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Message: [QUOTE="HippieTrix, post: 88422, member: 264629"] I personally play mostly older games and occasionally a new game, may get the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer on my PC. Though i very much stick to my PS3 and soft modded PS2 hooked up to a CRT TV. I also take my modded PSP around, big Sony guy. Mostly play Rockstar titles and racing games. I still get together with friends and spend a few hours doing splitscreen on cod mw2, bo2, gran turismo and such. My PSP fulfill my emulation needs as I just do PS1, Sega Genesis and GBA. I love some Fatal Labyrinth or FFTA for waiting in offices . Good indie games have been coming out/are being developed such as my personal favorite Night Runners. Now new games have very much fallen in quality, such as seen with my beloved Gran Turismo, oh how has its single player campaign been reduce to ashes and now an online connection is required to it access more game play which is just online multiplayer. Customization downgraded and none of the liveries from sport can be brought over. Its been very clear AAA game companies have decided to put less effort into titles seeing financial gains as a priority and quality craftsmanship last. I find it unfortunate when the gaming community sees "SJW/Woke" things as the sole reasoning for the lack of effort put into these newer games that require loads of patches after launch to even run stable at times. Video games have had a history of being inclusive to other races, neurodiverse people, women and LGBT. People of such backgrounds have even made major contributions to the creation of some of our beloved favorite titles and preservation of them, The Grand Theft Auto series is actually a good example of "wokism" in games as it encapsulates a lot of the very complex culture and society of USA within a fictional satirized city based on a major cities within the USA. 2004's San Andreas had a black male protagonist which Rockstar made sure to pay homage to Black culture throughout the entire game with its soundtrack, art, missions, dialog, references and tiny character details. 2008's GTA IV had a Eastern European war veteran illegal immigrant as its lead. It is a enthralling revenge story with elements of the American Dream. The difficulties of integrating into different culture and environment for Niko is very much explored and discussed with other in game characters along with the trauma that they live with from past life events. Mental health is discussed and even treated such as with Dwayne, who when Niko first meets him it is because Playboy wanted to check on his depressed old friend recently released from prison. Niko is even friendly to gay people as seen with Bernie and defends him from a homophobe in the mission Hating the Haters. There many more examples to pick through in the GTA series and there is also negative representations but context is key. A lot of these examples can fall into ones own personal "too woke" rating which is unfortunate as there is hard work put into to these characters. At the end of the day gamers have a choice in what they play. More than ever its been apparent that as a whole quality is desired, not just from a graphical and technical aspect, but by the worlds, tales, moments, and wonders that these virtual worlds can hold. Also with the experiences with other people, online or right nexr to you. [/QUOTE]

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