The multiplayer action game of Battlestate Games is at a crossroads of accusations between critics and developers. There is official answer.
Escape from Tarkov has been the center of controversy during these last days due to the explanations the study gave in the absence of women as playable characters. The work of Battlestate Games, a multiplayer action title set in Tarkov, Russia, puts on the table a proposal based on survival, but there are no women because it would carry "a lot of work."
As one of the developers of the game has explained, the discussion was present in the offices of the title, but they concluded that "women cannot withstand such stress." When asked if they considered adding female characters, he goes on to say that "There is only room for the toughest men in this place" because "women cannot be in war."
The WCCFTech journalist, who conducted the interview, explains that women are present today in the official Armed Forces of many western states, but the response did not change one iota.
Official response of the study after the controversial interview
Following the publication, social networks have been the trigger for a barrage of criticism of the study because it considered unacceptable that argument to justify the absence of women as a playable character in the video game. That is why Battlestate has issued a statement through the social network Twitter in which they allude to the high workload that would, according to his explanation, add women as controllable characters in the games.
But there will be no playable female characters because of game lore and more importantly – the huge amount of work needed with animations, gear fitting etc # EscapefromTarkov
– Battlestate Games (@bstategames) January 6, 2020
"There will be no women as playable characters for the lore of the title, more importantly, the large amount of work needed for animations, weapons fit, etc.", they say, although they recognize that there are currently women in the Forces and Security forces.
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