Poll: Revolution 60 has been Greenlit

[SidheKnight]

Beautiful artstyle. Very respectable graphics for an indie game.

The trailer was well done, good editing, but it failed to inform me what the game is about, how does it play, or even get a basic idea of the story (From what I've seen, it takes place in space and/or the future, the characters are members of some kind of squad or team, and it plays like a.. tactical game? There's also bike riding of some sort?).

Oh, and for moments I got this creepy "uncanny valley" vibe when the characters were talking.. I don't know if it was the animations or the dialog that were kind of stilted (or both). Good voice acting though, especially for what I assume to be a small team of devs. (Too bad for that one gal whose mic sounded poor quality, the redhead IIRC).

Would I buy this game?

I'd have to see a review first, or play a demo. For the moment, I don't think so. I have a very limited budget right now and my gaming depends mostly on Stean sales, so it depends on the price. But I don't see any reason why this game shouldn't be Greenlit. It definitely looks more interesting than Zombie-Crafting-Survival Game #9574

Oh, and to the people who hates this game just because of the person who made it, and her opinions: Grow up, you &%$#@!

 

[BathorysGraveland2]

So I just took a look at an LP video of the game. The art style is about the least of its problems. It's full of lamer-than-usual QTEs and has a very weird combat mechanic. At first I thought it was going into a turn-based combat segment but it's not. It's real time, but just... so weird. I dunno what you'd call the combat, but it looks boring as shit. The voice acting is sub-par too. About the only thing that doesn't seem terrible about it is the music, which even then isn't much to write home about.

Nah, I dunno who Brianna Wu is or why she's controversial, but feminism has got nothing to do with any bad press this game will receive. It is mechanically shitty.

 

[sniddy_v1legacy]

Why do we have 3 pages dedicated to a meh greenlit game?

What is so special about this one?

Am I missing something vital....it looks like a random poor game, I could be wrong but the trailer shows me nadda

So why are we caring?

EDIT: Oh social justice warrior nonsense - yawn, really people? Can we change the record, please?

 

[Dragonlayer]

Certainly looks crappy and the "It's like Mass Effect meets Heavy Rain!" description just has me snickering in disbelief, but it's hardly unique in terms of Greenlit garbage. I will say that it irks me somewhat that the game is nothing more then another battleground for two equally terrible sides to fight over in the most pointless and retarded war in all human history, offline and online.

 

[Dragonlayer]

Nah, I dunno who Brianna Wu is or why she's controversial, but feminism has got nothing to do with any bad press this game will receive. It is mechanically shitty.

It also irritates me that legitimate criticism of a product is going to be dismissed on ideological grounds, which is bull of the highest order.

 

[Wintermute_v1legacy]

Apparently, Brianna Wu is some GamerGate celebrity. It doesn't matter, the game still looks like it came out 15 years ago. Kind of reminds me of Oni. And no, it's not about "graphics". The art just doesn't look good, or maybe it's not for me. Thomas was Alone is one of my favorite games and I'm having a hard time thinking of a game with less graphics than that other than text adventures. The Bridge is a black and white puzzle game and it looks good. I'm not even sure this game belongs with the rest of the games commonly found in those week long deals on Steam.

Either way, my guess is a lot of people will buy this and it will be a huge success, all things considered.

 

[Amaror]

I like how this supposed "feminist" game has an exclusively female cast, consisting entirely of unrealistically slim women with big breasts wearing skin-tight outfits.
But no, you guys, it's EMPOWERING when we do it!

Just for the record: I have no problem with games or any media featuring mostly attractive people, as their supposed to be escapism. It's just funny that this "feminist" game features the same things, that are called out as sexist by other "feminists".

 

[noahd]

writing, voice acting, graphics, game play, all made on the dime. all so bad, no one really cars about her game. but she's a feminist, and she's all about being a victim, and her feels. so she hopped on and said it was ggers that's why her game is getting bad reviews before it's even released. she gets told that all these things are not up to par with anything we've been given since 2008. and anything just as bad as this have been told they have been bad without putting blame on the patriarchy, trolls, ggers, or male dominated game dev teams, etc etc...

she says she's tired of unrealistic women in games, and then puts unrealistic women in games. she says it's all the anti-sjw, anti-feminists, ggers, and white cis men, and so on that is the reason for all of her troubles. she's a double standard on herself. so you'll hear her talking about patriarchy, privilege, boys clubs, anti-women, and other types of angles she can say to make her out to be the victim. half the time i think she has a backlog she uses because of hate content she receives after people notice how fowl of a women she is that the entire online world that; doesn't agree with her and doesn't kiss her ass/applaud for being a women - is her enemy.

i'm not even joking, this is the future of women's rights. being used to profit, or for personal gain rather than a whole.

i don't care if anyone supports her, or anyone buys her game. just realize it'll be going down the drain, and could be used better else where. she just wants to be known as feminist that made a game, that and being the victim that most people that put their lives out on the internet receive. i think of her as an hot air balloon. like many other 'feminists' 3rd wave feminists that try and make a point out of things they barely understand and try to blame it on men.

