Frustrated Furry on the cusp of self-awareness.
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What is this relatability bullshit that keeps popping up?
I had no problem playing games where people did not look like me, act like me, or talk like me appear in.
It's all about how to involve yourself in their lives and watch things play out in real time as you progress in the games.
You would think people who abso-fucking-lutely love putting themselves where they don't belong could appreciate that. But I guess doing exactly what they do is just too hard if you can't also change everything to suit your tastes.
Also the english translation got really fucked in this. Shame too, since it's exactly the kind of game I would enjoy.
I actively dislike games that feature "relatable" me. I already relate to myself, I can "relate" to myself for free at any given moment. I want to experience the story of someone very much not myself.
And I am hardly alone there. The most popular characters in Starcraft 2 by mass community poll were Abathur, Alarak, and Alexei. A sociopathic bug, a religious zealot space-elf, and a depressed Russian zombie. The "relatable" characters couldn't even break top-8. People loved their very alien (pun intended) perspectives and worldviews, they didn't give a shit about Raynor and Kerrigan's little love story hiccups and "human" concerns. It's sci-fi, they wanted sci-fi concerns.
Problem is, these aphantasia types are loud, and insist on being part of the creation process even for things they'd never buy. "No character has a hangnail on their fourth toe of their right foot, I just can't identify with their experiences!"