I bet if the game took place in africa and it was about a tribe and every single character in the game was black there would be no complaints about "lacking diversity"
Because mental illness, that's why. These "journalists" are not of sound mind, but they are fortunate enough to living in a time in the West where mental illness is openly allowed to flourish.
"I'm giving this game a lesser score because my political ideology is not represented in this game and that means it can't be used as a tool to convert people to the way I think."
Slight correction: I originally gave it a higher score but after I realized my ideology wasn’t represented, that reminded me that I always push my ideology onto others and thus the lower score.
> Lacks diversity and inclusivity >The main character is a shapeshifting rock, which effectively makes him trans and gender binary, fights for the oppressed, which makes him a SJW, is a talking monkey, which makes him a minority, he can transform into 72 different forms, making him an advocate of body positivity, he is a vegetarian, is underrepresented in games, and is an advocate of equity and injustice. He is the most diverse character you can think of
All of those boxes checked, but you forgot the most important: XX chromosomes. At the end of the day, monkey will always be a he, and "he"s are always the problem for even existing in a feminists video cult. I'd say video games, but feminists don't want or make those, it's about making you sit through 30 hours of _The Message_ .
I'm really glad I quit being a game journalist 12 years ago. Back then we still had a reputation that was positive. Websites are greatly struggling as well, you cannot compete with publishers when it comes to youtubers. My old website, they went from biggest in the country down to being beaten by two websites who have volunteers as review writers. Steam Reviews and Content creators have beaten not only quality and quantity on the industry, they've become more reliable because you have choice. Game websites have become a choir.
But is it a genderless rock ? Does the rock really comes from China or was part of the japanese island that detached from china mainland million years ago, making it cultural appropriation ? You have to ask these questions before playing the game, it is very important. Otherwise you are a fascist. Fact !
@@octavianpopescu4776he’s talking about forcing it where there’s no context where it’s needed. Arguing against it isn’t the same. If I said “wow black panther was good there’s just not enough Asians in it. It needs more Asians.” Everyone is gonna dogpile me for such a retarded take injecting diversity where it’s not needed. Take Dune for example. The OG movies had the natives depicted similarly to the Atreides who are from a completely different planet. It makes sense for the native population of a desert planet subjected to constant sunlight to contain more melanin in their skin in the new movies and so the castings are perfect. But playing an eastern game specifically referencing eastern myth and legend the need for diversity and inclusion hinders what the developers/writers are trying to convey with their setting in the first place. Theres no room for diversity and inclusivity when the inspiration for a game is region based. This should be a textbook example of journos dismissing an entire culture over their own belief.
@@intermilan9731 As someone who works for a company with DEI policies... I've had exactly 0 DEI trainings in 11 years. So, there is no forcible promotion and implementation. We get some emails when Americans have their black history months and pride months (since it's an American company) and we just ignore them and that's that. It's not like anyone is asking me to believe in their values. If you're interested in that sort of thing, it's ok. If not, that's also ok. No one is forcing anyone to do anything/believe in anything.
@@ImperativeGamesno it doesn't. Until you have a new word for people who actually practice journalism, journalist is the word you use. Do you know how many gaming journalists there are that aren't involved in the top 10 crappy corps? And even then most of these big companies are still capable of putting out decent journalism, because they have many different journalists. I'd argue that the gaming activist problem is likely over blown because out of every thousand articles written, 1 makes headlines for being woke trash and the rest never get mentioned.
Wukong has male protagonist... journalists call it "sexist". Stellar Blade has female protagonist... journalists call it "sexist". They'll always find some way to complain about sexism.
I disliked those journalists as well, but that wasn't the issue........The issue was that female characters are almost always dressed like "combat strippers" while males are dressed for purpose.
multiculturalism is a cancer. I hope one day society realizes that people like this "journalist" are laughing stocks and should not be taken seriously. Unfortunately these overgrown children are given more than enough attention by popular media and politics so they will always believe that what they do is normal
Have you read the review? I guess not. Her gripe is that the original Chinese story has some interesting female characters but the game includes not a single one of them.
@@Robert-zc5be I reckon the preview version they sent reviewers finished at chapter 2 since all of them mentioned nothing beyond that point. I know for a fact that there are female characters in the game. Particularly, the 7 spider sisters who was featured in a trailer they released some time prior.
Before gameplay, before graphics, before art style, the first thing she cares about when reviewing a game is how diverse the characters are. We really don't hate them enough.
EXACTLY. If you're reviewing a game, tell me about the fucking game. The environment, fluidity, game mechanics, etc. As Asmon said, they are out of touch with their audience.
@@Paeper_Shredder They don't talk about the game because they don't care about games. These people should be ejected from the hobby/community- just like any other club: you remember their names, and you stop them at the door.
@@Paeper_Shredder _they_ (woke journalists, etc.) try so hard to get people who don't agree with their agenda/views that they try to get _them_ (anyone who doesn't agree with agenda) de-platformed or "cancelled". why can't the gaming community toss out a reverse UNO on people like her when they clearly have a negative bias because the content doesn't align with their message?
they should absolutely make remake called monkey queen then but guess some journalist would find an attack vector to call it sexist then like stellar blade... still waiting for the remake of tomb raider: adventures of lars croft
When you scroll a little further in the article it says: Editor's note: The author's name has been removed for their safety. Because they knew their dumb ass would get flack for this.
Then they cry when Asian Devs -who don’t give a damn about their politics- blacklist them. I was so opposed to that kind of practice but these people are not journalists, they’re idiots who write hit pieces to get their cronies jobs in an industry they don’t care about. They don’t deserve a review copy.
There never was a controversy. There were game journalists who lied and slandered, and they attempted to fabricate a controversy. But there was no actual controversy.
honestly, at this point the only ones keeping those asshats alive are the youtube grifters, cause i don't know anyone who even bother to go on kotaku to insult them anymore, they're just that irrelevant.
Those who claimed themselves female gamers and playing sexism victims are not really playing game. Real female gamers are like all gamers will focus on the game.
In every iteration of journey to the west there's always male and FEMALE demon, yes even demons only know 2 genders, heck the spider demon always portrayed as female, even guanyin bodhisattva is portrayed as female, so no what they mean there's no female characters in game ?
A fun little context. The first known full length version of Journey to the West was published in 1592. The first permananent settlement in America by British Settlers (Jamestown) was established by 1607.
As a woman that plays video games, you ABSOLUTELY can play and love a game without female representation being in it. Some of my favorite games are The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, and God of War, all which have MALE protagonists. I have never once felt disheartened at seeing a man as the playable character. It is the heart of the story and experience that matters, not the gender of the character experiencing it.
As a woman too, I can 100% confirm that’s true! Not a single sex, race, gender and more NEEDS proper representation in EVERY video game. (Witcher 3 is a fucking fantastic game, great taste!)
I'm still steaming that they changed Snow White to be this Hispanic girl... it's upsetting because if you say that, people misconstrue your intent and call you a r4cist or big0t. When I'm not saying I don't like the Hispanic culture, I don't like the fact that an already established story of this white woman has to be changed because of all this diversity, inclusion crap being spewed everywhere. I feel like it doesn't do the Hispanic culture any favors either, seemingly implemented as a "These people are inferior, let's give them a leg up and put them in this _higher_ pedestal." and _that_ doesn't feel genuine. I feel like it's more r4cist to change her _because_ Snow White was white. If she had been any other color, they prob would've kept her the same. People in Sweden, Iceland, Denmark don't get to have their heritage celebrated, since anyone white in fiction is being changed to placate the DEI movement? Same thing for Ariel; the man wrote it to celebrate the Danish with his titular character explicitly stated as being a fair-skinned redhead. The reverse applies as well. I would be mad if they tried to rewrite Moana as some light-skinned Aussie in the outback. Excuse my rant. Just wanted to share.
@@robosing225DEI people might as well be illiterate. Snow White was called Snow White because "her skin was as fair as snow" in the story. The Lost boys in Peterpan were all male because "girls were too clever to be kidnapped". And we don't talk about the black Cleopatra. What, you want girls in the Lost boys of Peterpan?Are girls stupid now in modern times? Cleopatra married Julius Caesar and was a pharaoh herself. You literally have to re-write history to allow her to be black. Now this crap with Wukong. Wukong was born from a rock, rebel against heaven and being a vegetarian for life. With the Journey to the West being an allegory, with each character symbolizing an aspect of a person, Wukong being the representation of intelligence and reason, if you can't see yourself in the monkey king, you are not a human. Or don't like intelligence and reason.
