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[danklord]

Slightly off topic but do you think studios hand these kind of options off to the blue haired section to develop for games?.
I know if i was a developer i dont think i could bring myself to do it, even if it was my job. And even if i did i would secretly develop a backend you could execute with a few buttons that wipes out the pronoun nonsense and changes body type to male and female, then release it on Reddit lol.

I think it's more of a reflection of stale corporate values than individual people, it probably comes down to 1 or 2 high ranking stakeholders and it isn't worth saying no because what are you going to do? Fight the culture war from the desk of your high value game development gig? And who would listen? All to be instantly ostracized by your dev team for being a bigot?

I really don't care about these things anymore but its always reliable for getting a few lols.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Would have been smart not to have character creation, those almost always get criticized

 

[NeptuneCL]

Holy cow, not this again, please.....

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

It's always been woke, it's never been slop.

 

[xrnzaaas]

Would have been smart not to have character creation, those almost always get criticized

If a company wants to go in that direction, they don't need a creator. NfS Unbound had some dumbass monologues you had to listen to, Crew 2 had a super diverse cast including a black guy in a wheelchair, Motorfest had a pride-themed Porsche playlist. You want a neutral game, pick something like Wreckfest.

 

[Bojji]

If a company wants to go in that direction, they don't need a creator. NfS Unbound had some dumbass monologues you had to listen to, Crew 2 had a super diverse cast including a black guy in a wheelchair, Motorfest had a pride-themed Porsche playlist. You want a neutral game, pick something like Wreckfest.

EA/Ubisoft/MS/Sony are all pushing this woke crap in their games (for years).

 

[owandeseis]

how DARE developers give us options! fuck them.

Like muting the TV to not get hit by the cringefest the game is lmao

FH5 was as "modern" as a game can get so i'm not surprised about anything this new entry does

 

[viveks86]

But why are there pronouns and body types in a fucking racing car videogame?

Don't you see how absurd it is?

You just proved the point lol

That only proves half the point though. The game is woke. No shit. It's from Microsoft. Where's the proof that it's slop? Reviews suggest otherwise. And they weren't reviewed for their ugly ass avatars because no one cares beyond the initial selection. We can perhaps dismiss all reviews as "woke reviewers who are blind to its slop", but that still leaves the other half of this claim unproven.

Unless your argument is that everything woke is automatically slop. Was the Arcane TV series slop, then? It was one of the best written animated shows in a long while. You seem interested in 007. It's going to be pretty woke for sure. It's very obvious from everything shown so far. But does that make it slop? If so, are you buying it knowing it's slop? Wouldn't that be hypocritical given your stance against wokeness?

I think there needs to be more nuance in this debate, if this is even worthy of any discussion. Can't just be "Look! Wokeness detected!". If the discussion never moves past that, then the discussion itself doesn't add much value to public perception or discourse. The thread becomes "anti-woke slop", just recycled and regurgitated over and over for every game that comes out. At some point even people who are against wokeness will get bored and disengage.

Unless you plan to nuke the entire industry and get conservatives to drive all creative arts (never gonna happen), there will always be some wokeness, as it is impossible to separate the artist's point of view from their own work.

The question, in my opinion, should be whether it is any good in spite of its wokeness... or not. If not, then the phrase "woke slop" would be more appropriate.

 

[JayK47]

I think there are a lot of GAF gamers who will tolerate a lot of shit simply so they can play the latest shit. For me, I hate seeing all of this forced "woke" garbage in pretty much every single AAA game. I have only so much tolerance and I was doing just fine pre-2020 or so, but it has just gone too far in recent years and it really does rub me the wrong way. I can only facepalm so much while trying to enjoy a game.

I think a lot of you are younger and it has been crammed down your throat while you were younger and more impressionable and it doesn't bother you. You have a high tolerance and you also do not remember when games did not have it. Or you have forgotten the good days.

