About the NPC: middle eastern would fit the european setting but not a black dude? lol
He has the blue aura around him, so who knows his real color
In the Remake he is definately black tho (too lazy to put a screenshot here, but you can watch it on Youtube for yourself)
Eh, yes. Middle Eastern would fit in a European setting, if you know your history and geography.
Even as early as during the Viking Age, Vikings from Norway travelled all the way to Istanbul and were royal guards there. That said "middle eastern" is usually in its essence "white" and it's a difference that overall doesn't make sense in a grand European context. These terms are overall american terms, seeped in a racial prejudice of the past.
So they've changed him in the remake? Why? I'd have hoped they'd introduce new characters rather than spending time changing up characters. I would like to add that I didn't subscribe to the reasoning of the person you first responded to, so I'd love if you didn't seemingly ascribe it to me. My only shock was the discrepancy between what we know from Demon's Souls original and your statement that said person was black. I'm European, so I haven't got a PS5 yet, thus I would have no idea why you'd think the person was black.
I don't think that word means what you think it means.
Also, Orwell is rolling over in his grave at the thought of his book 1984 being compared to changing male/female to A/B. This is not the kind of thing he was trying to warn about in his books. No one is forcing you to consume this media.
It literally does, though, meaning your reply is a further mystery.
"Dystopian" means either describing a dystopia OR relating to a dystopia. It's also often attributed as "grim" or "dark", as per the overall view of what a dystopia entails.
Also, I wasn't speaking in only the context of the game itself individually, but about the wider patterns of cognitive dissonance. George Orwell himself noticed this dissonance amongst his own on the left during his time (and what was perceived as being left), which is what inspired him in regards to writing 1984. There's even letters detailing this.
George Orwell in his own time was trying to make his own predictions on how society would potentially develop and there were many things he tried to warn about.
It's interesting to see you say that Orwell would "roll over in his grave", but even that isn't necessarily important, because the point is the concepts and ideas. Not whether they serve Orwell's own interests exactly. Displaying a higher level of understanding would entail deconstructing and analysing different parts of a text. Not merely utilizing them in the context of the author's intent.
Crestfallen Warrior is black now. I don't know why it was brought up as if it contradicted my point. If anything it makes my case stronger.
It was brought up because I'm European and it made no sense to me as a Demon's Souls veteran. It wasn't an attempt to contradict your point, just as a weird disrepancy as PS5 isn't available here until 19th. So they've racially changed a character for no reason, lol. Also, nah, it doesn't make your case stronger. The strong case is for a character creator to randomize its characters. There's no reason to have any "default", whether it's a black or a white or an asian person. There's no logic behind "Crestfallen warrior is the first guy you meet, thus default should be black".
Because the gameplay was already good from the original. BP have improved it with rock solid 60fps. The graphics and sound add to the experience
Sorry, I love Demon's Souls, but it definitely wasn't perfect (I generally put DeS, DaS and BB on the same level, ahead of the others). Otherwise why would the later Souls game exist? Bosses were immensly improved from later titles onwards, though possibly a bit too far in term of avoiding puzzle bosses. Levels I'd personally say were slightly weaker in later titles (and most would probably disagree with me, as they generally love Dark Souls 1 in that regard). Overall combat, improved in later titles. From Grass to Estus, there's some contention, but overall most of fandom think Estus > Grass.
Seeing the review thread, where it's currently beating Dark Souls in metacritic score, tells me that either it was all a way down from Demon's Souls (which makes no sense considering the overall Souls community's concensus) or the scores are definitely overdone for a pretty much straight remake. Either due to next-gen hype or just the graphical spectacle (and my opinion is that graphics are a smaller part of a score for a game).
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