Wukong's gender: Stone(Literally stone) Wukong's family: Orphan(Born from a Stone) Wukong's religious believe: Buddhism and Taoism Wukong is a vegetarian You can't be more political correct than Wukong. Even if this game turned out to be terrible, it still worth a 10/10 just for ignoring these bullshit ideologies that SBI and other mainstream media companies try to feed to the public. Players, just enjoy the game, The Monkey King will destroy these demons and fight a clean path for you as he always did.
The authors name was removed shortly after "for their safety" and the ability to make comments was also disabled. The author was Samar Abedian, she even has her own linkedin page still up. EDIT: Her linkedin is gone lol
I thing all of this is stupid and belongs to neither journalism nor game review. But people please don't dox and don't harass. Vote with your money and time instead.
If we added up all the hours played for these sorts of games, then expressed female gamers as a percentage. It would be less than 1%. Barking dogs making demands is all this is.
@@TheBelricknot to mention the amount of males registering themselves as females to play the game. Do these survey people take that into account too??
@@wolfyno3950 the chinese outlets are paid or had to since it has to be over elden ring. bet they didnt talked about the massive bugged skills, performance problems, translation issues, unnecessary amount of skills with useless skills u dont even skill since they are way too expensive & have such a high cd u just gonna skill other stuff or that WUKONG is pretty much a "weakling" for 4+ hours then u get the proper skills ( basically like stellar blade which had a 2 hours introduction)
“I think studios are realizing that by making people like this happy, they are alienating their actual customers” Yeah this about sums up the current landscape in gaming in terms of “inclusivity” and “diversity”
The reality is these people will never be happy and they will never be satisfied. The more you try to appease them, the more they want from you, and if you let them keep going they will turn whatever you had into a shell of its former self.
This is why you shouldn't hire people who's entire personality is diversity and checkboxing. Im black and I'm sick of people thinking us and other minorities are what makes an IP great. It's great to have when it doesn't feel forced or inauthentic
I’m not black, I think “some” media and games are basically creating stereotypes about black people, and some of the stereotypes aren’t positive after all.
HR is always the first part of a company to fall to woke hires. Companies want to hire women for the optics so they hire them and shove them into HR where they can't do any damage (so they think), then once in HR, they make sure only the applications of fellow wokies make it to the hiring managers.
five chinese media reviews are gamersky:10 3dm:10 gamecore:10 erbing:9.5 a9vg:9 They mentioned that almost the only shortcoming of this game is that the map guidance is not good and you often get lost. In other aspects, it is top-notch. Several shortcomings evaluated by Western media, including optimization and bug issues, seem to come from the non-Chinese version, which should be easily resolved before release. Some people say that the story is difficult to understand, which is really outrageous. When we Chinese players play God of War, The Witcher, and Red Dead Redemption, if we don’t understand the story background, we are very willing to look up information. In the twenty-first century, a normal person should have a certain understanding of the world. As a Chinese, I have read Greek mythology, The Lord of the Rings, the original novels of The Wizard, Harry Potter, and You have read the story of King Arthur, and even read The Divine Comedy and the Bible. So as a Westerner, isn’t it your own ignorance that you haven’t read Journey to the West? It can actually be a point deduction. As for the political correctness shit, I won’t mention it.
Poor choice of words, my friend. Calling someone ignorant for not having read a specific literary work, lol. Also, the Chinese gaming outlets giving it 10 are rating Wu Kong above titles such as Elden Ring, Sekiro, Monster Hunter, and even Bauldur's Gate 3 (at least gamersky). I'm not saying Wu Kong is or won't be amazing but I'm inclined to believe they are adding at least 0.5 or more points simply because it is Chinese-made. And why is the story being difficult to understand outrageous? Some stories ARE more difficult to understand than others, especially across cultures... Are there ways to eventually find out more and understand it? Yes, of course there are. But that doesn't make the story inherently easier to understand.
If they are not big on reading, there are movies out there they could watch that would give similar understanding, which is how I got my knowledge of journey to the west (that and some doraemon episodes), these "journalists" are such a joke
@@lasseliten4510 If it offended you, I'm sorry for my offensive words. I was very angry when I saw the comments from these media last night. You may have noticed that the Western media are now slandering China in various fields, such as the Olympics. Speaking of games, if From Software makes a similarly incomprehensible story, everyone will be happy to check and analyze it, and think it is a mysterious charm. However, according to some media reviews, the game's story is weak and difficult to understand, which is one of the factors that deducted points. But all the Chinese media have given praise to the story of this game, describing it as magnificent and extremely interesting. Finally, I am not just commenting on these things from the perspective of a Chinese, I also feel sorry for Stellar Blade, Rise of ronin, the prey and death stranding . Just as a player, I hope that these media that have profoundly affected us can be more fair.
It's the part that they're asking for gender instead of the usual racial diversity that makes their racism clear to me. Clearly that change can't be because it's based on asian culture, or they wouldn't be asking for more women either, only one scenario left.
I disagree. There’s a lot of diverse and inclusive games, shows, movies, etc. that are great, and I don’t see why those would hurt the quality of them. I think the big problem is when it is used as a main marketing tool as if it is somehow impressive or makes the product worth buying or engaging with. Like I don’t see why having a game with a diverse cast would harm the quality of the game, but I also don’t think it makes it more worth my money. It’s too often used as an excuse to sell shit and to hate on genuinely good and fun media. I love old Overwatch, the new Fallout show, Into the Spiderverse and more which are all very diverse and inclusive, but that’s just a nice cherry on top of a pile of already amazing and entertaining games, shows and movies. TLDR inclusivity and diversity isn’t the problem and doesn’t hurt games. It’s the way game devs and journalists use it as an excuse to make and promote terrible media and insult good media.
As a girl who loves video games, I don't CAREEE about no/lack of playable female characters. I rather play Master Chief from halo, Jesse (male) from minecraft story mode bc I like the voice actor, Link from any zelda, sonic, mario, cloud from FF7, Kratos from god of war, the knight from hollow knight, Chia from Hi-Fi rush, any assassin from assassins creed, the dad from the forest, the little boy from inside, Mono from little nightmares 2, the dwarfs from deep rock galactic, spyro the dragon, and you get the point.... I don't play video games for my gender, I play video games for FUN. And I can't wait to play as Wukong, hes so COOL. I care more about characters, story, and FUN.
*standing ovation* ....So sick of some of these women not only making the rest of us look like whiny idiots, but also trying to ruin gaming. If the story is good and gameplay is decent, I don't care if the character is male, female, cat, monkey or a headless fucking chicken. If anyone is playing a game going , "I can't connect emotionally with the character because they aren't just like me..." - they need to put the controller/mouse down and consider seeing a therapist.
The moment someone lowers the score on a game or movie for something such as "not diverse enough" i immediately ignore all their opinions going forward
Repetitive Actual Meaning: Containing or characterized by repetition (the action of repeating something that has already been said or written), especially when unnecessary or *tiresome.* A good game will find ways to keep the combat fun and entertaining for a long period of time, if not forever. Whether it's by giving new mechanics, enemies, or simply just having good gameplay, that comment EVERY video game is actually more silly than the actual statement. I had to get this off my chest because I lost so many brain cells from read this.
Lacking inclusivity is wild. We got a monkey guy, a boar guy, snake people, guy with three eyes, giant baby monk guy, etc. I’ve never seen a more inclusive game in my life.
😂😂😂there are bunches of spider girls and a country with only females who can make guys to be pregnant😅😅 they just don't really know about this whole story@@renliu35
When IGN, Screen Rant, and these media down votes and hates on games, it's like a green signal that the game is beautiful and awesome in every way. Chill guys, this is our ticket to play the game and enjoy it! Finally a game where we will be having fun as a MONKE!
@@breezy3176 Actually, this whole WOKE, pro LGBTQ, Trans bullcrap is festering in the West. I'm from India, shit like these are far away like the West. So we are good actually. I hope you guys solve this problem if you're from the West tho.
There's a story arc in Journey to the West where Wukong transforms into a young human woman to save his master from a bunch of demons. These people don't actually care about diversity and inclusivity beyond a superficial level.
