Does my opinion honestly bother you that much?
No - it is the fact that your stated attitudes - that anything but 'hardcore' is for 'pussies' (aside from that being an inherently sexist statement in itself), that you don't touch anything with cute or funny attributes, and so on … represents a large part of the 18-34 male-centric gaming audience who dominate what is said and read and developed … but not where the buying power is.
It is a self-limiting attitude that shows gamers to be no different than other machismo-laden stereotypes - the type of thing that has made one of the worst movies in recent years (Transformers 2) a top seller because of T&A and 'big boom'. We claim to care about quality and good writing and balance … but in the end these attitudes show we want to dominate others, exploit base race stereotypes, and treat women as objects.
Hooray.
No, *they* make it sound like a dating game.
Seriously though, as long as the combat is equal to the first game, I'll be quite happy with it.
I remember The Witcher, the cards… Well, I don't remember them well, I guess I've succesfully tried to eradicate them from my memory.
IIRC the whole seducing part - how he got them in his/her bed - was appalling for absent. Typical boyish thing. Infantile.
I guess interruptions like that do not meet your standard as well?
… but not where the buying power is.
It is a self-limiting attitude that shows gamers to be no different than other machismo-laden stereotypes - the type of thing that has made one of the worst movies in recent years (Transformers 2) a top seller because of T&A and 'big boom'. We claim to care about quality and good writing and balance … but in the end these attitudes show we want to dominate others, exploit base race stereotypes, and treat women as objects.
Hooray.
Female gamers who play the SIMs at the same time … I don't think they'd be treated with the same amount of respect. All who are acting "like real men" are treated with respect, even women. Which means - to express is quite cynically - that those women are treated with respect who conceal their female identity. Just what's in the essence female about them.
And THEN, the cliché male gamer will perhaps even be the minority ! - And lamenting about "those good old times" when "he" was king …
First off, don't put words in my mouth, it's annoying to no end to be quoted on things I never said. "Anything but 'hardcore' is for 'pussies'" ? Are you seriously going to take something that I joked about and try to twist it around like that?
Your 'holier-than-thou' attempt here is completely laughable. My personal opinion on a single aspect of this game does not make me a dominating, exploiting, woman beating, slavemaster.
JDR - I apologize for my post quoting yours directly, as that has upset you and made some feel that the post was really directed at you … which it wasn't. Alrik got the gist of what I was saying …
We should all get back to talking about the actual game….
What's a female hero, then ? How does she behave ? Does she even exist as an archetype at all ?
Men and women may be different, but I don't believe women are that much different. E
We should all get back to talking about the actual game….