Rusty Bucket said:
SakSak said:
TruthMan said:
do you realize there is more porn on the internet then any thing else.
Correct. Most of it better than this video.
this is just devs knowing this and using it whats wrong with that.
They are using sex and sexuality to market a game that isn't about sex or sexuality. They are giving the boot to an even larger part of Greek mythology to do it (more than they already are, that is) and the scene does not add to the gameplay, story, overall polish or the end value to those gamers who happen not to be 'in need of it'. ANd creating this scene cost time and money, which could have been used to improve one of the aforementioned aspects of the game.
The reason I'm griping about this is that it leads to a worse product than what it would have been without it and no one seems to give a damn because they are distracted by Teh Jubblies.
How do you know this will lead to a worse product? Have you played it all? They wouldn't have the entire damn team work on this. You're making it sound like all other production halted for weeks while they perfected this scene.
Of course not I haven't played it. But when operating within limited constraints, using the resources you are given for anything but the core product, the core product automatically fails to achieve it's full potential.
Because the scene was created, this represents time and money within the development budget and timetable that
was not used to improve God Of War III - when I have zero wish to see a second rate sex scene in a game about violent blooshedding and carving up your enemies, to me as an end user those resources were wasted. It would have been better if the persons who did this scene had used the time and money to go on a vacation instead: no work that matters still would have gotten done, but at least they might have been more relaxed and productive the following few days.
It's like were about to be delivered a console and have just been told that the console comes in a pink quadruple-layered package with gold-gilitter on the surface and LED-lights on the carrying handle of the package. Everyone is going 'This has been done before, why are you complaining' or 'Gold glitter and unnecessary shiny bits! Shut up your whining' when I'm saying that 'People, this all represents money that
didn't go into making the product itself! Because you got the pink wrapping and gold glitter, the console is not as good as it could have been!' and several people are bashing me for this and calling me whiny.
I sometimes seriously fail to understand the general UHHH SHINY! syndrome my fellow gamers seem to have: to accept an inferior product or a product that isn't as good as it could have been, just to get some fan-service and gold glitter on the packaging.
To clarify things further: I would be equally ranty if the scene was about Kratos making gooey faces to a child and the QTEs about making said child laugh. Or alternative if the scene was absolute harcore beastiality featuring Kratos, the Cerberus and a horde of Pegasi. The content of the scene, as it does not improve the gameplay, characters or story, is secondary to my complaints. The fact that it is sex simply makes it easier for people to ignore what I'm complaining about and see this all as being opposed to showing sex in general.