@@堂島の龍4649It’s called 72 transformations, but it’s heavily hinted that Wukong can transform into literally anything if he can imagine it well enough. In ancient Chinese culture, 72 was a concept of “supreme” or “ultimate”, and is most likely used in Wukong as the concept of infinite.
well in the original novel, the party consist of -a man reincarnated from golden cicada -a monkey who wreck the heaven -a pig who use to be a heaven official -another heaven official whos now a river demon -and a dragon prince who turned to a horse the man is a taoist monk which is why in the journey they always be wary of woman if anything this is very faithful to the adaptation
There are lots of female character in the novel though, well most of them are thots + monsters who want to seduce and eat the monk, but hey who knows, maybe that journalist want to play as them
@@zetsubouo4985 Man, a wuxia mmorpg would be epic. Everytime you fail a breakthrough you would need to reincarnate. Each character would have a limited amount of lifespan so you would need to "level up" or breakthough to increase the amount of time you can play on the character haha
I remember when those so-called "journalists" wept over the absence of Africans in Witcher 3, a game set in Medieval Europe. Truly showcases their vast intellect, doesn't it? They skipped basic history and think medieval Europe was some multicultural melting pot.
@@johndang55 I know it's based on Polish folklore, but I chose to write just 'Europe' because there are multiple European countries in the game, such as Germany, Sweden or Norway, and France.
Wukong was borned from a rock, makes him gender neutral He's a monk, so he's vegetarian He's against authority & oppression, so he got punished for 500 years DIDN"T HE CHECKED ALMOST EVERY DEI BOX?
I just saw Rambo recently for the first time in decades. There's not one female character in the entire movie. It's one of the greatest films of all time.
cancel rambo and release rambo vanguard pls with women combatants! and sorry but if you think rambo is one of the greatest movies of all time thats sad but also good because you have hundreds of movies that are better you can still watch! ;D
@@mugnuz I laugh about AC Valhalla with how many female enemies the player gets to slaughter throughout the entire game. Leftwingers didn't think about that when they decided to pretend that 2 out of 3 medieval guards were females.
The game takes place after Journey to the West. Players assume the role of a monkey character, who is highly likely to be Sun Wukong's second soul, an external incarnation, or a manifestation of his inner demon. Sun Wukong, also known as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the Traveler, and the Victorious Fighting Buddha, is a character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West. In pursuit of immortality, Sun Wukong traveled across the seas to learn from Patriarch Subhuti. There, he received the name 'Sun Wukong' and mastered advanced magical skills such as the Great Immortal Technique, the Seventy-Two Transformations(The origin of the transformation in the game), and the Somersault Cloud. Upon setting out, Sun Wukong initially lacked a weapon but later acquired the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magic staff that freely retracts in the game and is usually kept tucked behind his ear), the Phoenix Feather Cap, the Golden Armor, and the Lotus Silk Boots from the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas. He later caused chaos in the Underworld after, one day while drunk, beings from the Underworld came to claim his soul. To avoid this, he broke into the Underworld and altered the Book of Life and Death by erasing his own name, which recorded those destined to die, thereby creating turmoil He alarmed Heaven, prompting the Jade Emperor to summon him and appoint him as the Keeper of Horses. Unhappy with his lowly position, Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, defeated the Heavenly King Li and the Third Prince Nezha, and forced the Jade Emperor to promote him to the title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He was given a residence in the Heavenly Palace and tasked with managing the Peaches of Immortality Garden. By stealing and eating peaches from the Peaches of Immortality Garden and disrupting the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet, and then sneaking and consuming the Elixir of Immortality from the Supreme Lord Laozi's gourd ( have gourd in the game), he transformed into a body of indestructible gold(There are presentations in the game) After being captured, he was roasted in the Supreme Lord Laozi's Eight-Trigrams Furnace, which gave him the ability to see with fiery eyes(This ability is not currently seen in the game) Despite facing hundreds of thousands of celestial troops, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, he could not be defeated. Eventually, after losing a bet with the Buddha, he was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, where he repented. he caused further chaos in Heaven. Despite facing hundreds of thousands of celestial troops, the Four Heavenly Kings(Appears at the end of the PV), and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, he could not be defeated. Eventually, after losing a bet with the Buddha, he was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, where he repented. After more than five hundred years, guided by the Bodhisattva Guanyin, he was rescued by Tang Seng, who gave him the title "Traveler" and tasked him with protecting him on the journey to the West. Sun Wukong battled demons and monsters(9*9 81 difficulties), endured countless hardships, and successfully obtained the sacred scriptures, eventually achieving enlightenment and being honored as the Victorious Fighting Buddha. After an unknown number of years, when demons were rampant and Buddhism and Taoism had declined, a monkey appeared, marking the start of the game.
did a human write it though? at the point now when i legitimately wouldnt be surprised if most gaming journalist site articles are actually just outputs from chatGPT, where the prompt was "write me a review about this monkey game from china. I cant see a female in the promotional material"
This reminds me of Cyberpunk where there was a race that was being put within a stereotype There was a large group of people that were not of that race IRL complaining about that happening BUT the people that were part of that race IRL were absolutely loving how it was represented and giving all kinds of praise
As far as I know, 40% of the content in the game is hidden, and it needs to be solved through puzzles or monster drawings, which is why some media reporters say that there are not many monsters
what??! 😲 a FEMALE that is on the same video as me?!?! * bows down * Please ma’am, my dearest e-girl, let me forever cherish and protect you from internet chads, as I’m sure you’d be willing to spend your time with a nice guy (such as myself). You have earned yourself an award (I’m sure you’re be impressed by my surplus amounts of wealth and likes), and my promise that you will never feel alone again, my beautiful female specimen.
"Great diversity in items and mechanics" "Gameplay gets repetitive" Can you freaking pick one? Never mind that you can say "repetitive" about literally every game.
the negative points besides inclusivity are extremely general/vague, likely because journo had little to say about the actual game. Many of them have 0 passion for gaming so it wouldn't be surprising if it's just some bullshit they made up to pad out the con section lol
Credit to that game reviewer for being open and honest about their fake reviews. I knew screen rant was going down the drain but when their honest trailers was used to defend the acolyte and make fun of star wars fans, that was the last straw. I hope they enjoy chapter 11
Remember that people didn't see Lara Croft as a strong female lead in Tomb Rider reboot but rather annoyed by how sadistic Crystal Dynamic treats the modern Lara, that's just how journalist completely missing the point of a female lead in a video game.
entertainment and, if I'm going to be honest, a game getting a bad review by a mainstream journo company is more often than not a greenlight that the game is pretty good or at the very least primarily concerns itself with gameplay over secondary features like identity politics. It's sort of like a "damn, kotaku is complaining about this game I never heard of, it could be pretty good ill look into it" kind of deal
Once again, I feel I must mention that in the original myth Guanyin, who is Goddess of Mercy and highly respected by the Bureaucracy of Heaven, is an important part of the story, making multiple appearances, I have to imagine she has a role in the game somewhere. As for diversity, come on man, its a Chinese legend about a monkey made of stone becoming immortal and escorting a priest, 85% of the characters are either gods, spirits, dragons, or some kind of demon that looks like an anthropomorphic animal. All of this is subject to what parts of the myth this game actually covers of course, from what I have seen it seems we don't actually play as Wukong himself, but those are some wild conclusions for just playing the first two chapters, even before you consider the type of world the story takes place in.
These -journalists- activists are just mad the main character isn't some overweight pansexual transgender with green hair screaming about the 'patriarchy' or 'toxic masculinity' in every cutscene. It's completely ridiculous and western gaming outlets should just all go bankrupt already because they are completely worthless. Just a bunch of deranged millenials and Gen-Z who are completely clueless yet somehow think their ideology matters. I'm definitely going to get this game, just like I bought Hogwarts Legacy because I like Harry Potter and because I hate all those social media rejects hating on the author over things she never said.
"It's important to mention the controversies surrounding the game's studio" Ah, yes, the controversies that were made up by game journalists because the devs refused to be extorted by a company that wanted to ruin their game.
I wouldn't say so. I think most people that listen in to this sort of drama rarely go to the actual website and learn about it secondhand via non-journo media i.e. yt videos, so they don't actually make a ton of revenue off of controversy.
Pros: great diversity
Cons: lack of diversity
PICK A SIDE
Beat me to it 😂
NO DIVERSITY
I bet if the game took place in africa and it was about a tribe and every single character in the game was black there would be no complaints about "lacking diversity"
@@Channel-io4xuno. Then its racist
I pick monke
If a male reviewer gave tomb raider a low score because he couldn't play as a male MC they would call it "sexism".
*male gamer
Any “journalist” is allowed, because they’re exempt from everything, even skill!
