Thereā€™s this aura among certain people, usually the neurodivergent, where they believe that whatever is valued in their microcosm is what should be valued everywhere else. They think that any controversy is automatically solved in their favor. They get visibly upset whenever anything is successful that doesnā€™t align with their agenda. To them, itā€™s not about balance. Itā€™s not about diversity or variety. Itā€™s about attacking anyone who disagrees with them untilā€¦ well, they donā€™t stop. Itā€™s incessant. They will brow-beat and tantrum-throw until they get what they want.

These people need to be put back in line. They donā€™t actually care about the art they corrupt; most of them donā€™t even play the games they criticize. Instead, itā€™s about pushing their agenda and making sure anyone who goes against it is silenced (censored.)

Itā€™s up to us, the regular people, to see things for what they are. They will try to drag us down rabbit holes. Their entire goal in life is to make people losers like them so they donā€™t feel so bad about being failures. You know, misery loves company and all that.

Itā€™s sad this is what happened to the digital sphere. Itā€™s shown me that the slippery slope isnā€™t a fallacy when applied to people with an agenda. They never wanted ā€œequality.ā€ They always wanted superiority. ā€œEqualityā€ was just a guise they hid under to gain legitimacy, and now that they have it they arenā€™t stopping.

Glad I didnā€™t waste my money on this hamstrung garbage. Iā€™m glad old games still hold up to this day and are better than most of the trite put out by modern ā€œdevelopers.ā€ Really puts into perspective who the good artists are, and who just wants to corrupt other peopleā€™s art for their own gain.

Itā€™s fine to have gay representation. Even trans representation is acceptable. The problem is that these people want it to be ā€œpreferableā€ to play the game as a gay or transperson. Itā€™s why they praise queer characters but shun any attractive females. They want sex only to sell to ā€œtheirā€ people and no one else. Itā€™s an agenda, but thankfully it hasnā€™t been too successful in changing the landscape.

While itā€™s unfortunate we get these bad games instead of good ones, Iā€™m glad theyā€™re being panned accordingly for the drivel that they are.

Dragon Age: Origins is still one of my favorite game of all time. Really wish we couldā€™ve had a whole series of them, but oh well. At least we got shit.

Edit: The responses to this were to be expected, and of course do not change my views at all. Instead, I think itā€™s very telling of human psychology. Just as with marijuana users who are fine with banning tobacco and other drugs because itā€™s not the drugs ā€œtheyā€ use, we see people who have historically been marginalized and belittled fine with marginalizing and belittling others. It really is bigger than the topic at hand. This is an aspect of most peopleā€™s personas that they have no shame in and make no attempts to overcome.

itā€™s sad. Most people really are shit and enjoy hating others for liking different things.

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    This isnā€™t an unpopular opinion. I have to constantly see dipshits, like you, shrieking about SJWā€™s, DEI, and ā€˜Wokeā€™.

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      If I didnā€™t read the title I would have sworn they were telling on themself.

      Heā€™s crying about it in the comments. lol

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          Which government?

          Can you show evidence of the governmentā€™s employees blaming SJW overreach for the decline of Dragon Age and Mass Effect?

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            I mean youā€™ve seen how trump and fasc friends are pissing themselves over ā€œwokeā€ and ā€œdeiā€ if you canā€™t see the connection between the two, I genuinely feel sorry for you, and I do believe that if you apply reasoning to this you can see the influence from right wing heads and their broader effect on people being unjustifiably scared of things like diversity. Their hate has a trickle down effect, and it gets regurgitated and applied to every day things. I hope you take some time for retrospection.

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              Right. Trump was specifically talking about Dragon Age and Mass Effect when he said those things.

              He was specifically referring to diluting art to appease people like you and he thinks thereā€™s no good romance options for straight males in Dragon Age anymore.

              Lol. Glad we could have this talk.

              I guess if Iā€™m against the removal of good romance options for straight males in video games, then I must be allied with trump in your mind. I genuinely believe this is how delusional you have become.

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                Right. Trump was specifically talking about Dragon Age and Mass Effect when he said those things.

                I never said that.

                He was specifically referring to diluting art to appease people like you and he thinks thereā€™s no good romance options for straight males in Dragon Age anymore.

