that isn't justified and just encourages punks to get away with being cyberbullies on the forum. such one sided abuse is uncalled for. Im not sure what I said about FFXV in relation to someone liking the game, maybe they were offended by my criticisms towards the game and its blatant misogyny (the movie as well). when the sexism and misogynistic exclusion of strong female leads in the story and game are good reasons to bash and criticize the game, whether someone is a feminist or not. now if people mistaken that as personal attacks, that's their own mistake. bashing a game, and bashing people that like it, are two different things.
Bare in mind this is directed at your opinion of XV, not at yourself. The problem I have with XV = sexist opinion is threefold. One, the only stereotypical brute of the 4 main characters in the game is Gladio, there aren't 4 conans in the game rippling with muscle. Two, Luna had a very prominent role in the main story (and for a side character did Aranea to some extent). Three, for the last 6 years prior to FFXV, it was all about XIII, XIII-2 and XIII-3, all main console games that held down the franchise - whether people liked it or not - and featured 2 strong female lead roles.. Hell Serah was a stronger character than Noel was (and XIII-2 only had two playable characters for the most part).
You see, you're pointing out 'all things bad', but I never hear people in general state the opposite about the same franchises who have indeed catered to a multi-gendered audience with strong female protagonists. FF has done it for many years and it kept their franchise going. Castlevania did it with Sonia and Shanoa. Bloodstained has done it with Miriam as the lead protagonist. However, when one thing doesn't follow this trend, some people will still cry sexism and that's not right, because that sort of remark lacks context. However, don't feel obligated to comment - my intention is not to shift people's beliefs, though I will call people out if I don't believe their concerns or points are valid.
Note this part of the comment is directed to all Dungeonite and readers:
The point being if every game and piece of pop culture had a female lead, feminists would be content. However, this wouldn't be equality, because that would mean 50% of all lead roles should go to women and the other 50% should go to men. In my opinion, this is the issue with extremists and extremist opinions, their stance takes one example of anything and claim it's being prejudiced or biased or excluding a certain group of individuals... My opinion is that extremists actually want all the scales tipped their way, but they mask that opinion by playing the equality card, as if 'their faction' is somehow handicapped. I don't like this, it's grimy and underhanded to me, again, this is my opinion that nobody needs to justify. The difference with people like me is I have opinions, fucking strong ones at that, but the difference with me is that I don't make excuses for the opinions I have, I use logic, deduction and what is either fact or material. I don't worry about the absence of something and I look at what is. If I can appreciate that then I do, if I can't them I move on.