why are people so upset about The Tyranny of King Washington? (plot)

aPimp_named_leE posted...

i just read comments from the gamespot article, and people are upset and offended that such a "kind and noble" leader could be portrayed as this even if it is a "what if" scenario. I know he is a great hero, but why are people taking this so seriously? i really like the idea behind this alternate history idea. He could have been evil the whole time or corrupted by a piece of eden. i don't see the reason for the hate behind the concept of it considering this is a video game, not a history book. as long as it is well written, i will be happy. i will be happier if they release all 3 parts of this dlc in the future as part of a bundle. (going to have to wait it out for a long time by the looks of things)

I actually really like the idea, and I'm a huge Washington fan (I believe he's the greatest president we've ever had). It's extremely interesting considering he did turn down the suggestion that he become king. What bothers me (and I started a thread on this the other day) is how he's portrayed in the game. I was looking for him to be Connor's DaVinci or Medici. Washington was a gentleman farmer, by all accounts personally a very good, noble man; however, that's not to say that he didn't do such things like burn down Indian villages due to them siding with the French and later the British, so it makes sense to show how Connor gets angry at him and the darker side of Washington. He wasn't perfect, he did some bad things, but he was still a good man. What bothers me is that he has no redeeming qualities in this game. They show him as an incompetent commander, portray him as a complete d1ck, and I was very disappointed. He wasn't the greatest tactician, but he was a great politician who kept the morale of his troops up, won the major battles of the war, and concentrated more on a mobile force that could retreat easily, which is what won them the war. Washington rarely made big attacks, only when morale needed it (Trenton). He attempted to tire the British out and weaken them because he knew it was more a battle of resolve than strength considering they could never actually match up with the British. So yeah, I was more upset with the fact that they portrayed him as a mean, incompetent fool. I'm really looking forward to this DLC.