Game

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

2024

Platforms: PlayStation 5, Xbox Series S/X, PCGenres: Action, Adventure, RPG

27Score

Very Little Woke

Mostly focused on storytelling.

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Is Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden Woke? Quick Answer

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden scores 27/100 on the IsItWoke scale and falls into Very Little Woke.

Messaging can show up, but it is not the main event in this game.

Dialogue occasionally feels like it prioritizes moral dilemmas over natural interactions. Characters are crafted with some depth but exhibit signs of being shaped for representation.

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Woke profile

How the score is shaped

Eight stored dimensions, each scored from 0 to 20.

Message

Characters

Story

Legacy

Politics

Lead

Tradition

Norms

Column height is the stored score out of 20

Message-first dialogue
8/20
Tokenistic characters
5/20
Ideology over story
7/20
Legacy rewriting
3/20
Modern politics injection
4/20
Protected protagonist pattern
6/20
Anti-traditional framing
5/20
Cultural normalization framing
4/20

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Why it received this score

Based on: Published title analysisConfidence: MediumLast updated: 2026-05-29

Key reasons

Dialogue occasionally feels like it prioritizes moral dilemmas over natural interactions.
Characters are crafted with some depth but exhibit signs of being shaped for representation.
The narrative sometimes leans toward delivering ideological themes rather than pure entertainment.

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While the lore is rich, there are moments where character motivations feel influenced by modern themes.
The protagonists face challenges, but their journey can feel like a vehicle for broader messages.

Score signals

Signal	What was measured	Strength	Impact
Message-first dialogue	How much the dialogue, monologues, or character interactions feel driven by overt messaging, moral lecturing, ideological framing, or making a point instead of serving the story naturally.	8/20	+5
Ideology over story	How much the overall storytelling prioritizes ideological framing, message delivery, social commentary, or activism-coded narrative choices over pacing, conflict, immersion, and entertainment.	7/20	+5
Protected protagonist pattern	How much the protagonist fits the protected-protagonist pattern (agenda-driven character construction) rather than competence fantasy. Score HIGH only when: competence appears unearned or unexplained; protagonist rarely faces consequences; antagonists exist mainly to demonstrate protagonist superiority; narrative treats protagonist as symbolically superior; plot shields protagonist from vulnerability. Score LOW when: competence is grounded in training, profession, or past experience; protagonist suffers damage or setbacks; real physical danger and survival tension exist (normal action storytelling). Do not penalize competence fantasy.	6/20	+4
Tokenistic characters	How much characters feel inserted or shaped primarily for symbolic representation, political signaling, or demographic checkbox value rather than narrative depth, organic fit, or strong characterization.	5/20	+3
Anti-traditional framing	How strongly a title normalizes, glamorizes, or positively frames anti-traditional, anti-religious, anti-family, or civilizationally subversive themes in a way that should count as woke or corrosive for this product's audience.	5/20	+3

AI cultural analysis

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AI read

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden offers a visually stunning experience set in a richly detailed world, but it occasionally stumbles under the weight of its own messaging. The dialogue, while engaging, sometimes veers into moral lecturing, which detracts from the immersive storytelling.

The characters, particularly the leads, are well-developed but show signs of being crafted with a focus on representation, which can come off as tokenistic in certain moments. The narrative's moral ambiguity is intriguing but can feel like it prioritizes ideological themes over pure entertainment, leading to a slightly uneven pacing.