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[Parakeettheprawn]

~realy big snip~

It realy shouldnt suprise you as much that there arnt as many games with a 'faithful' depiction of your particular choice of religeon.

There are a LOT of different interpretation of just the bible out there, most of which disagree on eachother on several fundamental aspects. Then theres Muslims, Hindus, etc. all with their own sub-groups. A game made to appeal to protestant Christians may no do so well with Catholics, and likely worse with Muslims, while each one of those groups is likely much less offended by a game that ignores religeon altogether. (not to mention I would be suspicious of a game recommended by a jehova's witness)

Then theres the fact that Christinity for better or worse has seeped deep into western culture and history. Culture has a habit of constantly being changed and reinterpreted, and the bible is no exception.

Lastly a lot of the less-then-fond opinions about games come from people who are happen to be devoutly religious in some form or another. No this does not necessarily work the other way around, but in a lot of cases, it does.

In short, Christians are not a very attractive marktet to develop games for. Theres simply no way to do it without at least part of them biting you for getting God's beard wrong or something, and you will probabaly alienate other religeons and athiests as well.

But that's the real trick isn't it. You can't do anything without offending someone at some point. The matter is whether or not you make a point with it. I'm not saying most games need to appeal to me or any other belief system, but a rare Spec Ops: The Line styled laser-focused point title would be nice. And TBH, I'd rather a non-religious title than ones like El Shaddai or Bayonetta, where they get the points so wrong that only the most liberal and lenient of a faith can agree with what is presented. And it's not like it's hard to appeal to people like me in particular -- as I said, Dead Space does the job surprisingly well yet also has pro-atheist and pro-environmentalist (and possibly pro-Gaia, depending on your perspective) things going on as well, and I'll bet you they weren't even trying to appeal to Protestand Christians. It's not an impossible goal, you just have to be smart or really oddly lucky about it.

 

[Groenteman]

Honestly, the thing about this forum that bothers me is how quickly any debate or discussion turns savage. It's as though no one is capable of disagreeing, only arguing until they "win." Not talking about you, Strazdas or Parakeettheprawn; just an aside.

Or how not saying something at least one viewer violentely disagrees with will mean you just get ignored.

Realy, I love the articles on this site, but cant say I care for the community. They dont discuss, they just argue.