Male mc would give a whole new meaning to "tomb raider" 😅
bro,u r fking genius
The need for representation constantly is a sign of a weak person. A racist one if you really think about it. Narcissism too of course
This is why we have the spin off Womb Raider
wukong is literally one of the most influential, and popular Chinese mythological characters.
WHY TF does there need to be westernized standards.
Because everything is shit, unless it caters to Muricans.
I mean,the pig can be a stand in for MANY of these “people”. 😏
Because mental illness, that's why. These "journalists" are not of sound mind, but they are fortunate enough to living in a time in the West where mental illness is openly allowed to flourish.
because karens.. thats why :D
The braindead in these woke "journalists" is absolutely real and it is foul
"I'm giving this game a lesser score because my political ideology is not represented in this game and that means it can't be used as a tool to convert people to the way I think."
Dang dude spot on!
Bingo
Bravo! So true.
Well said
Slight correction: I originally gave it a higher score but after I realized my ideology wasn’t represented, that reminded me that I always push my ideology onto others and thus the lower score.
> Lacks diversity and inclusivity
>The main character is a shapeshifting rock, which effectively makes him trans and gender binary, fights for the oppressed, which makes him a SJW, is a talking monkey, which makes him a minority, he can transform into 72 different forms, making him an advocate of body positivity, he is a vegetarian, is underrepresented in games, and is an advocate of equity and injustice.
He is the most diverse character you can think of
All of those boxes checked, but you forgot the most important: XX chromosomes. At the end of the day, monkey will always be a he, and "he"s are always the problem for even existing in a feminists video cult. I'd say video games, but feminists don't want or make those, it's about making you sit through 30 hours of _The Message_ .
no dito is more diverse. but thats funny. devs playing 5d chess with this one i hope! :D
that's a good one
Yeah perhaps but none of that confirms the white womans fetish. And thats what this is really about.
He is a vegetarian... 😂
Reject game journalists
Embrace monke
But reject the monkepox
@@ballenboy haha right
Pepesadge
Monkey D Luffy 😎
Nah... I'll just be indifferent towards both.
If black panther is diverse for a full black cast then why isn't a full Asian cast considered so too?
Because asian representation does not matter to them.
Diversity means brown. That's it. Brown eyes, brown skin, brown thoughts.
Good question! One that these non-people complaining could not fathom an answer to.
Because racism is OK against whites and asians
Some people consider Asian as white adjacent or some shit, there's your answer.
If you think you hate journalists enough, you don't.
They want you and your kids shamed and livint,and they think it’s funny”. “They also have names and addresses”. 😏
I'm really glad I quit being a game journalist 12 years ago. Back then we still had a reputation that was positive. Websites are greatly struggling as well, you cannot compete with publishers when it comes to youtubers. My old website, they went from biggest in the country down to being beaten by two websites who have volunteers as review writers. Steam Reviews and Content creators have beaten not only quality and quantity on the industry, they've become more reliable because you have choice. Game websites have become a choir.
Bravo, paraphrasing the title of the video, what a stellar comment from the bot!
@@KingOfhearts72also you're that m3nt4lly r3st4r3t b7i'ish 21g4r3tt3 that called me tr4ns & g3wish despite the fact I'AM not
@@KingOfhearts72youtube keeps deleting my reply to you after that question about you hating autistic people
In the myth, Wukong is born from a rock that absorbed lots of energies. So basically he identifies as a rock
He/It is a rock that identifies as a monkey.
he is also trans.
rock to monkey
@@EatWaveand that monkey identified himself as a king !😂
But is it a genderless rock ? Does the rock really comes from China or was part of the japanese island that detached from china mainland million years ago, making it cultural appropriation ? You have to ask these questions before playing the game, it is very important. Otherwise you are a fascist. Fact !
Yep, no gender bs for him/them/it
Anyone who says "diversity" and "inclusivity" unironically immediately loses credibility in anything they're talking about.
So... like all the people complaining about DEI.
@@octavianpopescu4776 people forcibly promoting and implementing DEI.
@@octavianpopescu4776he’s talking about forcing it where there’s no context where it’s needed. Arguing against it isn’t the same. If I said “wow black panther was good there’s just not enough Asians in it. It needs more Asians.” Everyone is gonna dogpile me for such a retarded take injecting diversity where it’s not needed. Take Dune for example. The OG movies had the natives depicted similarly to the Atreides who are from a completely different planet. It makes sense for the native population of a desert planet subjected to constant sunlight to contain more melanin in their skin in the new movies and so the castings are perfect. But playing an eastern game specifically referencing eastern myth and legend the need for diversity and inclusion hinders what the developers/writers are trying to convey with their setting in the first place. Theres no room for diversity and inclusivity when the inspiration for a game is region based. This should be a textbook example of journos dismissing an entire culture over their own belief.
@@intermilan9731 As someone who works for a company with DEI policies... I've had exactly 0 DEI trainings in 11 years. So, there is no forcible promotion and implementation. We get some emails when Americans have their black history months and pride months (since it's an American company) and we just ignore them and that's that. It's not like anyone is asking me to believe in their values. If you're interested in that sort of thing, it's ok. If not, that's also ok. No one is forcing anyone to do anything/believe in anything.
You mean didn't earn it?? Of course people can bisssh about that B.S@@octavianpopescu4776
I want to believe she was screaming “filthy monkeys!” Like frieza the entire time she played wukong
Accurate
This made me laugh harder than i'd like to admit it.
Me playing ape escape
"Hello monkeys"
- Frieza
Well, human ancestor was a monkey.
Game activists they aren't journalists
Yes they are. The words change their meaning overtime and the term "journalist" have completely different meaning than 50 years ago.
They aren’t even gamers
@@ImperativeGames No they are not. Words don't just change meaning because you said so
they are commies
@@ImperativeGamesno it doesn't. Until you have a new word for people who actually practice journalism, journalist is the word you use. Do you know how many gaming journalists there are that aren't involved in the top 10 crappy corps? And even then most of these big companies are still capable of putting out decent journalism, because they have many different journalists. I'd argue that the gaming activist problem is likely over blown because out of every thousand articles written, 1 makes headlines for being woke trash and the rest never get mentioned.
Zootopia cancelled for not having black trans lesbian human representation
in the zoo?
Wukong has male protagonist... journalists call it "sexist".
Stellar Blade has female protagonist... journalists call it "sexist".
They'll always find some way to complain about sexism.
You got me with your avatar lol
So the real protagonist should be undefinable...
Is this Cthulhu?
a real main character who everyone can relate to is gay black genderkin&fluid trans
Curse you for triggering my OCD with that hair on screen avatar!
I disliked those journalists as well, but that wasn't the issue........The issue was that female characters are almost always dressed like "combat strippers" while males are dressed for purpose.
Imagine saying you respect culture but then immediately bash someone for their own culture for not being diverse enough
They are used to shitting on European culture like having African Nordic gods so they're surprised they can't do the same here.
multiculturalism is a cancer. I hope one day society realizes that people like this "journalist" are laughing stocks and should not be taken seriously. Unfortunately these overgrown children are given more than enough attention by popular media and politics so they will always believe that what they do is normal
Yup. They are cultural colonizers. Yet claim moral superiority.
Have you read the review? I guess not. Her gripe is that the original Chinese story has some interesting female characters but the game includes not a single one of them.
@@Robert-zc5be I reckon the preview version they sent reviewers finished at chapter 2 since all of them mentioned nothing beyond that point. I know for a fact that there are female characters in the game. Particularly, the 7 spider sisters who was featured in a trailer they released some time prior.
Before gameplay, before graphics, before art style, the first thing she cares about when reviewing a game is how diverse the characters are. We really don't hate them enough.
Literally playing a monkey man beating monsters with a stick in mythological China
"Where are the LGBT people, minus 1 star"
EXACTLY. If you're reviewing a game, tell me about the fucking game. The environment, fluidity, game mechanics, etc. As Asmon said, they are out of touch with their audience.
@@Paeper_Shredder They don't talk about the game because they don't care about games.
These people should be ejected from the hobby/community- just like any other club: you remember their names, and you stop them at the door.
@@Paeper_Shredder _they_ (woke journalists, etc.) try so hard to get people who don't agree with their agenda/views that they try to get _them_ (anyone who doesn't agree with agenda) de-platformed or "cancelled".
why can't the gaming community toss out a reverse UNO on people like her when they clearly have a negative bias because the content doesn't align with their message?
Jourtivist: _"There's a game?!"_
0:45 THE EPIC MOMENT
The fucking game is about THE MONKEY KING.
