Here We Go Again..

[@Lingerminator]

To the girl compliment,... there was a short lived trend of asking girls what they think of Lizzo, they respond positively. They are then told they look like her , they react angrily with insults. Its fucking hysterical.

[@hunterkudo9832]

Don't listen to what they say, watch what they do lol.

[@pepinlebref7585]

@@hunterkudo9832 exactly, women have a 6th sense to know what is the socially accepted posture on any topic. They also have no hesitation about lying. Mix the two and you get the current shit show

[@-ninjanOodlez]

What do you think of lizzo? Oh she's a beautiful, healthy-looking woman! Well, you look like lizzo. WHAT ARE YOU CALLING ME? FAT?! 🤬🤬🤬

[@brennandragoo3207]

And you believe EVERY single one of them were mad that they were compared, or do you think it was because he was being a dick to Lizzo? Because he was fat shaming her?

[@tryagainnoob101]

The existence of a multi-billion dollar market sector based solely on make-up products for women clearly demonstrates that women don't want to look ugly.

[@PizzaPatroll]

Im a female who has played games since the 80s. I now have cancer, why would i want to play as someone that is weak, bald, ugly etc. let me be hot and agile. Let me live in the fantasy

[@TheShineSpark]

Rooting for you 💜

[@Notorious.Mongolian.Gerbil]

I love humans like you. Your attitude is hot & agile 💯

[@millirabbit4331]

To me, this comment feels like complaining a game has multiple environments. Games can have creative looks. If you don't like it, that's fine. However, it's sad that looks of a character make you abandon a game. If I did that, I would never play some really good games.

[@translatedbird]

​@@millirabbit4331 There aren't many good games with intentionally uglified characters though. For example veilguard, dustborn, concord, among many other recent flops. It's no coincidence

[@cypher5910]

@@millirabbit4331 for me, it's not about just the looks, it's about the pandering that often is running parallel with a current political agenda, satisfying some fringe element or narcissistic fool living in a bubble.

[@SoshulCom]

It’s not even about being attractive for me necessarily. It’s about every female character being a non feminine lesbian

[@Scott6794]

@SoshulCom yes, me too. I've met plenty of women who, at first sight, were kind of meh.. but when you get to know them, it's like, hmm.. nice. Something tells me this character won't be like them.

[@kwerby3285]

Non-feminine is an understatement. They’re male characters with a female character skin over it.

[@TheCuriousPuppy]

@@kwerby3285 A lot of them even have deeper voices too.

[@xsh4dw]

Why can't we have someone like lara croft , why do we get doctor xavier's twin

[@fernandogimenez7520]

This character looks like a client i have, same face, is a guy who work fixing AC. and he have more curves than her 🤣🤣

[@nananananananabatman1331]

its really insulting to me as a woman when media tries to portray a "strong woman" as just a woman acting like a man. instead of focusing on how real women in history have been strong, not by just acting like a man, but by being a strong feminine. being confident, caring, a good leader, just and fair. i mean just look at the statue of liberty. its of a woman for a reason. my childhood hero was Amelia Earheart, she never once tried to act as a man or tried to be "one of the guys" she didnt need to for her to live her dreams. im just sick of the shallow portrayals in movies and games. EDIT: i really love these comments in the replies! especially the ones giving amazing examples of strong women throughout history! love yall

[@d_all_in]

This is such a good point that I never see anybody make

[@VicusUtrecht]

Joan of Arc does it for me and I'm a dude. Also Boudicca!

[@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese]

Marie Curie for me. "I discovered radiation. I think I'm dying from it. Not gonna stop researching it though." Bad. Ass.

[@RaynaNox]

Sooooo true!

[@VicusUtrecht]

@@sayLeotardbutsayitChinese This is so bad but I went to thinking about The Fly "oh there goes my fingernails and teeth"

[@jametsu]

"This character looks ugly" *gasp* "HOW DARE YOU SAY THAT! THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL!" "Okay, you look like this character" *gasp* "HOW DARE YOU BE SO RUDE TO ME!"

[@nicr1159]

im not sure that ive seen anyone say that the character in intergalactic is good looking. But im not sure that anyone with a sound mind would demand the character be attractive, its not a waifu or gatcha game

[@LOLLOL-ff9sq]

@nicr1159 why not make it customizable? why force people to play as an ugly character I don't get it

[@FibbonachiCrusader]

@nicr1159 Objective sales numbers and consumer sentiment seems to be against you. 'Sound mind' because they want to see attractive characters? When human's are literally biologically wired to have our attention drawn to signs health/reproductive fitness? I'd argue you're not of sound mind if you prefer ugly characters to attractive ones.

[@Ozzystrayroo]

@nicr1159 for as long video game existed, female characters tends to be drawn/modeled as pretty/above average attractive and feminine in a way. I don't remember these whole uglification and masculiniazation of female character even happened before 2014 (2015-2016 imo was when this trend started to gain traction). The first game that i played where i think most of the female cast was not quite as attractive as it before, was Dragon Age Inquisition (2014) but even then most of the women in that game still has a lot of feminity in their character (except red jenny...she is the only one that i feels badly designed and stand as some sort of proto-veilguard character). Why do people keep championing feminism when they keep gradually erasing Feminine feature and feminine attitude in female character?

[@Rescultir]

​@nicr1159 I demand characters in video games be attractive or I'm not buying. Waifu or not. No one wants to play an ugly character, ever. (Unless it's an already known character like Gollum) I find it funny that you think the modern devs wouldn't touch waifu or gotcha game characters. They're already trying to change the skin tones of them, you think they're going to stop there?

[@Justacatlmao]

I miss when someone being attractive wasn't controversial

[@TemplarX2]

Both sides are ridiculous. Incels and wokes alike. What I don't like about the character is not her look but her attitude. She has no charisma.

[@reiack158]

You mean before feminists invaded men's space? Well tuff luck bud they want that sweet video game revenue.

[@Hatredcopter424]

​@@TemplarX2The character has to have a terrible, cringe masculine attitude because of the design.

[@Keyshawn13]

It's one trailer 😅​@@TemplarX2

[@azula-gn2ef]

what i hate is them uglifying an already existing character for no reason. i lost count of ugly characters i love, its not the looks, its the corruption behind the intention.

[@kanosho1189]

No one wants to play as a character that looks EXACTLY like the people who verbally address how much they hate us.

[@johnjackson9767]

That's a good point.

[@TheRationalist.]

The problem is that they infest the tech industry. It was a m3ns space. And the games were good. They infiltrated and destroyed it like they do with any space that we have.

[@kellanaldous7092]

What? I don't care what they look like, if they arent actually saying/doing/acting weird or talking down to me. I hate DEI crap in games when its hamfisted, but your brain is broken if you can't see a bald woman without being triggered. I didn't actually watch the trailer. Does she say anything about pronouns, racism, or anything like that? Or do you just *feel* like shes *going* to?

[@johnjackson9767]

@@TheRationalist. It's an issue of scale. Any organization large enough needs sufficient management. This requires HR. That opens the door for everything else to take over the culture and identity of what the company was.

[@Tina-mt9cl]

@@TheRationalist. Evil can only ever destroy, it can never create. Far left ideologs (the 21st century's version of the Third Reich) have taken over the industry...

[@SighDontWantAHandle]

Indy Game Producer here. We now ignore Twitter, we use Steam reviews as a guide to what the public wants. Reviews from people who have actually bought games.

[@Jack_Jack_907]

Holy Based. What's your game? I'm voting with my wallet.

