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Cyberpunk 2077 to Feature Reversible Cover to Match Your Character’s Gender - MMORPG.com

SystemSystem Member UncommonPosts: 12,599
edited July 2019 in News & Features Discussion

imageCyberpunk 2077 to Feature Reversible Cover to Match Your Character’s Gender - MMORPG.com

It may seem like a small thing in light the excitement surrounding CD Projekt Red's, Cyberpunk 2077, but some fans were upset. Why, you might ask? It turns out, it was the art.

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  • MyrdynnMyrdynn Member RarePosts: 2,483
    last I heard there are 68 genders, thats gonna be tough
    XarkoPhryFolmenScotJeffSpicoliNeonSaruWhiteLantern[Deleted User][Deleted User]WalkinGlennand 18 others.
  • XarkoXarko Member EpicPosts: 1,180
    Attack Helicopter cover is gonna look fucking rad!
    FolmeniamspamicusJeffSpicoliNeonSarutawessWhiteLantern3dom[Deleted User]p4ttythep3rf3ct[Deleted User]and 9 others.
  • vegetableoilvegetableoil Member RarePosts: 768
    Tell people the cover poster is genderless will that solve the problem?
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  • DaakkonDaakkon Member UncommonPosts: 607
    Seems as if people are getting upset at any little thing they can grasp at with this game. Hmmm....
    PhryFolmen[Deleted User][Deleted User]PalebaneJeffSpicolirojoArcueid[Deleted User]tweedledumb99Bluelinerand 7 others.
  • darkheartsdarkhearts Member UncommonPosts: 159
    Seems fine to me, have male/female. But once you start pandering to one subject you'll have to do it to them all. I.e. next someone will complain that the characters are white.
    iamspamicusdinognLeiHngWeiNeonSaruJeffSpicoli[Deleted User]ElquinBluelinerWhiskeydustScotty787and 4 others.
  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    Daakkon said:
    Seems as if people are getting upset at any little thing they can grasp at with this game. Hmmm....
    They feel its their right to be offended, usually on someone elses behalf  :p
    XarkoiamspamicusLeiHngWeiJeffSpicoli[Deleted User]BluelinerWhiskeydustScotty787wingoodalkarionlogand 2 others.
  • Solar_ProphetSolar_Prophet Member EpicPosts: 1,960

    Daakkon said:

    Seems as if people are getting upset at any little thing they can grasp at with this game. Hmmm....



    It's usually entitled, well-off white college students who feel they need to be offended on behalf of others who actually don't give a shit. They feel this way because their programmers... err, college 'professors' tell them they should.
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  • WizardryWizardry Member LegendaryPosts: 19,332
    As mentioned,it seems meaningless and to me it still is a meaningless part of the game.
    I am just going to wait and see if there is much game here or just same old been there done that with a lot of pre hype.

    Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.

  • jmcdermottukjmcdermottuk Member RarePosts: 1,571
    Pandering to the woke idiots. So sad.
    klash2defManWithNoTan
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,426
    How to create free media interest in your game, TV series or film: Say something about gender.
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  • Mackaveli44Mackaveli44 Member RarePosts: 717

    Solar_Prophet said:



    Daakkon said:


    Seems as if people are getting upset at any little thing they can grasp at with this game. Hmmm....






    It's usually entitled, well-off white college students who feel they need to be offended on behalf of others who actually don't give a shit. They feel this way because their programmers... err, college 'professors' tell them they should.



    Wtf? Where did this come from and why was race even brought into it?
  • PhryPhry Member LegendaryPosts: 11,004
    Arterius said:
    Mackaveli44 said:

    Solar_Prophet said:



    Daakkon said:


    Seems as if people are getting upset at any little thing they can grasp at with this game. Hmmm....






    It's usually entitled, well-off white college students who feel they need to be offended on behalf of others who actually don't give a shit. They feel this way because their programmers... err, college 'professors' tell them they should.



    Wtf? Where did this come from and why was race even brought into it?
    When I first read it I had to put on a tinfoil hat to make sense of it.
    Its more about the current state of universities/colleges in the States and the UK, kind of sad really, but its where this stems from. Its great that CDPR are not pandering to the far left, but i hazard there will be a price to pay, particularly from the media. :/
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  • Mackaveli44Mackaveli44 Member RarePosts: 717
    edited July 2019
    It’s pretty shitty and sad when politics gets brought up over a video game. As if politics weren’t bad enough as is.
    JeffSpicoli[Deleted User]ManWithNoTan
  • ScotScot Member LegendaryPosts: 24,426
    Arterius said:
    Scot said:
    How to create free media interest in your game, TV series or film: Say something about gender.
    Thats my problem. Is that after Donald Trump was elected that gave a voice to the neo-nazi's, the KKK, and the people who think the US is becoming to racially diverse or in a bad way. Which in turn made the other side start speaking up as well so their voice doesn't get lost in the crowd. Now its a us vs them mentality that I just don't get.

    So now their can't be an article about sex, religion, sexuality, etc... without both sides getting angry and blaming it on something. I feel bad for whoever becomes president next, be it republican or democrat, because they are going to walk into a minefield.

