The take a female character, then they try to make that character as masculine as they possibly can...why not just make it a male character?? you're one step away.
The funniest thing about it to me is that all the traits they define as "toxic masculinity" are the same ones they give their female leads. Except when their characters have those same traits, they're praised for it.
@@tarak950It doesn't matter if it is or isn't. What matters is that's how the public perceives it as. Ultimately, when selling to a customer, the customer is always right. If the customer doesn't like your "creative decision", they just won't give you money for it. Simple as that.
@@themanbehindyou.216 Yes. The unfortunate reality is that things are products of their time. What's going on around a project CAN impact it, but just as equally what's going on in society can impact how things being made are perceived. It's all connected in one giant circle based on how one feels, what one thinks, and what one believes.
They probably are the weirdos writing on the internet that women should be replaced by machine wombs. I don't understand why you'd want to turn a woman into a man...
I never thought I’d say this of a man as bearded as druckmann, but Amy Hennig has balls multiple times this guy’s. I keep thinking how much better their last two games would have been with her at the helm and him as a minor character writer. I have played the first two games several times, and played uncharted 4 exactly once. I played the dlc with chloe a few times tbh, mainly because the relationship between the two girls was very well-done, and also because I was attracted to both nadine and chloe, especially since they gave her back her ass and with interest. As usual the plot was a non-plot, because druckmann isn’t actually creative. I played tlou 1 a few times as well, but I simply didn’t bother with the sequel. Again, imagine these games with Amy Hennig there. What’s ridiculous is that he is ‘empowering women’ by squeezing out an actual woman from a leadership role, in an industry where women in those roles are rare, then producing games where multiple women are brutally killed and mutilated, one of them pregnant. His ‘best girl’ is basically a man without testicles, and their latest offering looks to star either a castrated man or a mutilated woman. Just absolute degenerates all, and once again, because Druckmann is all feelings no creativity, I’m sure the plot will be one where the plot/lore doesn’t matter much anyway, just like uncharted 4, just like the last of us part two, just like the uncharted dlc. Bros a hack and a bdsm/torture fetishist, masquerading as an activist masquerading as a game designer.
I never thought I’d say this of a man as bearded as druckmann, but Amy Hennig has balls multiple times this guy’s. I keep thinking how much better their last two games would have been with her at the helm and him as a minor character writer. I have played the first two games several times, and played uncharted 4 exactly once. I played the dlc with chloe a few times tbh, mainly because the relationship between the two girls was very well-done, and also because I was attracted to both nadine and chloe, especially since they gave her back her ass and with interest. As usual the plot was a non-plot, because druckmann isn’t actually creative. I played tlou 1 a few times as well, but I simply didn’t bother with the sequel. Again, imagine these games with Amy Hennig there. What’s ridiculous is that he is ‘empowering women’ by squeezing out an actual woman from a leadership role, in an industry where women in those roles are rare, then producing games where multiple women are brutally killed and mutilated, one of them pregnant.his best girl looks like a castrated bodybuilder, and his latest game looks to star either a castrated male or a mutilated female. Druckmann is a hack, a bdsm/torture fetishist masquerading as an activist masquerading as a game designer.
I suspect they are going for a kind of roguish charming smart ass. Problem is it requires near perfect writing and voice acting as its like 1/2 a degree away from annoying smarmy jack ass. And from this it feels like they missed their target by more than 1/2 a degree.
@@AhglockI’ve been saying the same shit! It definitely requires near perfect writing to pull off that character persona. Otherwise the audience is just bothered by a wannabe badass lol.
The big problem with self inserts as the hero is that these people don’t know what a hero is. They act like narcissistic psychopaths and it always shows in their “heroes”.
Add there "And for some reason, everyone in that universe likes them or is gaslight to be on their side. The ones that arent, are likable and reasonable and of course they are the evil ones."
Note this game goes for the retro look of Alien Isolation. But Amanda had normal human motivations and the psychos where the C-level of the antagonist companies Here, I fear the worst
@@zorkgreywind509 true. The second someone thinks men can be women and completely disregard any of realities of the surgery they are a lost cause. Might as well tell them unicorns aren’t real
Imagine spending millions on cutting-edge graphics just to make your lead character look like a TikTok activist after a bad day. Western devs: This is why you lose.
I had to laugh when 90% of the nominees in TGA were all from Eastern studios, with all of the GOTY nominees being Asian games aside from 1. Even the activists don't want this stuff, clearly.
I agree with Grummz. I'm not so sure it's her design that is the problem; it's her incredibly unlikeable personality that was highlighted within the first few scenes in the trailer.
@@Phantom86d Honestly, some badass monk with mistik powers. Good oportunity to go into budist folklore and mythology. But nah, lets do some more uninteresting characters instead
@@Vlad_-_-_ All the Yāoguài would be aliens on different planets and the White Dragon Horse a mech-spaceship AI. It even gives an excuse to make the Saiyan equivalent for Wùkōng! I would lean into the manga Journey to the West version of Sanzang where he punches everything yet keep him a polyglot.
It's not just the way the character looks that's the problem; it's the fact that we know there's an agenda behind it. We all know that Neil Druckman is ethically opposed to attractive female characters thanks to that Anita Sarkeesian presentation he made a while ago, and gamers don't want to support that mindset with their money.
You know whats funny? the asian comparison used in this vid is not even that pretty, it just looks a above average at best. We don't need ultra pretty females and male characters just what is common.
The MC's name is literally Jordan A. Mun. Combine that with the shaving head statement, and this small trailer is basically puking it's worldview at the viewer. It doesn't help that They/Them is a Starlord knockoff 5 years after the character was popular.
I think you could probably get away with her design if it was 15 years ago and she wasnt the main character. Because 15 years ago youd know it wasnt for a political reason, and plus you wouldnt have to look at her everywhere you go.
@@mjolnir112 Except that Jack is beautiful, has a sad and well-written backstory, her relationship with Shepard is pretty sweet and she softened up after while.
Absolutely correct. I wrote a novel 10 years ago with a female main character who'd lived previous lives as a man. Using that a source of 'awkward jokes' throughout. And then all this political/social engineering happened a couple years after I published it. And it's completely ruined my book because it appears I'm trying to participate in whatever this crap is. But none of this was happening 10 years ago!
@@samokazem2211 Exactly. These people need to watch Yuri Bezmanovs interviews. We are past demoralization. We are now at the stage of normalization..
Asian devs had legit not gone anywhere.. even when capcom and square were making mid games with shit like re6 and ff13, they were still making generally okay games. Now they have mostly found their footing again and are dominating but the western market is making sure that the asian devs have an even easier time dominating the market lol.
Which isn't surprising. Art reflects its artist, to varying degrees. People make what they would want to play / watch / read. The more important question ends up being "If you build it will they (other people) come (buy it)?"
Agree, the only good aspect of all of this crap right now is that they dropped the act, they don't even pretend anymore, it's all out in the open. So everyone is well aware of what the gaming industry is trying to do.
Nothing wrong with strong female lead, if it's well done nobody's gonna complain. The problem is the bad design and bad writing, filled with their woke agenda.
Agree. The issue is when the "agenda" IS THE ONLY STORY. It's boring and one dimensional. Who cares if they are gay or straight but if that is the characters ONLY identity and defines ALL the decisions.... boring,weak,lazy AF storytelling.
@@SatanKlause Continuing a series by replacing a titular male lead with a female lead is rarely well-recieved. Geralt is The Witcher. If they'd made the game as a spin-off series instead of 4, then it likely would've been better received with Ciri as the lead. Also Ciri looks off in the teaser and more than a few angles don't do her any favors. I can't speak for everyone, but I'd love to see more female leads that are well written and designed(prefer having a character creator)
Second to last. You need two massive flops to sink a studio as big as Naughty Dog. In fact, it may take 3. Naughty Dog has the most pull out of any Sony studio because of their historic successes.
