So beastiality wasn't enough neither was no choice other than genitals for character customisation, they need it further censored because too many choices?
And it's working. I won't buy it, but I am curious about playing it, just to see what the fuss(es) are about, if nothing else. I like CRPGs, I liked Divinity. Despite the generally negative stuff said about this game here (and for good reason) I am more curious than I was about BG3. Again, won't buy it, but I am curious. It's not at the top of my list, but I likely will play it at some point.
And, yeah, people on both sides are being kind of cringe. I hate cringe marketing, but I can respect the strategy a little bit. BG3 may have been some of the best cringe marketing we've seen. It really did blow up big, everyone's talking about it, and people are pissed off...but probably the right amount of pissed off where the more normie people will still buy it regardless. I'll give them points for cleverness, if nothing else; very well executed.
People need to recognize the difference between Wizards and Larian. Wizards has been hyper-woke for at least 10 years; their newest versions of DnD conflate species and race by implication when they remove race-specific bonuses, as but one tiny example. Given that Larian is adapting the most recent version of DnD, I'd say so far that they've actually toned DOWN the wokeness quite a bit. Don't get me wrong, the basic outlines are almost always still there, but they're not trumpeted at you constantly. The result is that the game truly feels very open -- you can roleplay however you like, including Super Straight or what have you, and the game more than accomodates it. At least so far... (still early in the story)
So beastiality wasn't enough neither was no choice other than genitals for character customisation, they need it further censored because too many choices?
And it's working. I won't buy it, but I am curious about playing it, just to see what the fuss(es) are about, if nothing else. I like CRPGs, I liked Divinity. Despite the generally negative stuff said about this game here (and for good reason) I am more curious than I was about BG3. Again, won't buy it, but I am curious. It's not at the top of my list, but I likely will play it at some point.
And, yeah, people on both sides are being kind of cringe. I hate cringe marketing, but I can respect the strategy a little bit. BG3 may have been some of the best cringe marketing we've seen. It really did blow up big, everyone's talking about it, and people are pissed off...but probably the right amount of pissed off where the more normie people will still buy it regardless. I'll give them points for cleverness, if nothing else; very well executed.
People need to recognize the difference between Wizards and Larian. Wizards has been hyper-woke for at least 10 years; their newest versions of DnD conflate species and race by implication when they remove race-specific bonuses, as but one tiny example. Given that Larian is adapting the most recent version of DnD, I'd say so far that they've actually toned DOWN the wokeness quite a bit. Don't get me wrong, the basic outlines are almost always still there, but they're not trumpeted at you constantly. The result is that the game truly feels very open -- you can roleplay however you like, including Super Straight or what have you, and the game more than accomodates it. At least so far... (still early in the story)