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Guaranteed the word "woke" will be thrown around left and right

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[-] Corno@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

I don't think I'll ever understand why people have a problem with a female protagonist. I'm a girl and my fave games ever all involve playing as male protagonists. One of the core essences of playing videogames is escapism, to be someone that you're not, I don't see what's immersion breaking about it. I've seen the trailer and I'm hyped!

[-] nieminen@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Metroid FTW

[-] AceQuorthon@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 months ago

How could anyone hate Ciri :c

[-] 00L10@feddit.org 1 points 2 months ago

I can't understand hating Ciri as a chracter, but I can understand being kind of a disappointed not having Geralt as a playable character.

If you consider it as an isolated game it doesn't matter, but when you play three games as one character and then suddenly switch to another character it can feel kind of melancholic, in absence of a better word. Especially since now there's a non-zero chance that they'll kill Geralt in the new game.

But anyway, Ciri was an interesting character and those parts in Witcher 3 where you played as her were great.

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[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Might be a hot take, but reporting on that just generates the wrong kind of buzz.

[-] manicdave@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

I hate how everything has to be stupid culture war nonsense these days.

I'll probably get the game but be disappointed I don't get to play as Geralt.

I'd also be disappointed to get a new Horizon game where I don't get to play as Aloy. Does that make me a misandrist?

[-] blarth@thelemmy.club 1 points 2 months ago

No no you see it is because I have dedicated the last 20 years of my life to Witcher lore and have memorized not only every line but every plot in the series and books, and you see, Ciri is supposed to be much [choice: less/more] powerful than this trailer makes her appear! I’m boycotting this game and recommend everyone else does too! I’m tired of them shitting on lore with woke propaganda!

Anyway, I think that covers it.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 2 months ago

Ah I see you too are a "true" gamer

[-] TriflingToad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

I don't understand the hate for women in video games, If the next Doom game comes out with a female protagonist I'd be going "HELL YEAH RIP ITS HEAD OFF!!!" the same way I do in Doom Eternal

[-] ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 months ago

From shitty YouTuber influencers.

A guy from work constantly tells me how I should feel about a game based on a YouTuber he watches. He doesn't play it, he just parrot that shit. Often it's the most sexist, disgusting take.

And most of these influencers are outright basement dwellers with pride.

So like, they're getting shitty takes from shitty human beings who are proud of being shitty?

[-] MonkeyBrawler@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

I've seen more posts complaining about complainers, than I've seen complainers.

[-] surewhynotlem@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

This is Lemmy. You're looking for reddit.

[-] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 1 points 2 months ago

We're a pretty happy bubble here, which is why I'm here

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[-] gift_of_gab@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago

Really? Can you share them? I saw the post on lemmy complaining about wanting male/female options, but there's also this article with gems such as below.

Even in the comments of that article though, is "DEI detected = Purchase rejected".

So the comments are out there, probably on reddit too, but they are there.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's super reaching for straws. It's a skin in a third party Battle Royale game. He couldn't even bring himself to compare her to Ciri in Witcher 3.

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