ukotoa1639: Final Fantasy 16 was also attacked for being “Woke” cause Dion, Bahamut’s Domiant was openly gay
amandalindsey7741: When he got called out as many of us lefties on Twitter play FFXIV, he tried to say "Oh I played 300 hours". Like buddy tell me you didn't get out of ARR as many of us have THOUSANDS of hours in this game.
FroggyQC23: I've seen absolutely nothing "woke" and I'm 3/4 into the main story quest. Maybe these grifters think that just being a positive person who value peace is woke? I'm confused.
Tacom4ster: FF is already kinda gay, fake fans
Mikewee777: You mean the game with flamboyantly over costumed feminine male characters has turned woke ?
Say it a'in't so !
What's next ? Cloud in a dress ?
IchiExorz: Problem nowadays is that people will call just about anything woke.
pixelgoat7317: LMAO, I heard the word "Grumps" and got nervous, thinking the Game Grumps got Red Pilled
joshuayung5158: Fantasia potions (the purchased consumable used to redo your character creation appearance while keeping all other aspects of your character intact) has been jokingly referred to by the community as 'gender fluid' for a while. Because of the graphics update in 7.0 every existing player gets a free fantasia from a 2 minute quest in one of the starting cities that confirms it can turn a tiny three foot lalafell into a rippling seven foot highland hyur.

They also have a canonically gay cross race (catboy and human) couple who give you the quest that unlocks the Wanderer's Palace (Hard) dungeon.

And a game that deals with major themes of imperialism/colonialism/occupation, actual skin color racism (dont ask Gridanians about the duskwights), xenophobia, etc. You're telling me it's all woke? No way!
Slysheen: 14 is woke
bristlebum2422: Funny enough, the furries are more thirsty over the lizard guys than Wuk Lamat lol
stevenwilliams9413: Oh, shit.

They better not play Final Fantasy Tactics then.
pwnagraphic690: Calling XIV woke and not realizing it has one of the largest gay and trans communities is wild. 4/5 of the trans people I call friends I met on XIV
steve94183: Goonergate 2 continues to be a flop.
lunamoona3600: We love to see xanderhal talking about FFXIV
koko-hh2bq: We have failed as a society when being "woke" means just being a positive person who respects individuals and cultures.
PrismaticWolf: The main character of Endwalker ended up being a hooded fella who would sassily dance at people and had too many feelings. I guess he wasn't woke though.

I do think that Wuk Lamat sounds a little wooden but so did everyone else in Dawntrail to me which would suggest a voice direction problem, not an acting one.
TheSilkKing1: If the localization lead has been the same since Shadowbringers then she’s fucking GOATed.

Shadowbringers was masterfully voiced. Thavnair alone was S tier in its respect for the culture depicted and quality alone.
colesmith3122: Ff14 is a well written game where they don't just shoehorn in "woke" thing they just happen naturally which is what a lot of games fail to do. Most sane people don't care about strong well written female characters it's when they are poorly written and just kinda crammed in Mary sues is when people complain
lich109: People like that make me wonder if they even know what series they're talking about.
Edit: Their heads would explode if they ever learned women voice a lot of male characters, and keep in mind they're complaining about supposed breast reduction in a specific cutscene for an underaged character.
RagnarokiaNG: My favourite thing I saw someone use to attack the game was how they removed genderlocking on some clothing, as apparently giving more player freedom is now a bad thing?
Goobins54: I guess they hated baldur's gate too
and countless other titles. their outrage is superficial, emotionally and intellectually.
Psyclone542: literally can't even tell she's voiced by a trans woman
LaBlueSkuld: One thing to put into perspective is that I'm seeing the same login queues that I was seeing at the end of Endwalker on Aether. They upgraded the hardware of all the data centers during the downtime for Dawntrail. So the strain and demand on the servers are higher than they ever have been.
jeremiahbullfrog226: FF14 from the beginning:
-Competent women in both the main and side cast, including even you, potentially
-Dark-skinned people, even including you, potentially
-Heavy anti-racist and anti-fascist themes, not even remotely subtle
-Gay undertones (or overtones if you know how to read subtext)
-One of the best characters in Shadowbringers is an overweight woman, who is more dominant than her husband, and literally everybody loves her, cuz she's perfect
-You literally play as a globalist deep state agent (Scions of the 7th Dawn) getting into the affairs of myriad nations' politics around the world to sew your ideal of world peace, and even committing political violence

Game was always woke. The new cat girl has nothing to do with it.
Revanbzn: Wait until they find out there is a in lore sex change potion.
OMartinez91: The Wuk Lamat VA has some moments whe she is a little wooden but only on a few times when she should have been louder and more excited, but other than that, i actually enjoyed her delivery

Also all hail our orange cat queen
TheSilkKing1: If the localization lead has been the same since Shadowbringers then she’s fucking GOATed.

Shadowbringers and Endwalker were masterfully voiced. Thavnair alone was S tier in its respect for the culture depicted.
sagittariusa7662: They are people who skip cutscenes. What you mean is, "No one who plays this game would intentionally cut a scene just because of who was in it as cutscenes are pivotal moments to receive valuable information you need while proceeding in the actual game. But you know you do have people skip as people who speed play or need to get done a certain amount of a game in a day because they have real lives outside of it, but it wouldn't be for something like this. This is someone who doesn't really love the game or doesn't play it for their enjoyment."
TheMidWave: After completing Dawntrail the only gripe I have with Wuk Lamats english voice actor is that her inflections for emotions aren't very noticable so too many voice lines come across sounding very samey. Other than that I like her character.
xenodragon6564: WTF are these grifters are smoking?

Jul 20 2024

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