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Barony
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Barony
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June 23, 2015
Wokeometer Rating
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TL;DR Verdict
Barony sticks to classic fantasy roguelike gameplay with binary gender options and zero identity politics or social messaging, delivering safe neutral entertainment focused on dungeon crawling.
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Detailed Analysis
Barony is a traditional first-person roguelike dungeon crawler released in 2015, centered on procedurally generated fantasy dungeons, permadeath, co-op play, and classic RPG systems inspired by Ultima Underworld, Daggerfall, and Nethack.
The premise involves descending into the Devil's Bastion to defeat the lich Baron Herx and lift his curse on the town of Hamlet, with no narrative framing around identity, systemic issues, or social commentary. Character creation offers binary male/female gender selection alongside appearance options and a roster of 13 base classes (Barbarian, Wizard, Rogue, etc.) plus DLC monster races like Skeleton, Vampire, Succubus, Incubus, Goatman, and others, each with fantasy-themed traits and signature classes. These elements remain fully within longstanding genre conventions of heroic fantasy archetypes and monster playstyles, with no pronoun selectors, gender-agnostic romance, nonbinary options, or foregrounded identity exploration.
Key Factors
- Traditional binary gender and appearance options in character creation with no modern ideological overlays
- Fantasy story and classes focused exclusively on dungeon crawling, loot, spells, and survival against monsters like minotaurs and demons
- Complete absence of DEI statements, consultancy involvement, romance systems, or any creator intent tied to progressive themes across developer materials and updates
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What kind of woke content is in Barony?
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