[@Scarl3t03]

tell me your game and ill support it

[@ivanandrespereira1193]

Perfect response for this: "I don't feel represented by this character. And you leftists have been telling me for the last 5+ years that feeling represented by characters is the most important thing in media. Thanks for educating me, now I will avoid this game."

[@sp1ashy345]

why can't they just do the common sense thing and have a choice between male and female character with customization

[@Mousse9]

Why no short, skinny Asian men? I need to be represented! 🤣

[@ivanandrespereira1193]

@@sp1ashy345 I don't know man. They had customisation in DA Veilguard and it was awful. I suspect they wouldn't allow you to create normal looking let alone beautiful females.

[@OSkarSS20]

Facts!

[@ricardolourenco3707]

Mass effect did this, before all this. Choose or make your male and female character. Carry it throughout the 3 saga games. The end. Everyone loved it 🤷‍♂️ i mean....

[@stevenyee1055]

KZbin removing important features like the dislike bar isn't going to stop people ratioing them in comment section.

[@DesertSorceressCovfefe]

And shutting off the comments only furthers the progression of lower sales because devs can't handle criticism, positive or negative.

[@kajoma1782]

Like-comment ratio

[@lepotdefleur9906]

There is an app to get a general feeling of what people dislikes.

[@chiquita683]

Why is there a male voice on the underlying vid...

[@KingBobBobBob]

I love seeing the aggressive "nice" folks destroy the game and company by being nice but not really being nice it's all to get past KZbin's aggressive fuckery

[@malzo1701]

Today: "This wasn't made for you" Tomorrow: "Why didn't anyone buy our game" Luckily we are reacing the point were this crap is imploding, just wish they didn’t drag good games franchises down with them.

[@Aw3someOpZ]

This is the reason why I dont like remakes anymore.

[@B.404M]

The maker (guy/anime girl) of the video seems to be their target audience. And, it also doesn’t like the game 😂

[@LordFinkenstein]

​@@B.404MRev isn't a transformer if that's what you are trying to imply here.

[@B.404M]

@@LordFinkenstein Oooh, he is just acting like one? Who does that? But then, I mean to my understanding.., and calculations.., ‘a wild Ditto appeared’

[@aahzmandiaz2767]

Thank god it finally happens. Studios are imploding left, right and center, making room for better developers. I avoid this games for at least a decade now.

[@mjasakisa]

I am a "fat" female player, and I want my character to be lean and beautiful. Not masculine and ugly, then I would rather play as a man. 😊

[@RaynaNox]

Same

[@KotleKettle]

Hi! That's a based take, thank you for speaking out 😊

[@SSJInfamous]

"fat" = fat?

[@Srevengel]

I bet that, even then, you would want to play as a handsome man.

[@Tyrvana]

The "I play games to escape reality, not live it"

[@Cl0ne66]

12:58 “Would you say lizzo is beautiful?” “omg yassss, that queen slays!!!” “you look like lizzo.” “😡”

[@JCTheSniper15]

TROOF!!!

[@CatNapZZZZ]

As a female myself, I can tell you that I most enjoy the games that I have a customizable character that I can pick facial features, make up and hair. I don’t want to be a bald ugly chick. Lets be honest. This is supposed to be an escape from the worlds problems. We don’t need reminders from the political activists making the game trying to sway us to their way of thinking.

[@inscription8099]

Based

[@SeptembersOblivion]

As a female, I completely agree. When customizing a character 100/100 times i never make an ugly bald character. Even if the option is there. 😅

[@nizzanator]

Add a Character creator at the start of the game. Problem solved. Naughtydog handled this situation very poorly.

[@bbblackwell]

And it's condescending. These people are telling you they're doing this on your behalf, but will shut you down in an instant if you say it's not what you want.

[@Germanicus-]

💯

[@superbit415]

I love how all the Feminists in the games industry think a woman needs to look like a man to be the main character/protagonist.

[@Hello-es9vx]

as a feminist i dont think like that at all i want them to be girly since its not sterotypical

[@sethkarma2072]

Then wanna throw insults about your masculinity meanwhile they think you have to look and act like a man to be strong.

[@oshwash1993]

@@superbit415 maybe your perception of what a woman looks like is warped because you only see them as characters in a game or glammed up IRL.

[@bruh-bn3ni]

not only that, they need to be masculine to be a hero. as if that is a requirement to be a hero. these "writers" miss the mark so many times they do not have any emotional intelligence or wisdom to write anything compelling. women and men have their own strengths and flaws, use that instead of trying to make women more masculine

[@cyanmage1]

they need to watch more anime there is tons of strong female main characters sadly none of them are ugly enough for western feminists to like but it should go to show that having character people want to look is a good thing

[@birdieberry]

As a hetero female gamer, I want ALL my characters to be "good looking" or "hot" if i'm going to be "stuck" playing those characters on a screen for hours. It's as simple and primal as that. Sorry, not sorry. ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[@Tyrvana]

I mean why do so many guys play female characters in mmorpgs? Yeah

[@gamedude412]

“It’s just a loud minority” that worked well for Star Wars acolyte.

[@wynkss]

Or dustbin, Star Wars outlaws, or concord. 2024 was a crazy year for crap games

[@SLRModShop]

81 million people voted for Joe Biden, we are the minority. Now the question is: Why is the majority not buying their games either...? Something doesn't add up.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

yeah. in reality the majority is quiet and shill minority is loud. and that loud shill woke minority makes companies lose billions of dollars.

[@ivanandrespereira1193]

​@@SLRModShop😂😂😂

[@PressStartGamez]

Or the loud minority during the 2024 election 😂

[@derekadrian7217]

Hilarious being called an incel. I am 30 years old husband and father. They can call me incel all day, it shows their psychosis

[@Ozzystrayroo]

Namecalling is just proof they don't have any argument over this topic

[@JCTheSniper15]

I'm 35, on my second marriage, one child and one on the way, and I got called an incel yesterday, lol. The attempt at slurring people with "incel" is failing hard.

[@TheGospelofKenneth]

False equivalency. I'm in no way assuming you're an incel because I don't know you🤷. With that being said! Being 30, with a wife and child has nothing to do with being an incel or not for that matter ijs 😅

[@GrassyKnollLawnCare]

@@TheGospelofKennethdoes it hurt being that stupid?

[@TheRealPat316]

@@TheGospelofKenneth do you even know the meaning of incel ??

[@simon123222]

I don't wanna play as a woman that looks like some masculine shaolin monk slapped into a retro-futuristic sci-fi setting.

[@DaDaDo661]

​@@CrucibleGuythat sounds like a cool setting. Reminds me of the original Prey game where you would use your Native American spirits to fight Aliens.

[@Kumire_921]

Even the setting itself is just stolen material riddled with references to cover up the lack of originality. Bunch of incompentent idiots, the naughty dogs devs that made uncharted clearly left already.

[@adjcsee4476]

And that’s totally fine if that’s not your thing. I’d like to see more than just hate a game because “she shaved her head” or some redundant excuse. If the gameplay and story is compelling, cool. But automatically hating something on bare bones stuff just doesn’t fly with me. I like what I like. Just like I will be looking forward to seeing more for Witcher 4.

[@leoli1589]

Ok, ok, with all due respect, Sifu is basically that, but minus the sci-fi. And, that game is pretty popular. Although I do wonder how many people actually picked the female character, though. I did, and I said what the fuck out loud, and I went back to the start and created a male character. There is also a fun fact where it's not that unpopular for players to mod the game so that the female character is replaced with Tifa. This game is an interesting case people should look at.

