Even after I knew I kept doing the same thing out of habit haha
The “why are people still talking about this” or the “stop writing about this” comments show up on every and any comment section/forum that’s out there and it’s always universally boring. This site has covered a lot of stuff I could care less about but the thought would never occurred to me to complain about it, there no shortage of takes out there. I think this also has combined with certain segments of WP’s community having a really virulent reaction to idea of the game, irrespective of its contents.
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Hoo boy if y’all want to see a lot of free advertising for games that don’t need it you should look up PUBG or Nier on here
But yeah I think it’s extra important that a game incorporating a lot of dense mythology that most people aren’t super well versed in has some sort of system so that characters aren’t interrupted while offering up potentially crucial exposition. The introduction of Mimir as a companion of sorts leads to a lot of conversations you really don’t want to miss, and I think they did a great job of allowing you to play how you’d like instead of cowering in a corner waiting for conversations to wrap up. They also give you conversations to listen to during “fast travel” scenes so it doesn’t just feel like a dull loading screen.
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I can’t think of a way to put this in a way that doesn’t sound confrontational and condescending, so sorry in advance for this, but I feel that saying even just segments of WP’s community has virulent reactions to the idea of the game irrespective of content is a little weird.
There’s been a lot of discourse on the forums already about why a lot of people here find the widespread largely-uncritical appraisal of GoW (and who gets to talk about it on a platform) to be offputting, and the nuances of its place in the medium & wider culture, how it fits into a pretty homogeneous lineage of games and so on. Even if what we’re left with at this point is largely snark, there might be a reason for that snark now being so common.
And yes, there is no shortage of takes out there, but there is a shortage of platformed takes from non-cis non-straight non-white non-dudes, and a shortage of coverage of games outside of the very narrow subset that GoW represents. WP’s curated community consists of a lot of people far outside the demographic for that subset and who already get a gluttony of it on most other sites, coming here mostly for a break from that norm. This doesn’t mean it has no place here, but right now it’s taken more of a place than any game made by/for minorities has for a very long time, the pace of publication makes it dominate the front page and, arguably, the conversation space, and some folks here believe that’s a point of critique, even if that now comes out more as jokey jokes than anything.
I think this was just as true for stuff like BotW, Nier, and PUBG, but this isn’t the Beef Zone, so we’re particularly whinging about GoW coverage here.
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As said earlier, it would be more justifiable if it was a feature with an interview of the person(s) responsible for this particular system, as a central point to highlight that mechanic within the game.
As-is it’s a praise that would have fit within 30 seconds of a podcast conversation (and likely already got that in the spoilercast). We’ve already had tons of talk about this cultural juggernaut, maybe it’s time to move on.
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Not sure if you are saying you disagree its only a segment of WP’s audience or that its just snark and NBD? If the latter I agree. If the former, I disagree, it seems like its the same half dozen people complaining about how much its talked about, and many were the same people bemoaning it before it ever came out. The only thing on planet earth more boring than the “stop talking about this” person is the person who has decided to hate something before its even out.
And its not like only straight white dudes are into this game. Most of the gaming audience, across all demographics seem to be liking it. Even among critics, a cursory look quickly shows that the notion that the game was only liked by straight white critics is over stated. https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/apr/12/god-of-war-review-violent-vengeful-and-more-brilliant-than-ever
https://www.usgamer.net/articles/god-of-war-review
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hL4t4v1CxI
https://twitter.com/tha_rami/status/993127599277793280
https://kotaku.com/kotaku-reacts-to-god-of-war-1825752806