To be fair I'm pretty sure he did turn into a women on several occasions during journey to the west
Bro you forgot the "B*TCH" at the start of your sentance
@@vonfaustien3957so what?
they should absolutely make remake called monkey queen then but guess some journalist would find an attack vector to call it sexist then like stellar blade... still waiting for the remake of tomb raider: adventures of lars croft
@@mugnuz if they will remake this into monkey queen then we need a female KING KONG and GODZILLA..... and what else
When you scroll a little further in the article it says:
Editor's note: The author's name has been removed for their safety.
Because they knew their dumb ass would get flack for this.
Samar Abedian
We gotta make sure credit is attached to their work afterall :)
If they won't even state the author's name then wouldn't it make the article more of a shitpost than actual journalism?
Then they cry when Asian Devs -who don’t give a damn about their politics- blacklist them. I was so opposed to that kind of practice but these people are not journalists, they’re idiots who write hit pieces to get their cronies jobs in an industry they don’t care about. They don’t deserve a review copy.
"Name hidden for rage bait purposes" nah own up to that shit
@@Moonmi747 you mean to say there’s actual journalism in the games industry? Its called urinalism for a reason
1:11 just don't take any gaming website seriously
Haven't for years... I look at UA-cam comments
There never was a controversy. There were game journalists who lied and slandered, and they attempted to fabricate a controversy. But there was no actual controversy.
Anything they disagree with is controversial.
One of the tactics of these people. I wonder if it's the kind of tactic that gets studied when studying dictatorships, communism and the like.
@@AlbertBalbastreMorte it's propaganda, which of course happens a lot in dictatorships, especially by communists countries
honestly, at this point the only ones keeping those asshats alive are the youtube grifters,
cause i don't know anyone who even bother to go on kotaku to insult them anymore,
they're just that irrelevant.
they call their colleagues to help them cover their big mistakes
I'm a woman and I've been a gamer since the 90s. This "journalist" doesn't represent me. 😒
Do you play The Last Descendant?
@@christopherjohnferrer3771 No. I've been a Titan main on Destiny since the launch of D1, however.
Those who claimed themselves female gamers and playing sexism victims are not really playing game. Real female gamers are like all gamers will focus on the game.
You were there for the CoD lobbies. You were forged in fire.
objective, first two chapters have no female NPCs, which doesn't represent that the game have no female NPCs in the later chapters.
"no female or feminine npcs" insane how they don't know what a woman is, yet they know there are no women in the game...
No women? There’s literally a Chinese goth girl in the previews. What are they on about?
@@nenshoufox Maybe they're just spider demons disguised as humans, haha.
@@nenshoufox As the OP said, they don't even know what a woman is so maybe that's why they can't notice any female characters. 😅
In every iteration of journey to the west there's always male and FEMALE demon, yes even demons only know 2 genders, heck the spider demon always portrayed as female, even guanyin bodhisattva is portrayed as female, so no what they mean there's no female characters in game ?
What the hell are you talking about???
A fun little context. The first known full length version of Journey to the West was published in 1592. The first permananent settlement in America by British Settlers (Jamestown) was established by 1607.
As a woman that plays video games, you ABSOLUTELY can play and love a game without female representation being in it. Some of my favorite games are The Witcher 3, Red Dead Redemption 2, and God of War, all which have MALE protagonists. I have never once felt disheartened at seeing a man as the playable character. It is the heart of the story and experience that matters, not the gender of the character experiencing it.
As a woman too, I can 100% confirm that’s true! Not a single sex, race, gender and more NEEDS proper representation in EVERY video game. (Witcher 3 is a fucking fantastic game, great taste!)
@@phoenixflamegames1 well most rewarded game in history
Not anymore. ER has beaten it.@@lumpek4149
@@lumpek4149 The Last of Us part 2 beat it back in 2020, while ER beat TLOU part 2 two years ago.
@@Gebro_gaming891the fact that TLOU 2 even got nominated is baffling to say the least
Wukong: how dare u question my gender? I identify myself as a rock
Nah I identify myself as a god
bro is literally a legend/myth and they want diversity. waiting for the black thor and odin jamming to some hip hop
Literally😂
@@vergilcoolIn the lore he was literally born from a rock that absorbed celestial energy. So he’s an actual rock lol.
@@Bud_Buddha damn that's lit
Pros : lacking in inclusivity and diversity
I'm sold.
I'm still steaming that they changed Snow White to be this Hispanic girl... it's upsetting because if you say that, people misconstrue your intent and call you a r4cist or big0t. When I'm not saying I don't like the Hispanic culture, I don't like the fact that an already established story of this white woman has to be changed because of all this diversity, inclusion crap being spewed everywhere. I feel like it doesn't do the Hispanic culture any favors either, seemingly implemented as a "These people are inferior, let's give them a leg up and put them in this _higher_ pedestal." and _that_ doesn't feel genuine.
I feel like it's more r4cist to change her _because_ Snow White was white. If she had been any other color, they prob would've kept her the same.
People in Sweden, Iceland, Denmark don't get to have their heritage celebrated, since anyone white in fiction is being changed to placate the DEI movement?
Same thing for Ariel; the man wrote it to celebrate the Danish with his titular character explicitly stated as being a fair-skinned redhead.
The reverse applies as well. I would be mad if they tried to rewrite Moana as some light-skinned Aussie in the outback.
Excuse my rant. Just wanted to share.
@@robosing225DEI people might as well be illiterate. Snow White was called Snow White because "her skin was as fair as snow" in the story. The Lost boys in Peterpan were all male because "girls were too clever to be kidnapped". And we don't talk about the black Cleopatra.
What, you want girls in the Lost boys of Peterpan?Are girls stupid now in modern times?
Cleopatra married Julius Caesar and was a pharaoh herself. You literally have to re-write history to allow her to be black.
Now this crap with Wukong. Wukong was born from a rock, rebel against heaven and being a vegetarian for life. With the Journey to the West being an allegory, with each character symbolizing an aspect of a person, Wukong being the representation of intelligence and reason, if you can't see yourself in the monkey king, you are not a human. Or don't like intelligence and reason.
Wukong's gender: Stone(Literally stone)
Wukong's family: Orphan(Born from a Stone)
Wukong's religious believe: Buddhism and Taoism
Wukong is a vegetarian
You can't be more political correct than Wukong.
Even if this game turned out to be terrible, it still worth a 10/10 just for ignoring these bullshit ideologies that SBI and other mainstream media companies try to feed to the public. Players, just enjoy the game,
The Monkey King will destroy these demons and fight a clean path for you as he always did.
The authors name was removed shortly after "for their safety" and the ability to make comments was also disabled. The author was Samar Abedian, she even has her own linkedin page still up.
EDIT: Her linkedin is gone lol
Doing gods work making sure the work is credited!
What is it with these crazies that think they get to speak yet deny any response or accountability?
Not anymore! Her linked page is gone lmao! I love democracy!
@@MaullerTwinNo more insufferable toxic feminists who plagued the industry!
(Yeah, I said it as a woman myself, but I truly despises those 'women')
@@MaullerTwin
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE HAS BEEN HEARD!
I thing all of this is stupid and belongs to neither journalism nor game review. But people please don't dox and don't harass. Vote with your money and time instead.
"Even IGN gave it an 8, think about that." Lol
If we added up all the hours played for these sorts of games, then expressed female gamers as a percentage. It would be less than 1%. Barking dogs making demands is all this is.
While ign China gave it a 10
@@TheBelricknot to mention the amount of males registering themselves as females to play the game. Do these survey people take that into account too??
Story goes IGN planned to give it a 5 ... but as ign china gave it 10 ... they settled on 8
@@wolfyno3950 the chinese outlets are paid or had to since it has to be over elden ring. bet they didnt talked about the massive bugged skills, performance problems, translation issues, unnecessary amount of skills with useless skills u dont even skill since they are way too expensive & have such a high cd u just gonna skill other stuff or that WUKONG is pretty much a "weakling" for 4+ hours then u get the proper skills ( basically like stellar blade which had a 2 hours introduction)
“I think studios are realizing that by making people like this happy, they are alienating their actual customers”
Yeah this about sums up the current landscape in gaming in terms of “inclusivity” and “diversity”
You mean like ubisoft going bankrupt lol
The reality is these people will never be happy and they will never be satisfied. The more you try to appease them, the more they want from you, and if you let them keep going they will turn whatever you had into a shell of its former self.
