The Outer Worlds Pre-Release Thread [GO TO NEW THREAD]

[imweasel]

The NPCs in The Outer Worlds will be like:



Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if the game actually does turn out to be a postmodern shitfestival full of identity politics and other regressive garbage.... But look at it positively, at least the #OuterWorldsGate thread will be glorious. :D

 

[laclongquan]

The problem with LGBT writers these days is their attentionwhoreness, their constant seeking for assurance that yes, people are paying attention to them, yes even with their LGBTBBQ whatever. So they forget entirely about professionalism or goals.

It's so tiresome people dont really want to bother with their writings any more. And getting people to read their writings in the first place is hard enough.

Amateur~

 

[rusty_shackleford]

The NPCs in The Outer Worlds will be like:



Anyway, I wouldn't be surprised if the game actually does turn out to be a postmodern shitfestival full of identity politics and other regressive garbage.... But look at it positively, at least the #OuterWorldsGate thread will be glorious. :D

It's so strange seeing people do these sorts of skits realizing they're insane now
hollyweird brainwashing

 

[Immortal]

And nowwwwwww for something a bit more on-topic. Kate "anything for a" Dollarhyde has a reddit account, and here's something she said a couple of days ago https://www.reddit.com/user/kdollarhyde

kdollarhyde commented on Serious question... why is there so much lesbian representation but so little about gay men?

I'm sorry you're being downvoted. I think you have a valid point, and this is something I will work to rectify in my future writing. I know it's not always easy to speak up, and I appreciate you doing so.

I'm asexual, a frequently misunderstood and marginalized identity.

Asexual representation is absolutely another thing we can do better. Like I told OP, this is something I will think about and try to rectify in my own writing.

No doubt big bear Tim will put a rubberstamp on all these loud and proud gay and ace men she wants to include. The Outer Worlds is going to look like a pride parade by the time they're through.

By the way, it's "I appreciate your doing so," Ms. Writer.

I wish these deep and thoughtful writers could come up with a better reason to approach gay relationships in RPG's other than "Some whiney fag on the internet begged me for it".
The virtue signalling and pandering is so insulting - I'd be so depressed if the subjects I wanted tackled in games were relegated to the "filled the quota" category of this persons quest design log.

Why don't you actually write a meaningful relationship that you as a writer actually want to tackle, instead of just hitting all the check boxes..

Whatever.. As long as I can romance my spaceship..

EDIT:

I think Tim actually is a better writer than he thinks he is.. because he doesn't think of himself as a prestigious writer..

He's got such an edgy humor too.

For example - almost every game he's made has had some kind of brothel quest line in it.. (Which he gleefully talks about in one of his speeches) including temple - although the publisher qq'd and had it cut.. So I do unironically trust him - but man Obsidian is looking pretty blue haired lately.. it's kinda sad.

 

[orcinator]

"i need you to rescue my husband from the alien bandits! yeah thats right im a male npc and im asking for you to save my HUSBAND. is that a problem?"

"im a female npc on this outer world outpost and i sure miss my WIFE who is at home with our kid. yeah im a female and i have a WIFE."

some leaked dialogue from the outer worlds

To save space they should be part of the same quest like in BL2

 

[Terenty]

For some strange reason the main gay person on their team never felt the urge to represent himself in any of his games, but now every she/her purple hair feels its her duty to fight the good fight and fill the quota, any artistic merit be damned

 

[HoboForEternity]

For some strange reason the main gay person on their team never felt the urge to represent himself in any of his games, but now every she/her purple hair feels its her duty to fight the good fight and fill the quota, any artistic merit be damned

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baizuo

those who are hypocritically "obsessed with political correctness" in order to "satisfy their own feeling of moral superiority" motivated from an "ignorant and arrogant" Western-centric worldview

that said, i am still pro lgbt, but there is always the case of taking things too far and create monster out of a good idea.

 

[Sailor Woedica]

The fan art of Outer Worlds is everything!

 

[Nano]

For some strange reason the main gay person on their team never felt the urge to represent himself in any of his games, but now every she/her purple hair feels its her duty to fight the good fight and fill the quota, any artistic merit be damned

Temple of Elemental Evil can end with the main character being gay married to one of the companions, and Tim was also the one who wanted to include gay marriage in Fallout 2.

