Hey everyone, I've wanted to make this video for quite a while already, to share my honest thoughts on this situation. I hope you enjoy watching my new in-depth video, and whether you may agree or disagree, realize that's fine and that we can simply differ in our opinions. Regardless, let me know your thoughts because I'd love to discuss the topic some more with you all.
This topic always irritates me and I am for the most part on the other side of it then you seem to be. The most irritating element is not actually the idea that the developers of games have agendas that they put into their games or that sometimes it can hamper the game. To me, that is just the product of bad writing. Better writers like Naughty Dog, Hideo Kojima, etc. are able to put their agendas in games and make for consistent story flow. The part that is the most irritating is the hysteria of the anti-SJW crowd. It is the taking of something ultimately trivial and blowing it up into videos about how the future is DOOMED, games are ruined forever, politics is destroying everything, and soon men won’t be able to be men because you media product has too much focus on women, minorities, gays, etc. Even in this video what you are getting concerned about is so trivial that it seemed downright weird to me that it causes you concern. Devs teasing character relationships, kissing scenes in teaser trailers, and things like this. Whenever I see it, my first thought is: “Wow, these dudes are so insecure!” Even when I hear the argument that we don’t want politics or pandering in our games, I always think: “since when?” Corporations pander to us all the time. The typical protagonist’s race, gender, sexual orientation, and role as being hyper-competent badasses are all a pander to the gamer. I’ve even seen most of the people who complain talk about how men are 90% of the audience so stop pander to females and I hear an implied: “and go back to pandering to me.” Politics have been in games for the longest too. Kojima’s examination of the surveillance state in MGS2 and FF7’s environmentalist critique for instance. But the thing is that these are well written agendas. I have zero problem with pandering or agendas in games because that is actually the way it has always been. The games that do it successfully are those that write it well into their stories. And as far as I can see towards the future is that talented writers and shit writers are gonna both continue to be things so the future is gonna be like the past. Skill rises and is praised while trash sinks to the bottom. Finally, I do want to talk about you statement on the developer’s reaction to the kissing in the lastest TLOU2 teaser. I thought that guy’s response what appropriate because he is looking at what one kiss in a teaser elicited online. The fact that this video as well as hundreds of others comes from that trivial item is itself proof of the hostility he as a dev feels in putting pro-gay imagery in the game. When doing so prompts this much outrage it is hard to believe: “Oh, this is just coming from a bunch of socially accepting well-thought out gamers.” as opposed to “Wow, one gay kiss and I’m getting all this outrage, surely this has to do with some anti-gay horseshit.” Honestly, I feel the same way. The talk of how pointless this kiss was would not have even existed had it been a dude. Everyone would have just been talking about the lip physics. Anyway, I do like these discussion videos, so keep it up.
Omg, THANK YOU! This is perhaps the best video of yours I’ve watched in a while. Well said and well constructed point of view. I agree with you here 💯, Naughty Dog and some other devs are beginning to lose the focus of their work. Forced narratives and agendas are all over the place today. I’m all for diversity, representation and whatever, we are human BEINGS, I agree that we should be able CHOOSE what we can. But when one feels the need to shoehorn these issues unnaturally into any piece of media, sure it pleases many and tends to be popular, but that feeling of a coerced input lingers, and if everyone was as honest you’ve just done right here, the world would be a much more welcoming place. You’ve spoken the TRUTH here, not minding the possible backlash that could ensue as a result. I massively respect this honest effort, more power to ya.
Well, Naughty Dog had been trying to act like it's NOT true right up until the leaks. Anyone else notice how the ($230) Ellie Edition is a particularly nasty form of gaslighting?: Included is a figure of Ellie playing the guitar -- it's evocative of both Ellie AND Joel, who taught her to play; and it seems to hint that they'll both be treated as the characters we know them to be. Instead, we're supposed to play as Abby who murders Joel and *_hunts down_* Ellie and beats her almost to death; and somehow (how???) we're supposed to LIKE this Abby? I kinda expected Joel would bdie in this game, he's old AF; but I assumed he'd get a death appropriate to his character, maybe saving Ellie or even saving her pregnant girlfriend Dina. But not murdered by the character we're then supposed to play as.
@@bobtom1495 Exactly, many people saw this shit coming years in advance. Back when Robin posted this video, I wrote a comment about this stuff myself, and had to be done with it because I couldn't be bothered to deal with the waves of angry replies.
yup. That's ever the case when people want to stay cooped up in their own delusions. People who want to stay asleep always hate the person that opens the shades
@@gurgamous George Orwell's original: 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it' quote would have been more accurate.
@@izukumidoriyaisssss3049 I used to want them to continue the Jak & Daxter series, or develop something related to it, but with the way they are now, they'd totally ruin it. :/
@@TheUnderratedOrange Naughty Dog: I think you'll find our will equal to yours RobinGaming: "Our?" *proceeds to inject social justice into their game and attack the fandom. Then gets rekt*
@Rex Nihilum You play as a new transgender character for half the game who ends up killing both Joel and Ellie. Most of Ellie's scenes are revolved around lesbianism.
True diversity is in difference of mindset... who cares if people look differently if they all think the same twisted thing? How would you feel if everyone kept agreeing with you and you never had to have a discussion... it´s dystopian and for some reason SJWs think it´s the peak of humanity if society would be like that
WTF thought this was shot this week, then I scroll into the comments and see "this aged well". So I look at the date, nearly 2 years ago... This did age well.
Funny how, after looking at the leaks, I saw yours and my worst fears about the Part II not only becoming reality, but also the writing suffering badly for it. The game looks like a dumpster fire. NaughtDog is going to die for it, sadly
Hold on now, you don't know how the game is going to make you feel yet. While I admit this looks bad, be careful of being sucked too deep into the rage-bait content. That's some advice for you and me both lol
just saying but if that's what they produce now, Mangy Dogs is as dead as Bioware, you're just looking at it's decaying corpse being held on strings but the stench is getting a bit too strong to ignore.
Well Robin, from hearing the devastating leaks that have unfortunately been put on the internet recently, I can now confirm that Naughty Dog does in fact have an agenda.
Back when this came out I got into several comment fights with others trying to say there was no agenda, blah blah blah. While there certainly is some schadenfreude about being right, I'm mostly sad. I was so excited that there was going to be a sequel, then the red flags started appearing, and now here we are today. Now I have a choice to make: either watch a lets play (because I wouldn't buy it even if I had a playstation) and try to see where everything went wrong, or ignore it and preserve the good memories from the first game. Fuck.
The man who everyone laughed at, is now looking down upon all the pleboiants who mocked and named called him for making this video. *How times have changed ay cowboy*
@@श्रीजनरिजाल developers probably just followed the lead of the sh**y writers on the game. Hopefully they get paid for their job. Writers are to blame for this crap.
We truly live in crazyworld. The toxic fan base calling Naughty Dog “toxic” is rich. Or it would be if it wasn’t terrifying to realize how hateful and dumb the gaming community appears to be. It just took a major character death to bring it out.
@@nschmidt27 No it is not the toxic fan base, but the sensible Gamers that can see and call out the spade a spade. Not everything is black and white. It's as if being a centrist is a crime. You're the only one being toxic here. What's rich is that you're speaking against the "hateful and dumb gaming community" while being hateful and dumb yourself.
Todesengel I’ve not seen a single criticism of TLOU2 that wasn’t completely nonsensical. It’s just a bunch of butthurt over nothing. Funny you say “nothing is black and white”...that’s the exact moral of the story Naughty Dog was trying to tell, yet it apparently went over everyone’s head
@@nschmidt27 Perhaps watch Angry Joe's review and then have a gander at the videos next to it. There are plenty of valid points made by other critics as well.
Now i hope EVERYONE who was rude with Robin because of this video will say SORRY! Because he was right the whole time and TLOU2 marks the moment where Naughty Dog changed (for the worst)
As a bi guy, believe you me, I don't like LGBT stuff being treated like a trendy fad. Injecting LGBT characters into a narrative does not magically make it more interesting.