[@Yodalemos]

That actually sounds awesome...

[@karloskemp01]

“Modern games are made by women and gay men, for women and gay men who don’t play video games”.

[@Nostalgiaforinfi]

💯

[@Entropy67]

Honestly its not made for them either, because they would still need to make good games. These games are made for nobody. By people who just don't care.

[@jorgenjorgensen2739]

​@Entropy67 that's the "who don't play video games" part is addressing. It's made for no one that cares about video games.

[@hourai1052]

My friend just told me that the game director for Azur Lane (gooner bait chinese gacha game) is a girl, she 100% know what she's doing 🤣

[@NeonEclipse910]

@@Entropy67 They are made with DEI loans, they still get paid so they don't care if the game flops. These games will only stop when enough money is lost on DEI loans. Its going to take a few more years at least sadly because the loaners have insane amounts of money to burn on controlled political messaging. Blame blackrock and vanguard.

[@lil_kamata]

Naughty dog ❌ Neutered dog ✅

[@atesz-f6g]

Disobedient Canine

[@itsraynanda5074]

@@atesz-f6g Bro 😭😭😭

[@sandornagy2302]

best comment so far about this whole topic...

[@ryankornacki9918]

I was thinking Naughty Dogshit myself.

[@thomassosa2957]

Corrected Dog…Politically

[@CajunKhajiit]

As a female gamer for 30+ years, I want attractive characters. Even as a kid playing MK, I wanted to play as Kitana bc she looked the way I wanted to look when I grew up. I avoided Sonya Blade bc she looked too masculine. As a woman now, I want to play as Eve bc she looks they way I never will, but I hated playing Abby... the why is self-explanatory.

[@Lilim1011]

Agree!! We want characters we desire ourselves to be in a way

[@ThatchNetherfold]

I liked Sonya though, most of her likers would agree that she has Cammy vibes (SF character) but more toned and inch closer to realistic. And Abby doesn't strike me that way in figure, added on the fact I hated her existence in the TLOU2 story. Funny part was, I LOVED antagonists whom were made with reasoning and purpose, and Abby has NONE of them - that's why I hated her. PS: Eve's designed slayed as much as 2B, I give the creators credit for that, even if it incites android kinks.

[@Stone815]

@@CajunKhajiit video games is an art form. Every painting, every photo, doesnt have to have attractive people. Either do female leads in video games. Have you ever seen the art series “Humans of New York”? Where they have regular people old, homeless, etc. Not everything needs to be Instagram models to be a good story or game. People like that character exist IRL. Some games you’re playing a story of that character not role playing as them or making them your love interest.

[@albertbickel2585]

How you doin?

[@angelofiron4366]

MK, my favorite! Kenshi and Quan Chi are my favorite characters.

[@daschinskiy]

14:56 As a woman, I can confirm this, at least for me. I also want my male characters to be "hot.” It's as simple as that.

[@123Suffering456]

Same here as a lesbian. I want to play as a cool dude or a hot woman. These weirdos claim to make these games for people like me, but they're so wrong it almost hurts.

[@M98747]

People want to play as the person they want to be, or the person they want to be with. No one wants to be or be with the characters these devs are making.

[@RaynaNox]

Exactly!

[@daschinskiy]

@@M98747 That's what these developers think as well. They want to reeducate men and redefine beauty standards by force. It’s as if they're saying, "We know what's best for you, what you should find attractive, and who you should want to be with." It sounds a bit harsh, but I think this is about pandering to women’s insecurities. Somehow the progressive consistently keep on confusing empowerment with victimization. It’s patronizing, it’s toxic, it’s bad, it doesn’t help anyone, it's harmful.

[@Talleswryy]

100%

[@watthehellmoderfocker5189]

"nobody wants to play as Aang the Last Transbender in his mid-transition process"

[@Rushtik9506]

Damn 😂

[@kevindrinkswater9024]

Gold

[@h.b.2847]

😅🤣

[@toshtao1]

People don't have a problem playing as Mario and he's a fat Italian plumber.

[@tswinds]

Lmao

[@F1rstNameLastName]

What I hate most isn't the appearance, it's that these types of characters always end up being condescending, overly arrogant, with no character development, and no punishment for the way they treat people. Same reason why I hate Forspoken's main character so much, she was just an awful person and so far this character's personality is reminding me a lot of her. The appearance simply makes it worse, but it was already going to be bad no matter what she looks like.

[@LukeHimself]

That's the typical personality and character development they slap onto a Mary Sue.

[@flexjohnson18]

Tauche from deagonage is the most unlikable character in video games the last 10 years even if Hitler and satan appear in games within that time frame

[@theEisbergmann]

this

[@Miless93]

Bruh this is such bs. That’s literally bayonettas personality but y’all love her because she’s attractive.

[@kimandre5842]

@@Miless93 love it when the goons are out putting everyone in the same boxes in order to form something close to resemble a argument... why dont you all on the left just buy the games so they can get some doug, its made for you apparently, and your all advocating for this, so go out and support it! why dosent it sell again if your all supporting this? notice how braindead this whole shit looks when you put everyone in boxes? i'v probably right on half of the shit tho

[@pulsaran]

"Women have been fighting decades to get games to stop portraying them like Stellar Blade". Correction : "Feminists have been fighting decades to get games to stop portraying them like Stellar Blade".

[@cyanmage1]

I'm happy someone pointed this out before I could start listing all the female streamers perving over all the new gotcha game females which is was worse then most guys do

[@pulsaran]

@@cyanmage1 Its even shorter then that Feminists have been attacking gamers over decades XD

[@BulletSponge71436]

Neo-feminism ruined everything 😔

[@pulsaran]

@@BulletSponge71436 there is no such thing.

[@BulletSponge71436]

@@pulsaran there is. It's just not an official name. Modern feminism (aka neo-feminism) is not feminism at all, and that's why we should separate it from the actual feminism by adding, for example, "neo" before it. I could call it something else, but I'm not sure if my comment will stay up after this.

[@RockoBam1]

Why are games companies pretending 99% of their customers aren't men? And why are the 1% pretending they are over 50% of gamers. This is a complete fantasy.

[@josebarbosa5704]

Because they live in bubbles irl and think the same thing applies to everybody else.

[@MildlyArtisticc]

Soros bucks pay for all the DEI flops on the back-end. They never really lose money. The intention is to demoralize you. Gaming has been completely compromised. It will never return to the days of old. We let too many of these people in.

[@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it]

its 60/40 nowadays. it used to be 80/20. that doesnt change the fact that female players prefer to play hot male and female characters

[@xXFoiXx]

@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2it Its only 60/40 if you count smartphone games and only specific genres For something like this. a triple A big console release? 90% male.

[@ivanandrespereira1193]

​@@ImotekhtheStormlord-tx2itno it's not. Mobile games don't count. It's 80/20, and that's being generous.

[@DarkXessZ]

I miss the days where everyone can point out the elephant in the room without getting strawman or gaslighted.

[@sethdou10]

Be united and the days will come back soon.

[@longleaf0]

Be wary, those days are probably not coming, there's already an increasing number of conservative types pushing for changes and censorship, within 5 years I think it'll be all the same bullshit, but from the other side of the coin instead.

[@aaronyaunt9072]

I think they’re actually really smart, they’re actually achieving unity by giving us all a common enemy by being so unlikable, insufferable, and pretentious

[@Endeva09]

I miss the days when everyone wasn't using the terms strawman and gaslighting in every fucking sentence.

