I love SO4. And I completely disagree with all the hate... aside from Serah and Lymle’s voice acting...quirks.

That game, to me is massively underrated.

I don’t think we can ever know if he’s happy or not because there’s no way for us to know what he’s feeling or thinking. For all we know it’s just a prank he did to get attention. Or maybe he’s completely insane.

What are you suggesting? That gay people need to inhabit most of the Earth in order to be treated equally?

So, are you saying that if the KKK were making a racist and prejudice game, that we shouldn't make them "feel bad" about making it because they have a different belief system?

"Whether we like it or not most religions emphasise that marriage is between a man and a woman. Therefore by forcing developers to always include gay marriage can be offensive to a very large majority of people around the world."

Video games are products, and if you consumer base wants to you to put gay marriage, or this or that in, then you shut the fuck up and do it regardless of your countries conservative culture. If you don't that's fine, but you lose all right to bitch if that client base decides they don't to support your non inclusive…

What you're arguing is cultural relativity. All cultures should be respected. So, let's take this to its natural place:

Calm down there, buddy. You're getting worked up.

In the case of FFXIV it was explicitly stated that they were going to go with M/F marriage only because the topic was "controversial" and they wanted feedback from the FFXIV community. That may not be bigoted but it certainly was no oversight. It's not like they were oblivious to the existence of SSM or just forgot…

As I said, this isn't a two-sided issue.

Hunting down and demonizing? Is that what you're calling fair criticism? And, indeed, Japan has some catching up to do when it comes to the issue of gays and lesbians being allowed to marry. But when one considers the effort that's often put in to localize a Japanese video game to be palpable to Western sensibilities,…

Just because you're offended doesn't mean you're right.

"But they're conservative" isn't a valid excuse for allowing bigotry, though. That's exactly why they should be pressured about it. Social problems don't just fix themselves if you ignore them. If a game developer decided to ban marriages between characters who have different skin colors, nobody would blink when…

You're talking about this as if it were a two-sided issue.

Look, my issue here is not that Nintendo won't add gay marriage to the game—it's unrealistic to expect them to change a game that's been out for a year in Japan just because some fans are asking. It's also not realistic to expect a Japanese company to be as progressive about gay rights as we have been in the United…

Do you know what it's like to be discriminated against to the point where people question your very existence, as to why it's a thing? One of my very best friends in the world is a transwoman. We've had some recent talks about struggles in her life specifically pertaining to her gender identity and sexual orientation,…

I think that's like suggesting that just because there are a lot of ignorant people we shouldn't make any effort to educate people. This isn't just an issue of jerks. A larger issue is a general lack of understanding, and these efforts are in service of providing people a place they can feel safer and giving people…