Except for last year (I think?), when fucking Untitled Goose Game won.

I mean, I honestly approve of how they select their nominees and winners. But yeah, being in bed with the entire industry really taints something that could otherwise be one of the most prestigious awards in the industry.

It was well-made, yes, but... What was the point of it all? Violence is terrible? People in terrible situations are made to do terrible things?

I can’t find the tweet right now, but someone pointed out that TGAs awarded Best Direction to one of the worst examples of crunch in the industry, over a developer with mandated vacation time and zero crunch.

Yeah, that’s what I’ve started telling randos who show up to complain about Kotaku’s progressive leanings or what have you—this probably isn’t the site for you. Which is fine! 

I would honestly prefer that they err on the side of victims rather than erring on the side of caution

I mean, yeah, but... That's literally true of everything? 

Agreed! Someone literally commented that they wanted a score, as if this was 2008 and mainstream video game criticism was basically “to buy or not to buy”

I mean... Isn’t the purpose so you can wear cool-looking shit while also having the armor perks you want?

Can’t wait for the Cyberpeople to hop in and say everything is alright.

Ian

I can't imagine who approved any of this. It's SO unattractive.

I haven't seen someone seriously suggest people read the EULA in months! Great job!

Yep

I don’t think anyone is claiming it was malicious. The mind-blowing thing is that it seems to be intentional yet no one thought it might be a bad idea.

I hope they start giving some indication when a quick resume gets wiped. That could be unfortunate for games that have save limitations (which are admittedly rare, but still exist) 

Part of the reason one might expect social commentary is because CDPR made a big deal about the existence of said social commentary. When there was criticism of various depictions (like the weird ads of trans people) they defended them by saying it was intentional, that it was part of a message.

You know, Nintendo pulled off their news feed pretty well. It’s unobtrusive (you’re only “forced” to see articles when you unlock it in portable mode) and many of the articles are genuinely interesting, like developer interviews or post-mortems and patch notes.

That’s interesting, because to me it sounds more like it took a lot of surface level depictions (and occasionally stereotypical depictions) in an attempt to create diversity, without exploring the realities of the various identities and communities they included.

You should probably frequent another site if you’re not interested in criticism of representation and diversity. It’s very common here, and is why a lot of people love this site.