Have you played Metaphor Refantazio yet? The politics of it are generally fascinating; rare to see unironic gradualist liberalism in the wild these days
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Realizing that the main plot of Metaphor Refantazio was basically about an election… I wish I could describe it better, but that game really was fascinating and, in a way, healing.
Yes. I’m guilty of way overthinking it, but seeing the “where are they now” have everyone in a mostly-relevant-to-their-skillset leadership position felt very West Wing, in the sense that we’re assuming that good campaigners will be good leaders. Then again, I felt like the game understood that
while the vision of utopia is kind of childish and naive, it’s also a better motivation than any of the alternatives. So yes, the game definitely wanted to cut off right at the high point of youthful optimism (Maria), but I respect that it even acknowledged the necessity for capitalists, schemers,
It’s also fairly interesting that modern trends in games even touching politics vaguely seriously are normally revolutionary (I mean, Disco Elysium as the ur-case but so
many indie games are basically tumblr socialist) or unconsciously conservative (hello Call of Duty)
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many indie games are basically tumblr socialist) or unconsciously conservative (hello Call of Duty)