Woke Content Detector's Curated List of Games

[rusty_shackleford]

@Furin

I don't know your stance on foreign language games, but this is non-woke:


I'm working on a full English translation for it if you wanted to wait however. I've got about 80 hours into it so far.

[WhiteShark]

The singular they/their from back then wasn't a genderblob thing, "he/she" "he or she" was considered unwieldy by many. This non-binary crap didn't exist at all until the 10s.

Right, but "he or she" itself is a feminist invention. Formerly, one would just say "he".

[Roguey]

Right, but "he or she" itself is a feminist invention. Formerly, one would just say "he".

I can understand why referring to a woman as he would get their goat.

[Manny V]

Right, but "he or she" itself is a feminist invention. Formerly, one would just say "he".

I can understand why referring to a woman as he would get their goat.

it's not like it's intentionally calling a woman a man, it's simply:

when the sex of the person isn't specified, assume it's a dude, because dudes are the default

[Wretch]

Right, but "he or she" itself is a feminist invention. Formerly, one would just say "he".

I can understand why referring to a woman as he would get their goat.

it's not like it's intentionally calling a woman a man, it's simply:

when the sex of the person isn't specified, assume it's a dude, because dudes are the default

Human itself is feminism. We’re the race of men. Mankind.

[Kain]

- Sniper Elite 5: Male (nazi) soldiers are referred to as "them" in the singular by the protagonist. Complete insanity.

Thank the Lord, I was about to think I'm the only one who is sane around here.

[Kain]

@Furin I don't know your stance on foreign language games, but this is non-woke:


I'm working on a full English translation for it if you wanted to wait however. I've got about 80 hours into it so far.

The game is so so.
This is a Hong Kong company which was later run by feminists who hate the harem ending. Their last game has no romance option.

[rusty_shackleford]

This is a Hong Kong company

Isn't Heluo taiwanese?

[Kain]

This is a Hong Kong company

Isn't Heluo taiwanese?

香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 = Hong Kong-based Heluo Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd.

[rusty_shackleford]

This is a Hong Kong company

Isn't Heluo taiwanese?

香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 = Hong Kong-based Heluo Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Presumably it's based in HK for publishing reasons.

Stephanie Yishuan Lu - Game Story Designer

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Heluo Interactive Entertainment. Sep 2019 - Present 5 years 5 months. Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan

Wei-Sin Huang - Lead Game Designer - HELUO (HK) ...

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台灣 臺北市 台北 · Lead Game Designer · HELUO (HK) LIMITED
HELUO (HK) LIMITED. 2020年4月 - 目前4 年10 個月. Taipei, Taipei City, Taiwan.

[Wretch]

This is a Hong Kong company

Isn't Heluo taiwanese?

香港商河洛互動娛樂股份有限公司 = Hong Kong-based Heluo Interactive Entertainment Co., Ltd.

Are you riceborn?

[Kain]

Presumably it's based in HK for publishing reasons.

I see. The name is miss-leading.
Taiwan is under heavy Western influence, so that explains their recent behaviors.
If you want good non-woke games, it's best to seek those made by main land companies.

[Kain]

This is the Google Sheet version of Woke Content Detector's full list of games.

I'm not an expert when it comes to Excel/Google Sheets so feedback regarding formatting is welcome.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

Black Desert: a bunch of girl bosses + Middle East theme girl warriors in heavy armor.
You can flirt with same-sex NPC and give them gifts.

Nioh 2: your character is referred to as they/them.

Maybe not very woke but still quite a bore.

[pillbox]

Black Desert: a bunch of girl bosses + Middle East theme girl warriors in heavy armor.
You can flirt with same-sex NPC and give them gifts.

Nioh 2: your character is referred to as they/them.

Maybe not very woke but still quite a bore.

Nioh 2 uses they/them because your character is custom and can be male or female.Team Ninja is cheap and decided on a one size fits all approach rather than separate he/she text based on what the player chose. Same reason your mother in the DLC calls you "my child" rather than "my son" or "my daughter".

[Jordy]

What is a variable?

[Kain]

Nioh 2 uses they/them because your character is custom and can be male or female.Team Ninja is cheap and decided on a one size fits all approach rather than separate he/she text based on what the player chose. Same reason your mother in the DLC calls you "my child" rather than "my son" or "my daughter".

Team Ninja is woke. Like all Western game developers.

[rusty_shackleford]

Nioh 2 uses they/them because your character is custom and can be male or female.Team Ninja is cheap and decided on a one size fits all approach rather than separate he/she text based on what the player chose. Same reason your mother in the DLC calls you "my child" rather than "my son" or "my daughter".

Team Ninja is woke. Like all Western game developers.

japan, notable western country

[Kain]

japan, notable western country

They are pretty much the US's *******. But I stand corrected.

[Faceless_Sentinel]

japan, notable western country

They are pretty much the US's *******. But I stand corrected.

I'll go further and say: a colony of the us.

[rustys-name-is-kumar]

whats more offensive about nioh/nioh 2 is that the game itself sucks

anytime someone says the combat in those games is great their nose should grow abruptly like a spear and possibly take out someone's eye

[Kain]

whats more offensive about nioh/nioh 2 is that the game itself sucks

anytime someone says the combat in those games is great their nose should grow abruptly like a spear and possibly take out someone's eye

Which games have great combat in your opinion?

