I'm all for reviewers expressing whatever opinion they want, but when I start to see a trend in the ideas and criticisms that they're expressing, and those trends contradict my own personal beliefs, I do get a little worried. For example I was raised to believe that sex is a natural and positive thing. People like Arthur Gies and other critics in the industry, including @patrickklepek, seem to have a far more negative opinion about sex. On the less extreme end of the spectrum you get people complaining that sexuality is pandering to men and alienating women, on the more extreme end you get people claiming it's responsible for sexist and misogynistic attitudes. I think that opinion sucks.
I want developers to be able to explore the sexuality of a character, and despite what critics might think, when a game like Bayonetta 2 comes out and gets noticeably lower scores because of the sexual content of the game, developers fucking notice that. When they're making their next game, they'll think twice about how much sexuality they're comfortable with. That's not going to lead to more diverse games, it's going to lead to more games that align with these critics viewpoints, and personally I'm not thrilled about the idea of injecting games with outdated cynical opinions about sex.
Still, I want critics to be able to express their opinion even when I disagree with it. I just wish there were more critics who shared my opinion, so I wouldn't have to worry about it. Maybe a lot of these problems are just caused by the fact that there's not a particularly diverse set of opinions in the gaming press. Like another user said, where's the asshole Fox News equivalent for shithead gg people?
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