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Washington Post: Black Ops Cold War campaign has a customized silent protagonist and a "Classified" option for non-binary players.
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I mentioned this in the other thread, but as an enby I LOVE this.
Not only do I get rep which is a pleasant surprise, but we get the coolest title for it too! So cool
Not only do I get rep which is a pleasant surprise, but we get the coolest title for it too! So cool
This is fantastic but I REALLY hope they don't pull a Modern Warfare 2 with them and ice them immediately lol
At the start of this gen it was the first big war game to give the option of playing as female characters on the multiplayer side.
It's definitely a gameplay mechanic that should've left the gaming sphere when it became old hat in the Gamecube/Xbox/PS2-era. Even when such silent mime characters get lampshaded in more modern titles ("Now's one of those times, pays to be the strong silent type.") it lost it's flavour for me before that.
This is some very clever satire from The Hard Times right, non-binary state sanctioned murder machines that work for President Reagan lmao
Including an option for a non-binary protagonist but in a game where Ronald Reagan is a central supportive figure is peak COD.
I mean I'm glad it's there but holy shit.
I mean I'm glad it's there but holy shit.
I wonder if that group of people will "boycott" this too, for "political agendas"
Lol was coming to post this
Pretty mixed reaction to this
Like it's awesome but for this game? :/
People arguing that COD is now some sjw leftist game or some shit like that is going to be hilarious.
Reminder that Reagan and his admin laughed at the AIDS crisis because it was killing gay men disproportionately. Fuck Reagan and fuck cod.
I really don't like silent protagonists, always makes the story worse. Happy to see the inclusiveness though.
For real.
Every time I have to experience a story as a blank slate nothing of a character, I just can't anymore.
I mean when you're planning this out the developers had to stop and go what the fuck are we doing what the fuck is this
What a great way of doing it. Major props. I am psyched to be CLASSIFIED just to do it, and I'm super pleased for people who will feel represented in some way by this.
Let's be frank the stories of COD don't actually matter, lol. Black Ops III's story in particular is hot garbage.
I mean yeah, but it always takes me out of a game when someone asks the character a question or tries to interact with them and they're just quiet lol
Yeah silent protagonists make sense for RPGs because dialog options and role playing but for linear games they're weird 98% of the time.
Thanks for your perspective. I saw someone on Twitter say they felt this was a bad way to handle nb stuff in a game so it's interesting to see your take. I'd be curious what other nb people think about it.
And also a bunch of pride flags were included as calling cards in WWII.
I understand the reason why they existed for as long as they did (and seemingly continue to) but man that shit is lame.
My first take was being reminded of Don't ask, Don't Tell, but it seems like it is the "best" solution. Odd juxtaposition with rest Of the game as others have mentioned
Yeah I can only speak for myself!
After the "wow this is great!" wore off, reading further and seeing that they're committing by using they/them pronouns for dialog makes me feel more convinced that they're doing what they can. Which is good. I understand the skepticism and the complaints about the dissonance of warfare in the era, but I think that just comes with the price of entry of playing these games which I've already made my peace with.
Yeah, as a Call of Duty fan who's...erm, far left...these are the sorts of stories I want to celebrate for inclusion but worry it softens the image of the military. They ain't nice.
Yeah obviously it's hard to reconcile a game about war and illegal covert operations with Ronald Reagan in a leading role being "progressive," lol
But I'm with you. I will play these games regardless, for better or for worse, and any small steps are steps in the right direction in my opinion.
Bioshock is one of the few times it has worked, but it's also a crucial plot point.
Hey, Isaac Clarke was cool in the first Dead Space, same goes for Gordon Freeman. Silent protagonists are cool.
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Its so weird in MW2 and 3 you see characters like Soap and Price speaking but when you are in control of them, they become mute all of a sudden.
Yup, it's so strange.
The only time it is acceptable is that.