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In Square Enix's latest epic RPG, the moral monstrosity of slavery is effectively reduced to window dressing

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Where have I said a strong opinion on it other than pointing out art is political?! I’ve done a “yeah, but” and that’s it. 🤨

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't say you had a strong opinion either. In any case, having any sort of slavery present in a "medieval-esque" game doesn't sound too weird to me. From the promotional material it seems like the game is about fights between countries and some eikons/primals/titans and the characters channel the fight of those primals though them?

The whole concept of primals is linked to slavery by the very simple notion that once the character is touched by their mana, it becomes a slave to them. This is how it has worked in all the FF games I have played.

IDK, complaining about the game having aspects of slavery but not addressing them seems a weak complaint to me when probably the game was never about the thing, the thing just being a setting. And I'm not against the thing being just a minor setting, not every game must either make t their focus or make it not exist.

Again, I have not played through it so I'm not gonna say if their implementation is correct or not. All I'm gonna say is that Americans really focus so god damn much in the slavery topic, it's like unless it's properly addressed it's some kind of taboo in media.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You sat there and said I shouldn’t have an opinion because I haven’t played, when you haven’t played either but get to have a strong opinion on it plus eye roll at Americans. My only opinion is, “eh, seems like they whiffed it instead of going into what they introduced,” and that’s based on a review I saw by a Brit. 🤨

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have not played through it so I’m not gonna say if their implementation is correct or not

you haven’t played either but get to have a strong opinion

????