Avowed character creation has pronouns - Elon Musk disapproves, Obsidian art director disapproves of his disapproval

[Modron]

But is it more balanced game?

Styg routinely nerfs stuff yes. Doesn't quite have Sawyer's level of talent for it but he tries.

 

[Artyoan]

My prediction is that the game still sells okay-ish. Much of the focus of recent videos was to gameplay and exploration, which was also a step up from all previous marketing. I don't think they'll outrun Matt Hansen's nonsense but unless they hand deliver a 'barve' scene to players just as they are releasing in February then they should avoid total catastrophe.

 

[Roguey]

"Our based Jews."

You seem to have a problem with that?

Not at all.

 

[Yoomazir]

Is it true, did Matty boy delete his posts?

 

[Roguey]

Is it true, did Matty boy delete his posts?

Back in 2023. People who don't do enough research think he did it recently.

 

[Vox Machina]

https://x.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1861936410376216819?t=GaY5CCTZDlLDef5Q4zrasw

No point in playing this even for fans of PoE.

Chris hasn't been following the news: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...ng-february-18th.134122/page-235#post-9225652

Eh... as if, even when he was full time game director, he could deliver on his own vision, and the minions were following that vision correctly. As if they will follow it any more accurately now. You know better.

I'm not playing this game, Infinitron.

That's not the point. For one thing, Chris' tweet seemed to imply that Josh Sawyer was refusing to work on Avowed because he dislikes the game that much. Evidently, that's not true. I'm not trying to say anything about the game's quality.

This is the correct take. Chris is intentionally using negative framing in order to drive a narrative that isn't true. Anyone with knowledge of the situation can see that, but he's banking on people without said knowledge to read that a very specific way.

Sawyer could have retired and Chris' tweet would still read 'correctly' but the narrative he's trying to drive would still be just as untrue.

 

[Vox Machina]

And all such games should be avoided, unless you want this garbage to get even worse.

Baldur's Gate 3 sold tens of millions. If it's entertaining, most people don't care.

BG3 *claps* IS *claps* NOT *claps* WOKE *claps*

* taps the sign *

 

[Vox Machina]

Sawyer is no doubt a foul leftist. But on a general note, using anything said in public to prove that someone is a leftist is an absurd exercise, since the vast majority of non-leftists would still publically argue in favor of diversity and inclusion if put on the spot. Refusing to do so would see them risk their job and work relationships and suffer needless drama. I've seen wokes come into a workplace and ask everyone to jump, and then have people you'd consider right-wingers respond with "how high?".

Sensible people avoid drama and don't gamble with their livelihood.

There's nothing 'sensible' about keeping one's head down and allowing society at large to crumble and decay. Appeasement doesn't work, it just opens the door to even more extreme requests...as we've seen time and time again.

"Soon enough they'll want to share our water fountains and eat at the same restaurants as us".

Someone, somewhere, in response to the civil rights movement.

 

[Ol' Willy]

And all such games should be avoided, unless you want this garbage to get even worse.

Baldur's Gate 3 sold tens of millions. If it's entertaining, most people don't care.

BG3 *claps* IS *claps* NOT *claps* WOKE *claps*

* taps the sign *

BG3 is not woke, it's outright degenerate

 

[Thalstarion]

"Soon enough they'll want to share our water fountains and eat at the same restaurants as us".

Someone, somewhere, in response to the civil rights movement.

Autogynephilia is a sexual fetish rather the 'identity' some falsely present it as being. The rest of the pronoun brigade who are not afflicted by autogynephilia are instead - or in addition - possessed by one or more dark triad personality traits.

Your poor attempt at trying to draw comparisons to racism would be better served targeting the actual racism, such as the unhinged self loathing artist whining about white people.

That aside, not everyone here is even American in the first place and we'd rather not see gaming as a whole dictated by dysgenic morons deeply embedded in the Californian bubble.

 

[Pink Eye]

Someone, somewhere, in response to the civil rights movement.

