There definitely is a two-sides-of-the-same-coin dynamic going on these days. One camp is oversensitive and offended at everything if it doesn't suit their social ideology, the other is oversensitive to attributing perceived oppressed groups having big roles in games as blatant pandering(Though to be fair, a lot of studios are doing so by their own admission). It's worth self-reflecting upon.
Come on man. You can't even compare when one of the groups you mentioned is the reason for the post.
I'm just musing. Not necessarily directed towards anyone in this thread.
The interviewer asked CPDR how they would handle that and their answer would be to ask QA about it, they did not supply that as an example as something that they removed from their game. CPDR gave no examples, they just said that there have been instances where someone with a different perspective saw something other than they had intended and that view was taken into account, they also say that some things that they know will be offensive are left in because they are accurately conveying what they intend in that situation. Which is why I don't think it is a binary self-censorship sort of thing, and more making sure their game is saying what they want it to say.
Yeah, I don't see a point in offending people for the sake of offending people, but presenting mature themes that may or may not offend somebody as a simply reality, and one that the player can partake in or not partake in, is reasonable.
That game has some very good ideas. How you treat people have has tangible consequences as the story plays out. Combat is meh but it stays faithful to it's genre as defined by Obsidian: spy role playing game.
Yeah I don't get that complaint, since it takes place in medieval Eastern Europe right? I can't imagine for example many Asians or Black people being there, it wouldn't even make sense
I can't speak for the guy you quoted but maybe he is worried that the game should have futuristic themes not contemporary ones.
I haven't seen that implication in this thread, I don't even think anyone mentioned diversity other than to speak positively about it. What people are against is something like the example the journalist mentioned.
How is this ever offensive other than because of some preconceived notion from the journalist?
I don't see how white people being the majority would be unbelievable in a game set in California. It should be more homogeneous than today definitely but I think it would be much more unbelievable if it has an equal percentage between the ethnicities. One of Night City's districts is called Little Italy and has deep Italian roots, I would expect there to be a lot more people of Italian origin than every other group.