Anytime I play an older game or watch an older show/movie, it is almost jarring to see how far we have fallen. Shit now is so insanely censored, sanitized, and pumped full of forced agenda messaging it really sucks most of the fun out of everything. Oh but the graphics and gameplay are still good. That is not enough of a compelling reason to shell out a ton of money and more importantly, my limited time, to play a new game. Best I can do for most AAA games is wait for a steep sale or simply just pass on it. I used to love the Horizon games and purchased a wheel and everything to get more enjoyment from them. But they keep making the game less fun and more cringe and to be honest, I would rather boot up the first Horizon game and play that again than play this latest game.

In summary, it really is woke slop. If you don't believe me, then boot up the first game and compare it to FH6. After comparing the two, tell me how this latest game is not slop. Play any older game from 2015 or earlier and compare it to what we get now. Almost every game that comes out today is slop compared to what was released 10 years ago.

 

[veterangamerUK]

Apparently the game has THREE body types. Not even type 1 for male or type 2 for female anymore:

Also pronouns in the character creator:

Is there even one normally looking female character type:

Don't care if the racing is good, fuck this shit. Lesbian Horizon

 

[Wastelander92]

Not woke enough, no car sex.

 

[Plague Doctor]

 

[Thanati]

But why are there pronouns and body types in a fucking racing car videogame?

Don't you see how absurd it is?

You just proved the point lol

And you let something like that "get to you".

You just proved my point.

 

[Thanati]

Why a car game has 3 body types then?
Why a car focused game has pronoums?

The more you focused on the car aspect of the game the more obvious it becomes. Soon the game will have a literal penis dressed person driving a car because most people" don't care". Well they care enought to implement this in first place, so its not like that, no matter how people push it.

Also IGN of all clown reviewers giving a 10 so easly is a huge red flag.

Well done for taking idiotically too far.

Amazing how something like a video game can get you riled up.

 

[Saber]

Well done for taking idiotically too far.

Amazing how something like a video game can get you riled up.

Surprised you took that much and the only thing you can muster is "you mad". I'm not, just wondering how some people can be that stupid. If everything is fine as long you can play with a car, then good for you. The world is the limit, child.

 

[Justinus]

Apparently the game has THREE body types. Not even type 1 for male or type 2 for female anymore:

Also pronouns in the character creator:

Is there even one normally looking female character type:

Ain't no way this is real. Ain't no fucking way this is real. I refuse to believe it. I haven't even read the rest of this thread yet.

 

[Larxia]

Amazing how something like a video game can get you riled up.

Except it's not just one game, and it's not just video games perdiod. It's in everything.
People who defend this kind of thing always act like it's one isolated case. It's not.

Tomorrow you will say "Amazing how something like a movie can get you riled up" etc etc, but culture, entertainment, hobbies, do shape your mind, affect your daily life, and having these constantly being affected by such lame content make it worse.

And before you reply with something like "Insane how much your life is impacted by a video game, go touch some grass", I will ask you:

What is the solution?
Yes, you can ignore all of this, but when it impact games, music, litterature, movies, tv etc... and therefore impact social life, outdoor talks etc because of how society is built around that (we can clearly see how split the society currently is), it's hard to escape it, unless you live completely cut off from the society. Or, and that's what a lot of people would like us to do, you give up, accept it, accept the downgrade of everything, the road to mediocrity.

It's not just about an ugly selection of charactes in Forza Horizon 6, it's the build up of a thousands things.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Apparently the game has THREE body types. Not even type 1 for male or type 2 for female anymore:

Anyone know what body 3 looks like. I;d assume body 1 is male, body 2 is female, body 3???

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Anyone know what body 3 looks like. I;d assume body 1 is male, body 2 is female, body 3???

I'm guessing its a guy with implants. They are excluding the female "male" with "top scars" bodytype.


this is clown it shouldn't be in a racing game.

Spoiler

or any game actually

 

[TGO]

I actually thought this was a parody....but actually real

 

[Boy bawang]

The manly men of neogaf, an internet message board on videogames, are sure easily triggered by options.

 

[RSMan]

Fucking clowns. Playground studios can't help themselves

 

[RSMan]

The manly men of neogaf, an internet message board on videogames, are sure easily triggered by options.

 

[Icymanipulator]

Can you just not choose ? Or does it force you to pick something?

