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[no spoilers] Has liberal authoritarianism destroyed gaming as we know it? Serious discussion (self.masseffect)

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For the past 2 years, we've gone through flop after flop in the gaming world. We can lazily attribute this to hasty development and hardlined release dates, but could there be an ever larger contributing factor to why games are so terrible lately?

First, let's take a look at some amazing games that are still played today, despite being out for 2 or more years. Witcher 3 and Grand Theft Auto 5 for example, took a lot of heat for not being PC. The developers of these games were attacked with threats and insults because the story within their games was "misogynistic" and "homophobic". Many main stream review websites attacked these games for being inherently patriarchal. The infamous Gamespot Review of GTA5 comes to mind; a transexual reviewer refused to give GTA a 10 because the story and dialogue were not "PC enough". That same reviewer gave the game Gone Home a 10; a $20.00 game with bland gameplay that can be beaten in under 10 minutes.

Despite both GTA5 and W3 having a great story and incredible gameplay, they were widely critized for not being PC enough. Because of this, games that have been released lately appear to be tiptoeing around a lot of sensitive issues, and as a result, we have been given bland stories and gender neutral main character dialogue. Even Fallout 4, a great shooter packed with tons of content, has a montonous PC main story. For this reason, Fallout 4 will never be remembered like it's predecessor, Skyrim.

My whole point here is that developers seem to be putting sensitive PC issues at the forefront of their development process. They try and make their game cater to everyone, and as a result, we are given boring storylines, bland characters, and repetitive gameplay. We know that the fascist left can be intimidating, with their reputation for ruining the careers of people who don't agree with their agenda through social media assassination, but this tip-toeing is ruining games. Triple A games are becoming more and more like cell phone games and it's 100% the result of liberal authoritarianism in my estimation.

When was the last time a memorable video game character captured our hearts and minds? Ezio Auditore, Mario, Geralt, Thrall, Link, even the retro Lara Croft, are all history now. These days, we can't have a great character that embarks on a memorable adventure with extrodinary villains and romatic love interests. No, we can't have those things anymore because it might offend someone.

What are your thoughts?

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[–]51127334 11 ポイント12 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Jesus Christ. This is what happens when the_donald users leave their parent's basement.

[–]justaregularguy01 7 ポイント8 ポイント  (5子コメント)

Yes, it was the eeeeeeeeevil SJWs that spent all of their time ensuring that you personally didn't enjoy games so much. It's your punishment for being a white male.

[–]Belrox[S] -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

And you are missing the point. Whatever, that's your opinion

[–]Garrusdolphins3 6 ポイント7 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Has liberal authoritarianism destroyed gaming as we know it?

No.

That same reviewer gave the game Gone Home a 10; a $20.00 game with bland gameplay that can be beaten in under 10 minutes.

Because some of us thought Gone Home was a moving and thoughtful game and liked it.

We know that the fascist left can be intimidating

[rolls eyes]

When was the last time a memorable video game character captured our hearts and minds? Ezio Auditore, Mario, Geralt, Thrall, Link, even the retro Lara Croft, are all history now

Krem, Dorian, Steve Cortez, new Lara Croft, Aloy, Morrigan, Zevran. Also, the idea that Mario, Thrall, and Link are history is ludicrous considering they are all still part of game franchises that are continuing. The Breath of the Wild just came out, for fuck's sake! Ezio was just commemorated in his Ezio Trilogy rerelease. Geralt was in the Witcher 3, which was euphorically celebrated. Really the only one there that is truly gone is retro Lara Croft, and I like the new Lara Croft more anyways.

These days, we can't have a great character that embarks on a memorable adventure with extrodinary villains and romatic love interests. No, we can't have those things anymore because it might offend someone

We still do have these things. You just seem to not like them because they try to also provide some of those to those of us who aren't straight, white males.

What are your thoughts?

This has nothing to do with Mass Effect.

[–]Belrox[S] [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

It has everything to do with Mass Effect. The game we have so far has no flavor. At least it didn't offend or hurt your feelings though

[–]Crazycrossing 2 ポイント3 ポイント  (0子コメント)

Are you mentally ill? Seriously this is the stupidest thing I've ever read and I hope that this could only be written by someone unhinged.

[–]B_Huij 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Interesting take. I will say I agree that major game companies get a TON of flak every time someone decides they're not PC enough... so they compensate and people find new ways to attack them. People criticized Mass Effect for having way too sexualized female characters. Andromeda is criticized for having characters that aren't good looking enough.

One half whines that you can't have gay relationships with [insert character here] but when Dragon Age makes everyone bisexual so anyone can romance anyone, people freak out that it's not realistic and it's just pandering.

I think game companies would do well to ignore the people screaming that their games aren't PC enough, and just make a game as well as they can. There will be ridiculous criticism no matter what you do.

[–]PathfinderAstrosimi 0 ポイント1 ポイント  (1子コメント)

You're assigning to malice what can easily be assigned to mediocrity.

[–]WrexCaptain_Vit -2 ポイント-1 ポイント  (2子コメント)

Yep.

[–]Belrox[S] -3 ポイント-2 ポイント  (1子コメント)

Can you tell me why you agree? Is there something I haven't touched on in my post?

[–]WrexCaptain_Vit -1 ポイント0 ポイント  (0子コメント)

You have to understand that AAA games have publishers hanging over their heads. Video game industry is called an industry for a reason. It makes what sells. Right now the PC culture is what sells best because it's trending. Once it passes in a few years and an equilibrium between radical left and right is reached, this trend will go away.

There are still plenty of games out there that are not necessarily PC. AAA market has huge money going around, and developers can't afford to take risks. Same thing with Hollywood.

Edit: Also you're on reddit. Posts like this won't fly well mate. "Educate yourself" and all that.