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[VulcanRaven]

-Shittiest looking main character of all time
-New IP.
-Shit name
-Shit reveal trailer
-Antagonising main audience at a terrible timing

This will be ND's Concord moment and hopefully the end of Cuckman.

It won't be. They can always make The Last of Us Part 3 and I'm sure its already in pre-production.

 

[bundylove]

As she should

Only weid folks care about how women look in videogames

Oh i care. Just like care who brings me my food in a restaurant.
Would some blue hair bullnose ring pimple face unhigenic woke lunatic bring my food i woulr get up walk out and never come back.

 

[sankt-Antonio]

This is comedy gold XD

 

[Putonahappyface]

I hope the game bombs straight through to the earths inner core. Fuck your agenda you vomitous D.E.I scum.

 

[f~N_CH_1:3:3:3_SushiBoat]

Anyone with a pig ring in their nose, i pretty much suspect to say some stupid shit.

I am totally onboard with destroying woke culture, but i found nothing about the reveal to be overtly offensive, by itself. I like the potential theming and look forward to some actual gameplay.. I think folks - myself included - just get turned off seeing the patterns. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, has wet webbed feet.. .then its a woke peice of shit.

 

[Ovek]

Always ends well.

 

[Portugeezer]

It's too late.

She didn't yet know about the power of the incels.

 

[DonF]

so they develop a game aimed at what, the 5% ? then insult the other 95% of potential costumers...

its ND so its going to sell...still... not a good look

 

[Begleiter]

It's incredible that people like this can't manage basic platitudes or to just say nothing. You don't have to wade into the culture war like this.

 

[nial]

I hate owning the chuds/libs memes, cringe shit.
That said, I wonder if people will still play the (fake) "they made her more masculine!" card after this. Just straight up say you dislike her real look at this point, at least that's being honest.

 

[RavageX]

I was interested in the idea of the game, but I dont like it when ppl involved in a game behave like this.

Reminds me of how the Saints Row folks kept making remarks to fans who didnt like the direction the series was going.

Im not a huge fan of this companies games anyhow. I wasnt planning on getting this, but IF i had been...id be less inclined at this point.

 

[Plague Doctor]

I mean I love them adding more gasoline onto the fire but.... lol Corpos you seriously need to muzzle your talent on social media.

Even if you just turned off a small percent of potential customers with this, your budget is too fucking big to have the luxury to turn off anyone. You need hype to be through the roof from the collective internet at this point in the marketing cycle.

These are dumb ass self inflicted wounds. You are not gaining new customers by this. You are preaching, at best, to the ones that were going to buy it anyways. This is hilarious how incompetent management has been for years. The ones you have pissed off though will discuss it on different platforms and turn other people off. And that could go down another chain of turning off more people. This will spark videos and articles that in turn will turn off more people. See the issue?

Marketing is meant to gain as much positive interest and support for a product or service as humanly possible. I feel like I am losing my mind that the previous sentence needs to be stated. This.... does the opposite.

The smart play in lieu of ousting these petulant, unprofessional fucks is to just lay fucking low with divisive design decision. Seriously, just lay low. Really not hard. It takes objectively less effort to shut the fuck up.

Oh my god, this is amateur hour clown shit. Where the fuck is oversight?

 

[Mr Moose]

I didn't have a problem with what I had seen so far, but with this? Even as a joke it could backfire. Fuck around, find out.

 

[GinSama]

There is no way that someone I capable to compare both characters

I mean, really want to compare that character with Ciri ?!?!?

 

[Borowski_1]

Oh i care. Just like care who brings me my food in a restaurant.
Would some blue hair bullnose ring pimple face unhigenic woke lunatic bring my food i woulr get up walk out and never come back.

It's a fucking game, not the cure for cancer

It's not that deep,

 

[Roberts]

By the time the game comes out, all of this will be forgotten.

 

[lachesis]

I'm not sure why devs these days are so eager to drive potential customers away... maybe they do hate money.

 

[Damigos]

At last a brave they/them person.

 

[Kikorin]

Imagine being one of the devs now.

 

[MALpractice311]

Cut to a month after release and the devs are whining about disappointing sales figures. And no one will learn a thing.

 

[Putonahappyface]

I didn't have a problem with what I had seen so far, but with this? Even as a joke it could backfire. Fuck around, find out.

I was on the fence, but now I'm fully with the "stuff it right up your Hershey highway" club.

 

[BigBeauford]

By the time the game comes out, all of this will be forgotten.

This just isn't the case anymore. We're keeping the receipts if this year is anything to go by.

 

[rubik's dude]

Reminds me of how the Saints Row folks kept making remarks to fans who didnt like the direction the series was going.

