There’s this aura among certain people, usually the neurodivergent, where they believe that whatever is valued in their microcosm is what should be valued everywhere else. They think that any controversy is automatically solved in their favor. They get visibly upset whenever anything is successful that doesn’t align with their agenda. To them, it’s not about balance. It’s not about diversity or variety. It’s about attacking anyone who disagrees with them until… well, they don’t stop. It’s incessant. They will brow-beat and tantrum-throw until they get what they want.
These people need to be put back in line. They don’t actually care about the art they corrupt; most of them don’t even play the games they criticize. Instead, it’s about pushing their agenda and making sure anyone who goes against it is silenced (censored.)
It’s up to us, the regular people, to see things for what they are. They will try to drag us down rabbit holes. Their entire goal in life is to make people losers like them so they don’t feel so bad about being failures. You know, misery loves company and all that.
It’s sad this is what happened to the digital sphere. It’s shown me that the slippery slope isn’t a fallacy when applied to people with an agenda. They never wanted “equality.” They always wanted superiority. “Equality” was just a guise they hid under to gain legitimacy, and now that they have it they aren’t stopping.
Glad I didn’t waste my money on this hamstrung garbage. I’m glad old games still hold up to this day and are better than most of the trite put out by modern “developers.” Really puts into perspective who the good artists are, and who just wants to corrupt other people’s art for their own gain.
It’s fine to have gay representation. Even trans representation is acceptable. The problem is that these people want it to be “preferable” to play the game as a gay or transperson. It’s why they praise queer characters but shun any attractive females. They want sex only to sell to “their” people and no one else. It’s an agenda, but thankfully it hasn’t been too successful in changing the landscape.
While it’s unfortunate we get these bad games instead of good ones, I’m glad they’re being panned accordingly for the drivel that they are.
Dragon Age: Origins is still one of my favorite game of all time. Really wish we could’ve had a whole series of them, but oh well. At least we got shit.
Dragon Age: Origins is still one of my favorite game of all time. Really wish we could’ve had a whole series of them, but oh well. At least we got shit.
Mine too. So SURELY you must be aware of the ownership changes that took place the between origins and DA2 that made it a stinkhole?
Spoiler- they were acquired. It’s been some years since i looked until specifics but DA2 was never meant to be it’s own game but a DLC until EA forced it’s publication. DA:I recovered somewhat but still wasn’t the game i fell in love with, and not because of diversity.
The reality is that game studios release good games, get bought out, and quality takes a nosedive. It happens time and time again.
This feels like bait but as a dragon age/me nerd gonna respond.
Didn’t finish veilguard or andromeda due to writing. Did not feel it was ruined due to a perceived pandering or “sjw” lol
The dragon age and mass effect decline are the same thing you see in games too often. Successful series, corporate meddling/ want for broader audience, alienation of core fan base/ core creators leave.
Leaving a product that feels like a fanfiction of the original BECAUSE IT IS. None of those og people work there anymore
DAI has some sparks. That cast and character writing holds its own imo. Cassandra is a wonderful character.
Also, you sound like an absolute judgmental piece of shit who can’t articulate your dislike beyond sjw like a toddler.
Also, you sound like an absolute judgmental piece of shit who can’t articulate your dislike
Irony.
These people need to be put back in line.
Help, minorities fight for representation. They should remain in the closet to validate my fragile ego
They don’t actually care about the art they corrupt;
Please keep my games cis-hetero mostly white please, I dont want to be reminded of other people decisions in life or that these people exist
… it’s about pushing their agenda and making sure anyone and making sure anyone who goes against it is silenced (censored)
What do you mean I cant be a racist and get away with it? Quick Elon, censor these accounts!
Their entire goal is to make people loser like them, so they don’t feel bad about being failures
(Just a straight up confession, like every accusation always is. The Tinder account probably isnt running so hot right now…)
Yeah, the problem is people like you are too far gone.
It’s like, you’re incapable of even reading my words for what they are. You replace them with what you want to see because what you actually see is something you don’t like.
You’re exactly the kind of person I’m referring to that supports the decisions that makes these games worse.
My man is hurting internally. Let him lash out at all people with melanin like his heroes.
Kidding of course dudes unhinged lol
I’m not sure if this is the right place. Lemmy as a whole I mean. It’s really lefty, and by that I mean internet lefty.
But I agree. I wish they would just come up with different IP instead of using old ones. At least when they made starfield, you could ignore how bland it was because it wasn’t attached to a franchise. And it didn’t tank the ES franchise going forward. Harder to do with Dragon Age.
as a straight white male i enjoy the diversity in games. no one is forcing you to do anything you are uncomfortable with, they just want to be comfatable as well.
I also enjoy diversity in games.
The problem is that there isn’t really diversity. They remove the attractive female options but keep or add attractive male ones.
That’s not diversity. It’s an agenda.
If you want “straight representation”, you’ve had your pick of games with that for over four decades, arguably five.
People don’t get mad because you “point it out”, they get mad because you’re wrong and too smug to see it.
So u go on about diversity then u say that people who are not represented and are having their representation removed should just go somewhere else. This is exactly the same rhetoric as trump uses against the “wokes” and immigrants. Their are very few personality traits I hate but hypocrisy is definitely one of em.
That’s ridiculous. For decades it was nothing but straight representation and now there’s a few with anything different you complain that you can underrepresented? Much strong, very alpha, “real man”.
I mean, you’re just proving my point that you don’t want equality. You want superiority.
Why are you against having both in games? Why does it have to be one or the other?
and now there’s a few with anything different you complain that you can underrepresented
Oh I see! You have a fundamental misunderstanding of my argument. Here, let me clarify for you. You see, I’m not saying there’s a problem with “anything different.” The problem is that it’s coming at a cost to what was there before. This is what I mean by “they remove the attractive female options but keep or add attractive male ones” and “they don’t want equality; they want superiority.”
I have no issue with more diverse representation in games, especially RPGs where we’re supposed to immerse ourselves. The issue I have is that it’s being seen as a “bad” thing to have attractive females for “regular” people like we’ve had “for decades.”
Characters like Morrigan just wouldn’t fly in today’s landscape, and that’s an issue (to me.)
So, you’re saying I should just accept that straight-representation is a “thing of the past?”
You admit you don’t actually want equality? You want superiority?
you’re wrong and too smug to see it.
Err… wrong about what? I was arguing that there was a lack of straight-representation, but you’re here agreeing with me.
Straight representation isn’t a “thing of the past”, it’s alive and well. If you’re going to attempt a straw man fallacy your going to have to twist my words without breaking the meaning.
if it’s “alive and well,” then why did you try to make the argument that I have decades of older games to play instead?
Is it “alive and well” in the new Dragon Age? I don’t think so, personally.
