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Terminonatator posted...

Are you so fragile that this is what you came away with while playing that game? The game is angling more for a Blade Runner vibe in "What defines a human? Can androids ever be human, or gain true autonomy? Should androids be allowed to self-govern (to be free)?"

That you feel the game boils down to "robots are black people" is more damning of you than your summary is of the game.

Firstly, 'fragile' has nothing to do with it either way. It was a dumb narrative through and through that was less subtle than a flying brick to the face. I mean...

The first mission happens literally because a family decided they wanted to buy a new android who proceeded to attack his former owners sparing the only person who treated him like a human. It follows it up with buying an android in a manner similar to a slave auction and a bit in which we see androids are shuttled to the back of the bus. How could you NOT get that sort of message?

Yea. It thought it was being deep while re-iterating dumb points we've heard a thousand times and hiding it behind a thin coat of paint.

And 'damning of me'? What are you on about? How am I 'damned' because I thought a game tried to be artsy and deep but ended up being blatant and shallow due to a hamfisted narrative? Let me guess. 'Gone Home' is a narrative worthy of a generation as well and not something you can predict in the first five minutes.

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