Historical accuracy.

[Ice_Tea_Zero]

You playing a game with magic, flying brooms, dragons and other mystical creatures. Please stop complaining about stuff not being historical accurate and just enjoy the game. It may take place in a world that looks like earth but it's still a fantasy setting.

Any examples? Most Steampunk games take place in UK, a place that exist in our real world but there was never a time in history where Steampunk existed to this degree it's portrayed in these games. There wasn't a ice age in 1886, or a underwatercity in 1946, or a plague in 1837.

Games are fictional. Isn't this why we enjoy videogames in the first place? Because you can create you own setting? Creative freedom is one of the best aspect of videogames. Harry Potter would be ridiculous boring if the game was historical accurate and magic actual doesn't existed.

[Ice_Tea_Zero]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Your right. Because when someone orders a cheeseburger, its perfectly acceptable to give them a tofu non cheese patty instead. Hey I get ya, settle and shaddup huh?

Tofu isn't cheese but a human is still a human.

Anyway, this make no sense. because if you go in a store that sell tofu products only and you order a cheeseburger then it's obvious tofu. A actual accurate cheeseburger would be a burger that only has cheese on it.

[Glumurphonel]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Your right. Because when someone orders a cheeseburger, its perfectly acceptable to give them a tofu non cheese patty instead. Hey I get ya, settle and shaddup huh?

That analogy doesn't even remotely apply to this situation.

[Huckleberry]

Witches are real bro, unicorns too! I had a unicorn toy as a kid!

[Glumurphonel]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Originally posted by Glumurphonel:

That analogy doesn't even remotely apply to this situation.

"remotely" meaning within reach somehow. So to you, none of that makes sense.

2+2= Chicken. I get where your brains at.

You implied that you bought one thing, but were given something completely different.

You bought a fantasy game about wizards and magic, and got just that. Nowhere was it ever described at only having white characters or being 100% historically accurate. You'd have to be a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ idiot to assume that.

[Merque]

And exactly because games, movies and books are pure escapism I don't want $hit that's obviously ONLY there for political reasons. Its not because we have a trans character in a video game it's because everyone knows immediately WHY that character is there (and furthermore completely destroys immersion).

[Green Gnoblin]

Originally posted by Ice_Tea_Zero:

You playing a game with magic, flying brooms, dragons and other mystical creatures. Please stop complaining about stuff not being historical accurate and just enjoy the game. It may take place in a world that looks like earth but it's still a fantasy setting.

Any examples? Most Steampunk games take place in UK, a place that exist in our real world but there was never a time in history where Steampunk existed to this degree it's portrayed in these games. There wasn't a ice age in 1886, or a underwatercity in 1946, or a plague in 1837.

Games are fictional. Isn't this why we enjoy videogames in the first place? Because you can create you own setting? Creative freedom is one of the best aspect of videogames. Harry Potter would be ridiculous boring if the game was historical accurate and magic actual doesn't existed.

but even if its magical it can still make sense. If you think about it, remove all the magical stuff and only have the real world. It will still not make sense because the things that are out of place is not because is a magical world, but is because of today standards. If the game was made in the 80 (I am talking as if during that time they had the same technology as today) then the social aspect in the world ingame would have been different. Magic is about having magical stuff, then why added stuff of todays just because they are controversial?

[Egathentale]

Okay, but hear me out: this is what world-building is for. All they had to do was putting in a few lines of expository dialog about how the wizarding world was becoming more interconnected thanks to muggles (read: the British Empire) colonizing all over the place. The wizards, of course, don't give a damn about what those lesser people are doing with their quaint ships and gunpowder and electricity, because the only thing that matters is whether you have magic or not, not your skin color, and when you can teleport around the world all willy-nilly, finding a magical spouse on the other end of the world isn't that hard. Therefore, now there are all of these kids in Hogwarts, born from interracial wizard families or coming from other schools on scholarships.

It wouldn't take more than a few lines of dialog, and it could be done non-intrusively, yet because they didn't do that, it just feels like yet another example of the cynical "female/minority/identity quota" that's plaguing western media. Sure, it's easy to overlook, and at the end of the day, it's mainly benign, but it can still irritate people when it's done without even an attempt at internal justification.

