[spaceheater]

It is popular because the devs posted that they were blackmailed by DEI consultants, and it blew up since most people are also fed up with it.

[knowaveragejoe]

As always, the DEI bogeyman probably has little if anything to do with the success(or failure) of something.

[muratsu]

The game and the story are good but are nowhere near as polished as some AAA titles (eg it has bad English dub). The DEI contraversies around it caused streamers to talk about the game often and served as advertisement (since the narrative was DEI vs Gamers).

[spaceheater]

there are literally memes about it