[@tomfrien]

@@Endeva09well they literally are. Those terms will stop being used when those strategies are no longer being used.

[@sk84lafs]

Imagine trying to sell a Barbie game to girls, but you dont play as Barbie, you play as Ken; but it’s not Ken, it’s Grimace from McDonalds.

[@jeffjacobs2706]

underrated lololol

[@zynthio]

the girlies love grimace wdym

[@flyingllama8543]

😂

[@albertbickel2585]

Lol. Nice

[@albertbickel2585]

How to break all this down to anyone outside the industry in one paragraph

[@Lurker_Z]

When I was a kid, decades ago, I used to have this thought. That super-attractive actors in Hollywood are unrealistic. I didn't act on it, I didn't even say it outloud, it was just a thought in my head that followed me for years. Then I saw an Australian action series. The plot was bland, the actors' looks were bland, everything about it was so bland. The actors were one step from being fugly. And then I realized that the glamour of Hollywood _does_ have a point. That I'd rather watch a beautiful lie than an ugly truth when it comes to _fiction._ So when I see Hollywood and the gaming industry uglifying characters, my thought is "First time?"

[@Momogamer9]

Exactly, only when it's nonfiction or like a documentary do we really need an accurate portrayal. Last I checked humans haven't had crazy space wars and fought aliens so why I gotta play like bald homeless smoker Joe from 7-11 lol.

[@bbblackwell]

@Lurker_Z We all understand why Paul Giamatti gets the call when he does--because it's an artistic choice based on the type of character being portrayed. There's a place for beauty, and a place for everything else. People will accept it if it's an authentic choice. The problem is that these decisions are being made in service to politics, not art.

[@arpanmahapatra342]

Sony went to shit when they shifted their HQ to California

[@Hollow_Idol]

That logic blows harder than Asmon blowing his PS5 controller in his Astro Bot video.

[@flexjohnson18]

Crazy thing is i beleive the long play for that move is anime/manga to be under California control like western games and entertainment. Not just Playstation, because they have a bigger anime monopoly than Disney does for American super heros

[@DarthSironos]

@@Hollow_Idol You didn't say anything about why you think he is wrong

[@macrohotline8834]

can people from every country vote to exclude callifornia from earth?

[@Master_Crimson_Reaper]

This is true that was the start cause they started to give into those local laws which massively effected games in sony you would start to see pointless censorship that made no sense in games at times more so in anime type games or devil may cry odd censors an then Shawn the CEO left Sony in what 2018 or so the biggest support of the Motto Gamers and Devs 1st, it went down hill from there an became more about profit an started to run more like how old Xbox ran.

[@DerryMurbels]

"Lets make a game for 1% of the population that might buy the game" what could go wrong?! They will be rolling in the pennies. What a clown show.

[@kanchansrivastava7912]

Let them lose there money lol

[@stinkfinga4918]

I dunno how people still believe this is about profits...

[@lorecow88]

It was never about money.

[@1ProAssassin]

@@stinkfinga4918 Because many of the ppl in power honestly think this was profitable. I work in corporate. The culture is braindead. There's been a shift towards actual inclusivity of different view points but it's very much still an elitist mindset of the people are wrong, we are doing good for everyone. Maybe lay off a bit on the rhetoric and we were too extreme on certain things.

[@aczeos]

Playing devils advocate PoE1 was made for 1% of the population. I get what you're saying, but I don't think this is the argument.

[@Bims9040]

"bUt WhY dO yOu CaRe?!?!?" They say while trying to gaslight you about something they care way more than they want you to know about so that "They can win"

[@Adeon55]

Truth

[@pdpgb]

Yea exactly. The only response should: "Well you clearly care about it since you're including it in the game." They always push first and get mad at you if you push back.

[@JamieWoods00746]

I miss when being attractive wasn’t a controversial topic.

[@VicusUtrecht]

I cut sugars and carbs and lost 50 pounds. The response was not... good. Like people visibly didn't like that.

[@VicusUtrecht]

I lost weight cutting out snacks, without telling anyone. The response was not good... There's deep rooted hatred of the healthy and attractive.

[@JamieWoods00746]

@@VicusUtrecht Jealousy

[@DrakeOola]

Too many ugly single women raging about wasting their glory years and now they're seeking to ruin it for everyone...

[@xirma377]

No kidding. Nowadays everything becomes a controversy. It's like everyone in the world is suddenly 13 years old again.

[@soulesss29]

As a female, and a gamer I think there is nothing wrong with beautiful women protagonist. I would prefer that to what ever the woke shit that character is. One day I hope they will learn go woke go broke, Shit don't sell. I love watching Disney spiraling down with their woke shit. But they keep listening to the loud mouths, Those people don't play games! They are to busy being triggered by everything.

[@Meiseptemberx]

Same! And why wouldn’t they let us make our own character? I can spend hours in character creator sometimes. Some games it makes sense you can’t change the main character, but I see no reason why this game won’t allow it.

[@thereforepie7531]

Agreed! Freedom is needed, options and all. If not? Make good characters that fit to players tastes or one that fits the universe.

[@meganlowder9648]

Ugh same let me choose. I play DnD all the time. I don’t always want to play a pretty character. Sometimes I do want to explore my more masculine side and be the tough woman. Let me choose.

[@Killer_Turnip]

​@@MeiseptemberxI said the same thing in a previous video about this. Why can't they take some of that inflated budget and put it toward character creation via player? It could be the most basic gender/feature/hair choices and ppl would be much happier. 😅

[@MjollTheLioness-o4y]

Same. I feel far more connected to a character that actually looks like a feminine woman. It's as if these people think a woman can't be strong, heroic, independent or brave unless she looks and acts just like a man. Its like they see beauty and femininity as a weakness. Its quite a sexist way of thinking. Many of these people also can't seem to tell the difference between being attractive and being sexualized. A female character being attractive is not the same as a female character being sexualized. Beautiful women exist and many don't dress provocatively. Calling feminine women with curves unrealistic is just a form of body shaming.

[@TheKangaRooster]

The kardashians have conditioned 90% of todays women to look like them, but if we put it in a game, all hell breaks loose? Jesus people - Do you really even know what you want??

[@aaronyaunt9072]

All they know how to do is virtue signal, for example, rap culture is shown to have a much more negative effect on girl’s exposed to it and creates more self image issues and increased anxiety, but they don’t want to look bad for criticizing black culture

[@PCMRvsconsole]

The women who work on video games will never look like the kardashians. They want the charactersto be ugly like them😂😂😂

[@Hyperi0nn]

Have you ever asked a woman what she wants or where/what she wants to eat? :')

[@Chesslover69420]

What's so hard for woke people to understand is that we don't want games where women look like bald men.

[@MrGreedylou]

dont play them then

[@siddharthbirdi]

​@@MrGreedylou I think that's not enough, what needs to be done is to ensure that only a small minority of funds go to such games and consumers can get what they want.

[@chasefair275]

@@MrGreedylou That’s the thing Nobody is 😮

[@adventofknowledge]

@@MrGreedylou We dont, we just meme on them and are sick and tired of watching every single thing we enjoy being thrown into the pit of this incessant political pandering. Such a waste of perfectly good resources too.

[@CrucibleGuy]

@@MrGreedylounobody is playing them anyway

[@MykeondaMic]

target audience is 2017 20 year old women who watch orange is the new black, and cheat on their boyfriends as a closet lesbian.