Her camp: "This movie/game/comic wasn't made for you!"
Her camp also: "WHY ISN'T THIS MOVIE/GAME/COMIC MADE FOR MMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
This is why you shouldn't hire people who's entire personality is diversity and checkboxing.
Im black and I'm sick of people thinking us and other minorities are what makes an IP great.
It's great to have when it doesn't feel forced or inauthentic
I’m not black, I think “some” media and games are basically creating stereotypes about black people, and some of the stereotypes aren’t positive after all.
@FullmentalAlcoomist Same BF "love letter" energy from EArth
bro You are great
Black people have never made an IP great 🫣
Jk man, have a weekend as wonderful as you are ^^
HR is always the first part of a company to fall to woke hires. Companies want to hire women for the optics so they hire them and shove them into HR where they can't do any damage (so they think), then once in HR, they make sure only the applications of fellow wokies make it to the hiring managers.
five chinese media reviews are
gamersky:10
3dm:10
gamecore:10
erbing:9.5
a9vg:9
They mentioned that almost the only shortcoming of this game is that the map guidance is not good and you often get lost. In other aspects, it is top-notch. Several shortcomings evaluated by Western media, including optimization and bug issues, seem to come from the non-Chinese version, which should be easily resolved before release. Some people say that the story is difficult to understand, which is really outrageous. When we Chinese players play God of War, The Witcher, and Red Dead Redemption, if we don’t understand the story background, we are very willing to look up information. In the twenty-first century, a normal person should have a certain understanding of the world. As a Chinese, I have read Greek mythology, The Lord of the Rings, the original novels of The Wizard, Harry Potter, and You have read the story of King Arthur, and even read The Divine Comedy and the Bible. So as a Westerner, isn’t it your own ignorance that you haven’t read Journey to the West? It can actually be a point deduction. As for the political correctness shit, I won’t mention it.
Poor choice of words, my friend. Calling someone ignorant for not having read a specific literary work, lol. Also, the Chinese gaming outlets giving it 10 are rating Wu Kong above titles such as Elden Ring, Sekiro, Monster Hunter, and even Bauldur's Gate 3 (at least gamersky). I'm not saying Wu Kong is or won't be amazing but I'm inclined to believe they are adding at least 0.5 or more points simply because it is Chinese-made.
And why is the story being difficult to understand outrageous? Some stories ARE more difficult to understand than others, especially across cultures... Are there ways to eventually find out more and understand it? Yes, of course there are. But that doesn't make the story inherently easier to understand.
@@lasseliten4510 you sure sound like a westerner
If they are not big on reading, there are movies out there they could watch that would give similar understanding, which is how I got my knowledge of journey to the west (that and some doraemon episodes), these "journalists" are such a joke
@@rotonek2887 Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment :D
@@lasseliten4510 If it offended you, I'm sorry for my offensive words. I was very angry when I saw the comments from these media last night. You may have noticed that the Western media are now slandering China in various fields, such as the Olympics. Speaking of games, if From Software makes a similarly incomprehensible story, everyone will be happy to check and analyze it, and think it is a mysterious charm. However, according to some media reviews, the game's story is weak and difficult to understand, which is one of the factors that deducted points. But all the Chinese media have given praise to the story of this game, describing it as magnificent and extremely interesting. Finally, I am not just commenting on these things from the perspective of a Chinese, I also feel sorry for Stellar Blade, Rise of ronin, the prey and death stranding . Just as a player, I hope that these media that have profoundly affected us can be more fair.
"None of the lizards in Skyrim were voiced by actual lizards." - 'Journalist'
Lizard be like: ""
You had me at “you don’t hate journalists enough”
Game journalists: "Look mom, I'm special."
They're "special" for sure, but not in a good way
"Yes you are.... get in the bag, mom is taking you to the lake"
2.0 gpa journalist activity
they are the special kids from young age.
mom: yes, you sure are 💀
"The monkeys lack diversity" why do i feel like this is basically "say that your racist without saying you are racist"?
It's the part that they're asking for gender instead of the usual racial diversity that makes their racism clear to me. Clearly that change can't be because it's based on asian culture, or they wouldn't be asking for more women either, only one scenario left.
We never should have stopped bullying some people
Agreed, in the most extreme, youtube-unfriendly sense
How about"pranksters" that disturb the peace and do dumb stuff? I would love to see it.
That's why bullying needs to exist lmao and compare one another.
Honestly... would teach people to keep some sht to themselves.
It never stopped though...
Cancel culture is exactly that.
For some people, "Diversity" means "why am I not the center of this"
"Lacking in inclusivity and diversity" is not a minus, it's a double fucking plus.
Omg lol take my fucking thumb up
Agreed, I was looking forward to the game, but after seeing the bs, I'm getting the deluxe/premium edition
my boy，u a real hero❤
@@Exitium696 legend. Why was my comment deleted. Fucking woke ass shit
I disagree. There’s a lot of diverse and inclusive games, shows, movies, etc. that are great, and I don’t see why those would hurt the quality of them. I think the big problem is when it is used as a main marketing tool as if it is somehow impressive or makes the product worth buying or engaging with. Like I don’t see why having a game with a diverse cast would harm the quality of the game, but I also don’t think it makes it more worth my money. It’s too often used as an excuse to sell shit and to hate on genuinely good and fun media. I love old Overwatch, the new Fallout show, Into the Spiderverse and more which are all very diverse and inclusive, but that’s just a nice cherry on top of a pile of already amazing and entertaining games, shows and movies.
TLDR inclusivity and diversity isn’t the problem and doesn’t hurt games. It’s the way game devs and journalists use it as an excuse to make and promote terrible media and insult good media.
As a girl who loves video games, I don't CAREEE about no/lack of playable female characters.
I rather play Master Chief from halo, Jesse (male) from minecraft story mode bc I like the voice actor, Link from any zelda, sonic, mario, cloud from FF7, Kratos from god of war, the knight from hollow knight, Chia from Hi-Fi rush, any assassin from assassins creed, the dad from the forest, the little boy from inside, Mono from little nightmares 2, the dwarfs from deep rock galactic, spyro the dragon, and you get the point....
I don't play video games for my gender, I play video games for FUN. And I can't wait to play as Wukong, hes so COOL. I care more about characters, story, and FUN.
Now try telling all this to a "woke"
*standing ovation* ....So sick of some of these women not only making the rest of us look like whiny idiots, but also trying to ruin gaming. If the story is good and gameplay is decent, I don't care if the character is male, female, cat, monkey or a headless fucking chicken. If anyone is playing a game going , "I can't connect emotionally with the character because they aren't just like me..." - they need to put the controller/mouse down and consider seeing a therapist.
Good girl
Thank you
we need girls like you! 😁
The moment someone lowers the score on a game or movie for something such as "not diverse enough" i immediately ignore all their opinions going forward
Lack of diversity means quality product
The news site that the journalist is writing for will be bankrupt soon. They never learn not to bite the hand that feeds them 😂
@@堂島の龍4649 Not necessarily. Black Panther 1 & 2 are dogshit, yet they have zero diversity.
Wait, aren't "great diversity in items and mechanics" and "gameplay becomes repetitive over time" mutually exclusive?
You can not speak about logical thinking when it comes to agenda driven women!
"I don't care what they tell you in school, Wukong was American"
And black.
@@BeenNoticingand female,and lesbian
@@PandaBearKingalso trans (pronouns - Hu/hu)
African american.
Don't forget disabled as well
Game "journalist"
yurinalist
Games urinalist.
Professional crybaby
Jewrnalist.
They redefined the meaning of the word in the last decades.
The silliest thing she said was that "the gameplay becomes repetitive over time." Like, no shit. EVERYTHING becomes repetitive given enough time.
Totally agree with you.
Some games do a good job of making gameplay feel less repetitive though by introducing new mechanics or enemies along the way
@@divinecomedian2 ye was about to say that repetitiveness depends on the person but also on the game
Repetitive Actual Meaning: Containing or characterized by repetition (the action of repeating something that has already been said or written), especially when unnecessary or *tiresome.*
A good game will find ways to keep the combat fun and entertaining for a long period of time, if not forever. Whether it's by giving new mechanics, enemies, or simply just having good gameplay, that comment EVERY video game is actually more silly than the actual statement.
I had to get this off my chest because I lost so many brain cells from read this.
Your opionon even sillier then hers games do get repetive and now we csnt point it out I guess cuz this nerd said so
Lacking inclusivity is wild. We got a monkey guy, a boar guy, snake people, guy with three eyes, giant baby monk guy, etc.
