Let me start by saying this, I can understand when games have religious fanatics as enemies. However almost all AAA games I've played (that had religious groups) have portrayed those religious groups in negative connotations. Like tlou2 and far cry 5. In games like horizon zero dawn while they are not shown as violent people, they are mostly shown as dumb and rigid people who are blindly doing things.
Again, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have religious fanatics as villains, what I am saying is that most games portray them in a bad light. Like i can't think of many games where the protagonist was a devout religious guy. There are over 6 bn religious people out there and obviously all of them are not fanatics.
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I guess I need to add something here. As pointed out that there are over 6bn religious people out there, Most of them are peace loving people that respect humanity like anyone amongst us. Point is that not every religious follower is an extremist. Otherwise this world would have been a living hell.
Also, some people are saying that religion is the cause of violence. That is utterly wrong. Yes conflicts were caused by religious differences however to say that all problems can be attributed to someone's religion is wrong. There are many conflicts where we ignore all factors and blame it on religion, which is also quite wrong. Conflicts aren't always as simple as "they different religion, kill them" Many problems have multiple reasonings. Like take the taliban. They were created by US in operation cyclone. Listen to this Jimmy Carter speech and you'll know how america used the religion card to drive out the USSR to protect their influence and oil supplies. What i am trying to say is that things aren't one dimensional.
Most importantly, I am asking why is it that religious people are almost never depicted in good light. It's okay to have religious people as villains, but why don't we have religious protagonists? I mean think about it, 6bn religious people and no one is good? that's plain wrong.
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I am not saying that all religious folk are good, I am not even saying that the themes portrayed in the games are not plausible. Yes there are religious people who do wrong but majority of religious people are not like them. I mean the british empire committed some of the worst crimes in known history but they did not do it out of religion, moreover you don't blame modern English people for the crimes the empire committed. What this thread is spiralling out into is that say one American soldier killed a civilian in Afghanistan, then all Americans are evil. This is WRONG! You can not attribute the actions of few to a whole population.
I am saying this again, It's okay to show cults and fanatics. But all I'm asking is why dont we have religious protagonists?
Again, I'm not saying that you shouldn't have religious fanatics as villains, what I am saying is that most games portray them in a bad light. Like i can't think of many games where the protagonist was a devout religious guy. There are over 6 bn religious people out there and obviously all of them are not fanatics.
Edit:
I guess I need to add something here. As pointed out that there are over 6bn religious people out there, Most of them are peace loving people that respect humanity like anyone amongst us. Point is that not every religious follower is an extremist. Otherwise this world would have been a living hell.
Also, some people are saying that religion is the cause of violence. That is utterly wrong. Yes conflicts were caused by religious differences however to say that all problems can be attributed to someone's religion is wrong. There are many conflicts where we ignore all factors and blame it on religion, which is also quite wrong. Conflicts aren't always as simple as "they different religion, kill them" Many problems have multiple reasonings. Like take the taliban. They were created by US in operation cyclone. Listen to this Jimmy Carter speech and you'll know how america used the religion card to drive out the USSR to protect their influence and oil supplies. What i am trying to say is that things aren't one dimensional.
Most importantly, I am asking why is it that religious people are almost never depicted in good light. It's okay to have religious people as villains, but why don't we have religious protagonists? I mean think about it, 6bn religious people and no one is good? that's plain wrong.
PLEASE
I am not saying that all religious folk are good, I am not even saying that the themes portrayed in the games are not plausible. Yes there are religious people who do wrong but majority of religious people are not like them. I mean the british empire committed some of the worst crimes in known history but they did not do it out of religion, moreover you don't blame modern English people for the crimes the empire committed. What this thread is spiralling out into is that say one American soldier killed a civilian in Afghanistan, then all Americans are evil. This is WRONG! You can not attribute the actions of few to a whole population.
I am saying this again, It's okay to show cults and fanatics. But all I'm asking is why dont we have religious protagonists?
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