PETA Protests Whaling in Assassin's Creed IV

[Treblaine]

Don't tell them about Dishonored tehn.

Or Far Cry 3.

Shark hunting with grenades and tiger hunting with assault rifles, that brings back memories.

Another FC 3 post, i've been wondering, is the game THAT good? Because I wouldn't mind picking it up.

Put it this way: it does all the right things... but in the wrong way. That's probably why it has a lot of attention.

It's got loot collecting, but instead of a few valuable items your loot sack is constantly overflowing with cheap tat. Of and you can't temporarily drop an item to pick one up to craft and then pick up again. It's got crafting, but it's in the most shallow and trivial way, it's mostly automatic. Basically, you'd think they'd just have a grid where you can see all your loot to sort and craft from there, no, you've got a list that is auto-sorted in order-of-sale. The "loot" is transparently nothing but deferred cash.

It's a game all about shooting with really unsatisfying shooting mechanics and such repetitive enemies, It feels like I'm playing airsoft in the jungle. And the bow is not fun to use. And the weapons, you don't find nor earn any of them, all you do is buy them. No crafting for weapons nor accessories.

And it's got what on paper is a nice plot, but it's so stilted and melodramatic, the big problem is the game seems to assume you care about characters simply because banal exposition reveals they were loved ones of the protagonist... but I've literally never met them before. Half the cutscenes I feel like I've walked on a complete stranger's funeral and everyone there assumes I'm the sibling of the deceased. It's kind of sad when it turns out all of Vaas's scenes have been given away in the trailer, it's like Hannibal Lecter only getting a few 1-minute scenes in a movie he's on the cover-art for.

Basically Far Cry 3 is a tease, on paper it has everything we (speaking for myself and a few others) want, but kind of borks the execution.

 

[CriticalMiss]

http://www.petakillsanimals.com/

Assassins Creed is off the hook until PETA stop 'ethically' killing actual, real, living, breathing, pooping animals whilst condemning the fictional killing of a digital whale. Nothing more needs to be said.

 

[Milanezi]

Don't tell them about Dishonored tehn.

Or Far Cry 3.

Shark hunting with grenades and tiger hunting with assault rifles, that brings back memories.

Another FC 3 post, i've been wondering, is the game THAT good? Because I wouldn't mind picking it up.

It's way beyond THAT good. I like to play stealthy, the feeling of going through an entire enemy camp without being seen is indescribable, you pull it off and you'll be reminded of the old Hitman games, when you felt a badass for killing from the darkness. Let me tell you something that happened to me the other day: I had studied the positions of the enemies in a camp (you do that by tagging them with binoculars) and proceeded to (very) slowly getting the attention of one or another and killing them, disabling alarms etc. That's when I realize it'll be hard to kill the guys who are closer to the middle of the compound without being seen... No problem, as I was thinking about what to do, one of the tigers from the environment decided to launch, I hid while it went on to murder everyone granting ME the camp lol You'll see that sort of thing a lot in Far Cry 3. It's an amazing game.

 

[Milanezi]

Of course PETA, after all, the gamers might get influenced by whale hunting and go out to sea and, well, die of thirst and hunger as soon as they get lost and alone. Well, maybe I'm getting it wrong, maybe they're simply worried about the pain and suffering virtual whales go through every time you virtual harpoon goes through them.

Anyway, I DO want to taste whale meat, sashimi of whale. It's hard to find and expensive though I've tasted unagi before, it's fucking wonderful, they say it tastes somewhat like snake, which I haven't tasted yet but really want to as well. Shit, I feel like eating some japanese food...

 

[zinho73]

those guys must hate the Tomb Raider series.

 

[Legion]

Didn't you know? Recent statistics show that a person who commits whaling in a computer game is 67.02% more likely to commit whaling in real life.

Somebody think of the whales.

 

[ReservoirAngel]

So they have no problem with the main character of the game being someone who coldly and unfeelingly murders and hacks through swathes of his fellow man, but even the possibility of whaling is just too damn terrible to bear?

PETA really are kind of morons, aren't they? I honestly can't think of anyone I've ever met who takes their crap seriously any more.

 

[Chester Rabbit]

Someone pick up the phone because I FUCKING CALLED IT!

 

[Abomination]

What PETA don't seem to realise is that humans are animals as well... and this is a game which Quite Literally Glorifies the Killing of Humans! It is about Assassins.

It's argument is "don't consider yourself different from animals, you're an animal, you wouldn't tolerate humans being killed". Well actually we do, in fiction.

It would be really sad if you slaughtered thousands of humans and only had a moment of contemplation at the carnage if a single aquatic animal died.

Damnit, beat me to it.

PETA complaining about killing whales in a game designed around killing people.

It's like lamenting the grass the tree fell on.

 

[MeChaNiZ3D]

WELL THEN JUST FUCK PETA.

That is the logical endpoint of my thought process, as I read more and more articles about trivial or irrelevant s*** that PETA protests, and somewhat importantly, PETA's failure to recognise that IN A HISTORICAL GAME, HISTORICAL PRACTISES CAN BE DEPICTED AND NOT CONDONED AT THE SAME TIME.

In fact you know what, lets set all future fiction in an ideal world where there are no actual issues to confront and no interesting contrasts with today's society.

And something else I find funny, PETA's view apparently stems from treating animals as humans, yet somehow, all the humans that are going to be killed in ACIV don't get a mention.

 

[Blunderboy]

Oh PETA. When will you learn, no one cares.

Also I'll do what I always do in PETA threads. Make them about a much better Peta.

Spoiler: Peta Todd

 

[Danial]

PETA supports Terrorists and kills 98% of all the animals it cares for, a number higher than most meat farms (at least they keep some for breeding), these people are little else than insane charity money stealing hypocrits who would kill off every domesticated pet to "protect its dignity".


A little read on he subject [http://voices.yahoo.com/peta-animal-rights-becomes-terrorism-crime-399292.html], would also check out the Penn and Teller Bullshit ep dedicated too them.

Oh and How many PETA members does it take to change a light bulb?

0 PETA changes nothing.

EDIT

I thought it said PETA protests against Wales. I was all, "at last, something I can get behind".

Pah! Your just jelly about of Hills and lack of Gordie shore.

 

[Blunderboy]

Didn't you know? Recent statistics show that a person who commits whaling in a computer game is 67.02% more likely to commit whaling in real life.

Somebody think of the whales.

It's okay. The Simpsons did.

 

[Thaluikhain]

"It's getting harder and harder to take PETA seriously anymore."

When could you take them seriously? PETA has been a bad job for ages.

(Mind you, I could somewhat agree with them in theory if the game was saying whaling was cool, and they were merely saying it wasn't)

 

[CardinalPiggles]

Let's not forget that Pokemon game PETA made.

"It's cruel to trap your Pokemon in pokeballs".

 

[lacktheknack]

Is NeonBob still around? I have a thread he should see.

 

[t4nz1t]

As far as I'm concerned, until PETA comes up with a meaningful counterargument to what summarized [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/profiles/articles/MovieBob], they ceased to have any relevance as an animal rights organization.

They are a manufacturer of outrage dedicated to the pursuit of fundraising.

 

[Vault101]

aaaahh hahahahahaha....PETA are idiots

look if we can hack up people why not whales? are they speciesict or somthing?