Recent content by CloudAtlas

I agree with both these sentiments. I'm still not sure whether the story of this game is supposed to be a parody, one that just doesn't really click with me, or not - it's just so incredibly cliché that I have a hard time believing it is serious. Well, actually not just cliché - Like, when I was...

Put yourself into a female gamer's shoes who doesn't get the option to play as a protagonist of her own gender all too often. That is why it is an issue. If you don't get it, then you might not be a bigot, but a bit more empathy might do you well.

No, I don't like some content - or the absence of content - in game. How is the existence or non-existence of playable female characters any different from any other content that might be lacking or absent in a game? You cannot claim that a female option is something totally subjective...

If UbiSoft decides it wants to release a buggy game which looks way worse than the trailers, has mediocre mechanics, an awful story, or is just 3 hours long, will you jump to their defense too telling everyone that "Ubisoft should be able to make whatever Ubisoft wants"? Better yet, make this...

No offense, but when reading statements like this, I get the feeling that the portrayal of women in your game will be very cliché, stereotypical, cringeworthy, and probably sexist. Edit - on topic: So what exactly is your "defense towards UbiSoft" here? That they don't care much about story...

I don't care about single player trophies and achievements and I hate every game that doesn't give me the option to deactivate them. I mean, I don't hate the game itself, of course, I hate the developer or publisher who didn't bother to add this simple option.

Just one post above you were calling people like me "self-important whiners who should not be listened to under any circumstances" and you think that you are "polite", and now YOU are telling ME that I'm "unnecessarily rude"? Don't make me laugh. No, I'm done here. Suggesting that all women...

It was a big issue and if you've read enough of what they've previously written it should come as no surprise that Jim, Yatzee, Critical Miss, and Shamus care about stuff like that and would want to share their opinion. Like anyone else in the press.

Right... Because one publisher basically implying that women aren't worth the effort to them, and the public backlash this statement generated, is not enough for you. No, you want every publisher stating that they don't care about women and just about anyone else who isn't a straight white...

Good for you. However, as long as the vast majority of protagonists are characters that do resemble you, you do not know how it feels like to be rarely represented at all. Neither do I, for that matter, but apparently in contrast to you, I don't believe that when people who happen to be not...

It is my personal preference, yes, but it is not an isolated preference. It is a preference that is shared by many. The main reasons for the criticism is that a) it is boring to play as the exactly same kind of person all the time. It might or might not change up the overall story much in...

Hard to explain. Watching a movie or playing a game with a woman kicking ass instead of a man, that just feels different. Elements that might be stereotypical, cliche, trite with a male character might feel fresh by subverting or turning gender expectations onto their heads. And you can do the...

That's not what he's saying at all. Do you think being raped is empowering? Rape is a sensitive issue and that's why it should be handled with great care, and a storyteller should be aware of the unfortunate history of rape as a plot device and possible unintended implications. From...

You are basically asking why writing varied, interesting stories is a "necessary thing". I mean, yea, technically storytellers are free to tell the same story over and over again, it just gets stale after a while. And having the same kind of protagonist in every story is just one important...

The problems with this genre are that you can observe what others do relatively easily, and thus see if they're doing something wrong, everyone being assigned to an individual lane makes blaming anyone for loosing their lane easy, you've got enough time to insult other people via chat and...