I have noticed that when someone starts screaming SJW agenda, and it ends up not really being the case, the whole accusation just goes away after a few weeks. Like with that gay pilot in ME3. Some people went haywire over him being a "token gay dude for SJW points (something like that). That whole thing just dwindled fast. It is when it doesn't go away they might have a point. Especially when LGBT gamers chime in and support the outcry.

The same thing with Krem, I think. There was some outcry there too at first but it also dwindled away since it turned out to just a default-outrage for the sake of it. I kind of think that is the "fear" of an SJW agenda that sets people off early in these cases. They seem to come around when it turns out that it really isn't the case at all in the end.

Sure one could call Bioware's inclusiveness an agenda, and I guess in some ways it is, but even so; it isn't some slimey agenda is it? It is about telling all kinds of gamers "Hello there. Here is the world we created for you to play around in. You are ALL welcome". I certainly see no harm in doing that.

That, in my opinion, is the whole point of rpgs. It is right at the core of it too. Placing as many options into the game, to make it possible for each player to have their own unique, and personal experience. Hence why I rant about simplifications a lot. Since that usually means less options for the player. Especially when non-combat skills are removed. I suspect most people who play rpgs don't play them for the combat. Especially when it comes to Bioware rpgs. The characters, the story, and the variable outcomes seems to be way more popular.

I suspect this is why DA2 got a bit of extra stick. the railroaded story aside, Hawke was a bit of a problem for a lot of people. DA suddenly went from 6 origin story with 3 different races to "You play a human named Hawke". That is a lot of options and replay value out the window right there. So when they talk about inclusiveness, and then argue that "most gamers play as a human" it sounded a bit wrong, really. You kind of say that everyone who likes elves and dwarf characters are getting kind of excluded because the majority likes humans. Picture them making the Inquisitor straight because "most players romanced Isabela in the previous game", or something like that. It sets people off for a similar reason, really.

The more options you add for everything, the more inclusive you get.


Anyway. Done babbling. Hope I made sense once or twice.