"GAMING IS GOING WOKE" is an extremely large cope when put under a microscope. Let's take a look:
1. Not replaced, "there will always be Kratos games" according to Cory Barlog.
2. Ciri was always the most important character in the Witcher franchise. If this upsets you, you likely don't love The Witcher, you love the macho womanizer you turned Geralt into during your playthrough.
3. Joel had one game. Expecting him to be the hero of a franchise was always incredibly unrealistic if you actually played The Last of Us.
4. Again, one game. Additionally, this is not a sequential franchise. The setting, struggle, and protagonist is probably going to change in every title.
5. I've literally never seen someone legitimately complain about Chloe. Also, her story was an expansion for A Thief's End.
6. Zagreus is a queer character. This is not the win *those* people think it is and reeks of tourism.
7. Literally everyone and their mother wanted this game. Pretend outrage and a massive reach.
For the next year or so, we gotta hear that no one wants to play a woman in God of war, and then when Laufey ends up selling well, we gotta hear how the sale numbers are fake.
If your core problem with God of War Laufey is that you’re playing as a woman, you’re a fucking loser and part of a huge problem in this industry. GFSF.
It’s actually wild to see you jump to the conclusion that a trend of being more inclusive while broadening storytelling by
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Playing as a different gender, a WOMAN *gasp*, could be seen in any negative light whatsoever.
The very narritive that “women are replacing men” in games is misogynistic bullshit and I’m not having it, especially when male playable characters have been and still is the OVERWHELMING norm in this media.
Defending the fuckass basement dwellers upset about this makes you part of the problem.
@LateNightHalo History repeating itself so precisely is worrying, to say the least.
Even if the game plays great and the 3 new missions are incredible - missing the core visual aesthetic of CE really sucks the majority of the excitement out of it for me.
Sony knows, but they think this’ll go away in a couple months.
It’s important we don’t let up.
Play Destiny 2 on June 9th, and keep on playing. Put it into your rotation some way or another, even if it’s just patrolling for 20 minutes.
Do not go quietly into that goodnight.