Just block the anti-woke hate grifters.

[Layla Spellwind]

These people are just "hate tourists". Check their post histories. They go from game to game on the steam forums just hating on games for no good reasons.
Why are they angry at Legacy of Kain? because of an obscure statue in an optional part of the game? No, they're angry because they saw it in the video. They've never played the game before, they were never going to play it now. They're just here to troll you.

Block them. If we all block them, they'll be very alone. Don't waste your time arguing with them, trust me, I've tried. While it can be fun to push their buttons, eventually they start wishing you dead or sending you vague threats.

Just block them, or report them if need be. They are not fans of Legacy of Kain.

[I Should Be Sleeping]

Wouldn't be the first time OG artists have cucked.

Originally posted by Layla Spellwind:

Originally posted by DukeoftheAges:

They are not fans for defending the original artistic intent? funny

According to my sources, Daniel Cabuco likes this, being that he is very often the original artist, then I guess they are not defending the original artist.

The OG statue is what we got so if he can't be faithful to the OG why should his opinion hold weight?

[DarthDub]

Does getting blocked by you make it so I don't have to see your posts? I would love that if it were true.

[Layla Spellwind]

Originally posted by thusvoid:

Originally posted by Layla Spellwind:

According to my sources, Daniel Cabuco likes this, being that he is very often the original artist, then I guess they are not defending the original artist.

I appreciate the perspective you're sharing. Could you share where exactly Daniel Cabuco stated this? Screenshots, interviews, social media posts? We would all love to learn more about what they've said on the matter.

I can't, it's just something someone said in a discord I'm in, but the person who said it does know him, so I'm inclined to believe them.

[Layla Spellwind]

Originally posted by DarthDub:

Does getting blocked by you make it so I don't have to see your posts? I would love that if it were true.

You can block me, problem solved.

[Phobos]

Why can't we all just enjoy the fact we have some new LOK content :(

[Ommicron-Dagger]

Originally posted by lewisrobertson09:

Why can't we all just enjoy the fact we have some new LOK content :(

Because forums are now a game as well, more community awards, including jester awards means more points to spend on profile decorations and other goodies, so it basically invites people who like to "farm" those.
Then there's the occasional person who might genuinely care about some of the various external issues or trends that might negatively impact the final game and are hoping to spread awareness....emphasis on "hope".
Then there's me, disappointed with the AI uprezzed textures, some of the wonky looking new models, wrong lighting and lack of proper shadders ruining the mood.....and of course the knowledge that if I and half a million more people could petition and wait patiently for Halo 3 to release on PC while everyone else laughed, then we can also wait for a cinematic level remaster of Soul Reaver, be it official or fan made...or something like Saber's remaster of Halo 2, that would work too :D

And don't be sad, don't let anyone ruin your enjoyment, not even my jaded nitpicking :P

[Vash]

OP, best advice all day

[Layla Spellwind]

Originally posted by Vash:

OP, best advice all day

You're welcome. <3

[Aker]

Originally posted by Layla Spellwind:

I can't, it's just something someone said in a discord I'm in, but the person who said it does know him, so I'm inclined to believe them.

So I was curious, since you mentioned the original artist. Was Rahab's design in this remaster what they were supposed to go with? I can 100% see that, so long as they maybe fix his head so that it looks less melon-like and more like how it did in the beta. I can see why they left it out in the original because those eyes would've blended in too much with his skin until they figured out the lighting situation.

[Saph]

So block you? A'ight.

[Layla Spellwind]

Originally posted by Aker:

Originally posted by Layla Spellwind:

I can't, it's just something someone said in a discord I'm in, but the person who said it does know him, so I'm inclined to believe them.

So I was curious, since you mentioned the original artist. Was Rahab's design in this remaster what they were supposed to go with? I can 100% see that, so long as they maybe fix his head so that it looks less melon-like and more like how it did in the beta. I can see why they left it out in the original because those eyes would've blended in too much with his skin until they figured out the lighting situation.

If I recall, it was said that Cabuco was never 100% happy with Rahab's design in the final product. So that could be part of why they've gone with a different look.

