Concord - Die by DEI

According to journalists, Concord will go the distance. 7/10
Sony truly has picked the right side of history

[@JestersWarOfficial]

If you're interested in buying this amazing game, check out my beta review at kzbin.info/www/bejne/hX7Qi6GQqMp4jc0 Unfortunately, since the game is dead, you can't buy the game though. Hope this was not helpful!

[@FlowerBoyDeMii]

I’m try to know the games you used in the video I saw zenless but I’m curious about the other games used

[@JestersWarOfficial]

In order. ZZZ, Trials of Mana, Honkai Star Rail, Trials of Mana, ZZZ, Genshin Impact, Nier Automata, Trials of Mana, Genshin Impact, Trials of Mana, HSR, Genshin, ZZZ, Trials of Mana, Persona 3 Reload, Stellar Blade. I made sure since I was talking about Concord to use no Concord footage, I wouldn't wish my worst enemy to have to see that.

[@tqco6877]

Im sorry but that hsr line up caught so off guard. March as the lone sustain especially with a destruction character on the team was diabolical

[@incognibro6669]

Ai typed this comment

[@tqco6877]

@@incognibro6669 fr?

[@JestersWarOfficial]

I'm a huge fan of March, in both her forms

[@redseagaming7832]

The crazy part is that they threw out the really good competent developers for these wackos

[@JestersWarOfficial]

Yeah, would much rather have Bloodborne 2 than this

[@JestersWarOfficial]

According to a new report by journalists (take it with a grain of salt)- the Concord budget was $400M. So... my bad for implying it was 'only' $250M several times. 🙃

[@ARStudios2000]

This game was the definition of incompetent marketing. Yeah, the gameplay itself was competent, but thats the bare minimum you can do. I have never seen a game fail this hard in catching an audience. Not helping that we got the info leak (allegedly) from Colin Moriarty revealing the toxic positivity culture at the studio, so that would explain why the marketing and market research didn't seem to do their homework. Also you wouldn't happen to be a fellow pimperor would ya

[@JestersWarOfficial]

Yes sir! The toxic positivity culture is the DEI, which ironic that he talks about people being afraid to talk about the game being bad due to DEI, but he himself is afraid to talk about it for the very same reason even OUTSIDE of the company. It behaves in a cultish way, if you try to leave or question any doctrine, you are ostracized and blacklisted to set an example- at a DEI studio, 'toxic positivity' really means they are afraid if they question the ugly Concord models they will not just be fired, but every other studio will know they're a racist/sexist. And it is so effective, indie journalists like Colin won't even talk about it fully. The studio had true believers, but for nonbelievers, the threat of every true believer putting in an HR complaint against you for bigotry is stifling, so you won't look at one of their characters, realize it is awful, and say the truth. It is good he talked about it at all, even if he has to obscure it- I expect as studios that do want to be profitable clear out DEI departments, they will be lying about it and saying 'toxic positivity' or something else so they don't fully anger the cult. That's just the way it is.

[@mariawhite7337]

Concord wasnt even interesting to LOOK at. People call it a Overwatch rippoff. But apparently you can BUILD? Not that mechanic as far as ive seen was implemented well. It wasnt interesting with anything like cool weapons or badass special moves. It also was EXTREMELY poorly optimizted for each charater. So the fighting was extremely poorly balanced. Basically the worst hero shooter period. On a full MECHANICAL aspect.

[@JestersWarOfficial]

Yeah, there was a major problem with the character designs- you can't make a hero shooter an bomb the hero part, and aside from being ugly- if you can't look at a hero and tell what they do in combat, the visuals aren't even functional. Utter failure in design

[@Yomush]

The Gaming Industry has started to heal itself, Concord is just an unfortunate symptom. Gamers are idiots but even idiots have SOME standards, as low as they are but still...

[@JestersWarOfficial]

We have seen many great games this year, I feel that has contributed to a lot of the bad games failing- give gamers a better alternative and they take it.

[@Camachosky]

it did NOT die because of DEI it died because of mediocrity, get it right

[@JestersWarOfficial]

DEI creates mediocrity- if your goal is to make something political, and you are under tight restrictions due to something like DEI- it vastly limits your creativity and visuals.

[@dollarstoremessiah]

​@@JestersWarOfficialin what way at all was the game political? The game was a hero shooter about space bounty hunters. I know what you mean by the game being political, but please just say that you're an asshole instead of using politics as a blanket term for something you don't dare to say. Claiming that "DEI" was the biggest factor is plain dumb. Overwatch is a prime example and did the same thing since day 1. The difference is that overwatch was one of the first hero shooters and actually had compelling character designs and an actual (kinda) story. If you're going to shit on something, shit on it the right way. You're the one making it political by claiming that it's "political"

[@SinCityRadio2077]

You are insane if you get a studios full of zealot activists, instead of competent devs, you get concord

[@Jam77229]

Saying it failed solely do to DEI is only exposing your own lack of comprehension. The failure is multifaceted, but you're not honest enough to admit that

[@sertiana2512]

No, it was purely because of DEI. The game wasn't a buggy glitchy mess, unlike most failures in gaming.

[@Camachosky]

@@sertiana2512no one cares about diversity and inclusion when the game is good. some of the best games of the decade feature black, gay people but people dont care because the game excells apart from whatever the identity of the characters might be.

[@JestersWarOfficial]

If you build a studio where the hiring goal is to fill quotas rather than get the best people for the job- DEI bleeds into everything else with the game. As I said- it is not the pure visuals in the game that causes this, but the systemic issues in the studio itself that result in a game that is bad on every level- not just on the obvious DEI symptoms like visuals, story telling and characters.

[@JestersWarOfficial]

Yes, the game ran smoothly enough, but it had nothing interesting in the hero part, or in the shooter part- match design, visuals, characters were all boring

[@JestersWarOfficial]

Yup, gamers have loved Metroid, Tomb Raider, BG3, games with women, options for same sex relationships, etc... It all comes down to how fun the game is, and how much it appeals to players. DEI driven games make the main focus something other than just a good game though- it's like shooting both your feet before running a race, you might still win the race but there's nobody questioning that it hurts your chances.