I'm still pissed Volition let all the efforts of the SR2 PC patch go to waste. IdolNinja was too good for them; he started off as a modder trying to fix SR2 on PC, got hired on at Volition as a dev, he found the long-lost source code for the game, and then spent all of his free time trying to fix it.

When IdolNinja eventually passed from cancer, Volition promised to finish all of his hard work and release the patch in his memory. They never did, then they went bankrupt because of the SR reboot disaster. Fuck Volition.

 

[Schmendrick]

Imagine being a normal developer or lower manager and you see your higher ups or wannabe "stars" hard at work to ruin the sales chances of the product that's currently guaranteeing your job.....
Why is there not a "shut the fuck up in public" passus in every person's contract?

I'm regularly doing projects with the big automotive players, and if I'd badmouth their potential customers on social media while I'm on the project I'd get my ass grilled instantly, and rightfully so.

 

[PatientGamer]

If I was at ND she'd be on a caution. Whilst I think people are being way OTT since the reveal. She's not helping matters and will instead be hampering sales for the game.

It's still several years away, and it's very likely that with every reveal and showcase, the game gets more hate. So the more she posts shit like this, the more it'll affect ND's bottomline.

It'll be review bombed en masse in player reviews etc, and whilst it'll still be successful I think it could really affect ND's standing as a top developer in our industry.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Poor actress, she's totally lost and should just ignore the controversy.
As I already said, she would do anything to get a job, ANYTHING.

 

[nkarafo]

It's funny because literally nobody was ever against her.

Most people would even point out how she is better looking in real life and how this whole thing isn't her fault, etc.

But of course, a leftist trying to be likable or relatable would be a first.

 

[loktaiextatus]

Dude, you've missed out on so many gems, from the Yakuzas and Onimushas, to the Halos and Max Paynes, some of the great early Assassin's Creed titles, not to mention GoldenEye & other classics, just hand in your gamer card already, what a shallow and superficial reason to not play anything

And Grand Theft Auto games- LA Noire , tons of stuff falls into this group.

 

[rickybooby87]

I think ND is big enough that they can get a real hollywood star. Not some unknown actress.

There are so many other talented actresses out there. Zendaya for one. Hell, pick anyone from the cast of Euphoria. But even their trans chick looks more attractive than this girl and Neil cant have that.

Zendaya would have been awesome. I don’t care that they made her bald I really don’t but I can’t stand the actress from what I’ve seen her in (Uncharted movie and “You”). Her whole persona is way too smug for me. Given that it’s a ND game, I’m still gonna play it. But damn I hope I can get used to her.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I think a key reason why video game people are so weird and pompous on social media is due to the way the companies run.

You got companies where the employees are showered with perks, bring their home issues to work, you see pics of the their desk and it looks like their basement with junk everywhere. So if you work there, what probably happens is the bosses give you this vibe you are the greatest employees on earth. And if it means making the office an extension of your life go ahead. Youre making a game that millions play like they are gods, so you are too for making it. If youre a mental case at home, thats ok. You can be one at work too.

Feel free to go hog wild on social media telling gamers off too, if you see something you dont like. There's no such thing as code of conduct policies here. Just free will to act like this company and job is the wild west. If you want to feel like Billy the Kid, go for it.

 

[Banjo64]

GAF hinting at ND’s next protagonist

 

[GymWolf]

I hate owning the chuds/libs memes, cringe shit.
That said, I wonder if people will still play the (fake) "they made her more masculine!" card after this. Just straight up say you dislike her real look at this point, at least that's being honest.

I dislike her real life look\style and i think they made the ingame model even uglier, 2 things can be both true.

 

[RCX]

Have confidence in your end product.

If it's good that should be able to do all the talking for you. In the meantime stay quiet and relaxed.

Anything else comes off as weakness.

 

[VulcanRaven]

It's funny because literally nobody was ever against her.

Most people would even point out how she is better looking in real life and how this whole thing isn't her fault, etc.

But of course, a leftist trying to be likable or relatable would be a first.

I have seen many calling the actress ugly. Here too.

 

[Jaybe]

Sony’s milking of the profits from PS Plus and third party sales is what goes towards supporting these unhinged morons. It’s good to see the masks come off, and people becoming more aware, so they can vote with their wallets.

 

[The Fartist]

Thread posts like these are exactly what they want, way to go GAF.

 

[TheBreezyBB]

Can someone explain what is misogynistic about not liking a women that doesn't look or even resemble an actual woman?

Even if it's dystopian fictional character it shouldn't look like a fucking alien.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I dislike her real life look\style and i think they made the ingame model even uglier, 2 things can be both true.

