Do you ever feel guilty about enjoying a game that doesn't have a lot of diversity? #1
Final Fantasy XV is coming out soon, and I could not be more hyped for it. It's one of the few games me and my friends, who generally have very different tastes, are all excited to try out together. This is because we love the bro roadtrip tone of the game. It reminds us of how we sometimes just take time off to go on dumb roadtrips with each other, have some fun and bro out. So when we saw what the game was about we basically all went "Great!" and all got pretty hyped about it.
That said, in spite of how much the game interests me, I can see why the game definitely wouldn't appeal to others, especially since Final Fantasy was a generally inclusive series to start with. So...well, I genuinely feel bad about people who feel left out by the game. I can see why it would bug them that the game went with a cast and setting that makes them feel like the game isn't for them.
Yet when people say things like "The game should have X" I kind of feel guilty because I can't really join the chorus saying that. I mean, a part of me would be glad for cast changes in FFXV because I know how much the lack of female characters in the party bothers people. At the same time, for purely selfish reasons, I would probably enjoy the game less. One thing me and my friends genuinely enjoy about road trips is that we kind of let our guards down and let down on the "grrr guys don't talk about feelings to other guys" stereotype. It's a fun experience, and I'm kind of hoping the game goes for that bromance feeling of a road trip that we had. It's not so much that my friends and I think female characters would change the dynamic and more that we like seeing male characters openly express affection for each other. It's nice, and combined with the road trip feeling, it's just something we kind of can relate to, you know? So FFXV is definitely something we are all looking forward to.
Buuuuut end of the day, I still feel a tad guilty about enjoying the game as is because I can tell a lot of people feel excluded by it. It's like "Maaaan, this appeals to me, but I wish it appealed to other people too." Like, my girlfriend is fine with the game because she finds the ridiculous kpop star look fucking hilarious, but at the same time I also have other friends who are let down by the cast.
Hell, end of the day, if somehow the decision to magically make the game more inclusive or not came to me...I'd probably make the game more inclusive. It would lost out on the themes I'm looking forward to, but I'd feel like a bit of a dick being selfish about that considering how there are so many games that appeal to my tastes, even if not as much as FFXV's bro road trip, since the aren't a lot of games that are too inclusive. Like a sort of "Yeah, I'd enjoy the game less, but I'd probably support a change since it would be fair" kind of feeling.
I guess what I meant to create the thread for is to ask--anybody else have moments where they enjoy a game as is for personal reasons but feel a sort of guilt in that because they want others to enjoy being represented as well? I was wondering if that was a me thing or if more people felt that way.
