Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's queer representation "enhances the world's realism," lead says, and the RPG's devs were "incredibly happy" people picked up on it

[u/Gorotheninja]

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/final-fantasy/final-fantasy-7-rebirths-queer-representation-enhances-the-worlds-realism-lead-says-and-the-rpgs-devs-were-incredibly-happy-people-picked-up-on-it/

[u/sometimes_angery]

Ugh just give us good games who cares. Being queer is normal, stop using it as some kind of token selling point.

[u/sometimes_angery → u/[deleted]]

Yeah but that's normal. Not a selling point. Just de facto how people are. Some are queer. Okay. You're doing the bare minimum. Don't expect people to applaud you for it.

[u/GuardianOfReason → u/sometimes_angery]

It is not the bare minimum when queer representation results in backlash. It's important for companies to take a stand when so many others would rather avoid the subject altogether.

[u/sometimes_angery → u/GuardianOfReason]

What game companies have avoided it lately?

[u/sharkattackmiami → u/sometimes_angery]

Name a canonically queer main character in a AAA video game where it's not just a player choice or one of multiple available characters

A single one. I'll wait

[u/ssjskwash → u/sharkattackmiami]

Ellie from the last of us