    P.S. Thats it for politics talk though I do think its relevant to the situation. I mean I don't even think this would have been a discussion four years ago.



    It would have been a discussion four years ago, indeed ten years ago, but "something about gender" would not have given you as automatic a pass for a news item as it does today. I see no signs we have yet reached "peak gender" in main stream and social media. That's world wide to my knowledge so not sure your man Donald is as influential as you think.
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  • SBFordSBFord Former Associate EditorMember LegendaryPosts: 33,129
    edited July 2019
    I don't know why anybody would be bent out of shape one iota. They have had alt covers for tons of games over the years, including Mass Effect 3 almost 8 years ago.

    Let's not forget alt covers for comics. Alt posters for movies. A variety of commercials for TV shows with different genders, races, etc. Why this would cause any sort of kerfuffle is utterly beyond me.

    I think it's cool.
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  • LackingMMOLackingMMO Member RarePosts: 664
    There have always been a hint of politics in certain genres of games but it was fantasy enough to not have to be a direct correlation. Sadly Things are so retarded now(yes I said it and its fitting) that no matter what is put in, if its remotely political it will have an extreme view from one group and then an extreme view from another. 
    JeffSpicoli
  • DaakkonDaakkon Member UncommonPosts: 607
    Where was the outrage for W3? It was only Geralt on the cover. That's sexist!
    NeonSaru[Deleted User]Alomar
  • AsheramAsheram Member EpicPosts: 5,078
    Maybe they can make a cover that doesn't have the protagonist on it at all but just a pic of the city.
    JeffSpicolip4ttythep3rf3ct
  • TamanousTamanous Member RarePosts: 3,030
    To only have 2 genders as a choice is actually a middle finger to the PC gender war people. Other artists have been attacked through social media for even mentioning such a thing. I do not see an issue with this unless the game itself is clearly influenced by PC culture against it's artistic purpose.

    You stay sassy!

  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Arterius said:
    Scot said:
    How to create free media interest in your game, TV series or film: Say something about gender.
    Thats my problem. Is that after Donald Trump was elected that gave a voice to the neo-nazi's, the KKK, and the people who think the US is becoming to racially diverse or in a bad way. Which in turn made the other side start speaking up as well so their voice doesn't get lost in the crowd. Now its a us vs them mentality that I just don't get.


    How can you not get it when you just finished doing a coles notes of why it's this way? 

    I'll just add that there are some who want it just that way for politics, profit and fun.
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

  • ChildoftheShadowsChildoftheShadows Member EpicPosts: 2,193
    Myrdynn said:
    last I heard there are 68 genders, thats gonna be tough
    I just thought of 10 more, I don’t think they can keep up. 
    BaalzharonScotMyrdynn
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    Arterius said:
    Iselin said:
    Arterius said:
    Scot said:
    How to create free media interest in your game, TV series or film: Say something about gender.
    Thats my problem. Is that after Donald Trump was elected that gave a voice to the neo-nazi's, the KKK, and the people who think the US is becoming to racially diverse or in a bad way. Which in turn made the other side start speaking up as well so their voice doesn't get lost in the crowd. Now its a us vs them mentality that I just don't get.


    How can you not get it when you just finished doing a coles notes of why it's this way? 

    I'll just add that there are some who want it just that way for politics, profit and fun.
    I guess why is the wrong question but more how it got so bad. I know their was always bickering from both sides but nothing like it is today. Again don't want to get to much into politics. I was just making a point that a conversation like this wouldn't happen a five years ago. I mean I don't remember reading an article about people being upset with Bioware and demanding a reversible cover for both male and female characters  for Mass Effect 3.
    It may seem worse because of the constant social media bombardment but it's as old as the hills.

    It's deliberately instigated divisive issues to keep all the have nots too busy fighting against each other to notice that they are all getting equally shafted by the haves. Religion, race, gender... the wealthy, powerful and privileged don't give much of a shit about any of that. They just love that it keeps us busy bickering.
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    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

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  • PKrauserPKrauser Member UncommonPosts: 15
    Negative Game Reviews in the future:
    "I loved the game, the main story was perfect, meaningful sidequest's, unlimited choices of endgame, amazing combat system... but that SEXIST cover! how dare they? OMFG this game is dead to me!"
  • IselinIselin Member LegendaryPosts: 18,719
    PKrauser said:
    Negative Game Reviews in the future:
    "I loved the game, the main story was perfect, meaningful sidequest's, unlimited choices of endgame, amazing combat system... but that SEXIST cover! how dare they? OMFG this game is dead to me!"
    What do you mean future? Threads have already been started in these forums about why a poster in the game advertising a cyber strap-on is enough to give it a pass lol.
    PKrauserSBFord[Deleted User]
    "Social media gives legions of idiots the right to speak when they once only spoke at a bar after a glass of wine, without harming the community ... but now they have the same right to speak as a Nobel Prize winner. It's the invasion of the idiots”

    ― Umberto Eco

    “Microtransactions? In a single player role-playing game? Are you nuts?” 
    ― CD PROJEKT RED

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