They can add as much woke nonsense as they want as long as they ratchet it back just enough that on the fence reviewers can say "Hey it's not as bad as we thought! Guys it's not really woke!" Normies always fall back to the perceived center when they can, so you just have to legitimize the idea that your critics are going too extreme the other way. Also load all the woke virtue signaling into the 2nd half of the game so fewer people notice it. (most people never finish these games - see: BG3) Critics focused on the fictional black guy because he was low-hanging fruit, while ignoring problems with the main story itself.

They can add as much woke nonsense as they want as long as they ratchet it back just enough that on the fence reviewers can say "Hey it's not as bad as we thought! Guys it's not really woke!" Normies always fall back to the perceived center when they can, so you just have to legitimize idea that your critics are going too extreme the other way. Also load all the woke virtue signaling into the 2nd half of the game so fewer people notice it. (most people never finish these games - see: BG3) Critics focused on the fictional black guy because he was low-hanging fruit, while ignoring problems with the main story itself.