With the release of the content of Sony's new work "God of War: Twilight of the Gods", everyone's original sense of expectation began to be covered by a sense of dissatisfaction.
The reason is that players are angry and dissatisfied with Sony's once again compromise with "political correctness".
Although the fat Thor in the previous game is very different from everyone's expectations, at least his image design has enough basis to support.
In the face of this character named "Angel Boda", there is no allusion to confirm that she can be a black person, it is completely the developer who is "carrying bootlegs", and this controversy has also arisen.
It is worth mentioning that the dissatisfaction is not only because she was forced to add black blood, but also depends on the importance of the role itself.
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If you are familiar with Norse mythology, you will certainly not be unfamiliar with the name Angleboda.
In the original mythological setting, Angel Boda is a female giant and the object of the affair of Loki, the god of fire and trickery.
Yes, it's Loki's junior, not his wife, Loki's wife is named Siegen, but she doesn't have much of a story in mythology.
However, this Angel Boda is not simple, and the three children she and Loki give birth to are the main enemies of the Asa clan--- the demon wolf Fenrir, the giant serpent Yemengard, and the god of death, Hela.
So she is not surprisingly the wife of Atreus (Loki) in this game.
Fenrir is the monster that devoured the main god Odin in the prophecy, and Odin, in order to change the prophecy, asks the dwarves for help to forge a magic chain that can bind it, "Grampnyer".
In the end, Tyre, the god of war, succeeded in binding the fierce wolf with a magic chain, but at the cost of being bitten off a hand.
In the trailer of the new work "God of War", Tyre is still in good hands when he appears, indicating that Kui Ye is still far away from the arrival of the "Twilight of the Gods" when he meets him.
In addition, Tyre is also an important character in the game, and Kuiye's interaction with him and the problems of his hands may affect the change of prophecy.
Jemengard is the nemesis of Thor, the god of thunder, and in "Twilight of the Gods", he and Thor have a round of battle, and finally the giant serpent is hit by Thor's hammer, and Thor is poisoned too deeply, and both sides die together.
As early as the release of "God of War 4" released in 2018, Yemengard appeared in the game, and it also implied in the dialogue with the father and son of Kui ye that Atreus was Loki, and it was also mentioned in the game plot that it was traveled back from the future.
I don't know what kind of intersection it will have with characters such as Thor and Quill in the story of the new work, especially whether Qui-Ye can see its appearance again before and after the battle with Thor.
Finally, there is Hela, the god of death, although human in appearance, her face and body are half normal women, the other half are decaying corpses, the queen who rules The Underworld Helheim, who lives in the palace of Eleudenir, responsible for the placement of all the undead in her own country.
Since she had been exiled by Odin to the cold and dark since childhood, and then settled here, Twilight of the Gods had little to do with her.
In God of War 4, the Father and Son have also entered Helheim, but there is no Hela scene, so whether she will appear in the new work is also a concern.
Finally, the name "Angleboda" is mentioned, which means "a precursor to sorrow", which just hints at the key role she played in driving the coming of the Twilight of the Gods.
According to the introduction and analysis of foreign media gamerant, the appearance of Angle Poda means that Atreus will become the focus of the story, officially becoming Loki, affecting the arrival of the "Twilight of the Gods".
No matter what you think, this black character will be one of the core characters in this game.
Seeing this, putting an important key figure on the label of "political correctness", Sony's operation is already "sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it", do you think everyone can not be angry?
Netizens also ridiculed that Atreus actually wanted to fall in love with such a person, as if it was eight lifetimes of mold.
However, some people explain that because of this, people will give birth to three monsters that look completely like people.
Some netizens remembered the Feng sister of that year, and this comparison really looked very similar.
On September 10, the director of "God of War" also responded to the role controversy, and his attitude was also unreasonable, anyway, he felt that as long as the myth did not clearly state that Angel Boda was not black, she could be a black person, so the reason was also quite unspeakable.
Then some people may look for fault and ask why Thor is not black, according to his meaning, Thor also did not mention the problem of skin color.
Then you don't have to think about it, if the villain becomes black, he will be sprayed wildly.
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Just three days later, the issue of Thor's big fat man image was also raised by the media, and the creative director also came forward to respond, but this obviously has certain practical factors to support it, so it is not controversial.
However, due to the influence of the relevant content next door, the matter of Angel Boda also affected the comment area under the information.
Among them, some netizens daily ridiculed --- "Thor is not black, bad reviews!" ”
But the reply of the netizens downstairs said that "political correctness" requires that black people cannot be villains, let alone defeated by a white person.
I don't know if you have ever understood that Hollywood movies have such an unwritten rule--- "Black people can't be bad people, they can't die." ”
Not all films do, but at least 80% comply.
In fact, not only Hollywood, the entire entertainment industry is so demanding, dare to "blatantly defy" that is to find a draw.
And Sony's "politically correct" executors are very aware of this truth, even if Thor is set as an incredibly powerful black character, but as long as it is a villain, it is worried that those "human rights" defenders will not be happy, unless the plot arranges that he wins Qui Ye.
In addition, Thor is destined to die in the ending of "Twilight of the Gods", if the game plot finds a mythical story to go, then they will be even more angry.
So developers won't do it against villains like Thor.
This is the same as the "female boxers" demand--- the female characters in the game can not be beautiful, can not be sexy is actually a situation, especially a female character with an important position like Angle Poda, which is the best object for the "political correctness" path.
Therefore, it is the influence of such a deformed idea that these film and television companies and game companies will continue to be correct even if they have disgusted everyone twice.
It's better than offending the average group of players like us than offending "politically correct" people, because the former will only make your reputation worse, while the latter may kill you.
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Finally, back to the game content, the foreign media also gave a question while summarizing---
In the trailer, Atreus and AngelBoda are still very young, plus Tyre has not yet broken his hand, and the current timeline seems to be far from "Twilight of the Gods", so will there be a big time jump in the official plot?
Judging by the current plot speculation, the possibility of a time jump is still not small.
Especially if Santa Monica Studio insists on keeping the plot close to Norse mythology, then the time jump will be indispensable, which will help the relationship between Atreus and Angel Poda, so that their three children have a reasonable way to appear.
The new "God of War" is still worth buying, but it is recommended to think about whether you can accept the black-blooded Angel Boda before buying, so as not to affect your own game experience.