Well there’s your mistake hahaI guess I'm talking about the crowd that hangs out in the IGN comments
On another note, are there any good game communities besides this one or a few others?Well there’s your mistake haha
I think the dialogue and writing displayed so far have been somewhat terrible, but the gameplay looks hella fun. I really love playing as mages and Forspoken is the biggest budget magic-focused action adventure game we’ve had.
However I’ve also tempered my expectations based on what people have said about the demo. Definitely waiting for an ACG review of the full game or something before I get it. (Well… I’ll get it when I get a PS5, anyhow)
So only 2 dozen. Gotcha.There are dozens of us. DOZENS.
Unfortunately I don’t really know of any. I hang around Reddit but only on game specific or subgenre specific subreddits, where the discussion tends to be more nuanced, and even then for those smaller subreddits they can tend to become echo chambers.On another note, are there any good game communities besides this one or a few others?
Forums basically died out after the 2000s and have made a bit of a revival recently, but only a bit.Unfortunately I don’t really know of any. I hang around Reddit but only on game specific or subgenre specific subreddits, where the discussion tends to be more nuanced, and even then for those smaller subreddits they can tend to become echo chambers.
Other forums I used to visit are… not the best
A lot of games nowadays have "accessibility" and "tweaking" options, compared to how they were over 10 years ago, before I stopped playing video games.I definitely wasn't aware there was an option to tone down some of the character chatter, so I'm looking forward to giving that a go.
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I do like the traversal mechanic, from what I've seen, but I haven't tried the demo, tbh.I would like it to be good, but unfortunately Action games that arnt shooters have to be VERY polished for me to have enjoyment as i have a large preference towards turnbased.
What I have seen doesnt look fun and there was no demo on PC so
https://www.eurogamer.net/forspoken...es-black-protagonist-as-having-hip-hoppy-walkThe fact that no black writers were on the game's development team makes me nervous.
I’m excited for a square Enix IP that actually has a women of color as a lead. Sucks that it doesn’t seem like the game will be highly rated but I hope they take this mindset for future Final Fantasy games!Plus, like, all the backlash to this game is racist, I swear to God.
Like, there isn't a single comment against this game that doesn't reek of racism or sexism.
No offense to you if you're just not interested; I guess I'm talking about the crowd that hangs out in the IGN comments.
It doesn't make me nervous, I just know the writing will be terrible lol.The fact that no black writers were on the game's development team makes me nervous.
Hip hoppy walk makes me think of rabbits…
I was waiting for Quadruple TreeHolding out for Fivespoken
It's sad that gaming is still barely catching up to where superhero comics were in the 1960s and 70s, when it comes to black rep. And obviously, still have far to go when it comes to inclusion in the writer's room and directors/producers' chairs.It doesn't make me nervous, I just know the writing will be terrible lol.
Yeah, i havent played the demo, but it is a new ip, it seems to try its own thing.I should also add, after playing the demo, I really don't think there's any other game that plays quite like this one. It feels closer to something like Returnal than XV which I wasn't expecting. It definitely feels experimental which is a rarity in the AAA space imo.
while it obviously would be better (seeing how it relies on cliches), there where good stories written by people that where not the same ethnicity.The fact that no black writers were on the game's development team makes me nervous.
i mean, being an orphan and angry... isn't that also an shonen lead cliche?
Plus, like, all the backlash to this game is racist, I swear to God.
Like, there isn't a single comment against this game that doesn't reek of racism or sexism.
No offense to you if you're just not interested; I guess I'm talking about the crowd that hangs out in the IGN comments.
Amy Hennig didn't actually write the dialogue. It was a team of writers with Hollywood TV experience. None of them Black.Frankly, I find it puzzling that the story of all things seems to be one of the game's big weaknesses. Amy Hennig's pedigree is great, just what happened there?
I also think that for (Japanese) publishers the lection out of this will be "don't try to have a non-Asian/non-white main character, it's more trouble than it's worth and no one will give you the tiniest bit of credit what for you tried", which is unfortunate, too.
Ugh. I feel like a lot of media has this nowadays. Yes. swearing seems to be less taboo than years ago, but I feel like a lot of games, movies and TV shows have random F-bombs sprinkled in sentences where it sounds completely forced and completely ruins the flow of the sentence/dialog. I don't mind swearing, but at least make it have an impact or go with the sentence flowlots of juvenile swearing