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Kaže lik da je inspiriran onom luđakinjom Anitom Sarkeesian. Da li je on primjetio kako su kod publike i kritike prošle igre u kojima je ona sudjelovala?Ne znam, možda sam navikao na visoke standarde koje je postavio Naughty Dog pa smatram da se od njih očekuje kvalitetna igra sa kvalitetnom pričom a ne forsiranje nekih kontroverzi i podilaženje jednom sloju društva i medija.
Osim ako sam nešto propustio zadnjih dana, ona ne sudjeluje u izradi igre, stoga ne vidim relevantnost toga kako su prošle igre u čijoj je izradi sudjelovala. Trčiš pred rudo. Po čemu je ND pokazao da se ne drže visokih standarda? Po čemu si zaključio da forsiraju kontroverze?
Umjesto da se gleda rad Anite Sarkeesian, treba se gledati rad Neila Druckmanna. Ako se pogleda na Wikipediju, može se vidjeti kako je kao pisac sudjelovao u više ND-ovih projekata. Tada se nije dizala prašina, ne znam zašto se diže sada. Štoviše, nisam znao ni da je direktno sudjelovao u razvoju The Lost Legacyja, to je također odlično prihvaćena igra dostojna naslova Uncharted.
Osim što je u samom DLC-u već bilo jasno da je Ellie gay, Druckmann je to dodatno potvrdio i u intervjuu prije šest godina.
We’ve already told this platonic love story between Joel and Ellie and we’ve told the story of the friendship of these two girls in the comic book… It felt like we wanted another dimension to it and since we already had these discussions of who Ellie is it seemed pretty natural to say, or at least ask the question, “What if these two girls were more than friends? What if they were attracted to each other? What if there was more to it?”
Now when I was writing it I was writing it with the idea that Ellie is gay, and when the actresses were working they were definitely working with the idea that they’re both attracted to each other. That was the subtext and intention that they were playing with from the opening cinematic when they’re holding each other’s hands for too long, or when Riley bites her on the neck; there’s that chemistry there from the get go that was important for us so that we earned that moment when they kissed each other. So that it wasn’t just out of the blue but also wasn’t so overt that you’re like “Oh of course. Just get on with it.”
Ako ćeš se već pozivati na tu izjavu staru četiri godine, onda valja spomenuti i na još stariji događaj. 2014. je uručio GDC nagradu Aniti Sarkeesian.
Neil Druckmann, GDC's creative director, presented Sarkeesian with the award, saying it was a moment that was long overdue and that by her work incorporating women's identity and views into the gaming world, it would become more inclusive and less divisive and angering for the female population.
Razlog zašto dijelim ovaj članak je zbog toga što je ovo bilo prije nego što su Uncharted 4 i The Lost Legacy izašli, igra na kojoj je on radio kao jedan od dva glavna pisca i jedan od dva glavna voditelja projekta. Tada se nije propitkivala kvaliteta igre, ne znam zašto je sada slučaj.