Brent Hui Agreed. Ellie is a great character who just happens to be gay. Also, even if Chloe and Nadine like each other, so what? Chloe is still one of my favorite Uncharted characters and I've grown to like Nadine a lot after The Lost Legacy.
Yeah, though not to say LGBT character's can't work. The film Moonlight, for example, is an excellent use of a character's sexuality to carry the narrative. If more LGBT characters were constructed like that, I'd have no issue.
Precisely. The characters ND has given us so far have been great. No issues. BUT just this past year, things have seem to take a sharp turn. However, a majority of this is just through social medias so it may not represent the studio as a whole. But it does raise some flags here n there. Thankfully, thus far, the games themselves have been without any irritations.
It's just garbage storytelling. Straight up. What a letdown compared to the first game. I don't support slave labor of any kind, good game or not. Naughty Dog needs to learn that you can't treat people like that.
Slave labor? You know that creating a game is not a 8-5pm work? If you are in the industry you should know that. Plus they are winning 250k+bonus a normal employee, they are very well compensated, and they are paid overtime. Slave labor is working without pay and without choice. They have both.
No, but the E3 thing was just Dev: Should we put some hooking narrative and tense scenes to build up expectations? Neil 'Virtue Signaling' Druckmann: Nah fam just put some out of context virtue signaling inclusive gay scene and some unrelated gameplay and you're sold.
A strange line, that is, but somehow profound. Never really thought about what it means exactly until now. In retrospect, that was a VERY underrated line.
Kingofcheese184 Yeah, if it was intentional, it was brilliant. The fact that Obi Wan completely misses the hypocrisy in his statement says so much about the Jedi order how it was currently structured
Dreary KnitPicker wow you can tell I’m not a Star Wars person I actually thought for a second it was a quote from a real historical leader or something lol
When thinking about it how can you have respect for someone who never earned it. He actually had gotten too much praise it was the others like Bruce Straley who were the true geniuses. Look at what many consider the top 3 games UC2, UC4 and TLOU.
@@greedgod5827 But you can't really deny that he was the main director for all of those games, which means about 90% of the story is made by him. Honestly he has lost his mind over thea years with uncharted 4 and that black female somehow being stronger than nathan and sam and just beating them up. Clearly this man has lost his touch and needs to go.
@@SavantGardeEX What do you mean "somehow" stronger than Nathan? She was literally a South African mercenary. Of course she is going to be stronger, faster and better in combat than 2 white street guys. I get where you're coming from, and I understand certain criticisms, I really do. But arguments like yours are the reason many people are just being labeled as sexist and all types of names.
Don't really care if they still make good games, the moment developers antagonize and insult their fans (especially in favor of virtue signaling), they pretty much guarantee no money from me.
same here. for the same reasons, i won't waste a second of my time watching the witcher series. the writers are doing the same identical bullshit. insulting fans of the books that don't find a "diverse" cast to be appropriate for the context of the show.
@@yokiweyy4770 Did they post that on twitter or say that in an interview? Regardless I think the show is alright, the diverse cast wasn't that noticeable of an issue. Henry Cavill is very passionate about the franchise and it really shows, his acting was superb.
As a woman, I'd much rather play as Joel. I will be sorely disappointed if they just leave him in the background of part 2 and we don't get to play as him again. He was so bad ass... and hot, to boot.
Why is woman empowerment always depicted and celebrated through violence and sexuality. It's always about power and dominance. Why is woman empowerment never about a mother who decides to stay home to raise her children. Why is women empowerment never about a woman who sacrifices to be a caretaker? In other words if a woman acts like a tough guy she is empowered but if a woman is traditionally feminine she is weak and has internalized patriarchy.
You got it all wrong, why don't we celebrate when a woman stays home to care for her children? Because is not a conquering, it's totally respectable but he didn't have to fight for that right. Women are shown empowering through sexual matters and dominance because they have a history with wrong depictions in those mediums
@@afgusti4269 We don't celebrate stay at home moms because it's not a conqueror narrative? Then you proved my point. We celebrate conquest. We celebrate woman conquering. Conquering is masculine energy don't get it twisted, it will always be masculine. So when a woman displays masculine acts that is empowerment. When a man displays masculine acts that is toxic. Do you see the problem here?
@@rickrouse7865 There just trying to reverse the roles because they're insecure about being women. About being feminine. I won't deny this issue of Feminism was created from how women have been enslaved, marginalized, abused, and disenfranchised throughout history politically, socially, and economically. But there is some good justification for their secondary status in patriarchal societies. They are incapable first and foremost, of building civilization, the institutions that hold civilization together... physically speaking, and women psychological process things differently, their ability to solve problems is usually based on how they feel, they are biologically designed that way. Lastly they can't fight, and that is because they are biologically predisposed to be less aggressive than men. Obviously. If western civilization is destroyed... it will be because they played a role in it.
@@legioxciicorvus5917 Well I don't necessarily agree with everything you said. They are trying to reverse the role and the motives are all over the place. The social engineers want to sabotage western culture to weaken it from the inside so government can takeover but men have to be subdued first or else rebellion. What better way to stop a rebellion then buy turning men into women and women into men.. total sabotage.
You criticise the game, you’re a racist. Say you’re black, then you become sexist Say you’re female, then you become homophobic Say you’re gay then you become transphobic... So basically, you can only criticise the game if you’re a black, gay, trans woman
Ill preface this by saying, I have no plans on buying TLOU 2, I think the story sounds like garbage and im in no way defending Naughty Dog, but I hate this take. It largely ignores the fact that there are groups of people, more than you probably realize, who have been talking about and have hated this since they revealed Ellie is a lesbian. Things like that create an echo-chamber of toxicity when generally, those people who complain and whine about those asinine details are the biggest snowflakes and ones who care the most about that stuff. LBGTQ community isnt online championing for Mario to be officially recognized as gay. They really dont give nearly a shit as much as the people complaining; theyre just glad they can marry in most places nowadays... They dont have the time to care about some stupid bullshit like that because theyre still working on getting their total freedom in their real lives. Theres really people out there who really do think TLOU 2 is bad just because of the LGBTQ stuff, and its like the first thing people mention when theyre talking about it... Youre homophobic if the first thing you complain about is "Ellie's a lesbian" or "ABBY IS TRANS". If you actually point out how bad the writing is, instead of complaining about asinine details, then reasonable people wouldnt say that if you have an opinion on the actual story. It would still be a shit story. If it was written well, and still included all that, the LGBTQ stuff actually doesnt even matter if you keep the story beats the same and take that out; its bad because its a bad story, not bad because "LGBTQ IN MUH VIDYA GAMES", which a lot of people are actually complaining about over the terrible story itself. I just hate this rhetoric because it emboldens people who wouldnt know good writing if it hit them upside the head. They literally just hate it for the LBGTQ stuff, and act like they hate it because its a bad story, whereas if that wasnt in the game, and the story beats remained, they would accept the bad story, and probably wouldnt recognize it as bad writing because they like TLOU 1. Im in no way lumping you in with that group, but you see this type of thing everywhere when people get SO attached to things they like.
This was a very very very well made video, the way you articulated this is something I've never really been able to put into words and I feel you completely did this justice, very level headed, very intelligent and well made.
LazerzZ Apart from his point about the PSX show, the bigoted actor Lev and his spectrum argument, the rest of his points are rather poor and nonsensical in this debate. Most things he mentions are non-issues.
bobby schmidt ashley johnson is not gay shes married to Brian Wayne Foster, an American writer, poet and singer for over 3 years so stop with the bullshit
i was not bullshittin i actually thought that she was gay and straught, i saw a picture of her a while back on instagram and it said something about girlfriend, i guess she actually meant girl as a friend or was just joking or maybe she is a little lesbian but just a hint of it, but it is still true everything else i have said about the last of us and the last of us part 2
LazerzZ the problem is this very measured response is always picked up by people with names like RaceWarNow as your videos top #1 liked comment it sort of shows why social justice people are a little concerned
I see many people calling robin a prophet but that’s not the case. Robin simply used critical thinking, something 99% of the modern gaming audience isn’t capable of. The signs of naughty dogs downfall were all there starting around 2014 and got progressively worse since then
It's such a big problem nowadays to speak about your own thoughts without being abused. Thank you for the video, Robin. You've done a great work with this, I surely will recommend all my friends to watch it. Such topics are now sort of out of any discussion and I feel like it is very wrong. We should be honest and opened with each other, no pushing or disrespecting. I hope, this video will be understood properly.
