Going forward I won't buy any game that offers purchasable content of any kind or offers any kind of multiplayer. These two items have ruined almost every major IP out there and resulted in consistent releases of something akin to a car where you have to buy the engine one piece of metal at a time.

@wbrabbit@bffbomb per our convo last month this is the difference between a great game with a cultural tie and a game that is only being reviewed as great because of the cultural tie. Amazing game loved it. It's about having the review be if the game is good, not if it checks the diversity box.

@wbrabbit: Again its not that the person is there its that the game is BAD and the only reason its being graded as good is because of the presence of a person of color. I have no issue with any race, but diversity doesn't equal excellence by default. We in the US have overcorrected by two miles. We went from racism in the 70s and prior to a really accepting people in the 80s/90s and in the 00s and beyond we've become racist/sexist in the other direction. Two wrongs don't make a right. When I was growing up me and my friends really didn't see race. While yes due to population density we were primarily white we were also Honduran, African American, and Mexican. No one even considered it, we had to reinvent the problem so people could play victim. I've watched this become a thing in the US where companies discriminate against whites because the last hire was white as if its impossible that the two best people for the job, in a nation that is 75% white, both happen to be white. The resultant effect is things like this. The job done by the programmers wasn't good but it was diverse and that's more important than quality in 2024. There have been masterpieces with people of color or women as leads, but the presence doesn't make a game great on its own.

@bffbomb: It's that its a BAD game and the only reason its reviewing high is because of the woke message. If it were a great game with a woke message that would be one thing. When its steaming garbage that they review high because they like the political lean that's a terrible way to review. There have been amazing games with political messages, quickly war child's "This war of mine" comes to mind. This isn't that, games shouldn't be falsely marked great because they have as you said "my people". It's the same as that trash cooking game. Terrible game, insanely short of the money, huge review because it check's the diversity box. Maybe they could just put that in the review, its a bad game but if you really want to play as a person of X race you may find some small enjoyment. I am not racist/sexist so I don't care who the protagonist is, just don't make that the only redeemable thing in your game.

@wbrabbit: Lol well since it's steaming garbage, that got an extra 4/10 added on because of its "message" its entirely political. It's a solidly bad game, but it checks the diversity box, which is all that really matters in 2024.

@molinars: This is the only way gamespot reviews anymore. It's not a gaming website its become a PAC website. It used to be my go-to for reliable reviews. It's become completely untrustworthy

Gamespot has literally become just a way to check if a game is woke, not if its good. You can check metacritic or any user review site and immediately see its a bad game but if the reviewer is all about the politics who cares if the game is good. Lie to the community and send money into the hand of someone who spewed out a trash game with a deep political lean.

Going to have to wait and see if other sites agree. Gamespot is heavily biased if the game has a political lean they like. I remember this insanely high review for the cooking game that was like 40 minutes, or about $0.50/min of playing time.