And what happens if games don't allow us to indulge in our fantasies? We have to shut up and avoid playing them, we have no chance to be heard and hope for games we'd enjoy more? Or do we have to wait 5 years until next time when such a rare game appears and be alright with that? Because for many people it's a problem that the games do not recognize their need to be an escapist. Yet someone else who is content always tells them to be silent.
I see a lot of hypocrisy in this. For example, let's say a game allows me personally to indulge in my fantasy. I happen to be a woman and I don't see a point in escaping into a fantasy of being helpless and abused. That isn't even healthy. So let's say that I prefer to play as a warrior woman who lives in a world where women aren't treated like crap. But then someone comes and says: whoa, this game "lectures" me on social ideology! It has an agenda!
But it does not. It just indulges fantasies of women that actually exist and that many of them actually want to play out in a game. How does that "lecture" anyone? It can only lecture those who object to such things ever becoming a reality and\or hate seeing them even in games.
I suspect that most objections happen not because people are closet haters of those "agendas" that they falsely see, though. It happens for a very simple reason instead: people feel that by giving an outlet for enjoyment to someone else, developers will create less content for them. And then they create a lot of unconvincing reasons why it should not be done, like these: it's unrealistic, the devs should tell the tale they want, etc. But ultimately it's all about fear that they will get less of what they have now, if needs of others start to get recognized. So by any means possible, needs of others start to get criticized as being ridiculous, which will never persuade anyone who happens to have those needs.
I hope this isn't a flame post and I hope I won't regret making it 
I guess I need to learn to ignore people who make semi-troll posts as lost causes. 
Nice illustration to my post above. The paragraph is full of fear that series like Game of Thrones actually stop to exist, if other film-makers recognize that there are people in this world who dislike it or have other wishes.
It's obvious how overblown this fear is. There's no logical reason to think that something can completely stop to exist if any other alternatives show up. Such black and white panicked thinking, though, allows for only one option and no choice. No co-existence possible.
It's good that in the real world very different series and themes can exist, and peacefully so, together! 
I'm done 
Do not put words in my mouth and somehow make a case that I am being afraid of losing content. That's just utter BS.
If I was so afraid of other people losing their chance of having their fantasies, they why have I not for instance, spoken out against things like Fifty Shades or Grey or Twilight or Hunger Games ? These are movies that cater to a female audience and the female fantasies. I think the movies are silly but I do not push to censor them because of my feelings.
Or what about fanfiction ? There are tons of cringe worthy fanfiction of movies and games that women write that are read by other women. Just go to Solas' thread or Cullen's thread, you will see what I mean. I find these ridiculous as well, but I have never decided to censor them under the banner of social justice righteousness.
Likewise, if, according to your claims of me supposedly being so afraid, why have I not moved to push to censor characters like Lara Croft or Bayonetta or female Commander Shepard or female Hero of Ferelden or female Champion of Kirkwall or female Inquisitor or female Dragonborn or Ciri ? Funny thing, I actually enjoy playing them. A lot.
Or what about something other than fantasies ? I dislike heavy rock, metal, dubstep. I prefer classical music. Yet I have never pushed to censor these because I feel other types of music is shite to my ears.
As much as you would like to portray my ideas as the ideas of one who is afraid, I am not. Not even remotely. I am simply against censorship, especially censorship due to feelings. My stance on this is no different than my stance of being against people killing cartoonists who mock religious figures in their comics because they feel offended. Additionally, I have no ignore lists or block list of any sort. Its called being a person that is consistent in their stances. I am against censorship, plain and simple.
That includes censorship due to social justice weaseling, a crowd that Bioware loves to pander to which results in loss of quality in their games. This we can see in DAI which scrapped off elements such as equal content for romances across the board, lack of brothels, Desire Demons and what have you. There is also very little grayness in Bioware's games because of this, compared to say, games made by CDPR.
Yes, I do not see the need to censor people's fantasies, especially in video games, regardless of it being emotionally offensive to someone. There have been many academic research that has shown that video games have no influence on people's actions in real life. One can even see this in effect. If video games truly affected people than murder by guns would be on a meteoric rise due to the popularity of shooter games. Yet crimes due to guns are dropping in many societies.
The same can be said for other forms of fantastical expression. Game of Thrones is a highly popular show but despite its popularity, incest is not on the rise. Neither is murderous backstabbing.
By contrast, censoring things because people feel it is offensive does have adverse affects. In many ultra religious countries, for instance, pornography is banned. Yet, if you look at porn surveys, many people there watch them. What's more, the crime rate for sexual assault is far higher in these countries that practice censorship due to feels.
The only difference between social justice and religious righteousness is that one has a god and the other doesn't. Otherwise, its exactly the same. What you think and say and watch and listen offends me so now you can't do them or we will punish you or ostracize you.
The fundamental reality is that one cannot, no matter how hard they try, censor human nature. It is human nature to have a morbid curiosity with violence, blood, gore, horror and other forms of taboo. Having a valve of sorts, a channel to direct it to less harmless virtual pixelated means is far better than simply blocking them.
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I think I'd be unable to play for 70 hours without it, and I'm glad I was one of those lucky ones who didn't have a problem (silence kicked in only once but was resolved). Banter really adds so much to not-so-exciting side quests that having a bug preventing it is beyond excusable.
