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gs17 7 days ago

Detroit: Become Human has abuse as significant element to its story. It came under attack from the "National Association of People Abused in Childhood" when it came out, and also from Collective Shout.

mitthrowaway2 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Should we only tell stories about good people respecting their fellows and living happy, wholesome, conflict-free lives?

madaxe_again 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

By their own logic that association should disband, as their existence could remind people of their traumatic childhood experiences.

morkalork 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

They might want to take a look in mirror and see what institutions have been involved in many such abuse cases in the past. Hint, it's not video game companies.

libraryatnight 7 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This amuses me, as my wife deals with trauma from childhood abuse, and she absolutely loved that game.

mywittyname 7 days ago | parent | next [-]

Much like some people with drug addictions love Disco Elysium, specifically because of the authenticity it has regarding substance abuse.

moate 7 days ago | parent [-]

That was part of it, as well as the idea of an RPG that represents skills as essentially "shadow work". Very much helped me on my mental health journey!

My pro-fascist brother-in-law with massive social anxiety hated it for some reason..

AtheistOfFail 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It was such a masterpiece right up there with The Last Of Us.

johnnyanmac 7 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The theme is about androids being abused by society, so I suppose answering that question gives insight into your views on what may happen decades from now in this pursuit of General AI.