So they don't go into a game studio and consult to make the game's script/story/characters more diverse and inclusive? Again, literally their About statement.
I agreed with people here complaining about too many short-haired white dudes and I agree that forcing the opposite is bad too. I don't change my principles. The creatives should be able to make the game they want.
You said "force minority inclusion". That is not the same as consulting on diversity and inclusion. One is an authoritative action focused purely on minorities. The other is an advisory action focused on everyone.
So they are going into game studios with games that are too diverse and inclusive and consulting to make the games have less minorities in them?
You aren't going to believe this, but the gooners are saying that blue swimsuit is *also* censored, because the thumbnail icon for it doesn't have those yellow straps
And if the creatives, say, hire a consulting firm to help them make the game they want?
Then they're obviously doing it against the wishes of the rest of the team, or they're lying, because I think this consultancy is useless therefor it is, and the developers are being forced.
Well, there's only 2 options, which one is it then?
I already asked all the associated questions to Shinji because the logic doesn't check out. Shinji said that the stuff being added or altered or consulted on is side character stuff. But then why do you need to bring in consultants to make a character gay or black or asian? You can't write a side quest character that you don't even have to mention their race, sexuality, etc to not do something that would be offensive? And then if you do want to have a minority main character that would have to be written properly (needing dialogue pertaining to race or sexuality as you're exploring the character thoroughly unlike a side character), then why wouldn't you hire a main writer that can write that type of character to begin with? What is the actual point of SBI then?
He's been exceptionally vague on why so far. In the speech announcing it, he talked about how "the balance has shifted" and the agreement has "served its purpose", but offered no actual detail.
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In your opinion side characters could just be written by ChatGPT. You know very little about actual writing.
Is it? I'd heard it had had a rather lackluster launch, though given the premise and topic I doubt it was ever going to have a huge release.There was no way Tales of K Zau would've been allowed to slip past their anaemic ire. Luckily is great game regardless, perhaps also the best use of artsy purples in videogame world. Ahem, am not biased cos it favourite colour, though it certainly helps
That's ignoring how the terms are actually used. For example, if I'm creating a historical drama set in 14th century Mali and cast Keanu Reeves to play Mansa Musa, no one is going to consider that choice an example of diversity and inclusion (and many will actually consider it the opposite) - despite a huge majority of the cast in that work likely being black given the setting and thus casting Keanu almost certainly making the cast less racially homogeneous than it otherwise would be.
Simple question: Do you believe that a hiring a narrative consultant like SBI has any appreciable impact on the end result?
They are either doing Option_A or Option_B, which one do you think SBI is doing?
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Have you not played video games and not understand how shit writing is in them on average? The Fallout TV show is leagues better in writing quality than the Bethesda games for example. I'll never understand people playing games for story/characters/writing because you can go to basically any other medium and get much higher quality writing because none of the top writers are in the video game industry.
Pray tell, what is the similar impact they had on Sable, God of War: Ragnarok, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, The Crew: Motorfest, and Goodbye, Volcano High?
