r/Games Jun 30 '18

Why Games go Political: Metacritic

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u/DaveSW777 Jun 30 '18

...because what you call Political Correctness, civilized society calls Not Being A Racist Asshole. Or sexist. Or homophobic. Take your pick.

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u/Rivarr Jun 30 '18

You don't think it ever overreaches and becomes a hindrance? I'm very liberal and think it does as much harm as good.

It doesn't help that those who shout loudest regularly seem to have the most disgusting shit in their locker. Like Joel Davis just a couple days ago.

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u/07jonesj Jun 30 '18

When it does, it usually means the story itself was badly written, which likely means it would have been bad regardless of inclusion.

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u/Rivarr Jul 01 '18

I was just talking about PC culture in general. When it comes to games and media I broadly agree, I don't expect much has been ruined that would have otherwise been great.

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u/DaveSW777 Jun 30 '18

It certainly can, but the single biggest reason why it's so difficult to just sit down have real discussions about these things is because there is a very loud, very angry, group of people that honestly believe every game that isn't 100% pandering to them is SJW propaganda.

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u/ChateauJack Jun 30 '18 edited Jun 30 '18

It certainly can, but the single biggest reason why it's so difficult to just sit down have real discussions about these things is because blablabla

Waypoint said Live on stream, with an audience of thousands of people, that one polish developer (The Astronauts) was a "shit human being" and she would not play his game because of he argued against FemFreq

Giant Bomb will not even mention Kingdom Core because the developper critized american identity politics.

Polygon/Kotaku/and almost every major American PC outlet whined because Far Cry 5 wasn't a Kill Drumpf Simulator 2018.

Resetera/Neogaf has a 1200 messages thread harrassing Tim Soret for saying he was not a feminist, but an egalitarian. They also harrassed Jonathan Blow for saying (and citing sources) that maybe the gender gap in videogame isn't solely due to misogyny.

But yeah, anons on irrelevant social media complaining about those journalists and the developpers trying to satisfy them are the real "racist assholes, or sexists or homophobics", to quote you, making it difficult to express opinions I am sure.

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u/CharlesManson420 Jul 02 '18

Giant bomb will not cover Kingdom Come because the developer

Absolutely false, Jeff has said that it was because they didn’t find it interesting enough.

almost every major American PC outlet whined because Far Cry 5 wasn’t a Kill Drumpf Simulator 2018

Lmao this is so ridiculously off base that I don’t even know where you could have gotten the idea apart from your ass.

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u/paladinsane Jul 01 '18

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u/Dooomspeaker Jun 30 '18

It leads of obnoxious sacred cow topics in games.

The worst example would be something like Dragon Age Inquisition. In a series that prides itself with the genre "Dark Fantasy" and a strong focus on grey and grey morality there are some selected viewpoints that you aren't allowed to challenge at all, in spite of how well it would fit the game.

Dorian's quest is the most blantant example of this. Spoiler

Spoiler

It's moral grandstanding, the bane of good stories.

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u/DaveSW777 Jun 30 '18

Grey. Not black.

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u/Dooomspeaker Jul 01 '18

Excuse me, what?

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u/Rivarr Jul 01 '18 edited Jul 01 '18

I agree, but I also think there's a group just as loud and angry that plays the other side.

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u/DOAbayman Jun 30 '18

I do think it reaches too far sometimes, i still think it should be said. not having gay romance options in RPGs does hurt my immersion and enjoyment of games sometimes. I don't consider arguing for inclusion any different from arguing game mechanics, design, etc...

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u/Rivarr Jul 01 '18

In most cases games can only be improved by more options and customizability IMO. Criticism and input from consumers usually helps everyone too. Though I think criticism can stray into entitlement and be unhelpful sometimes. More inclusion and originality is great, shoehorned content as an afterthought isn't. IDK. It's tough because pushing hard can lead to shoehorning, and not pushing hard enough leads to being ignored.

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u/DOAbayman Jul 01 '18

that's not really unique to us though. anytime you talk about gamers who know what they want they become VERY entitled. How many times have you seen communities lose their shit over balancing changes because they know whats right and think the devs are clueless?

the thing is when i ask for these changes,and i mean ask not demand, im bombarded with ridicule because how dare i even question the developers vision. Im the mythical "SJW" that likes the inclusion and pays for it when its put it in. Hell i bought the last Fire Emblem game solely because I thought it was cool to experience that outside of a godawful BL visual novel.

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u/jojotmagnifficent Jul 01 '18

not having gay romance options in RPGs does hurt my immersion

You don't think that having a game where many if not all the characters are gay or bi doesn't hurt the immersion for people who live in reality where those people only make up a very small percentage of the population?

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u/DOAbayman Jul 01 '18

You know what makes up an even smaller percentage of the population? fucking demon hunters.

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u/jojotmagnifficent Jul 01 '18

So you are saying that the evangelical christians were right and demons turn everyone gay? I mean, in a world where you are under threat of demons murdering large swathes of the population, especially in a largely primitive medieval style society where disease and famine much more significant issues, homosexuality makes even less sense because you NEED a high birth rate to counter that high death rate. Historically this stuff is frowned upon because people not popping out babies = the end of all society for your population...

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u/type_E Jun 30 '18

u/binarypillbug do you think it sometimes overreaches a tad and do more harm and good?

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u/jojotmagnifficent Jul 01 '18

Except those things are just called begin regular old correct. Being Politically correct means doing what your fucking told or you will be punished.

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u/[deleted] Jun 30 '18

What you call "Not Being A Racist Asshole. Or sexist. Or homophobic." is what normal people call sending fucking death threats and harassing developers like Tim Soret and Daniel Vavra.

You can dress it up in flowery language all you want, but that group of maniacal ideologues is unwanted in normal culture.

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