[@reiack158]

Neil duckman thinking he's some sort of messiah showing some of the best females in video games ever and calling devs misogynistic for making them attractive. People like him always thinks they know what's best for us and what we should buy.

[@xrip75]

the only way they will learn is through bankruptcy and i am going to laugh at them all the way there

[@Ozzystrayroo]

And dude has the gall to call himself Kojima of the West......he got some massive narcisstic problem alright

[@reiack158]

@@Ozzystrayroo Blud made one good game uncharted was already well established franchise.

[@Ozzystrayroo]

@@reiack158 a game that was well established because of Amy Hennig. The actual woman that Neil druckman, as self-proclaimed male feminist harassed and ousted out of Naughty dog. Uncharted and The first Last of us were both her brainchild, and now it has been hijacked by Neil druckman.

[@derisgaming9773]

The best thing about Ugly Characters is it allows me to make a choice quite quickly on whether they get my money or not. No one (normal) wants to play as a Woman that looks like Ernst Blofeld.

[@rolout2233]

Ugly new game make you think about good old games that you have now played and you can buy it for 10$ or played it long time ago and want to play it again

[@neat3468]

The joke going around is Non-Buy-nary

[@spankie7728]

@@neat3468 yep i am a Non BUY-Nary lol

[@thuaners]

yes ive saved a lot of money lately :D

[@joyboy6752]

I dont think normal people care too much

[@VincentFM.]

I miss the days when developers can insert characters like bikini Samus without anyone causing a fuss.

[@thewitchidolsachika6682]

The metroid one? 💀

[@SLRModShop]

And now you have Johnny Somali in space and you can't criticize it :/

[@redbluegreen1062]

The girl doesn't have to be sexy she can be cute and sweet like Elizabeth but these western developers do not make sweet female characters

[@dillonlawrence1440]

The problem with Alan Wake 2 is that he's a secondary character in his own game. He has less screentime than the race swapped (Saga Anderson was white but they changed her race) female character. And whether it's good or not, it still hasn't made it's money back despite winning awards and critical acclaim. People are sick of the bullshit.

[@RyanTattoo-fx2mb]

Yea and they race swapped a character so it’s bad when we do it(black to white) but it’s fine when they do it(white to black) WTF?

[@Sekhatt]

Honestly, I think Alan Wake 2, is hampered more by being an Epic Store exclusive on PC, than anything to do with the Alan Wake screen time or a black secondary protagonist. I did buy it on Epic, it's literally the only game I own on Epic Game Store. But I'm a Remedy-verse fan. I wasn't going to sit out on it. Most people aren't that deep into the Remedy-verse. They aren't going to go out of their way to buy the game on Epic.

[@dillonlawrence1440]

@@Sekhatt it definitely didn't help sales, but that's not a really good excuse considering it was available on consoles too. And it's pretty silly to wait 13 years for a sequel and saddle him with a DEI character. Sweet Baby Inc worked on the game, and there was a race swap after they got involved. Not a coincidence. I played (and enjoyed) Control, so it's not a "I hate women" thing for me. I hated when Halo 2 railroaded Master Chief to introduce the Arbiter too.

[@Mariodash23]

​@@dillonlawrence1440Tbf, Remedy is largely ignorant to the chaos of the games industry and have always been somewhat niche due to slower releases and focusing on the content. I thought Alan Wake 2 was great, and found most of the complaining to be worthless racism rooted in ignorance and fear of a company Remedy had no idea was responsible for everything wrong in the industry.

[@dillonlawrence1440]

@@Mariodash23 Why did they race swap Saga? Why is it okay to swap Whites and Asians to Black but not vice versa? Maybe you're the racist for supporting 1 race above the others 🤷‍♂️ I've got no problem with black characters or protagonists, but I don't like DEI bullshit for brownie points. They can take the DEI bucks until their company DIEs.

[@WolfQueenLydia]

As a woman, i prefer attractive females. Or the fact they're preaching diversity but to them that doesn't include curvier or bigger breasted woman.

[@Martin-qb2mw]

of course you do! beautiful people are more likeable. that's just a fact of life.

[@WolfQueenLydia]

@Martin-qb2mw I think there should always be an option especially in RPG games to customize your character, coz having both options just adds more playability and some people enjoy making ugly characters. Even in Witcher 3 you could get hairstyles and glasses to look like a goofy SoB. It should never be a diversity thing it must always be a player thing and their choice, especially in RPGs.

[@Abingdale]

I’m a female, and I have played a game or two. I’ve also struggled with weight (I’m at my goal weight now though 😊). Sometimes I make my character more voluptuous, but they’re ALWAYS gonna be cute/pretty. I also missed the slutmog option in WoW. Always needs to be optional!

[@AetherSkyheart]

Respect 🗿

[@Reazdbd]

Valid opinion.

[@stephen876]

Thank you for telling the truth. Most of us male gamers isn't out to attack women, just no one is the industry is being honest about reality. Congrats on your weight goals and all the best in the future.

[@thereforepie7531]

The fact that you know about slutmog makes me think your a OG gamer lol. Respect amigo!

[@PervySage723]

Good jobbbb

[@Rollingstone1988]

I don’t think it’s necessarily about “attractive” as in sexual attractiveness, it’s just “attractive” as in, easy to the eye or enjoyable to look at. - no one wants to look at anything hard on the eyes for countless hours/days. It’s simple human behavior.

[@darc5925]

I think another good comparison is if you offer random people either a Vulpix or a Stunfisk, most of the time they're probably gonna choose the Vulpix.

[@randominternetuser9559]

I am a woman, I must like playing an unattractive character! Wrong, I personally like to play attractive characters, but if the character's personality is good I may look past the character design. I play games to get away from reality, and I'm usually gonna want to play as a sexy dude or chick given the option.

[@Lilim1011]

I agree 100% !!

[@Germanicus-]

👍

[@Lazydino59]

I love how this entire argument doesn’t even consider the male version of this. I don’t wanna unironically role play Danny DeVito in Skyrim unless I’m doing it for comedic or meme reasons. This isn’t a male/female thing no matter how bad anyone wants it to be one.

[@evanrodgers3190]

Weird it’s almost as if you are saying Danny DeVito isn’t the peak of male performance

[@intraelement2633]

​@evanrodgers3190 my thoughts exactly. I'd kill for a space adventure where I play Danny Devito. and not some character designed to look like him, I want to play *as* Danny in space 😂

[@Kolvarg]

And yet everyone loves Trevor in GTA V?

[@Darkjack-FR]

Putting ugly, banal characters in a medium that's close to art doesn't help. It's even shameful when strong women are so masculinized. Don't they have the right to be feminine?

[@mikevongola5848]

Because its fact, have you already seen an mma women fighter feminine when she go for fight ? And they're not fighting for her life too, so. I don't think a women risk her life on a hostile planet with long hair and girly clothes lol (exept if she has superpower or something)

[@kwerby3285]

It’s insulting to women. They’re basically saying the only way a woman can be strong is by being masculine.

[@BWA85]

You can masculinise my womens,, as long as they stay feminine in their character and don't try to make them something unique. An example is comparing Karlach and Laezel. One is much more manly in looks (Karlach is jacked) but has the some of the most princess like views in life. The other (Leazel) is much closer to a typical woman's body type but acts like a typical guy soldier.

[@ObsidianQuasar]

I hear all these arguments for people advocating for unattractive characters, then I play Overwatch which is literally coasting along on skin sales for hot females like Widowmaker Mercy and Kiriko.

