There was an outrage about that either back when Dark Souls 2 came out, or when they added that to the game - I vaguely remember there not being anything worth note just after the game came out. Either way, “some people” freaked out about it, and the controversy got some wind in the sails due to the gamergate culture war being a thing back then.
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Dark Souls 2 has a mechanic to swap your character’s gender whenever you want to. From is already okay with genderfluid protagonists.
You have to fight a bunch of ogres about it though, so business as usual.
so realistic
There was an outrage about that either back when Dark Souls 2 came out, or when they added that to the game - I vaguely remember there not being anything worth note just after the game came out. Either way, “some people” freaked out about it, and the controversy got some wind in the sails due to the gamergate culture war being a thing back then.