Der Regisseur von Helldivers 2 beschließt, das Jahr 2025 mit einem Gespräch über DEI zu beginnen: „Machen Sie gute Spiele, geben Sie kein zeitgenössisches politisches Statement ab.“
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/third-person-shooter/helldivers-2-director-decides-to-kick-off-2025-by-wading-into-a-conversation-about-dei-make-good-games-dont-make-a-contemporary-political-statement/
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Totally agree, we want good games, you can get enough woke content from other forms of media.
That’s funny to hear from Helldivers developers, because they obviously make political statements and do have DEI (having equality between men and women of all races on the battlefield, for example, which I commend).
That’s not really what he said in the slightest.
…isn’t this wholeass game kind of a political statement?
you cant make a thing without it being a statement of the time and place it was made in.
Politics have always been into games. Metal Gear Solid is one of the biggest video games ever and it’s a highly layered game with various political statements throughout the series. Also DEI is just a red herring. Most if not all of tech is predominantly either Asian or White. None of these studios are passing over white people to hire black or hispanics and they make up a tiny fraction of the workforce in tech and especially gaming.
Am I the only person who interpreted this as “no pride flags in the game”? Like, that’s obviously what he means, right?
Isn’t he not even from America? Why bother wading into the made up culture war?
Honestly, I’d say this to people constantly bringing up DEI: not everything needs to be turned into a political debate. when someone like Helldiver feels the need to clarify that their game isn’t ‘DEI,’ it says more about their assumptions than anything else.
Final Fantasy VIi was a political statement about environmentalism and corporative greed. Yet it’s on the top of its game as a JRPG.
You can make a political statement about anything you want, as long as you get a good game in your hands first. Your game is not any better for the message you’re getting through, your game is good if it’s fun.
Making your game “non woke” says nothing about its content or replayability, also if your game is “progressive” and “socially conscious”. If it’s not fun, why bother?