Posted on 01/10/2014 at 03:25 PM
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First of all, you should always go on more on this subject and especially because it's a game. This is the place to do it.
So, all you said makes a whole lot of sense.
I guess I'm annoyed at the humanization of MC in this game. He's being brung down to an average joe level and he's supposed to be a super hero. Feelings? Bah! Having to deal with burocracy? Nonsense!
I just can't stand modern media's insistance on rationality and realism lately. Who cares what MC thinks and feels. He's an empty shell for us to put our own personality into when we play the game.
I resent the suggestion in this game that he's some sociopathic, damaged individual whose only pal is a virtual AI naked chick. What are they trying to say about gamers? That we're like that?
As games start to merge with mainstream media, I hear the forces of mainstream media calling gamers introverted nerds and then adding love stories and real life problems to appeal to the boring masses - everything becoming a TV show. This influence was embodied in the presence of Joel McHale at the VGX Awards who did nothing but insult game designers and act like all this gaming stuff was way beneath his interest.
I get everything you're saying and I think your right on. It all makes sense but I'm still not happy about it. I figure out why after some more thought. Right now I'm conflicted between the facts you laid out and my feelings on the thing. More later.