Glad you agree Laieon. It got progressively worse over the past year or so.Too much with the this game doesn't include/misrepresents LGBT people or this game doesn't include every single ethnic minority/race of people so its offensive.
I get times have moved on but stop forgetting about the fundamental reasons we play games and not the minor things eg sexual orientation of a character.
I didn't play Sonic 2 in 94 thinking why isn't Sonic Green?why is he a male and not an option for him to be female?
Or silent Hill 2 in 2001 thinking why is James Sunderland looking for his wife Mary and not a husband called Martin.
What is the world coming to...its a strange life my friend.believe me.
Rant over..apologies for the long post
Back in the day, I used to constantly push the issue that minorities weren't well represented in games. I personally just wanted to see more options as far as creating a player, avatar, etc. I wanted to see a variety of appearances in games like Infamous, or Resistance. This was around the time when a lot of characters fell into the, "shaved head, low haircut, generic looking guy.
There were still games that were unique. A clever well designed female lead, different leads of games....Primal, Sleeping Dogs are just a couple of examples. Different without making a huge deal.
NOW, flood gates have opened but not in exactly a positive way. You have ALL shapes and sizes, genders and sexual interests which seems to be the main focus for some. Be damned if the game is any good, it better have representation of everything under the sun and some that haven't even been thought of yet.
I realized that the idea was lost once it became a big deal to have transgender representation IN OUTER SPACE with ALIENS in THE FUTURE. Why in the world would that be a focus? You have aliens that have no gender at all, but there must be representation still or it is offensive?
And I sometimes STILL can't make a character that looks like me., because I don't have some weird ass haircut and don't wear strange clothes.
I feel this way about the popularity of games, growing up I wished more people were into games. I definitely got my wish, but at what cost? Influencers and bullshit like that. Twitchers and whatnot being involved IN games. Online play full of swearing 8 year olds that do nothing but say random racist words for whatever reason.
Indie games that look like someone took a crap on the screen(or look "retro" for some reason...laziness) and get pushed to high heaven.
It feels like gaming has been taken over by a different audience, maybe as a whole...it's not for me anymore.
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