Reality Czar
Banned
He literally is saying the fact that she is a woman would impact the gameplay. This is counter to how it currently works. Your double jump is not tied to your manliness. The air dash has nothing to do with you owning a male member. Currently the fact that DS is a man (or a woman, I am not against that, they could easily make Doomslayer a player-created character if they wanted) has no impact on the gameplay. Currently, someone can pretend DS is already a woman, and the story and gameplay will not contradict this.
Now, imagine the next game features a woman. Not a choosable gender, but explicitly a woman, and the gameplay is going to be shaped so that a male game designer feels like he has made a "meaningful" statement on what it means to be a woman. This is different than how it is currently, where any gender identity can simply plug in and enjoy seeing themselves as DS. There are no gender statements to be made in the first two DOOM games, why start now? Currently DS is not concerned with their gender, but he is saying that if he makes it a woman, then the gameplay will be impacted. This is literally what he is saying. Again, HE.
Now, imagine the next game features a woman. Not a choosable gender, but explicitly a woman, and the gameplay is going to be shaped so that a male game designer feels like he has made a "meaningful" statement on what it means to be a woman. This is different than how it is currently, where any gender identity can simply plug in and enjoy seeing themselves as DS. There are no gender statements to be made in the first two DOOM games, why start now? Currently DS is not concerned with their gender, but he is saying that if he makes it a woman, then the gameplay will be impacted. This is literally what he is saying. Again, HE.
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