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Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

Even if you had "been clear with that", this is absolute ####ing nonsense. The entire "Druckmann is full of himself" thing was a meme long before the second game even came out - for one thing, they released a documentary on the making of the first game in 2014 where they basically fawn over him for the entire thing and talk about how much artistry they all displayed, which left a bad taste in a lot of peoples' mouths, even though everyone basically acknowledges that the first game was largely very well written and very well done. I assume the reason that you think it started in 2020 is that that was when you first personally noticed it, and the reason you think it came from the #######s who review-bombed the game is because those are the first people you personally noticed saying it, as if you'd been following this stuff from the start I'd think you'd know how to spell the guy's name by now... Well, if so, you're wrong.



In short, no, everyone does not need to be constantly aware of the things that bother you personally, nor do they need to trip over themselves to disassociate totally innocuous comments from people that they have no connection with. It absolutely comes across as accusatory, and you know that, apparently, which is why you acknowledged that it is "uncomfortable". Deliberately making things uncomfortable for others by introducing your own discomfort, derived from a misinterpretation of the motives underlying other peoples' comments, is not "important" for you to do, it's not laudable, it's being confrontational with people who have done nothing to deserve it. Be charitable and assume the best of people you're dealing with until they give you a good reason to think otherwise - any other approach, you're just a jerk.

Yep - this was what I suggested in the original thread for the game after I played it on release.

I have to give you props as I totally remember when you posted that. It seems somewhat obvious that it would have made gamers more accepting of Abby but it seems to me at least that they went away from that on purpose because they wanted gamers to feel the discomfort of playing what they knew would be perceived as an extremely dislikeable character. I feel that's maybe more palpable in a movie where you are an observer for 30-45 minutes of her storyline rather than a video game where you are committing hours and hours playing the role of a character that is not likeable.