@@SunlightGwynisn’t it crazy that people associate a bald female with “DEI” stuff and now they’re acting like Naughty Dog is gonna fail bc of literally this one thing
@@E2J25 They are riding on the fumes of their glorious past. Bioware was like that for years before Dragon Age: Veiguard. Everything has a limit. Do you honestly think that they can just keep making shit games and ride on people's nostalgia to kingdom come? Now the sales of these games aren't really public so the devs can just claim they sold how much and so so. But you can always check the player count of Steam to check. I think it is the most accurate, I don't trust the police to do their own internal investigation so naturally I also don't believe whatever the numbers the devs claim. But Steam is accurate as a neutral party. To admit a gaming isn't selling well is also gonna reduce the sales even more. it is what it is. But idk, maybe this game will be their comeback. Stay tuned on Steam. Don't trust what the devs say
@@vond5829 I believe The Last of Us 2 had a good launch(in large part due to the success of the first game) but fell off massively and didn’t come anywhere near to the sales figures of the original. If this new title of theirs is heading further in the direction that TLOU2 went, then we are watching the beginning of the end for naughty dog.
I don't even agree that the ugliness is any part of the problem. It's the cringe vocal-fry, smug soy starbucks dialogue delivery and character traits that are what really tanks the character down.
Look at EDF series, the main series. Those games feel as low budget as a packet of crisps, yet it is HANDS DOWN more fun than basically ANY "blockbuster" games today or in the last 15-20 years. They understand what games are about, and what fun is about.
What the hell does this even mean? I guarantee in real life you have no clue what a “real” woman is, nor have you ever been with one. Men these days are ruined by the media, go meet real people.
@@AntDaGamerADGEntPlays I like feminine women and masculine men. It's healthy and normal. You can cope all you want but that's what most people want. Deal with it. Or dont. IDGAF 😂
Samas Aran. she is a very attractive blonde woman but Nintendo never flaunts her sexually. We as gamers just know there is a hot blonde under the suit and Samus is a universal symbol for bad ass woman in gaming
@@onetokatman7293 beauty is subjective, and all I’m hearing about why this game supposedly already flopped is cause yall would only play as a female if they’re hot. That be dumb
Excellent breakdown! My main concern is that these psychos have simply ruined female characters for everyone. The buyer's initial reaction to a product is of immense importance to the overall sale of said product. Viewers see a female led story, and that initial reaction has been poisoned so much, I am concerned that simply having a female character driven story is a product suicide, no matter how good the story. I keep holding out hope that isn't the case, but im legitimately outraged and concerned at the damage that has been wrought on art already.
They also want the girl boss. And frankly that has become a trope whose time has passed. ND haven't made a game without a girl boss since Uncharted 3. And even with that, there was Chloe. Since then it has all been lady bosses. From Nadine to Ellie (who is now a girl boss) to Abby to this just announced abomination.
I saw a comment that stuff like this is to normalize viewing non-traditional looking women, especially trans women. I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist but man that makes you think
I'm not sure it's normalizing anyone though? If anything it makes everyone even more hostile to them, from what we have seen. Most non-traditional looking women I know still like to look great, dress well, and be a decent human being.
They are failing miserably, along with that it comes all the woke agenda of hatred towards white man and the "patriarchy system" , "unreachable beauty standards" and other buzz words that only make sense in the head of the SJWs, normal people don't buy these ideas.
"Everyone who's complaining about this trailer is just an incel who hates women!!" If that were the case, the following games/series wouldn't have so many fans: Metroid Tomb Raider Bayonetta Final Fantasy Tekken Street Fighter The Last of Us Mirror's Edge Stellar Blade Lollipop Chainsaw Freedom Planet Any and every gacha waifu game The "incel" argument fails hard when games that have attractive female characters succeed and those with ugly female characters flop.
@@REDACTED__007 They would. I mean why would they list so many games with attractive female characters that count as iconic and successful while games with ‚subpar looking women‘ fall into obscurity and become meme material? And the fun fact? Women like to play as cute/elegant girls and men like to play ladies who are confident in looks and power aka who can kick arses and look good in it. Why is it such a crime? It’s so backwards to shame people by liking nice appearances. It’s basic instinct to love things we gaze at as cool/cute/interesting etc. There is no shame liking attractiveness
@@REDACTED__007 Joke’s on you; I would play them. Heck, Gravity Rush 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of all time and I love Kat because ultimately despite suffering from amnesia, she still strives to do the right thing and help people.
Western devs are committed to not appeal to the male gaze. Their biggest problem is actually the fact that they don’t appeal to the female gaze either which leaves their games to a small interested audience.
The problem with the very concept of the male gaze and the female gaze is that both definitions are created by the same group; in this case feminists. It's rabbits getting to define what a rabbit is and what a fox is. That makes no logical sense from its birth point.
They literally have no audience, why do you think all of their woke games failed and got their studios shut down right afterwards?? Cuz there is no "modern audience", and even if their was, they don't even play or buy video games to begin with so they literally are making video games for fking no one.
The problem is that Buddhism is all about rejecting materialism, not causing harm, and being one with nature, things that your average coastal urbanite is incapable of.
Game devs: Masculinity is toxic, you gamers need to stop being masculine and having masculine interests!! Also devs: Hey check out this “female” character in my game, she’s completely masculine in every aspect, and she’s also bald 😂😂
Because it's a strawman. No one is telling men to stop being masculine and having masculine interests and also don't think it's bad for a woman to be a tomboy.
So you're saying you didn't enjoy the last of us or the uncharted games. You know the same games made by the people who are making this. Sorry but unless you hated both of those franchises then you really have no legs to stand on with this new one.
@@E2J25 last of us and uncharted 4 was release a decade ago, people making those game are long gone or retire already. its made by the same company alright, but not by the same peoples once lead the company/designer team. same can be said for bioware, hows ME1-3 still praised to this day while their recent release are being shit on by every one.
Naughty Dog: Have a game full of action, violence, big swords and space ships that mostly appeal to dudes. Also Naughty Dog: Inject the least appealing character to the demographic that likes explosions and rocket ships. Who would have thought that people weren't going to like it
That character is precisely homely and repellent on purpose. You're right -- they've made a game with a laundry list of really attractive game elements for the primary demographic and one big, overt element that is antithetical to what gamers want .... this is their arrogance. They want this to sell millions and millions of copies so they can point to it and say see ... this does work... this is the future. Naughty Dog thinks they're too big and awesome to fail -- they are daring young men specifically to not buy this game.
honestly speaking, Naughty Dog will become first a great studio again, once they get finally rid of Neil Druckmann, this one narcisstic person is alone responsible for all of what has become out of Naughty Dog today..hes responsible for why Amy left ND which in return is the reason why Last of Us 2 turned into this big piece of shit..because there was nobody there anymore, that kept Druckmanns narccistic input into the company under control and in check...
Western DEVELOPERS Will never Understand Why Games Like Stellar Blade and Elden Ring Did so Well, Elden Ring might Look Like a Game Made in Summer 2016. BUT it is Content Content Content and a Giant World to Explore and it Doesnt Hold Your Hand 24/7 and it provides a Fun Challenge
DEI character models usually coincide with a reduced emphasis on engaging and entertaining gameplay. Just a pattern I've noticed from watching these last few catastrophic releases in the industry.
@LavenderCucco they are both asian. Where's the racism? And why would you lie? Your generation is atrocious at understanding things and blurting out whatever comes to mind without thinking first. Its embarrassing
You can always tell when a feminist is involved with a project by the character design and dialogue. An edgy, bald, 20lb DEI feminist is the MC... I refuse to belive that this is not being done to tank the company on purpose... *Edit:* Square Enix and Capcom are woke as fuck. They should be on the other side of that picture
@E2J25 there are some absolutely gorgeous bald women, but she is not one of them imo. i think mainly because of the attitude written on her face. they intentionally make ugly characters to pander and virtue signal
@@IluvjudahmoscatoIt is very obvious. People like nice looking things across the board. It literally can do no harm if you made them good looking meanwhile it *does* hurt sales when they aren't. From a business standpoint it only makes sense to make them visually palatable.
I hate so many things about this trailer. Starting at the point where it's drowned in product placements, which already make it seem like vapid cash-grab, continuing with character design / disneyfied 80's nostalgia, lots of Hollywood actors (which no doubt *DEVOUR* a lot of the budget), and then - Of course! - the main character that screams "Use my pronouns, or I'll report you to HR." In the short part where she talks to the other character, she comes across as bullying (which they mistook for being tough), overly emotional, taking nothing serious, and self-obsessed. HARD PASS. This should be a masterclass in what not to do in such a short clip.