Originally posted by Saph:

So block you? A'ight. :2016bee:

Well I said to block the anti woke hate grifters. But if blocking me makes you happy, then by all means, do that.

[Joshua Bagwell]

woke is a word i know hate. games used to be fun by ever sense fans made mass effect 3 change them crybabies have held the game industry hostage

[Layla Spellwind]

No change. Mass Effect 3 was pretty progressive too.
Hell, things that are called "woke" these days, have been in media for almost 60 years. Uhura was in Star Trek in 1965/1966, making her the first African American woman to star in a lead role on television. The kind of thing that people insist is woke these days, has been something that people have been proud to see since the 60s.
(It's now I realise that it's the LoK forums, not the tales of the shire ones, and the people moaning here weren't moaning about black people, they were moaning about a statue... Sigh...)

[thegroze]

Originally posted by Layla Spellwind:

No change. Mass Effect 3 was pretty progressive too.
Hell, things that are called "woke" these days, have been in media for almost 60 years. Uhura was in Star Trek in 1965/1966, making her the first African American woman to star in a lead role on television. The kind of thing that people insist is woke these days, has been something that people have been proud to see since the 60s.
(It's now I realise that it's the LoK forums, not the tales of the shire ones, and the people moaning here weren't moaning about black people, they were moaning about a statue... Sigh...)

It's been like this since forever, but particularly when we have a totalitarian movement rising in the world. Except what were state or nation issues now tend to be global. Which sucks. "Woke" is just another bucket term for hating "The Other", and it will probably be replaced with whatever the culture war proponents decide next. No one's talking about CRT anymore, now it's DEI. When the DEI conversation leads nowhere -- just like the CRT conversation led nowhere --, they'll come up with yet another thing to be "concerned" about. None of these things have anything to do with the issues the people in the far/alt-right think they have, it's just part of the relentless attack on schools, university and education. CRT went nowhere because it had nowhere to go. DEI will go nowhere because it has nowhere to go (and has absolutely no influence in what media -- including games -- does or doesn't do). Then they'll just redirect people's hate towards the next "cause for concern", the next "Soros-backed" whatever conspiracy theory. So, yeah, blocking the people who come in here peddling this narrative is, like you said, still the best thing we can do. Do not engage them, just block them (I tried engaging with a couple of them, all it did was getting me banned because apparently I was being offensive, when they're the ones that keep calling everyone "dense", "dumb", "stupid", claiming everyone but them has "low IQ", etc., but, yeah, I was the one being offensive for disagreeing with their biases).

They're always the ones claiming that "gaming is not for [insert people they don't like]", and that games like Dragon Age are getting "woke" and "not for them anymore". Maybe, just maybe, even going as far back as the first Baldur's Gate, BioWare games were never for these kinds of people? Because they've ALWAYS been kind of progressive, all things considered. I'd argue the Soul Reaver games are somewhat progressive, as well, considering they were directed by a woman who thinks of herself as a feminist, made by a team of artists and programmers in a studio that was historically very inclusive and diverse (dang DEI!), and addressing themes that obviously resonate more with people on the left than on the right. So maybe they're the ones these games were not made for, not us. I never had any issue with representativity in the first Baldur's Gate, in the Dragon Age games -- and it's been there since the very first one --, in the Mass Effect games (you could romance same-gendered people since the first one, don't tell me it only got "woke" with the third game which, coincidentally, is the one people dislike the most. Is there a pattern in here, or something? It almost looks like they only call things they don't like "woke", even when there were clear examples of media being "woke" before, but since everyone likes those, they're automatically exempt from being "woke". It's almost as if "woke" was just a word to classify things you don't like and doesn't really mean anything, weird, huh?). So, yeah, maybe these games were never meant for them, not us. Since we never had any problem with them being "woke" and they clearly do.

[black Harlekin]

So much words just to wave the expired victim card. You insulted people and got banned for it. Two things you still have to learn: a) your actions have consequences and b) disagreement isn't harassment.

You are more obsessed with the woke idea than everbody else, every post has Woke this, woke that. Even in Topics where nobody talked about it.
You called woke a dog whistle, congrats you are the dog who always comes running for it.