This is silly. Linking the political movement of the LGBMICROWAVE+ movement to civil rights is ridiculous, and pure hyperbole. Some needed context is required to recontextualize the discussion; here's the reality, weirdos are phishing a harmful ideology that it is predicated on the mutilation of the privates, whilst seeking to eliminate traditional norms that are scared and necessary to the function of society; on top of harming the youth with gender ideology that only serves to harm their development. All of this is eroding society, all of this is harmful, all of this is turning our youth into future genuine pigs who will become slaves to the pharmaceutical industry that cares not for their well being, but how much money they can extort from our vulnerable youth.

What we're seeing here is an institutionalized ideology on a wide scale that has strangled commerce, government, politics, culture; whose ramifications on society is beyond unprecedented.

Never mind the morality, consider the fact that we're forced to accept, and even celebrate, a mental illness that has a high mortality rate - in the Lord's name, who in their right mind would accept a mental illness that kills more people than smoking.

At the very least, consider the fact that supporters of this awful political movement are facilitators of censorship - censorship is evil because it prevents ideas from being challenged, from being critiqued, from being discussed. An idea that can only survive in a closed environment where commenters are forced into a bubble of mutual positivity and agreement, is not a good idea.

 

[Sweeper]

This is silly. Linking the political movement of the LGBMICROWAVE+ movement to civil rights is ridiculous, and pure hyperbole.

Nah, they both stem from the same place.

 

[Vox Machina]

My prediction is that the game still sells okay-ish. Much of the focus of recent videos was to gameplay and exploration, which was also a step up from all previous marketing. I don't think they'll outrun Matt Hansen's nonsense but unless they hand deliver a 'barve' scene to players just as they are releasing in February then they should avoid total catastrophe.

Will be tough to tell on PC at least since it's launching on Steam, Battle.net, and Game Pass. I bought the early access upgrade and get the standard license thru Game Pass, so I'll be playing thru either Xbox App or Bnet depending on how it's delivered.

"Soon enough they'll want to share our water fountains and eat at the same restaurants as us".

Someone, somewhere, in response to the civil rights movement.

Autogynephilia is a sexual fetish rather the 'identity' some falsely present it as being. The rest of the pronoun brigade who are not afflicted by autogynephilia are instead - or in addition - possessed by one or more dark triad personality traits.

Your poor attempt at trying to draw comparisons to racism would be better served targeting the actual racism, such as the unhinged self loathing artist whining about white people.

That aside, not everyone here is even American in the first place and we'd rather not see gaming as a whole dictated by dysgenic morons deeply embedded in the Californian bubble.

Not a huge fan of Asmon but what he said is true. This guy is now causing trouble for literally _everyone_ else at the studio. He needs to be fired, if only for that, but also because, well, he's racist.

 

[AwesomeButton]

>i prefer worse games, because the devs post bible verses on twitter
Cuck.

It's quite safe to say Underrail is a better RPG than anything Josh Sawyer has directed and anything he will direct.

But is it more balanced game?

Yes. And the reason Underrail is better than anything Josh has, or ever will direct, is that its developers have the full freedom to formulate their vision, and full control over and their technology and their design goals. Those are things Josh will never have, and hence his games are doomed to be inferior. While he works for the market, Styg makes the game he wants to make. Just like it was before gaming became an industry.

 

[Takamori]

If you keep looking for political validation in the game you consume you are gonna be miserable. You are not the product you consume its fucking entertainment and it impress that I have to write this as some form of innovative statement. Its just a matter of game is shit or not.
Game shit? Dont buy it. Game is good? Buy it and enjoy yourself. We already have plenty of reasons to consider this existence a god damn hellscape, we don't need to start adding bureaucratic processes in how we manage to escape from it.