Personally I would want to play as the girl on the left. My wife would choose the same. Men tend to want to play masculine handsome men in games. Women tend to want to play feminine and attractive women. Is there anything wrong with that?
You are wrong because their narcissistic mind had decided that they are right. They just hide them behind void words in their mouth like inclusion diversity, progress, feminism, etc...
I don’t know if that’s necessarily true - men have always loved playing as Lara Croft, women love playing as Nathan Drake. The trick is to design characters that will be attractive to one group and a role model to the other.
Aka you're a sheep who lives on the internet. Naughty dog has a proven track record of making wildly successful games. Please explain to me why this game wouldn't be any different? And no woke doesn't work as an excuse to mindlessly hage the game as the last of us serious as a whole is woke and even the last uncharted game.
@E2J25 Boeing had a track record of safety and reliability but what's their track record now in the last 4 years? A track record of success is only good when the record still holds. Also who are you to say what's valid or not? Are you the arbiter of opinions? You're ignoring that the characters in Last of Us had depth and how as the series progressed the less people actually liked it for the gameplay but moreso wanted to see how the story progressed.
That image is so obnoxious. It's like they used science to intentionally formulate an image of the most unnapealling version of a person that illicits a "ugh yech" response.
Aye. Normalizing that look is the whole point of them serving it up. And when we "ugh yech," we're shamed and castigated as assorted 'ists. Propaganda isn't meant to persuade you. It's meant to isolate you and break your spirit.
As a Korean-American I feel strange that she’s pulling a Kamala. She’s clearly black IRL, but, depicted as Asian in the video game, isn’t that for a lack of a better term, race-appropriation??? Feels strange. Is she ashamed of her black father? Is Naughty Dog ashamed of her black father? What is going on? Did Neil think it’s ok for everyone to hate Asian people but not black people by making her so unlikable??? Just feels slimy and strange.
This is what happens when socialist activists are made to survive in industries that enforce capitalistic endeavors. They want to make things they want, under the protection of a respected institution, and expect to be given the same respect and rewards as the institution itself has. They don't understand that capitalism punishes selfishness by withholding reward or taking away entitlements for not producing something someone else finds worth buying. These activists are self-serving and naive, like petulant children. They've never had to work hard for anything in their lives because they grew up in a society that rewarded participation and stifled growth through trial and error. They're incapable of creating anything because they don't know how to think for themselves, only to act on emotion and follow trends that coddle their delicate sensibilities. The slightest conflict or friction in their personal pursuits disturbs the careful wall they built around their feelings and causes them to lash out because they don't understand how to consume criticism without it being perceived as a personal attack on them.
I'm not touching this game. Naughty Dog lost me after Last of Us 2, and I didn't even spend any money on that either, because I read the leaks and then finally saw wtf they had done to the game upon release. Enough is enough
I’m sick of all of our once favored developers thinking they know the gamers want more than the gamers. It’s such a “holier than thou” attitude and a slap in the face to their fans. I’m beyond done with AAA and will refuse to support them unless I’ve done a ton of research
Yep, a simple change like that would have worked. That alone would have made the trailer at least tolerable… But nope, “Strong independent wahmen” design by all means necessary. Congratulations Naughty Dog, you’ve proven the point that you don’t want to give players what they want.
@@E2J25This is different, that main character is awful, no1 will want to play as that. I don't know any1 that doesn't like Ellie for example of previous games.
I don't think it will flop. It depends what the game looks like. If the combat is fun il probably still play it. I can easily just skip the dialogue and have fun fighting shit
And TIME!!! Naughty Dog Fans had been Waiting in Anticipation of the New IP that would(hopefully) Restore Naughty Dog to the Greatness of Uncharted & TLOU Part 1. But what di they Get instead: 100% GARBAGE, CRAP & DEI SOCIAL MESSAGING!! Trying to Force their Vision of how they'd like the World to be on Us! But that ain't Reality! In the Real World Men like Good Looking/Beautiful Women! That's how Nature Intended It to Be! Deal With It Druckman!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a waste, but it isn't. These games come with new 3d assets, and if the level design is decent, and the gameplay could be better with a few tweaks, Shit, these games can be modded to be something good. Re-write the script, use AI or talented friends to vocalize the new script, Change the character models etc. Fallout London was free, recycled from Fallout 4.
Politics in everything. Went to buy a refrigerator the other day and when I mentioned how expensive they were getting the salesman went off on a tirade about Trump making everything expensive. I don't even think he's president yet
As a guy who grew up with female characters such as lara croft mai shiranui aya brea and tifa lockhart to name a very few, I feel bad for the current gen of young gamers. You guy have so little going on for you.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. And the main thing with a video game is that it's a video GAME people play to have FUN. Grumz nailed it. Their "main thing" is pushing the rainbow flag agenda and denigrating heroism, masculinity, and romance. And then they seem confused that people who buy GAMES to have FUN don't buy their woke sermon illustrations.
WTF is wrong with beautiful "strong female characters"??!! Sony just lost 400 million Dollars on Concord and they're back at it again! Say what you want about Xbox. At least they're seemingly learning. In the span of less than 2 weeks, they gave us Stalker 2 $ Indiana Jones on GamePass. None of this BS....
Looking at that Asian woman photoshop of the protagonist, I'm thinking they could have had Karen Fukuhara (she played Kimiko in The Boys) as the actor. Thats would have matched perfectly
The biggest problem is woke characters are unlikable. I can't think of a modern audience character I actually related to or had any type of connection to. They all seem like toxic people.
Im fine with the image on the right, the problem for me is that the character in such a short trailer already gave off "girl boss" vibes. It's insufferable. Being bald in space makes sense.
It'll be interesting to see if Naughty Dog will be made to 'find out' with this release (because they're clearly f*cking around here). But that's exactly what it is. They're arrogantly betting on their own hype at this point. That is an ostentatiously rebarbative character design. That's not an accident. Even they won't pretend that's an aesthetically intelligent choice. They likely spent 9 digits on developing this game; cutting edge technology and resources .... and they make that the main character. They are openingly daring people to not buy/play their game. I for one will take them up on it.
I am so happy to see Druckman double down and release more garbage like TLOU2 by making Concord 2.0. SONY Japan will restore the soul to PlayStation when they enviably shutter Sony America. Druckman will get to virtual signal while living on the streets with his fellow Californians.
I think there is a misunderstanding among gamers about all of this. Video game development (especially for AAA games) takes years. So the games coming out now have probably been in development since 2020. A lot of time and money have gone into development by the time of release date, and complete overhauls for designs are just not financially viable. It is easier and cheaper to try and convince (gaslight) player to play it as-is. We will see shifts away from these designs in time, as sales are inherently connected to market options. However, we will have a few more years of crap designs before we see the full shift. Of course the game journalist echo chamber will dig in their heels to resist the changes, but we can all rely on corporate greed to choose the path of higher profit. With flop after flop for woke games, it’s only a matter of time before the higher ups put their foot down. Whether that’s by editorial mandates or internal layoffs, change will come in time. TLDR: Even though we’ve constantly made our opinions know about the woke crap, we will not see any real change away from these designs at least for a few more years. Keep an eye out for games that are starting development now.
i disagree, however the same machinations are in work in the way these studios operate so even if Witcher 4 women characters look nice theres certainly going to be other things to placate the ideology.
You’re an idiot the girl ciri tried to save looked fine, ciri is a damn near 40 yr old monster hunter in Witcher 4. What did you expect her too look like ?
Insightful as always. Personally, I've completely checked out from Western AAA games marred by DEI and that neglect good writing and design. It was painful at first, passing on franchise titles that once were good but have now fallen into the dumpster. It only took a couple experiences with polluted sequels to flick that switch in my brain, so that now I no longer even feel the pull to try any of these games. They are simply NOT the caliber of quality of their predecessors, and so I've learned to track reviews and warning signs. Here's hoping a perpetually increasing number of gamers do the same, so that eventually they won't be able to afford to continue losing money and will collapse into ashes, leaving space for new talent in game development to arise.
