Cliff Bleszinski Reveals himself as an Asshole; Lawbreakers was "Too Woke"

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I want to see what those fervent defenders of him in this thread have to say about this.

So woke

It's depressing that Cliffy is throwing literally all vulnerable groups under the bus and going "they're the ones you should blame for your games not being fun, not me". Stoking hatred just to deflect the failure of one of your products. How low do you have to be?

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This is a good post. That said, there is a point I'd like to mention:

In Gears 4 (time after Cliff), Kait is gifted Anya Stroud's armor (shown in that picture) by her husband, Marcus Phoenix. So, that is, in essence, amour from Gears 3.

Gears 5 sees a departure from design disparity seen here between male and female COG armors after Act I:

Act 1 showing old armour:

After that:

Ice condition:

Desert condition:

Presumably, this is what Cliff was referring to.

 

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I want to see what those fervent defenders of him in this thread have to say about this.



This is a good post. That said, there is a point I'd like to mention:

In Gears 4 (time after Cliff), Kait is gifted Anya Stroud's armor (shown in that picture) by her husband, Marcus Phoenix. So, that is, in essence, amour from Gears 3.

Gears 5 sees a departure from design disparity seen here between male and female COG armors after Act I:

Act 1 showing old armour:

After that:

Ice condition:

Desert condition:

Presumably, this is what Cliff was referring to.

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I'm not sure I understand (I don't know the Gears story, etc.). Cliff's interpretation of Gears 5 as "woke" is gender neutral armour?

 

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I'm not sure I understand (I don't know the Gears story, etc.). Cliff's interpretation of Gears 5 as "woke" is gender neutral armour?

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Kait is the main player character in Gears 5 so I'd guess he was referring to that.

 

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Kait is the main player character in Gears 5 so I'd guess he was referring to that.

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If so, wow. That's even more astoundingly asinine. Trying to follow this thread of reasoning always makes me sad, so I'm just gonna step out.
Cliff comes across as such a desperate hack. I hope he at least enjoys the attention he's craving so much.

 

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this cliffy guy

he sucks ass

 

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I want to see what those fervent defenders of him in this thread have to say about this.
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He just so clearly doesn't think his actions past Step One.

Being progressive or "woke" is not a bad thing--except when it's serving some ulterior motive, which feels so evident here.

Whether or not he means it, he's communicating that being an "ally" (another term that has problematic definitions) had a negative effect on his product/art. It's just a shallow read and feels way too black-and-white.

 

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Regardless of whether Bleszinski is talking about the game or his promotion of it, the end result is the same: this is a significant industry figure throwing their weight behind the asinine "get woke, go broke" narrative. The post is all framed around his own actions. He's saying that (making an inclusive game / talking about inclusivity*) was a major factor in his studio failing and he regrets doing it. He regrets it. He is not blaming his audience for being hateful, regressive trash; he is apologizing to that audience for not coddling them enough. And he's using all that as bait to lure that same audience to purchase his upcoming book, because he knows they'll jump like trained seals at the promise of industry validation - especially from a contrite SJW admitting that Gamergate is the law in this town.

This is irresponsible at best, opportunistic and two-faced at worst.

* I mean, assuming he actually did any of that. I never heard about it, probably because I barely heard anything about this game at all.

 

[Aprikurt]

Regardless of whether Bleszinski is talking about the game or his promotion of it, the end result is the same: this is a significant industry figure throwing their weight behind the asinine "get woke, go broke" narrative. The post is all framed around his own actions. He's saying that (making an inclusive game / talking about inclusivity*) was a major factor in his studio failing and he regrets doing it. He regrets it. He is not blaming his audience for being hateful, regressive trash; he is apologizing to that audience for not coddling them enough. And he's using all that as bait to lure that same audience to purchase his upcoming book, because he knows they'll jump like trained seals at the promise of industry validation - especially from a contrite SJW admitting that Gamergate is the law in this town.

This is irresponsible at best, opportunistic and two-faced at worst.

* I mean, assuming he actually did any of that. I never heard about it, probably because I barely heard anything about this game at all.

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Well put. Weak apologies are just as bad as advocation in this case.

 

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I'll maintain that Lawbreakers was actually a solid game. It failed because no one wanted an arena shooter when battle royale games and Overwatch were blowing up. It's not like Quake Champions fared much better than Lawbreakers.

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This.