Blizzard’s first Steam game has been well received - in that people are playing it, but maybe not quite enjoying it.
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I’m not touching that game until they go and take the cowboy out of the game. We’re not fools Blizzard, that rename was just a cheap way to put things under the rug and we know already who’s that guy based on
But like…the real guy isn’t a cowboy. They renamed him. You’d remove an entire character from the game? Renaming him seems like the appropriate response.
I agree removing the character entirely seems too far. The characters are designed differently enough that you would be leaving a reasonable number of people without their favorite playstyle entirely without a suitable replacement.
I get people not being able to look past the history, but I’m not sure there’s any more reasonable course of action that can be taken. The name was the homage, not the kit, art, or lines. And now that name is gone.
I think those who are still upset about it would have to accept they fall under “Don’t like? Don’t engage” rather than calling for further action.
So you’re fine with paying $60 for a skin (an actual real thing in the game) but cowboy in the game is where you draw the line?
The original character name made the character an homage to a shithead top employee who made the company into a boys’ club. Although he’s been renamed, it’s understandable that some people can’t look past that.
I generally refuse to pay for anything beyond an expansion. In F2P or online only games like this one, even more so.
I was more angry that they changed the name at all, it’s just an attempt to pretend they never did anything wrong.
I dunno. I feel like completely changing the name of a beloved character was a difficult task for them; they only went through with it because it was an important issue.
