Man, I just wanna enjoy my video games in peace

[Mnementh]

DekutheEvilClown said:

curl-6 said:

Yeah politics has gotten ridiculous, whether its Star Wars Outlaws being allegedly woke cos it has a female lead, or Stellar Blade being "misogynist/alt right" cos the main character is sexy, it's always some bullshit with almost every big release now. Some games do deserve it to be fair, but in most cases its just trolls looking for any excuse to dunk on something.

Not everything needs to be about team red vs team blue, but some people are so consumed by fanatical allegiance to their ideology that they see absolutely everything as a battleground where they must aggressively force their views on others. It sucks.

95% of hate campaigns in video games come from the right. Trying to both-sides the discussion is not really helpful. Even a game like Stellar Blade that got some pushback didn’t have any real sustained campaign against it. I didn’t see any review bombing, I don’t think the actress that played Eve got death threats and YouTube is not filled with ragebait videos about it.

I know your discussion with curl came to a conclusion. But I want to add something here. Attacking the fence sitters is never helpful. Fence sitting is the normal reaction to a topic, especially if you don't know much about it. People have complicated life, they cannot invest energy to explore every topic. If I asked you about Unit 731 or Unequal treaties chances are that you never before heard of it and probably don't care much or try to stay out of it. That is normal. Treating the fence sitters not with disdain gives you the opportunity that over time and the people learning more about the issue they take your stance. Attacking them means they are unlikely to ever join forces with you. So stop attacking fence sitters. Sometimes these are people that after a full workweek just want to play a game to relax and really don't want to dive into the topics surrounding it.