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Half-Life 2 introduced a sidekick who's mixed race, has dyed hair, and punches cops in her first scene. And yet I've heard no one call that game woke.
Half-Life 2 is so woke it opens with the words 'Rise and shine' ๐คฏ
Rise and grind Mister Freeman โ๏ธโ๏ธโ๏ธ
Lambda-male grindset
There was some around HL: Alyx when it came out ("replacing a man with a femoid character!!!") but I don't think VR is popular enough with the kinds of people that really carry these movements.
As to HL2, well, for one that game I'm sad to admit is pretty old now. It predates gamergate by a full 10 years, which really kicked off our current era of astroturfed antiwokeness. And despite incredible influence and critical acclaim has never actually been very popular.
Also they see a sidekick to a white man as an appropriate place for such people. Also she was somewhat deeper into the game and chuds don't actually play these games they complain about so they probably didn't get to her. Lots of contributing factors.
I don't remember anyone caring about tomb raider. Tob raider is the one game everyone i knew played.
Woke is when no TRIANGLE BAZOONGAS