I am gay myself and i couldn't agree more. I'm getting tired of this SJW crap. It doesn't help me, it doesn't help anyone. It only helps those that think they are representing us fighting a good cause, but they can't see the irony. Stuff like this makes people hate LGBT, not like them more. Stop with this nonsense Naughty Dog. Please!
That folks are so terrified that new ideas are being focused upon in certain games speaks more.loudly about their myopic demands for unique stories than it does about lgbt and feminist representation. This is a billion dollar industry comprised of hundreds of companies- each company telling different stories via different gameplay mechanics in different genres. Now, robin here is openly stating that he.doesn't want this.company, know n for constantly refocusing on narrative and the means to tell it, that he doesn't want them to do it. Sjw ideals aren't hurting this major media, gamers demanding that storytellers sell out their creative drive.naughty Dawg creates things they believe in-house that's why their products are masterpieces. Creating what they love is exactly what they've always do ne. Robin here is demanding they bend to the demands of a popular opinion to dictate what they create- which is exactly what he's complaint about! Also, as this trailer shows rather than tells, the kiss shows love between the two characters- something essential for both the mood and to set the scene. It's clearly a memory. If you look closely you notice that Elle is wearing the same bracelet that her lover wore at the dance, implying something terrible has occured. Something which pushes Elle into a vicious, vengeful state which is influencing the animations and attack choices during her confrontation with the group. That's good storytelling which robin ignores because he can't see beyond the kiss- a thing he.wouldn't give a fan about it it were between a man and a woman. And while i.don't think he's a hateful person, I do.see that his focus on who is kissing is just another variation of the old statement " I don't care what people do in bed just as long as I don't have to see it. Dont go kissing in public, I have to see it. " a statement which did not.and does not exist until same sex folks are introduced. I mean, this sjw agenda conspiracy is a shadow puppet for the real issue: folks who believe that what they want should be exactly what creators produce. Hell, sjws only.critique and suggest. What robin and others are demanding is that artists.change their visions to suit them. She's just go and make the games they want. At least they're honest about their wishes. This entire argument is just hypocrisy masked as an attack, stated by folks whom are hilariously oblivious that they are doing what they bash others for allegedly doing. And that's a fan shame. Gay folks like you have listened to this and have convinced yourselves that theirs some super cabal of light folks whom secretly erode the pillars of gaming, but that's completely untrue. It's a reactionary stampede which ignores that lgbt representation in games is in the same minority as other media, it's just that we notice them more now because we are at a junction where we are no longer illegal, censored, ignored, and hidden by popular shame. We.are.a growing demographic which also games. There's room for plumbers,bubblebobbles, straight characters, alien screwing characters, and humans who like.to kiss other humans. You can't tell me that diverse characters is okay when it comes to Mortal Kombat but it's overwhelming sjw pc scrap when a company wants to tell a story about people just like their next door neighbors. Robin may not be homophobic or transphobic, but he certainly isn't helping. After all, if he really thought lgbt characters were cool he might find it odd that they are pretty much the seed of his ire. The gay guy in LOU1 was fine because, as he said, it wasn't a major plot point. That's fucked , man. Everyone has a short-term it's not cool to only accept them in some cliffnotes version between head explosions. This shit is just odd. Katamari are cool but dudes in love are destroying gaming. Oh, and gamers are not one people. We are like Americans. We co!e in all shapes and creeds and beliefs. Games adapt. More stories to tell isn't a disaster, it's awesome. I don't want to.keep spending 60 bucks.fpr.the same.experience every wee k. That's stupid. Just replay the game you already.played and loved. Hell, go and buy a new copy every week. The majority of us will go forth and play the amazing games many won't want to play because they can't stand how folks care about telling stories about people whom the boycotters totally like and all and respect, but only if nothing ever changes and the same amount of never any representation continues because a pattern of representatio n is the problem, not who's being represented, because because because......
@@AdrianStoneisdead This is probably the only reply you're ever going to get so here it is. We don't give a shit when we complain it's called VOICING OUR OPINIONS when we know a plot point is made because of SJWs we know. Men or Women, Gay or Straight we still don't give a shit but we give a shit about a company that's influenced based on false facts or making a game based on a mind of an SJW, if you want Ellie to be gay have a good reason why and have a company that's not INFLUENCED by this gay, sexism and racism controversy. There ya go the next comment will come in 1-year :)
interestingly, I never had anything against homosexual people. Gosh! I had gay friends in school. It was a non-issue. My feelings were neutral-positive. But observing myself and my feelings now, I am starting to develop an immense dislike for anything homosexual...BECAUSE I am constantly confronted with it through the media. It is like...being an atheist...and suddenly everyone tells you how great it is to by Islamic. And "shouldn't you embrace" Islam and think about it all the time. No. No I should not. Why do I have to?
Hey Robin! TLOU is my favorite game of all time, so just thought I'd give my two cents. For me, it doesn't matter that she is gay. I don't think that aspect of her character is forced, because I thought that it was so well done in Left Behind. For me, when it would begin to become problematic is if this new relationship introduced is forced, or has no right to be there. But the thing is, that would be the same statement if she was straight. I don't care about her sexuality, just make sure the relationship in general has a place in the story, which I hope is.
And you'd be right if it were forced. But what has Naughty Dog done to make anyone think they'll do that. The common theme that Neil talks about when writing TLoU is that he wants to be "honest" with the characters and that world. A good example of that honesty is actually the ending. The original ending for the game was actually one that was undeniably happy. Joel would still lie, but you could tell that Ellie was okay with the lie and the walked off into a town with the camera pulling out. Sounds very much like the typically Hollywood happy ending, huh? Because he said that didn't feel honest, so he changed it to the one we eventually got. And that one feels right. I don't think anyone loves these characters as much as he does. He's not going to do anything to tarnish them.
@RobinGaming i do not agree at 12:04 when you say it is a random flashback of them kissing and has no context.. it does have context with the dlc left behind with ellie kissing riley the last of us came out 5 years and 19 days ago and was written before that, all of this gay stuff that has been happening in the real world i do not know when the thick of it started and when the thick of all this sjw lgbtq stuff started but i think the last of us was out and written before the thick of all this gay stuff and the last of us being written a long time ago and released and all of this real world gay and sjw stuff happening right now has just smushed together bringing more eyes and thoughts towards the game
82Jaster I agree. I wasn't saying that it is already forced, I just simply mean that it would become a problem for me if it ended up being forced in the game, but right now there is nothing to suggest that so I am putting all of my hope and naughty dog like I always have
BakerRider What you said is really the key, there really is nothing to suggest that they'll do anything forced. In terms of diversity, I think there's something really important to point out when talking about Naughty Dog. As a studio they're very diverse. If you watch Behind the Scenes footage of their games this becomes clear. They have employees that are straight, gay, transgender, of different races and they also have a studio that has among the highest percentage of female employees of any AAA studio. They're also a studio that's based in California, which is not only one of the most diverse places in America, but in the entire world. I'd argue that rather than "forcing" diversity as some have implied (not you), they're really just making what they see. When they look around their studio they see diversity. When they go outside of their studio they see diversity. Just as when a Japanese developer makes a game that's grounded, you typically see them making games that have a lot of Japanese and other Asian people in it. That's simply what they know and see on a daily basis.
To start this off - I’m a bisexual woman. An audience naughty dog is trying to cater to, but honestly I couldn’t care less if Ellie was gay. I care about the story and the gameplay. To me Ellie is an amazing character and she would be too, if she was straight. I enjoyed playing Nathan Drake even tho he doesn’t represent me. I’m going to buy tlou 2 because I believe it’s going an outstanding game. I hope they focus on the story, which of course can be influenced by the fact that Allie is gay, but it shouldn’t make up the whole story. However I’m seriously frightened by what’s happening behind the scenes. Job interviews should always be about equal opportunities. You should not have an advantage because you are part of the LGBTQ+ community. That’s just reverse discrimination.
