Hitman Studio Apologizes For Nun Massacre

[sethisjimmy]

It's kind of sad how sensitive people are these days that an apology for this kind of thing is necessary.
I can see why people got upset, it's not exactly Hitman to go around killing sexy nuns, but at the same time I just can't get upset at it. Sex sells, the marketers wanted to try something different. A few years ago people would have loved this, but I guess times are changing. Maybe for the better even.

 

[orangeban]

If it were men being beaten up who approached in Pope robes and then dropped them to reveal gimp suits or whatever, well, A) that wouldn't happen, which is part of the reason why the trailer was offensive, this kind of thing doesn't happen to men, and B) people would call that out as fucking ridiculous.

An excellent point. It really is interesting how the male equivalent is just patently ridiculous even for video games, whereas the current version is considered normal.

The only way I can imagine this happening would be if it was Saints Row or something. But then it would be played for laughs, not sex appeal.

Exactly, Saints Row has ridiculous and over-the-top stuff like that, because it's a ridiculous and over-the-top game. Hitman is not over-the-top and ridiculous, not really.

you're right, it really betrays a lot of societies feelings about male and female sexualisation when you realise that overly sexualised women is normal, but overly sexualised men would be batshit ridiculous.

 

[antipunt]

Ah political correctness.

sooo muchhh fun gais.

*runs off to play a game/read a book*

 

[mindlesspuppet]

I don't see the issue with the nun outfits. That's a pretty good cover up.

But why they were dressed as strippers or whatever in order to assassinate someone is pretty dumb.

They should have pulled a Neo where they rip off the nun outfits and are just loaded up with weapons - and appropriate clothes for a gun fight.

But whatever.

This is the biggest issue I've had with the whole argument over the video. Everyone seems to be questioning "why were they dressed like that to assassinate someone?" yet no one questions "why is he wearing a formal suit to assassinate someone?". The answer to both questions is the same, but only one is being asked.

Side note: The sexy nun as killers/killers disguised as nuns or priests thing has been done so many damn times in cinema that it really shouldn't have even garnered any attention. This just goes to show how immature the gaming media is.

You have can at least blend in with a suit. It's also the go to outfit for spies and assassins according to the movies, so it fits. But come on, bondage gear?

Pretty certain that anything made out of skin-tight, form-fitting materials is the go to outfit for female spies and assassins according to the movies as well. And really, bondage gear? Just because something is tight and black does not make it bondage gear.

 

[Graill]

The trailer was fine. There are simply too many religious fanatics around.

 

[bafrali]

The trailer was fine. There are simply too many religious fanatics around.

Sigh. No it was shit on so many levels.

 

[croc3629]

I just thought the trailer was rather silly. Hitman is not a completely serious game franchise, but I don't expect trailers to leave something of a bad taste in my mouth when they're supposed to be making me excited for a game I'm already looking forward to. Although I do think it's gotten more attention than it deserved, I'm hoping it will at least show them that they should not try that again.

 

[ACman]

I don't see the issue with the nun outfits. That's a pretty good cover up.

But why they were dressed as strippers or whatever in order to assassinate someone is pretty dumb.

They should have pulled a Neo where they rip off the nun outfits and are just loaded up with weapons - and appropriate clothes for a gun fight.

But whatever.

This is the biggest issue I've had with the whole argument over the video. Everyone seems to be questioning "why were they dressed like that to assassinate someone?" yet no one questions "why is he wearing a formal suit to assassinate someone?". The answer to both questions is the same, but only one is being asked.

Side note: The sexy nun as killers/killers disguised as nuns or priests thing has been done so many damn times in cinema that it really shouldn't have even garnered any attention. This just goes to show how immature the gaming media is.

I have no particular problem with a Nun's Habit as a disguise a long as it makes sense in context. Hasn't 42 dressed as a priest on occasion?

The problem come in when you ask why they are dressing as nuns to perform a hit on a hotel?

Why are they dressing a sexy nuns?

Why do they then destroy any pretense of being disguised to by tearing off the habits to revel "sexy nun" bondage gear?

What is an all female "hit team" doing in a Hitman game anyway? Going of the tone of the previous games I have trouble believing that these ladies exist in 42's world.

"Blystad explained that it's a combination of the game's natural extremism and the influence of film directors like Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez."

????????????

If you want to make a game influenced by Kill Bill -- GO MAKE THAT GAME. Don't take another series and then completely change it's aesthetic.

I've always thought of Hitman existing in a 'Bourne Identity', 'Le Samurai' or 'The Professional' style universe. The type that have personality and empathy free individuals who provide murder for money until something changes. How has Hitman ever been in anyway "Exploitation"?

 

[ACman]

The trailer was fine. There are simply too many religious fanatics around.

I have no problems with a hit team, consisting entirely of women dressed as nuns, being in a computer game.

I have a problem with it being in this computer game.

Is the concept exploitative? Certainly. Does it offend religious sensibilities? Probably. But that isn't the issue.

The problem is that Sexy-Nun-Hit-Squad should be in a game called 'Sexy Nun - Hit Squad'. I'd totally play that. But 42 doesn't exist in that type of universe. He exists to kill Colombian Drug Lords and Russian Arms dealers and the occasional renegade CIA operative. These ladies look like they've dropped out of Bayonetta.

 

[SextusMaximus]

The hell are they apologising? They wanted to go for sixties exploitation film, nothing's stopping them but at least run with it.

 

[Shocksplicer]

The only problem with it is that it was silly to the point of fucking stupid.
That is all.

 

[Radoh]

This is the biggest issue I've had with the whole argument over the video. Everyone seems to be questioning "why were they dressed like that to assassinate someone?" yet no one questions "why is he wearing a formal suit to assassinate someone?". The answer to both questions is the same, but only one is being asked.

A man in a suit doesn't attract attention. just another face in the crowd. 7 attractive women in s&m gear is the opposite.

Death of a Showman: He wears his suit into an abandoned amusement park run by gangsters and two-bit crooks.
A suit stands out.

Flatline: He wears his suit to an addiction clinic filled with patients and doctors.
A suit stands out.

The Murder of Crows: He wears his suit to Mardi Gras.
A suit stands out.

You Better Watch Out...: He wears his suit to a Christmas party.
A suit stands out.

Death on the Mississippi: He wears his suit onto a cruise ship in the deep south.
A suit stands out.

A House of Cards: He wears his suit to a casino hotel in Vegas.
A suit stands out.

A Dance with the Devil: He wears his suit to a Angel/Demon costume party.
Hey guess what, a suit stands out.

OT: Considering I assassinated people while dressed as a clown, Santa, a WWI soldier, a crow, and the Devil himself, I didn't really see anything wrong with this, it just sorta clashes a bit with the normal quietly dark humour they usually have going. They wore something that they thought would give them an edge over a man, but they didn't account for Agent Forty Seven being uninterested, so they die.

 

[Boris Goodenough]

The only problem with it is that it was silly to the point of fucking stupid.
That is all.

I love Monty Python, I guess why I liked this trailer just because of it being silly.

IO is being weak...

Oh and I'll leave this here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z49zvR1XZ2M

 

[Shocksplicer]

The only problem with it is that it was silly to the point of fucking stupid.
That is all.

I love Monty Python, I guess why I liked this trailer just because of it being silly.

IO is being weak...

I also love Monty Python.

This isn't Monty Python...

 

[Boris Goodenough]

I also love Monty Python.

This isn't Monty Python...

Yeah I am aware of that, but it's the same degree of sillyness.