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Them's Fightin' Herds

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April 30, 2020
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TL;DR Verdict

Them's Fightin' Herds keeps its focus on original champions like Arizona and Oleander in a classic fantasy quest to defeat predators, with zero identity politics or social messaging. The result is clean, entertainment-first gameplay that earns a low 1/10 woke score.

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Detailed Analysis

Them's Fightin' Herds is a straightforward 2D fighting game centered on original anthropomorphic ungulate characters—such as Arizona the cow champion of the Prairie, Velvet the reindeer from Reine City, Paprika the alpaca from the Highlands, Oleander the unicorn with her demon companion Fred, Pom the sheep with her dogs, and Tianhuo the longma Imperial Guard captain—designed by Lauren Faust for a traditional fantasy quest narrative.

The episodic story mode follows these champions competing to claim the Prophet's Key and repel returning predators in the land of Fœnum, with gameplay focused on combos, magic systems, and boss fights; no romance mechanics, identity exploration, or social commentary appear in plot summaries or character bios. All characters are entirely new creations with no source-material alterations or forced identity elements, allowing the hero's-journey premise of tribal champions seeking an artifact to defeat predators to remain unburdened by identity politics or systemic-oppression framing. Developers have issued no statements endorsing DEI mandates, activist consultancy, or pronoun features, keeping the emphasis squarely on combat mechanics and exploration rather than messaging. This clean separation produces a light, entertainment-first experience that avoids the thematic intrusions common in other titles.

Key Factors

  • All-original animal characters with no established human or pony source-material changes or race/gender swaps
  • Traditional hero's-journey premise of tribal champions seeking an artifact to defeat predators, free of identity politics or systemic-oppression framing
  • No developer statements on DEI mandates, consultancy involvement, pronoun customization, or activist intent; gameplay and story prioritize combat and exploration

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We've run a full content analysis on Them's Fightin' Herds and scored it 1/10 on the woke scale. Read our detailed breakdown above to see exactly what we found.

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Our analysis checks for themes like identity politics, race-swapping, gender ideology, environmental activism, anti-religious messaging, and other progressive agenda elements. The score breakdown above shows which specific categories were flagged and how heavily they factor into Them's Fightin' Herds's overall score.

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