Remember Neil Dragmann said "I always imagine my they/them characters like my wife’s girlfriend-bigger, stronger, and more diverse than me. That’s why I made this game: For me". So this is literally game for himself lol.
If the protagonist was like that I would buy this game easily, I wouldn't care if she was LGBT or any other sick nonsense, but this horrible thing in the trailer will make me stay away from this game, I hate this trend of making horrible and boring characters, I won't buy anything woke, I don't care about people's sexuality, but this movement is just to create animosity and chaos
Da-Dum! Dum-da-da-Dum DUM! Da-da-da dum! In a galaxy far away, the Devs continue their 'modern' fight against the Cis forces. What is Cis? An exclusive title made by the inclusive loving... Dev's ills. As they fight these Cis forces, they are rapidly losing resources for reasons unknown. Facing the most vile of the Cis- the Non-buy-nary. Tune in next time to see if the Devs succeed in their goal of... Stating a coherent goal.
It isn't just her character design. It's everything from the drinking of the disposable soda cup in space to the corporate advertising on the space ship to the woke beta male bad guy. It's pointing the trimmer in the upside down position because nobody in game dev knows how to use a trimmer. It's having a 90 lb woman fight huge behemoth monsters. EVERYTHING about the game is stupid and wrong.
They hate the male gaze but they love the male gays
Even gay men love hyperfeminine beautiful women. None of them find masculine bald women "stan” worthy.
god damn that rhymes
They love it when a male pays, but when males identify as non-buy-nary, they'll faze... Out of existence
@@GhostLeadGaming It doesn't rhyme. It's a homophone. A homophobic homophone?
😂😂
wait.....thats not Aang the last genderbender?
No thats Little Bill Aang isnt black.
Okay, but for real, I thought the same thing. "Why tf is Aang drinking a smoothie?
@@Blindluck92 - It's not a smoothie, it's ji
I thought she was a stressed chinese monk guy😂😂
Nah, that's Eeng
The take a female character, then they try to make that character as masculine as they possibly can...why not just make it a male character?? you're one step away.
The funniest thing about it to me is that all the traits they define as "toxic masculinity" are the same ones they give their female leads.
Except when their characters have those same traits, they're praised for it.
It’s a creative decisions the writers wanted to go with. I think yall are making this about identity politics far more than ND has ever done
@@tarak950It doesn't matter if it is or isn't. What matters is that's how the public perceives it as. Ultimately, when selling to a customer, the customer is always right. If the customer doesn't like your "creative decision", they just won't give you money for it. Simple as that.
@@themanbehindyou.216 Yes. The unfortunate reality is that things are products of their time. What's going on around a project CAN impact it, but just as equally what's going on in society can impact how things being made are perceived. It's all connected in one giant circle based on how one feels, what one thinks, and what one believes.
They probably are the weirdos writing on the internet that women should be replaced by machine wombs.
I don't understand why you'd want to turn a woman into a man...
Too scared to go full trans, too hateful to go full woman. This is what we get. The strong chad wo/man.
so the "boy" lesbian in a relationship? (basically...)
As someone mentioned, they're one step away from making the character just a simple dude, they might as well do it.
Crying much about a game you know nothing about? You kids are funny
Okay boomer@@1980venom
I am just as much against the DEI BS as anyone, but this character is based on Tati Gabrielle. This is how she looks in everything she's in.
I feel so old. When I was a kid, the cool space chick was Samus Aran.
Now we've got Samus A. Man.
men are the better women
@uSuKidWhat an original comeback.👏👏👏 Spoken like an SJW.
@@MrAwsomeness360 have no idea what u re talking about or what that is
damn my comment also got deleted. what a bunch of little girls...
@@MrAwsomeness360 and i wasnt even commenting to you so stfu or are you also insecure about not having a girlfriend ?
Haven't seen that yet at least, if you have proof of them doing that to Samus I want to see it, so I can go full Phazon on them.
Naughty dog ❌
Neutered dog ✅
Naughty Woke.
I never thought I’d say this of a man as bearded as druckmann, but Amy Hennig has balls multiple times this guy’s. I keep thinking how much better their last two games would have been with her at the helm and him as a minor character writer. I have played the first two games several times, and played uncharted 4 exactly once. I played the dlc with chloe a few times tbh, mainly because the relationship between the two girls was very well-done, and also because I was attracted to both nadine and chloe, especially since they gave her back her ass and with interest. As usual the plot was a non-plot, because druckmann isn’t actually creative. I played tlou 1 a few times as well, but I simply didn’t bother with the sequel. Again, imagine these games with Amy Hennig there. What’s ridiculous is that he is ‘empowering women’ by squeezing out an actual woman from a leadership role, in an industry where women in those roles are rare, then producing games where multiple women are brutally killed and mutilated, one of them pregnant. His ‘best girl’ is basically a man without testicles, and their latest offering looks to star either a castrated man or a mutilated woman. Just absolute degenerates all, and once again, because Druckmann is all feelings no creativity, I’m sure the plot will be one where the plot/lore doesn’t matter much anyway, just like uncharted 4, just like the last of us part two, just like the uncharted dlc. Bros a hack and a bdsm/torture fetishist, masquerading as an activist masquerading as a game designer.
I never thought I’d say this of a man as bearded as druckmann, but Amy Hennig has balls multiple times this guy’s. I keep thinking how much better their last two games would have been with her at the helm and him as a minor character writer. I have played the first two games several times, and played uncharted 4 exactly once. I played the dlc with chloe a few times tbh, mainly because the relationship between the two girls was very well-done, and also because I was attracted to both nadine and chloe, especially since they gave her back her ass and with interest. As usual the plot was a non-plot, because druckmann isn’t actually creative. I played tlou 1 a few times as well, but I simply didn’t bother with the sequel. Again, imagine these games with Amy Hennig there. What’s ridiculous is that he is ‘empowering women’ by squeezing out an actual woman from a leadership role, in an industry where women in those roles are rare, then producing games where multiple women are brutally killed and mutilated, one of them pregnant.his best girl looks like a castrated bodybuilder, and his latest game looks to star either a castrated male or a mutilated female. Druckmann is a hack, a bdsm/torture fetishist masquerading as an activist masquerading as a game designer.
I’m steal this one
@@angelgustavoulloagalvez3366 You read me 👌
It's not just her looks it's her attitude as well
I suspect they are going for a kind of roguish charming smart ass. Problem is it requires near perfect writing and voice acting as its like 1/2 a degree away from annoying smarmy jack ass. And from this it feels like they missed their target by more than 1/2 a degree.
You assumed its a her !!! Blasphemy 😂
@@whitepenaliwalks like a duck and quacks like a duck…. So I’m gonna assume it’s a duck identifying as a chicken
@@AhglockI’ve been saying the same shit! It definitely requires near perfect writing to pull off that character persona. Otherwise the audience is just bothered by a wannabe badass lol.
Ellie had a shitty attitude sometimes as well but y’all didn’t complain about her.
The big problem with self inserts as the hero is that these people don’t know what a hero is.
They act like narcissistic psychopaths and it always shows in their “heroes”.
The only people they "understand" are the villains, which is why they keep trying to make them the "heroes".
Add there "And for some reason, everyone in that universe likes them or is gaslight to be on their side. The ones that arent, are likable and reasonable and of course they are the evil ones."
I'd start from "they don't even understand an ordinary people". Their view on reality is twisted and skewed.
Note this game goes for the retro look of Alien Isolation.
But Amanda had normal human motivations and the psychos where the C-level of the antagonist companies
Here, I fear the worst
@@zorkgreywind509 true. The second someone thinks men can be women and completely disregard any of realities of the surgery they are a lost cause.
Might as well tell them unicorns aren’t real
Imagine spending millions on cutting-edge graphics just to make your lead character look like a TikTok activist after a bad day. Western devs: This is why you lose.
Lose? Please tell me the last time Naughty Dog made a game that didn't made millions in profit. I'll wait.
I had to laugh when 90% of the nominees in TGA were all from Eastern studios, with all of the GOTY nominees being Asian games aside from 1. Even the activists don't want this stuff, clearly.