I’ve never seen a more inclusive game in my life.
but u see the issue is they are all anthropomorphically guys. they wanted monkey girl, snake girl, giant baby monk girl. straight to jail.
😂😂😂there are bunches of spider girls and a country with only females who can make guys to be pregnant😅😅 they just don't really know about this whole story@@renliu35
When IGN, Screen Rant, and these media down votes and hates on games, it's like a green signal that the game is beautiful and awesome in every way. Chill guys, this is our ticket to play the game and enjoy it! Finally a game where we will be having fun as a MONKE!
We wouldn't be here if this problem was taken care of earlier but it was allowed to fester at this point we need to stop being passive about this
@@breezy3176 Actually, this whole WOKE, pro LGBTQ, Trans bullcrap is festering in the West. I'm from India, shit like these are far away like the West. So we are good actually. I hope you guys solve this problem if you're from the West tho.
Wukong can transform into literal everything so he is literally the most diverse thing you could imagine.
The irony of a probably white western writer telling an asian company how to write/present their culture.
There's a story arc in Journey to the West where Wukong transforms into a young human woman to save his master from a bunch of demons. These people don't actually care about diversity and inclusivity beyond a superficial level.
Actually there are only 72 different transformations he can do, according to the original novel
@@堂島の龍4649It’s called 72 transformations, but it’s heavily hinted that Wukong can transform into literally anything if he can imagine it well enough. In ancient Chinese culture, 72 was a concept of “supreme” or “ultimate”, and is most likely used in Wukong as the concept of infinite.
the girl writing it got aproved for the job because either her boss is a lesbian or a hermit dude thinks he got a chance with her at the staff party
Nah, she's probably got a degree in Gender Studies.
Nah, cause all of them ruin by ceo who love woke.
We all know how she got the job. With activities under the desk. Let's not pretend.
These journalists think this hundreds of years old classic novel needs their approval 😂😂😂
"lacking in inclusivity and diversity"
That's a pro, not a con.
☝🏻💯
well in the original novel, the party consist of
-a man reincarnated from golden cicada
-a monkey who wreck the heaven
-a pig who use to be a heaven official
-another heaven official whos now a river demon
-and a dragon prince who turned to a horse
the man is a taoist monk which is why in the journey they always be wary of woman
if anything this is very faithful to the adaptation
"Taoist" Monk 😂 He's a monk, he's Buddhist
There are lots of female character in the novel though, well most of them are thots + monsters who want to seduce and eat the monk, but hey who knows, maybe that journalist want to play as them
@@BadEnd98 ah yes my bad too much wuxia reading lmao
@@zetsubouo4985u are actually right. wukong’s mentor was a very powerful taoist. He learnt all his magic and skill from taoist mentor
@@zetsubouo4985 Man, a wuxia mmorpg would be epic. Everytime you fail a breakthrough you would need to reincarnate. Each character would have a limited amount of lifespan so you would need to "level up" or breakthough to increase the amount of time you can play on the character haha
“this car drives well, is easy to maintain, and has a great price point, but its lack of airplane wings is outrageous !!!”
More like:
“This car drives well, is easy to maintain, and has a great price point, but the fact that it's painted white and not gay is outrageous!”
Lets praise Black Myth for standing againts SBI. Lets give them big thanks and buy that game to support them
yeh bro，fxxk sbi to death
I remember when those so-called "journalists" wept over the absence of Africans in Witcher 3, a game set in Medieval Europe. Truly showcases their vast intellect, doesn't it? They skipped basic history and think medieval Europe was some multicultural melting pot.
I think that was Kingdom Come: Deliverance.. But yeah, point still stands.
@@steeltalon2356
It was both. Polygons's Arthur Gies wrote an article crying about it in 2015.
To clarify it more Witcher is based off Poland.
@@johndang55 Wait till the Witcher 4, it will most likely Star a woke female character.
@@johndang55
I know it's based on Polish folklore, but I chose to write just 'Europe' because there are multiple European countries in the game, such as Germany, Sweden or Norway, and France.
Wukong was borned from a rock, makes him gender neutral
He's a monk, so he's vegetarian
He's against authority & oppression, so he got punished for 500 years
DIDN"T HE CHECKED ALMOST EVERY DEI BOX?
No. Because the bad guys have to be white and they must sing a song on how they will be replaced, like in dustborn.
DEI got butthurt after their 7 million dollars extortion failed.
He wasn’t so much against oppression, but rather just caused havoc because he was bored or his ego.
Yeah but orange man bad
He isn't a black samurai so no, you're wrong.
So the journalists hate it for lack of “DEI”? That doesn’t mean the game is good….that means it must be f%king AWESOME!
Urinalists
Seriously!! After seeing her “review” I’m definitely buying it and supporting the company now!
Finally, a game with a black main character we deserve.
Racist
@@TheKing60210 No, just true diversity🐒
Racist
@@bobharris7225 lol
@@TheKing60210And?
2024, the most unbelievable part about Superman is that he's a journalist with integrity...
I'm not sure if taking selfies to put in the newspaper counts as having integrity, ha ha.
I just saw Rambo recently for the first time in decades. There's not one female character in the entire movie. It's one of the greatest films of all time.
Hot Shot part Deux fixed every mistakes that Rambo's made with way less budget.
@@fajaradi1223clown
cancel rambo and release rambo vanguard pls with women combatants!
and sorry but if you think rambo is one of the greatest movies of all time thats sad but also good because you have hundreds of movies that are better you can still watch! ;D
@@mugnuz I laugh about AC Valhalla with how many female enemies the player gets to slaughter throughout the entire game. Leftwingers didn't think about that when they decided to pretend that 2 out of 3 medieval guards were females.
Yeah, and you know she wouldn't be complaining about a lack of diversity if every character was a woman.
If she really want to see a "good diversity" wukong related show she would want to watch the lego monkey kid series🤦
Even that's too good for her.
@@cyborgparrot1996 'there all yellow, where are the black characters acting like monkeys'
@@cyborgparrot1996 what do you mean "even that" monkey kid is great
@@ალექსანდრეოთხოზორია Meaning: used to say that you think the second person does not deserve to see said show or game
what kind of diversity does she want from a game that is full of monsters? a female animal humanoid character? POC monsters? like who cares
The game takes place after Journey to the West. Players assume the role of a monkey character, who is highly likely to be Sun Wukong's second soul, an external incarnation, or a manifestation of his inner demon.
Sun Wukong, also known as the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, the Traveler, and the Victorious Fighting Buddha, is a character in the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West.
In pursuit of immortality, Sun Wukong traveled across the seas to learn from Patriarch Subhuti. There, he received the name 'Sun Wukong' and mastered advanced magical skills such as the Great Immortal Technique, the Seventy-Two Transformations(The origin of the transformation in the game), and the Somersault Cloud.
Upon setting out, Sun Wukong initially lacked a weapon but later acquired the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magic staff that freely retracts in the game and is usually kept tucked behind his ear), the Phoenix Feather Cap, the Golden Armor, and the Lotus Silk Boots from the Dragon Kings of the Four Seas.
He later caused chaos in the Underworld after, one day while drunk, beings from the Underworld came to claim his soul. To avoid this, he broke into the Underworld and altered the Book of Life and Death by erasing his own name, which recorded those destined to die, thereby creating turmoil
He alarmed Heaven, prompting the Jade Emperor to summon him and appoint him as the Keeper of Horses.
Unhappy with his lowly position, Sun Wukong returned to Flower-Fruit Mountain, defeated the Heavenly King Li and the Third Prince Nezha, and forced the Jade Emperor to promote him to the title of Great Sage Equal to Heaven. He was given a residence in the Heavenly Palace and tasked with managing the Peaches of Immortality Garden.
By stealing and eating peaches from the Peaches of Immortality Garden and disrupting the Queen Mother of the West's Peach Banquet, and then sneaking and consuming the Elixir of Immortality from the Supreme Lord Laozi's gourd ( have gourd in the game), he transformed into a body of indestructible gold(There are presentations in the game)
After being captured, he was roasted in the Supreme Lord Laozi's Eight-Trigrams Furnace, which gave him the ability to see with fiery eyes(This ability is not currently seen in the game)
Despite facing hundreds of thousands of celestial troops, the Four Heavenly Kings, and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, he could not be defeated. Eventually, after losing a bet with the Buddha, he was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, where he repented.
he caused further chaos in Heaven. Despite facing hundreds of thousands of celestial troops, the Four Heavenly Kings(Appears at the end of the PV), and the Twenty-Eight Constellations, he could not be defeated. Eventually, after losing a bet with the Buddha, he was trapped under the Five Elements Mountain, where he repented.
