Gamestop is cancer, yes. But contrary to popular belief, eliminating "used game sales" does not just eliminate Gamestop...it eliminates any resale WHATSOEVER in the industry. That means no ebay, no craigslist, not even any lending and borrowing.
How flippin gullible do people have to be to believe that these publishers are doing this for the good of the industry? How many times do they have to take content out of finished products and release it as day one DLC? How ...
Yeah. What's sad is that you can still tell that the talent is there, but the games either feel ridiculously rushed (DA2) or slimy in their attempts at cash-grabbing and customer manipulation (ME3). Any way you slice it, the problems seem to stem from a greedy publisher.
First of all, where the hell do you guys live that there are half-naked women EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK (perhaps Rio?), because being a reasonably well traveled individual, I can honestly say that women that dress like that are the minority almost everywhere I go.
Not that I disagree with the sentiment. It's not unrealistic to say that there are women out there like that, but that character "type" is basically the only "type" being represented in video gam...
The problem is much deeper than that. I think the real issue here is constantly being misinterpreted as "sexism." I mean, all we get are hunky, good-looking dudes running around as well. It's not a boy/girl thing.
Video games generally just tend to define gender roles in the most archaic way imaginable....and they do it over and over and over again. Everyone is ALWAYS good looking, at least somewhat promiscuous, confident and capable. Which is fine. Obviously ...
If there's one thing I DON'T want in my Elder Scrolls, it's immersion-breaking asshats dancing around in front of me, or hogging all the loot after a long dungeon.
Bethesda, how about before you move on to other ventures, you fix things in your single-player games. Let's get an Elder Scrolls with genuinely good combat and a story that doesn't feel like a throwaway of the original Elder Scrolls script.
It's so true. We truly are all responsibility for aiming for victory.
It's so true. We are all responsibility for aiming for victory.
That's perfectly fine if you play it and you actually feel that way, but at this point -- having not played the game and having no context whatsoever other than whether this feature or that feature is the same as it was in previous games -- it's just a little ridiculous to be this outraged over all this.
Yeah, I'll throw a bubble in there too. Well said.
Obviously if you play this new game and it's not to your liking, then that's that. There's nothing wrong with disliking a new direction in a franchise.
There is, however, something fundamentally wrong with judging a game like this simply on the grounds that it's DIFFERENT FROM PREVIOUS GAMES...especially considering no one here has had any time with it whatsoever. Some of the highest regarded games of all time are those that took the time to reinvent themselve...
He hasn't been "emo" since the initial unveiling. He's not wearing black, he's not wearing eye-liner, and his hair doesn't look like it was inspired by a bearded collie.
He's got a much more "70's/80's punk" aesthetic to him at this point.
Still kinda dumb and outdated, but better than emo, I guess.
Haha, I remember that. I agreed with you.
Edit: Oh, nevermind
For the insightful commentary, of course.
Yeah, people tend to have good attitudes when they get paid to look sexy for some nerds that they will never have to have sex with.
Don't be ridiculous. I think many of us just think it sets a poor precedent in the industry, especially when the topic of whether or not games should be considered art comes up. Community influence is never conducive to artistic integrity....ever.
Luckily, they're not really changing it.
That was the most interesting interview I have ever seen.
People are acting like she innocently strolled in with something slightly too revealing and some PAX officials decided to make an example of her, but in fact she has been warned at past conventions AND this time she refused to change into something more appropriate.
...what are you SUPPOSED to do if someone flat-out refuses to adhere to the guidelines of the convention, pat them on the back? No. You throw their (finely shaped) asses out.
Bubbles for you, I agree.
Tsh. Stupid Capcom.
They forgot the 'Q' again.