i have a question

[kbforme]

i need to know if the dev is a feminist/sjw and more importantly if the person who reviewed this game is a feminist/sjw. its sad that i need to ask but in this post gamergate era its obvious there are very little ethics in game journalism. before all you tumblr kids start crying sexism i'd like to clarify i have no problem with women developing games, what i do have a problem with is self entitled whiney ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ who have no interest in video games at all forcing their way into my hobby and pushing their dumb ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ agendas. for instance a feminist making game that is pure garbage and getting good reviews from their sjw buddies purely because it was made by and promotes feminism.

[daemon]

no

anything but women

no............................

[魚をコピーする人]

It is SJWish. My friend was stupid enough to buy it and we had good portion of crap before we refunded it.

Bunch of reviews are done by some nonames, other people are easy findable on deepfreeze, which already raises some questions. It is especially funny to see review by Leigh being promoted on official page of the game - i mean, noone in their right mind would call that as a credible journalist.

If you really dont need those 8$ or dont mind waiting for your money back after refunding (you will be able to refund after completing the game, it is 1.5h long) - go on and try it. Beware of actualy gameplay portions being buggy, but otherwise it is good portion of cringe, if you're into it.

Its kinda sad to see that nowdays we're getting titles like that being pushed into various awards and press. After all the gamergate ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and SJWs getting into gamedev/game journalism, we're getting constant flows of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ happening everywhere in the industry.

It dosent feels so femenist-ish though, its more of "im a naive girl and getting what i deserve for my inexperience and lack of clear thought", but it is clear that game is aimed to tumblrina audience with occasional sane people buying it mistakengly.

For the same value, you can get yourself a bunch of good games. Go grab Penny's Arcade or Chtulhu. Get Besiege, One Way Heroics, or even get some fun by gifting bad rats to your friends. Try Life is Strange ep1 - those are cheaper or equal-priced games that are doing their job far better than this bland blend of amateur movie with selfies and "wow look i can code".

[kbforme]

Originally posted by Get schwifty:

It is SJWish. My friend was stupid enough to buy it and we had good portion of crap before we refunded it.

Bunch of reviews are done by some nonames, other people are easy findable on deepfreeze, which already raises some questions. It is especially funny to see review by Leigh being promoted on official page of the game - i mean, noone in their right mind would call that as a credible journalist.

If you really dont need those 8$ or dont mind waiting for your money back after refunding (you will be able to refund after completing the game, it is 1.5h long) - go on and try it. Beware of actualy gameplay portions being buggy, but otherwise it is good portion of cringe, if you're into it.

Its kinda sad to see that nowdays we're getting titles like that being pushed into various awards and press. After all the gamergate ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ and SJWs getting into gamedev/game journalism, we're getting constant flows of ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ happening everywhere in the industry.

It dosent feels so femenist-ish though, its more of "im a naive girl and getting what i deserve for my inexperience and lack of clear thought", but it is clear that game is aimed to tumblrina audience with occasional sane people buying it mistakengly.

For the same value, you can get yourself a bunch of good games. Go grab Penny's Arcade or Chtulhu. Get Besiege, One Way Heroics, or even get some fun by gifting bad rats to your friends. Try Life is Strange ep1 - those are cheaper or equal-priced games that are doing their job far better than this bland blend of amateur movie with selfies and "wow look i can code".

thanks for the very informative reply man and it pretty much reinforces what i already thought about this "game". idk man i feel like a whiney ♥♥♥♥♥ constantly calling out these sjw/feminist shenanagins but we have all witnessed what feminism did to comic books and i refuse to let the same happen to the hobby i love. i want video games to be inclusive to everyone but we need to draw a line when people who clearly have no interest in and dont know ♥♥♥♥ about games suddenly show up and attempt to tell us what is and isnt acceptable. thanks again for the reply bro, was very informative.

[eyesonbee]

This is a story about love. I don't see any bit of SJW or feminism in the game.

[Onion Donkey]

This is a really hard game to review.
On one hand, it tries to be story based, like To the moon or something. that doesn't make it bad except that the story is pretty niche and very short even f you do get invested in it. The gameplay also suffers as a result of the "story based" aspect. Overall, its not a terrible game but it could have been so much better.
Its not that the game is even SJW or feministish. As a feminist myself, i can say that doesn't have any real themes of political agenda, only the worst reviewers carry that setiment. You can play and enjoy the game if you're feminist or not and it shouldn't matter.
As with your female developers point, women can indeed create very good games (just look at Gravity Ghost), its just this really isn't an example of those. Its clear that the developer has talant, it just wasn't applied properly.