[@karrs1111]

Studio: We are making a game for the 1%. Game releases: 1% of players buy the game. Studio closes: We didn’t meet sales targets. It’s the players’ fault.

[@Repeal-19thA]

The 1% wont buy it, they’ll only cheer that its not being made for the other 99%

[@mateuszsiedlarz7650]

we're debating left and right but blackrock ceo has clearly stated that logic and money isn't their goal/problem at all

[@pepinlebref7585]

@@mateuszsiedlarz7650 that's true. Blackrock is owning shares of all big companies with their customer's money. They however own the voting rights of these shares. In the end they don't care if a company or the other goes down and can be as ideologically motivated as they want. Few know about this truth

[@SWANSWAN-nc7ds]

1% is still around a couple of hundred million people the fact most of them can't even reach like 1 million people just prove that they know this is bad they just don't want to admit it

[@tattooman3603]

My daughter sells a lot of her artwork online, mostly to people wanting their characters drawn for them, and she hates the masculinization of female characters. Can't stand it. She craves the return of feminine characters to Western gaming.

[@darkmantlestudios]

Where does she sell her art?

[@DeathMetalThrasher]

​@@darkmantlestudiosI'd like to know too. Maybe Etsy?

[@caseyjones6929]

I think there’s a big reckoning coming for the gaming industry. The same way people voted woke America out, we’re voting woke video games out.

[@albertbickel2585]

I hope so. The sad thing though is they are brainwashing the kids at an alarming rate. I'm very afraid that in the future customers will be demanding this trash

[@compostsmurf5519]

It's already started buddy, ubisoft bioware and others are on the verge of financial disaster, ppl have had enough of buying slop when we all have years worth of backlogs of stuff more worthy of our time.

[@Crimsontears83]

13:25 This is the biggest reason these studios and games fail. They want to appeal to a niche audience but continue to use big budgets and huge IPs. And they think all these people who are supporting them on social media will help support the game and make it a success. Video games are $70+, a Tweet is free. It's great you wanna do these things and tell your stories and messages but you have to have more reasonable expectations. You can't take a popular IP that originally had a mostly male audience and tell most of them they aren't wanted, throw millions into it and expect those people to buy the game you told them wasn't for them. Now you need to market and budget for that loss in players.

[@richardv5385]

It's because the characters serve as a statement rather than serving the story.

[@Kyle-p4o8z]

Well it's just weird. They want the 80s aesthetic without the 80s women.

[@Flowsy_gg]

Bingo

[@ChrisClausWatercolor]

I mean both Ciri and the bold one clearly serve the stories actually

[@manurr5287]

@@ChrisClausWatercolor ofc bc the story is also a statement in what they wanna virtue signaling xd

[@Y_arkar]

@@manurr5287 Did you played them? Or you just virtue signaling in the opposite direction, too?

[@mooodeuce]

I wonder how many of these woke folks will actually play the game.

[@exterminatus_now]

Not enough to turn a profit. It's why they are so desperate to trick and gaslight the impressionable into buying out of ignorance or misplaced guilt.

[@TheSolidSnakeOil]

Obviously very few. Witcher 4 will get sales just because it's called Witcher.

[@IronMic-ee4kt]

Why this dude got a child-like female avatar? These people are strange on a whole other level.

[@shaunandrews6313]

They can only game for ten minutes a year because they are just too stressed out

[@KitsuneShapeShifter]

@@IronMic-ee4kt Ad Hominen

[@Hippiemadman96]

Seems more like a fragile feminity is affecting games more then fragile masculinity 😅 male characters have basically stayed the same with a few exceptions as of recent years. Where as female characters are getting changed up every year. 😅

[@NinjaWarrior88]

I agree with everything except where you said Tomb Raider was only successful because Lara Croft is hot. Strong disagree, it definitely helped establish the character but Tomb Raider had innovative gameplay when it was released on PS1. Those original games hold up even today. Innovative gameplay is what made TR successful.

[@yujiro424]

Gameplay is why we got more games, but it is absolutely true that Lara Croft's "assets" got many people to give it a shot in the first place. The presentation gets people in the door, and the service keeps them coming back for more.

[@SeraySezgi]

Asmon is expected to mention Qvarden Token within few hours and the ICO is already almost sold out

[@john0911]

how does it have no replies

[@stealeyy]

Botted probably ​@@john0911

[@aethon0563]

​@@john0911because beep boop

[@thinksterslaunsen]

You bots are the worst. Why is maga so desperate to ripoff fellow Americans?

[@GmodGTX]

Likely bots. I'm assuming this token is some crypto scam? ​@@john0911

[@letsgobrandon1327]

If they try to appeal for "modern audience", they shouldn't complain about "modern sales numbers"....

[@aaronyaunt9072]

They simultaneously want to be praised as being brave social activists but they also get pissed when those same values aren’t profitable. They just want to have their cake and eat it too. They have no principles

[@lrw2008]

Underrated comment 😆

[@xser1ousc0mbatx]

Get rid of porn, OF and have a strict dress code enforced on twitch if you want me to give 2 shits about the "sexualization of women in video games is bad" arguement 😂

[@VicusUtrecht]

🎉🎉🎉

[@BulletSponge71436]

King, take this 👑

[@danielthompson8784]

No fucking kidding.

[@animeislife6158]

This man spittin facts

[@ebhaenger8246]

1:50 "Don't look at Like-Dislike, look at Like-Views ratio" Reminder of Concord: Reveal cinematic - 600k Views, 7.5k Like, 40k Dislike. Gameplay trailer - 1.14Mil Views, 8.5k Like, 85k Dislike. "This game will be amazing" he said. lol

[@tylermckinney2041]

13:53 Yeah, these guys are making liver and asparagus flavored candy, and then wondering why they aren't doing snickers numbers.

[@winghong3]

It's not hard to understand, even ignoring attractiveness or not, her design looks lazy. Remove all the hair so you don't need to animate hair physics, the truth of the matter is...she looks like a lesser random NPC you would be meeting in another random open world game.

[@timmcgee8380]

I feel like butch ambiguous lesbian is the most overused asset in video games today

[@SLRModShop]

"she"?! Wait, it's not Johnny Somali?!

[@deltasyn7434]

I love how the DEI solution in every form of media is always a black lesbian woman.

[@Momogamer9]

Well there are Latinos too like Rachel Zeigler snow White 😂

[@Xor_le_sherif]

The problem in my eyes doesn't really come from the character being ugly or beautiful, but just that the personality is always the same: I'm arrogant and exaggerated in self-confidence, always very "cringe" .!.! with exaggeratedly masculine character postures . and generally the character is built in 1 dimension around these traits , without substances

[@NicholWhitley]

Leaks coming out about Asmon working together with shareholders involved with Qarden Token

[@CowsR4me]

The bit at 11:00 makes me wonder if we'll ever get some of that granular data from Veilguard, how many players chose the scars in the character creation. How much damage was done over that type of ideological stuff, for how few people chose the option. It'd be interesting to see.

[@PapaDalbec]

Precisely why we'll never see it. Much like the removal of the dislike button on KZbin, they don't want you to know just how unpopular thier degenerate ideology is, but we know. I would be willing to bet it's less than 1%.

[@carlkitchen]

I think also that there is a difference between beautifying and sexualizing. Like I don't think we need to sexualize every female character but you can still make them beautiful/pretty/attractive. Or, at least, simply not ugly. Similar idea for men. I don't need a game to see ugly people. Could just leave my home.