+Kathi Smalls Great comment, except for the fact that you still say you're going to support the game anyway. This is the problem in the first place. People need to protest this shite with their wallets !
Well this is why good people are going to lose in the end. No one has principals or values anymore. No offense, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices for the greater good, which is what I plan to continue doing until it pays off. Maybe like minded people will follow suit eventually. Cheers !
It’s called positive discrimination, so called because the outcome is seen to be benefitting all concerned. You are right to say job interviews should be about equal opportunities but the fact is that they are not and never have been, this is why Neil Druckmann freely admits to having an agenda in the clip shown. If the video game world is unwilling to change on its own then people will have to give it push.
I agree with you... but like I said with reverse racism with espn... its not reverse racism or reverse discrimination... its still just racism and discrimination... the reverse would be just being a respectful person
Hey everyone, I've wanted to make this video for quite a while already, to share my honest thoughts on this situation. I hope you enjoy watching my new in-depth video, and whether you may agree or disagree, realize that's fine and that we can simply differ in our opinions. Regardless, let me know your thoughts because I'd love to discuss the topic some more with you all.
RobinGaming great video oyo
Great video love you Robin!
RobinGaming keep going man all the best
This topic always irritates me and I am for the most part on the other side of it then you seem to be. The most irritating element is not actually the idea that the developers of games have agendas that they put into their games or that sometimes it can hamper the game. To me, that is just the product of bad writing. Better writers like Naughty Dog, Hideo Kojima, etc. are able to put their agendas in games and make for consistent story flow.
The part that is the most irritating is the hysteria of the anti-SJW crowd. It is the taking of something ultimately trivial and blowing it up into videos about how the future is DOOMED, games are ruined forever, politics is destroying everything, and soon men won’t be able to be men because you media product has too much focus on women, minorities, gays, etc.
Even in this video what you are getting concerned about is so trivial that it seemed downright weird to me that it causes you concern. Devs teasing character relationships, kissing scenes in teaser trailers, and things like this. Whenever I see it, my first thought is: “Wow, these dudes are so insecure!”
Even when I hear the argument that we don’t want politics or pandering in our games, I always think: “since when?” Corporations pander to us all the time. The typical protagonist’s race, gender, sexual orientation, and role as being hyper-competent badasses are all a pander to the gamer. I’ve even seen most of the people who complain talk about how men are 90% of the audience so stop pander to females and I hear an implied: “and go back to pandering to me.”
Politics have been in games for the longest too. Kojima’s examination of the surveillance state in MGS2 and FF7’s environmentalist critique for instance. But the thing is that these are well written agendas.
I have zero problem with pandering or agendas in games because that is actually the way it has always been. The games that do it successfully are those that write it well into their stories. And as far as I can see towards the future is that talented writers and shit writers are gonna both continue to be things so the future is gonna be like the past. Skill rises and is praised while trash sinks to the bottom.
Finally, I do want to talk about you statement on the developer’s reaction to the kissing in the lastest TLOU2 teaser. I thought that guy’s response what appropriate because he is looking at what one kiss in a teaser elicited online. The fact that this video as well as hundreds of others comes from that trivial item is itself proof of the hostility he as a dev feels in putting pro-gay imagery in the game. When doing so prompts this much outrage it is hard to believe: “Oh, this is just coming from a bunch of socially accepting well-thought out gamers.” as opposed to “Wow, one gay kiss and I’m getting all this outrage, surely this has to do with some anti-gay horseshit.” Honestly, I feel the same way. The talk of how pointless this kiss was would not have even existed had it been a dude. Everyone would have just been talking about the lip physics.
Anyway, I do like these discussion videos, so keep it up.
Omg, THANK YOU! This is perhaps the best video of yours I’ve watched in a while. Well said and well constructed point of view. I agree with you here 💯, Naughty Dog and some other devs are beginning to lose the focus of their work. Forced narratives and agendas are all over the place today. I’m all for diversity, representation and whatever, we are human BEINGS, I agree that we should be able CHOOSE what we can. But when one feels the need to shoehorn these issues unnaturally into any piece of media, sure it pleases many and tends to be popular, but that feeling of a coerced input lingers, and if everyone was as honest you’ve just done right here, the world would be a much more welcoming place. You’ve spoken the TRUTH here, not minding the possible backlash that could ensue as a result. I massively respect this honest effort, more power to ya.
He was right this whole time, Robin is a time traveller confirmed
I was looking for this. Someone coming after two years to acknowledge this guy's farsightedness.
He's not a "time traveler". Me, him, and several others saw this way before the leaks...
Well, Naughty Dog had been trying to act like it's NOT true right up until the leaks. Anyone else notice how the ($230) Ellie Edition is a particularly nasty form of gaslighting?: Included is a figure of Ellie playing the guitar -- it's evocative of both Ellie AND Joel, who taught her to play; and it seems to hint that they'll both be treated as the characters we know them to be.
Instead, we're supposed to play as Abby who murders Joel and *_hunts down_* Ellie and beats her almost to death; and somehow (how???) we're supposed to LIKE this Abby?
I kinda expected Joel would bdie in this game, he's old AF; but I assumed he'd get a death appropriate to his character, maybe saving Ellie or even saving her pregnant girlfriend Dina. But not murdered by the character we're then supposed to play as.
@@bobtom1495 Exactly, many people saw this shit coming years in advance. Back when Robin posted this video, I wrote a comment about this stuff myself, and had to be done with it because I couldn't be bothered to deal with the waves of angry replies.
Or, I don't know, he used his brain at least a little.
Oh how this video is gonna age like fine wine. Already has.
...you have just been proven to be 100% correct.
Yup...the last of us is screwed
@@brianhummler207 and you know I was going off that initial leak, IT GOT WORSE!!!
@@TheKillingMachine928 very much so.
Nice timing lmfao
ONE YEAR ago, this guy knows man
Nearly 2 years before
Almost 2 years actually
@@whodatninja439 Thank you for the insight.
Someone pick up the phone cause this guy called it!
He's the leaker!
They hated him because he spoke the truth.
yup. That's ever the case when people want to stay cooped up in their own delusions. People who want to stay asleep always hate the person that opens the shades
@@gurgamous Yeah, i was cautious about the game because of this video but i still had faith in Naughtydog. But I'm sad that it was actually true
@@gurgamous so true
@@gurgamous George Orwell's original: 'The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it' quote would have been more accurate.
@@izukumidoriyaisssss3049 I used to want them to continue the Jak & Daxter series, or develop something related to it, but with the way they are now, they'd totally ruin it. :/
Bruh this guy was warning us even before the leaks appeared
Naughty Dog died when Amy Hennig left.
bro this dude is the goat
Robingaming is the hero we needed but didn't deserve
@Clockwork Man can you tell us these stories?
TBH that E3 reveal was all I needed.
RobinGaming: They called me a mad man.
Truth will always be persuaded as mad or crazy when it doesn't fit the "One World" agenda.
And what I predicted came to pass
Congratulations, you are a prophet
@@VashSawyer RobinGaming: I'm a survivor.
@@TheUnderratedOrange Naughty Dog: I think you'll find our will equal to yours
RobinGaming: "Our?"
*proceeds to inject social justice into their game and attack the fandom. Then gets rekt*
I cant believe how well this aged
It is amazing, I thought it was a recent video but it is almost a two years old video.
Ikr! This could've been made today. If I hadn't already been subbed, I'd sub for this.
He tried to warn us....
and we called him a mad man....
This aged better than fine wine
Indeed
Yep
How so ?
Rex Nihilum the leaks that came out proved everything he said
@Rex Nihilum You play as a new transgender character for half the game who ends up killing both Joel and Ellie. Most of Ellie's scenes are revolved around lesbianism.
This aged very well in light of the recent leaks.
It really has.
Here after the massive The Last of US Part II leak - all I can say is, Naughty Dog should have paid attention to what you had to say.
