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[Serge85]

No way, I'm tired of woke bs.

 

[Rob_27]

Will give it 10 mins and then delete if it's dog shit woke.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Ofc lmao. I'm not made of soy. How many first-person immersive sim/rpg's do we get? This genre is extremely rare, no way im skipping it.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Obviously these posts are saying they wouldn't knowingly support this.

Right but maybe you don't need to know that much. If you're like researching the social media history of employees looking for reasons to be upset, you're the problem.

 

[kikii]

A poll before and after this "drama" would've yielded the same results here.

If Avowed were a first-party game for another console, it'd be hyped to hell and back.

nah, if it was Sony's game, you and adamsbubble and other MS fangirls woul've been shitting on it non stop ^^

 

[Sleepwalker]

I dont know what the drama is but I wasnt interested in the first place so no.

What happened?

 

[Buggy Loop]

A poll before and after this "drama" would've yielded the same results here.

If Avowed were a first-party game for another console, it'd be hyped to hell and back.

Just a glimpse of the SAME universe and world when Obsidian was an indie doing a kickstarter

The OT

Kickstarter

 

[RoboFu]

lol idk why it just makes me think of this song.?

 

[DragonNCM]

YES !!!!
ON GAMEPASS

 

[deriks]

I hope it dies

 

[Arachnid]

Grounded? Pentiment?

That's fair, but I mean the more ambitious RPG kind of game they're known for. Grounded is some weird co-op game that isn't my cup of tea and Pentiment is a smaller title (haven't played, but it's definitely up my alley).

 

[Musashipan]

I wasn't gonna play regardless
Looks generic and crap

 

[Wooxsvan]

anything along the lines of pronouns trash just makes my decision to not play a game that much easier.

biological men will always will be men
biological women will always be women

it's a videogame I know so why did they decide to suddenly start including pronouns? don't be naive.

 

[Krathoon]

I actually found this channel that makes some pretty good sketches about this.

 

[tmlDan]

ill play it on GP but im never buying it, its always looked mid to me.

 

[LordBlodgett]

I have a lot in my backlog, so we'll see. Pronouns are not going to stop me even if I think they are completely retarded. My fear is that the game is going to have shitty writing. If the whole studio has bought into the garbage woke movement then they are likely going to make the writing fit that, They won't try to offend, and they are more likely to preach.......................

 

[Dacvak]

Depends on the reviews

Get your sane and reasonable takes out of here!

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

you mean... Awoked?

 

[ANIMAL1975]

Avowed Art Director Calls Gamers 'Sickos' Following Pronoun Criticism

One of the major Avowed developers has found himself at odds with some fans, using harsh words after criticism of pronouns.

tech4gamers.com

Yeah I am out papitos

Im going to avowid this one.

 

[Topher]

Right but maybe you don't need to know that much. If you're like researching the social media history of employees looking for reasons to be upset, you're the problem.

Researching the social media history of employees? Who is saying they are doing that?

 

[ssringo]

I wasn't hugely looking forward to it but I did have it on my wishlist for a while just to keep an eye on it. It's gone now. Plenty of other releases to spend my time and money on.

 

[GeoramA]

Nope. I'm done supporting racist western developers.

 

[Topher]

A poll before and after this "drama" would've yielded the same results here.

If Avowed were a first-party game for another console, it'd be hyped to hell and back.

If Avowed were a first-party game for "another console" then you would be squarely in the "Fuck Avowed" camp.

Just a glimpse of the SAME universe and world when Obsidian was an indie doing a kickstarter

The OT

Kickstarter

That was a much larger NeoGAF that hadn't been splintered off into another forum. But I am envious of the excitement there where it was all purely about the game itself.

 

[Bernardougf]

Dont play games with any woke element and/or racist devs. So big NO

 

[marquimvfs]

Linking a thread from August when we just had a November ‘previews’ thread…

How did that make sense to you?

I didn't knew about the previews thread, my bad. It's before the Musk and Pronouns drama?

 

[Neolombax]

If it ever releases on PS5, sure.

 

[Aguero9320]

Yes of course, I’m a grown up and can ignore all the nonsense and lunacy surrounding just about every game these days.

Just like I ignore ridiculousness like people who are scared of the ‘woke mind virus’ as if that’s actually a real thing. Some of you are genuinely losing the plot.

