I was watching this good GDC talk. At 1 minute in, it shows a quick trailer for The Witcher 3. I tried finding a direct link to the video but failed, so here it is from the GDC talk.
Start watching at 1 minute.
It's just so laughably bad.
Religious fanaticism=burning a man at a stake. Yeah that makes sense.
War crimes=corpses hanged from a tree rotting. Yeah that makes sense.
Even racism="see her ears? She-elf." I'm sorry what?!?
Having inter species conflict makes total sense in fantasy games but why is it treated like a replacement for real world racism? Just have actual racism like with religious fanaticism and war crimes, or don't market it as an issue your game is tackling.
Start watching at 1 minute.
It's just so laughably bad.
Religious fanaticism=burning a man at a stake. Yeah that makes sense.
War crimes=corpses hanged from a tree rotting. Yeah that makes sense.
Even racism="see her ears? She-elf." I'm sorry what?!?
Having inter species conflict makes total sense in fantasy games but why is it treated like a replacement for real world racism? Just have actual racism like with religious fanaticism and war crimes, or don't market it as an issue your game is tackling.