Yeah
same
what does it matter ppl still will buy it its a shame no one sees the truth behind ND and other companies
Lot’s of people owe Robin a huge apology
True diversity is in difference of mindset... who cares if people look differently if they all think the same twisted thing? How would you feel if everyone kept agreeing with you and you never had to have a discussion... it´s dystopian and for some reason SJWs think it´s the peak of humanity if society would be like that
I guess you could say this guy had..... 2020 vision
*finger guns*
YYEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHH
@@athikbanget lmao i havent seen that meme in a minute
Damn it, that was bad... but it made me chuckle have a like.
You really pulled out the Luigi guns on this one lmaoo. Perfect.
*Tongue clicks*
This man is a legend. He knew what was coming...
Aged like fine wine my friend.
☝️
@@श्रीजनरिजाल
Something brilliant from a product forcing a dumb agenda?
I have yet to see that.
@@श्रीजनरिजाल
That's what I always tell myself about SJWs, but yeah there's that probability.
@@श्रीजनरिजाल
It won't.
WTF thought this was shot this week, then I scroll into the comments and see "this aged well". So I look at the date, nearly 2 years ago...
This did age well.
Fuck yeah
You missed how much that like/dislike bar was when this video was released.
Things have change.
@@8Kazuja8 I'm curious too. As I type this, it's about 88 - 12
@@ViktorKruger99As of 2023, it's 46K likes to 6,5K dislikes.
Top 10 warnings the world ignored
What's the other 9
This aged well. Haha, just look at the latest news for TLOU 2.
Ikr, and people were being so bitchy here before
ND "going overboard"!!!!!
@@deplorabledave1048 The woke of us
Is that Kenichi on your pic?
Funny how, after looking at the leaks, I saw yours and my worst fears about the Part II not only becoming reality, but also the writing suffering badly for it. The game looks like a dumpster fire. NaughtDog is going to die for it, sadly
Hold on now, you don't know how the game is going to make you feel yet. While I admit this looks bad, be careful of being sucked too deep into the rage-bait content. That's some advice for you and me both lol
@@stephenmaloney7419 That's terrible advice, never ever repeat the dumb shit that you just said lmao
just saying but if that's what they produce now, Mangy Dogs is as dead as Bioware,
you're just looking at it's decaying corpse being held on strings but the stench is getting a bit too strong to ignore.
@@Kelmire1 STFU and take your simp ass back to your right wing man cave
@@Kelmire1 nah bruh he's right, too many people tryna shit on plot points in the game as if nobody knew they were gonna happen
Don't ever apologize for telling the truth.
If you haven’t done anything wrong
*Do not apologize* - Jordan Peterson
@ayaan bazaz mysteriobisnt wrong though. One of my favorite lines of his in far from home.
@@rulde That man says the most obvious shit... I guess young incels need to hear the obvious tho
I am coming here 6 years later to say you 100% nailed it
Plot twist: He’s the one who leaked everything.
🤯🤯
@TheSurfinBird 69 😂
I thought this video came out yesterday or something, but it turns out it was 2 years ago.
I watched it the day it released, aged like fine wine.
Yeah, me too. I noticed the date only after the video ended and I was really surprised.
shiiit same here
Well Robin, from hearing the devastating leaks that have unfortunately been put on the internet recently, I can now confirm that Naughty Dog does in fact have an agenda.
@Joaquin RV Well, better realizing it now than never.
so nini @ for what?
so nini Well, I know that💀 I’m asking you an @ to what? Instagram? Twitter? I’m not sure what you are talking about.
You mispelled “fortunately” mate
Lone Wanderer I’m sure I did.
THIS MAN WAS SPITTING STRAIGHT BARS AND WE DIDNT LISTEN
For two years I was worried that you were right about everything. Now my fears have been confirmed. Dammit.
Back when this came out I got into several comment fights with others trying to say there was no agenda, blah blah blah. While there certainly is some schadenfreude about being right, I'm mostly sad. I was so excited that there was going to be a sequel, then the red flags started appearing, and now here we are today. Now I have a choice to make: either watch a lets play (because I wouldn't buy it even if I had a playstation) and try to see where everything went wrong, or ignore it and preserve the good memories from the first game.
Fuck.
Damoclese CoE the first game is still the best game ever tho, a sequel is not gonna change that
The man who everyone laughed at, is now looking down upon all the pleboiants who mocked and named called him for making this video.
*How times have changed ay cowboy*
@Karim Abou Faraj Yup, i do hate that he's a simp for her though
An easy solution would have been to make the giraffes the main characters.
well..vegan activist will get angry
A genderless giraffe made out leaves
lol
Just make a genderless bush
AlexDragonMagic that wouldn’t work Sjws HATE Bush
I'm here because I remember watching this a year ago and now I'm disappointed as hell..
We will miss you :( ...
(Nah, TLOU 2 isn't canon for me ;D )
Same
Joel My Boah! You deserved so much more!
It's not your fault, Joel :)
Farewell my friend, I'm sorry they did you dirty.
@@darkmamba7025 What TLOU2? There's only The Last of Us. A sequel was never made.
Who's here after the leaks? Lol.
A lot of people, really this video needs to blow up to 1million+ views by June
@Trans Conservative Waifu
Me, though it is by accident... Because it's odd how relevant this video's become.
Me
Just like fine wine this video aged so well. Robin is either a psychic or a prophet.
The video aged so well.
Robingaming: they called me a mad man.
They hated Jesus for for saying the truth
somehow someone had to bring Jesus into the equation 🙄
@Blip Blop it's not a joke bruh
Amy Hennig is a giga chad, and Neil is not.
Thad is the max chadness
Whats a chad???
@@lsjmartin6220 a Chad
Is a person who is 5 univeral levels ahead of a virgin, their balls are big becuase they are better than Virgins
What is a female Chad
cole lappan it's virgin Becky vs Chad Stacy
Lads... he was right
Great role model: Amy Hennig
Terrible role model: Anita Sarkeesian
This. So much this.
Any sounds bites or clips you can direct me to with Ms. Henning by any chance? I'm already familiar with Sarkeesian the Sarlacc.
@@ThrdSonofSparda just watch the retro replay episodes she appears in
Guys this guy is from future or may be he is a prophet or something...he predicted the trash...
Atleast people will start to agree robin from now on
@@DarkAttackYT I went from not wanting a sequel, to getting interested, to getting very hyped,... to this complete disappointment
@3rd Way Ikr, the gameplay looks great but the story looks rancid, it's so annoying this had to happen to TLOU.
Were people attacking robin?
Naughty Dog themselves did warn us. This game wasn't going to be made for us.
@3rd Way I'd imagine they're so far out of the loop they don't even know what that means.
They called him a madman.
I am officially no longer a fan of naughty dogs!
@@श्रीजनरिजाल i wouldn't feel bad about them, they created this shitshow.
@@श्रीजनरिजाल don't feel sad 70 % quit, there new staff is political correctness fuck them.
@@श्रीजनरिजाल developers probably just followed the lead of the sh**y writers on the game. Hopefully they get paid for their job. Writers are to blame for this crap.
Same they will never get my money again
Be a fan of the naughty dog that gave you the games you cherish. they had a good run
They hated him because he spoke truth
This video has aged like fine wine in the wake of the plot spoilers that got leaked.
You warned us 2 years before. Thx Robin.
He warned us, we didn't listen. We. Didn't. Listen. ಥ_ಥ
I can't believe this was posted two years ago. Mindblowing. Subscribed.
This man is a prophet. He knew about the toxicity at naughty dog before the leaks. Thank you, I’ve learned a lot. Not buying the last of us 2.
Me either! He lined up all the nails and pounded them in straight.
We truly live in crazyworld. The toxic fan base calling Naughty Dog “toxic” is rich. Or it would be if it wasn’t terrifying to realize how hateful and dumb the gaming community appears to be. It just took a major character death to bring it out.
@@nschmidt27 No it is not the toxic fan base, but the sensible Gamers that can see and call out the spade a spade. Not everything is black and white. It's as if being a centrist is a crime. You're the only one being toxic here. What's rich is that you're speaking against the "hateful and dumb gaming community" while being hateful and dumb yourself.
