As if it wasn't evident from the start.That butch lesbian on the front cover starting to make sense now.
As if it wasn't evident from the start.That butch lesbian on the front cover starting to make sense now.
The reason diversity needs to be promoted is the same reason this thread exists in it's current form. Instead of comments like "good on them" they're just being mocked and ridiculed. Now clearly this news doesn't matter to me, but it matters to someone.
The game isn't a dating simulator. It's a 3rd person humans vs aliens shooter.
"They're trying to flank us, retreat!"
"I'm non binary"
"????"
Don’t get the point of broadcasting to the world what kinds of people you like to fuck
In the not-too-distant-past, gay people felt ashamed or were told to be ashamed of their sexual orientation. Now they're trying to show themselves as well as those around them that they are proud of their sexual orientation. It's a personal revolution kind of thing.
And frankly, for many straight people it's a little hard to relate since I doubt most of us grew up feeling ashamed that we liked girls. So I can't judge.
SonicFox wore a gay pride flag when he was in yesterday's MK11 tournament, giving the impression that sending a message was more important to him than playing the game itself. Was he right? Was he wrong?
And more importantly, does it matter to us straights? Is he hurting us in some manner?
“We shall sodomize your sons, emblems of your feeble masculinity, of your shallow dreams and vulgar lies. We shall seduce them in your schools, in your dormitories, in your gymnasiums, in your locker rooms, in your sports arenas, in your seminaries, in your youth groups, in your movie theater bathrooms, in your army bunkhouses, in your truck stops, in your all male clubs, in your houses of Congress, wherever men are with men together. Your sons shall become our minions and do our bidding. They will be recast in our image. They will come to crave and adore us.
“Women, you cry for freedom. You say you are no longer satisfied with men; they make you unhappy. We, connoisseurs of the masculine face, the masculine physique, shall take your men from you then. We will amuse them; we will instruct them; we will embrace them when they weep. Women, you say you wish to live with each other instead of with men. Then go and be with each other. We shall give your men pleasures they have never known because we are foremost men too, and only one man knows how to truly please another man; only one man can understand the depth and feeling, the mind and body of another man.
“All laws banning homosexual activity will be revoked. Instead, legislation shall be passed which engenders love between men. All homosexuals must stand together as brothers; we must be united artistically, philosophically, socially, politically and financially. We will triumph only when we present a common face to the vicious heterosexual enemy.
“If you dare to cry faggot, fairy, queer, at us, we will stab you in your cowardly hearts and defile your dead, puny bodies.
“We shall write poems of the love between men; we shall stage plays in which man openly caresses man; we shall make films about the love between heroic men which will replace the cheap, superficial, sentimental, insipid, juvenile, heterosexual infatuations presently dominating your cinema screens. We shall sculpt statues of beautiful young men, of bold athletes which will be placed in your parks, your squares, your plazas. The museums of the world will be filled only with paintings of graceful, naked lads.
In the not-too-distant-past, gay people felt ashamed or were told to be ashamed of their sexual orientation. Now they're trying to show themselves as well as those around them that they are proud of their sexual orientation. It's a personal revolution kind of thing.
And frankly, for many straight people it's a little hard to relate since I doubt most of us grew up feeling ashamed that we liked girls. So I can't judge.
SonicFox wore a gay pride flag when he was in yesterday's MK11 tournament, giving the impression that sending a message was more important to him than playing the game itself. Was he right? Was he wrong?
And more importantly, does it matter to us straights? Is he hurting us in some manner?
Its things like this that make me less interested in games.
I play games to escape reality, not be reminded of it. I get so much politically correct shit in my every day life I am sick of it and I play games to see other realities and get away from what I am tired of, not get more of it.
That's why I like fiction, because it isnt real. I can see other people and worlds and scenarios that have nothing to do with my reality. So when I am playing a game where you fight monsters and so on the last thing I want is to see a gay pride banner.
But the worst part of this and what truly makes me lose interest in games such as this is it all feels like some forced agenda. An attempt at making people happy and trying to please the masses. They are riding the coat tails of some hot topics and popular trends and trying to cash in on what cool right now. I won't support that mentality.
That's why I love aliens, the great and secret show, no man's sky, metal gear solid 3, God of war, or jaws. I love those things because there is no political correctness, no politics, no need to force in strong women, no agendas, nothing at all to do with our reality. It's all interesting alternate universes with interesting characters and stories. I get to forget the shit I deal with every day and I get to see someone else's imagination come to life.
