mysticpickle comments on Inspired by the success of games like Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, French president Emmanuel Macron declares 'videogames are part of our culture' and announces a new international gaming festival

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[–] mysticpickle@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I mean, It's made by a team of largely French developers and artists. The songs are in French, the setting is basically Belle Epoque France with all the included architecture and dress. Even in the English language version they throw in French swear words.

Sure they throw in baguette costumes as a fun tongue in cheek option but if you think the game is a caricature of French culture based solely on that, you're missing the forest for the trees.

Like, what would actually meet your standard of appropriately representing French culture?

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[–] creamfresh@lemmy.world -2 points 1 week ago

oh and not a single cigarette? French my ass

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[+] creamfresh@lemmy.world -7 points 2 weeks ago

I mean, It’s made by a team of largely French developers and artists. [...] Like, what would actually meet your standard of appropriately representing French culture?

I don't know, I'm not French, so maybe I'm just not picking up all the little things the French creators put in there and therefore don't see the forest. It would be great if someone more knowledgable about (modern) French culture could point some of these out. I'm fond of the mini documentary Karambolage by a French-German tv channel which points out differences in culture and it's a bit more than "look here in this country is the Eiffel tower and there might be French words unlike in this other country".

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