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Speaking as a gay man, I don't really care about this sort of thing if it's ancillary to the core story and gameplay.
You will feel represented whether you like it or not!
Speaking as a gay man, I don't really care about this sort of thing if it's ancillary to the core story and gameplay.
This is basically what I call the diversity dick measuring contest. Developers tripping over one another to try and get their game the biggest edge in selling themselves toward people who, in all likelihood, won't even play their game to begin with. Call me cynical but it's so bizarre and it almost always feels like it's coming from a place of marketing and not any genuine desire for diversity.
You will feel represented whether you like it or not!
The game features "Quips", catchphrases you can unlock for your characters. It'd be hilarious if they made one for Gibraltar that went: "Excuse me, it's ma'am, it is ma'am"
3 black characters, 1 somoan gay, 1 race unidentified gay, 1 white male character who's name is another word for toxic and one white woman.
Yeah, this game has no agenda at all.
No, I just find it hilariously transparent. Wonder if you will play as a black trans jedi in the new star wars game...Outraged?
I don't want to feel represented. I want to play an engaging character. I doubt I'm going to get that out of a F2P spinoff of a franchise already cannibalized by its contemporary Battlefield.
And all of a sudden, when I was wishing Respawn all the best and great success with the game, now I hope it bombs. Fuck EA for real, what a douchebag publisher.
They are not representing anyone but their preposterous ideologies. I´d be furious if someone tells me that I need to be represented as a member of a different or special group, "for my own good". I´d never take any of it, because a group of certain humans is nothing more than a sub-group, and I´m sorry, but you don´t get to define me or place me into some category. I know that guy was kidding but the activists are not.
I´d be furious if someone tells me that I need to be represented as a member of a different or special group, "for my own good".
It's just such ridiculous low effort pandering, it's honestly embarrassing at this point. It's the definition of tokenism. It's a lore bullet point they had some writer think up so they could wave their woke flag.
Undeclared is best as everyone can associate with any character and not care about a character's sexuality. Some people care about this. Some don't.So every hero should just be straight or undeclared in every game? Devs don’t have the right to write a diverse roster? No one is waving any flag, the devs have been super low key about it. Respawn didn’t make this a headline news story.
Seems like some mountains out of molehills. Also seems like anything non-straight white male gets labeled as token pandering automatically. Like, instantly.
Thank god, when I was shooting the crap out of people I was like, I wonder if my character ever sucked off another dude... now I have answers.
So every hero should just be straight or undeclared in every game? Devs don’t have the right to write a diverse roster? No one is waving any flag, the devs have been super low key about it. Respawn didn’t make this a headline news story.
Seems like some mountains out of molehills. Also seems like anything non-straight white male gets labeled as token pandering automatically. Like, instantly.
I can see online trolling/insults right now against whomever chooses the LBT characters. One part sad, but one part funny.Thank god, when I was shooting the crap out of people I was like, I wonder if my character ever sucked off another dude... now I have answers.
Waiting for the next step in bio details....... characters 1, 4, 6 and 7 are democrats. While characters 2, 3, 5, 9, 10 are republican. Character 8 is an independent supporter.If it's not directly relevant to the story then undeclared is fine.
I think of a game like Timesplitters Future Perfect and it's diverse cast, none of whom the game ever makes clear whether they're gay or straight because it wasn't relevant to the game's story.
Reason why I haven't bought EA games for years
Nobody cares about your stupid character sexual orientations EA
I wish videogame company would focus on making good game instead of pandering to nonsensical stuff like this
But yes of course this is EA were talking about.....
Hope both this game and Anthem failed
That will put more pressure on them
But you DO care. You clearly care. You just said you don’t support EA because of it. That tells me you care a lot.
Undeclared is best as everyone can associate with any character and not care about a character's sexuality. Some people care about this. Some don't.
Depends on the person. I usually choose a male character, but in some games like the old Diablo 2, I took the female archer/valkyrie and even named her Xena like that chop socky (but great) tv show.Why do I have to associate myself to the character im playing? Why is that important to some people ?
In Uncharted: Lost Legacy I played as an Indian women. Im not Indian or a women. Yet I enjoyed the game and at no point of time did I feel that I wanted the character to resemble me.
This seems to be a thing nowadays. Apex Legends is a game about shooting people. Is this really necessary?
Why do I have to associate myself to the character im playing? Why is that important to some people ?
In Uncharted: Lost Legacy I played as an Indian women. Im not Indian or a women. Yet I enjoyed the game and at no point of time did I feel that I wanted the character to resemble me.
Why do I have to associate myself to the character im playing? Why is that important to some people ?
In Uncharted: Lost Legacy I played as an Indian women. Im not Indian or a women. Yet I enjoyed the game and at no point of time did I feel that I wanted the character to resemble me.
I LOLed at gay-tracing. English is so funny.Gay-tracing check.
All it needs now is ray-tracing and I'm on board.