So fuck gears of war 5 and fuck all the developers and publishers that try and shoe horn in bullshit for the sake of trying to appeal to the masses.
Does any of what they added hurt your gameplay experience? If it wasn't mentioned in this article and posted on Neogaf would you have even known it was there? I played for a bit last night and had no clue.The game isn't a dating simulator. It's a 3rd person humans vs aliens shooter.
"They're trying to flank us, retreat!"
"I'm non binary"
"????"
"We are just proud....lol promise!"
The Homosexual Manifesto
By Michael Swift, "Gay Revolutionary." Reprinted from The Congressional Record of the United States Congress. First printed in Gay Community News, February 15-21 1987
Does flaunting your sexual proclivities to complete strangers enhance your gaming experience?Does any of what they added hurt your gameplay experience? If it wasn't mentioned in this article and posted on Neogaf would you have even known it was there?
Well, the problem with sonic fox wearing a gay flag is not that he is expressing himself, the problem is that such freedom of speech is not being granted to everybody, aka double standards.
No, but it helps you embrace your sexual identity when it used to be (and still is in many occasions) ridiculed and frowned upon.Does flaunting your sexual proclivities to complete strangers enhance your gaming experience?
I don't think that straights need flags to identify as straights, because they are the norm. A man is expected to be attracted to women and vice versa. It is the exception that feels that it needs to announce itself as such.
But why would you need to announce what everyone (more or less) expects from you? Do you, as a straight male, feel so oppressed about your sexual orientation to the point that you feel the need to shout out to the world "I'm straight, and I don't care if you don't like it!!"?Freedom of speech is for everybody, even those that you despise.
But why would you need to announce what everyone (more or less) expects from you? Do you, as a straight male, feel so oppressed about your sexual orientation to the point that you feel the need to shout out to the world "I'm straight, and I don't care if you don't like it!!"?
But why would you need to announce what everyone (more or less) expects from you? Do you, as a straight male, feel so oppressed about your sexual orientation to the point that you feel the need to shout out to the world "I'm straight, and I don't care if you don't like it!!"?
It is well within my rights as a heterosexual non-binary male transvestite lesbian.Did you just assume their sexuality?
For reals. I identify as an Emma Roberts-sexual. Where's my letter in the rainbow alphabet? Where's my flag? Where's my Emma Roberts pride parade? All these fucking Emma Robertsphobes.Did you just assume their sexuality?
So what? Do you honestly believe all gays think like that? Do you also believe that Jews secretly control the entire world?
Being straight as an arrow, no. I prefer the Halo Reach banner. But if that's someone elses provacative, whatever, I don't care enough to complain. It literally does not matter to me. But clearly it matters to so many others hence all of the complaining.Does flaunting your sexual proclivities to complete strangers enhance your gaming experience?
But even if they are wrong, you agree that they should be allowed to express themselves too? or not?.
I love politics in my games, because without it we'd not even have a game like MGS3 OR MGS2.
No strong women? No agenda's? Do you even play the games you listed? What a bunch of fucking bullshit.
I call bullshit on that one, but it's not my place to disprove it, so let's just agree to disagree.A large and loud majority do though.
Oh, sure, they should. If they think it makes sense.
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I call bullshit on that one, but it's not my place to disprove it, so let's just agree to disagree.
There's a huge difference between games/movies/series/books/art touching upon political issues & using them as inspiration to tell a story (whith the Metal Gear franchise & nuclear proliferation being one example of that) & the absolute propagandist "I'm shoving muh diversity down ur throat" approach by the far left which we see in many modern western & American games.
I agree with the underlying morality of the Metal Gear franchize (madman with nukes & war profiteers are "baddies"), whereas I don't give a flying fuck about some attention seeking social justice mishaps shoving their multiple genders in my face or their neo-PC religion with butch manly women behaving like dudes. Fuck that, it sucks.
Not to mention, Del and man-girl are pissed at Fahz for firing into a crowd of "peaceful protesters". Come to find out JD ordered Fahz to fire because the crowd was attacking them. JD and Fahz are muh bad guys. Oh ok I see where this is going....
I think that's called forced drama.I haven't finished the game, but that's something that immediately felt off. Seemed like forced conflict over something that shouldn't cause conflict in the first place.
In the not-too-distant-past, gay people felt ashamed or were told to be ashamed of their sexual orientation. Now they're trying to show themselves as well as those around them that they are proud of their sexual orientation. It's a personal revolution kind of thing.
And frankly, for many straight people it's a little hard to relate since I doubt most of us grew up feeling ashamed that we liked girls. So I can't judge.
