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Dishonored 2 to feature prominent LGBT characters
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wild wild rice
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Permanently A
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I think he's just saying he doesn't want more Letishas. I don't think anyone wants that.
Get_craycray
Banned
Eeeeeh, it's good I guess ¯\_(ツ
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Personally, I don't really care what they are as long as they're not Aiden Pearce.
_/¯Personally, I don't really care what they are as long as they're not Aiden Pearce.
abstract alien
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Now they care lol
Because if a writer tells you that the history he's writing as LGBT characters when asked, it must mean that it's always shoehorned in, because idiots like you will always think that.
Permanently A
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Yeah probably. I mean, you're an assassin with supernatural powers.
Monocle
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I hope all the women are redesigned to have sweet racks. You might as well give players something nice to look at, unless you're trying to pander to feminists or whatever by making them well written and plain looking.
The important thing is for the devs not to make it weird or artificial when women speak up and make decisions. Like if they're wearing glasses and trying to sound smart. It's like, who are you trying to fool here?
Finale Fireworker
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I love this! This is great news!
Dishonored 2 was already one of my most hyped games of the year. Stuff like this only sweetens the deal. That's so awesome.
This is a point of view you need to abandon immediately. You don't need justification to include a LGBT character. Or a black character. Or a female character. Insisting there needs to be "a reason" for these characters means you don't think they should be there, or they don't deserve to be as common as the standard heteronormative white male offerings. You are saying that there is a standard you don't think should be deviated from unless there is "a reason."
You don't need a reason to have diverse representation. Diverse representation IS your reason.
Dishonored 2 was already one of my most hyped games of the year. Stuff like this only sweetens the deal. That's so awesome.
This is a point of view you need to abandon immediately. You don't need justification to include a LGBT character. Or a black character. Or a female character. Insisting there needs to be "a reason" for these characters means you don't think they should be there, or they don't deserve to be as common as the standard heteronormative white male offerings. You are saying that there is a standard you don't think should be deviated from unless there is "a reason."
You don't need a reason to have diverse representation. Diverse representation IS your reason.
Sorry members of the LGBT community, but you are all just part of a fad, doomed to fade into obscurity. If you could all just quietly disperse to the nearest closet, that'd be great.
Games must only feature white, straight, cis males unless the game is specifically about something else!
I would like to know what a non-shoehorned LGBT character is supposed to be to these people. What is supposed to be the correct time a character can be gay?
I really don't get why we need to "shoehorn" people's sexuality into games, i mean it should not be a defining trait of a character whether he is a straight or not, and when they announce that they are going to have a bunch of prominent LGBT characters in the game just makes me think of a bunch of Tim Curries walking around.
Note that i don't really care if the devs want to add gay characters into their games but in many cases i just don't see how that is relevant to the actual game.
Note that i don't really care if the devs want to add gay characters into their games but in many cases i just don't see how that is relevant to the actual game.
Confused Cheeseburger
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Disaffected straight gamer is disaffected.
Good, I'm happy to hear this.
I hope they're well written- but I hope that for every character. At some point, we're going to need to accept badly written LGBT and female characters along as they aren't offensive. Adding some sort of scrutiny to them is pretty silly- well, as long as there's nothing offensive.
People need to get as comfortable with inserting women, LGBT characters and different races into roles as they can. If we badger any given example for not being well written we won't get anywhere.
I hope they're well written- but I hope that for every character. At some point, we're going to need to accept badly written LGBT and female characters along as they aren't offensive. Adding some sort of scrutiny to them is pretty silly- well, as long as there's nothing offensive.
People need to get as comfortable with inserting women, LGBT characters and different races into roles as they can. If we badger any given example for not being well written we won't get anywhere.
Anything not featuring white, straight, cisgender men is just pandering. Donald Trump said it, so it must be true.
E_Darkness
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I was going to buy this just because Corvo is finally a character in this and he is just Garrett. I mean if this is what sells more people on buying Dishonoured 2 then neat.
A badly written character is still a badly written character. Then again Kratos is popular so I don't understand people.
A badly written character is still a badly written character. Then again Kratos is popular so I don't understand people.
Didn't they confirm that the Rasputin-lookalike from the first game was going to be in the second one, too? I vaguely remember reading about that but I may be mistaken. I also don't remember the first game all that well so if sth in there confirmed him to be straight, I'm obviously wrong but the way I remember him, I could definitely picture him being gay. You know, considering he's a sort of "Da Vincian" eccentric genius.
It's relevant to the people playing the games. It's okay if you aren't bothered but some like to know that their existence is acknowledged.
abstract alien
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Don't worry, they will give us a beautiful lesbian couple with thoughtful dialog and sex appeal, then still proceed to get in trouble.
Confused Cheeseburger
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But anyway, this is great news considering the timing. After getting more and more hyped for Dishonored 2. I went back and gave Disohonred 1 a 3rd try 4 years later, and it's really damn good. This news is even better because I really like the world and the narrative pieces of Disohonred and the Characters were always generally well-acted and written.
Probably even worse, one of the videos showed the main character
transforming into a shadow monster and literally ripping someone apart.
Lord of Ostia
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Probably not Corvo, considering Emily is his bio daughter with the empress. Could be bi I suppose, but I'd bet it's Emily or one of the supporting characters. Maybe a villain, but that seems less likely.
Kilau
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E_Darkness
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I'm betting on Daud.
It is totally going to be Emily for sure.
I am the greatest
Lord of Ostia
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Pleas use your prophetic powers for good.
What?
Right... and of course all the heterosexual characters in games being heterosexual is super relevant to the game they're in.
Theanine3D
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Was already gonna get the game, but this makes me want it even more.
bobbychalkers
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lemme get some lottery numbers!
Seems like ever thread about diversity we have people shoehorning their opinions on why these things shouldn't be a big deal and want things to flow "naturally". Everyone must be well written or not written at all.
John Kowalski
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can't wait for yuri baits
And that's exactly what I feel like we need- more minorities in roles like that. There's no way to make every game writer into a good writer, but having a blatant character like Kratos as LGBT, minority or female would be a great step towards equality.
If we're only okay with white cismales being badly written we're not going to get anywhere.
Nappuccino
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Characters can't be LGBT just because those people exist in the real world?
you know a LGBT character's story doesn't need to revolve around their LGBT-ness? You do know they're normal people, with normal issues, right? Apart from shoehorned love interests, a straight white male's story barely revovles around their heterosexuality.
also, AC:S ... so good
Smith talked about this a bit on (Gamespot's?) stream about wanting to be more diverse with their character set and points if view and everything.
It probably won't be Corvo because of previously established story stuff.
It probably won't be Corvo because of previously established story stuff.
I think Smith implied Daud wouldn't be around in 2.
But it's not a phase mom.
Modest Mauser
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All he did was answer a fan's question.
Some Nobody
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Not that I planned on getting this (first person is gross), but that sounds great and also like your lead character is either lesbian or bi.
kamineko
Does his best thinking in the flying car
Somehow, magically, Bish predicted your wholly unprecedented use of "shoehorn" in a novel, intellectually engaging way