What’s the point of putting in the effort to craft an interesting fantasy world, only to compulsively poke fun of it? Players are more than capable of doing that themselves, but they’re certainly not going to take any of it seriously if the protagonist can’t.
Part of the reason Forspoken sparked such a negative reaction might be due to the fact that the developers created a world that didn’t need to be mocked the game boasts beautiful landscapes, unique costumes and an intriguing story. There’s an argument to be made that the backlash can appear selective, and can seem racially motivated after all, Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool never sparked the same level of backlash as Mindy Kaling’s Velma, despite their near-identical shtick, constantly reminding the audience that they are in on the joke. Not everything has to be Rick and Morty hell, even Rick and Morty’s compulsive meta-commentary can be too much. Marvel still uses this style, despite the fact that the MCU audience happily accepts silly comic book tropes, and have for years now even the most recent Spider-Man movie, No Way Home, sees Peter Parker burst out laughing at the name “Otto Octavius."Īlthough, the negative reaction to the constant wisecracking of Thor: Love and Thunder shows that there’s a limit to how much self-awareness the audience can tolerate.
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None of this makes sense.”ĭisney’s Star Wars adopted it, to some degree ( they fly now!), and there’s a new Dungeons & Dragons movie coming out, that, from the trailer, looks far more obnoxious than Forspoken. The city is flying, we’re fighting an army of robots and I have a bow and arrow. For example, in the height of an intense battle during Age of Ultron, Hawkeye says: "Okay, look. Whatever you think of Forspoken, dunking on Frey for anything other than her being underdeveloped is probably not a great look.It isn’t always horrible - this kind of humor works for a character like Iron Man - but the MCU has used this style excessively, often to its detriment. Last year, Kotaku reported how Forspoken Voice Over Director Tom Keegan fell into some racial stereotypes when describing Frey, while a lack of black writers on the team also became a cause for concern. I'm a Man of Colour, I don't like this game for those reasons." Someone rounded off by saying, "The ridiculousness in the notion, if you criticise #Forspoken annoying chatter, boring gameplay loop etc, denotes that you are somehow racially motivated into disliking the game. Forspoken isn't getting bad reviews because it's a black woman as the main character." We absolutely need more black-led fantasy setting protagonists, just next time, hire black people to tell the story…"Īnother said, " Before some of you start drafting your race-baiting nonsense tweets defending Forspoken, remember Deathloop…with a black protagonist and a black antagonist got a 88 metacritic. As well as claims we were mis-sold the game's graphics, there are grumbles about weak RPG systems and dialogue that's compared to the worst Marvel movies of the '00s.ĭefending Frey, someone explained, "Forspoken deserves the same love and care that Miles Morales got but Square didn't care enough about their black protagonist to get black Devs and black writers. ♠️Chevy♠️ - P4G/Engage January 24, 2023Įven if Frey isn't the best-rounded video game character of all time, she's a victim of Forspoken's wider issues. From all I have seen and heard since, I missed. Forspoken provided that, and as someone who rarely reads reviews I jumped in and played and ignored the reviews on something I already have. Story, characters, lore - I’m fully in and enjoying. I think the problem is that the game doesn't have a single black writer and Frey's story apparently follows black stereotypes and that's what's leading to it's downfall Picked it up a week ago and cannot, for the life of me, figure out why the reviews were so bad. A lot of games have weird dialogue out of context. I will not be buying this woke trash!"Ī third concluded, "Don't be victim to these woke cringe games anymore it’s a gaming trend that should die don’t blame people with eyes and a functional brain." Forspoken's Protagonist Isn't Its Problemįorspoken isn't the first game with "cringey" dialogue. Can't say the same about this feminist woke nightmare."Īnother added, "After seeing some of the YouTuber reviews on Forspoken and seeing gameplay. Then again, you might remember when Horizon Forbidden West was review-bombed amidst the misogyny of Aloy having a "hairy face."Īs you can imagine, Frey's backstory is being lost in conversations about Forspoken being too "woke." One snarky reviewer wrote, "Days Gone had some cringe parts, but the game was cool overall. Although we've had a black female protagonist in the form of Resident Evil 5's Sheva and Clementine in Telltale's The Walking Dead, the fact Frey is the first for a AAA game should've been a big selling point for Forspoken.įemale-led games have been around for decades, and you only have to look at Tomb Raider to see its successes.
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