Poll How do you feel about the whole "keep politics out of my escapism" Should games strive for moderate or unpolitical as possible (413 votes)
This is for story-driven games. Please no harsh or crazy comments since this is a touchy subject. After viewing some posts online and seeing the reactions to companies trying something political and calling it not political in order to placate some fans. I noticed, tons of people understand that most stories, at the least, have some political or polarizing themes when making their argument. This question isn't about agreeing or disagreeing with politics or sides that games take. This is more about, whether politics should be kept to a minimum since many state that games are their stress-free or relaxing time, and they don't want to be reminded of political landscapes, etc.
Personally, I think politics in games is good and some of my favorites have them. Thou, I also deal with fantasy games when I express this, and games like Far Cry 5 or watch dogs 3 didn't really do it for me when it came to something more on the nose. In any case, as long as the company isn't trying something sketchy, like getting one over on the customer, pushing a false narrative, etc. I think politics in games is fine, even if I'm in disagreement. Plus, even if it's exhausting or invasive on the "fun" nature of a game when it pushes some political message that I am not familiar with; It is a far cry from politics people deal with their entire life vs my 10 to 20 game lesson.
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