Jack from ME 2, V for Vandetta, Ripley from Alien 3, GI Jane, none of which got this level of hate. All I'm sayin...
@@gatewayrealtor664 men back then were normal. Now they have grifter brainrot.
She’s a bald woman, where did you get all that?
I agree with Grummz. I'm not so sure it's her design that is the problem; it's her incredibly unlikeable personality that was highlighted within the first few scenes in the trailer.
When I first saw anything related to that game, I thought the character was a budist monk.
That would have actually been interesting. I would have played a space version of JJTW in a heartbeat.
@@Phantom86d Honestly, some badass monk with mistik powers. Good oportunity to go into budist folklore and mythology. But nah, lets do some more uninteresting characters instead
@@Vlad_-_-_ All the Yāoguài would be aliens on different planets and the White Dragon Horse a mech-spaceship AI. It even gives an excuse to make the Saiyan equivalent for Wùkōng! I would lean into the manga Journey to the West version of Sanzang where he punches everything yet keep him a polyglot.
That would be so cool. Much better than whatever this is.
I thought of the redesign of the Ancient One from Dr. Strange.
This is what happens when the director patterns the main character after his wife’s girlfriend.
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Lol that was gold
😂🤣
Criminally underrated post
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And what is the problem? You need attractive woman in your game because you cant get in real life, isn't it?
Why can't you have both@@lincolnprestes7617
It's not just the way the character looks that's the problem; it's the fact that we know there's an agenda behind it. We all know that Neil Druckman is ethically opposed to attractive female characters thanks to that Anita Sarkeesian presentation he made a while ago, and gamers don't want to support that mindset with their money.
You are not smart as feminist activist😂
You know whats funny? the asian comparison used in this vid is not even that pretty, it just looks a above average at best. We don't need ultra pretty females and male characters just what is common.
@@jmgonzales7701 real woman doesn't look like anime characters
@@jmgonzales7701 There's nothing wrong with wanting attractive characters in video games.
@@username-o4d the girl shown here does not look like an anime rather an east asian
The MC's name is literally Jordan A. Mun. Combine that with the shaving head statement, and this small trailer is basically puking it's worldview at the viewer. It doesn't help that They/Them is a Starlord knockoff 5 years after the character was popular.
I think you could probably get away with her design if it was 15 years ago and she wasnt the main character. Because 15 years ago youd know it wasnt for a political reason, and plus you wouldnt have to look at her everywhere you go.
exactly my thoughts
Right on
Like Jack in Mass Effect 2?
@@mjolnir112
Except that Jack is beautiful, has a sad and well-written backstory, her relationship with Shepard is pretty sweet and she softened up after while.
Absolutely correct. I wrote a novel 10 years ago with a female main character who'd lived previous lives as a man. Using that a source of 'awkward jokes' throughout. And then all this political/social engineering happened a couple years after I published it. And it's completely ruined my book because it appears I'm trying to participate in whatever this crap is. But none of this was happening 10 years ago!
Its intentional vandalizing because they know what we want and are ruining it on purpose because they hate us
You nailed it.
And it's way beyond gaming.
They definitely hate their male audience. Sadly not enough they/them are buying their games to make a profit.
@@samokazem2211 "socialism"
@@samokazem2211 Exactly. These people need to watch Yuri Bezmanovs interviews. We are past demoralization. We are now at the stage of normalization..
The west is cooked Asian devs are making a comeback
Asian devs had legit not gone anywhere.. even when capcom and square were making mid games with shit like re6 and ff13, they were still making generally okay games. Now they have mostly found their footing again and are dominating but the western market is making sure that the asian devs have an even easier time dominating the market lol.
shame most of the asian market share is gacha waifu games
The west wants that yummy tax money, so they continue to push the world government agenda.
@@TheHollowBlade one thing I love about Capcom is that they make such beautiful chars.
@@ZeroOmega-vg8nqexcuse me? Most? lol
Because they are not making games for gamers, they are making games for themselves.
Which isn't surprising. Art reflects its artist, to varying degrees. People make what they would want to play / watch / read. The more important question ends up being "If you build it will they (other people) come (buy it)?"
And yet none of you can tell me when was the last time a naughty dog game wasn't a success in selling millions of copies.
@@E2J25😂
Tlou 2 did not grow legs like the first game. No one is too big to fail.
Shareholders and consultants too
Those who censor do it to appease their ego.
You got my sub. You've hit all these points I've been telling my people's in real life.
I love these redesigns. It shows you how all this garbage is intentional.
Seems a lil racist to me
Time to point out the obvious subversion and corruption of beauty they've pushed for years.
Agree, the only good aspect of all of this crap right now is that they dropped the act, they don't even pretend anymore, it's all out in the open.
So everyone is well aware of what the gaming industry is trying to do.
With your profile Pic I'm not surprised you like waifu, lmao😂😂😂
@@Ecniv8891with your profile pic, I'm not surprised that you love men
Nothing wrong with strong female lead, if it's well done nobody's gonna complain. The problem is the bad design and bad writing, filled with their woke agenda.
Soo why is everyone complaining about The Witcher 4 trailer?
@@SatanKlause Keywords “well done”.
@@SatanKlause bc the retcon. Are you effing serious RN?
Agree. The issue is when the "agenda" IS THE ONLY STORY. It's boring and one dimensional. Who cares if they are gay or straight but if that is the characters ONLY identity and defines ALL the decisions.... boring,weak,lazy AF storytelling.
@@SatanKlause Continuing a series by replacing a titular male lead with a female lead is rarely well-recieved. Geralt is The Witcher. If they'd made the game as a spin-off series instead of 4, then it likely would've been better received with Ciri as the lead. Also Ciri looks off in the teaser and more than a few angles don't do her any favors. I can't speak for everyone, but I'd love to see more female leads that are well written and designed(prefer having a character creator)
Naughty Dogs last game. good riddance
Lol they have yet to make a bad game that didn't sell. I'll be back to this when the game sells well. Hold this L.
Second to last. You need two massive flops to sink a studio as big as Naughty Dog. In fact, it may take 3. Naughty Dog has the most pull out of any Sony studio because of their historic successes.
@@SunlightGwynisn’t it crazy that people associate a bald female with “DEI” stuff and now they’re acting like Naughty Dog is gonna fail bc of literally this one thing
@@E2J25 They are riding on the fumes of their glorious past. Bioware was like that for years before Dragon Age: Veiguard.
Everything has a limit. Do you honestly think that they can just keep making shit games and ride on people's nostalgia to kingdom come?
Now the sales of these games aren't really public so the devs can just claim they sold how much and so so. But you can always check the player count of Steam to check.
I think it is the most accurate, I don't trust the police to do their own internal investigation so naturally I also don't believe whatever the numbers the devs claim.
But Steam is accurate as a neutral party.
To admit a gaming isn't selling well is also gonna reduce the sales even more. it is what it is.
But idk, maybe this game will be their comeback. Stay tuned on Steam. Don't trust what the devs say
@@vond5829 I believe The Last of Us 2 had a good launch(in large part due to the success of the first game) but fell off massively and didn’t come anywhere near to the sales figures of the original. If this new title of theirs is heading further in the direction that TLOU2 went, then we are watching the beginning of the end for naughty dog.
I don't even agree that the ugliness is any part of the problem. It's the cringe vocal-fry, smug soy starbucks dialogue delivery and character traits that are what really tanks the character down.
Look at EDF series, the main series. Those games feel as low budget as a packet of crisps, yet it is HANDS DOWN more fun than basically ANY "blockbuster" games today or in the last 15-20 years. They understand what games are about, and what fun is about.
And it's that simple. I haven't got a problem playing as a woman. I just want her to look like a woman?
What the hell does this even mean? I guarantee in real life you have no clue what a “real” woman is, nor have you ever been with one. Men these days are ruined by the media, go meet real people.
In other words you don't think a woman unless there glammed up belong in your game.
@@AntDaGamerADGEntPlays Yes. What about it?
Have you never seen a shaved head woman before?
@@AntDaGamerADGEntPlays I like feminine women and masculine men. It's healthy and normal. You can cope all you want but that's what most people want. Deal with it. Or dont.
IDGAF 😂
She looks like a 16 years old boy.
She looks like everything woke people claim to hate in men.
