They have been gaining a reputation for poor writing, 'wheadonesque' if you know the term. Some lowlights on the game Forspoken that they worked on being a recent funny example. I don't like them because I do find the writing bad, but some people don't like them for their politics.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

They are contractor writers, if a company is using such services for their games instead of hiring their own staff writers, then they are not that interested in quality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

wheadonesque

I thought Joss Wheadon was known for good writing and snappy dialogue?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Snappy, witty, but ultimately shallow. Good lines, not necessarily great stories.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Are we pretending that Buffy, Firefly, and Doll House weren't great stories?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Cabin in the Woods remains one of my favorite comedy horror movies to this day.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

IMO that one works because of how little character each actual character has by design. Dumb jock is dumb and jocky, stoner is stoned, virgin is timid. It's a play on the lack of real character that mid to low budget horror movies often have.

It's a great movie but I do find when Wheadon tries to do anything else, it just simmers down to kitchy one-liners that elicit a mild chuckle and nothing else, and that gets old very quickly.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There’s no pretending, they’re all middling trash.

Firefly gets by solely on the setting.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Firefly gets by solely on the setting.

So Space shows are popular just because they are in space? Andromeda would like a word...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 8 months ago

Agents of Shield was also quite enjoyable

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 months ago (29 children)

Apparently they don't like Sweet Baby's focus on "promoting inclusivity", so just some bigot getting their panties on a twist that the "out-group" is being treated with a basic level of human dignity. They then spent a bunch of time and effort to let the world know they think inclusivity is bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

people should be free to know who worked on the game they buy. If they don't like sweetbaby's products, then they are free to not pay money for them. Transparency is good.