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 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.

I feel like I'm somewhere in between people calling everything woke, and people yelling at people calling everything woke. (Hopefully that doesnt get me banned here). The above "anti-woke is pro bigotry, anti-antifa is pro-facism" I completely disagree with (at least the 2nd part), but no need to get super political here.

For me personally, there are some games that go to far, and Concord was one of those for me. However, having a female lead is awesome. Having a black/PoC lead is awesome. Mix it up. Make it historically accurate. Whatever, its all good. I'm not vocal about it (this is probably as vocal as I've gotten about it), but I wont buy games that push values I don't think are healthy, or are adamantly against my religious beliefs (which is a whole separate thing, not related to the woke stuff). Everyone has their own personal limits for stuff. My guess is some people wouldnt buy a super Christian game (if a good one ever got made) that pushed mainline Christian values.

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

A big reason for "DEI", whatever that means, is to push for more creativity. Telling more kinds of stories, making more kinds of characters, instead of treading the same few that always get told. They're not at odds.

"Whatever that means", followed by an explanation of the goal?...  How can you know the goal if you don't know what it means?

Accuracy and creativity can severely clash at times. Heavily suggesting DEI be implemented when accuracy is the goal could obviously be a problem.

Those who are totally against DEI anywhere at all, and those who are totally for it everywhere always, are being ridiculous.

Being opposed to someone who is opposed to fascism is just being pro-fascist. I get you don't feel that way, because you think of antifa as some kind of organization that you think has done bad things, but that's not what antifa means. 

What exactly about Concord "went too far"?

A big reason for "DEI", whatever that means, is to push for more creativity. Telling more kinds of stories, making more kinds of characters, instead of treading the same few that always get told. They're not at odds.

Concord - The lead designer who made a lot of comments was a big put off. Pushing a pro-trans agenda to a game that will go out to kids is also something I disagree with. I know its a hot button issue and many here will not agree with me. But I believe it puts kids on a bad path where suicide rates are through the roof. (The reasons for such can be debated). I sympathize greatly with kids on that path, and believe they need help, but not the kind the kind they are getting. From what I've seen many countries in Europe are starting to come around to this way of thinking as well. 

What exactly about Concord was "pushing a pro-trans agenda"? 

One character WAS trans, others had they/them pronouns, others "undecided".