recently the 3rd wavers, the sjw's have been peeking up with the amount of hot air they're putting out. a lot of it not making any sense other than "MY FEELS!" or "work is hard" or "why can't i get money for doing less work or even nothing?" and that's a lot of it. it's ok to be a feminist, but a lot of them don't understand what a feminist is or where they came from, or the feminist movement that came before them that is different from theirs. it wouldn't be so bad if a lot of it wasn't proven wrong, and deceitful due to people wanting to gain the system. they want their cake and eat it too, plus yours as well. they want short term action and reward than a long well thought, well rounded movement.

so that's why every other month you've seen another feminist movement doing something shady, or doing something that is trying to make women look like a victim and men the oppressor. feminists of the 2000's all about buzzwords, sexual and racial discrimination like 60's didn't happen. and to put icing on the cake, it's because these kids weren't taught enough either in class or by their parent that when they go out in the world. it's now rape culture, patriarchy, or under privileged anything they can get their claws into.

tbh, i'm surprised brianna wu hasn't been caught in hate speech for some of the things she's put online. remember; if a women does it, it's ok. if a man does it, it's misogynistic. and you wonder why people don't call them misandrist with these type of people.

 

[Hagi]

So...

anorectic well-endowed Mary Sue saves the galaxy with her equally anorectic and well-endowed friends?

I'm sure I read this fanfic already.

 

[Itdoesthatsometimes]

I was interested enough to look into the thread and watch the tailor. I wont be buy this game though, maybe if I had Apple things I would get it for ios.

 

[Haerthan]

How about you provide a source on that please. Because I haven't seen her ask people to do that shit.

Also the intention, message and meaning of the game is completely part of the merits of a game. But hey I asked if you were interested. I didn't ask you to come with unproven allegations.

Source? Just check out all the tweets about how she thinks the only reason Revolution 60 was getting downvoted because she was a feminist that dared to make a game rather than it just being a rather shit looking game. Or how upvoting her game was somehow showing those nasty trolls and shit among that tangent.

As for the message, I suppose that has some sort of bearing on the game, albeit a rather small one that's vastly outweighed by far more important things like gameplay. The "intention" of the game or how it "raises awareness" matters jack shit in the grand scheme of things. It's like focusing on the steak sauce rather than the actual steak. No, scratch that, it's like focusing on the inedible garnish rather than the actual steak. I could make a game with an incredibly great message trying to raise awareness for, I don't know, african genocide or some bullshit but that doesn't really benefit anything if the game I've made is something even an amateur developer would be embarrassed to call their own.

Post them, the onus is on the accuser to put up the sources and evidence.

Yes it does. The intention of every piece of art, whether games, movies, books and every other piece of art matters. Otherwise there is no point to it at all. Everything that deals with humanity has more than one meaning, politics, etc etc.

I like how this supposed "feminist" game has an exclusively female cast, consisting entirely of unrealistically slim women with big breasts wearing skin-tight outfits.
But no, you guys, it's EMPOWERING when we do it!

Just for the record: I have no problem with games or any media featuring mostly attractive people, as their supposed to be escapism. It's just funny that this "feminist" game features the same things, that are called out as sexist by other "feminists".

That would be right if your assumption, of a feminist hivemind, would be true. There is no such thing and feminists disagree among each other. Furthermore feminists aren't against sexy characters, just characters that are portrayed nothing more than objects.

Csptcha: corned beef. Tasty.

Edit: added some stuff and grammar

 

[Amaror]

I like how this supposed "feminist" game has an exclusively female cast, consisting entirely of unrealistically slim women with big breasts wearing skin-tight outfits.
But no, you guys, it's EMPOWERING when we do it!

Just for the record: I have no problem with games or any media featuring mostly attractive people, as their supposed to be escapism. It's just funny that this "feminist" game features the same things, that are called out as sexist by other "feminists".

That would be right if your assumption, of a feminist hivemind, would be true. There is no such thing and feminists disagree among each other. Furthermore feminists aren't against sexy characters, just characters that are portrayed nothing more than objects.

I did not mean it like that, but let me rephrase my statement.
Given that many videogame critics that identify as feminists claim that depicting scantily clad women with unrealisticly proportioned bodies is a clear indication of sexism and hatred of women by the developers, it is rather ironic that a female developer also identifying as a feminist creates game were all characters are scantily clad women with unrealisticly proportioned bodies. Because in the end this leads to the assumption that by the standarts of these videogame critics Brianna Wu and her team are also sexists that hate women.

 

[Here Comes Tomorrow]

writing, voice acting, graphics, game play, all made on the dime.

Actually, it cost $400,000.

 

[Haerthan]

I like how this supposed "feminist" game has an exclusively female cast, consisting entirely of unrealistically slim women with big breasts wearing skin-tight outfits.
But no, you guys, it's EMPOWERING when we do it!

