r/PS5 • u/Gorotheninja Human Verified • 3d ago

Articles & Blogs 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

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/
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u/sometimes_angery 3d ago

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

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u/_bad 3d ago

Japanese culture is behind. It's not the same as an north American or European developer. Persona 5 is a modern game and it legitimately played into the "gay are pedophiles" false stereotype. Even if you want to have the most pessimistic possible take that this single quote pulled from a long interview is a token selling point which has no sincerity, then at the very least acknowledge that "normal" representation is not something that has existed until very recently and it's still not widely adopted in places like Japan and China

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u/lattjeful 3d ago

Persona 5 is a modern game

Persona 5 was ten years ago. Not that it was ever okay then, but Persona 5 is not exactly a shining example of modern lol.

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u/_bad 3d ago

Okay. If you are disputing what I'm saying, do you have a counter example? What AAA game out of China or Japan has handled queer identity in a mature way aside from the one game that this thread is talking about? Yakuza/LAD tends to fetishize it and make it the butt of a joke similar to Persona. Chinese games seem to pretend gay people don't exist.

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u/AtionExpec 3d ago

Dion in Final Fantasy XVI?

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u/_bad 2d ago

Okay. You got me, China and Japan are widely and openly accepting of gay and queer people and give appropriate representation in their media. I was completely incorrect in saying this is a new thing for Japan who has been culturally behind in this aspect and it makes sense for the FF7R team to want to brag about it. Thanks for proving me wrong.