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[–] 143 points 8 months ago (10 children)

To be perfectly honest, the odds of me buying a game are significantly higher if I see reviews about “toxic femininity” or “woke politics”

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  • [–] 43 points 8 months ago* (3 children)

    That is literally how I discovered Signalis. It was included in one of those anti-woke curators' "not recommended" list, then I saw that it was an indie title, and overwhelmingly positive... I was sold immediately.

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  • [–] 12 points 8 months ago (2 children)

    You have to be way down the rabbit hole to think Signalis is too woke. Nothing it does would have been out of place in '02 or so.

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  • [–] 11 points 8 months ago* (1 child)

    Depends on where the curator draws the line, and you can't apply sane criteria to what they consider "too woke". Sometimes a game is put on a woke list because it has a female lead, or a physically strong female character, or non-heteronormative character dynamics, or people of color are present in it... I've seen one that was marked as woke because it referenced climate change and climate action. I think it was some popular shooter or something.

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  • [–] 22 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I occasionally go through the lists posted by chud curators for small indie titles that would have escaped my notice. I don't have time to scrutinize every title on Steam, but these guys seemingly have infinite time to ensure every unheard of title with a case of LGBTQ+ representation gets criticism from them. Ironically, they're fantastic for finding small, progressive passion projects I would have otherwise missed.

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  • [–] 9 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    I agree with that, but negative reviews also affect the algorithm. If enough of those reviews drown out positive ones it will reduce the chance you see the game at all.

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  • [–] 4 points 8 months ago

    Not as much as you'd think. I get recommended games that are negative way to often. What matters most is people who play the same games you do playing it. People who play city builders will get recommended a new city builder even if its review is overwhelmingly negative.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    There's a big list of "woke games" that would be a great source for finding new games to play, if it didn't include almost every game ever made making it meaningless.

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