After more than five hundred years, guided by the Bodhisattva Guanyin, he was rescued by Tang Seng, who gave him the title "Traveler" and tasked him with protecting him on the journey to the West. Sun Wukong battled demons and monsters(9*9 81 difficulties), endured countless hardships, and successfully obtained the sacred scriptures, eventually achieving enlightenment and being honored as the Victorious Fighting Buddha.
After an unknown number of years, when demons were rampant and Buddhism and Taoism had declined, a monkey appeared, marking the start of the game.
It's a game about Chinese mythology, it has existed for millennia way before the therm DEI.
uh not quite, journey to the west is like 400 years old. i get what you mean though.
Dao and Buddhahood mythology is though, thousands years old, but I get what you're saying.@@GrassSaint33
@@GrassSaint33 do you think the novel came up with wukong without reference? The monkey were worshipped way Before Christ era.
Incredible that someone actually wrote an article like that, literally mind-boggling.
And journalists wonder why people don't go to their sites anymore.
did a human write it though? at the point now when i legitimately wouldnt be surprised if most gaming journalist site articles are actually just outputs from chatGPT, where the prompt was "write me a review about this monkey game from china. I cant see a female in the promotional material"
welcome to 2024, mother fricker 💀
@@henry7696 I doubt it's AI, it's too close to the narrative that was created by sweetbaby inc early on after they didn't get their 8m payout.
Hey guys, I played this game called Barbie, it's pretty popular with the girls. It's pretty great however I don't really see any male protagonists
Yeah, this. She wouldn't complain about diversity if they were all women instead of men.
Ik it’s a sarcasm. But barbie games should definitely provide option where you play as ken 😂😂
"When you try to make people like this happy, you end up alienating your actual customers"
There you go game devs. THATS the motto you should live by
imagine if they made Wukong sound like the stereotypical black american and played chinese music with a rap twist
Ubisoft moment
"This character needs to have more of an urban vibe, so we included an equippable pack of Newports."
well...but some would say it's racist if make the monkey black... we can't make everyone happy.
That would be hilarious.
Believe me, I hate them more than enough, I haven't visited any mainstream gaming website in at least a decade.
This reminds me of Cyberpunk where there was a race that was being put within a stereotype
There was a large group of people that were not of that race IRL complaining about that happening
BUT
the people that were part of that race IRL were absolutely loving how it was represented and giving all kinds of praise
As far as I know, 40% of the content in the game is hidden, and it needs to be solved through puzzles or monster drawings, which is why some media reporters say that there are not many monsters
As a female gamer, having to play a game with a different mindset isn't true. Just be a gamer. I will become monke next Tuesday
what??! 😲 a FEMALE that is on the same video as me?!?! * bows down * Please ma’am, my dearest e-girl, let me forever cherish and protect you from internet chads, as I’m sure you’d be willing to spend your time with a nice guy (such as myself). You have earned yourself an award (I’m sure you’re be impressed by my surplus amounts of wealth and likes), and my promise that you will never feel alone again, my beautiful female specimen.
@@Donovan_Berserk and this is why I don't join voice chat.
@@PizzaAndVideogames he's just decided not to wait until Tuesday to become a monke
@@Donovan_Berserkbruh
@@Donovan_Berserk based gentleman ❤
"Great diversity in items and mechanics"
"Gameplay gets repetitive"
Can you freaking pick one? Never mind that you can say "repetitive" about literally every game.
the negative points besides inclusivity are extremely general/vague, likely because journo had little to say about the actual game. Many of them have 0 passion for gaming so it wouldn't be surprising if it's just some bullshit they made up to pad out the con section lol
Credit to that game reviewer for being open and honest about their fake reviews. I knew screen rant was going down the drain but when their honest trailers was used to defend the acolyte and make fun of star wars fans, that was the last straw. I hope they enjoy chapter 11
Honest Trailers hasn't been relevant in over a decade. Who tf still watches them?
I dropped Honest Trailers after that mid tier trailer for the OG Crash Bandicoot trilogy.
I hate how some people say gameplay is repetitive. Well no shit what in life isn't, everything after a while becomes repetitive
I dont think they dont deserve to be called game journalists. They're not real gamers.
gamers ❌️
journalist❌️
Political activists⭕️
Tbh, I wouldn't want to be labeled as a "real gamer". I just want to play games & not be linked into some BS labels & political dramas
Diversity should never be an arguement
Remember that people didn't see Lara Croft as a strong female lead in Tomb Rider reboot but rather annoyed by how sadistic Crystal Dynamic treats the modern Lara, that's just how journalist completely missing the point of a female lead in a video game.
When you has to deal with an esg score as a dev, you can't win.
“No female characters”
LMAO THEY INCLUDED THE SPIDER SISTERS AND THE FOX
“You underestimate my power!” -Anakin Skywalker
This is where the fun begins
"Lacking in inclusivity and diversity "
Count me in!
I might get this game just to support it.
Why do we care about gaming journalism to begin with?
I mean we don’t
it’s good entertainment because of how outlandish and out of touch they are
Devs and publishers hold journalists reviews higher than non-professionals. It’s very unfortunate.
Cause we are annoyed at them
entertainment and, if I'm going to be honest, a game getting a bad review by a mainstream journo company is more often than not a greenlight that the game is pretty good or at the very least primarily concerns itself with gameplay over secondary features like identity politics. It's sort of like a "damn, kotaku is complaining about this game I never heard of, it could be pretty good ill look into it" kind of deal
Lack of DEI is actually a Pro
Once again, I feel I must mention that in the original myth Guanyin, who is Goddess of Mercy and highly respected by the Bureaucracy of Heaven, is an important part of the story, making multiple appearances, I have to imagine she has a role in the game somewhere.
As for diversity, come on man, its a Chinese legend about a monkey made of stone becoming immortal and escorting a priest, 85% of the characters are either gods, spirits, dragons, or some kind of demon that looks like an anthropomorphic animal.
All of this is subject to what parts of the myth this game actually covers of course, from what I have seen it seems we don't actually play as Wukong himself, but those are some wild conclusions for just playing the first two chapters, even before you consider the type of world the story takes place in.
bro small correction amaterasu is japanese goddess not chinese
Isn't amaterasu Japanese???
@@devawizard3790 You right, i'm dumb, I meant Guanyin, my bad
She’s also a competent female character when almost every time Wukong get stuck, he asked for her help.
These -journalists- activists are just mad the main character isn't some overweight pansexual transgender with green hair screaming about the 'patriarchy' or 'toxic masculinity' in every cutscene. It's completely ridiculous and western gaming outlets should just all go bankrupt already because they are completely worthless. Just a bunch of deranged millenials and Gen-Z who are completely clueless yet somehow think their ideology matters.
I'm definitely going to get this game, just like I bought Hogwarts Legacy because I like Harry Potter and because I hate all those social media rejects hating on the author over things she never said.
Screen "rant" really living up to their name huh
"It's important to mention the controversies surrounding the game's studio"
Ah, yes, the controversies that were made up by game journalists because the devs refused to be extorted by a company that wanted to ruin their game.
"great diveristy and items mechanic" and "gameplay become repetitive over time" is wild.
the pros add cons contradict themselve
Imagine lowering the score for DIVERSITY, holy western journalists
Can’t wait to give this game a 5*.
Diversity is when you add a African American trans girlboss to your game
according to these " people "
“Always King Kong. Never Queen Kwong.”
*reject wokelists... return to Monke*
- But is the game good?
- Wait, what game?
-A game journalist, probably.
I try my best to hate them but you are right
Game journalist: “where is the pandering 🤬”
Chinese game developers:🗿
Making you hate them is literally their job and they are succeeding
>Just don't do anything and ignore them and they'll surely go away
We tried that strat for 20 years, it failed.
@@barahngit works, but slowly
I wouldn't say so. I think most people that listen in to this sort of drama rarely go to the actual website and learn about it secondhand via non-journo media i.e. yt videos, so they don't actually make a ton of revenue off of controversy.
Pitch Meeting dodged a bullet
He's good
I thought Pitch Meeting is still part of ScreenRant. It has the ScreenRant logo in the videos.
The food is bad because the chef is bad at swimming🤣
This is the golden age of stupidity