They literally made her an unlikable, angry, black female car thief who tells everyone to fuck off… We get he bought the game to jerk off with cuckmann on their strong wahmen fetish, but it doesn’t appeal to the majority of gamers.
We get he bought the game to jerk off with cuckmann
The interesting thing is that Amy Hennig is one of the writers for Forspoken and Druckman has all but ignored her existence after kicking her out of Naughty Dog because actual women in the industry wouldn't virtue signal for/with him.
Was thinking about this yesterday. We need a term that applies to pre-emptive woke-shielding in various forms so any and all [expected] criticism gets deflected with it.
Or at least is attempted.
Doesn't always work as quite a few recent productions have tried the "racist/sexist" line of attack on audiences and been met with ridicule.
Cleric who regularly burns pagans can't understand why these damned barbaric evil demon worshipping heathens won't accept his word and convert to his religion.
Dude's gone crazy after Sony fucked his game release up. He should blame Sony but he goes after low hanging fruits to quell his rage. I think that's the state of most western developers. This is why I call'em spineless sellouts.
Lara Croft was beloved. Granted, she was pure coombait, but still. I feel like there is a place for female protagonists so long as they’re well written. Frey would be an annoying cunt even if she was a man.
Terra! People liked Terra in Final Fantasy 3.
Square didn't originally create Lara Croft in the first place, so I wouldn't have attributed her to them anyway even if at some point the Square/Enix conglomerate bought up the IP.
In 1994, in an incredibly short-sighted decision, Final Fantasy VI was released in the USA as "Final Fantasy III" because it was the third game to actually get released here.
This was before the internet--we couldn't easily look up that there were three other games in Japan at this point.
That one decision created decades of misunderstandings.
Square said "screw it" and called Final Fantasy VII by that name worldwide, to end this.
EDIT: Final Fantasy IV was previously released here as "Final Fantasy II" as well. Its translation was so poorly received (aside from one infamous line) that it led to Square looking elsewhere for localization help, which resulted in them hiring Ted Woolsey.
Aren't you aware of the "sexual harassment" craze of the late 80s/90s? Michael Crichton even wrote a book about it. It wasn't that different to the "me too" craze, although the lack of social media meant "normal" women couldn't use it to get attention as easily.
I've pointed this out many times, but the strong, ass-kicking hottie is a male appealing trope. Women do not want or care about such games. The only problem with Forspoken (besides the crappy, derivative gameplay and empty, pointless checklist world) is that the lead is ugly and abrasive. If she wore suggestive clothing and acted like a ditzy waifu it'd be weeb GOTY (see: Ryza)
There's been a strong, directed push in gaming right around the development of Dragon Age Inquisition to essentially take away all eye candy from men. Fat ugly stupid bitches don't want low-status gamer betas to have any access to women above their level, not even fictional ones.
Unironically the fault of Sensitive Joss Whedon more than anyone.
Buffy is the obvious example but there's also River from Firefly/Serenity as well as several characters from Dollhouse - all of which used the same stable of actors as well as included Joss' fetish for barefooted young women.
They literally made her an unlikable, angry, black female car thief who tells everyone to fuck off… We get he bought the game to jerk off with cuckmann on their strong wahmen fetish, but it doesn’t appeal to the majority of gamers.
The interesting thing is that Amy Hennig is one of the writers for Forspoken and Druckman has all but ignored her existence after kicking her out of Naughty Dog because actual women in the industry wouldn't virtue signal for/with him.
Oh god, please tell me that all she did was world building for this fantasy realm, and not characterization (especially of Frey).
thank you for confirming the only reason anyone makes the lead a black woman is so they can use her as a shield for their failure.
Was thinking about this yesterday. We need a term that applies to pre-emptive woke-shielding in various forms so any and all [expected] criticism gets deflected with it.
Or at least is attempted.
Doesn't always work as quite a few recent productions have tried the "racist/sexist" line of attack on audiences and been met with ridicule.
I guess 'woke-shielding' could work.
No such thing as bad advertising.
Cleric who regularly burns pagans can't understand why these damned barbaric evil demon worshipping heathens won't accept his word and convert to his religion.
Dude's gone crazy after Sony fucked his game release up. He should blame Sony but he goes after low hanging fruits to quell his rage. I think that's the state of most western developers. This is why I call'em spineless sellouts.
Look, I may not like women, or Black people, or… what was the third one?
People.
Carjackers.
Maybe if PlayStation didn't kill off all the games and franchises I actually liked....
yes lol
Remember, having superhero-themed fun with a group prom date is misogyny.
What?
Lara Croft was beloved. Granted, she was pure coombait, but still. I feel like there is a place for female protagonists so long as they’re well written. Frey would be an annoying cunt even if she was a man. Terra! People liked Terra in Final Fantasy 3.
Particularly amusing because Square has an entire history of having female protagonists and antagonists that people liked.
Oh yeah nobody like Tifa or Aerith.
Or Terra and Celeste, for that matter.
Square didn't originally create Lara Croft in the first place, so I wouldn't have attributed her to them anyway even if at some point the Square/Enix conglomerate bought up the IP.
Can't believe there are still people who call it 3 because of that short-sighted decision in 1994...
Whatever, nerd.
It's been 6 in the US since the release of Final Fantasy Anthology in 1999.
3 is the one with the Onion Knights. It even got a damn good remake on the DS.
We need to avoid confusion.
What website do you think you're on?
In 1994, in an incredibly short-sighted decision, Final Fantasy VI was released in the USA as "Final Fantasy III" because it was the third game to actually get released here.
This was before the internet--we couldn't easily look up that there were three other games in Japan at this point.
That one decision created decades of misunderstandings.
Square said "screw it" and called Final Fantasy VII by that name worldwide, to end this.
EDIT: Final Fantasy IV was previously released here as "Final Fantasy II" as well. Its translation was so poorly received (aside from one infamous line) that it led to Square looking elsewhere for localization help, which resulted in them hiring Ted Woolsey.
Samus Aran (1986), Lara Croft (1996), and Joanna Dark (2000) say otherwise.
The 80s...
Dormant Feminism....
Aren't you aware of the "sexual harassment" craze of the late 80s/90s? Michael Crichton even wrote a book about it. It wasn't that different to the "me too" craze, although the lack of social media meant "normal" women couldn't use it to get attention as easily.
Notice I picked older examples specifically to highlight female protags isn't some brand new innovation.
Dollars to donuts you'd whine just as much if I had only included examples from the last decade.
I've pointed this out many times, but the strong, ass-kicking hottie is a male appealing trope. Women do not want or care about such games. The only problem with Forspoken (besides the crappy, derivative gameplay and empty, pointless checklist world) is that the lead is ugly and abrasive. If she wore suggestive clothing and acted like a ditzy waifu it'd be weeb GOTY (see: Ryza)
There's been a strong, directed push in gaming right around the development of Dragon Age Inquisition to essentially take away all eye candy from men. Fat ugly stupid bitches don't want low-status gamer betas to have any access to women above their level, not even fictional ones.
Unironically the fault of Sensitive Joss Whedon more than anyone.
Buffy is the obvious example but there's also River from Firefly/Serenity as well as several characters from Dollhouse - all of which used the same stable of actors as well as included Joss' fetish for barefooted young women.
Anime/Weeb trope really, but yes. Joss has a tarded love for dumb weeb shit like "guy falls headfirst into boobs" in Avengers 2.