[kbforme]

Originally posted by Epsilon_loves_you:

This is a really hard game to review.
On one hand, it tries to be story based, like To the moon or something. that doesn't make it bad except that the story is pretty niche and very short even f you do get invested in it. The gameplay also suffers as a result of the "story based" aspect. Overall, its not a terrible game but it could have been so much better.
Its not that the game is even SJW or feministish. As a feminist myself, i can say that doesn't have any real themes of political agenda, only the worst reviewers carry that setiment. You can play and enjoy the game if you're feminist or not and it shouldn't matter.
As with your female developers point, women can indeed create very good games (just look at Gravity Ghost), its just this really isn't an example of those. Its clear that the developer has talant, it just wasn't applied properly.

yeah sorry for being so cynical im just sick of all the pc nonsense thats trying to be injected into gaming. this whole thing just felt like another depression quest, i just want it to go back to being just about the games and i could trust game reviews.

[kbforme]

Originally posted by beemarie:

This is a story about love. I don't see any bit of SJW or feminism in the game.

not so much that the game itself pushes feminism but more that the dev is pro social justice, the game looks terrible and its recieved good reviews from reviewers who are also pro social justice. a journalist with integrity might call that "special interests".

[markoh00]

This whole social justice warrior nonsense (which is not even a real word) imo is ridiculous. This is a story about love and relationship. Like it or hate it but don't be paranoid about it.

[Flowers]

Originally posted by markoh00:

This whole social justice warrior nonsense (which is not even a real word) imo is ridiculous. This is a story about love and relationship. Like it or hate it but don't be paranoid about it.

I agree completely. I think she made it to tell her story.

[mmmbop_22]

I consider myself a feminist and I hated this game. I know that I don't understand the gamer lifestyle (I only binge-play a game my brother suggests every few months) but this story is sad on so many levels. I couldn't bring myself to like the main character due to her constant need for male validation and consequently, the way the men in the story treated her. (The only likable guy was Blake because he straight-up told her the truth, which she refused to comprehend.) The game play was boring, and I'm not sure why I had to look at so many lame poems and selfies.

[kbforme]

Originally posted by mmmbop_22:

I consider myself a feminist and I hated this game. I know that I don't understand the gamer lifestyle (I only binge-play a game my brother suggests every few months) but this story is sad on so many levels. I couldn't bring myself to like the main character due to her constant need for male validation and consequently, the way the men in the story treated her. (The only likable guy was Blake because he straight-up told her the truth, which she refused to comprehend.) The game play was boring, and I'm not sure why I had to look at so many lame poems and selfies.

lol there is nothing to understand about the gamer lifestyle as it varies depending on the gamer, it sounds like you are a gamer so you are living the lifestyle as well. the game looks like crap and you confirm as much and this its why i find it increadibly dubious some reviewers gave this game posative scores. you dont act like any other feminist ive encountered online as they would not have bothered having a conversation and gone right to calling me a sexist, you sure your not more of a humanist?

[Bloomingtide]

Haha, OP is doing a great satire of a typical gamergate dudebro. Pretty accurate, too.

[...]

Wait...you are actually being serious? Holy crap, time to back away now.,.

[Drain]

If you bothered to research the game, the chick is a game developer for it who also starred in it using her real name, and the story is from her own past. I liked the old video and shots of her younger self; that was resourceful and authentic. The game within the game, was originally FF 11. But I do agree that this game is complete wank, and I say exactly that in my review of it. The biggest problem however is that as a video game, there's nothing for players to do, and no choices to make. It's more pointless than Telltale games, which at the vest least have QTEs that you can fail/die on, and dialogue choices. I hate Telltale games, but this makes those look good.

What she should have done is just recorded a short movie. This gained nothing for being turned into a video game. We don't need to click around on her fake MMO, and we don't need to browse her desktop. She could have done those things herself in the movie. Seeing a fake MMO would have been fine for viewers. Playing a fake one is not fine for players.

[Drain]

Forgot to add that Cibele was her screen name in FF 11.

[mmmbop_22]

Originally posted by kbforme:

Originally posted by mmmbop_22:

I consider myself a feminist and I hated this game. I know that I don't understand the gamer lifestyle (I only binge-play a game my brother suggests every few months) but this story is sad on so many levels. I couldn't bring myself to like the main character due to her constant need for male validation and consequently, the way the men in the story treated her. (The only likable guy was Blake because he straight-up told her the truth, which she refused to comprehend.) The game play was boring, and I'm not sure why I had to look at so many lame poems and selfies.

lol there is nothing to understand about the gamer lifestyle as it varies depending on the gamer, it sounds like you are a gamer so you are living the lifestyle as well. the game looks like crap and you confirm as much and this its why i find it increadibly dubious some reviewers gave this game posative scores. you dont act like any other feminist ive encountered online as they would not have bothered having a conversation and gone right to calling me a sexist, you sure your not more of a humanist?

Feminism=Humanism. That being said, no one gains anything by being irrational. (Like, for instance, giving this game a positive review.) I guuuuess I can see why people would relate to Cibel, though. I remember being that insecure and awkward...but I was 13 at the time, not a grown-ass woman. This piece would be better labled as an "interactive movie" rather than a game as a "game" implies that fun will be had.