But racism is not the reason IGN gave it a 6 and Gamespot gave it a 4. Summing up the thoughts of most, someone on Twitter concluded: "Is there a person out there who is racist and refuses to buy Forspoken because he's a racist? Yea probably. In the comments to his original video, one person wrote, "Jaffe projected a variety of social issues onto this game that didn't exist." Another disagreed and added, "Many are criticizing the protagonist, there's a LOT of misogyny and racism." He also added that some of the arguments come from the fact this is a PlayStation game - once again stoking the fires of the console wars. Jaffe clarified what he meant, reiterating that he never stated everyone complaining about Forspoken is "secretly racist," but instead, thinks "some of the energy and vitriol, just discussion about this game is happening because it is a lead female black character." When Jaffe's musings were picked up, he posted a lengthy rant saying that his words were taken out of context by some outlets. "But I'm talking about the players who are being d*cks for no clear reason, so I assume it's racism + console war + misogyny." You only have to quickly scroll on social media to find the usual dumpster fire of racist comments. "To be clear, the tropes about black folks in Forespoken are sh*t they were called out over a year ago and Square did nothing (which is their right, of course)," said Jaffe. Jaffe also refers to previews last year where Square Enix was called out for a lack of black writers and the fact it used several racial stereotypes. "The other part is I want to buy it to spite the a**holes who clearly don't like women, black people, or PlayStation." This follows up on complaints about Frey and how she's pandering to "woke" gamers. In a passionate string of tweets about the state of Forspoken, Jaffe said he was ready to buy the game despite its critiques.Įxplaining his process, Jaffe added, "Part of it is the good stuff I'm hearing from people who are playing it - and the fact I DID enjoy the demo. David Jaffe is known as the Director of the original God of War, which is ironic considering the harshest critics might compare Forspoken's graphics to the 2005 game.
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