. But it's a rationale that crumbles under even the most cursory examination. What does"realism" mean when you've got whole-ass dragons flying around in the sky and nekkers come up from the ground?
"Ultimately, we felt that while incorporating ethnic diversity into Valisthea was important, an over-incorporation into this single corner of a much larger world could end up causing a violation of those narrative boundaries we originally set for ourselves," Yoshida said."The story we are telling is fantasy, yes, but it is also rooted in reality."
Yoshida also threw a nod to the notion that diversity of thought is what really matters:"In the end, we simply want the focus to be less on the outward appearance of our characters and more on who they are as people—people who are complex and diverse in their natures, backgrounds, beliefs, personalities, and motivations," he said."People whose stories we can resonate with. There is diversity in Valisthea.
Final Fantasy has always been a pretty white series, but even so Yoshida's response to the question of diversity is, as he predicted, disappointing. Final Fantasy 16, an entirely new mainline addition to the series that will feature brand new characters in an entirely new game world, is set to debut on the PlayStation 5 in the summer of 2023. A PC version was mentioned in the Final Fantasy 16 reveal trailer but hasn't been acknowledged since, and Square Enix is promoting the game as a PS5 exclusive. If a PC version does follow , it could be some time before it happens.
It’s funny because it’s always the white people who are mad at this.
when you think Medieval Europe Knight & Damsel Dragons I guess you think Africa right? lol 🤨
Maybe because medieval europe was not new york? Muricans are so obsessed with themselves that they want a japanese game to reflect their own lives
Its their choice if they don't want to have out of place 'diversity' in the game. It may just be a coherent and compelling world for a change.
Why does a video game need to have black people in it? Are white people somehow inferior or lesser, so that the portrayal of them is undesirable or lesser? You wouldn’t be mad if a game inspired by African fantasy has mostly black characters. Stop being antiwhite.
When did video games become like this? Is it necessary to be blamed by the media if the content does not contain the so-called ethnic diversity and gender diversity?
Learn history
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We will still buy, day 1
Why's this a problem exactly?
.....and? Would you say the same shit If Chinese Devs made a game set in ancient China where it's full warring Chinese clans?
Ah yes, the ol' factual history is racist trope again.
You are very sad and pathetic people. Honestly, have you nothing better to do with your lives than promote division and nonsense like this?
L + ratio
Get a grip wokester, no-one cares anymore.
Wait, do people really need to see themselves and relate to entertainment media to enjoy it?
, we will 𝗻𝗼𝘁 give your site the traffic you so desperately want - as evident by your sad, little attempt to create a news item out of a non-story. Your numbers will keep on dwindling while we laugh over here.
Yes. I mean….it seems reasonable to anyone that knows European history. Or are you about to 1619 project that stuff?
Ah yes, the ol' 'I swear I, Andy Chalk, I'm not a racist. I'm just a white ally and please, please don't take away my job and I don't know games well or even history and I apologize for the Michael Jackson halloween costume' excuse.
You mean the true one? Cry more.
It's bad on purpose just to make you click
Im glad the race cops like pc gamer are on the case making sure that the holy church’s race quota laws must be obeyed
Can’t believe the black panther use Afro-realism to limit the number of white people in wakanda.
When are you shutting down?
not__vee
No disabled or neurodivergent characters, either. No trans characters. How is this game even allowed to get made?
Where's your Wakanda outrage? No Filipinx or Latinx people in Wakanda? No AAPI? How can you be okay with that?
Is it a good game though?
Yes what a shame that an East Asian developer didn't adhere to California politics.
'Excuse' implies that they need to justify this aspect of THEIR game. They don't, and if any one of us wants to see more of our ethnicity in games, we are perfectly capable of developing them. Diversity quotas are dumb enough when self imposed, but a third party has NO right to.
Good. Let developers do what they want without the pressures of the work left.
He gave a reason, not an excuse. The difference between a reason and an excuse will depend on your point of view, but at the same time expecting everyone to think the same is 'unrealistic'. How was the game, by the way? Graphics, playability, story? 🤔🤖
I can see Kotaku giving a terrible review for this game when it comes out, right Kotaku ?
Yo Andy Chalk
I love how people who favor the exclusion of black people from medieval settings just ignore that Spain existed despite it making up a huge part of the history of the region but landmass as well. They have the right to be wrong but it should still be known what the truth is.
Make your own game. Woke reviewers need the twitter treatment.
Ah yes, ye old woke excuse to put non whites in a white dominated medieval Europe.
Who is the woke intern running the pc gamer account? No one cares. Stop senseless rambling about politics
Ah yes, the ol’ “race hustling for clicks” maneuver
Gtfoi like damn, white people and nations are called that for a reason. Holy shit could you imagine a Black panther game with white people all throughout it?
Who care?
Why should that matter? Why force political correctness everywhere? 'Tis a godd*mn video game, for christ sake.
Representation matters and the reasons given just don't fly man; medieval Europe being white as possible was seen as a mark of privilege and class. Historical accuracy where dragons will be summoned from magic rainbow fountains, like cmon
Great answer
Who cares
Not an excuse is it. It's called a reason, and a good one at that.
Actual gamers don’t care about representation as much as they care about gameplay
Why is it always the people that won't even play the game that complain the most?
They aren’t even white and they don’t give a shit about the western cringe left
I prefer to engage with the game for its story and character development rather than the colour of their skin. Maybe you should try that once for a change.
Stop trying to fuck with my immersion.
I don't know why they used the historical argument like they could have just said that it was a different planet. It's ridiculous to expect artist to cater to everyone's expectations. This is bad reasoning though. Literally do 5 minutes of History research.
Don't try to push your black agenda on asians ... just a tip .. cuz they DO NOT LIKE YOU NOR WANT YOU NOR GIVE A SHIT ABOUT IT!
Do you think this is a friggin’ world like Earth? No. It’s a fuckin’ part of it. A country, or at most, a continent. You really think everything needs to be about your race, don’t you?
Stop peddling drama for clicks shits tired as hell.
It's not 'faux' realism. Rather, making every game and TV show look like the UN is 'Faux diversity.' Most countries have an overwhelming majority race. Only modern America and Europe are noticably cosmopolitan and even those aren't as diverse as depicted in modern tv shows.
Is this a PC Gamer article or Kotaku?
Don't like quit the game move on, Simple as that. I like they are sticking to their vision and not bending to woke crap.
You mean the game inspired by Europe has white characters? What a shocker. It's just a shame Amazon didn't have the balls to do the same thing with ROP. Good job Final Fantasy devs, don't cave to the pressure.
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's a excuse, not every piece of media has to be inclusive, deal with it
'excuse'
I thought this company wasn’t American? So it doesn’t matter, don’t open this can of worms
Started following PCGamer thinking it was PC for personal computer, now that I see the first post from them to show on my time line is this, I realize it's Politically Correct gamer... guess I'll just unfollow. The woke shits getting old PC gamer. No one cares.
Ffs who the fuck cares? Stop shaming artists for being artists.
Must be tough for americans to know this but Europe is white. especially during mediveal times. But then again. US is so focused on changing history cause American history is so short and empty. Compensating for what you dont have🤷♂️
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