FunkMiller
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I literally quoted Hideo Kojima's Guantanamo Bay parallels in Ground Zeroes.
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I literally quoted Hideo Kojima's Guantanamo Bay parallels in Ground Zeroes.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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ehhh, you guys are just listening to the extremists on X.
Most logical anti-woke gamers had nothing wrong with Forspoken, Deathloop or a characters skin tone. It takes more than just a type of character in a game.
Sethbacca
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Zero impact whatsoever. The only time I even think about it is when I'm browing here or twitter. I think many of you all blow this shit way out or proportion rather than doing what you should do and simply ignore it. Controversy is as good as advertising in an era where clicks = money.
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Vestal
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As someone who has played video games since the days of the Atari 2600. I can understand the friction caused by not playing "Insert default white looking" character. We are creatures of habit. But games like society have evolved over the last 40+ years. Women and minorities in general are now considered part of the gaming audience at large. It is no longer niched to "my little pony" or sports games.
So, why should it? I still have trouble defining wtf Woke means anyway. I play games for the gameplay and the story. If I can connect with those elements, I really don't care what gender, race or origin the main character or characters around them are.
Political messages, or just messages in general have been part of all creative mediums since their inception. Gaming is no different.
So, why should it? I still have trouble defining wtf Woke means anyway. I play games for the gameplay and the story. If I can connect with those elements, I really don't care what gender, race or origin the main character or characters around them are.
Political messages, or just messages in general have been part of all creative mediums since their inception. Gaming is no different.
Pantz
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Yep. I'll vote with my wallet. It sucks if they do it to a series that I liked previously, but that's their choice.
I try to give extra love and support to games that don't feel the need to do that crap.
There could be a middle ground of making a game woke and having (nice) jiggle physics..
I try to give extra love and support to games that don't feel the need to do that crap.
There could be a middle ground of making a game woke and having (nice) jiggle physics..
fart town usa
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Hell yes.
I avoid woke games like the plague. All media that is woke and even businesses. I do not want to support that stuff in the slightest. It's a total cancer.
I avoid woke games like the plague. All media that is woke and even businesses. I do not want to support that stuff in the slightest. It's a total cancer.
The entire Far Cry Series, BioShock, Metal Gear has always been heavily anti-war, The Witcher Games, THe Assassin's Creed Games. Theres so many more but i dont feel like listing them all.
Lord Panda
The Sea is Always Right
Well said.
Shadowstar39
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If it is outright political, have at it. The game Not Tonight.
It's not my thing, and clearly a politcal agenda message. Its not even about my country, but I have no issue with that. Make any game you want.
I have an issue with games klling off traditional series protagonists and replacing them to push agenda.
If the next metroid was some transexual, or a dude as Samus, i wouldn't buy it.
It's not my thing, and clearly a politcal agenda message. Its not even about my country, but I have no issue with that. Make any game you want.
I have an issue with games klling off traditional series protagonists and replacing them to push agenda.
If the next metroid was some transexual, or a dude as Samus, i wouldn't buy it.
Gamer_By_Proxy
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It wasn't the game though. It was the gaming media acting like the game was the second coming of Christ when everyone else that played it, just thought it was pretty good.
Astral Dog
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well, yes and no, most of the games i play are from Japan wich is doing great at the moment
there still some good content coming from the west and plenty of talent ,but also has me cautious , for example, look what happened to Rocksteady or overall character design across AAA games , i hope eventually there is a push for creativity within the industry again rather than trying to standarize everything like they been doing
there still some good content coming from the west and plenty of talent ,but also has me cautious , for example, look what happened to Rocksteady or overall character design across AAA games , i hope eventually there is a push for creativity within the industry again rather than trying to standarize everything like they been doing
BbMajor7th
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Games have always mixed politics. What's galling about more recent developments is that they come with a side order of meta-commentary. For example, when Call of Duty pushes Western military supremacy, US jingoism and 'might is right' politics so hard it could give you a nosebleed, it doesn't come with an army of developers, journalists, and pseudo-intellectuals, talking about how important it is to highlight that message and how anybody who disagrees with it is a basically a dreadful person.
If I turn around and say Call of Duty is a load of chest-thumping, foreign-policy fan fiction and choose to ignore the whole franchise, no one cares. No one accuses me of 'enabling socialism' or 'supporting the terrorists' or 'trying to undermine freedom'; no one tries to cancel me and I don't have to walk on eggshells whenever the topic comes up. I can just say Call of Duty sucks balls, I think its whole political position is juvenile horseshit and I wouldn't play it if you paid me. Call of Duty stans wouldn't give fuck: they'd be all like 'cool story, bro' and go back to whatever they were doing and - to me - that's fine. That's the way it should be.
