Feral Heart

Game & Forum Discussion => Game Discussion => Topic started by: Sandytails on November 11, 2014, 11:27:03 am

Title: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Sandytails on November 11, 2014, 11:27:03 am
I've seen a lot of people get mad when I call Feral Heart a "Furry game". As if it is something negative? I do call it a furry game. You play as animals, you work with animal models, you rp animals (With human characteristics, behavior and/or body type). Does seem pretty furry to me. But that is only my opinion.

Now the thing is, what do you think? And, do you angry or not when FH is called a furry game?
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: warriorcats17 on November 11, 2014, 12:56:52 pm
The only thing thats furry in the game is the character you play. I dont get angry when people call it a furry game. Its just there opinion, and I'm ok with that.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Wyldercat on November 11, 2014, 02:45:32 pm
Not at all. At least in my opinion.
A lot of people think anything to do with animals is furry, but in truth, that's not exactly true.
Here's the actual definition for Furry:
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Furry fandom is a category (or sub-genre) of fantasy dedicated to anthropomorphics: fictional animal characters given human personalities and characteristics. It originated as a fusion of science fiction, comic book, and animation fandom during the 1980s.
*Quoted from Urban Dictionary.*
To me, Feralheart doesn't quite fit in there. True, there are probably some furries somewhere in this game *raises hand slowly*, but just because you play as an animal doesn't make it a furry game. At least through my twisted stigmatic eyeballs.

I personally don't get mad if someone says it's a furry game. It's all perspective, after all. Depends on how loosely you use the term.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Kenji89 on November 11, 2014, 05:17:39 pm
Nah, I personally wouldn't call it a furry game. I think there's a pretty even spread between the two groups. I'm sure there are furrys that play and I'm sure there are also people that are not who play. I'm personally not a furry, just a fan of a good story and interesting character models.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Turtl on November 11, 2014, 05:49:48 pm
No, this game is not a furry game, for as far as I know, its purely because of the roleplays that people might think that this game is a 'furry game' and this game does not even have half-human half-<insertanimalhere> models. The one thing that would make people think as such are roleplays, and roleplays do not change a game, for as long as we are speaking about the engine and such, but still, I don't think FH is a furry game.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: WolfQueen on November 11, 2014, 07:32:10 pm
if feralheart was a furry game, then wolfquest would be a furry game.

feralheart does not comply as a furry game at all. the animal models in this game are quadrupedal, they stand on 4 limbs. furry is especially bipedal animals. being a furry myself, i would know this.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: CaramelSwirls on November 11, 2014, 07:39:25 pm
It depends on the way you think about it. If you are thinking about furries as in the fan-made creatures, you don't rp as a furry. Your character is not a furry. But if you are thinking like the animals are just furry, you rp as animals, etc then it is furry game.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: WolfQueen on November 16, 2014, 10:59:07 pm
if feralheart was a furry game, then wolfquest would be a furry game.

feralheart does not comply as a furry game at all. the animal models in this game are quadrupedal, they stand on 4 limbs. furry is especially bipedal animals. being a furry myself, i would know this.

False. A furry is an anthropomorphic animal, 'or' a fan of anthropomorphic animals. An anthropomorphic is an animal or object with human like traits, and that can be any human like trait, not just standing on two legs :p, thus making it "anthropomorphic". This includes: human speech, human intellect, human cultures, human limbs, human etc....

It doesn't have to be just standing on two legs. It can be anything "human" attributed to it.

Also, I will add that I don't entirely consider this a "furry game", since you don't have to be entirely anthro. You can pretend to be an actual wolf and not talk to anyone :p. However, it does most certainly seem to lean towards the furry spectrum, including most of it's members.
i was generally speaking. most "furries" are recognized as bipedal animals, that's why I said "especially". no reason to get all smart with me and correct me unnecessarily.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: darkknight on November 18, 2014, 05:11:13 pm
I can now see why and how some people may think of Feral Heart being a furry game. Technically, furries are anthropomorphic beings with human characteristics such as a human-like body and work with human environments, such as using cell phones, wearing clothes, etc.

Even though, Feral Heart has animals that have human personality and such, they are not categorized as "furry." This type of game would be "feral" or normal animals who do human things. A furry and a feral are different as far as their form and placement in their world.

Thus, I cannot agree that a furry and a feral are the same, this does not make sense. It is to say a human and a monkey are the same. Though they are similar in nature, they have clear differences and why those differences exist.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: StarrieNova on November 18, 2014, 08:33:41 pm
Hmm...well according to the role-play's I have attended I would consider it to not really a furry game, but yet that is in the eyes of the person with the opinion. I attend role-play's that to me make me think of the movie Lion King or Balto.
 
Though there have been role-plays I have attended that actually were an actual furry role-play I attended one with my little brother, and I found it quite fun once you figured out how to role-play like the others without seeming like a large doof. xD
But in my thought Feral Heart can be anything your imagination perceives it to be.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Turtl on November 19, 2014, 07:21:21 pm
Hmm...well according to the role-play's I have attended I would consider it to not really a furry game, but yet that is in the eyes of the person with the opinion. I attend role-play's that to me make me think of the movie Lion King or Balto.
 
Though there have been role-plays I have attended that actually were an actual furry role-play I attended one with my little brother, and I found it quite fun once you figured out how to role-play like the others without seeming like a large doof. xD
But in my thought Feral Heart can be anything your imagination perceives it to be.
There's probably atleast some furry rp's if not more and we cannot deny their existence and their existence should not change the reputation of the rest of the community (I say should, there's alot of people who probably think otherwise), the thing is roleplays don't make the game, you can roleplay a certain genre but that won't make the game a certain genre. The community can be a bunch of furry's (and that's completely fine) but the game will still stay the same unless change is provided in order to appeal to the dominating culture of the community.
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Whisperingwaves on November 19, 2014, 10:17:10 pm
No, this game is not a furry game, for as far as I know, its purely because of the roleplays that people might think that this game is a 'furry game' and this game does not even have half-human half-<insertanimalhere> models. The one thing that would make people think as such are roleplays, and roleplays do not change a game, for as long as we are speaking about the engine and such, but still, I don't think FH is a furry game.

Aye, but the game is based on creativity and imagination, along with role-play and the freedom to create a character of your own, no need for a model to satisfy if you think about it c:

I consider it to be bith acually. Dealing with animals is not only what I say is furry, but being offered that openness to think out how your character should act or look like I say as well. There is no right or wrong answer to this topic, all have opinions which can be expressed. But I personally say yes and no to this.

~ Whisper
Title: Re: Fh, furry game or not?
Post by: Arkayy on November 22, 2014, 10:13:12 pm
Meh, I don't really see it as a 'furry' game. It's basically just a fantasy animal/creature rpg if you really want to call it something... Nothing more. Not all the players have their character with humanistic traits, nor do some have completely realistic to what species of what the character is supposed to be. Im personally not bothered with the title 'furry game' But I can see why people get offended by it, since the term furry in our modern day age isn't exactly in a positive light with everyone.

From what i've seen, most people associate furries with pornographic anthropomorphic fanart and dwelving into their fursona to the point where they dont know the difference between reality and fictional universes. Even though this is only a small group of extremists in the group that give them a bad reputation, newcomers will see this and automatically judge the game as such and existing users would be rather infuriated with whoever gave the name and attack them in defense.

Honesty, i think it's rather stupid to label something that's beautifully unique though. If you want to call it a furry game, then go ahead and do so though. *shrugs* I honestly dont care too much, though I myself will keep calling int feralheart.