Regardless, I think there's a nugget worth discussing, like that Austin Walker article people have been posting, about how snark can undercut emotional moments and make it seem like creators are embarrassed about what they're making (or its source material, depending), even with comedic hyperstylized media.Ĭlick to shrink.Take a look at the OT brimming with hesitant people that gave it a chance and now can't put the game down. I don't think it's as simple as just racism - explicit racism, subconscious racist bias, and differences in aesthetics/narrative genre/game genre all play into it imo. ![]() There's naturally going to be a difference in the style of dialogue and its reception. Racism is everywhere and is something we have to constantly work to unlearn, not just active bigotry.Īlso, though, Hi-Fi Rush is ridiculously cartoony and stylized, where Forspoken is going for a more photorealistic aesthetic and overall serious tone, from what I've seen of it. A lot of it is subconscious bias, even from people who are progressive. ![]() It absolutely is - this is far from the first time we've seen Black female characters in media judged way harder than other characters, the same way society loves to pile on Black women harder than other people. ![]() I think it's naive to believe that Forspoken isn't being received more harshly because of misogynoir.
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