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Voyeurism in games
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Nope, that's totally not how I feel about voyeurism at all. Voyeurism is just peeking. And peeking brings excitement just because I'm seeing something I normally wouldn't. I don't get this god-like feeling that you have.
DecoyOctopus
Member
Final Fantasy Type-0 has a subquest devoted to peeking into a woman's room:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08M8J7XF1vM
I never finished it, so maybe there's some reward for it, but I wouldn't want to go through this scene while, say, riding on the train with people next to me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08M8J7XF1vM
I never finished it, so maybe there's some reward for it, but I wouldn't want to go through this scene while, say, riding on the train with people next to me.
LOL
they wear girl boxers :3
SJRB
Gold Member
Because he's hidden in de shadows.
"yeah but I can still see him lol", yeah.. Gameplay mechanics.
Because those mirrors are so filthy that the women can't even see themselves. That's what should really annoy you.
teruterubozu
Member
Snake is basically the voyeur perv of video games.
Mac the KNife
Member
legacyzero
Banned
Damn I posted that shot in the OP a LONG time ago lol.
Dudes pissing in every game, female characters always found doing push-ups/being unconscious or in some other situation where you can freely oogle/crawl on them and take photos. Sometimes the villains do the same. You can look at t&a in cut-scenes and some scenes even zoom on them on purpose. Main character is always naked/shirtless at some point.
Even the enemies look at porn mags and posters about bikini babes.
E-Cat
Banned
Wikipedia defines voyeurism as a form of paraphilia; however, that classification does not include "people who experience typical sexual arousal simply by seeing nudity or sexual activity". So, pretty much everyone is a voyeur to some extent, but those people aren't really voyeurs. Confusing, I know.
The Albatross
Member
When reading the title, one that immediately came to mind that is a little outside the norm is in Half-Life 2, just after (or before) fighting off that swarm of enemies in the "Odessa" region, you can use binoculars and see off into the distance...
HL2 is filled with these, as you watch the GMan have clandestine meetings just around major events in the game.
Obviously, this isn't sexual voyeurism, but I think that it fits.
HL2 is filled with these, as you watch the GMan have clandestine meetings just around major events in the game.
Obviously, this isn't sexual voyeurism, but I think that it fits.
How would you know that?
He totally re-visited that part multiple times to hear it in full.
Max had been through a lot so I figured the least I could do was allow him to enjoy sex vicariously.
Mind you, he did get to bang Mona later on. (Edit: Or was it that she lead him into the false assumption and used it to her advantage? My memory on this particular plot point is fuzzy.)
Ah, the good ol' days of quick save/load.
Rhomega Beta
Member
There we go...
Show me those diamonds and pearls.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wasn't Luigi peeping on some ghosts.
DecoyOctopus
Member
Spring-Loaded
Member
There's always a hot springs or beach segment episode in many JP games/TV shows. It seems out of place in some stories, but I get the appeal; it's a change of pace where you get to see the characters in a more relaxed setting, which is usually different from the norm.
I remember I used to be a member of my university's National Association of Black Journalists chapter and during one of the conventions, we went to the beach. It was fun hanging out since we normally only met for meetings/projects. Got to see our chapter's president in a bikini ... Now that I think about it, I actually did take a creepshot of her and our vice president saw me, but didn't say anything. he just gave a knowing nod.
MemoryHumanity
Member
Found this scene to be unnecessarily voyeuristic.
Deified Data
Banned
Yeah, this is what I came here to post. The game even gives you a monetary reward for your voyeurism, all for the sake of the "investigation".
Night_Trekker
Member
My favourite part of Silent Hill 4: The Room.
Yeah, one of SH4's major themes is voyeurism. There's a lot of great stuff in that game, despite the general distaste fans seem to feel toward it.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
bababouille
Member
I like games like Mr Mosquito that does this because there's a kind of surrealism and intimist approach that is rarely achieved in other games or media.
In Mr Mosquito, voyeurism is taken to another level because of the sense of scale giving detail to things which isn't possible in real life. The tone is very humoristic as well.
A lot of PS1-PS2 era games had this kind of imaginative design with a bit of a voyeur approach, for example ROOMANIA#203, リモココロン, UFO ～a day in the life～, Koufuku Sousakan, Chibi-Robo, the Siren series (along with many other survival horrors like Disaster Report) and even Seamen.
Voyeurism can be an interesting theme because of how prevalent it is in modern pop culture and video game is a great medium for exploring it. So I think even series like Idolm@ster and LovePlus can be interesting in that sense.
A lot of games cited in this thread are instances where I think voyeurism is creepy and harmful (Heavy Rain, Dishonored) and games like AC and Deus Ex where you can read other people's e-mails, because it's too grounded in reality, and does not offer a different point of view from real life.
In Mr Mosquito, voyeurism is taken to another level because of the sense of scale giving detail to things which isn't possible in real life. The tone is very humoristic as well.
A lot of PS1-PS2 era games had this kind of imaginative design with a bit of a voyeur approach, for example ROOMANIA#203, リモココロン, UFO ～a day in the life～, Koufuku Sousakan, Chibi-Robo, the Siren series (along with many other survival horrors like Disaster Report) and even Seamen.
Voyeurism can be an interesting theme because of how prevalent it is in modern pop culture and video game is a great medium for exploring it. So I think even series like Idolm@ster and LovePlus can be interesting in that sense.
A lot of games cited in this thread are instances where I think voyeurism is creepy and harmful (Heavy Rain, Dishonored) and games like AC and Deus Ex where you can read other people's e-mails, because it's too grounded in reality, and does not offer a different point of view from real life.
legacyzero
Banned
Metro Last Light
LOL I laughed at that part when I got there. There's another lady in the room just having a casual conversation.
Geist has a few parts where voyeurism take place, namely the Shower Scene, and the end of this part as a Rat.
We need a MGS Extreme similar to DOA Extreme. Muahahaha!
The Awesomest
Member
Yyyyup. Came to post this. One dedicated scene of accidental voyeurism.
It looks like he is crouching.
TranceKuja
Member
Galuf en Bartz spying on Faris had an interesting twist.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
Another reason why I disliked Gravity Rush, all those panty shots and "ooohhh I just got out of the shower" scenes.
Also when your at her home, you can move your vita to peer around. Extremely voyeuristic and just creepy.
Also when your at her home, you can move your vita to peer around. Extremely voyeuristic and just creepy.
BadAss2961
Member
MrNyarlathotep
Banned
IIRC you get health back for peeping through womens bedroom windows in the Silent Scope games
Oh, come on. None of Kat's costumes are particularly revealing; they did a good job of keeping her covered up even when flying upside down. And there's nothing creepy about looking inside a disused pipe that the protagonist has managed to turn into a quite homey residence.
(Disclaimer: unabashed Gravity Rush fan)
paperboywriter
Member
wow
olore
Member
Really? One of my favourite games ever but I haven`t picked up on that yet. Could you detail it a bit more?
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Jotamide
Unconfirmed Member
Found this scene to be unnecessarily voyeuristic.
It was for showing the graphical capabilities of the game.
Dem boob renders.
Murder. She Wrote
Member
Most of the panty shots come from the comic book cutscenes. I liked the game, just not the storytelling and characters.