verbal enema posted:

*casts AIDS*

Snuff Melange posted:

To the surprise of no one, reddit discussions on this game, and whether it should even matter if JK Rowling was transphobic, are disgusting. I lulled myself into reading reddit again but today I am reminded why I should not do that. Blegh.

Someone even did so little as to correct a person's grammar, who was saying "the transgenders", and the person noted that transgender was a noun, not an adjective -- negative 12 comment score. I know reddit updoots are stupid but man it's depressing to see how people are.

What a bummer, man.

grieving for Gandalf posted:

do not buy this video game, show some restraint in your consumerism for once in your lives

Cactus posted:

What about pirating the game so that JKR doesn't get royalties? What's peoples' stance on that?

Not advocating piracy in general, just suggesting a lesser evil in this particular case for a game that is going to be ludicrously successful no matter what anyone does or doesn't do.

worms butthole guy posted:

considering consoles are made with slave labor (nintendo, sony and microsoft) I think its pretty hollow to boycot HL and still play console games if you're going full on moral boycotting you might as well go the whole way

Dewgy posted:

It seems decent so free or stolen is my plan personally. I ain’t payin’ for poo poo with terf stank on it.

Or if JKR gets hit by a bus I might reconsider it idk

Tuxedo Gin posted:

I knew it couldn't be good when the devs announced there'd be no mini games. How can you have an open world game with zero minigames?

Rynoto posted:

Game looks like garbage anyways. Last good HP games I can think of were the Lego ones which is mostly because of them being lego games.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

I knew it couldn't be good when the devs announced there'd be no mini games. How can you have an open world game with zero minigames?

psu.com posted:

The open-world is ripe with exploration opportunities too, and the amount of freedom you are afforded once things open up is impressive. There’s also tons of mini-games including Summoner’s Court, duelling training, solving Merlin’s Trials (these are great and really make use of a wide variety of abilities), popping balloons during flight, broomstick racing for fast time and bragging rights, and more.

Bakeneko posted:

It does though?

Control Volume posted:

Blessings to horizon forbidden west and ubisoft for preparing us all to boycott a game of this style

SettingSun posted:

That IGN review is laughable. If this was some original IP and not the review author's dream come true of a Wizarding World game it would be rated 5/10.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

that said I didn't read them so could you post something explaining the morality of buying this game in streamer reaction video form

Panzeh posted:

It's the thing with the IP you remember!

Honestly, it kinda sucks, but people gobble up IPs for mediocre games, see everything warhammer, or midnight suns, people just want to see the things they remember i guess.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.

Feels Villeneuve posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qItugh-fFgg

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.

Sakurazuka posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scph8yROB4o

F.D. Signifier posted:

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.

Tuxedo Gin posted:

wtf is the purpose of this thread? we just circlejerking in here?

Tuxedo Gin posted:

Saying "don't buy this game or you are a piece of poo poo that supports transphobia" is needless bullying of people who have zero power to change anything for the better. Exactly zero people could buy the game and JKR wouldn't notice because she's rich beyond most people's imagination and it didn't cost her anything to make the game.

Yes, in a perfect world, JKR would be bankrupt, and so would Amazon, Google, Nestle, Coke, and almost every company we interact with. If you buy anything from any company, you are giving money to the oppression of workers and supporting paying below a livable wage.

However, feel free to not buy the game if you don't want to, for the transphobia reason or because it's just a mediocre game to begin with. But unless you're also boycotting the dozen or so major game companies that have had or a currently involved in scandals about treatment or employees, or MeToo, or NFT scammery, it is just picking one "feel good cause" to support while ignoring all the problems that lead up to it.