The YouTuber FightingCowboys cursed at viewers who only came to his stream to complain about Assassin’s Creed Shadows. He sees a bigger problem in gaming behind this.
What was the situation? The YouTuber FightingCowboy showcased the freshly released Assassin’s Creed Shadows in a stream in March. For viewers who complained about the protagonist Yasuke, the streamer had clear words:
“I could not care less about your opinion on this game. I don’t care. Your opinion is worthless to me.” Those who are upset that a black man appears in a video game can leave.
FightingCowboy got worked up and complained that he did not want to have this discussion about alleged “wokeness” for every current game. More than 2.1 million people watched the outburst on X, where the streamer received much support but also criticism. In a YouTube stream, he elaborated on his opinion.
YouTuber curses about discussion culture in gaming
What’s behind this? Assassin’s Creed Shadows has been heavily discussed since the reveal in May 2024. Among other things, it concerns the male main character Yasuke, who, as a dark-skinned man, does not fit into the image of feudal Japan for some.
Moreover, the lack of historical accuracy and alleged disrespect towards Japanese culture are criticized – although this seems to have bothered no one in previous games in the series.
For FightingCowboy, this is a development that has persisted throughout the entire past gaming year. There has been some drama around every major release. With the DLC for Elden Ring, people complained that it was too expensive and the new content was hidden behind a boss, with Dragon Age there was trouble about a non-binary character and with Avowed, the mere existence of pronouns was considered offensive.
The YouTuber finds this “insufferable”. He says that for many players these discussions don’t matter at all. Normal people wouldn’t get upset about such things – the problems are artificially inflated by opinion makers to profit.
Such so-called grifters live off the fact that people get upset about something. FightingCowboy urges such viewers to just ignore games that do not appeal to them, instead of deliberately seeking out content about them to get riled up. Being angry is a waste of time.
A game that drew the focus of such content creators last year was the action-adventure Dustborn. What this type of discourse means for the developers, you can find out here on MeinMMO: YouTubers like Asmongold rail against the developers of a tiny game – Now the CEO behind Dustborn speaks
