Journal of Other Forum Analysis

[BananaBlast]

https://www.resetera.com/threads/random-thought-hearing-people-complain-about-pronouns-is-played-out-we-should-complain-about-other-innocuous-components-of-language.991407/

Terminally online leftists once again failing to understand why people, not only just the alt-right chuds, but rather the general population of the entire world, have a problem with hardcore leftist's obsession with pronouns.

People don't have a problem with pronouns. Nobody has a problem with the words "he", "she", or "they". People have a problem with something as extremely basic as "male and female" becoming overcomplicated into however a specific person feels what their gender is, completely regardless of physical appearance. People have a problem with being reminded that you always have to walk on eggshells so you don't offend a queer person. People have a problem with annoying mentally ill idiots who won't shut up about it.

The joke doesn't work because there is no "my adverbs are in my bio!" community.

And look, I get it, most trans women fail to pass and need to make their pronouns known so they don't get called a man by virtually everyone. I get it. But that doesn't change the fact that many of them get really fucking obnoxious about it, which would naturally lead to everyday people who were perhaps tolerant of these newly progressive ideals, to become very jaded and disillusioned about the whole thing. I know I am.

Also L Thammy is a bitch who posts constantly in the burka thread. Pretty sure he has a hateboner (literally, as in he hates that they give him a boner) over the girls from Soul Calibur.

[Daffy Duck]

This Shinobi chump (who I'm assuming is fat, benji plz confirm) is going hard for Dragon Age. Very hard. 'I'm literally being paid to be a fanboy of this game' levels of hard, perhaps. Game looks like hot dog sick and he's out there pushing hard to make sure you don't believe your lying eyes.

Is this the first time youve encountered him?

It’s kind of his MO! He so wanted to get into the industry he shilled hard, he got a job for Wushu studios back in the day as their community manager (I believe) and you never heard about their game lol he just shilled other games constantly. He 100% wants to be a big player in the industry, fair play to him having goals and all but he’s a slimey little rat.

[HaughtyFrank]

Ngl, the new Aloy pics are giving me major vibes of that image where she was "prettied up". Probably the more overt glossy lips lmao.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-announced-coming-october-31-2024-to-ps5-and-pc-10-upgrade-available.990792/post-129242760

[Nintex]

Looks like that for this remaster they didn't put her on a hamburger diet and made her look more like the original face model she is based on.
Her nose is a bit smaller compared to the original game though.

[JoeBoy101]

Ngl, the new Aloy pics are giving me major vibes of that image where she was "prettied up". Probably the more overt glossy lips lmao.

https://www.resetera.com/threads/horizon-zero-dawn-remastered-announced-coming-october-31-2024-to-ps5-and-pc-10-upgrade-available.990792/post-129242760

I thought this kind of rhetoric was shaming and bannable?

Oh wait! It’s because she looks prettier now. Oh well, that’s different!

[Polident]

Nier X Stellar Blade?
Hell yeah. TGS is off to a good start.
Now announce the PC version you cowards.

Meanwhile the Soul Reaver remaster provides another example of why people wonder what is going on with western devs

Do not buy Soy Reaver 
I'm seeing some mild freakouts that Sony cleaned up Alloy's face a bit and made her thinner.

Why'd they turn that statue into a dude with tits?

It’s in no way putting me off buying it, but it’s also really weird anybody would think to do that. Also, those games were from Amy Hennig. Telling the lady who made the game she didn’t know better in 1999. Internalized sexism and whatever.

[Uncle]

I like how the industry has so few ideas that they're remastering games that don't need it because "that's what you do to double dip"

it made sense bringing NES/SNES/PS1/PS2 to the modern era, I literally do not care about games that are less than 10 years old and still gorgeous

I guess people will buy them though

[Boredfrom]

Now that is a “DEI” chin.

[DocWager]

I like how the industry has so few ideas that they're remastering games that don't need it because "that's what you do to double dip"

it made sense bringing NES/SNES/PS1/PS2 to the modern era, I literally do not care about games that are less than 10 years old and still gorgeous

I guess people will buy them though

Give us a Blasto remaster already.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

The remaster looks a lot sharper and less blended in like the original. I can see why they'd think she had a bigger nose or more weight to her. I don't know the correct term for gaming, but it's less blurry?

I never really thought Aloy looked bad but the remaster is pretty.  

[HardcoreRetro]

What's with her teeth in the remaster?

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Dentyne Ice looking teeth. 

[Nintex]

Nier X Stellar Blade?
Hell yeah. TGS is off to a good start.
Now announce the PC version you cowards.
Do not buy Soy Reaver 
I'm seeing some mild freakouts that Sony cleaned up Alloy's face a bit and made her thinner.

Why'd they turn that statue into a dude with tits?

It’s in no way putting me off buying it, but it’s also really weird anybody would think to do that. Also, those games were from Amy Hennig. Telling the lady who made the game she didn’t know better in 1999. Internalized sexism and whatever.

What did I tell you, some teams try to contain the DEI hires to "non-essential" content to reduce the damage.
Better to have them turn a statue into a transbian rather than the main characters. 

Just like the gay missions in Spider-Man 2. Safely tucked away from the main story. 

Spoiler: No Resident Evil 9 cope (click to show)(click to hide)

[Snoopy]

Nice threat. 

I didn't know Asmon was a chud. I thought he was just a WOW guy with opinions that were sometimes ok, and sometimes retarded.

[BananaBlast]

"DEI chin" is a stupid ass term.

I'm sure there's a better, far more reasonable way to explain "female characters suddenly inexplicably having more masculine jawlines when they didn't before"

[HardcoreRetro]

Is there?

