• God of War team has 'pulled back' from violence against women
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wtf this is sexism boycott sony 2k12 4 lyf edit : damn those graphics look amazing. they are really pushing the ps3.
I'm not sure how I feel about this, to be honest. It makes sense, given Kratos' history, but it seems...I don't know, a little unnecessarily defensive or something. Besides, this is the series that has given us (intentionally) hilarious sex scenes with goddesses so *shrug* Regardless, I don't think they need to justify the over the top violence by saying "Well, Kratos isn't enjoying it you see." Just let me kill some titans.
Next thing you know, radical feminists will lose their shit if someone so much as coughs in a woman's general direction.
I, for one, would be super offended to see this sexist, misogynist behavior in my ultra-violent murder simulator.
[QUOTE=fenwick;36848310]I, for one, would be super offended to see this sexist, misogynist behavior in my ultra-violent murder simulator.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIspZjNxiIM&feature=player_detailpage#t=389s[/url]
What about all the harpies you kill? Aren't they women of a type of species? [QUOTE=KigJow;36846273]Next thing you know, radical feminists will lose their shit if someone so much as coughs in a woman's general direction.[/QUOTE] That happened to me once. I told a feminist I wasn't going to contribute any money to that tropes vs vidya game women kickstarter, she flipped her shit and got her white knights to attack me. Apparently I'm a misogynistic asshole who is the same level of evil as Ted Nugent.
Beyond fucking retarded.
I still have a hard time taking GoW seriously since Kratos won in this battle [t]http://gradly.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/20100328_2.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Character;36848981]I still have a hard time taking GoW seriously since Kratos won in this battle [t]http://gradly.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/20100328_2.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] He's the fucking God of War, is he supposed to be not immensely strong?
[QUOTE=TheBigPal;36849155]He's the fucking God of War, is he supposed to be not immensely strong?[/QUOTE] But still gets his ass kicked by creatures the same size as him
[QUOTE=Dantai;36849312]But still gets his ass kicked by creatures the same size as him[/QUOTE] I don't remember getting my ass kicked by any creatures the size of Kratos when I played.
[QUOTE=Zet;36848436]What about all the harpies you kill? Aren't they women of a type of species? That happened to me once. I told a feminist I wasn't going to contribute any money to that tropes vs vidya game women kickstarter, she flipped her shit and got her white knights to attack me. Apparently I'm a misogynistic asshole who is the same level of evil as Ted Nugent.[/QUOTE] Yeah, you would think the violent feminists would be pissy we are killing their own kind.
"Oh wow, since Kratos is doing it, I should do it in real life against real women!"
This is just blatant stupidity. Is this because of the feminist TV tropes thing that happened not too long ago?
What. By the end of 3 he has essentially killed the universe. He's killed [I]all the women[/I] via proxy.
another developer that recoils from approaching mature subject matter. This is why people don't take video games seriously.
but but............its a fucking video game!
i can't wait until games start having women be "children in fallout 3" style invinicible
I really hope this doesn't mean no more Gorgons
[QUOTE=TheBigPal;36849155]He's the fucking God of War, is he supposed to be not immensely strong?[/QUOTE] He wasn't originally the god of war, [sp]and as of that screenshot he no longer is. He is a demigod as the son of Zeus though.[/sp]
[QUOTE=Character;36848981]I still have a hard time taking GoW seriously since Kratos won in this battle [t]http://gradly.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/20100328_2.jpg[/t][/QUOTE] I stopped taking GoW seriously after the first sex scene in the first game. So, like, 15 minutes into the first game. It's an over-the-top action game with epic proportions that challenge Shadow of the Colossus and an ending that results in the entire world being fucked over because you killed it, why does it need to be serious at all?
none of you read the article did you also all the "lol feminists!" jokes are hilarious keep the 80s open mic night comedy coming!
Violence against women is okay as long as it's another woman doing the violence. And it's with pillows. In a kiddie pool full of KY jelly.
[QUOTE=Rellow;36861655]i can't wait until games start having women be "children in fallout" style invinicible[/QUOTE] Children in Fallout weren't always immortal. Interplay/Black Isle used to have the guts to portray children as human.
[QUOTE=rinoaff33;36862657]I stopped taking GoW seriously after the first sex scene in the first game. So, like, 15 minutes into the first game. It's an over-the-top action game with epic proportions that challenge Shadow of the Colossus and an ending that results in the entire world being fucked over because you killed it, why does it need to be serious at all?[/QUOTE] Same. I mean seriously, guys, no more violence, just more sex scenes!
[QUOTE=fear me;36864964]Children in Fallout weren't always immortal. Interplay/Black Isle used to have the guts to portray children as human.[/QUOTE] Yeah, and in 2 they stole your shit. Unless you had the British version, in which case they were invisible, but STILL fucking stole your stuff - but you couldn't get it back! Seriously, I'm so pissed off by stuff like this, if it's a violent world, why would children or women or what have you be either invincible or nonexistant? Some people need to grow some fucking balls and stop going "think of the children!" every time something controversial happens in a game. Same thing with sex, remember the Mass Effect thing? (which was so blown out of proportion even Jack goddamn Thompson defended the game!), or the Hot Coffee scandal? I'm tired of the media/people in general only viewing games as toys, and am glad to see that is changing for the better, slowly but surely. Phew, what a long sentence.
[QUOTE=M.Ciaster;36868579]Seriously, I'm so pissed off by stuff like this, if it's a violent world, why would children or women or what have you be either invincible or nonexistant? Some people need to grow some fucking balls and stop going "think of the children!" every time something controversial happens in a game. [/QUOTE] It is the holy trifecta of morons. First you have stupid kids who grow into stupid adults. They never watched the news as kids, so they see their childhood through these kind of rose-tinted glasses, and when they do watch the news as adults they think "how can this happen? We never had this violence when I was a kid." Then they look at whatever is new and say "that must be the problem. We didn't have that and now we do." It happened to rock and roll, death metal, comic books, Dungeons and Dragons, television, movies, and the newest culprit is video games, because "well we never had these problems when I was a kid and we also didn't have video games, therefore video games must be responsible." The other two sides are the politicians who use the fears of the stupid adults to gain votes, and the lawyers who use the stupid adults to get money. "Video games are violent, vote for me and I will keep them out of your kid's hands." "Video games make our kids perverts. Hire me and we'll sue them."
[QUOTE=Rellow;36861655]i can't wait until games start having women be "children in fallout" style invinicible[/QUOTE] Next step: "ZOMBIES ARE PEOPLE ASWELL!" and then games turned into Counter Strike for kids. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB6fq9Aadwk[/media]
[QUOTE=Rellow;36861655]i can't wait until games start having women be "children in fallout" style invinicible[/QUOTE] You mean children in Fallout 3, right? 'Cause I totally blasted a hole through Myron.
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