 

[normie]

If you keep looking for political validation in the game you consume you are gonna be miserable. You are not the product you consume its fucking entertainment and it impress that I have to write this as some form of innovative statement. Its just a matter of game is shit or not.
Game shit? Dont buy it. Game is good? Buy it and enjoy yourself. We already have plenty of reasons to consider this existence a god damn hellscape, we don't need to start adding bureaucratic processes in how we manage to escape from it.

if you can't handle the process of figuring it out, have the grace to leave it to your betters, we're just fine

 

[DannyRope]

Modern wokes and leftists hate everything they consider offensive, so your example would be "homophobia" and it's a sin. Now even villains in a story can't have offensive views and be racists and espouse racist views, it could lead to cancellation.

I'll get a ban on the Avowed's Steam community hub too.

Surely you know that already but a bit of code switching might be prudent in the Steam forums, to avoid being banned. Each forum has its own etiquette. In ResetEra for instance the proper etiquette is self-flagellation.

Oh, by the way, I found the Q&A with Kevin Smith that I mentioned in my previous post, or rather the exact part I was talking about, in case anyone was curious. I do apologize for the potato quality, but the sound is fine.

 

[Butter]

"Soon enough they'll want to share our water fountains and eat at the same restaurants as us".

Someone, somewhere, in response to the civil rights movement.

Good point. That shit was mad gay now that you mention it.

 

[Infinitron]

https://x.com/ChrisAvellone/status/1861936410376216819?t=GaY5CCTZDlLDef5Q4zrasw

No point in playing this even for fans of PoE.

Chris hasn't been following the news: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads...ng-february-18th.134122/page-235#post-9225652

Eh... as if, even when he was full time game director, he could deliver on his own vision, and the minions were following that vision correctly. As if they will follow it any more accurately now. You know better.

I'm not playing this game, Infinitron.

That's not the point. For one thing, Chris' tweet seemed to imply that Josh Sawyer was refusing to work on Avowed because he dislikes the game that much. Evidently, that's not true. I'm not trying to say anything about the game's quality.

This is the correct take. Chris is intentionally using negative framing in order to drive a narrative that isn't true. Anyone with knowledge of the situation can see that, but he's banking on people without said knowledge to read that a very specific way.

Sawyer could have retired and Chris' tweet would still read 'correctly' but the narrative he's trying to drive would still be just as untrue.

 

[Litmanen]

This thread is perfect for my ignore list. A lot of repressed fat incels.

 

[frajaq]

on the other hand, does this drama even really matter when we are 2 fucking months away from release? I feel like people are gonna find some other target to latch on until that time

 

[The Wall]

This thread is perfect for my ignore list. A lot of repressed fat incels.

Scared, cowardly, weakly coward with smurf sized balls. Run, run, but you can't outrun our bullets, WOKEY

You are perfect enemy - retarded and evil. Winning against you is imperative. We don't wanna be mocked by our ancestors

Come and fight us faggot. Come, come closer. Let me feed you with my fists. Not enough? Don't worry, more loses to come to losers like you

 

[The Wall]

Civil War is a certainty. This level of HATE POWER that both of our sides have accumulated over years will have to be emptied. Internet technology is something Humanity ain't yet ready for. More retarded side will lose. Nothing more retarded exists in Universe then WOKE and its cultists. I will fight against it as long as I and my sons, and my sons' sons live. And I'm not alone

Culturally, financially, spiritually, physically, tactically, strategically, locally, globally. And every day. We will fight you. Because we won't let Retarded Evil steal the future

 

[Litmanen]

This thread is perfect for my ignore list. A lot of repressed fat incels.

Scared, cowardly, weakly coward with smurf sized balls. Run, run, but you can't outrun our bullets, WOKEY

You are perfect enemy - retarded and evil. Winning against you is imperative. We don't wanna be mocked by our ancestors

Come and fight us faggot. Come, come closer. Let me feed you with my fists. Not enough? Don't worry, more loses to come to losers like you

I would like to go back to university just to study you. I think your level of idiocy could be used to understand the tendency to infinity.

I'm amazed by how incredibly dumb and full of yourself you are. Sometimes you sound also soft and cuddly, like a big dumb chicken.

And your rhetoric it's even dumber than you. And it's incredible. Infinite + 1 is still infinite but you are rewriting the laws of physics.

You're a black hole of idiocy.