I've been a longtime fan of rimworld and the new dlc, ideology, came out. I have a major problem with its handling of real world religions, my religion of Islam as well as others like Christianity, Hinduism, and Buddhism are featured as game mechanics and factions. They all have randomized names like the blue Islam cannibalism cult or the buddhist people's nudist temple. I find it pretty offensive that I would have to fight other muslim factions in game and these factions often have beliefs (called memes in game) that are just contradictory to what Islam actually practices. When I bought this I was expecting something a little more secular. I wouldn't have bought this knowing how my religion is treated as a tasteless game mechanic. I'm not gonna play rimworld again unless there's a patch that removes all references to real world religions. Islam doesn't need to featured in a game where the primary mechanics are death camps and cannibalism, it's absolutely not okay.

Lol https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2553766942

    • Mardoniush [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      I assume the even the devs realised that "haha my jews do the blood libel" was a bit cringe and didn't extrapolate.

    • flowernet [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      since Blue Islam is a randomized name, I think they're taking inspiration from the Orange Catholic Church in Dune. Funnily enough, Judaism continues to be practiced normally by small communities of people in the Dune Universe.

      • JuneFall [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Judaism continues to be practiced normally by small communities of people in the Dune Universe

        Cause the writer was weird religious weeb AF.