Larian gone 'woke':
That ship has sailed. The right wings already condemned Larian, when they had strong women, women that are not dressed like porno stars, a black companion, pronouns, body types instead of gender, same sex romance ... I'm sure, I missed something
As for the AI use: I keep out of it for now and accept Swens explanation, because a lot of tools have AI implemented. I believe him, when says that they use artists for the concept art and only use Ai for trying out placements and such.
I condemn AI in the art sector, but I know it is very helpful in the tech sector. And if a person draws something and you use AI to just try some placements and variables, then that is different from using AI to make art in my opinion.
I'm pretty sure that this a normal practice and Larian was just honest. If not, we still can get mad, but for now, this is not something, I get riled up over.
About that.
According to my personal observations:
Yes, many gamers on the right side of the aisle already deem BG3 'woke.' This is why the "No Alphabet Mod" exists; you can see how many people have downloaded it.
A portion of that same demographic deems it 'woke,' but not as extreme as frequently criticized games like Concord or Veilguard; so they begrudgingly admit that the game is right and avoid the topic of 'woke' entirely.
A large portion of people on the center-right didn't notice that BG3 is 'woke,' mostly because almost all the women are depicted as traditionally attractive. There are no (as far as I know) plus-sized characters or any depiction of women which would be categorized not traditionally attractive who would be deemed 'undesirable.'
Conversely, a portion of the population that the right would categorize as the 'woke left' (mostly AO3 authors) condemned BG3 as offensive due to a lack of content for Wyll. they believe Larian marginalized people of color by prioritizing traditionally attractive companions like Astarion and Shadowheart.
So far, Larian seems to remain firmly in the center, not leaning too far toward either side. However, these conflicting pressures might cause some instability; we’ll see how they handle the damage control. Of course, if a game is good enough to create a super-majority of fans from both sides of the aisle, dissent can be easily mitigated or stamped out.
Regardless, I personally rooting out for Larian, they made the greatest cRPG of all time, I'll be playing BG3 for decades like I did Fallout and BG2. They understand what RPG is, unlike most of the studio that claiming they're making rpg.