[@LevanEvan]

Designing them to be even remotely attractive will open the door for the internet to sexualize and r34 them to high heaven. For whatever reason these new age developers fear that for some reason. Maybe the developers are jealous that attractive characters get more attention than themselves? I remember a Concord dev saying they deliberately designed the characters to overt the male gaze. Why do that for any sane reason. Like who do you think your game's audience was going to be? Insanity.

[@xbladesofglassx5282]

Could just look in the mirror

[@carlkitchen]

@xbladesofglassx5282 right

[@lunardestruction]

0:27 asmon not only do people blame you for that, they now refer to the asmongold channel as "gamergate 2" electric boogaloo

[@Yltimate_]

Now we're talking

[@mikalhajal5061]

😂😂😂

[@DutyStalker357]

Asmon is already used to living in trash, he's right at home being rent free in these people's heads

[@XxCrankyMoosexX]

Hell ya

[@VicusUtrecht]

​@@DutyStalker357 that went hard bro lol

[@mr.smithsgovermentclass4556]

This archetype was done much better in Mass effect 2 and 3. Jack.

[@BWA85]

Jack is a great analogue. I never thought about her.

[@gunturcokrohadi1009]

Jack is great.

[@SlatsAU]

I always romance Jack. How can you not be attracted to biotic super powers, tattoos, and a dash of crazy? Now IRL I'd run for the hills, but its a game.

[@gunturcokrohadi1009]

@@SlatsAU i mean thats it right. We know what jack looks like. But because the game doesnt push their opinion the jack we saw is pure personality. How can these game devs dont understand this

[@malificajones7674]

@@SlatsAU How can I not be attracted to Jack? Because she's bald. Was Jack a memorable character? Yes, absolutely. But Jack would still be better if she was hot.

[@JamieWoods00746]

It’s hilarious being called an incel when I’m a 30-year-old husband and father. They can throw that word at me all day - it just highlights their delusion.

[@blaynebittencourt5076]

They all say they are getting "death threats" but never show the threats.

[@DesertSorceressCovfefe]

It's like the guy many years back who spray painted racist hate slurs on his own house to claim he was victimized, which they later caught on to and arrested him.

[@non1503]

I figure it mostly happens when they are looking in the mirror.

[@Joshua-k1y]

There probably doing it to each other

[@MysteriousStranger50]

It’s the voice in their head that HRT didn’t remove

[@farenk8303]

Because they are the ones sending them

[@tachrayonic2982]

While the appearance of these characters certainly draws attention, I think a big part of the problem is that characters like this often have insufferable personalities too. Being critical of other peoples' "offensiveness" while being more offensive themselves. Being jerks to friends, enemies and strangers alike as the default. Being unconvincing/inconsistent about their motives. Acting like a child despite the responsibilities trusted to them. Their personalities could even be more significant than their appearance when it comes to pushing away the actual gaming audience. If a female character with a muscular appearance acted like a "friendly gym bro" or a "stoic demon slayer" rather than an "insufferable child", I don't think it would face such a strong rejection. Similarly, a conventionally attractive woman could face rejection if they acted like a jerk as the default. But these two traits often go hand-in-hand, which thankfully makes it easier to avoid this media in the first place. (And it certainly doesn't help that the writing often glorifies the "insufferable child" simply because they're the main protagonist. If they sufficiently got called out on it, it might not be so bad but that never happens, while instead they get to call out the other characters on even the slightest opposition. Just terrible writing)

[@slientkillli7433]

when you physically want to throw up at the sight of this protagonist, the chance of you paying money to play it is literally 0

[@SweetLuups]

This dude probably looks like muk from pokemon

[@kirkchurchil8216]

@@SweetLuupswho?

[@Miless93]

@@SweetLuupsRight! Lmao dudes literally crashing out because they can’t get their rocks off to a video game character. A lot of these gamers nowadays need to take a real hard look at themselves because it’s getting sad.

[@mrhero-dv1jn]

If you're not a gamer why do you even care what happens in games?

[@malificajones7674]

@@SweetLuupsHe criticises a fictional character. So you make a snide attack about his real life appearance. Do you really not understand who the toxic one is here?

[@ummaaron]

making women more masculine and insisting its correct would imply masculinity is better. man = good

[@invaderjoshua6280]

How did Naughty Dog go from female characters like Ashelin and Keira to this? What a 180. Definitely not the same developers at all.

[@SunniMerlot]

They hired a gay female staff

[@1ViivviiX1]

When and why did it become the norm for people to not be allowed to have preferences. ESPECIALLY for recreational activities/the ways people choose how they want to spend their money? I personally think buying expensive jewelry or shoes is stupid. That doesn't mean I think other people shouldn't be allowed to do it. I personally don't like overly sexualized characters with overly revealing outfits, but doesn't mean I think others shouldn't be able to want it. Anyone who thinks they should have a say in how another grown person spends their hard earned money or time, is straight up mental. Where is the tolerance from the "oh so tolerant"? Can anyone make it make sense. 😐

[@eliaquadarella2948]

They can't 😂

[@ladyhexagon2420]

Puting Ciri next to that genderbent Krillin is a fucking insult wtf? Someone took the time to draw that meme too…I believe social media was a mistake 😐

[@BWA85]

I am hyped to play W4 as Ciri. She was trained to and built for the role. She has badassery in her own right and has been part of the story since day 1. Geralt picked right to pass the torch to her. That Krillin needs to be Namek'd again, because he needs his free Icecream Sundae.

[@tigransafaryan6619]

​​@@BWA85Yeah ciri as main character is fine, all i hope for is her not being condescending, obnoxious and keep that badassery on a reasonable level just like Geralt was. Otherwise it will ruin the character.

[@malificajones7674]

@@tigransafaryan6619 Your hopes will be dashed. CDPR has gone full woke. You can expect all the obnoxious political messaging that goes along with a girlboss protagonist.

[@djangodjango5694]

​@@BWA85 In the books it was made very clear that they don't want to turn Ciri into a witcher and ESPECIALLY no way in hell let her undergo the trial of the grasses. Ciri being a witcher ruins many things

[@tigransafaryan6619]

@@malificajones7674 I've seen the video on their channel about ESG initiatives. It worries me. Time will tell. There is a small chance it won't affect W4.

[@agroed]

If all the people who blame Asmon for woke games failing actually bought the game they'd probably at least make their money back.

[@RoganBits]

Extremists stating "You've got to change it for me" and simultaneously stating "go make your own platform if you don't like the rules of any given one" is hilarious. What they really mean to say is "I'm a toddler; so it's my way always."

[@Paladinsabre]

Telling people to look at the Like-view ratio instead of the like -dislike ratio is just omitting negative data, Its basically asking the community to ignore the fact that more of the views are from people leaving a negative response and to focus instead on the idea that a lot of people have seen this...

[@pdpgb]

If those 73 thousand likes actually translated to sales they would have a point. Problem is the majority are probably woke activists trying to own the "incels/chuds" who don't actually care about this type of game either and won't bother playing it. Although now that I think about it these big budget games need millions of copies sold to even break even so 73 thousand sales would actually be abysmal.

[@Paladinsabre]

​@@pdpgb If a social media post has more likes than your game has in actual sales...thats not good at all lol

[@clarkr1065]

If no one cared about how their characters looked in a video game, there wouldn't be character customization options at the start of a video game.

[@GustavoGplay]

I'm gonna say it today because this is something I realized when TLOU2 came out and no one seems to pay attention: naughty dog has some of the most toxic cult-like fans out there. They'll eat up anything they theow at them without question and will go after anyone who doesn't like it. It doesn't matter if your against the woke shit or not, if you dislike a ND game, you're basically like hitler to them.