Todesengel I’ve not seen a single criticism of TLOU2 that wasn’t completely nonsensical. It’s just a bunch of butthurt over nothing. Funny you say “nothing is black and white”...that’s the exact moral of the story Naughty Dog was trying to tell, yet it apparently went over everyone’s head
@@nschmidt27 Perhaps watch Angry Joe's review and then have a gander at the videos next to it. There are plenty of valid points made by other critics as well.
Apparently nobody at Naughty Dog watched this video
Oh... my... god... How the hell did this vídeo to age so well... given what has happened...
He saw the truth even 2 years ago, the signs were always there & this is what Last of Us Part 2 turned out to be.
SUPERBIKER let us be happy that they made one of the best games ever tlou part one, the second is not canon for me
Anyone here after the last us 2 leaks?
Jul 1st 2018: "They called me a mad man"
The day of the leak: "And what i had predicted came to pass".
Now i hope EVERYONE who was rude with Robin because of this video will say SORRY! Because he was right the whole time and TLOU2 marks the moment where Naughty Dog changed (for the worst)
Niel obsession with teenagers sexuality is the most creep part
Never thought about it like that, that is weird.
Mindblown
Hol Up
How exactly would you even know if he has an obsession? Do you have anything to corroborate it?
@Heckboy Example?
This aged well due to the TLOU PART 2 leaks.
Or anybody who’d been paying attention
Great video man, 4 years later.
This has aged so fucking well
My man Robin called it. This is why I've been subscribed for almost a decade now.
As a bi guy, believe you me, I don't like LGBT stuff being treated like a trendy fad. Injecting LGBT characters into a narrative does not magically make it more interesting.
Brent Hui Agreed. Ellie is a great character who just happens to be gay. Also, even if Chloe and Nadine like each other, so what? Chloe is still one of my favorite Uncharted characters and I've grown to like Nadine a lot after The Lost Legacy.
Yeah, though not to say LGBT character's can't work. The film Moonlight, for example, is an excellent use of a character's sexuality to carry the narrative. If more LGBT characters were constructed like that, I'd have no issue.
Precisely. The characters ND has given us so far have been great. No issues. BUT just this past year, things have seem to take a sharp turn. However, a majority of this is just through social medias so it may not represent the studio as a whole. But it does raise some flags here n there. Thankfully, thus far, the games themselves have been without any irritations.
I'm gonna guess "admitting to pushing it" means telling people that he made a gay character and to get the Hell over it lol
I think Ellie makes sense to be gay-but da Nadine And Chloe shit kinda *DUMB*
Here after intergalactic reveal. Druckman is taking down ND with him.
It's just garbage storytelling. Straight up. What a letdown compared to the first game. I don't support slave labor of any kind, good game or not. Naughty Dog needs to learn that you can't treat people like that.
Slave labor? You know that creating a game is not a 8-5pm work? If you are in the industry you should know that. Plus they are winning 250k+bonus a normal employee, they are very well compensated, and they are paid overtime. Slave labor is working without pay and without choice. They have both.
The comments: He is the Messiah
RobinGaming: I am not the Messiah
The comments: I say you are lord, I should know I followed a few
Sounds like something a Messiah would say
He's a very naughty boy
Be careful, you are speaking the truth.
In an empire of lies, speaking the truth is treason
"Be careful"
Its a fucking youtube video you dramatic beta male.
moriya2k2 She only became gay once Neil Druckman got his hands on the game. He was behind the DLC.
fonkymaster RUclips closes down channels like this all the time whenever soy latte sipping boyos like yourself cry “hate speech.”
No, but the E3 thing was just
Dev: Should we put some hooking narrative and tense scenes to build up expectations?
Neil 'Virtue Signaling' Druckmann: Nah fam just put some out of context virtue signaling inclusive gay scene and some unrelated gameplay and you're sold.
He predicted an entire game and show. This guy is scary.
Man, this video aged better than Keanu Reeves.
WHOLESOME 100 KEANU CHUNGUS EVERYONE LIKED THAT BREATHTAKING 100 (EPIC REDDIT MOMENT.)
Blasphemy 😁
Hahahahaha
Aaron Knox Damn bro you just did the funny joke man
Yes it sure did
“Only a Sith deals in absolutes...” -Obi Wan Kenobi
A strange line, that is, but somehow profound. Never really thought about what it means exactly until now. In retrospect, that was a VERY underrated line.
Kingofcheese184
Yeah, if it was intentional, it was brilliant. The fact that Obi Wan completely misses the hypocrisy in his statement says so much about the Jedi order how it was currently structured
Dreary KnitPicker wow you can tell I’m not a Star Wars person I actually thought for a second it was a quote from a real historical leader or something lol
Wolfy Hahaha RIght? It sounds like something Winston Churchill or Rosevelt would say!
Dreary KnitPicker yep hahaha
Here after the TLOU 2 plot leaks. Oh man the agenda is undeniable at this point
Neil got Amy henning fired from uncharted 4 because she didnt wanna shove his agenda in her game.
And yet.... YOU WERE RIGHT.
‡ Gothic Croc ‡ Jesus I see you on almost anything TLOU you're everywhere XD
Doctor infinite I played the TLOU, and loved it. Now it’s all just.... garbage.
I agree completely with your opinion in this video. I’m happy there’s a voice speaking for all of us who feel similarly.
wow just wow
this guy is a prophet!
Imagine being a fan of Anita Sarkeesian. Lost so much respect for Druckmann
When thinking about it how can you have respect for someone who never earned it. He actually had gotten too much praise it was the others like Bruce Straley who were the true geniuses. Look at what many consider the top 3 games UC2, UC4 and TLOU.
@@greedgod5827 But you can't really deny that he was the main director for all of those games, which means about 90% of the story is made by him. Honestly he has lost his mind over thea years with uncharted 4 and that black female somehow being stronger than nathan and sam and just beating them up. Clearly this man has lost his touch and needs to go.
@@SavantGardeEX What do you mean "somehow" stronger than Nathan? She was literally a South African mercenary. Of course she is going to be stronger, faster and better in combat than 2 white street guys.
I get where you're coming from, and I understand certain criticisms, I really do. But arguments like yours are the reason many people are just being labeled as sexist and all types of names.
@@sebastianjimenez5521 I'm sorry but a young female in her 20's vs 2 middle aged men that has fought for 2 decades, felt like forced feminism to me.
I never had respect from him.
And I feel good about that.
Naughty dog is the next Jk Rowling of gaming
not as bad tho
( I think )
You were right my friend
You think to small, try next star wars last jedi!
hi there how right you were
can't wait for them to retcon Uncharted to tell us Nathan and his brother were in fact butt buddies all along
It's funny how we all thought that Abby was Ellie's mom
Haha ikr
That Creature is not capable of becoming human being, let alone someones mom.
Haha I remember that. God if only we knew the shit show that would happen a couple years later.
little did we know bitch was darth vader
@Jeff V its ma'am
"they called me a madman."- Robin Gaming
Who's here from their new trailer? Its like they went overboard into this territory and the company is now a self selected echo chamber
Don't really care if they still make good games, the moment developers antagonize and insult their fans (especially in favor of virtue signaling), they pretty much guarantee no money from me.
same here. for the same reasons, i won't waste a second of my time watching the witcher series. the writers are doing the same identical bullshit. insulting fans of the books that don't find a "diverse" cast to be appropriate for the context of the show.
100% agree.
@@yokiweyy4770 Did the game suffer from even a small percentage of that issue? I still have it shrink-wrapped.
Thank you.
@@yokiweyy4770 Did they post that on twitter or say that in an interview? Regardless I think the show is alright, the diverse cast wasn't that noticeable of an issue. Henry Cavill is very passionate about the franchise and it really shows, his acting was superb.
As a woman, I'd much rather play as Joel. I will be sorely disappointed if they just leave him in the background of part 2 and we don't get to play as him again. He was so bad ass... and hot, to boot.
I think he's getting his own dlc! I wonder why you don't want to play as badass Ellie though?...
@@DollOfTheDamned i like Ellie, too. I just prefer Joel.
@@socialmoth4974 I would be surprised if you didn't get to play as him in a later stage of the game in a similar way TLOU1 did with Ellie.
Everyone likes more Joel than Ellie, but regardless some people as long as they see Joel on the 2nd part they are happy.