 

[Quillon]

Temple of Elemental Evil can end with the main character being gay married to one of the companions

Does that "one of the companions" constantly nag the player to have buttsex with him throughout the game? If no, its cool.

 

[Terenty]

Temple of Elemental Evil can end with the main character being gay married to one of the companions, and Tim was also the one who wanted to include gay marriage in Fallout 2.

His magnum opus Arcanum didnt have any of those as far as i know?

 

[rusty_shackleford]

I am sorry Roguey but who is Kate and why should we care about a twobit supposedly-writer LGBT-bias attention seeker?

https://twitter.com/keightdee

Narrative Designer, The Outer Worlds

I wonder if she has daddy issues

 

[bataille]

https://twitter.com/keightdee

Hm. Looks like Moon Man has put on some weight since we last met...

 

[Butter]

I am sorry Roguey but who is Kate and why should we care about a twobit supposedly-writer LGBT-bias attention seeker?

https://twitter.com/keightdee

Narrative Designer, The Outer Worlds

I wonder if she has daddy issues

That's a yes for daddy issues.

 

[aweigh]

There's nothing wrong with a game having gay marriage or gay characters; it's wrong when it's forced upon you in some way. None of the exampls of "Gay stuff" in the games Tim worked on previously were forced upon player's attention. Arcade Gannon was a flaming queer but we all hated him because he was dry and boring, not because he was a fag

 

[turkishronin]

What do you mean? sometimes it's the forcefulness that makes it hot

 

[FreeKaner]

There's nothing wrong with a game having gay marriage or gay characters; it's wrong when it's forced upon you in some way. None of the exampls of "Gay stuff" in the games Tim worked on previously were forced upon player's attention. Arcade Gannon was a flaming queer but we all hated him because he was dry and boring, not because he was a fag

"It's ok to be gay as long as you are not gay"

Extremely good argument

 

[aweigh]

When you force something complicated like a video game to contort to something simple like gay stuff then the game loses complexity and becomes shit. Game devs should be thinking about higher plane things, like game design, and not waste the player's time on regressive stuff like whether that NPC you're talking to wants to fuck you or not.

 

[Infinitron]

Chronicle of a Codex RPG thread:

1) Somebody posts a tweet by a female dev
2) 4-5 pages of the same culture war babble we've been talking about since 2014
3) Conversation starts running out of steam, degenerates into weird nonsense and NSFW images
4) Infinitron ends up retardoing 2-3 pages, thread cools down for about 48 hours
5) Goto 1

 

[FreeKaner]

When you force something complicated like a video game to contort to something simple like gay stuff then the game loses complexity and becomes shit. Game devs should be thinking about higher plane things, like game design, and not waste the player's time on regressive stuff like whether that NPC you're talking to wants to fuck you or not.

If we accept this argument, then orientation of the NPCs don't matter at all, might as well make them all gay.

Chronicle of a Codex thread for a promising new RPG:

1) Somebody posts a tweet by a female dev
2) 4-5 pages of the same culture war babble people have been talking about since 2014
3) Conversation starts running out of steam, degenerates into weird nonsense and NSFW images
4) Infinitron ends up retardoing 2-3 pages, thread cools down for about 48 hours
5) Goto 1

You moved my completely on topic post about Outerlands here:

https://rpgcodex.net/forums/index.p...loodlines-vs-fo1-2.125300/page-3#post-5931729

 

[aweigh]

Can't "make them all gay" because hardly anyone is gay in real life. It's like when people go "it's just fiction they can do whatever!!!". No, people can't all suddenly fly for no reason and no, you can't "make everyone gay" for no reason. It's not normal.

 

[Broseph]

What's all this gay talk about? Have they already confirmed queer companions for this game?

 

[FreeKaner]

Can't "make them all gay" because hardly anyone is gay in real life. It's like when people go "it's just fiction they can do whatever!!!". No, people can't all suddenly fly for no reason and no, you can't "make everyone gay" for no reason. It's not normal.

In real life people hit on each other and have opinions about whether they want to fuck the person they are talking to or not. Obviously, we are talking about video games and video game design. Maybe in Outerlands there is state enforced homosexuality and everyone is gay, since there is no romance it shouldn't matter.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

state enforced homosexuality

Spoiler

 

[turkishronin]

What's all this gay talk about? Have they already confirmed queer companions for this game?

Only a gay developer so far