but also it’s a game
the cruelty you can choose to inflict onto the pals in the game is not meant to have any analogue to anything you would actually do in real life and it’s very clearly not trying to make any statements about inflicting cruelty onto animals or other people and that’s okay
not everything needs to be making overt political statements to be “valid” or whatever
no it? fucking isn’t? it was a deliberate artistic chocie that plays an integral part of the game’s fucking branding
the game will not shut up about how it’s “OMG ITS POKEMONARKSHINIMPACT with GUNS and ANIMAL ABUSE and you can EAT THE ANIMALS”
you cannot pretend it has no obligation to do anything with its literal fucking subject matter
yea i mean i feel like you’re discounting how the game was marketed for that take
palworld sex mod
I’m not pretending
I’m outright stating it has no obligation to do anything with its literal fucking subject matter
If you’re looking to have your perspective on real-world issues shaped or challenged by every piece of media you ever consume, then yes, Palworld is definitely not for you
philistine.
im ngl i literally don’t even know what that word means
i hope that’s ironic somehow
bestie its a palworld argument on the cookie thread with a guy from fucking michigan… u can’t just pull out that typa academic vocabulary
but ye nobody is claiming Palworld is high art that says a lot about real societal issues
obviously
and if you expected that for whatever reason then no shit you don’t like it
but at the end of the day if you’re offended by the concept of a game being designed to be fun to play above making a statement then you have to come to terms with the fact that most people… are not
and sometimes a game can be a “good game” not because it says something deep, or because nothing in it has ever been done before, but because somebody out there decided to bring its elements together into one cohesive package to provide people with something they would find fun to engage with
i can when the other guy is making anti-intellectual arguments. also quite frankly that’s the one time i’m ever going to get the opportunity to accurately describe the other person’s attitude towards the nature of art like that and i’m not going to give it up. it’s a funny word
some art says a lot about society
some art looks cool
both can be good
this should not be in contention
right but. sigh
the problem is that the game and its’ marketing are heavily centered around shock value. even if you do not personally engage with the shocking elements, they are an ever-present gameplay option that shapes your experience by the active choice to not interact with it.
which at some point wraps right back around to saying something about the player and being high art again :P
orange do you not see how your argument is basically “the game is good if you don’t think about it :)” and do you not see how that perspective is not one that can be held by all who engage with it
I think “u can do something cuz u think it is cool and no other deeper reason” is fine honestly idr see the issue with it… I think its edgy just to be edgy but thats not, like, the absolute worst thing ever.
i heartily disagree on the first point, obviously it’s not the worst thing ever but i quite frankly think that i am not wrong to expect more of a game that prominently features dark subjects in its’ marketing, gameplay, and so-on and so forth. things which actively make the game uncomfortable to play for many people!
they made it edgy so people would talk about it and it worked
I don’t think people play huniepop because of it’s cutitng commentaries on how japanese history has created a unique sociocultural environment surrounding women