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Very brave of them, not everyone has the courage of a publisher that made seven dogshit games that everyone hated in a row

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Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Games publicly shuns "DEI", says it won't "embed social or political agendas" www.eurogamer.net/lords-of-the...

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It's a shame that DEI forced every single boss in Lords Of The Fallen to be absolute ass and wokeness forced the combat to feel like some of the worst out of all the souls clones.

A good rule of thumb to consider is that whenever a company starts getting involved in culture war politics it’s cause all their products fucking suck dick and this is their way of pandering to right wing morons who will buy anything if they believe it aligns with their world view

You gotta be careful with this assumption though because you might end up overlooking the culture war bullshit of companies that make really popular games (hi, Black Myth Wukong devs)

They did this with "We have Ark: Survival Evolved At Home", too (Palworld, which is now being sued a lawsuit can take awhile to resolve). Black Myth is video game oscarbait, give it's original purpose. Which is shameful.

Backlash to the backlash... Gamergate echoing into eternity. Worth noting that there's always material interests involved since these are companies. Just as a lot of DEI signalling had nothing to do with genuine conviction so maybe does rejecting DEI serve some other alignment

From Poland. Country famously known for it's diversity equity and inclusion. This is about as brave as a dude living in american suburbs saying he could probably win a fistfight with a polar bear.

Tbf this probably wins over the brainless audience who laud shit games for standing up to woke. Probably a good financial decision for them to find some kind of audience

Remember the companies and their leaders who are now VERY openly going against anything progressive as the dipshit brigade moves back into office. When the pendulum swings back the other way once they realize it’s really not making them more money. Don’t buy their shit. Let them crumble.

7 dogshit games? That's really giving them too much grace. Love that they made the original Lords of the Fallen, it was panned and flopped, then they had another developer remake it for them and rewarded that studio by laying off a bunch of their staff. Really cool folks over there at CI Games!

I've had the remake on my wishlist since I had never heard of the original and wanted to give the remake a chance after hearing how bad it flopped... But this publisher can absolutely go fuck itself. If the whim ever comes to me to play it, it's coming from the seas.

Publishing good games is not a viable business strategy for them, which is why they need to market their products with "these games support your political beliefs of anti-wokism". Basic grift

Why is it always the studios nobody ever talks about doing this rhetoric? The guy who owns Moon Studios (Ori and Blind forest) said something similar, like do they really think people care about their opinions on this?

You gotta respect dedication to making shit, and act like you're making some high art, so you can give input on what you think about DEI. I hope grifters who don't play games will increase sales on the next shitty game they decide to make.