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[Aenima]

Female Hispanic main character in an interracial relationship isn't enough for GAF to have a meltdown?

Depends how they design her. A big booty latina is not in my woke book. I dont think GTA6 will be woke, but i expect it to be much more political correct compared to previous entries where the jokes will be more safe so avoid triggering too many snowflakes.

 

[Sethbacca]

I'm sure most of you will call it woke regardless. Does it matter?

 

[Danjin44]

I'm sure most of you will call it woke regardless. Does it matter?

/thread

 

[March Climber]

Devs, publishers and game journalists are obsessed. Every action creates a reaction.

I want to bring up a small sample/example case here because I keep seeing this take. The following link below is to a thread about Capcom finding success in Pragmata and that they are considering a sequel due to this. The topic has nothing to do with cultural issues, but about monetary success for a good video game.

Can you explain to me how post #41 in the thread linked below, is a rational post in that thread?

Opinion - Game Dev - Capcom teases that Pragmata might have a future as a franchise

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/third-person-shooter/capcom-teases-that-pragmata-might-have-a-future-as-a-franchise-after-at-least-6-years-in-development-hell-pays-off-with-1-million-sales-in-2-days/ Capcom itself is pretty happy with the game's performance, to the point where it's starting...

www.neogaf.com

Now take a post like that, and consider how many times posts like that one continues to happen, unprovoked, in threads on this site about various topics that are unrelated to cultural issues, like graphics, hardware, hardware requirements, prominent figures passing away or retiring, etc.

What do you think of that?

 

[IntentionalPun]

Depends how they design her. A big booty latina is not in my woke book. I dont think GTA6 will be woke, but i expect it to be much more political correct compared to previous entries where the jokes will be more safe so avoid triggering too many snowflakes.

They can't win though.

- Trans jokes = triggers a certain crowd of snowflakes
- No trans jokes = triggers a different crowd of snowflakes

In the culture war, there are only warriors, not winners.

 

[Stafford]

It's truly the very least of my worries, if at all.

 

[uncreativename]

 

[Uberman77]

It's going to be safe-edgy. A little edgy because that's the brand, but the game needs to sell like a motherfucker to justify the literally billions of dollars it's cost to make. They'll be aiming for 'safe' controversy like violence and sexualised bikini babes, not any real controversy that would upset your average Redditor.

 

[Durin]

Honestly, I think the game will only be slop if the game mechanics are messy because the game was over-scoped, and the humor gets toned down so it's safer for the easily offended.

Anything "woke" will likely be background stuff like the Forza Horizon 6 character creator or Dead Space remake's pandering posters/background assets most people didn't even notice.