                How is it diluting art? Iā€™d genuinely appreciate how you think that is the case, do only straight white men make art?

                How are there ā€œno good romance optionsā€? Are there 0 hetero options in Dragon Age?

                What makes a ā€œgood romance options?ā€ Are you unable to pretend, or not care like others have for decades?

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                  How is it diluting art? Iā€™d genuinely appreciate how you think that is the case, do only straight white men make art?

                  Iā€™m glad you asked! They are diluting art because creators are de-facto barred from including options in their games that appeal to straight males. Options such as Morrigan. You people say you get upset over ā€˜constantlyā€™ hearing complaints like mine, but what about the constant complaints over characters like Morrigan and even Quiet from MGS5?

                  I guess you donā€™t care about those complaints because you donā€™t actually want equality. You want superiority.

                  This has a knock-on effect where once their hands are tied in one aspect to avoid ā€œoffendingā€ the ā€œwrongā€ people, they become crippled in other parts such as gore and gameplay. It becomes an effort to streamline and homogenize as much as possible so we end up with the same ā€œsafeā€ art every time.

                  How are there ā€œno good romance optionsā€? Are there 0 hetero options in Dragon Age?

                  Without getting too much into the subjectiveness of this, I hope that using Morrigan as an example and comparing her to the current options should highlight what Iā€™m talking about (unless you want to be willfully ignorant.) Leilana could be a better example, but thatā€™s depending on how you see it ;)

                  Inquisition had 1 decent romance option in my mind, and it was locked behind DLC. (this is for me, personally.) People like to rave about Cassandra, but sheā€™s kind of a word Iā€™m not allowed to use here without getting censored. Not that thatā€™s a bad thing, (well, the censorship is), but she does not have comparable appeal to that of Morrigan, Leilana, or even the elf option from DA2 (I forget her name.)

                  What makes a ā€œgood romance options?ā€ Are you unable to pretend, or not care like others have for decades?

                  Well, itā€™s a pretty big appeal for a game like Dragon Age or Mass Effect that expects me to insert myself into the world. Itā€™s very disingenuous for you to even be making this argument against me. I couldā€™ve said the same thing to people wanting more queer romance options, and youā€™d call me a bigot before censoring me.

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          Really? I just did a search of the reviews for ā€œSJWā€ and came up with nothing.

          Can you provide any examples to support your case? It doesnā€™t seem like itā€™s as popular a viewpoint as you people are trying to make it out as.

          Or maybe you people are just pretending itā€™s a popular view so you can get it censored?

          You wouldnā€™t do that, would you? Lie to censor something you donā€™t like?

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          So, you see one post and use that as an excuse to say youā€™re seeing it constantly?

          Lol. Can you show me where else I can find people saying this on lemmy?

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              I did. Are you able to show me where else I can find people saying this on lemmy?

              Or really anywhere in the fediverse.

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                You did, after I asked, but it wasnā€™t part of your original statement. Others have given examples, in steam, YouTube, Twitter. People there complain about diversity in video games all the time. I pointed out your example of your complaint here, because it was topical

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                  So I guess you canā€™t find any examples of people saying this on lemmy?

                  Or anywhere else in the fediverse?

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            Lemmy has a lower concentration of dipshits, but I see you guys established your very own instance. Iā€™m looking forward to the defederation.

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    Thank you for voicing your unpopular opinion. It is well written.

    While I donā€™t agree with the individual political issues you outlined, I think there is a significant problem in corporate media, including corporate games, where the most interesting thing about the game is the political messaging. If thatā€™s the only thing people talk about, itā€™s not a very good game. A great game, or even a good game, can have lots of overt political messaging and people will love it. Because the game is good.

    Political messaging will not save a bad game

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      Itā€™s easier to virtue-signal for a specific group than it is to actually make a good game.

      Truth and reason are lost on both sides, so they both devolve into just trying to scream the loudest while silencing any opposition.

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        both sides

        The narratives thrown around very much paint the world into binary slotsā€¦ But there are always more sides!

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    Crazy SJWs are mostly from the USA. Ignore US-made entertainment and thatā€™s all you need. Europeans have that balance youā€™re looking for.