What a surprise, Expedition 33 isn't as indie or double AA as I thought
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I mean I don't consider a bunch of niggers in fantasy not-France dying in the first 15 minutes to be a big deal, but it is I suppose a check mark you can check. The only other complaint I have so far is that Lune is a somewhat obnoxious girlboss, but she isn't that excusively. Gustave is more passive and Maelle is more of a wunderkid than I'd like, but the experience so far has been pretty normal and completely within the realm of "this is fine." It even has anti-antinatalist messaging with Gustave/Sophie's relationship.
Contrasting this to something like Starfield, or shows like Andor/Fallout/etc, and it becomes abundantly clear that this game isn't anything close to delivering The Message.
Casually accepting the presence of non-Europeans in European/Euro-derived societies is absolutely core to The Message. This and bog-standard 1980s era Feminism (e.g. falsely presenting women as equally capable as men) are like 90% of the real problem.
Sure, there's a degree of difference between an African person in the background of a cinematic and a full-on African Transformer in a Wheelchair. One is insidious and subversive, the other is a clown show that's laughable.