Bing_xiLim wrote: ↑
August 12th, 2024, 12:47
I'm a zoomer (24) so I don't mind studios being a bit "progressive". But it is a problem when things go from being "progressive" to tokenism, virtue signalling, forced diversity/inclusion, high levels of faggotry etc. Basically, when a "new" culture seems hellbent on eradicating previously established, well-accepted norms/culture.
Admittedly, I feel like I'm too young and know too little about the history of gaming and how far things have declined (at least in the triple A sphere) to make bold, confident statements on **** like this. And it also doesn't help that a lot of other zoomers and progressives effectively cultivate and encourage a hivemind-behaviour of acceptance and normalization of the current social climate.
But I digress. BioWare seems to have further leaned into this woke nonsense, and I dread to think what **** they've cooked up.
That's perfectly alright. It's not really about the history of gaming, so to speak. The central problem aside from wokeism is that developers are too used to coast by on pretty graphics alone, so the writing has gone to ****.
If you look at older games you'll notice that the graphics were ***. Not because the developers were lazy but simply because the technology was limited. So writers had to write good stories to keep players engaged. The writing, mechanics and general storytelling served as the basis on which consumers forgave the fact that games were, in short, less than "cinematic".
Now the trend has reversed: Great graphics are used to excuse ****** writing, mechanics and storytelling. Many games are basically movies or walking simulators that grudgingly have gameplay elements in them. It's a symptom of apathy and profound laziness. That's why many game devs only seem to get excited when they can shove their own **** into the game; they're no longer interested in the craft of writing. Appeal to their own personal interests and issues is all that matters to them anymore.
That's one half of why wokeism is so cancerous in gaming nowadays: These ******* have effectively infested the gaming sector. The other half is that it's a perfect excuse for their laziness.
Gamers aren't telling them to go **** themselves because their games are overpriced garbage, no siree. It's because the protagonist is a black disabled lesbians and everyone who doesn't like the game is a white istophobic incel or something.
This also extends to TV and movies. Disney's crap like The Acolyte is a stellar example. Wooden acting, nepotistic casting, horrible writing and ******** all over the lore are all part of this turd.
But Harvey Weinstein's former assistant had the foresight to cast a black girl as the protagonist so the series gets shielded from all criticism.
