Obviously I wanna play it but I feel like I can't abide CD Projekt Red's awful practices. Do I pirate it? Suck it up bc no ethical consumption under capitalism?

  • Awoo [she/her]
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    4 years ago

    I'm hopeful that Keanu - who seems fairly good-hearted - wouldn't sign on for a generic story that's just aiming to be GTA77, so there's that. We'll see?

    If it does just turn out to be a "rise to the top" story I will be very disappointed. It should be more than that and it absolutely should be heavily criticising society without any fear of complaints about bias. Both-sides and neutrality are not topics of the cyberpunk setting.

    My ultimate concern is that it's just going to be yet another game that makes a playground out of dystopia. "Let's make the dystopian hellworld fun". The dystopian hellworld should be absolutely horrifying at even the most face value and shallow of interpretations.

    • ChillAssBear [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      The set up for the main story is basically a sci fi fountain of youth which could be interesting, but it is definitely framed as some rags to riches story. If you play as a corpo you literally watch your bank account get emptied in the intro.

      • Awoo [she/her]
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        4 years ago

        it is definitely framed as some rags to riches story

        This is literally the only story liberals can write. Even Harry Potter is one.