[rustys-name-is-kumar]

Which games have great combat in your opinion?

dragons dogma

[DagothGeas5]

I wanted to share this one as I have not seen it in the list. It is the same creators that made Vampyr and, though I really liked Vampyr as a game and wanted to try this one, the black woman on the cover immediately made me suspicious as she, not only is a female and is black, but does have that same "girl boss" presence I saw in other works.


This is what I found that spoke of it:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/1493640/ ... 807424124/

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: Yes but there is much more than simply being a "woke" game and I think you could give it a try or at least look further into into if you're interested.
To be brief, the game has a very good atmosphere, and the dialogues are very well written too. The thing that may bother you, is that there are quite a number of gay couples, or "girl bosses", certainly more than I would expect from a story happening in this time period.

There are also some word changing, like a church being called a meetinghouse. I'm an atheist and even I can be bothered by it but hey, I can overlook this.

One thing I don't enjoy in the game is the combat, so if the quality of it is very important to you I'd honestly look elsewhere. It is repetitive, kind of boring really, and about 6 enemies throughout the whole game.

I still haven't finished it (playing on another platform) but overall, I'd rank it a nice 7.
If you are looking at this for atmosphere, I'd recommend you Alone in the Dark. Another 7 out of 10 but for me much better.

Meetinghouse is actually a proper term even for that time period, instead of "church" because that building was used for both religious purposes, and for non religious purposes for public meetings. My family has letters and journals from our ancestors dating back to the 1600s in the Colonial area and they used the word "meetinghouse" often. The term "meetinghouse" actually did originate around the 1600s in Colonial America, they used those buildings for religious meetings and for the public meetings.

I'd say slightly.

The main female character and sometimes the male one point out the injustice/imbalance that women face at the time, which is narratively reasonable.

If homosexuality offends you, there are references to a few lesbian couples in the game. Might be seen by some as a bit over the top to have it pop up as a recurring theme, but it never felt excessive or 'agenda preachy' to me.

My only gripe would be that the main female character on occasion will treat men who have done horrible things with disdain, but women who have done horrible things are treated with a bit more sympathy. Personally I only experienced this in an excessive preachy way a single time. It soured the moment for me but not the game. It was in keeping with the character however so there is atleast consistency.

Overall unless you are extremely sensitive to woke media conceptually, I'd say the content of the game when viewed through the lense of historical context and the nature of the characters, it's not very problematic and shouldn't spoil the game for you.

It's a very good story worth playing and none of the stuff mentioned here ruined the experience for me.

Seems like overall it is a good narrative and game, suffering from the same issues with repetitive combat Vampyr had (that are not an issue for me but it is good to know) but it all falls apart if it has "women can do no wrong", lesbians and women everywhere, black people without context for the time period it is supposedly in, and other such idiocies.

[Tangerine]

Yes but there is much more than simply being a "woke" game and I think you could give it a try

This comes off like trying to convince a toddler to eat over-boiled vegetables.

[ArcaneLurker]

This is the Google Sheet version of Woke Content Detector's full list of games.

I'm not an expert when it comes to Excel/Google Sheets so feedback regarding formatting is welcome.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/ ... edit#gid=0

Black Desert: a bunch of girl bosses + Middle East theme girl warriors in heavy armor.
You can flirt with same-sex NPC and give them gifts.

Nioh 2: your character is referred to as they/them.

Maybe not very woke but still quite a bore.

viewtopic.php?p=205276-assassin-s-creed ... 2#p205276

[Furin]

Nioh 2: your character is referred to as they/them.

Are you sure?

From what I've seen, the player character is referred to in dialogue either as "Hiddy" or "you."

The "Tale of Nioh" screens appear to use the proper male/female pronouns depending on whether the player character is male or female.

Female player character is referred to as "her" and "daughter":


Male player character is referred to as "him" and "son":

[Furin]

@Furin I don't know your stance on foreign language games, but this is non-woke:


I'm working on a full English translation for it if you wanted to wait however. I've got about 80 hours into it so far.

In general, the list is for the English version of games.

If there isn't an official English translation/Western localization, there isn't an easy way for me to scrutinize the story and dialogue without having to rely on potentially inaccurate fan translations/machine translations.

Though, I will concede, I've seen official translations/English localizations of many Asian games that appear to just be machine translations.

Still, at least it's "official." The point is, it's the words that an English player will see when he/she downloads and plays the game on Steam.

For non-English games/localizations, I can make note of anything I can verify without needing to speak/read the language (such as the presence of the "Gender star" in the German version of Conscript which is not present in the English version).

[Kain]

Nioh 2: your character is referred to as they/them.

Are you sure?

From what I've seen, the player character is referred to in dialogue either as "Hiddy" or "you."

The "Tale of Nioh" screens appear to use the proper male/female pronouns depending on whether the player character is male or female.

Female player character is referred to as "her" and "daughter":


Male player character is referred to as "him" and "son":

Read the ingame character description.

[Furin]

Read the ingame character description.

Found it. Thanks!

I'll update the review.

[Furin]

Black Desert: a bunch of girl bosses + Middle East theme girl warriors in heavy armor.
You can flirt with same-sex NPC and give them gifts.

Thanks! I've updated Black Desert as well.