I usually prefer playing as a male character.. I have no reason for it though lol. Not that I'm not excited to play as Ellie haha :)
Why is woman empowerment always depicted and celebrated through violence and sexuality. It's always about power and dominance. Why is woman empowerment never about a mother who decides to stay home to raise her children. Why is women empowerment never about a woman who sacrifices to be a caretaker? In other words if a woman acts like a tough guy she is empowered but if a woman is traditionally feminine she is weak and has internalized patriarchy.
You got it all wrong, why don't we celebrate when a woman stays home to care for her children? Because is not a conquering, it's totally respectable but he didn't have to fight for that right.
Women are shown empowering through sexual matters and dominance because they have a history with wrong depictions in those mediums
@@afgusti4269 We don't celebrate stay at home moms because it's not a conqueror narrative? Then you proved my point. We celebrate conquest. We celebrate woman conquering. Conquering is masculine energy don't get it twisted, it will always be masculine. So when a woman displays masculine acts that is empowerment. When a man displays masculine acts that is toxic. Do you see the problem here?
@@rickrouse7865
There just trying to reverse the roles because they're insecure about being women. About being feminine. I won't deny this issue of Feminism was created from how women have been enslaved, marginalized, abused, and disenfranchised throughout history politically, socially, and economically. But there is some good justification for their secondary status in patriarchal societies. They are incapable first and foremost, of building civilization, the institutions that hold civilization together... physically speaking, and women psychological process things differently, their ability to solve problems is usually based on how they feel, they are biologically designed that way. Lastly they can't fight, and that is because they are biologically predisposed to be less aggressive than men. Obviously.
If western civilization is destroyed... it will be because they played a role in it.
@@legioxciicorvus5917 Well I don't necessarily agree with everything you said. They are trying to reverse the role and the motives are all over the place. The social engineers want to sabotage western culture to weaken it from the inside so government can takeover but men have to be subdued first or else rebellion. What better way to stop a rebellion then buy turning men into women and women into men.. total sabotage.
@@TheVintress Wow. Very smart response.
It’s almost 2025 and this vid continues to age gracefully. Even after moving on to new IPs, the same agenda remains except x10 worse
This man is definitely a time traveler
Josh Leather Nah man he’s just been paying attention longer than most
You criticise the game, you’re a racist.
Say you’re black, then you become sexist
Say you’re female, then you become homophobic
Say you’re gay then you become transphobic...
So basically, you can only criticise the game if you’re a black, gay, trans woman
Then if you criticise it, you have internalised racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia 🎉!
On a mission of peace. All those who oppose will be obliterated!
That's a lot of straw men
Ill preface this by saying, I have no plans on buying TLOU 2, I think the story sounds like garbage and im in no way defending Naughty Dog, but I hate this take. It largely ignores the fact that there are groups of people, more than you probably realize, who have been talking about and have hated this since they revealed Ellie is a lesbian. Things like that create an echo-chamber of toxicity when generally, those people who complain and whine about those asinine details are the biggest snowflakes and ones who care the most about that stuff. LBGTQ community isnt online championing for Mario to be officially recognized as gay. They really dont give nearly a shit as much as the people complaining; theyre just glad they can marry in most places nowadays... They dont have the time to care about some stupid bullshit like that because theyre still working on getting their total freedom in their real lives.
Theres really people out there who really do think TLOU 2 is bad just because of the LGBTQ stuff, and its like the first thing people mention when theyre talking about it... Youre homophobic if the first thing you complain about is "Ellie's a lesbian" or "ABBY IS TRANS". If you actually point out how bad the writing is, instead of complaining about asinine details, then reasonable people wouldnt say that if you have an opinion on the actual story.
It would still be a shit story. If it was written well, and still included all that, the LGBTQ stuff actually doesnt even matter if you keep the story beats the same and take that out; its bad because its a bad story, not bad because "LGBTQ IN MUH VIDYA GAMES", which a lot of people are actually complaining about over the terrible story itself. I just hate this rhetoric because it emboldens people who wouldnt know good writing if it hit them upside the head. They literally just hate it for the LBGTQ stuff, and act like they hate it because its a bad story, whereas if that wasnt in the game, and the story beats remained, they would accept the bad story, and probably wouldnt recognize it as bad writing because they like TLOU 1. Im in no way lumping you in with that group, but you see this type of thing everywhere when people get SO attached to things they like.
al west *Strawpeople, thank you very much 😤.
Lmao this man told the future 2 years in advance, while making the people hating on him look stupid at the same time.
This video aged like the finest of all fine wines
Indeed
*Any character from any videogame:* ...
*Naughty Dog:* why aren't you gae?
Nico Contreras deepah
Im so happy Crash is no longer theirs.
Hildegard von Bingen yuu ah, a heterosexual... yuu Ah, cissjendah
Pac- Man K! Lmfao they’d make him gay
@@BillyBob-pl5lr Urgh, I woudnt be able to stand that
Thanks, Robin. Whereas most people would probably make the wrong move in making this type of video, yours couldn’t have been said more perfectly.
This turned out to be so accurate with TLOU2
Dude you were so ahead of your time...
Can't believe this video has aged better than TLOU franchise.
Well well well, look where we are now... i looked at the leaks today and remembered this video. Boy were you right
Yep, just got back here to see how the comments were going. Watched this video 2 years ago when I realised the route ND was taking.
This was a very very very well made video, the way you articulated this is something I've never really been able to put into words and I feel you completely did this justice, very level headed, very intelligent and well made.
LazerzZ Apart from his point about the PSX show, the bigoted actor Lev and his spectrum argument, the rest of his points are rather poor and nonsensical in this debate. Most things he mentions are non-issues.
bobby schmidt ashley johnson is not gay shes married to Brian Wayne Foster, an American writer, poet and singer for over 3 years so stop with the bullshit
i was not bullshittin i actually thought that she was gay and straught, i saw a picture of her a while back on instagram and it said something about girlfriend, i guess she actually meant girl as a friend or was just joking or maybe she is a little lesbian but just a hint of it, but it is still true everything else i have said about the last of us and the last of us part 2
LazerzZ the problem is this very measured response is always picked up by people with names like RaceWarNow as your videos top #1 liked comment it sort of shows why social justice people are a little concerned
@@disturpierced Welp.
I see many people calling robin a prophet but that’s not the case. Robin simply used critical thinking, something 99% of the modern gaming audience isn’t capable of. The signs of naughty dogs downfall were all there starting around 2014 and got progressively worse since then
I couldn't find the right words to describe my concerns about The Last of Us 2. Thank you.
It's such a big problem nowadays to speak about your own thoughts without being abused. Thank you for the video, Robin. You've done a great work with this, I surely will recommend all my friends to watch it. Such topics are now sort of out of any discussion and I feel like it is very wrong. We should be honest and opened with each other, no pushing or disrespecting. I hope, this video will be understood properly.
I understand the heated responses you may have had. There's no reason to be rude. You do have to answer for your opinions though.
absolutely spot on man! this took guts very well done.
This aged like fine wine.
I am gay myself and i couldn't agree more. I'm getting tired of this SJW crap. It doesn't help me, it doesn't help anyone. It only helps those that think they are representing us fighting a good cause, but they can't see the irony. Stuff like this makes people hate LGBT, not like them more.
Stop with this nonsense Naughty Dog. Please!
That folks are so terrified that new ideas are being focused upon in certain games speaks more.loudly about their myopic demands for unique stories than it does about lgbt and feminist representation. This is a billion dollar industry comprised of hundreds of companies- each company telling different stories via different gameplay mechanics in different genres.
Now, robin here is openly stating that he.doesn't want this.company, know n for constantly refocusing on narrative and the means to tell it, that he doesn't want them to do it. Sjw ideals aren't hurting this major media, gamers demanding that storytellers sell out their creative drive.naughty Dawg creates things they believe in-house that's why their products are masterpieces. Creating what they love is exactly what they've always do ne. Robin here is demanding they bend to the demands of a popular opinion to dictate what they create- which is exactly what he's complaint about!
