Sadly, I think this person is railing against "having more than just white guys featured" (as if that's forced, when you start making games in new locations around the world) rather than the bland Ubi-style open-world map checklist that you might expect to be the sane complaint.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

oh. going through their profile certainly suggests that way. it's weird to call that "diverse IP"... but weird is pretty on brand for that crowd i guess.

[+] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world -8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I'm railing about corporate making a mediocre game and then jamming some culture war shit into it in a blantant attempt to distract from the fact that the game is mediocre.

Also AC has had "more than just white guys" featured since the first game.

[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

No one jams culture war shit into things like people complaining about culture war shit.

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The first few games were actually good, though. AC2 is one of my favorites.

[–] hesusingthespiritbomb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Exactly. The problem isn't diversity. The problem is soulless corporations who put out mediocre games, and then try to shoehorn diversity in a fairly surface level and lazy fashion as a distraction.

It would have been weird if AC1 didn't star an individual of MENA descent, because the game was set in the middle east. Origins had minority protagonists for similar reasons Connor being Native American in AC3 added a lot of depth when it came to the concept of freedom and how it relates to the American revolution.

I feel like I've seen the same story a million times. Mediocre IP, lazy forced diversity, culture war commentary, undeserved stellar reviews, underperformance with audiences due to fundamental issues.