Total War Warhammer 3 Steam forum boycotts are now banned, as Creative Assembly outlines moderation rules but is still open to criticism.

I haven’t checked in on this game since around launch. Anyone want to bring me up to speed on what’s happening? I gather the latest expansion pack is priced differently than prior DLC?

Also, that line about discussion being a privilege seems icky.

    • Altan1903@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      1 year ago

      I think you’re thinking of Games Workshop, the IP holder for WH and WH40K. This is about Creative Assembly, the developer of the Total War RTS games, mostly historical, but also 3 set in the WH universe. They basically developed a very adversarial relationship with their core audience and failed to innovate in decades. Oh wait it is kinda similar to the Games Workshop situation…

    • Hyggyldy@sffa.communityEnglish
      41·
      1 year ago

      40k is, in part, parody to make fun of fascists. That’s why it’s so absurdly over the top. The fact that fascists like it says more about them than the setting.

      • Jaysyn@kbin.social
        17·
        1 year ago

        1.) a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule.

        2.) a feeble or ridiculous imitation.

        In that case, I don’t think GW knows what parody is.

      • Maolmi@feddit.deEnglish
        244·
        1 year ago

        Yeah, Sure. Way to much hero worship and storylines where the genetically pure supersoldiers of the empire are the good guys to be a parody of fascism.

        • TheChurn@kbin.social
          43·
          1 year ago

          They aren’t the good guys. A lot (too much if you ask the community) of the fiction is told from the perspective of the imperium/space Marines, but that doesn’t make them the good guys.

          They go around saying things like “The rewards of tolerance are treachery and betrayal.” They clearly are not meant to be the good guys, even in their own stories.

          The problem is media literacy is so poor that far too many people look at quotes like that and think “that’s a good point”. Even the creators have put out press releases about how all the fascists are missing the point.

          • Maolmi@feddit.deEnglish
            118·
            1 year ago

            You sadly did nothing to deepen my understanding. But there were luckily other. You can now tear into me for not using google or something…

            • Hyggyldy@sffa.communityEnglish
              14·
              1 year ago

              I think you might be taking this internet thing a little too seriously. We all have misunderstandings about stuff but it’s not good to stubbornly insist that you know what you’re talking about despite clearly never having actually looked in to the material. That’s the extent of my tearing in. But you are right in that I should do better about actually saying things of substance instead of trying to be snide all the time.

        • TigrisMorte@kbin.social
          15·
          1 year ago

          There are no good guys in 40k, only various flavors of evil. And for bonus points this has nothing to do with 40k.

        • RandomStickman@kbin.social
          14·
          1 year ago

          Protagonists aren’t always the good guys. Anyone would tell you there are no good guys in 40k and everyone lives a brutal life under eternal war, showing the absurdity of facism.

    • D1G17AL@kbin.social
      151·
      1 year ago

      Dumb take. That’s not what’s at issue here and making it an excuse to red herring a series you dislike is really dumb.

      • 108@kbin.social
        72·
        1 year ago

        But violent video games and rap music is still a problem though right?