic of making the tribes starve so they move more west).
TL;DR no one can take a native American and put it in the revolutionary game then expect it to be controversial free.

However, this is an assassin creed game where ubisoft is taking history with some liberties to tell a conspiracy story. Now that WON'T mean that they will show the natives as freedom worshiping heroes while the noble white colonist were good guys who protected them from the EVIL British were baby eaters who like to sacrifice virgins to the great Satan. In fact, i believe Ubisoft will show the native American struggle in the game (maybe even show the many tribes fighting each other because of politic?). But there is three things they should do plot wise that could put the "natives were on our side all long" bullcrap we see in this NFL add. 1 Show that the main hero has an agenda of his own and not because of freedom. 2 Have him switch sides all throughout the games, sometimes fighting both the militia AND the British to protect his people. 3 make that he actually believes in freedom... but is betrayed by the colonist in the end.
Still, we'll have to play the game to judge. Can't wait!

I've called you names? Agree with her all you want, it's a free country. She isn't wrong for her opinion, neither are you wrong for yours. I've got no issue against you, though you definitely seem to dislike me for some reason. In fact, I usually find your posts amusing, even the ones attempting to mock me. So, carry on, you're fine my book.

I just don't agree with her writing style, and this feeling of negativity that seems to come from her posts. Also, "for realsies". So, no I don't particularly like her. However, my dislike does not mean her opinion is invalid, nor does it mean anyone who agrees with her is wrong.

Quality. Journalism.

wow,it looks so cool.

i think you may be reading into the few lines of dialogue a little too much. and overreacting