The real shame is that first month sales are going to be up against The Last of Us. I wonder if Capcom knows that it isn't releasing this game in a vacuum. The premise seems interesting, but I don't have a clue what the gameplay looks or feels like.
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From what I've seen thus far the game seems a bit up its butt in a bad way (ergo not Bioshock Infinite way) and the dialog sounds cringe worthingly bad. But I preordered it just because I was completely sold on the concept art for the game. Probably be a shit game, but at least it's not set in America or the Middle East.
I can also forgive a lot for trying to give a female ptotagonists a go. So if I just avoid reviews and base it off my own experience I'll probably enjoy myself.
I can also forgive a lot for trying to give a female ptotagonists a go. So if I just avoid reviews and base it off my own experience I'll probably enjoy myself.
Please, please let this game be good...
There is much potential in such a premise. Then again, almost all bad games have had premises with potential...
There is much potential in such a premise. Then again, almost all bad games have had premises with potential...
That's pretty much par for the course on any Capcom-published game.Tar Palantir said:
I'm not expecting a good story. I'm expecting a nonsensical clusterfuck that will remain entertaining if just to see how crazy it gets, strung together by rather fun, brutal combat. Even if it's not developed by Capcom directly.
I'm desperately hoping that my expectations of the gameplay won't be shattered because it's a newcomer to the development field.
As for the topic at hand, I'm kinda sick of live-action trailers. Or CGI trailers. I don't want parts of the story spoiled for me before I ever play the game, I want to see what it's going to play like. The intrigue is part of what makes playing a game for the first time so interesting.
A picture of a woman from behind is not necessarily a gratuitous ass shot, any more than it would be a gratuitous tit shot if she were facing the viewer. It's not like she's standing in some weird, impossible pose or thrusting it at the camera.Desert Punk said:
Have you seen Dingo Egret on the Zone of the Enders 2 box art? Now that is an ass.
Are people really complaining about how her ass is on the cover? Call me a cynic but I can't help but think that those same people would be complaining about her tits being on the cover if she was facing forward...
[sub][sub]That's cynicism right?[/sub][/sub]
[sub][sub]That's cynicism right?[/sub][/sub]
I was certainly surprised by the Himiko thing. I mean, sure, she was a psychic alien clone or whatever in Crystal Triangle, but god was a giant space grub in that movie. I first learned about her from a Japanese middle school history textbook, and the people who wrote that certainly didn't seem to think there was anything evil or magic about her. You would think that if Japan doesn't freak out about her, no one else would either. You could argue that the sorcery stuff is because she ruled so long ago that she's become a semi-mythical figure, known primarily from Chinese documents, but that would only make sense if they'd portrayed everything from that time period as weird and sorcerous.shephardjhon said:
Err...wait what?shephardjhon said:
Did you miss the whole soul transfer power she had and the whole having a giant undead army that has some insane giant dudes in it? And even then "just some storms"? You mean the ones where you can actually target something like a plane or a boat...that's kind of an impressive power.
Considering how much Tomb Raider has sold, which is undoubtedly more than this game will, I doubt they are unaware. Publishers don't want games with male protagonists because ones with females don't sell. It's that they don't sell as much. It's the logic of "Why sell 2 million copies with a female protagonist when you can sell 3 million with a male?".JokerboyJordan said:
Honestly, it's not even like we have any valid evidence for any publishers saying that. An "unnamed publisher" doesn't suffice as proof, because it is almost impossible for anybody to validate it.
Uh... what? What male bashing? I am genuinely asking, because I have no idea where there was any male bashing in that game.shephardjhon said:
... She was killing crazy cultists who tried to murder her and kidnapped her friend...shephardjhon said:
Were we playing a different game? As every enemy I killed in that game attacked me first.
I know that. The way the game presented her just seemed... off, coming from a background of Japanese fiction and history books. I can't call it wrong, exactly (especially given what that series has done with other legends), but it surprised me.Abandon4093 said:
EDIT: Actually, now that I look at my books, her portrayal does seem fairly in line with the earliest Chinese sources. I guess it just never stood out to me because there were so many shamanic traditions associated with rulership at that time.
