I mean, Othello, the Moor of Venice was published in 1603, and assuming that Shakespeare was the first to acknowledge the presence of Black persons in Western European society is absolutely ludicrous on its face (given that Shakespeare was something of a plagiarist; we need look no further than Hamlet for that).

A few things.

The game does not have black people. It is not only filled with white people. Those two things are not the same.

MOORES WERE NOT BLACK PEOPLE! Shakespeare had no idea what a Moore actually looked like. He never met one! He guessed. He was wrong. Any game that features black people in a historically accurate medieval town is hilariously idiotic.

I thought the evidence of the prevalence of actual black skinned people in the region was up for debate. But honestly the game already has eurasian people (cumans/tartars) which actually has a historical significance in the region with invasion of the mongols (hence why theyre the games villains - as far as i know,…

It’s set in a small 16km section of the Czech country side in 1403. I’m frankly more inclined to side with their dive into the population and census of the time and their highly qualified female historian than your assessment.

Are we sure that Moors were black? Wikipedia gives me this:

It’s another example of a fanbase putting a stain on the thing they’re fans of. It’s best to just enjoy the game on its own merits and put little stock in the incoherent ramblings of the vocal minority.

The game takes place 200 years before this. And do you know that Venice and Bohemia are pretty far apart in that day and age?

Wow insane right!? It would be like making a game where you walk the streets of Nazi Germany and not including at least one openly gay black Jewish acapella group performing.

I really, really doubt that feudal japan had more diversity that eastern europe.
Japan was a very closed society, where it was VERY rare for someone not japanese to aspire to anything other than a servant. And this is in the time where the samurai were servants to the daimyos. Unless you are saying that diversity is…

Why does historical accuracy bother you that much?

Its a historical setting about the region around the devs homeland, whats questionable about doing their cultural heritage justice? Im looking forward to your opinion on the next histocial game set in feudal japan and how its full of asians (although japan probably had alot more diversity at that time than eastern…

I like interacting here on Kotaku, but this comes off as one of the more petty articles I’ve read. The man has conservative politics and he made a pretty good video game that is successful. This kind of snide disdain for what is obviously a labor of love is why games journalism isn’t taken seriously anymore.

GTFO here with that chicago bullshit, thats not pizza

Deep dish is delicious.

“...you get meaty goodness with every bite.”

Yes. Warcraft 2 is still one of the greatest RTS games of all time. So fun and oozes personality.

wait... he can sing and dance too? FML

As much as I want to see a Warcraft 3 remaster. I would rather see a 1 and 2 remaster first. Because those games are hard to bring up to modern day PC designs. Warcraft 3 still runs fine.