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Is there a Game that downright offended you?
- Thread starter MrMatt555
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John Rabbit
Banned
most recently the mission in GTAV where Trevor
started to cross over a line for me. it was just completely unnecessary to make the player actually do it. i wish they'd had an option for me to just watch a cutscene.
tortures the informant
In the beginning of Farcry Blooddragon there was this joke about how annoying modern games are making you do a bunch of bulls hit early on like how to aim. Which I thought was funny but then it went on to actually do exactly that which pissed me the hell off.
Never could get into it after that.
Never could get into it after that.
itzknickknac
Member
It was a reference to Anita Sarkeesian whom takes offense to games that she considers "sexist."
I prefer not to get into deeper detail as it may derail the thread ;\
whiteninja
Member
That mobile dungeon keeper game.
Palculator
Unconfirmed Member
Yeah, if someone were offended by like, The Turner Diaries, I'd roll my eyes too. People just looking to be offended by fictional stuff now and days...
badnewsbeers
Member
"The easily offended deserve to be easily offended"
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Yeah, that really got me mad, especially after reading articles about how they were trying to treat religion in a respectful way while developing the game.
NinjamicWZ
Banned
Since I was expecting this thread to be about things that are offensive in some kind of social etiquette way I feel uncomfortable using the word offended... but I'm pretty sure as a Castlevania fan and a gamer, everything about this game made me legitimately mad:
I picked it up cheap on Steam and just... no. All of it... no. The Mercury Steam guy's E3 circuit interviews where he would get visibly red and vocally angry any time Metroidvania and previous Castlevania games were mentioned, probably contributed to my fundamental disdain for every aspect of it's design.
I picked it up cheap on Steam and just... no. All of it... no. The Mercury Steam guy's E3 circuit interviews where he would get visibly red and vocally angry any time Metroidvania and previous Castlevania games were mentioned, probably contributed to my fundamental disdain for every aspect of it's design.
Mortal Kombat 9.
I get that it's the games bread and butter, but for some reason, the violence just didn't sit with me at all, despite the cartoony nature.
Ace fighting game though. A shame, as MKX looks good, but I'll be avoiding.
If also say some stuff in GTA V, starting with Trevor's introduction. He actually becomes more likable later on when he "calms down" a bit, but his first scene did not endear himself to me, nor did
And then there's the
scene.
I get that it's the games bread and butter, but for some reason, the violence just didn't sit with me at all, despite the cartoony nature.
Ace fighting game though. A shame, as MKX looks good, but I'll be avoiding.
If also say some stuff in GTA V, starting with Trevor's introduction. He actually becomes more likable later on when he "calms down" a bit, but his first scene did not endear himself to me, nor did
implied raping of Floyd's cousin, or murdering the couple
torture
I bit into the GAF hype about Uncharted 2 and Mass Effect 2.
I swear I was 30 mins into either without even being able to yet play a game. That sort of thing hurts my soul to the core.
I swear I was 30 mins into either without even being able to yet play a game. That sort of thing hurts my soul to the core.
Both of these too.
SilentTristero
Member
As long as you're not on a censorship crusade, I think it's perfectly human to get offended. It's certainly a little overused in our current online outrage culture, but ocassionally getting offended just means you're engaged in culture and care about things.
Having said that, God of War 3 was repugnant. I just didn't vibe with it at all. I think it's perfectly okay to enjoy it. It just set all my personal alarms off with its glib and sadistic violence.
Having said that, God of War 3 was repugnant. I just didn't vibe with it at all. I think it's perfectly okay to enjoy it. It just set all my personal alarms off with its glib and sadistic violence.
The idea of getting offended about a video game just seems silly to me. Maybe if they made me play as a nazi or kkk member and made me do everything they did? Or if a game was just flat out sexist/racist/anti-religion, I wouldn't support that. But there's no games these days which do that. I just kinda feel bad for people who can't enjoy a good game because it goes against their beliefs.
Tom Nook
Member
MGS4 for it's character assassination and overall franchise assassination.
And this.
Sure, the ending was complete garbage and destroyed the franchise, but that is something I never thought I would see to end a game.
I like how the player can only select"OK", like "That's OK, I accepted that". There should be a "FUCK OFF" option.
Orakio Rob
Member
Prince of Persia: Warrior Within is an excellent game, but it completely ruined an excellent story. Also, the Gamecube version is buggy as hell and when (after many days) I finally got to the final room I couldn't fight the final boss.