 

[taizuke]

I've followed the drama surrounding it a little bit and i'm definitely against developers who say stuff like that. But, i never intended to play the game. If this was about Expedition 33 then i'd feel conflicted cause that game actually looks good.

 

[Mossybrew]

If its eventually released on PS5 sure. Until then it might as well not even exist as far as Im concerned.

 

[RPS37]

I’ll for sure play it, it looks cool.

 

[apocaliptic]

NOPE. Their last game was poop. And is a Microsoft studio and I try to avoid Microsoft as much as possible

 

[Hoddi]

If the reviews are all 9s and 10s then of course I will. I'm as tired as anyone of the moral posturing nowadays but a good game is still a good game. Some uppity art director isn't going to change that.

 

[WX3]

Ill play it on Game Pass and if it hits me with anymore woke bullshit after I chose my pronouns I'll delete that shit quick and write a scathing hate filled review.

 

[chakadave]

Unlikely it will play well. These types of games look good in demos and trailers but ends up being shallow.

Unlikely it will be like Pillars or other Obsidian games.

 

[Heimdall_Xtreme]

Fuck Awoked

 

[Brock2621]

Not the game director, the art director.

I figure you have to make some allowances for left wing nutjobs in the art department, lol.

Ah, you are correct. My B. But yes, art director. I would love to hear the conversations between art and game director though. If I had to roll the dice, I’d put my profit take on them being highly simpatico. Just a hunch…

 

[DaleinCalgary]

I wont pay money for it but if someone dropped it off I'd put it in the closet and never touch it.

 

[Codes 208]

Yes but only because

1: i like obsidian and this could be their new vegas to bethesda’s skyrim
2: gamepass so i dont need to shuck $70 regardless

 

[Durin]

I have game pass, so I'll try it because of that, otherwise I'd wait.

 

[xanaum]

I wasn’t interested before the drama. I only got interested when the first teaser dropped it looked like a dark RPG, AAA, with an incredible realistic visual. But after it got revealed and seemed like something low-budget, I scratched it off my list.

 

[Jaybe]

Stuffing their deranged ideology in the game makes this a no. Finding out the developer is publicly championing race-based hiring practices make it a fuck no.

 

[recursive]

If you have ever played a AAA game, you have played a game made by people with views you strongly disagree with, whether or not you realize it. Because hundreds of people work on these things, and people have diverse opinions and beliefs.

You really gotta get over this idea that you can enforce some kind of homogeny of thought in gaming or anywhere else. It's untenable and frankly insane.

Of course that is the case. However there is absolutely nothing wrong with having principles that have you not support a company that allows their staff to publicly villianize their potential consumers and make racist comments. This is a perfectly good reason why someone will not hand over their cash.

Furthermore what happened to vote with your wallet? Actions have consequences.

 

[Haint]

Lets be real, 95% of Neogaf who can actually buy/play the game (i.e. those who own something besides a Playstation) already has Gamepass, so it's "free" to play.

 

[Rockondevil]

I'm gonna give it a go on Game Pass to see how it vibes with me.

 

[Topher]

Lets be real, 95% of Neogaf who can actually buy/play the game (i.e. those who own something besides a Playstation) already has Gamepass, so it's "free" to play.

You think 95% of non-PS gamers on NeoGAF have Game Pass?

 

[DryvBy]

Sealed the deal in done with them completely after this. I'm not buying games from racists commies anymore.

 

[pasterpl]

What drama? And yes, will order limited steelbook edition for sure. I have got gamepass but like to support good devs. Previews look sweet.

Love how gaf think it is important, most people here hate FC25, Fortnite and CoD and but millions of normal players still buy these. On the other hand neogaf loves games like stellar blade, rise of ronin, Astrobot (majority sonybros here) but these games sell sh*t (1-1.5 copies each on platform with 70 mln players).

 

[James Sawyer Ford]

I won’t turn away a good game just because a single dev has a shitty opinion.

As long as their views aren’t infested inside the game itself in an egregious way, I don’t care.

Avowed will be judged on its merits alone, good or bad

 

[Darkmakaimura]

I just remembered that I own both Pillars of Eternity games.

Still, I never had an interest after seeing the previews for Avowed but now my interest is falling flat because of stupid employees.

 

[Monjiro]

I was not planning to play it even before this whole situation