Just for the record: I have no problem with games or any media featuring mostly attractive people, as their supposed to be escapism. It's just funny that this "feminist" game features the same things, that are called out as sexist by other "feminists".

That would be right if your assumption, of a feminist hivemind, would be true. There is no such thing and feminists disagree among each other. Furthermore feminists aren't against sexy characters, just characters that are portrayed nothing more than objects.

I did not mean it like that, but let me rephrase my statement.
Given that many videogame critics that identify as feminists claim that depicting scantily clad women with unrealisticly proportioned bodies is a clear indication of sexism and hatred of women by the developers, it is rather ironic that a female developer also identifying as a feminist creates game were all characters are scantily clad women with unrealisticly proportioned bodies. Because in the end this leads to the assumption that by the standarts of these videogame critics Brianna Wu and her team are also sexists that hate women.

But you are ignoring a large chunk of their criticism. Those scantily clad women are not subjects (or protagonists), they are nothing more than an object for the male protagonist to fight for. Kinda like "fridging" a female character, only instead of death (which is also common) they are captured and used as bait. Also considering the whole game features only a female cast, your argument doesn't exactly make sense.

Feminists, at least the ones I know, are not against scantily clad women as long as they have character and are treated as subjects. They are against women being portrayed as nothing more than objects of desire.

 

[NPC009]

I don't get this game.

"Sciencefiction story about an all-female taskforce featuring Typing of the Dead-style gameplay"? Sure, sounds like it could be fun, I'd give that a try.

And then the game looks like that. It reminds me of Winx Club without the sparkles. Or maybe one of those 'sexy videogame girl' drawings you'd see in the 90s. I write for a publication that accepts fanart and some of the 13-year-old girls send in drawings in similar artstyles. They have an excuse: they're 13. What excuse does this character designer have?

The gameplay also sounds like something a kid would think up. Type out your feelings? WTF? If you're going to tell a decent story, don't use a sledgehammer to get everything across to your players.

 

[Amaror]

But you are ignoring a large chunk of their criticism. Those scantily clad women are not subjects (or protagonists), they are nothing more than an object for the male protagonist to fight for. Kinda like "fridging" a female character, only instead of death (which is also common) they are captured and used as bait. Also considering the whole game features only a female cast, your argument doesn't exactly make sense.

Feminists, at least the ones I know, are not against scantily clad women as long as they have character and are treated as subjects. They are against women being portrayed as nothing more than objects of desire.

That is good for the feminists you know, but i have seen many that differ. I have seen enough feminists enraged about the character of Bayonetta. And that character is clearly powerfull, independent and in full control of the situation. Yet she dares to dress in a sexy way, which means she's clearly sexist.

 

[Sight Unseen]

Um...no. No I am not interested. At all.

That looks absolutely atrocious. I don't want to be overly harsh but that looks like utter shit. It just looks bad. Fractally bad, in fact.

If the asking price is more than five bucks I might even consider it a scam.

Just...that rendering engine and art style...

*shudder*

Anyone that lazy, amateurish, and uninspired in their engine and asset building is likely just as lazy, amateurish, and uninspired with their game design and writing ability.

[edit]
And now I actually hate this game and am disgusted by the people behind it. From what I've gathered, the primary reason this game even made it to Greenlight was because Wu played the "victim card" by claiming, "The evil Gamergaters want to shut us down! Stand up for what's right and upvote us!"[footnote]Paraphrased.[/footnote]

That's as fucking scummy as it gets. Fuck this game.

For extra bonus points, this game cost over $400,000 to make.

 

[Haerthan]

But you are ignoring a large chunk of their criticism. Those scantily clad women are not subjects (or protagonists), they are nothing more than an object for the male protagonist to fight for. Kinda like "fridging" a female character, only instead of death (which is also common) they are captured and used as bait. Also considering the whole game features only a female cast, your argument doesn't exactly make sense.

Feminists, at least the ones I know, are not against scantily clad women as long as they have character and are treated as subjects. They are against women being portrayed as nothing more than objects of desire.

That is good for the feminists you know, but i have seen many that differ. I have seen enough feminists enraged about the character of Bayonetta. And that character is clearly powerfull, independent and in full control of the situation. Yet she dares to dress in a sexy way, which means she's clearly sexist.

And again feminists disagree with one another. Although you do kinda have to admit that Bayonetta was a bit dodgy because of the camera work focusing in on it, not because she dressed in a sexy way. And it was only one review dude. Doesn't mean that every feminist is going to agree with that review.

 

[Aerosteam]

This looks like ReBoot. As in, it looks like twenty years old and didn't age well.

 

[Kotaro]

Looking at it, all I can think is, "This would have been really impressive 20 years ago." But in 2015, it just looks dated and crummy.
I don't usually care much about graphics, but this just looks like ass to the point of being distracting.