SonicFox wore a gay pride flag when he was in yesterday's MK11 tournament, giving the impression that sending a message was more important to him than playing the game itself. Was he right? Was he wrong?
And more importantly, does it matter to us straights? Is he hurting us in some manner?
I want games with no politics
MGS3 has no politics in it
Fucking hilarious post filled with bullshit.
Just cause Americans are being torpedoed by political bullshit doesnt mean the rest of the world does and is affected by your pathetic political system.
I love politics in my games, because without it we'd not even have a game like MGS3 OR MGS2.
No strong women? No agenda's? Do you even play the games you listed? What a bunch of fucking bullshit.
There's a huge difference between games/movies/series/books/art touching upon political issues & using them as inspiration to tell a story (whith the Metal Gear franchise & nuclear proliferation being one example of that) & the absolute propagandist "I'm shoving muh diversity down ur throat" approach by the far left which we see in many modern western & American games.
I agree with the underlying morality of the Metal Gear franchize (madman with nukes & war profiteers are "baddies"), whereas I don't give a flying fuck about some attention seeking social justice mishaps shoving their multiple genders in my face or their neo-PC religion with butch manly women behaving like dudes. Fuck that, it sucks.
Try this - go on their forum and ask for a straight pride flag and then see the reactions you'll get or just look at how people reacted to the straight pride paradeBut why would you need to announce what everyone (more or less) expects from you? Do you, as a straight male, feel so oppressed about your sexual orientation to the point that you feel the need to shout out to the world "I'm straight, and I don't care if you don't like it!!"?
Try this - go on their forum and ask for a straight pride flag and then see the reactions you'll get or just look at how people reacted to the straight pride parade
That empty statement is something anybody should be able to get behind.gaming is better when we embrace the things that make us unique and respect diverse perspectives
Now that is next gen pandering, I haven't played the game - but it did not appear to me like the gameplay itself was affected too much by these choices, add some dating elements, wheel chair racing, etc. to both the campaign and MP experience - maybe have the story line includes more direct references, let you choose the type of gendering/body type for each character, their name and how they want to identify, what abilities they have (sight, earing, walking, etc.) and how they augment themselves to make up for it (wheel chair, mech, prosthetic) if anything they did not go far enough, having those pride flags is lazy, it's all empty talk again.“Gears of War is a series grounded in diversity, and we’re proud to celebrate it in our characters and our players. The ‘Gears 5’ team was incredibly passionate about including flags representing the different aspects of Pride and we’re thrilled players can show up as their authentic selves while playing.”
So much this, I'm so proud of my black hair! I should hold a black hair pride parade.I feel like calling yourself "proud to be straight" just as fucking stupid as "proud to be gay"
Not the point. The point is gay pride is ok, straight pride is not. That's high level hypocrisy. Either both are ok or both are not but i agree. I'd prefer if no one took pride in something they didn't control anywayI feel like calling yourself "proud to be straight" just as fucking stupid as "proud to be gay"
Why are you proud of it? You are what you are you didn't do anything to achieve it. So why be proud of it?
I saw a guy like that on Twitter the other day. Proud conservative. Proud straight white man.
I was like wtf lol are you seriously putting such bullshit in your profile lmao
Remember when "xbox is for gay retards" was an insult in console wars, not an actual company slogan?
Having a pride flag in the (non-canon) multiplayer mode of Gears of War 5 is hardly the main focus.Again, inclusions are OK here and there, but to have these things as a main focus is a sad state of todays gaming ☹
So where is the straight pride flag in Gears 5?Having a pride flag in the (non-canon) multiplayer mode of Gears of War 5 is hardly the main focus.
True, but statements like "Gears of War is grounded in diversity" gives one an idea of a focus.Having a pride flag in the (non-canon) multiplayer mode of Gears of War 5 is hardly the main focus.
I doubt all of this pandering adds one sale to the game. In, fact bet it turns off a significant portion of potential customers aware of it. Between this, choosing a female lead, banning smoking (its small but shows how petty the coalition are), the atrocious box art, and it being day 1 on game pass, i think its safe to say gears 5 will struggle to reach the sales of gears 4, which was already low for the series standards. It may seem bold of me to say this but it is safe to say gears after this is a lame duck franchise. It wont be irrelevant, it will have its fans, but the days of it being a blockbuster must have "ps3 killer" like the ones of old are LONG gone. I stand by that statement.
Yeah, I think it's more or less just poor writing instead of an agenda. Gears had suffered silly plot/drama excuses for a while.I think that's called forced drama.