Ok we are not the world here
And even though The Dark Knight but especially Dark Knight Rises had some copaganda, there were full plot threads for corrupt police and how it corrupted and disillusioned Harvey Dent. This corrupt police also included how POC cops were thrown into the mix as inevitable, which made it more depressing and believable. Sure this works better in the tonally darker world of Batman but Spider-Man doesn't always to be full of good times or people.
If the most recent protests are what actually got their attention, then sure. I'm just saying even before the previous game started development, an uncritical portrayal of police there would seem questionable. And now with a black protagonist? It'll either be a hit or miss
Yeah, I don't get why a fictional product like this need to replicate everything from the real world... it's a superhero game, whit that mindset let just remove all the supernatural aspect from the game.
You are literally advocating for a comic book videogame to not comment on a civil rights issue (that's been brewing for fucking years if not decades) because you just want to swing around a virtual Manhattan and the realities of American policing set in a city with one of the most corrupt police departments would distract you from that. You can say you aren't one of those "keep politics outta my vidyagames" guy, but the second you added a "but" after that, you're being that guy.
spider-man has always, always dealt with real world issues
Again, the industry is only acknowledging it now, Doesnt matter how long it has been going on if the industry is only paying attention now. We don't even know if the industries current show of support is bullshit or not outside of bungie.
Definitely, NYPD has been known to be a racist, murderous gang forever, and I feel like the turning point for the mainstream entertainment makers could've been the recording of the murder of Eric Garner by the NYPD in 2014. NYPD Copaganda has had a lot of time to react since that new wave of raw exposure. Extra no excuse post-2020.
So only take the likeness of Manhattan, NY setting to obsessive detail, the NYPD, real life issues like poverty which the first game addressed, but not what the NYPD are actually like? No one mandated for developers and publishers to set Spider-Man in real locations or use the NYPD.
I understand what you're saying, but they don't try to recreate NY to obsessive detail more than a comic does, though.
Ehh they went to the detail of getting the same buildings and other landmarks, even down to the bull statue but instead putting in Lockjaw. The Fisk building is the Trump tower, which had to be intentional. More details here of the accuracy:
Lmao Batman is a fed. Damn. Lowkey using excessive force too 🤔
I don't want a game based on a comic book about a dude who has spider powers, fights giant lizards and people calling themselves "Doctor Octopus" or "The Green Goblin" to comment on real-life political issues, therefore I'm one of those True Gamers that can't stand the sight of a POC or a non-waifu woman in a video game. Got it.
So you're operating under the idea that because a story falls under speculative fiction, commentary on real-life issues such as systemic racism, unquestioned fealty to authority and corruption of established power structures could or should not coexist with more fantastical elements, essentially disregarding basically the vast majority of critically acclaimed and/or commercially successful speculative fiction. Yeah, you sound exactly like those anti-intellectual troglodytes that spend all their free time whining about SJWs, only you're coming from a place of apathy instead of outright malice, at least for now. If enough people harp on you, I give it about a 60% percent chance that the mask will slip, it usually does. N.K. Jemesin's The City We Became would've been reduced to nothing but fight scenes between a handful of New Yorkers and an eldritch abomination if she wrote it to please your sensibilities.
Not every game, but I'd imagine a game set in contemporary New York starring a young black/hispanic male who has relatives on both sides of the law and is a vigilante would be a prime candidate to handle this.
Guess what, a lot people don't have the luxury of escaping these problems like you do. We can't turn off our skin color, our sexuality, our gender identity while our supposed allies throw their hands up and say they can't do anything other than drop a vote in the ballot box every couple of years. That is apathy.
Fair point, I agree it is a good candidate, but it is still primarily a Spider-Man game. I'm not black or hispanic, or any mixture of those, so my opinion doesn't really matter here, but is it unreasonable to imagine that maybe some of those people would also like to forget about their problems sometimes?
I'm gonna go out on a whim and assume that if somebody can afford to buy a video game console and a TV then they do have the luxury of being able to forget about the world for a couple hours.
It did.