She's black and bald like Little Bill.
she looks like a mexican member of cartel.
Looks like an Indonesian teenage boy
I was thinking someone from a mexican band who had spent years in supermax since being 14yo
Samas Aran. she is a very attractive blonde woman but Nintendo never flaunts her sexually. We as gamers just know there is a hot blonde under the suit and Samus is a universal symbol for bad ass woman in gaming
I’m sorry you’re not going to watch the animated porn that comes from this game
There's no such thing as a "bad ass woman"
@@onetokatman7293 beauty is subjective, and all I’m hearing about why this game supposedly already flopped is cause yall would only play as a female if they’re hot. That be dumb
@@RuairoquaiI think they meant ‚badass‘
@@Ruairoquai au contraire, there are many women with bad asses
Why would anyone buy games from a company that clearly HATES them?
why do you want to be a victim so bad?
@@nocturnal03 Do you hate all men in your real life? Or just ones who don't care about you online?
@@KurtFeudaleKing I don't hate men. So why do you want to be a victim so bad?
@@KurtFeudaleKing I don't, so you fail. Why do you want to be a victim so bad?
@@nocturnal03 I don't have a raging hate boner for random people online. Especially if they aren't even worth my time. Sorry.
Excellent breakdown! My main concern is that these psychos have simply ruined female characters for everyone. The buyer's initial reaction to a product is of immense importance to the overall sale of said product. Viewers see a female led story, and that initial reaction has been poisoned so much, I am concerned that simply having a female character driven story is a product suicide, no matter how good the story. I keep holding out hope that isn't the case, but im legitimately outraged and concerned at the damage that has been wrought on art already.
Me too..me too..
grifters on our side are partly to blame as well unfortunately, its become pervasive
The first thing on western dev dry erase boards is probably "No mALe GaZe."
That's their focus, that's all they care about.
the irony is that theyre still appealing to the male gaze, its just that theyre appealing to the "im a real woman" troons and not real men
They also want the girl boss. And frankly that has become a trope whose time has passed. ND haven't made a game without a girl boss since Uncharted 3. And even with that, there was Chloe. Since then it has all been lady bosses. From Nadine to Ellie (who is now a girl boss) to Abby to this just announced abomination.
No male gaze and no male leads
Well they definitely succeeded. Now men won't even glance at their games other than to know what opposite direction to run to.
no "MALE GAZE" BUT OK FOR MALE GAYS HAHAHAHA IM SO DONE WITH THIS GEN
Time to put that dog to rest, it's not Naughty anymore
"No ma, naughty was my dog.
I'll do it"😂😂
Old yeller quote in case anyone is wondering.
Soft Dog
Lol clearly it is as it's still makjng great games and making you salty man children upset.
Is it finally time to take Old Yeller out back? Will gamers finally stop buying the latest Prog slop in sufficient numbers for that?
@@E2J25 Flaccid tease, weak sister.
I am non buy-nary
😂😂😂
I saw a comment that stuff like this is to normalize viewing non-traditional looking women, especially trans women. I’m not much of a conspiracy theorist but man that makes you think
"Welcome to the party."
This has been going on for a decade, but has come to a real head recently. I'm glad you've noticed.
I'm not sure it's normalizing anyone though? If anything it makes everyone even more hostile to them, from what we have seen. Most non-traditional looking women I know still like to look great, dress well, and be a decent human being.
They are failing miserably, along with that it comes all the woke agenda of hatred towards white man and the "patriarchy system" , "unreachable beauty standards" and other buzz words that only make sense in the head of the SJWs, normal people don't buy these ideas.
But there is no such thing, no matter how hard they try to tell everyone otherwise.
@@palpatinethesenatehog7086It works on young people, just speak to one.
"Everyone who's complaining about this trailer is just an incel who hates women!!"
If that were the case, the following games/series wouldn't have so many fans:
Metroid
Tomb Raider
Bayonetta
Final Fantasy
Tekken
Street Fighter
The Last of Us
Mirror's Edge
Stellar Blade
Lollipop Chainsaw
Freedom Planet
Any and every gacha waifu game
The "incel" argument fails hard when games that have attractive female characters succeed and those with ugly female characters flop.
Be honest with yourself if those games were released today would you play them. My guess is you wouldn't
@@REDACTED__007 They would. I mean why would they list so many games with attractive female characters that count as iconic and successful while games with ‚subpar looking women‘ fall into obscurity and become meme material?
And the fun fact? Women like to play as cute/elegant girls and men like to play ladies who are confident in looks and power aka who can kick arses and look good in it.
Why is it such a crime? It’s so backwards to shame people by liking nice appearances. It’s basic instinct to love things we gaze at as cool/cute/interesting etc.
There is no shame liking attractiveness
Because they are so hellbent to create ‚girlbosses‘ that they forget to make them actually likable.
@@REDACTED__007 Joke’s on you; I would play them. Heck, Gravity Rush 1 and 2 are some of my favorite games of all time and I love Kat because ultimately despite suffering from amnesia, she still strives to do the right thing and help people.
@@REDACTED__007lol!. Everyone will play these
Western devs are committed to not appeal to the male gaze. Their biggest problem is actually the fact that they don’t appeal to the female gaze either which leaves their games to a small interested audience.
The problem with the very concept of the male gaze and the female gaze is that both definitions are created by the same group; in this case feminists. It's rabbits getting to define what a rabbit is and what a fox is. That makes no logical sense from its birth point.
If they are going to make the character look like a man, make the character a man!
They literally have no audience, why do you think all of their woke games failed and got their studios shut down right afterwards?? Cuz there is no "modern audience", and even if their was, they don't even play or buy video games to begin with so they literally are making video games for fking no one.
I think you meant "small uninterested audience"
it's called "the modern audience"
I meant the naughty dog version works just fine
as a Buddhist monk that is
The problem is that Buddhism is all about rejecting materialism, not causing harm, and being one with nature, things that your average coastal urbanite is incapable of.
Game devs: Masculinity is toxic, you gamers need to stop being masculine and having masculine interests!!
Also devs: Hey check out this “female” character in my game, she’s completely masculine in every aspect, and she’s also bald
😂😂
She also has a build that would make a lot of men want. They gave her such a v taper that her shoulders are wider than her hips.
Masculinity is only good when it comes from them, like censorship, racism, sexism, intolerance, etc....
Because it's a strawman. No one is telling men to stop being masculine and having masculine interests and also don't think it's bad for a woman to be a tomboy.
@@nocturnal03 Yeah let's act like the last 10 years never happened and that there hasn't been a massive western push to demasculinized men.
@nocturnal03
You have missed the point, they attack masculinité for men, but majeur promotion of women with physical and mental masculines features.
Only bad ass bald chick that is well written was Jack from Mass Effect
and she's still an attractive woman
Weak men and self-absorbed woman leave the kids vulnerable to attack.
Bingo.
this is what happen when you let activist runs the company or lead the team
or people who stand in line at Starbucks. 😂
So you're saying you didn't enjoy the last of us or the uncharted games. You know the same games made by the people who are making this. Sorry but unless you hated both of those franchises then you really have no legs to stand on with this new one.
@@E2J25 last of us and uncharted 4 was release a decade ago, people making those game are long gone or retire already. its made by the same company alright, but not by the same peoples once lead the company/designer team. same can be said for bioware, hows ME1-3 still praised to this day while their recent release are being shit on by every one.
All the skilled and talented developers they fired must've been laughing so hard at the studios right now
@@E2J25the person who made Last of us was fired after the first one
Naughty Dog:
Have a game full of action, violence, big swords and space ships that mostly appeal to dudes.
Also Naughty Dog: Inject the least appealing character to the demographic that likes explosions and rocket ships.
Who would have thought that people weren't going to like it
That character is precisely homely and repellent on purpose. You're right -- they've made a game with a laundry list of really attractive game elements for the primary demographic and one big, overt element that is antithetical to what gamers want .... this is their arrogance. They want this to sell millions and millions of copies so they can point to it and say see ... this does work... this is the future. Naughty Dog thinks they're too big and awesome to fail -- they are daring young men specifically to not buy this game.
@@farharbor3178well, it is made for a mature audience, after all.
