It's my hypothesis Dracula was very weak and needed to drink from the family to survive and restore his vitality. To me that's not "rape related" thogh yeah,playing as Dracula as he drinks a whole cowering household dry is still going to be disturbing to sit through. Then again,we're playing as a monster.
But Tami and avid are right. We will not know until we see the actual scene in question ourselves.
That's playing it wise,Tami. If I see the scene and it in any way looks like "sexual assault" I will gladly eat crow and admit I was wrong!
However, other accounts of the footage actually said Dracula simply fed on the man first before moving onto the woman. Kat seems to have ignored the dad and the child in her analysis.
Guess we'll wait and see!
That's a balanced analysis and how I feel too. She has a right to be offended and voice her opinion. However, I do not see how this stands out more than a moment like "The Red Wedding" or "No Russian". Personally I find it difficult to believe Kat truly was offended and if she was she must have gone through something quite traumatic to immediately relate a vampire attack upon a family to the box-art for Rape-Lay. Personally I think it's sensationalist click bait but I entertain the possibility I might be wrong too.
I still need to play Raymen Legends. Looks like a real stunner! Blood dragon is up my alley too!
Glad the site's overall demeanor is chill. Heck, it's even nice to think perhaps Bob has mellowed out a bit too. I don't rule out that people can change over time.
There is a stigma,you're right about that! And I don't always agree with "how" people disagree. For example, I'd never threaten to kill Kat's gold fish or piss on her car. Some people go way too far when they disagree with someone. I simply "disagree".
If you catch me at my worst I might say "Hey,f^ck off!" . But threatening someone and their family because I don't like their article? No,just no. That's not cool!
Jeremy always seemed alright. We didn't agree on everything but at least he had the decency to crack down on Bob Mackey when "bobservo" unleashed his troll minions upon me. USgamer might be an okay site but sadly this is my first impression.
That's too bad. Personally I'd be more willing to play an undercover cop sand-box game than the usual "I'm a gangsta bad ass" story.
Well,at least there's Sleeping Dogs,aye? I'm still curious about it and Red Dead Redemption. GTA 5 not so much!
I don't know why Rockstar cannot do a decent GTA game about an undercover cop. That way you could be a good guy who takes down the big crime boss yet before then you'd still have to do "fun criminal shenanigans" just to avoid suspicion! Maybe tie in a tragic backstory were the crime boss and cop were friends during their tour in Vietnam or Afghanistan yet they chose very different paths. Perhaps even have a female love interest who is torn between them.
I understand Rockstar sort of picked up the rights to Max Payne but wasn't the last MP game still linear compared to GTA?
It's not exactly a fair comparison though. With the Xbox 1 it was a performance issue. For a lot of people having to be online 24/7 would be difficult proposition. Not everyone has a 100% stable power grid. That and there were even time caps on how long you could play a game at a friend's house. (Originally mind you. Fortunately it is not like that now) To top it off there were issues related to invading our privacy which was highly unconstitutional.
By contrast this is a piece of entertainment much like a book (Game Of Thrones) or television series (True Blood/Walking dead). The people calling for a change in this case are not doing so because their freedoms are being trampled or because of a shitty online only functionality model. They're doing so because they're "offended".
If you want to run with that argument tell me,how offensive is the HBO adaptation of Game Of thrones? How offensive is friggin Sparticus or Walking Dead? Many people love those shows but they're well known for their deptictions of violence,sex,and rape. Do you want them taken off the air? Do you think "the polite police" should be an authority that has the right to speak for all people? Probably not because you're a reasonable person! However,Kat feels differently.
The scene in question is a first person perspective where Dracula feeds on a cowering family. Yes, it's a disturbing scene but there have been many games with equally disturbing scenes. And comparing neck biting to raping people ala Rape-lay? Sorry, going to have to call bullshit on this one.
I'm not advocating for anyone to be mean to Kat or send her nasty tweets but I have good reasons to disagree with her on this.
