With the recent Witcher 4 backlash I can't help but think about TESVI: Hammerfell

For almost a decade, everyone and their mother was expecting Witcher 4 to centre around an older Ciri as a Witcher. Most if not all fans at the time were thinking this was the desired and natural progression for the series. Yet still, the game received incessant backlash from the anti-woke mob because she's a woman.

If games that naturally and expectedly will shift towards greater DEI will still receive backlash from the anti-woke mob then I can't help but think of what will happen if TESVI is set in Hammerfell. As has been the most popular theory for a decade and has only become more likely with every detail or leak we've gotten over the years.

If it is going to be set in only Hammerfell, I mournfully think we are in for an annoying flood of haters and trolls when the game is released.