Was super excited for this guy but was disturbed when I read the FAQ about voice acting

[cANe]

It goes without saying that I would feel dirty if I spent money on a game knowing that Chapo Traphouse was involved somehow. What was the logic behind using such controversial people for voice over?

[RodHull]

Originally posted by Grimdanfango:

Originally posted by RodHull:

I mean the OPs concern is an utterly ridiculous argument up there with one of the worst Ive seen for years on any forum

The one thing it has achieved is that I'm now vaguely curious to hear what these previously-unknown-to-me Chapo chaps have to say first hand.
...so if, as was earlier theorised, he does happen to be a stealth-shill for them - well, he's doing a fine job :-P

By pure coincidence I happened across this piece in an internet rabbit hole night of browsing a few weeks ago. They struck me as painfully trendy and edgy but certainly interesting. But definitely not dangerous or radical in any sense I understand anyway

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/04/meet-the-anti-woke-left/

The girl in the piece is one of the cofounders of Chapo

[Dan]

Originally posted by RodHull:

Originally posted by Grimdanfango:

The one thing it has achieved is that I'm now vaguely curious to hear what these previously-unknown-to-me Chapo chaps have to say first hand.
...so if, as was earlier theorised, he does happen to be a stealth-shill for them - well, he's doing a fine job :-P

By pure coincidence I happened across this piece in an internet rabbit hole night of browsing a few weeks ago. They struck me as painfully trendy and edgy but certainly interesting. But definitely not dangerous or radical in any sense I understand anyway

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/07/04/meet-the-anti-woke-left/

The girl in the piece is one of the cofounders of Chapo

Cheers, I'll have a leaf through once the Disco Elysium day-1 hype has been expended :-)
Enjoy the game!!

[Finarfin]

I listen to Gary Glitter (yes that Gary Glitter) even if the person did something gross or wrong, his music is still great

[123]

Originally posted by RodHull:

The girl in the piece is one of the cofounders of Chapo

The entire game is political
There is quest where you need to call for reinforcements to beat up the "hardie" boys
wonder if that suppose to be proud.

I know cause when came to store page someone was playing livestream and doing that quest.

[Mindfury]

Reminder that Reddit CEO Steve Huffman directly admitted that he sees himself as a slave owner in a post-apocalyptic world, and that CTH was quarantined following a month of posts making fun of historic slave owners and praising John Brown.

Also reminder that T_D was quarantined following direct incitements to murder Oregon police for upholding the law against Republican lawmakers. It somehow evaded quarantine though for organising a terrorist car attack.

Not sure what these facts have to do with a game, though.

[RodHull]

Originally posted by DDopes:

The entire game is political

The devs made no secret of this fact for the years they have spoken about the game, not sure why its a surprise to anybody?

[Lpzie]

viva la revolution!!!

[Lpzie]

also, listen to cumtown

[Amigo]

Originally posted by RodHull:

Originally posted by DDopes:

The entire game is political

The devs made no secret of this fact for the years they have spoken about the game, not sure why its a surprise to anybody?

You know a few weeks ago I was searching for gameplay videos of this game on youtube. There were none. The trailers and some previews I found never mentioned a word about politics.

Now go back to this games store page. Do you see anything saying "politics"? If you are not hiding it why not say it openly? Make it a feature?

[Clown Reemus]

Originally posted by The Shoop:

Originally posted by Sisyphus:

Given the developers are sympathetic to Marxism, it's pretty funny that hiring one dude from that podcast would be the tipping point :B1:

I have no idea why someone's political or personal views should make a difference to how people judge their art, to be honest. It's not like the game is some kind of Marxist propaganda and even if it was, people who don't like it could just avoid it.

Originally posted by Sisyphus:

Given the developers are sympathetic to Marxism, it's pretty funny that hiring one dude from that podcast would be the tipping point :B1:

On the contrary, on the every possible occasion (99% of characters who agree with revolution are liars, the other 1% is agreed upon everyone else to be insane) the game insults the ideas of revolutioners from in-game history. The "senses" that speak to you frequently go even farther - they break the walls of fictional-history narrative and just outright have a go at the communism as per modern definition (an idea everyone tremendously enjoys criticizing without any fear of backlash, which is a rarity in modernity). Logic, rhetoric, other senses make lengthly fun of you if you choose communist-ish dialogue options several times. They do also make fun of fascism, albeit in a less apparent and creative way. Because demeaning of communism has a long history and the methods are all well established and, evidently, quite re-usable.
As such I do not understand how anyone who has seen said moments can claim this is a game from "Marxist supporterts". Though maybe the are. They are trying so hard to make communism ,as an ideology for sentient species, look bad, that maybe this is a several-turns game where the make the player feel sorry and thus empathetic with an idea. Though do they have enough wits?

Originally posted by Amigo:

Originally posted by RodHull:

The devs made no secret of this fact for the years they have spoken about the game, not sure why its a surprise to anybody?

You know a few weeks ago I was searching for gameplay videos of this game on youtube. There were none. The trailers and some previews I found never mentioned a word about politics.

Now go back to this games store page. Do you see anything saying "politics"? If you are not hiding it why not say it openly? Make it a feature?

True, making a game political and making a game careting exclussively to 1 (2?) political ideologies is kinda a different thing. Either way, the game is great and educated people with >=3 IQ won't anyhow suffer due to the mild brainwashing, but the grey mass might actually get wrong ideas.

[AshEmmes]

I don't really mind politics at all so long as a game, that attempts to deliver so much choice, tries to at least provide the ideologies as a choice and not as [smart person answer] [dumb person opinion] [wildcard meme] format.
If its poking fun at a bit - or showing merits of - everything, I don't see an issue.
Having said that, I don't really know where this game stands there, but thats my useless two cents.

[Radene]

This game has voice acting?

[RodHull]

Originally posted by Amigo:

Now go back to this games store page. Do you see anything saying "politics"? If you are not hiding it why not say it openly? Make it a feature?

Ye Gadz!! Thought provoking subject matter in a roleplaying game... no no no this will not do cut it out remove it!

[CONNOR GAMING]

look who tf cares, i just wanna know if Nick Mullen is in this game, he deserves an acting gig after ibm wussed out of that super bowl ad

[Aytum]

Look at all the right-wing ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ that are triggered by a video game they haven't even played.