Current Events > "I play jrpg because I don't like games with politics""

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said no one ever.

said no one ever.

Hope these clowns never play Tactics Ogre or the Trails series.

Did you actually see someone say this or are you just starting an argument with yourself?

Yes, the game was saying that a religion can be abused, but it wasn't saying that all religions are.

They have played both. I still remember when one of them acted like Triangle Strategy wasn't political. As if there was even a story at all if you removed the political bits.

Did you actually see someone say this or are you just starting an argument with yourself?

CE needs these bizarre strawmen to justify their ever-increasingly silly arguments

I actually loved TS' story because it focused on politics and it was a nice twist from fightings gods and demons in games

Those kind of politics are way different though, lets not pretend otherwise.

JRPGs are more anti-Christian than political, though.

Ye, it was good times. I was just floored when someone said that it didn't politics as a legitimate thing (they even defended their stance). Like, how dense do you have to be to believe that Triangle Strategy of all things is not political? While it was overall pretty loose with some aspects of real world politics (especially geopolitics) it was flat out nothing but political games from start to end.

It shows it can be abused, it doesn't say it is a political indoctrination tool.

They even talk about racism against the "Rosell" and while they are a fictional race, it's literally obvious many authors do that to make allegory based on the real world. Every single storyline is very politically loaded in that game and the game force you to make hard choices(I never did the true ending though, maybe I should)

What they mean is that they don't want a game with diversity.

It's why they all raged out when people thought the witcher needed more diversity or they constantly make fun of the dragon age games for having it.

Hilariously, I've seen many complain Bioware aren't 'woke free' these days like in the original dragon age.

Hilariously, I've seen many complain Bioware aren't 'woke free' these days like in the original dragon age.

Every RPG whether it's a Western or a JRPG has politics.

It's always a sliding scale. Games from someone's childhood are exempt from all faults.

Haha Dragon Age was one of the first mainstream games to have genuine gay relationships and show them. Even Mass Effect tried to pull the "Asari technically aren't female" to get around it and Jade Empire would cut away or fade to black before showing a same-sex kiss.

This too. People always say Ellen Ripley or Sarah Connor were examples of "doing it right" but nah, if Terminator or Alien came out today, you would totally see people like Critical Drinker complain about them.

Seeing Edea's political speech in Final Fantasy VIII is hilarious in 2023. When I played it in 1999 it was just silly, now I could here a Republican make a speech like that.

For real.

Just stupid in general though as Bioware have pretty much always been kinda woke, save for the black isle/baldur's gate days and even that's rife with politics, morality and women going for the eyes.

So many older beloved games would be despised I'd released today bu certain idiots for the audacity of including women and minorities

They have played both. I still remember when one of them acted like Triangle Strategy wasn't political. As if there was even a story at all if you removed the political bits.

Remember when they complain about politics they mean "social politics" and that means racial and sexual minorities.

Every RPG whether it's a Western or a JRPG has politics. What they mean is that they don't want a game with diversity.

It's why they all raged out when people thought the witcher needed more diversity or they constantly make fun of the dragon age games for having it.

I think the biggest offender is Persona 5. Because that game wasn't just political but about social justice. Just in the context of Japanese society. lol. But yeah, some people would claim it's not political.