 

[Windle Poons]

Can you just not choose ? Or does it force you to pick something?

Mandatory.

 

[Gonzito]

The manly men of neogaf, an internet message board on videogames, are sure easily triggered by options.

 

[duck_sauce]

You do realize that you just proved him right on that point?

 

[Icymanipulator]

Mandatory.

Oh so forced compliance.

I would have thought the option to not identify at all would be woke, I guess not.

 

[laynelane]

The deliberate simplifying of the argument (you don't like options) and the not so subtle dig at the masculinity of anyone who has an issue with this - funny how we see this kind of response over and over.

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

The manly men of neogaf, an internet message board on videogames, are sure easily triggered by options.

Good news

 

[samoilaaa]

And you let something like that "get to you".

You just proved my point.

if not wasting my money on a game made by mentally ill people that add their mentally ill ideas means that " it got to me " then yeah it got to me

 

[Gonzito]

You do realize that you just proved him right on that point?

Bye Felicia

 

[Gonzito]

The deliberate simplifying of the argument (you don't like options) and the not so subtle dig at the masculinity of anyone who has an issue with this - funny how we see this kind of response over and over.

This is how these clowns operate. They have no real arguments, so their only resort is to insult your manhood or throw personal attacks instead of addressing the actual issue or concern. Rather than having a respectful discussion, they choose disrespect because they can't defend their position.

Its a waste of time and energy talking to them

 

[Hollywood Hitman]

This is how these clowns operate. They have no real arguments, so their only resort is to insult your manhood or throw personal attacks instead of addressing the actual issue or concern. Rather than having a respectful discussion, they choose disrespect because they can't defend their position.

Its a waste of time and energy talking to them

Yea they all are programmed the same, the "why do you care so much" or "options get you riled up"... Which is what is so FUCKING dumb is that options mean everyone has a choice and from the looks of it we HAVE to pick a fucking bitch pronoun, which someone can correct me if I'm wrong but that's the point I was making earlier options would be you can choose them or you don't have too, no you're forced to select a pronoun so where is the option part.

 

[RPS37]

if not wasting my money on a game made by mentally ill people that add their mentally ill ideas means that " it got to me " then yeah it got to me

 

[duck_sauce]

Bye Felicia

Since he is to delicate to tolerate counter arguments and even the slightest hint of critique. Bye papi, wish you the best and hope you can at some point leave that self inflicted meme bubble.

 

[HallowedFeast]

Always funny seeing these idiots hurling insults when they need custom characters in racing games to feel validated about their own existence.

Perpetually underachieving losers.

 

[AeonGaidenRaiden]

Legit question because I dont have the game...what does the body type of they/them look like?

 

[CuteFaceJay]

IGN just gave it a 10 T_T

 

[Liopleurodon]

 

[RPS37]

I'm not clicking that video but I feel like it's already a spoiler from the thumbnail…

 

[thief183]

Well this looks cool, but I hate so much the "we are all winners" attitude that it is gonna be my first skipped horizon game.

 

[Guilty_AI]

IGN just gave it a 10 T_T

Prob trying to wash away their mixtape karma

 

[Forsete]

Ugh…

 

[TintoConCasera]

Also pronouns in the character creator:

I wonder what those "amplifications" are. Can you have cool cyberware like the sandevistan or the mantis blades?

 

[Xcell Miguel]

I wonder what those "amplifications" are. Can you have cool cyberware like the sandevistan or the mantis blades?

It's mostly hearing aids devices, no cyberware sadly.

 

[TintoConCasera]

It's mostly hearing aids devices, no cyberware sadly.

Well that's disappointing, no way it's a 10/10 then.

 

[JayK47]

No surprise. Basically a fantasy racing game. Can I play as Godzilla?

 

[Signalis]

It's not gay if it's just the tip?

 

[Thanati]

Surprised you took that much and the only thing you can muster is "you mad". I'm not, just wondering how some people can be that stupid. If everything is fine as long you can play with a car, then good for you. The world is the limit, child.

Calling me a child when you're getting riled up about a video game?
Really?