Despite the backlash, Assassin’s Creed Shadows’ Naoe is excited for you to play

Masumi is a seasoned musician and an accomplished actor you may have seen in the neon-bathed streets of Yakuza Princess. Her debut videogame role is Naoe in Assassin’s Creed Shadows, the latest triple-A game to face a range of often ill-informed complaints on everything from its inclusion of African samurai Yasuke to Ubisoft's portrayal of Sengoku period Japan, with 'historical accuracy' being weaponized against it. Overall, the latest in the stealth-action turned RPG series has been subject t...