We know it's not like that with other, more recent politic representations in politics and I think that's what pisses people off.
If I turn around and say Call of Duty is a load of chest-thumping, foreign-policy fan fiction and choose to ignore the whole franchise, no one cares. No one accuses me of 'enabling socialism' or 'supporting the terrorists' or 'trying to undermine freedom'; no one tries to cancel me and I don't have to walk on eggshells whenever the topic comes up. I can just say Call of Duty sucks balls, I think its whole political position is juvenile horseshit and I wouldn't play it if you paid me. Call of Duty stans wouldn't give fuck: they'd be all like 'cool story, bro' and go back to whatever they were doing and - to me - that's fine. That's the way it should be.
We know it's not like that with other, more recent politic representations in politics and I think that's what pisses people off.
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Moriarty1889
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Shows the mental illness spreading and the sheep who just go along and accept it. Weak pathetic sheep.
*Nightwing
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No the lack of good well made games telling a coherent story with good gameplay where mediocrity was looked down upon instead of celebrated has been the greatest impact in my stopping purchasing new games.
The politics can make a game worse but can be overlooked if it’s a good game.
But it’s today’s valued narrative regurgitation over storytelling & visual appeal over gameplay that is really a byproduct of corporate grifters taking over the industry chasing profits by attempting to be appealing to everyone all at once that has ruined gaming for me, the political injection is just a unwanted side effect of the same disease but not the real cause of my distaste.
The politics can make a game worse but can be overlooked if it’s a good game.
But it’s today’s valued narrative regurgitation over storytelling & visual appeal over gameplay that is really a byproduct of corporate grifters taking over the industry chasing profits by attempting to be appealing to everyone all at once that has ruined gaming for me, the political injection is just a unwanted side effect of the same disease but not the real cause of my distaste.
poodaddy
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I'll put it like this.
Wolverine is one of my favorite characters of all time.
I'm not buying Insomniac's Wolverine after seeing the leaks on story and characters and after experiencing the dreadful writing of Spider Man 2. Also skipping Spider Man 3.
It should be easy to deduce my stance from this tidbit.
Wolverine is one of my favorite characters of all time.
I'm not buying Insomniac's Wolverine after seeing the leaks on story and characters and after experiencing the dreadful writing of Spider Man 2. Also skipping Spider Man 3.
It should be easy to deduce my stance from this tidbit.
Švejk
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Yup. Games I was initially looking forward to; some specific PS4-5 sequels, I won't give Sony one penny to play them.
Can't help but to lol at folks who sold their ps5 because of it though. Holy shit, there are so many other games on there that aren't... Selling your system will only give some other pleb the opportunity to purchase said games. Kind of counter productive if you really cared to fight against this. If your strapped for cash or it's collecting dust, that's one thing... But out of spite for such agendas, you should destroy it if you feel it's Sony or the system itself.
Can't help but to lol at folks who sold their ps5 because of it though. Holy shit, there are so many other games on there that aren't... Selling your system will only give some other pleb the opportunity to purchase said games. Kind of counter productive if you really cared to fight against this. If your strapped for cash or it's collecting dust, that's one thing... But out of spite for such agendas, you should destroy it if you feel it's Sony or the system itself.
Aenima
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More or less.
It 100% made me more aware, and its a turn off when i see a good game injected with political agendas. But thers many cases were they can easily be ignored and still enjoy the game.
The problem with DEI infested games, is that most times this games quality is afected by the focus of the political agendas, ending up just being mediocre games, and i have no time to spend on medicre games and would definitly not spend my money on one.
It 100% made me more aware, and its a turn off when i see a good game injected with political agendas. But thers many cases were they can easily be ignored and still enjoy the game.
The problem with DEI infested games, is that most times this games quality is afected by the focus of the political agendas, ending up just being mediocre games, and i have no time to spend on medicre games and would definitly not spend my money on one.
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Not so much as bad product and price policies applied by EA or Ubisoft or other companies. For example I wouldn't want Escape from Tarkov to be gifted to me after the crap they pulled.
This, personally, affects me more than forced diversity, which for me is an annoyance at worst but when companies try to sell me crap and talk like this is a bargain, that's worse.
This, personally, affects me more than forced diversity, which for me is an annoyance at worst but when companies try to sell me crap and talk like this is a bargain, that's worse.
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