[Tubby Squirrel]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Your right. Because when someone orders a cheeseburger, its perfectly acceptable to give them a tofu non cheese patty instead. Hey I get ya, settle and shaddup huh?

Except you didn't commission this game. There were no polls on content, no place where the devs ask what you want. You had no input so you can't really say you got something other than what you asked for. You didn't ask for anything.

[darkbird1000]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Originally posted by litterarumsecunda:

Okay, but hear me out: this is what world-building is for. All they had to do was putting in a few lines of expository dialog about how the wizarding world was becoming more interconnected thanks to muggles (read: the British Empire) colonizing all over the place. The wizards, of course, don't give a damn about what those lesser people are doing with their quaint ships and gunpowder and electricity, because the only thing that matters is whether you have magic or not, not your skin color. Therefore, now there are all of these kids in Hogwarts, born from interracial wizard families or coming from other schools on scholarships.

It wouldn't take more than a few lines of dialog, and it could be done non-intrusively, yet because they didn't do that, it just feels like yet another example of the cynical "female/minority/identity quota" that's plaguing western media. Sure, it's easy to overlook, and at the end of the day, it's mainly benign, but it can still irritate people when it's done without even an attempt at internal justification.

Solid point!

JARRING, IMMERSION BREAKING,

Yup I agree!

[exBeNN]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Originally posted by karhu:

OP has never heard of suspension of disbelief it seems.

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

"There were no polls on content, no place where the devs ask what you want"

Weird argument. Solid CASE in POINT indeed

DOES your'argument' there not say "HEY DEVS SHOULD CHECK IN WITH FANS" ? Gee, wouldnt want to advertise to the majority of your demo correctly and reap the best benefit financially or anything huh?

BUSINESS 101 now: DESTROY BUSINESS AS FAST AS POSSIBLE BY ADVERTISING TO THE SMALLEST NON EXISTENT DEMO

Bro why are you so bothered 😭. You whining in the Steam discussion page gotta be one of the most terminally online things ever.

I think the game is doing just fine with or without your input.

[Big Boss]

It is historically accurate for various races from all across the british empire to attend school in england in the late 19th century. Gandhi traveled all the way from india to attend law school in london in 1888, which is almost exactly the same time frame of this game.

[chimpoforevah]

That's rights guys, the game should have cars and planes too, since it has DRAGONS and all that unrealistic stuff, right!?

WHERE'S MY DODGE CHARGER!

[The Burner]

Keep this game discussion forum in mind when it comes time to voice your approval on Machine Learning based moderation that will automatically ban these dudes.

This forum is genuinely the worst Steam discussion forum i've ever seen.

[TheReelReese]

Originally posted by litterarumsecunda:

Okay, but hear me out: this is what world-building is for. All they had to do was putting in a few lines of expository dialog about how the wizarding world was becoming more interconnected thanks to muggles (read: the British Empire) colonizing all over the place. The wizards, of course, don't give a damn about what those lesser people are doing with their quaint ships and gunpowder and electricity, because the only thing that matters is whether you have magic or not, not your skin color, and when you can teleport around the world all willy-nilly, finding a magical spouse on the other end of the world isn't that hard. Therefore, now there are all of these kids in Hogwarts, born from interracial wizard families or coming from other schools on scholarships.

It wouldn't take more than a few lines of dialog, and it could be done non-intrusively, yet because they didn't do that, it just feels like yet another example of the cynical "female/minority/identity quota" that's plaguing western media. Sure, it's easy to overlook, and at the end of the day, it's mainly benign, but it can still irritate people when it's done without even an attempt at internal justification.

Or it’s fine the way it is and y’all are crying for no reason. People claim that the woke side of society is annoying (and they are), but the extreme opposite side is literally no better lmao.

[The Burner]

Originally posted by Goaway Batin:

Originally posted by The Burner:

Keep this game discussion forum in mind when it comes time to voice your approval on Machine Learning based moderation that will automatically ban these dudes.

This forum is genuinely the worst Steam discussion forum i've ever seen.

AH, so your for machines 'learning' to ban folks for free think?
Weird. Used to be pathetic and embarrassing to mention that in public. I guess we cant see your face so your good .

You're a triple posting lunatic who im almost certain doesn't get invited to your own families dinners.

Yes, I do support people like you being removed from communities until you receive the mental health consultation you are in dire need of.