BraLoD said:
Sadly everywhere were news about the game are posted I see a very decent share of the posts revolving around the world "woke". Be it official Sony/Playstation posts on social media or reddit threads, youtube videos and streams, everywhere it already is a decent amount of the "feedback" the game is getting. Saw some people getting questioned what about the game was supposedly woke or if it was just because the protagonist was a woman, and them those idiots went on to rant about the game being a DLC of the original, or other made up in the spot shit to try to justify them hating on a woman when they get called out. I even just learned what was DEI and Sweet Baby Inc because those are already mantras being passed on to hate on the game "wokiness", to the point I can guarantee most come from a very few same places where this is being pushed. Funny enough, Ghost of Tsushima was the game being used to stir hate on TLoU2 on big youtube channels back in the day, sadly channels I got to know because of that. GoT was a kind of counter argument about what a good videogame was used to hate on another Sony exclusive, TLoU2, and now GoY is being hated... just because the protagist is a woman now too. I watched the recording of Asmongold live reaction of the SoP, and it had a mostly very good reception, aside from Horizon remaster that is, up until they realized GoY protagonist was a woman, than his chat turned into a shitshow. He spent a good few minutes reading all the posts after the SoP livestream finished, and it was overwhelmingly dominated by that. First I think he was making fun of his chat, I still think that to a degree, but the video ends without it being clear, but it was crystal clear the unnanimous hate about a woman being the new main lead in the sequel. You can check for yourself any kind of comment section on any social media, threads or videos about the game, it's already one of, if not the, major points of "discussion". @The -pi-guy I hope you can get tagged too, sorry if not. |
I think a lot of the 'woke' talk is simply because most were expecting a continuation of Jin's story, and the fact that they went another direction, and chose a woman instead of a man for that new direction, automatically makes those people wonder if it's DEI at play instead of creativity.
Now to add to that fire, AC Shadows was supposed to have a big showing soon and won't be, and apparently has been delayed. That game has got a ton of flak already, some due to what's seen as DEI at play, some due to Ubi saying this game is going to be super accurate yet the fans are finding many flaws, and recent events were just another blow.
So the fact that GoY shows up now, with a woman as the main character, it makes those people feel even stronger that this is due to DEI and not creativity. I've even seen it being compared to TLOU and TLOU2, since those are both SNY studios, where they're pointing out how typical the original was and how woke the sequel was. The assumption being GoT to GoY will be the same thing.
The fact of the matter is SP are going to have to prove themselves with GoY, and if it turns out being what the kids call "based" today, then it will sell great just like GoT did, but if there is a bit of what's perceived to be DEI in the game, beyond the female lead, it's going to get thrashed on release.
I personally am guessing that SP is going to stick closely to the GoT formula and that the only 'woke' type difference would be the female lead character, which will just make it a typical story then, no wokeness. People didn't see Aloy in HZD as woke, because there wasn't anything else in the game to really lead you believe DEI was at play. Assuming the GoY story is good, and they've improved the gameplay and mechanics, it will be just fine.