The new Joanna Dark looks like Duke Nukem on hrt in some of the screenshots they showed off. The new Lara Croft seemingly sports a 5 o clock shadow.

[EaldNarche]

I think the soul reaver remaster has the option to use the original graphics at least. You can use those if the less sexy statue bothers you. I think the original graphics still look better overall. The new ones look way too bright for some reason. :u

[Boredfrom]

"DEI chin" is a stupid ass term.

I'm sure there's a better, far more reasonable way to explain "female characters suddenly inexplicably having more masculine jawlines when they didn't before"

Honestly, I think is kind of correct for the Soul Reaver remaster because there is no reason to change the statue chin outside of “want it to look from another culture because insane inclusive reasoning.”

The change of the statue didn’t particularly bothered me until I noticed the chin.

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

Nice threat. 

I didn't know Asmon was a chud. I thought he was just a WOW guy with opinions that were sometimes ok, and sometimes retarded.

Anyone who disagrees with the CURRENT THING is a chud, chuddie!  

[Gamegirl Nostalgia]

"DEI chin" is a stupid ass term.

I'm sure there's a better, far more reasonable way to explain "female characters suddenly inexplicably having more masculine jawlines when they didn't before"

We called them muscle mommies back in the day. Now the grifters are trying to ruin them. 

[Potato]

I like how the industry has so few ideas that they're remastering games that don't need it because "that's what you do to double dip"

it made sense bringing NES/SNES/PS1/PS2 to the modern era, I literally do not care about games that are less than 10 years old and still gorgeous

I guess people will buy them though

[Jansen]

we may have a spectacular new retard on our hands, check the avi

https://www.resetera.com/threads/phantom-blade-zero-preview-eurogamer.991263/#post-129232815

Omg hot chix yas pls.

Banned

[EaldNarche]

Is there?

The new Joanna Dark looks like Duke Nukem on hrt in some of the screenshots they showed off. The new Lara Croft seemingly sports a 5 o clock shadow.

To play devil's advocate here, I don't know how intentional this actually is. I think some of it is just the result of face scanning being the new normal now. And for some reason when they do that, it translates to a big jaw on the game model if they don't adjust it. Like, Aloy's face model is actually really pretty but somewhere between the face being scanned and the model being made Aloy ended up with this giant potato head. 

I guess maybe the "DEI" factor to the whole thing is that none of the devs want to adjust the scanned faces for fear of furthering "toxic beauty standards" or something. So now all these girls have giant jawlines in western games.

[HardcoreRetro]

I think the soul reaver remaster has the option to use the original graphics at least. You can use those if the less sexy statue bothers you.

I absolutely hate this disingenuous take. It's the constant virtue signaling politics being shoved in my face that bothers me.

I won't buy their shit and I hope their company dies.

[Nintex]

Don't worry, the flood gates are opening in the land of the rising sun.

I think some of it is just the result of face scanning being the new normal now.

This has been proven false by Hideo Kojima and Capcom perfectly scanning the bodies they put in their games (be it male or female).

[Boredfrom]

Is there?

Yes? DEI is a specific term and is annoying seeing being used as “woke stuff I don’t like”.

Some asshole character designers having a thing for women with manly jaws is not necessarily DEI.

[EaldNarche]

I think the soul reaver remaster has the option to use the original graphics at least. You can use those if the less sexy statue bothers you.

I absolutely hate this disingenuous take. It's the constant virtue signaling politics being shoved in my face that bothers me.

I won't buy their shit and I hope their company dies.

Please buy it or we'll never get another legacy of kain game again. 

[EaldNarche]

I think some of it is just the result of face scanning being the new normal now.

This has been proven false by Hideo Kojima and Capcom perfectly scanning the bodies they put in their games (be it male or female).

I think the difference is that Kojima and Capcom actually adjust the scanned models to make sure their proportions are flattering ingame. But the western studios don't because woke.

[Boredfrom]

I think the soul reaver remaster has the option to use the original graphics at least. You can use those if the less sexy statue bothers you.

I absolutely hate this disingenuous take. It's the constant virtue signaling politics being shoved in my face that bothers me.

I won't buy their shit and I hope their company dies.

Why I would want a company to die for a change I wouldn’t noticed if it was not for the endless culture war? 

Is a stupid change? For sure and also annoys me… but unless there are worse texture changes I dunno why I should feel so offended to wish for the death of a company. 

I support mocking the shit out of that change, but not take it so seriously to wish the company death.

[HaughtyFrank]

Is there?

The new Joanna Dark looks like Duke Nukem on hrt in some of the screenshots they showed off. The new Lara Croft seemingly sports a 5 o clock shadow.

To play devil's advocate here, I don't know how intentional this actually is. I think some of it is just the result of face scanning being the new normal now. And for some reason when they do that, it translates to a big jaw on the game model if they don't adjust it. Like, Aloy's face model is actually really pretty but somewhere between the face being scanned and the model being made Aloy ended up with this giant potato head. 

I guess maybe the "DEI" factor to the whole thing is that none of the devs want to adjust the scanned faces for fear of furthering "toxic beauty standards" or something. So now all these girls have giant jawlines in western games.

That's something I could see. Another factor I wonder about is if developers are simply shit at styling their characters. A big part of why MJ looks so fucked in Spider-Man 2 is because the hairstyle just doesn't suit her at all and is probably something the real life model she's based on would never wear. Same with makeup etc.

Something like the soul reaver statue is pretty confounding though because it's just so random and pointless. I'm sure people will respond with "omg why do you care about a statue" but I wonder why someone cared enough to change it in the first place