Social media in general is turning the world into 2 huge bubbles. It's woke or anti-woke, it's left or right, it's blue or red. There's no nuance over nothing. You're either with me or against me. You're either on my side or 100% against everything i stand for.
It's funny where people draw the line at realism. In Uncharted, you play as Nathan Drake, who is a treasure hunter, who unabashedly goes around killing hundreds of people in each game to finally reach the treasure. It's so unrealistic and dumb, but people don't blink twice because its a video game. Video games, for the most, always have used fantastical elements. And Japan has such a rich history that is filled with exaggerated larger than life stories and characters. It's absurd to draw the line that the main protagonist is a woman
Errr, eh? does that mean you are skipping every game that doesnt have Jin in it?
They need to claim historical accuracy? So if you set a realistic game in 1603 Japan you shouldn't expect to see 1603 Japan portrayed accurately?
1603 is a very historical year in Japan, it marks the end of feudalism and the start of the Tokugawa shogunate. I can't imagine the devs picking that year by chance, so they clearly care about historical accuracy otherwise what's the point of using real dates and events? Or I guess maybe only when certain current ideologies are at stake does historical accuracy take a back seat.
Made a thread about wokism a few days ago. Nothing radical or insulting in it, just wanted a serious discussion. Got instantly closed by the admin. Even in a place like this with "best boobs" or "tightest butts" threads it seems not possible to discuss things properly.
ok....have you actually played Ghost Of Tsushima?
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point me to that best boobs thread later for.....like research on like, historical stuff..
https://www.neogaf.com/threads/bustmust-gamings-greatest-melons-nsfw.1656015/
That's mostly because it's always going to turn into a political conversation and that's not allowed in here.
Reading this I was getting a bit scared but in the last paragraph they committed to identifying 'Atsu' as a 'She'. Now I'm rejoicing
I can assure you that I'm not an SJW by any measure, and even I think this anti-woke wave is dumb as fuck.
A historical game having a non-binary main character would be a PR nightmare that the game would never recover.Reading this I was getting a bit scared but in the last paragraph they committed to identifying 'Atsu' as a 'She'. Now I'm rejoicing
The actress can sheet a katana with the grace of a drunk powerslap competitor, she was clearly the only possible choice.
Katanas weren't samurai's main weapon during war.
Katanas weren't samurai's main weapon in war.
Katanas were the last resource a samurai had on war, they would use primary naginatas (or spears) for close combat and bows for long distance, then later tanegashimas (matchlock gun).
In a fight, a skilled warrior using a yari or a naginata would always be in advantage over another skilled warrrior using a katana.
I find funny that some people fixate on realism in video games nitpicking some things and ignoring others, like most didn't complain that in Tsushima you can't use a spear or a naginata and your main weapon was a modern katana, something that didn't exist at the time.... Yet now on Yotei, some are arguing that a female warrior as the main character unrealistic, something that actually existed through Japanese history.
You can play these games day one only on PC
xD
Every single large AAA sequel recently release by Sony had worse storytelling and was much more preachy.
That's still a fantasy for most of the dudes complaining about this.
Hey, at least you tried!
Some may say role and real life are two different things. But why do so many actors get canceled for real life shit then? Because you can't separate it entirely.
I'm very interested in the background of the character, being an Auni, which other than GK, I don't think they get real representation in gaming, so its a rather unconventional new perspective that I will gladly check out
Personally I wanted a conventional perspective and hoped they they would build on the first game instead of scrapping everything.
Spot on.
Jin story was pretty much done, though. He did his part, he shaked off the samurai code and is a ronin, is not really scrapped, is just done. Nothing bad with anti-colonization, the og game was 'structure of power bad' 'honor is a flawed system' that is a strong stance, stronger I may say.
I will agree to disagree. I have enough of modern media preaching about anti colonization.
Yea a troubled redemption arc could have been great. There was a lot they could still do with Jin without ruining the first game's story.
They don't get the benefit of the doubt from me anymore, that's for sure.
I mean, from what I recall, the last thing that dude wanted was reconciliation with the samurai code, but sure.
I feel you are reading way too much into it. It was clear from the mask it wasn't Jin (game takes place 300 years after GOT1, did Jin achieve immortality or something? or a man
Ghost of Wokei
A war is better than a massacre. Two sides fighting is better than one hegemonic group destroying everything and everyone unopposed.
