You think this game will influence western developers?

[Kain]

About removing forced inclusivity, or will the entire gaming sphere double down? More hit pieces on this game or similar ones and try to push even more forced woke themes onto new games?

The industry isn't dying or anything, but it does seem to be suffering from excess of supply, which is why we saw and keep seeing so many studios closing down.

I think the industry is downsizing so each project needs to be carefully throughout to distinguish itself from it's many competitors.

I don't think wokeneess sells, so this games success might help drive a change on the gaming industry.

[Silky]

Baldurs Gate 3 is as woke as it can get. Yet a very sucessful game. It doesnt matter if its inclusive or not, woke or not. Just if its a good game.

[Tinfist]

Nope, they're too stupid and focused on licking Blackrock's ass.

[TyresTyco]

No. Because a lot of western devs are delusional af. They need to lose more money for something to change.

[Smeagoleyes]

Originally posted by Silky:

Baldurs Gate 3 is as woke as it can get. Yet a very sucessful game. It doesnt matter if its inclusive or not, woke or not. Just if its a good game.

There is quite a large list of games and movies that would say otherwise.

[Verdeth]

Originally posted by TyresTyco:

No. Because a lot of western devs are delusional af. They need to lose more money for something to change.

this

[Doozy Bot dowmein]

People rooting for which money vacuum is on their side is kinda funny.

[Smeagoleyes]

Western devs and movie makers are not gonna ever change this stance they have until it becomes a choice of change or your company dies.

[KING]

The problem is. There is a difference between woke games & just people who are both racist/homophobes. A lot of basement dwellers think anything non-white straight is woke. Some games are definitely woke. However some people whine about any ounce of difference whatsoever. Gamers the most loud in this regard simply because of perceived safety behind a screen & echo chamber nature of steam

[Adam__86]

Curious what games you are all playing and why are you buying bad games

[Adam__86]

Originally posted by KING:

The problem is. There is a difference between woke games & just people who are both racist/homophobes. A lot of basement dwellers think anything non-white straight is woke. Some games are definitely woke. However some people whine about any ounce of difference whatsoever. Gamers the most loud in this regard simply because of perceived safety behind a screen

Agreed they have made it a tedious meme

[Damphair]

There's many successful games without forced inclusivity in the west, it's just mostly not in the major companies.

It's just pretty weird that this game gets praised for being anti-woke. It's just not woke. Just like the FromSoftwares games were never woke either, that's not why people bought and played them.

[Nightmare Moon]

One can only hope.

[Leo]

Stellar Blade would be a better point of reference, as it wasn't astroturfed to death by an extremely jingoistic and insecure population (there are even some positive Steam reviews in Chinese that refunded the game later, that's the situation) . Besides that, you can't point at this aspect of the game and say that it's the sole reason of its success, you would be diminishing any of the gameplay and design decisions that actually matter when it comes to making a good game. As it's been said above, Baldur's Gate 3 was extremely woke but it was a good game. Shadows of the Erdtree has an "interesting" choice for the portrayal of it's final boss, and no one bats an eye.

Games like Concord won't fail because they are woke, but because they fail where it matters: design, gameplay, fun. It has some of the ugliest character designs that I have ever seen.

You are just prolonging a cultural war by engaging and falling for it.

[holdem]

No.
And what do you even mean with 'woke' in games?
How about giving some examples of those so called 'woke' games.......

[Nightmare Moon]

Originally posted by holdem:

No.
And what do you even mean with 'woke' in games?
How about giving some examples of those so called 'woke' games.......

Concord, Dustborn, Alan Wake 2, Suicide Squad, Star Wars: Outlaws, Assassin's Creed: Shadows