Also, as this trailer shows rather than tells, the kiss shows love between the two characters- something essential for both the mood and to set the scene. It's clearly a memory. If you look closely you notice that Elle is wearing the same bracelet that her lover wore at the dance, implying something terrible has occured. Something which pushes Elle into a vicious, vengeful state which is influencing the animations and attack choices during her confrontation with the group. That's good storytelling which robin ignores because he can't see beyond the kiss- a thing he.wouldn't give a fan about it it were between a man and a woman. And while i.don't think he's a hateful person, I do.see that his focus on who is kissing is just another variation of the old statement " I don't care what people do in bed just as long as I don't have to see it. Dont go kissing in public, I have to see it. " a statement which did not.and does not exist until same sex folks are introduced.
I mean, this sjw agenda conspiracy is a shadow puppet for the real issue: folks who believe that what they want should be exactly what creators produce.
Hell, sjws only.critique and suggest. What robin and others are demanding is that artists.change their visions to suit them. She's just go and make the games they want. At least they're honest about their wishes. This entire argument is just hypocrisy masked as an attack, stated by folks whom are hilariously oblivious that they are doing what they bash others for allegedly doing.
And that's a fan shame. Gay folks like you have listened to this and have convinced yourselves that theirs some super cabal of light folks whom secretly erode the pillars of gaming, but that's completely untrue. It's a reactionary stampede which ignores that lgbt representation in games is in the same minority as other media, it's just that we notice them more now because we are at a junction where we are no longer illegal, censored, ignored, and hidden by popular shame. We.are.a growing demographic which also games. There's room for plumbers,bubblebobbles, straight characters, alien screwing characters, and humans who like.to kiss other humans.
You can't tell me that diverse characters is okay when it comes to Mortal Kombat but it's overwhelming sjw pc scrap when a company wants to tell a story about people just like their next door neighbors.
Robin may not be homophobic or transphobic, but he certainly isn't helping. After all, if he really thought lgbt characters were cool he might find it odd that they are pretty much the seed of his ire.
The gay guy in LOU1 was fine because, as he said, it wasn't a major plot point. That's fucked , man. Everyone has a short-term it's not cool to only accept them in some cliffnotes version between head explosions.
This shit is just odd. Katamari are cool but dudes in love are destroying gaming.
Oh, and gamers are not one people. We are like Americans. We co!e in all shapes and creeds and beliefs. Games adapt. More stories to tell isn't a disaster, it's awesome. I don't want to.keep spending 60 bucks.fpr.the same.experience every wee k. That's stupid. Just replay the game you already.played and loved. Hell, go and buy a new copy every week. The majority of us will go forth and play the amazing games many won't want to play because they can't stand how folks care about telling stories about people whom the boycotters totally like and all and respect, but only if nothing ever changes and the same amount of never any representation continues because a pattern of representatio n is the problem, not who's being represented, because because because......
@@AdrianStoneisdead This is probably the only reply you're ever going to get so here it is. We don't give a shit when we complain it's called VOICING OUR OPINIONS when we know a plot point is made because of SJWs we know. Men or Women, Gay or Straight we still don't give a shit but we give a shit about a company that's influenced based on false facts or making a game based on a mind of an SJW, if you want Ellie to be gay have a good reason why and have a company that's not INFLUENCED by this gay, sexism and racism controversy. There ya go the next comment will come in 1-year :)
HAA GAY..............ok I will stop
@@kurtiskaye888 Uh-huh. Sure. You keep telling folks that and maybe one day some idiot won't notice that you are completely full of crap.
interestingly, I never had anything against homosexual people. Gosh! I had gay friends in school. It was a non-issue. My feelings were neutral-positive.
But observing myself and my feelings now, I am starting to develop an immense dislike for anything homosexual...BECAUSE I am constantly confronted with it through the media.
It is like...being an atheist...and suddenly everyone tells you how great it is to by Islamic. And "shouldn't you embrace" Islam and think about it all the time.
No. No I should not. Why do I have to?
This video aged like wine
Hey Robin! TLOU is my favorite game of all time, so just thought I'd give my two cents. For me, it doesn't matter that she is gay. I don't think that aspect of her character is forced, because I thought that it was so well done in Left Behind. For me, when it would begin to become problematic is if this new relationship introduced is forced, or has no right to be there. But the thing is, that would be the same statement if she was straight. I don't care about her sexuality, just make sure the relationship in general has a place in the story, which I hope is.
@BakerRider I agree
And you'd be right if it were forced. But what has Naughty Dog done to make anyone think they'll do that. The common theme that Neil talks about when writing TLoU is that he wants to be "honest" with the characters and that world. A good example of that honesty is actually the ending. The original ending for the game was actually one that was undeniably happy. Joel would still lie, but you could tell that Ellie was okay with the lie and the walked off into a town with the camera pulling out. Sounds very much like the typically Hollywood happy ending, huh? Because he said that didn't feel honest, so he changed it to the one we eventually got. And that one feels right. I don't think anyone loves these characters as much as he does. He's not going to do anything to tarnish them.
@RobinGaming i do not agree at 12:04 when you say it is a random flashback of them kissing and has no context.. it does have context with the dlc left behind with ellie kissing riley
the last of us came out 5 years and 19 days ago and was written before that, all of this gay stuff that has been happening in the real world i do not know when the thick of it started and when the thick of all this sjw lgbtq stuff started but i think the last of us was out and written before the thick of all this gay stuff and the last of us being written a long time ago and released and all of this real world gay and sjw stuff happening right now has just smushed together bringing more eyes and thoughts towards the game
82Jaster I agree. I wasn't saying that it is already forced, I just simply mean that it would become a problem for me if it ended up being forced in the game, but right now there is nothing to suggest that so I am putting all of my hope and naughty dog like I always have
BakerRider What you said is really the key, there really is nothing to suggest that they'll do anything forced. In terms of diversity, I think there's something really important to point out when talking about Naughty Dog. As a studio they're very diverse. If you watch Behind the Scenes footage of their games this becomes clear. They have employees that are straight, gay, transgender, of different races and they also have a studio that has among the highest percentage of female employees of any AAA studio. They're also a studio that's based in California, which is not only one of the most diverse places in America, but in the entire world. I'd argue that rather than "forcing" diversity as some have implied (not you), they're really just making what they see. When they look around their studio they see diversity. When they go outside of their studio they see diversity. Just as when a Japanese developer makes a game that's grounded, you typically see them making games that have a lot of Japanese and other Asian people in it. That's simply what they know and see on a daily basis.
Plot twist : all the leaks were completely true in every aspect
Mbasa Kosani not only they were true but those plot points become even worse in context lol
Are you from the future?
Thank you for treating this so respectfully. I agree with everything you said.
To start this off - I’m a bisexual woman. An audience naughty dog is trying to cater to, but honestly I couldn’t care less if Ellie was gay. I care about the story and the gameplay. To me Ellie is an amazing character and she would be too, if she was straight. I enjoyed playing Nathan Drake even tho he doesn’t represent me. I’m going to buy tlou 2 because I believe it’s going an outstanding game. I hope they focus on the story, which of course can be influenced by the fact that Allie is gay, but it shouldn’t make up the whole story.
However I’m seriously frightened by what’s happening behind the scenes. Job interviews should always be about equal opportunities. You should not have an advantage because you are part of the LGBTQ+ community. That’s just reverse discrimination.
+Kathi Smalls
Great comment, except for the fact that you still say you're going to support the game anyway. This is the problem in the first place. People need to protest this shite with their wallets !
Well this is why good people are going to lose in the end. No one has principals or values anymore. No offense, but sometimes you have to make sacrifices for the greater good, which is what I plan to continue doing until it pays off. Maybe like minded people will follow suit eventually. Cheers !
It’s called positive discrimination, so called because the outcome is seen to be benefitting all concerned. You are right to say job interviews should be about equal opportunities but the fact is that they are not and never have been, this is why Neil Druckmann freely admits to having an agenda in the clip shown. If the video game world is unwilling to change on its own then people will have to give it push.
I agree with you... but like I said with reverse racism with espn... its not reverse racism or reverse discrimination... its still just racism and discrimination... the reverse would be just being a respectful person
Kathi Smalls allie is fucking bitch