Virtue Signaling in Gaming Megathread

[KaNesDeath]

You realise that people outside the US have no fucking idea what the term "hard R" even means right? I had to go look it up.

 

[GtehMVP]

Stellar Blade Will Be Patched To Remove 'Hard R' Graffiti

Users have discovered something that looks like a tongue-in-cheek reference to a racial slur in Stellar Blade - and it's going to be patched out.

insider-gaming.com

If only Shift Up had some sort of consulting firm they could hire to weed out such things.......rofl

If Shift Up used one of those ESG required consulting firms, the protagonist would have been modeled after Beetlejuice

 

[GearSolidMetal]

 

[KaNesDeath]

If Shift Up used one of those ESG required consulting firms, the protagonist would have been modeled after Beetlejuice

Lets take your joke and apply it. How many units would this game sell then?

 

[GtehMVP]

Lets take your joke and apply it. How many units would this game sell then?

Who knows. In another time, before all the controversy SBI created for themselves, it may have sold fine if the game is as good as people are saying. It just wouldn't have had all the viral coverage the protagonist's aesthetics gave the game.

Most people don't want to play a game with a forced ugly main character, unless it's some satirical thing, or the character and story are incredibly well written.

Did you ever play the OG Saints Row games? It was fun to make a hideous main character, the cut scenes were hilarious, but it was our choice. Mass Effect had a funny mod

 

[KaNesDeath]

Who knows.

While i appreciate the effort, your reluctantly not being honest here.

Please dont misinterpret this as a condemnation towards yourself or Shift Up. Was simply a thought exercise.

 

[blaseblase]

You realise that people outside the US have no fucking idea what the term "hard R" even means right? I had to go look it up.

Hard R means a movie with graphic sex and/or violence

 

[GtehMVP]

While i appreciate the effort, your reluctantly not being honest here.

I gave an honest answer. If you think I'm being dishonest, that's on you.