Woke Culture

[Vyk]

I feel like if Saints Row 2 were released today there's a chance that it would receive the same outcry that Saints Row Reboot received for very much the same reasons. Which is wild to me. You can create a character that isn't just male or female. You can make a buff chick, or a dude with lipstick that runway-walks, and the current woke-hate would go ape over that

Though there are developers who are insincere and guilty of just shoe-horning, pandering, and tokenism stereotypes just to complete some diversity checklist. But I hate how actual genuine sincere creators are getting lumped in with them during the outrage when they legitimately want to tell a gay minority story or something..

[Shadowdust]

I'm super late to this conversation but I had to comment on the whole woke thing. Adding items that have been inherently associated with the word woke doesn't make them bad. What makes things upsetting is when big business treats it like a checklist to achieve higher sales or whatever their reason is. I assure you, that reason isn't for natural storytelling though. Let our developers tell the story they want to tell us. Let our developers give us their vision as they see it. Sometimes that will result in certain perceived imbalances but if it is what the story and vision needs so be it. And that goes for the flip side. If the story is naturally diverse, the haters need to get over their issues with perceived wokeness. Honestly, people need to just play games and enjoy them. If it ain't your cup of tea, no one is twisting your arm to play it. This same rant applies to movies as well. Between social media psychos and big business interfering in hobbies I have loved since childhood, it's taking the fun out of something that should never stop being fun.