Takes it all back because A. There was no review bombing, people who left mixed reviews had reasonable a valid complaints, and B. He reverses course as soon as people started pointing out how he was protesting quite a lot about exactly nobody calling him a Nazi.
Ori Studio Head Says Review Bombing Might Force Studio Closure, Then Takes It All Back
Submitted 1 day ago by Azrael@lemmy.ca to games@lemmy.world
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atrielienz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I assumed pretty immediately upon hearing him in a couple of interviews that he was exactly this right winger camoflaughing as a centralist. I gave the game the benefit of the doubt because I hadn’t seen any hard evidence but I’ll stop talking kindly about the game based on this info.
Politics is how we organize our society. Most of everything is political. When society starts organizing movements against groups of people, stripping away rights, and generally being Nazis you have to get more political to stop them. Taking no position is taking a position. Join the rebellion or support the empire, there is no in-between.
Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 day ago
Awwww and I wanted to buy and play them :(
Nikls94@lemmy.world 1 day ago
👒 🏴☠️ 🌊 🚢 you can still play them Arrr
Cris16228@lemmy.today 1 day ago
That’s when I wear the pirate hat but still! I saw a bundle with the first game :(
Oughtakyk@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is the way 🦜
supernight52@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And like that I will not buy anything by this studio ever. Mahler is a whiny bitch baby.
7112@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This does more damage than the actual review bombs for me
Pika@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
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
Essence_of_Meh@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
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.
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social 1 day ago
So then I was correct to spot the plea for positive review bombing his game. Two shades for Machiavellianing your workers, three for us.
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
And
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FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Oh shit, thanks for bringing this up. Will definitely never buy a game from this studio again!
LostWanderer@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
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.
catalyst@lemmy.world 1 day ago
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.
ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 1 day 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 1 day ago
🏴☠️ them instead
LandedGentry@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Oh ffs is this really what he said? I assumed the review bombing came from right wingers
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 day ago
There was no review bombing.
supernight52@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s a quote from the article about his response to this situation.