@@juuglord8509 Ironic, coming from developers showing a catalogue of symptoms of arrested development.
honestly speaking, Naughty Dog will become first a great studio again, once they get finally rid of Neil Druckmann, this one narcisstic person is alone responsible for all of what has become out of Naughty Dog today..hes responsible for why Amy left ND which in return is the reason why Last of Us 2 turned into this big piece of shit..because there was nobody there anymore, that kept Druckmanns narccistic input into the company under control and in check...
I'd rather replay SoulReaver (1991, PS1, Amy Hennig as its writer) "forever" (or till I die), than play ANY of these new games for "modern audiences"
Western DEVELOPERS Will never Understand Why Games Like Stellar Blade and Elden Ring Did so Well,
Elden Ring might Look Like a Game Made in Summer 2016. BUT it is Content Content Content and a Giant World to Explore and it Doesnt Hold Your Hand 24/7
and it provides a Fun Challenge
Same as black myth wukong.
DEI character models usually coincide with a reduced emphasis on engaging and entertaining gameplay. Just a pattern I've noticed from watching these last few catastrophic releases in the industry.
they could literally copy ADA WONG design and personality. no one would be mad.
Ada Wong! 😍
Kinda racist ngl
@LavenderCucco they are both asian. Where's the racism? And why would you lie?
Your generation is atrocious at understanding things and blurting out whatever comes to mind without thinking first. Its embarrassing
You can always tell when a feminist is involved with a project by the character design and dialogue.
An edgy, bald, 20lb DEI feminist is the MC...
I refuse to belive that this is not being done to tank the company on purpose...
*Edit:*
Square Enix and Capcom are woke as fuck. They should be on the other side of that picture
so woke and feminist is when a woman has a haircut and a personality?
yeah I don't doubt it
They could never make a pretty girl ! That would go against their WOKE principals.
they did, she is pretty.
Its not like they HAVE to make her extremely hot and sexy or whatever. But at least make her something that's somewhat attractice.
Cyberpunk has sexy long hair big tite's big ass women.
Why?
You're saying she isn't? So all bald women are just ugly to you?
@E2J25 there are some absolutely gorgeous bald women, but she is not one of them imo. i think mainly because of the attitude written on her face.
they intentionally make ugly characters to pander and virtue signal
@@IluvjudahmoscatoIt is very obvious. People like nice looking things across the board. It literally can do no harm if you made them good looking meanwhile it *does* hurt sales when they aren't.
From a business standpoint it only makes sense to make them visually palatable.
None of your actual customers like ugly characters.
None of your actual customers will ever like ugly characters.
Stop.
Some movie actors are kinda ugly but people still love them because of their personality. No reason it can't work for video games too
Dont agree..... Fanboys from lou2 see no problem.
@@flacko8820 A tiny minority. Most felt duped by lou2.
@@CY8ER15like Marcus and Dominic from Gears of War? Problem is, this character's personality is as ugly as her exterior.
Okay the character isn't ugly lol.
I would have definitely loved to play as the asian chick on the left, not whatever the hell that thing is on the right. XD
She reminds me of Faye Valentine from Cowboy Bebop… consider me instantly sold
Naughty Dogshit, it's their new name.
Nasty Dogshiite
You wish
🤣🤣🤣
I hate so many things about this trailer. Starting at the point where it's drowned in product placements, which already make it seem like vapid cash-grab, continuing with character design / disneyfied 80's nostalgia, lots of Hollywood actors (which no doubt *DEVOUR* a lot of the budget), and then - Of course! - the main character that screams "Use my pronouns, or I'll report you to HR." In the short part where she talks to the other character, she comes across as bullying (which they mistook for being tough), overly emotional, taking nothing serious, and self-obsessed. HARD PASS. This should be a masterclass in what not to do in such a short clip.
Personally I would want to play as the girl on the left. My wife would choose the same. Men tend to want to play masculine handsome men in games. Women tend to want to play feminine and attractive women. Is there anything wrong with that?
You are wrong because their narcissistic mind had decided that they are right.
They just hide them behind void words in their mouth like inclusion diversity, progress, feminism, etc...
I don’t know if that’s necessarily true - men have always loved playing as Lara Croft, women love playing as Nathan Drake. The trick is to design characters that will be attractive to one group and a role model to the other.
I might TRY the drawing on the left. The one on the right tells me all I need to know to avoid the game entirely.
Aka you're a sheep who lives on the internet. Naughty dog has a proven track record of making wildly successful games. Please explain to me why this game wouldn't be any different? And no woke doesn't work as an excuse to mindlessly hage the game as the last of us serious as a whole is woke and even the last uncharted game.
@E2J25 Boeing had a track record of safety and reliability but what's their track record now in the last 4 years?
A track record of success is only good when the record still holds. Also who are you to say what's valid or not? Are you the arbiter of opinions?
You're ignoring that the characters in Last of Us had depth and how as the series progressed the less people actually liked it for the gameplay but moreso wanted to see how the story progressed.
@E2J25 how is forming my own opinion based off of years of woke BS being a sheep? Quit shilling for a company that sold out.
@@E2J25 "Waaah consoooom my corpo's product waaaah"
That image is so obnoxious. It's like they used science to intentionally formulate an image of the most unnapealling version of a person that illicits a "ugh yech" response.
Aye. Normalizing that look is the whole point of them serving it up. And when we "ugh yech," we're shamed and castigated as assorted 'ists. Propaganda isn't meant to persuade you. It's meant to isolate you and break your spirit.
As a Korean-American I feel strange that she’s pulling a Kamala. She’s clearly black IRL, but, depicted as Asian in the video game, isn’t that for a lack of a better term, race-appropriation??? Feels strange. Is she ashamed of her black father? Is Naughty Dog ashamed of her black father? What is going on? Did Neil think it’s ok for everyone to hate Asian people but not black people by making her so unlikable??? Just feels slimy and strange.
Now with this character, they've ticked off all the checkboxes. Black, Asian, unattractive, probably lesbian too. They’re really pushing it, no?
This is what happens when socialist activists are made to survive in industries that enforce capitalistic endeavors. They want to make things they want, under the protection of a respected institution, and expect to be given the same respect and rewards as the institution itself has. They don't understand that capitalism punishes selfishness by withholding reward or taking away entitlements for not producing something someone else finds worth buying. These activists are self-serving and naive, like petulant children. They've never had to work hard for anything in their lives because they grew up in a society that rewarded participation and stifled growth through trial and error. They're incapable of creating anything because they don't know how to think for themselves, only to act on emotion and follow trends that coddle their delicate sensibilities. The slightest conflict or friction in their personal pursuits disturbs the careful wall they built around their feelings and causes them to lash out because they don't understand how to consume criticism without it being perceived as a personal attack on them.
I'm not touching this game. Naughty Dog lost me after Last of Us 2, and I didn't even spend any money on that either, because I read the leaks and then finally saw wtf they had done to the game upon release. Enough is enough
I’m sick of all of our once favored developers thinking they know the gamers want more than the gamers.
It’s such a “holier than thou” attitude and a slap in the face to their fans.
I’m beyond done with AAA and will refuse to support them unless I’ve done a ton of research
Name the last time the naughty dog games weren't a massive success. I'll trust them in making anither good game than some youtube grifters.
you were slapped in the face as a fan...because the character is a woman with a shaved head. Do you guys even hear yourselves? 😂
Yep, a simple change like that would have worked. That alone would have made the trailer at least tolerable…
But nope, “Strong independent wahmen” design by all means necessary. Congratulations Naughty Dog, you’ve proven the point that you don’t want to give players what they want.
Missed the days that I could have some wild dream with the characters even pixelated, now they give me nightmare.
I'm about to fight a 2,000lb killer robot. Gotta make sure I have my tanktop and leather jacket+ 97lb low twitch muscle physique.
The question is not will this game flop? The question is how bad will flop?
Name the last naughty dog game that flopped. I'll wait. This game has a betger chance of winning game of the year than flopping.
@@E2J25This is different, that main character is awful, no1 will want to play as that. I don't know any1 that doesn't like Ellie for example of previous games.
