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GasBandit

GasBandit

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Frank said:


This comes out in 2 days. It's apparently a stone hard Metroidvania. It also looks better than most animated films, let alone games. I'm pretty stoked.

It's coming out on PC too so don't let all the X-Box branding turn you off.
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It looks to me as if they looked at Limbo and said "we should do this, but with actual development resources, a budget, and lots of artists." And that's a compliment.
 
ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

http://www.gamespot.com/articles/new-mortal-kombat-x-images-confirm-mileena-and-joh/1100-6425864/

I dare you to try reading the comments on this. It's really stupefying to see so many gamers adamantly oppose the aesthetic changes to the female characters. The developer is trying to design them less like sexual objects by not simply cladding them in skimpy outfits and giving them more reasonable body proportions.

Look at those designs. They're seriously great. They actually look like tournament fighters rather than Playboy bunnies. Amazing what you can do when you have more clothing to work with. Sonya looks like a military or spy agent. Millena's design looks almost Persian.

Yet, judging by the comments, there is a large portion of the gaming community that seemingly want their games to remain as sexist, racist, and homophobic as possible.

I just don't get it. I look at the comic book industry. Right now, it's going through a new renaissance. Female creators are coming out of the woodwork and many female-starring comics are treating the characters as characters rather than just sex objects. You've got great books coming out like Captain Marvel and Ms Marvel, Batwoman, the new Batgirl, and the upcoming books from DC's soft reboot. I look at wrestling, specifically women's wrestling in NXT, which has been phenomenal because they're allowing the women to go out there and put on great matches.

The video game industry is starting to see those kinds of changes I honestly welcome them. They're a nice change of pace from the norm. I just don't understand the juvenile reactions.
 
SpecialKO

SpecialKO

Maybe it's because the convo in the comments has moved on, but the comments mostly seem positive, at the moment.

(Generally, agreed with you, though)
 
bhamv3

bhamv3

Mileena's sporting cleavage the length of the Grand Canyon, and Sonya's in an outfit that's so tight you can literally see her abs. Also, she's got boobs that rival classic Lara Croft in size. I fail to see how either of these characters could be not sexy enough, and I say that as a huge pervert who loves sexy video game characters.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Oh no! Sonya's form-fitting lycra isn't sexy enough? Mileena's costume now consists of more than purple suspenders and shoelaces? Blah. They still look like teh sex to me. Some people just won't be satisfied until they're fighting in nothing but pasties and novelty butt plugs.
 
figmentPez

figmentPez

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ThatNickGuy said:
Yet, judging by the comments, there is a large portion of the gaming community that seemingly want their games to remain as sexist, racist, and homophobic as possible.
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Never assume the vocal minority is actually a "large portion" of anything. The people who have the most time and incentive to speak their mind also tend to be dysfunctional people whose issues are what cause them to have that time and incentive.
 
Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

figmentPez said:
Never assume the vocal minority is actually a "large portion" of anything. The people who have the most time and incentive to speak their mind also tend to be dysfunctional people whose issues are what cause them to have that time and incentive.
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I just came in to post this, looks like Pez already got it.

As for Mileena, I like her new design, but her old design never bothered me. Her previous dress was frankly gross, but at least it made sensefrom a character view, as she was attempting to make Kitana look bad by impersonating her. It's that Kitana herself dressed just as skanky that didn't make much sense.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

Is this all this commentary coming off the recent Kotaku article?
GasBandit said:
Some people just won't be satisfied until they're fighting in nothing but pasties and novelty butt plugs.
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I've seen YouTubes of games like that (which weren't mature filtered for some reason). They're pretty hilarious. It's like someone said, "I don't think 'Dead or Alive' is sexy enough. What can we do?" and some other guy in the room said OMG I WAS BORN FOR THIS MOMENT BUTTS BOOBS JIGGLE SQUEE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAA and everyone else is like, "WTF Bob?" but then lets him go ahead with it because they suddenly have the weirdest curiosity.

--Patrick
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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PatrThom said:
Is this all this commentary coming off the recent Kotaku article?

I've seen YouTubes of games like that (which weren't mature filtered for some reason). They're pretty hilarious. It's like someone said, "I don't think 'Dead or Alive' is sexy enough. What can we do?" and some other guy in the room said OMG I WAS BORN FOR THIS MOMENT BUTTS BOOBS JIGGLE SQUEE HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAAAA and everyone else is like, "WTF Bob?" but then lets him go ahead with it because they suddenly have the weirdest curiosity.

--Patrick
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And then there's Battle Raper, one of the most objectionable games of the previous decade, which Something Awful scored a -10 (the lowest possible) in every single category except graphics.

And there's some other shit going on in the MUGEN engine world that I won't talk about lest I start getting more "HOW DO YOU ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF" type questions that I'd prefer not to answer.
 
PatrThom

PatrThom

GasBandit said:
And there's some other shit going on in [Insert Arbitrary Category/Subject Here] that I won't talk about lest I start getting more "HOW DO YOU ALWAYS KNOW ABOUT THIS STUFF" type questions that I'd prefer not to answer.
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I know that feel, bro.
I mean, sure there are those "this is a little too close to home" moments, but the majority are usually "I don't want to get into a conversation with you that will quickly become uncomfortable for one or both of us, mainly/specifically because I'm having it with you." I don't like feeling awkward, therefore I dislike making other people feel awkward.

I remember hearing about a story where the protagonist has a perfect memory, and as such he can deduce other people's secrets based on knowing and adding up the things they NEVER talk about, and sometimes I wonder what it would be like to know those sorts of things about the people around me. The idea alternately intrigues and horrifies me.

--Patrick
 
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Ravenpoe

Ravenpoe

CynicismKills said:
You are correct, this trailer just released today, and we get the whole Cage family.



Also, that fucking Fatality. I laughed.
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Oh man, I had kinda been staying away from this, but as a long time Mortal Kombat fan who fucking LOVED MK9, this trailer has me pretty sto-

"pre-order now to play as Goro"

... and they fucked it up. Pass.
 
CynicismKills

CynicismKills

Stop it Squeenix, I don't like you anymore. Yeah XIV is fun sometimes but I'm not ready for a new single-player, I've been hurt before.

I just can't, so maybe just delete my phone numoh goodness does that Moogle have a gear on his thingamabob and that Gilgamesh design is rad as hell GODDAMNIT SQUEENIX.

 
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