THIS MAN IS RIGHT, INFACT MALE LEADS ARE ALSO OVERUSED.
ONLY DOLPHINS AS MAIN CHARACTERS FROM NOW ON!
ONLY DOLPHINS AS MAIN CHARACTERS FROM NOW ON!
Hmm. Personally haven't played Fallout 3 just yet, and I honestly haven't seen much of Mirror's Edge past the content in the demo. This I'll look into when I'm no longer poor.Cheesus333 said:On the contrary: Jacknife and Faith are very similar - I can see myself playing the game in his shoes. Similarly, Sentinel Lyons or Reilly (Fallout 3) are fairly similar to Marcus.NickCaligo42 said:I really couldn't see a man playing that part or being as sensitive to the changes in Faith's world as she was--nor for that matter could I see a woman in Marcus Fenix's shoes.
actually i found the combat in that game crazy fun. JOB SYSTEM FOREVAR!ElTigreNegro said:But the real problem with that game is, beyond other things, that it's boring as hell to play. The main quest is insipid enough, and the side-quests are even worst. They even took away blitzball for some half-baked idea of "tactical" blitzball that it's even worst from what it sounds.
DONE.SirSchmoopy said:ONLY DOLPHINS AS MAIN CHARACTERS FROM NOW ON!
I'm forced to concur, Faith (at least before you complete the game and realise you just wasted $60 on yet another game manufactured under the Heavenly Sword business model [too high priced for too short a game, that upon release is revealed to be a 'planned trilogy']), is about perfect as a female lead.Vanguard1219 said:After all, Faith from Mirror's Edge is almost the opposite of Lara Croft, if not a more practical version of what Lara should be. Faith isn't built like a supermodel and she isn't scantily clad in tight-fitting clothing. As far as the superficial argument goes, that's really the end of it, but it goes even deeper. This Faith isn't a treasure hunter, a highly trained agent or some warrior with a sword and a leather outfit, she's a regular person who had a rough life. Besides the fact that she's a parkour runner there isn't anything spectacular about her. No superpowers, no D-cups, nothing. If anything I'd say she's an ideal female lead in a game because she's actually realistic.
SadisticSquirl said:Personally I find that when women are incorporated, into a game they are 1 of 4 things, the main heroine because game designers want to give people the choice or Y chromosome or not, a perky or disregarding NPC, someone you must save OR ELSE, or someone in your life that has to die like most good Disney movies. Games always claim they have a gritty realism... So where are the terrified women who are fighting you because all they know is that you are the bad guy? Where are the children who have been raised to hate the characters faction and will fight to the death to kill you? I'm not encouraging the murder of children but it is something that individuals in the REAL military have to face. Like in "Black Hawk Down" or "Tears of the Sun" where one of the main characters has to decide whether or not they must lower they're morals to protect themselves and their team mates. To be honest I was thrilled to see in Fallout 3 that I didn't just have to kill cut and paste male raiders but they throw in some smart mouth ladies sprinting at me with hand-held chain saws. (Although the Super mutants were all guys...) It's my belief that games need to stop with the constant chivaly and put some ladies in the cross-hairs. Women wanted to be allowed to join the military, so why aren't we allowed to take couple of shots at their heart shaped asses?
Interesting bit of trivia: Rouge the Bat is the only female character I can think of whose breasts actually SHRANK in between games.Darth Marsden said:Rather then insult whoever made the list which originated this thread in the first place, I'm gonna look at this list [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_and_video_games_with_female_protagonists] and just pick out the games which I feel exploited women.
Charlie's Angels (I'm just guessing - I've seen the films, never played the game)
Dead or Alive
Final Fantasy X-2 (J-Pop and scantily-clad team-mates FTW!)
Fear Effect 2: Double Helix
Golden Axe (Questionable - that was the style of the times. Or so I'm lead to believe, anyway)
Heavy Metal: FAKK 2
Sonic series (Also questionable, but then again what the hell is Rouge the Bat's bra size?)
Soul Calibur series (Particularly Ivy)
Tomb Raider (Again, questionable. Depends who you ask, really.)
Vinyl Goddess from Mars (!)
No argument here. I stopped depending on IGN for my reviews a long time ago.Sylocat said:This is surprising? IGN is run by idiots who are bending over backwards to please the macho fratboy demographic.
As much of a Nintendo and Metroid as I am, I only believed that until I saw the unlockable image gallery in Metroid: Zero Mission.Vinculi said:I wouldn't have blamed any of this on Samus though, it seems like Nintendo takes extra effort to prevent her sexualisation
To me FFX-2 had an excellent battle system, a funny plot, charming characters and some badass minigames. And, yes, I did enjoy completing all the sidequests.ElTigreNegro said:Saying that FFX-2 was trying to be a spoof of the genre would be giving the game too much credit, for an actual light hearted spoof of RPGs, and one done right, just play Threads of Fate. It's obvious that FFX-2 is dead serious about it's cheesy plot and it's lame characters. But the real problem with that game is, beyond other things, that it's boring as hell to play. The main quest is insipid enough, and the side-quests are even worst. They even took away blitzball for some half-baked idea of "tactical" blitzball that it's even worst from what it sounds.
Actually, Lara Croft's breasts are a bit smaller than in previous games. Still oversized and unhealthy, but smaller.Sylocat said:Interesting bit of trivia: Rouge the Bat is the only female character I can think of whose breasts actually SHRANK in between games.