[@Elnegro..]

27:54 Alan woke is right, the secondary character in question was a white woman in the first game, then turned black for woke diversity.

[@vortex_beast1585]

Oh ok, thanks for clarifying 👍🏽

[@JustinC721]

What if I told you the reason we want attractive characters in video games is the same reason we want cool looking weapons, cool looking vehicles, badass looking guns, etc etc. What if someone made a racing game where all the cars were ugly? Who would play that shit? Why is wanting things or people that look good suddenly wrong?

[@bbblackwell]

It's like wrestling. Wrestling was awesome when the guys were larger-than-life characters. Having average-sized wimps come out in jeans and wifebeaters, whining and complaining, destroyed the whole thing. We don't want our entertainment to be like us; only the self-hating losers need that validation.

[@pdpgb]

They always try to trivialize it like that guy saying gamers just want to fap to the female characters but I doubt anybody actually does that while playing. We just want to look at something attractive/cool and have fun as we play. Very simply.

[@bbblackwell]

When I was a kid rooting for Hulk Hogan, it was because he was big and strong and could beat the bad guys. I never thought, "I can't relate to the Hulkster; I wish a seven-year-old boy was champion." We want heroes to be awesome, not normal like us. This should be obvious.

[@Kalvot1]

Today I've seen some podcast with scientist(which was a woman btw) that was talking about how hierarchies of women work and also how bullying is a tool to enforce it. Much of it was against sexier or attractive women. Now I feel like people in the gaming world want us to compel to the same kind of thinking and surrender to the bullying.

[@Yunothehero]

What podcast was this?

[@Ozzystrayroo]

Al Bundy was right all along

[@Momogamer9]

I'd say it's more covert with attractive women and overt with unattractive women. As an unattractive woman people will be more overt about their bullying and distaste of my existence, men and women. But for my attractive friends I see a lot more of the "frenemy" type deal, where average women wanna be their friends to look 'cool' but hate them on the inside because they're jealous. Also I prefer to be attractive in game too 😂

[@JayneAFK]

Up to 17:36. So let me see if I have this right, as someone who is usually on this side of things, but is finding the reaction towards the Witcher 4 and ND's Intergalactic to be way too extreme and click-baity in its own right. We are critical of people for saying games like Stellar Blade shouldn't exist because Eve's character design is "disg-sting" and "unnat-ral" and "women don't want to keep seeing this kind of thing." On top of that, criticising this mindset for the fact that Eve is based upon a real model, therefore not unrealistic. Yet the criticisms our side are putting forward for why ND's Intergalactic is bad and shouldn't exist hinges on the idea that Jordan's character design is "disg-sting," "unnat-ral" and "men don't want to keep seeing this kind of thing," despite the fact that Jordan is based 1:1 on a real actress and no stereotypical ugl-fication even took place here. The actress is identifiable because the model the character is based on is so accurate. This is why you start to lose people's sympathies, because you are becoming the thing you hate and you don't even see it. All for clicks, which is also why the journos do what they do. It's tiresome. I come here and I watch these channels to get away from this kind of non-logic from the other side, but now we're just mirroring them. Great. Love that. As Asmon said, people can't say whether the game will be good because we haven't seen any gameplay yet, we haven't seen much of the story etc. In the same vein, we can't say the game will be bad either. We can be cautious, that the game will be bad based on certain red flags, and others can be optimistic the game will be good based on the points that appeal to them, but we can't know either way until we see more of the game. A short teaser isn't enough. Anyway, I'm stopping the video here and moving onto the next vid in my watch list, since this specific topic is becoming so wildly boring now. Everyone is saying the same NPC lines over and over and I'm done w/ it for now, at least until we actually have more information on the game. If it really is bad, I'll come back and laugh at it with you guys, but this being performatively and pre-emptively offended stuff is just tiresome. (Had to censor some words because YT is ducked and I have no clue which word triggered it so badly lmao.)

[@friedegg-n8p]

Its the characters personality that is off-putting to me. The way she looks is just doubling down. She was arrogant and threatened to fire her cooler looking agent because she was being reasonable 😂

[@SleepyGT805]

Dude everyone loved Ellie in Last of us 2, she wasn’t “hot” just a badass with a pretty face. We all just hated the game because Joel being murdered and having to play as his murderer to understand her bullshit when we already had Ellie. Ellie already represented LGBT so idk why the f*ck we had to play as Abbie.

[@johnserosanguineous1886]

I thought they explained their reasoning well enough... they wanted you to suffer playing that game.

[@captainchaosxx3866]

I wanted to play as muscle mommy ❤

[@RyanTattoo-fx2mb]

I hated tlou2 it was a terrible game and Ellie didn’t do what I wanted her to do which kill her!

[@kingboy280]

Still didn't wanna play as her. I'm a grown man, don't wanna play as a little girl or some trans, not sorry at all.

[@zym6687]

Have you considered men bad?

[@MalMalWasTaken]

These people can scream and shout and debate all they want but it will not change the fact that us humans are attracted to pretty things. That's why a lot of famous actors and creators are all attractive. Attractiveness sells. It is what it is. It's in our nature. They're no denying that.

[@JamieWoods00746]

Nobody wants to play as a character who looks exactly like the people constantly telling us how much they hate us.

[@aeonstar293]

They are tourists in an industry trying to make games for other tourists. They don't even understand basic game, character, or story design.

[@Entropy67]

Its not surprising that they have taken over the AAA industry, Incompetence likes Incompetence.

[@skeetorkiftwon]

Every female lead is already masculine. Why make her ugly to boot? Make the physics realistic, make the weapons and environment realistic, make the story realistic; leave the fantasy in the story. You won't find a romance novel with an ugly manlet on the cover.

[@AcshualSnotski]

Wow... Disney is realizing that sexuality involving underage is weird? Pressing x for doubt.

[@pepinlebref7585]

they are just doing surface gestures to avoid the biggest controversies. It is one step back after five steps forward

[@fuyuu5622]

I'm a girl, and I want to play a character that is hot, attractive with big tits and humongous cake. I don't know why there's a game force diversity, gender equality or body positivity. Games industry should listen to us instead.

[@weedblaster2125]

Plot leak; TLDR - no space travel (it was a cutscene) - game described as open world uncharted with sci-fi elements - Jordan the protagonist is looking for her former gang leader - crashes on this planet her crew is on (EMP Wave caused by the atmosphere) - robots show up and aliens who are actually humans who can grow bug legs show up (??) they made the robots to invade earth - Luis is a bug lover kills all Jordan's old crew to lure the feds there - It's a set up to jack their EMP proof rides - You kill Luis and get to decide if you wanna side with the bug people or the space cops - you leave the planet roll credits

[@jonathaningram8157]

Saying those who disliked would never buy the game anyway is just stupid. I loved uncharted and if they went with a normal protagonist this game would have peek my interested (although we didn't see enough to know if there is anything to be excited for). But this main character... Hard pass. There is enough games out there to skip the political ones.

[@guardianv5846]

I want to play a character that either makes me want to be the character, or be in the character.

[@FRANKMUSIKOFFICIAL]

Here’s the thing. The Chuds would be just as “mad” if you made it an ugly fat dude as the lead protagonist. Sexism has nothing to do with it.

[@DesertSorceressCovfefe]

I rather have the Tank from L4D as a protagonist instead