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[–] Seefoo@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

honestly though, calling it woke makes me want to check it now...so 🤷. I am not sure woke is the insult its intended to be.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Hey, anybody remember when MGS 2 came out, and the mass of NA gamers were raging about having to play as Raiden, because he was a ... well in modern parlance, a beta cuck soyboy?

Kinda flew over all their heads that Raiden was basically a more realistic reflection of the NA target demo for MGS games, and oh he also goes through legitimate character development, gains maturity and confidence, oh well now, more lately, he's basically a badass fucking cyberninja.

... Passing the torch off to Ciri fucking entirely makes sense within the world and lore of the Witcher series... and I thought we liked having an attractive gal booty to ogle at in third person?

Or is that now gay?

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[–] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (17 children)

"You can't just have Geralt for every single game."

I mean... Yes. You literally can.

Mario, Sonic, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby... You can create infinite video games with the same main character over and over again. Its like an infinite money glitch if the character is popular and well liked.

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[–] zebidiah@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago (6 children)

hot take: i fucking hated the way ciri and every single other woman in witcher3 was written/portrayed...

they all felt like they were written by incels who have never met or conversed with an actual real woman. they were shallow game of thrones/fantasy tropes and felt like walking talking cliches. i literally cringed through every interaction...

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[–] Vince@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

How is "woke" an insult now? What am I supposed be? Asleep?

[–] Goretantath@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago

Ikr, idiots would rather be asleep at the wheel of life.

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[–] BowtiesAreCool@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You’re not going to play Witcher 4 because of woke Ciri, I’m not going to play because I don’t like the games. We are not the same

[–] boonhet@lemm.ee 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

You're not going to play Witcher 4 because you don't like the games, I'm not going to play because my PC is aging and I feel new GPUs are so ridiculously overpriced, I don't want to replace my RTX 3060 ti anytime soon.

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[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

My man Geralt looked like he was in dire need of a nap during the entire run of Witcher 3. Let him rest, people.

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