Say what you will about the woke gaming agenda, I love to see a company brave enough to take this stance. It’s refreshing to see a publisher wear its beliefs on its sleeve because now I know that I don’t have to spend money on their trash games
I know nothing of the plot of that game but i bet you kill one or more corrupt kings and religious figures so im going to pre-emptively call it woke for pushing an anti religious and anti monarchal agenda
Yeah, correct guess. In the game you kill the leader of the dominant religion (based on martyrdom and sacrifice) after they have refused to take action against the corruption in their own ranks, and allowed atrocities to be committed in the name of religion. Turns out (spoilers) that the head of the religion is also corrupt. Not really subtle, is it?
You’re almost certainly joking but also like … yeah everything has political subtext. A lot of Internet duds are just too stupid to read it.
I think most of the people mad on the Internet about this kind of thing couldn’t pass 12th grade English, and certainly not like a 200 level English Literature course.
Going out of your way to not include “any social or political agenda” is a social and political agenda.
So, they’re only going to make games with no narrative complexity going forward. Got it.
The trick is that if you made a good game, then in ten years idiots will point to your highly political game as being from the time when games weren’t woke.
Besides that “one weird trick”, the other is to just include a diverse sets of people/cultures in your game. There’s no need to push their agendas, just don’t misrepresent them. That’s actually what they’re asking for, even. It’s a lot more effective, IMO.
Trolls will still complain your game is woke, but they won’t have any teeth.
I hate political games. That’s why my favourite is Fallout New Vegas, no woke politics, just a good, simple tale about a man delivering a package.
That’s a great one. Ever tried Disco Elysium? Cop solves a crime, kinda reminded me of Sam and Max.
I love a good detective game.
It’s in my backlog, so at my current rate I assume I’ll get around to it within 20-30 years.
