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I know a lot of POC have been silent in fear of backlash about it but many of my POC friends, including myself, see the game #validategame as highkey kinda offensive.
Lemme start off by saying I LOVE the idea of an all POC dating sim. I think that it& #39;s a great concept,
Lemme start off by saying I LOVE the idea of an all POC dating sim. I think that it& #39;s a great concept,
there are so many white people in dating sims so it& #39;s nice that someone wants to make a dating sim that& #39;s all POC.
Out of all of the 12 characters, most of which I actually personally like, 4 stands out as what I feel are caricatures of queer POC.
Out of all of the 12 characters, most of which I actually personally like, 4 stands out as what I feel are caricatures of queer POC.
The first problem I have is with Catherine Pinla. Not only is her character design frankly atrocious, and while I& #39;m not black, I am a queer POC and this deadass looks like something some loser on 4chan would make to make fun of POC queer people.
The second character is Anoki. I don& #39;t have a problem with the design more the way it& #39;s drawn. The large, wide nose and basically fully square body compared to other characters who have realistic proportions does make them feel like a caricature, especially with the tooth gap.
It took me a bit to figure out what felt yucky about Inaya, whether it was internalized hate because she looks pretty similar to me, or another reason. Then I realized it& #39;s because of the same reason I don& #39;t like Anoki: exaggerated proportions w/nonexaggerated cast.
And then there is Mailk. Not only is he the "black men can& #39;t be trusted and will cheat" stereotype. He looks out of place. He looks like he belongs in one of those shit cartoons and should be voiced by a white man. He looks like the white MC& #39;s best friend. 0/10.
TLDR: I think the idea is cool but some of the characters make me, a queer POC, pretty fuckin& #39; uncomfortable for various reasons.
I also think the staff team comes off unprofessional and bitchy but that& #39;s just me. Overall the whole game leaves me with a... yucky feeling.
I also think the staff team comes off unprofessional and bitchy but that& #39;s just me. Overall the whole game leaves me with a... yucky feeling.
Take my critique or not @ValiDateGame staff team I don& #39;t really care, but I just wanted to express why a game that honestly in concept sounds like something I would love and think was peak character creation/writing/design actually makes me highkey feel gross.