A review on Dustborn from a former “chud”

So let's get this out of the way first, I heard of this game from one of those reactionary channels bashing how the woke mind virus is infecting the game industry. They presented this game as a liberal hyper progressive game that wants to shove the wokeness down your throat. I was on that bandwagon and getting mad over it too.

It was until my friend told me that it's just a game that caters to a specific demographic, a demographic that I am not part of so why hate it? And he was right why are people caring so much to bash a game that was made for a small demographic that doesn't apply to them?

So time went on and the game eventually went on sale... I decided to buy it because I should focus on expanding my mind instead of trapping myself in the traditional zone, and honestly? It surprised me in EVERY chapter. I couldn't believe how warped and tilted the online narrative is. It's actually frustrating to see the lies and now I don't know what other games are getting the same treatment. Obviously this review will have spoilers so here we go.

To start it's a story focused game with a LOT of choices and they influence how these characters act to you and react in situations which is pretty cool. You also have the option to interrupt like a self righteous knowitall or say nothing at all. There are moments where you also need to react quickly and can't be counting your chickens. 

But aside from that there's, combat, luigi mansion "ghost" hunting, GBA nostalgia, ddr music playing (great songs by the way), arcade games, and puzzle solving in using your resources. There is comedy and seriousness, character growth, and a diverse set of people.

That's the gameplay side, now the side with all the political issues. I saw that:

• There was an anti white premise to the game / no the main antagonists are a racially diverse enforcement group, angry machines, and crazy gangs.

• They shove LGBT down your throat

  Not really. The MC has a non binary ex-partner, and a woman grieving her same sex partner, but it's treated like an issue anybody can go through. There's no lecture nor over explaination on why they are who they are, its just there. People also claimed the game had some trans agenda, that turned out to be completely made up. There aren't even trans characters, unless you seriously count a robot reprogramming itself as "trans."A reach and a strawman

• They would call this a liberal game /

  There was no preaching, no wokexplaining, and a character was already dealing with a pregnancy issue from a straight relationship. No thoughts of abortion were ever brought up. In fact is a core character in the entire game.

  There is a big respect to religion and yes that includes Christianity, Islam, and some pagan biker religion. And yes you actually can criticize the pagan religion. Nobody attacked Christianity and the muslim even gets out of your way to pray.

• The one that really gets me is the hate on a plus sized character, who ended up being my favorite.

  The claim is they are "trying to normalize fat women" when she's built heavy because her powers is literally super strength. It doesn't make sense to be small and be able to lift a bus. So apparently a big guy with super strength is fine but a big lady with super strength is political? She doesn't even like being used as a tool because of her muscle so it's on you for treating her as one.

  All these issues tell me a lot of the outrage comes from people that didn't even give the game a chance. Not to mention they are hypocrites because they try so hard to stop the woke thinking from being shoved in your face, but proceeds to shove the traditional ways down your throat.

We can have a diverse group of games people, in fact we NEED to have a diverse group otherwise everything will just be COD, sport games, and the same recycled nonsense we get every year.

Dustborn didn't deserve the flak it got and I do wish it got a sequel. If this post helps even one person look past the noise, I can feel redeemed.

We humans are capable of complex thoughts, we can handle seeing things from different perspectives and not having a mental breakdown.

Tl;Dr Dustborn hate is unwarranted and literally full of lies. Please don't disregard the game if you are on the fence and like a good, unique story!