I was actually surprised the first time I pulled a woman out of a car in GTA V and she yanked me out of the car and started stomping me. My experience in the game thus far had been that men were the only ones who fought back, so I brought up my phone menu casually because I wasn't expecting a fight. Women still have a much lower rate of response in GTA V, and prostitutes (and possibly strippers) never fight back to my knowledge, but I was all...well then! The novelty of women actually putting up a fight in GTA is kind of cool!Phasmal said:And as for the "What so you want to see lady enemies getting killed" crowd- yes, that's exactly what I want. I enjoyed it very much in Skyrim when a lot of the random bandits were female.
Similarly, when they added women to the gangs online, nobody really seemed to care.
Which reminded me of another example, actually. Assassin's Creed Syndicate. Not only did the diversity of characters get praise from feminists, including She Who Must Not Be Named (who also praised the game for having a "trans man"[footnote]I put it in quotes because a. there wouldn't be any such term in the period and b. it was common for women to pose as men to enter positions they couldn't normally be in. There are at the very least hundreds of exampels from the military alopne, and more from academia. Ned may simply have been a girl trying to cut it in a position where a woman wouldn't be respected, or he could have actually been a transman, I don't know.[/footnote] in the game), but I actually had people complaining to me on here from the non-feminist camp about the number of female targets and women in he rank-and-file of the gangs of London.
Why wasn't there a feminist response to this? Why were the feminists okay with female criminals you could brutally murder? Hell, why was I cool plummeting a hundred feet and sinking my blade into the neck of a criminal with boobs? Was my feminist maturation chamber defective?
This is not to say I have no problems with the game. The story is basically Jacob saying "I have this really stupid idea!" and Evie saying "*sigh* men. I'll get the broom!" over and over. But the execution of women? Didn't seem to be a problem.
None. And while I keep asking for some, given how firmly it's been asserted feminists would take issues, I keep thinking of examples where there should have been an outcry if this were true.EternallyBored said:Is their any evidence that people would give a shit?
Saints Row 2: Jessica Parrish meets a pretty horrific fate. And I don't say that lightly, given the fact that The Boss is a sociopath who killed and maimed their way through the game over a slight on the cut of gang deals. Thing is, while Jessica is never a combatant, she's the one who keeps ramping Maero up, and really, she escalated the fight almost as much as The Boss did. I still find her death horrifying, but not because she's a woman. Hell, I don't even normally think about Lyn (SR1) and Aisha (SR2). I think about what happened to Jessica and Carlos. And one of them is a dude. These were "what the hell, hero?" moments.
The Division: one of the main antagonists is a black woman. Granted, people might not care about this one because nobody actually plays The Division.
But the mentality is "feminists will freak out," despite any evidence. Oh, sure, they haven't freaked out in the past over any comparable instance, but this time for sure.
In fairness, though, this isn't anything new. Remember when Obama was going to take away America's guns? And Clinton before him? Gore, Kerry, and every other democrat as well (including Howard Dean, which is funny if you look at Vermont).
And I didn't say it impeded mechanics, so I don't know the relevance.cleric of the order said:This is rather interestingly phrased, i never indicate that the lack of such a thing will impede mechanics, rather that i find it rarely done right.
Actually, there were several non-sequiturs in that response, so I'm going to skip to one other point and call it a day on this.
You're right. So how do I know what I'm talking about?There was no news attached to this thread, and you didn't link to any examples. it's not expressed in the op (even if interpreted that way it isn't quantified).
The answer is simple: I looked it up. I checked out the story being vaguely hinted at and parsed it for detail. If you've followed the thread, you should be vaguely aware of the statements people have repeatedly referenced, and were referencing well before you decided to comment.
Ah. My bad. Upon further investigation, it appears that my initial query led me to reactionaries who ASSUMED that a woman in Hardline's story mode meant there would be women in MP. I did, however, find a lot of people who got upset when people asked for the option. I honestly don't think being period-appropriate is going to stop any complaining. I thnk the fact that COD went to the future and people still complained should point to that.Dango said:Nah, there was a female police officer in the campaign who was your buddy, but multiplayer didn't have any female officers or criminals.