Comment on Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back
supernight52@lemmy.world 10 months ago
“These days, apparently anyone who doesn’t include five trans characters in their game and doesn’t let their products be influenced by political bullshit is a Nazi. What a world we live in.”
And like that I will not buy anything by this studio ever. Mahler is a whiny bitch baby.
And
The confusing rant then rather radically changed subject to talk about how he doesn’t want to take sides in the illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine
And
In 2022, VentureBeat reported that staff working for Moon Studios had told the outlet about a culture of “casual racism, sexism and bullying,” describing it as “an oppressive workplace.”
Oof, yep this really does damage to my intention to buy his game more than ‘review bombing’ often you can tell if there is something fundamentally wrong with a game or not based on the actual content of reviews…Or if users are pushing for an adjustment. If there is a whisper of a trans or gay character in a game, there is so much pushback, so I don’t know what the fuck he is on about; Mahler is such a whiny snowflake, that probably needs to take his medication because his post history is looking a little sus. Like he unplugged from reality for a few minutes.
Oh shit, thanks for bringing this up. Will definitely never buy a game from this studio again!
There was no review bombing.
It’s a quote from the article about his response to this situation.
He had more of similar comments throughout the years so… yeah. He’s also known for poor management and causing toxic work environment to the point Microsoft decided to cut ties with the studio.
Just in case someone thought these are just some out of context or one-time “jokes”/missteps.
Yup.
I want to say we all found out he was a piece of shit in the lead up to Ori 2? Very much led to a lot of outlets doing the “The game is good but up to you if you want to support this kind of worker abuse”. And he just got worse and worse since.
I want to say we all found out he was a piece of shit in the lead up to Ori 2?
Eh, not necessarily? I’m sure there are plenty of people who just play the games and aren’t in the know of any drama going on behind the scenes. Heck, I’m pretty tuned in into what’s going on in the industry and while I remember hearing some of this stuff back in the day most of it faded away since I wasn’t particularly interested in the series.
I think it’s better to remind folks about these situations than assume everyone is familiar with what’s going on.
I personally love the games and had no clue this drama existed. Kind of regret buying these games now
So then I was correct to spot the plea for positive review bombing his game. Two shades for Machiavellianing your workers, three for us.
Yeaaaah, I’m with you. What a wild comment to make. I was ready to give them the benefit of the doubt that the whole review bombing drama was just a case of having a bad day but this is something else.
This does more damage than the actual review bombs for me
yea for real… like I didn’t even know it /was/ being review bombed, but as an avid fan of the Ori series… this puts a real sour taste in my mouth
ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Oh damn. I was going to get the Ori games but will spend my money elsewhere. Thanks for the heads up.
Nikls94@lemmy.world 10 months ago
🏴☠️ them instead