Literally every representation of diversity gets called forced by someone on here.
Literally every single time.
I think that’s bullshit, and unfair. It’s a cop-out.
Is it somehow any better that stuff like this
needs an announcement? That it
needs attention to?
We aren't making announcements for straight characters either do we? Oh right, they are a majority, so they don't count, because minorities somehow
need those announcements.
The best recognition for any minority is when they are treated like everyone else. Giving minorities special recognition like this does nothing to solve the global
issue, it only seeks to enhance it and have discussion about it where it actually deviates from what the game is about.
It also adds nothing to the overall experience, except that now you were
told that these characters are in the game. Which is completely unnecessary.
Then my advice to you is to Stay Mad.
It’s gonna become something you see or read about in many games moving forward and there’s always gonna be someone who can’t wait to post a new thread about it every time (I mean we all know straight characters need their own threads each time!) for the sole purpose of igniting a 10 page “debate” that’s identical to the one before. Same people writing the same things.
Then perhaps we should offer
no reaction whatsoever to such announcements? The
intent clearly is there to spark discussion (''
Hey look, we have two characters that are LGBTQ! Talk about it!, GO AHEAD DO IT YOU MORON'') which is just needlessly aggressive and in your face. If those characters simply said in their biography that they are queer or trans, wouldn't that be better?
LBGTW representation in gaming is going to happen, plan accordingly
Right. Does this have to happen with PSA's like these or can it just be silently introduced like it should be?
Something tells me that this post right here is exactly the reason Apex Legends is going all in on the tokenism. All of it, right down to the smugness, strawmen, and stupidity. I have a problem with Apex Legends' use of minority and gay characters because it is outwardly aggressive to the game's audience, nakedly pandering to ideologues, and takes away from the work rather than improving it.
Specifically this part. Announcing it literally adds
nothing to the game but to score attention points in the same way BFV had that awesome twitter hashtag supposely
mocking the criticasters about their historically correct video.
They only make PSA's about it to spur a discussion and in BFV's case it didn't result in better sales, in fact it only hurted them in the end, so i doubt any sales manager likes that idea. For the dev's themselves, its a case of their hard work not seeing the reward they deserve because they
had to talk about this gender talk publically.
LGBTQers do not need special attention. What helps a 1000x times more is that they are accepted in their community, in their nation, in their games. Making PSA's about the existence of LGBTQers does nothing for them, in fact, it puts them in a negative light because yes, this stuff is forced pandering no matter how you slice it.