Originally posted by Smasandian
Eventually they will stop making them every year.
They most likey started on it after the 3rd game was released or during it
and also PETA says whaling in Assassin's Creed 4 glorifies hurting and killing,
http://www.polygon.com/2013/3/6/4070836/peta-objects-whaling-in-assassins-creed-4
I remember back when PETA overreacted to a scene in Battlefield 3 that had a soldier kill an annoying sewer rat that almost gave him away and made controversy over it and yet while they may still say no to killing diseased rodents, Ubisoft gets zero flack when I stick a hidden blade down the back of a rabbit's throat in AC3. Wonder if that means PETA discriminates and prefers rats over rabbits. Hypocrites.
Originally posted by Kazenji
Surprised that they didn't have a say over Far Cry 3.
Ubisoft probably convinced PETA at the time Far Cry 3 is a simulator that teaches children the negative side effects of taking drugs which can make you kill animals against your will as your under the influence of the accursed pill. I mean what else can the reason be for ignoring a game about a party goer running around an island punching sharks and shooting komodo dragons while thinking he's in a boss battle with a demon god?
Originally posted by Peach
More likely it flew under their radar because Far Cry isn't as well known a series as AC is.
And yet there's still no flak given when you can murder rabbits, foxes, bears and antelopes but the moment whales come into play, shit hits the fan. For a group that's against animal killing, they're pretty hypocritical and I don't care if their excuse is because whales are endangered and every other animal is very common. They flipped a table over the death of a rat for god sakes.
Oh, PETA is very much a hypocritical organization. They regularly kill animals that are surrendered to them, after all. They also tried to make a campaign to stop fishing by calling fish "sea kittens" a couple years ago. They're a digusting, ridiculous group.
And generally they'll go after whatever will garner them the most attention. Far Cry is not as big of a series, so they probably had no idea about that game. This is a much, much bigger series, so stuff from it will ping on their radar more easily.
Probably because the animals hunted in AC3 aren't endangered or rare and exotic. It's forest creatures. People will always kill forest creatures. There's no way PETA could get anyone to bat an eyelash about that.
But I agree with Peach on them only going after the "big paydays". Notice they didn't say anything about Dishonored, when the entire kingdom of Dunwall was powered by Whale Oil, and whales were hunted extensively.