"As a trusted voice in gaming, diversity, and inclusivity, we were brought in. We had an opportunity to weigh in on the game - especially given that it is one of the first games to feature a fantasy female protagonist of Black descent.
"The importance was key to us and our community and this was communicated during our consultation. Forspoken centres itself on the representation of women of all different experiences, and due to that - the game has unfairly received extreme and unjust criticism about its quality."
For Forspoken specifically, the consultation focused on authenticity and how Black audiences may respond to Frey's character. Despite this consultation process, however, the general response to Frey upon Forspoken's release was far from positive, and the source of internet memes that criticised the game's corny dialogue.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Lopez says she believes the game wouldn't have received this same level of criticism had Frey not been Black. "In the gaming industry, there are these dude bros that come out of the woodwork whenever they feel like Black and Brown people are stepping out of their place," Lopez tells me. "They feel they own the gaming industry and gaming culture. And part of that is because gaming media outlets and publishers have allowed them to feel that way for such a long time. They feel empowered to tank a game [that has a Black protagonist]. If it had a white person, they would probably have not felt the same way.
"All the people I've spoken to who have played the game have enjoyed it on some kind of level and thought it doesn't deserve the flack that it got. We in the industry need to do a good job of really examining how people review games and the ability for a, frankly, racist audience to tank a game's performance. That's really, really sad."
Article is gold mine of idiocy, I won't post all the pearls of wisdom here
boundle (thoughts on cracking AITD) wrote:
i guess thouth if without a legit key the installation was rolling back we are all fucking then
make a good game or movie or whatever with 100% black people and guess what, people will love it, endorse it. I loved the Friday movies because they were well made/fun. couldn't give a shit that they're all black, actually not something normal people sit and reflect over if something interests them and draws them in.
in 202x it seems like its suddenly impossible, when it wasn't before
Adjusted the frequency and content of the banter between Frey and Cuff that plays during open world activities.
Adjusted the pacing of certain event scenes in the earlier chapters.
Adjusted the length of certain animations that play upon clearing quests or when Frey earns experience. Additionally, these animations can now be skipped.
I'd play it though, but no chance im spending anything on it. My first big issue is that i never play japanese games with english voice acting as its always shite quality, but playing this with japanese voices won't feel right at all.
The Gameplay is actually solid but the bad Dialogue and unlikable MC just drags it down a lot. The World itself is also decent enough, especially for a Open World game.
i did tried the demo, and the full game now but didnt last longer than half hour. even graphics looks shit idk wat people were saying. and the cringe fest dialogue and character didnt helped either
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