Dark Cloud
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Polygon is a ridiculous website. I never go there. They had their biases to a certain company and now they make pathetic articles over and over.
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Polygon: COD WWIIs diversity is nothing more than marketing
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foxdvd
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even if they are "checking the boxes" when it comes to diversity, you have to applaud any form of media that makes an effort.....It would be amazing if they could create an experience that was diversified without insulting history or the people playing the game...but I will take a game that is at least trying to be inclusive over another whites only FPS shooter game.
Primethius
Banned
This is one of those times that you simply can't defend Polygons hot take. Like holy crap, talk about terrible.
Gorilla Blade
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I lied about leaving and now I regret it inmensely.
sturgboski
Member
So like at what point does Polygon get banned? Like Chartz was banned for putting up made up information, shouldnt the same apply to Polygon?
Edit: I am not clicking the read the article but is this Kuchera, Geis, or someone else?
Edit: I am not clicking the read the article but is this Kuchera, Geis, or someone else?
My opinion : It would have been nice to see some of the different types of diverse characters supposedly in the game in the trailer itself, to show us the development staff have really thought about making that apart of their WWII portrayal in an important way for today's audience.
That being said, i think Polygon is waaay out of line on this one.
That being said, i think Polygon is waaay out of line on this one.
AlexFlame116
Member
I'm so confused about this article. What's Polygon's angle here? The game isn't even out yet and still they act like they already know the future.
Or is this just for "teh hitz"?
Or is this just for "teh hitz"?
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
Way to make your entire article pointless. This is the type of article you write after the game comes out and you whether or not the promises that lead up to it were fulfilled. Right now your just throwing rocks at nothing.
Huh?
Garrett Hawke
Member
this is especially sad because cod has been on the better end of representation and diversity since they added female soldiers to mp. their post-ghost campaigns have frequently featured women and people of colour in important roles.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Pretty much, I heard about Polygon years ago from a friend while gaming on Halo 3 on the Xbox 360 and asked him how can he read that crap.
PhantomVash808
Member
Seriously Polygon is such a garbage site. The game isn't even out yet.
ClayKavalier
Banned
How in the world did it take two people to write this?
Banjo-Kazooie
Member
Allegra Frank and Owen Good. Unfortunately I already clicked it
Yes, you read that correctly...TWO writers thought this article was acceptable!
Of course it's for the hits. What else would it be?
SirMossyBloke
Member
What a lazy as fuck article. Zero research and zero knowledge on the game.
Racists love complaining about diversity that checks boxes because it takes away opportunities from whites, or something.
Polygon, Vox and the Verge are all cut from the same kneejerk clickbait trash.
I'm shocked.
but, like, actually.
I'm shocked.
but, like, actually.
Mister Wolf
Gold Member
Now I understand why you all shit on Polygon. I see the light.
ElBoxyBrown
Banned
THIS.
Why doubt them now? I would kinda understand if they wrote this for something like a new Battlefield, which has failed to capitalize on giving people female soldiers.
Liliana Eileen
Member
Them: "LOL Polygon, who reads this trash"
You: "Xbox fans"
People: "Uh wtf?"
You: "I love my Xbox but despise Polygon"
Wat.gif
You make no sense.
Garrett Hawke
Member
eh, there were a large amount of non-white combatants in ww2. the us army alone had around 1m black soldiers. eastern and southern countries that participated in it would've been predominantly people of colour.
Welcome brother
What's even more bizarre about this is that Polygon literally published an article after the WW2 reveal that was a really nice interview with the developers (heck I made a thread about it). The article painted Sledgehammer in a really positive light, talking about how they want to make sure every exacting detail about the game is accurate and pays tribute to the shit that the 1st infantry division experienced throughout WW2.
But then they publish this right after? Sledgehammer must feel pretty damn slighted. "Hey, these guys are putting some damn work into this game and seem genuinely passionate about making something great! By the way they're all a buncha' tone-deaf white dudes who don't care about diversity or women. Or they might not be. We'll see when the game comes out."
But then they publish this right after? Sledgehammer must feel pretty damn slighted. "Hey, these guys are putting some damn work into this game and seem genuinely passionate about making something great! By the way they're all a buncha' tone-deaf white dudes who don't care about diversity or women. Or they might not be. We'll see when the game comes out."
Merchandise
Member
"This is why Trump won."
Giftofgab24
Member
Ohhhh shutup polygon. The game director for sledgehammer is blck. I might understand this article if we had played the game and seen the content, but this was a reveal. Just being outraged for the sake of being outraged.
Polygon didn't exist until 2012.
SolidSnakex
Member
What's notable there is that while Sledgehammer has confirmed there will be a number of playable characters (even though Adam's is the main), the one other specific character that they've confirmed to be playable is Rousseau. A character that this article even references
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
Seriouly? Polygon has always been a biased piece of shit site and I also own a PS3 and PS4 and I am old enough to remember all there biased articles towards the PS3. I love playing video games and hate Polygon. There biased agenda they pushed years ago earned them allot of Xbox gamers.
KeyBladerXIII
Member
Nobody cared about the emotional relation to the wife who has about 45 seconds of screentime.
Not to assume that being black means you can't be regressive/racist...
But i'm kind of shocked that Polygon didn't even take the time to look at the marketing materials of the development staff to even see who was on it to make the claim of 'all white staff'. Do they even source?
Can't wait to see how they will talk about whether CODWWII will make you experience the horrors of a concentration camp firsthand (title later changed to first person), or maybe this:
AlexFlame116
Member
Okay after reading it again I can no longer take them seriously.
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Reactionary clickbait hitpiece built on the cornerstone of cliché-yet-literal "outrage culture" from a gutter rag outlet notorious for spilling diarrhoea gaming journalism since its inception.
Sho_Nuff82
Member
That's certainly a negative way to spin an attempt at inclusion/ historical accuracy.
Polygon fishing for outrage.
Polygon fishing for outrage.
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Polygon is a fucking embarrassment.From SolidSnakex in the other thread:
Simply epic.
I'd bet people were still playing Halo 3 on Xbox 360 in 2012. In fact, at this very moment, I'd bet there are people doing it right now.
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