The recently released action RPG Blood of Dawnwalkers was detected to have DEI elements, scoring 3.5 out of 5 on the Woke Scale. The game currently holds a "Mostly Positive" rating for Simplified Chinese reviews and an "Overwhelmingly Positive" overall rating on Steam.
Woke Elements Analysis
• The male protagonist can unlock an optional same-sex romance route through the character Crake.
• There is a Jewish Rabbi NPC in the main quest whom the player must interact with, and there is currently no information indicating that players can refuse contact or take hostile actions against him.
• In a preset dialogue, the NPC Anca lists women, Jews, and Muslims as groups facing similar marginalized situations.
• The Christian priest Father Florin can be killed by the player, while there is no equivalent freedom of action for the Jewish Rabbi NPC.
• The Christian cathedral is taken over by the vampire "Blood Pact" regime.
• The Jewish quarter of Neustadt remains intact under the same vampire rule.
• The game is set entirely in a fictional valley, with no requirement to adhere to historical facts; the aforementioned real-world identity elements were added by the development team.
• Publisher Bandai has public records of corporate DE&I (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and ESG frameworks.
• The Japanese version initially restricted gory content such as blood and dismemberment. Following strong backlash from the community, Rebel Wolves confirmed they are working on a related patch.
• After the game's release, discussion threads titled "Anti-Christian" and "Why Anti-Semitic" appeared in the Steam community forums.
Overall, the title received relatively positive reviews as an RPG, but post-launch community discussions pointed out that the game incorporates multiple real-world social and political identity elements into a completely fictional medieval setting.