SweetJohnnyCage
Member
The only thing to have ever pushed the line for me was the torture scene in GTA5. But I liked that Rockstar was putting me in that position and really questioning what people are willing to do in video games. Very cool stuff.
Kirye
Member
Not particularly, but I don't get offended by indirect offensive things. Anything seemingly offensive isn't directed at me and I'm not gonna waste energy getting offended for others.
However I do feel irked when games have a tutorial for every little thing. I don't need to be told how to press X to climb a ladder, looking at you Enchanted Arms.
However I do feel irked when games have a tutorial for every little thing. I don't need to be told how to press X to climb a ladder, looking at you Enchanted Arms.
joeygreco1985
Member
Can you elaborate on this? Are you saying today's AAA games are too simple?
HolyBaikal
Banned
I don't play eroge because they make me feel this way..
Legit question, but to those people offended by GoW games, what are you feelings about Greek mythology in general? Specifically their "heroes"?
Not trying to disagree or justify anything here, but I feel like if some of the content people were citing was in written form, it'd be more palatable for them?
Maybe it's the grindhouse/gritty comic aesthetic?
Not trying to disagree or justify anything here, but I feel like if some of the content people were citing was in written form, it'd be more palatable for them?
Maybe it's the grindhouse/gritty comic aesthetic?
HolyBaikal
Banned
I don't like Grand Theft Auto and Saint's Row and games like that because like they offend me.
I am honestly perplexed at how people can be offended at something released for the general public and by people they don't know.
I've only ever been offended in my life when somebody has directly, and personally insulted me.
I could think something is stupid, sure, but why the hell would it offend me?
I've only ever been offended in my life when somebody has directly, and personally insulted me.
I could think something is stupid, sure, but why the hell would it offend me?
JohnnyFootball
GerAlt-Right. Ciriously.
ActuallyHulk
Banned
I've never been offended by a game. The closest I've come is SMT which makes me uncomfortable at times due to my religion but I've never been offended.
ClaptoVaughn
Member
I've never been offended on an emotional or moral level by a game. Typically the more offensive a game TRIES to be, the less seriously I take it. Games like Postal and Custer's Revenge are just silly to me, nothing more.
meltingparappa
Member
I abandoned that Bayonetta 2 thread in frustration long before that eloquent summarization. Thank you for posting this and keeping that text alive for more people to see.
TheChocolateWar
Member
The Last Story. The protagonists were horrible, xenophobic, mass murdering sociopaths that could not get past the us v. Them mentality.
Lumpy Onion
Member
No exactly offended by, but in Mass Effect 2 and the Uncharted games I felt kind of bothered by how often the characters throw out clever quips after every couple of kills. Stuff like "Ooooh headshot!" or, "That's gotta hurt!" takes me out of the game's narrative and makes me dislike the characters because of how much they are reveling in the killing. ME 2 was particularly bad about this and the banter just came off as tasteless because it hardly seemed as crass in ME1. Again, not downright offended by this. But I find that these kind of things trivialize violence in a way that I don't really like. And I imagine they are they are there to lighten the mood and make it not as grim, but for me it has the opposite effect.
Which is odd, because I don't really mind the occasional quip from Bond or a John Mclaine in movies.
Which is odd, because I don't really mind the occasional quip from Bond or a John Mclaine in movies.
Pinko Marx
Banned
I couldn't be offended by a video game because, for the most part, video game writing is too juvenile to take seriously.
The Artisan
Member
??? I thought mgs4 was considered to be one of the greatest games of all time.MGS4 for it's character assassination and overall franchise assassination.
And this.
Sure, the ending was complete garbage and destroyed the franchise, but that is something I never thought I would see to end a game.
agreed on Me3 though. fuck that shit.
as for myself, Yusuf Amir in GTA4 and the whole arab money... eh, I guess it wasn't so bad.
This. It was like they were calling me stupid to the face.
semiconscious
Gold Member
same for god of war series for me. i got the sense that the developers were kinda basking in all the gore, & that all the gore was, to a large extent, the series raison d'etre...
I'm not usually offended by much but Dennaton's continued defence and justification for including that rape scene in Hotline Miami 2 just doesn't wash with me. I don't believe them at all. I'm surprised that there hasn't been a stronger reaction from the indie development community.