It's crazy. The real life actress has almost no hair to begin with, makes the hair she's got plastered on her head like it's a thin sheet of paper, has huge manly bushy eyebrows she doesn't cut (while constantly cutting her hair on her head), has shown to have even double nose piercings, and can have freaky coloured make up and nails. I guess the only good thing is she's got super smooth skin with zero blemishes (at least those glammed up shots show that).

And given that, they figured out a way to make her worse looking in the game. lol

 

[VulcanRaven]

Can someone explain what is misogynistic about not liking a women that doesn't look or even resemble an actual woman?

Even if it's dystopian fictional character it shouldn't look like a fucking alien.

She just has shaved head and doean't wear makeup.

 

[loktaiextatus]

Well look. Most people look at the trailer and say " they made her uglier " - They shaved her head but shes had one before. So - This actress was in the uncharted movie, this actress was cast into Last of us season 2- . So this person has been attached to naughty dog on some level for YEARS. If you go looking for more "candid" photos of her- you will see that the in-game is actually accurate ... of her without makeup, and flattering airbrushing, editing, lighting etc. Its the "girl you wake up to in the morning without makeup" and it isnt too pretty.... But why they went with her for this game? God only knows.

I have no specific DISLIKE of the character but just like any person who is right, or wrong for a role- I dont claim to know the game wont end up being good regardless.... For ALL I know they could pull a MGS2 on us and turns out you only play as her part of the game or something ... so I wont weigh in other than to say "Hmmm,.. not really what I would have done... " But honestly OTHER than that I thought the game looked good in the trailer and having Trent Reznor on audio (like the QUAKE soundtrack which is still one of my favorite, call me crazy I am a //\\// || \\//\\ Fan) ... I feel like the game has potential-

If its truly RUINED by an actress choice after all that work and all those collaborations- it will be a good lesson... but if it turns out it sells because people IGNORE those flaws it will only encourage issues. Honestly- and someone may want to disagree with me- the biggest up and coming market for game sales is China and choosing someone with some asian features even if shes only like a quarter asian could be one more "executive scrum meeting checkmark" that leaned them toward her.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

You mad bro? Did she just assume my gender? Bro is not one of my 15 pronouns . . .

 

[TheUndeadGamer]

As she should

Only NeoGaf and other such places care about how women look in videogames

Fixed that for ya /joking.

I didn’t know there was a backlash about Ciri being the main protagonist in the Witcher 4. I think she was a great choice.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Can someone explain what is misogynistic about not liking a women that doesn't look or even resemble an actual woman?

Even if it's dystopian fictional character it shouldn't look like a fucking alien.

And even worse, a Gen Z alien with an attitude sipping a straw in someone's face.

This game will not only have a butchy character that resembles a prison cellmate, but just wait for the attitude oozing every 2 minutes in fights, quest chats, and more as we saw in that space age MS Teams conference call.

 

[ReBurn]

By the time the game comes out, all of this will be forgotten.

It won't be forgotten. It's going to reignite with every interview they do or trailer they release unless they change what people are grumbling about.

 

[nial]

Sony’s milking of the profits from PS Plus and third party sales is what goes towards supporting these unhinged morons. It’s good to see the masks come off, and people becoming more aware, so they can vote with their wallets.

Whatever TLOU2 made is what went onto the production budget of Intergalactic.

 

[Inuteu]

 

[Action Jackson]

Classic PR strategy straight out of Disney‘s playbook. Well, a strategy that they applied until this year which they now try to distance themselves from, because guess what - antagonizing your potential customer base and weaponizing actors and other talent against the audience is actually not a sound business strategy.

Sony and ND should quickly take note, because emulating Disney’s strategy is clearly not working, otherwise it will be a hard and costly lesson for them to learn.

 

[JimmyRustler]

How stupid can you be? Can‘t these idiots shut up for ONE DAMN MINUTE?

The path to the game‘s release is going to be wild. My empathy for the devs (- Druckman, he knew what he was doing).

 

[BattleScar]

Why are you checking her Insta stories?
Stop looking for things to get mad at.

 

[Plague Doctor]

Classic PR strategy straight out of Disney‘s playbook. Well, a strategy that they applied until this year which they now try to distance themselves from, because guess what - antagonizing your potential customer base and weaponizing actors and other talent against the audience is actually not a sound business strategy.

Sony and ND should quickly take note, because emulating Disney’s strategy is clearly not working, otherwise it will be a hard and costly lesson to learn.

There is a theory the new Indy game is getting soft sales (see also under performing) partially because of what Disney did to the franchise and not the quality of the game itself. Tangential to your point but funny to note.

Also, respect on the user name and the profile image. Under rated cheese 80s action film that I am now going to watch again soon.