I don't think it will flop. It depends what the game looks like. If the combat is fun il probably still play it. I can easily just skip the dialogue and have fun fighting shit
@@E2J25 Cope, corpotrash
So much money and resources wasted. That is the real sadness
And TIME!!! Naughty Dog Fans had been Waiting in Anticipation of the New IP that would(hopefully) Restore Naughty Dog to the Greatness of Uncharted & TLOU Part 1. But what di they Get instead: 100% GARBAGE, CRAP & DEI SOCIAL MESSAGING!! Trying to Force their Vision of how they'd like the World to be on Us! But that ain't Reality! In the Real World Men like Good Looking/Beautiful Women! That's how Nature Intended It to Be! Deal With It Druckman!!!!!!!!!!!!
But that’s jobs for the political activists that are devs today. So it’s already a win.
Imagine the quality games we would have if it weren't for all the time and money wasted pushing leftism. Leftism is a disease.
It is a waste, but it isn't. These games come with new 3d assets, and if the level design is decent, and the gameplay could be better with a few tweaks, Shit, these games can be modded to be something good. Re-write the script, use AI or talented friends to vocalize the new script, Change the character models etc. Fallout London was free, recycled from Fallout 4.
Wasted? Ths game hasn't even come out yet. It has a much bigger chance of being a success than a flop.
Politics in everything. Went to buy a refrigerator the other day and when I mentioned how expensive they were getting the salesman went off on a tirade about Trump making everything expensive. I don't even think he's president yet
Sounds like TDS to me.
We got black Saitama before woke GTA 6
Amy hennig (creator of Uncharted, Soul Reaver while at Crystal Dynamics etc) didn’t leave Naughty Dog for nothing
As a guy who grew up with female characters such as lara croft mai shiranui aya brea and tifa lockhart to name a very few, I feel bad for the current gen of young gamers. You guy have so little going on for you.
They should’ve said “I fixed it for you” as a burn.
The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. And the main thing with a video game is that it's a video GAME people play to have FUN.
Grumz nailed it. Their "main thing" is pushing the rainbow flag agenda and denigrating heroism, masculinity, and romance. And then they seem confused that people who buy GAMES to have FUN don't buy their woke sermon illustrations.
WTF is wrong with beautiful "strong female characters"??!!
Sony just lost 400 million Dollars on Concord and they're back at it again!
Say what you want about Xbox. At least they're seemingly learning. In the span of less than 2 weeks, they gave us Stalker 2 $ Indiana Jones on GamePass. None of this BS....
It’s not that devs want to tell a story that I have a problem with. It’s that they want to use games to lecture us.
It can't be that hard to give a choice of playing a female or male character other games have done it, it's like they want to be shut down.
Looking at that Asian woman photoshop of the protagonist, I'm thinking they could have had Karen Fukuhara (she played Kimiko in The Boys) as the actor. Thats would have matched perfectly
The biggest problem is woke characters are unlikable. I can't think of a modern audience character I actually related to or had any type of connection to. They all seem like toxic people.
This is going to fail, and then they'll go "New IP doesn't work, gamers too sexist, etc."
Im fine with the image on the right, the problem for me is that the character in such a short trailer already gave off "girl boss" vibes. It's insufferable. Being bald in space makes sense.
I feel like people arent talking enough about the grandmother trying to look all tough with her eyepatch while sounding like a teen with vocal fry
Finally living up to the name. They for sure shit in their own house.
It'll be interesting to see if Naughty Dog will be made to 'find out' with this release (because they're clearly f*cking around here). But that's exactly what it is. They're arrogantly betting on their own hype at this point. That is an ostentatiously rebarbative character design. That's not an accident. Even they won't pretend that's an aesthetically intelligent choice. They likely spent 9 digits on developing this game; cutting edge technology and resources .... and they make that the main character. They are openingly daring people to not buy/play their game. I for one will take them up on it.
Naughty dog would probably make Samus Aran look like a blonde princess Fiona.
We truly do live in a clown world
I am so happy to see Druckman double down and release more garbage like TLOU2 by making Concord 2.0. SONY Japan will restore the soul to PlayStation when they enviably shutter Sony America. Druckman will get to virtual signal while living on the streets with his fellow Californians.
"Character details are freaking insane." Yeah, dude. I played Advanced Warfare too back in 2014.
Why would a space bounty hunter / mercenary who fights robots for a living...look like a pop-idol...??
they ruined TLoU2 by forcing you to play an unlikeable character half of the game...
Just another Naughty Dog game I won't be buying.
I think there is a misunderstanding among gamers about all of this.
Video game development (especially for AAA games) takes years. So the games coming out now have probably been in development since 2020. A lot of time and money have gone into development by the time of release date, and complete overhauls for designs are just not financially viable. It is easier and cheaper to try and convince (gaslight) player to play it as-is. We will see shifts away from these designs in time, as sales are inherently connected to market options. However, we will have a few more years of crap designs before we see the full shift.
Of course the game journalist echo chamber will dig in their heels to resist the changes, but we can all rely on corporate greed to choose the path of higher profit. With flop after flop for woke games, it’s only a matter of time before the higher ups put their foot down. Whether that’s by editorial mandates or internal layoffs, change will come in time.
TLDR: Even though we’ve constantly made our opinions know about the woke crap, we will not see any real change away from these designs at least for a few more years. Keep an eye out for games that are starting development now.
Wallet:closed
Witcher same thing. No good looking women.
i disagree, however the same machinations are in work in the way these studios operate so even if Witcher 4 women characters look nice theres certainly going to be other things to placate the ideology.
You’re an idiot the girl ciri tried to save looked fine, ciri is a damn near 40 yr old monster hunter in Witcher 4. What did you expect her too look like ?
guys, those characters are not for you to jerk off to, she has a buzz cut because she is a soldier. not every character needs to be pretty
Im sorry there wont be porn coming out of this game you wanna watch. Must be hard not being seen
Ciri looks as she probably would after becoming a witcher and aging a decade. Life as a witcher is rough.
Insightful as always. Personally, I've completely checked out from Western AAA games marred by DEI and that neglect good writing and design. It was painful at first, passing on franchise titles that once were good but have now fallen into the dumpster. It only took a couple experiences with polluted sequels to flick that switch in my brain, so that now I no longer even feel the pull to try any of these games. They are simply NOT the caliber of quality of their predecessors, and so I've learned to track reviews and warning signs.
Here's hoping a perpetually increasing number of gamers do the same, so that eventually they won't be able to afford to continue losing money and will collapse into ashes, leaving space for new talent in game development to arise.
Remember Neil Dragmann said "I always imagine my they/them characters like my wife’s girlfriend-bigger, stronger, and more diverse than me. That’s why I made this game: For me".
So this is literally game for himself lol.
It's almost like these game companies want to lose money
If the protagonist was like that I would buy this game easily, I wouldn't care if she was LGBT or any other sick nonsense, but this horrible thing in the trailer will make me stay away from this game, I hate this trend of making horrible and boring characters, I won't buy anything woke, I don't care about people's sexuality, but this movement is just to create animosity and chaos
I thought this was some Last Airbender game at first glance.
i hope Sony is happy with Black Larry Finks ESG money, because they will get as much money from gamers like they did from Concord
No one ever said, "I cant wait to get off work & go pretend Im a bald lesbian...." EVER..
Let a more attractive less stinky man make that complaint.
They have to twert The Male Gaze Menace!
...Oh, that actually sounds like a great t-shirt idea. If you want to do that, at least give me credit.
Da-Dum! Dum-da-da-Dum DUM! Da-da-da dum!
In a galaxy far away, the Devs continue their 'modern' fight against the Cis forces. What is Cis? An exclusive title made by the inclusive loving... Dev's ills.
As they fight these Cis forces, they are rapidly losing resources for reasons unknown. Facing the most vile of the Cis- the Non-buy-nary.
Tune in next time to see if the Devs succeed in their goal of... Stating a coherent goal.
It isn't just her character design. It's everything from the drinking of the disposable soda cup in space to the corporate advertising on the space ship to the woke beta male bad guy. It's pointing the trimmer in the upside down position because nobody in game dev knows how to use a trimmer. It's having a 90 lb woman fight huge behemoth monsters. EVERYTHING about the game is stupid and wrong.