No really, like what game is just trying so hard to be the most up to date, inclusive, socially and politically sensitive game in existence. Answers that would have been true at the time are good to.
There’s always been games trying to force socialisation on gamers :p bioware rpgs often had discriminated against characters for example.
But I am not interested in any old game that’s trying its corporate approved best. I want to see the extremes of itchio or whatever.
EDIT: I’m serious, I want like the game that would exist of you wrung all the discourse out of tumblr and put it in a game. Not “a few good takes” something that takes every opportunity to make some point about how it is good media with good politics and values. The sort of game that the frothing-mouthed gamers on twitter think the industry is always one boycott away from producing. Someone, somewhere, must have made something so earnest it deserves recognition.
I was looking for groups near me as when I was a kid I enjoyed the lotr stuff a bit with a cousin and my friends keep killing themselves so I’ve gotta make new ones (I am not the common factor, we’re all just misfits) and everyone runs tournaments :(
We used to have a blast just setting up cool and unfair scenarios to play, I played evil and evil usually lost in good stories, it wasn’t any worse because in the end the good guys won. I still got to experience fun pulling off ambushes or making my cousin sacrifice some important character.
I play old cardboard and hex wargames and since battles are characterised by one side having won; most of the games are pretty one sided. Which is why you typically evaluate your play by how well you did for your side. Or flip the board around and just play the other team if it bruises you ego too much to just take satisfaction in an evening well spent with a friend.