Shaxster writes: "Today there’s been a lot of complaints in the gaming press about GTA V‘s misogyny. To an extent, I can sympathise. If I was female, I’d find 7 million phallic references quite tiresome too, and the lack of a playable female character would also inevitably make me feel unrepresented. But when I think about it some more, GTA V‘s misogyny makes sense. Actually, I think it might be necessary."
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Red Dead Redemption 2 and GTA 5 are both classics, but movement and general interaction sometimes feels like you're possessed by a fridge.
Rockstar need to learn that 12 years of work and 5000 employees doesn’t account for one persons opinion on the internet…
Oh and hundreds of millions of dollars in revanue to boot.
Lots of complaints about gta ever since the hd era started and yet it's bugger than its ever been with gta vi up to 180 million trailer views alone. The next game is shaping it be be another genre defining game
The controls of RDR2 felt a but cluncky indeed, but it’s not as bad as some make it out to be. At no point did I get the feeling my experience with the game was held back or ruined by the controls.
But it can never hurt to optimize them a bit, sure.
I did accidentally beat someone to death a couple times. An unfortunate mistake but besides that I didn't have any problems with the controlls
Red Dead Redemption felt clunky at first but I got used to it fairly quick. I thought 2 was easier to control but it could be my experience with the first game helped me out. Great games
I wouldn't call Rockstar games characters clunky instead they feel like they move with Weight they are not twitch controls press x to instantly snap onto cover the characters instead move like a actor would ducking behind cover they are exposed while they get there.
I wish I could have played as a female character in GTA 5. Just so that I could go around Los Santos and beat, shoot and kill all the men that I want to without being called a bad person...after all that is how it works in the real world.
*facepalm*
stop. just.... stop.
Nope Nope Nope Nooooope.
Having not played the game yet, I can't really comment on if the level is appropriate or adds to the overall game. I think it's fair that if some feel it detracts from the game and doesn't add anything to it's story or satirical nature of the title, that they mention it in their reviews. If something impacts a reviewers enjoyment of the title, whether it be that they didn't connect with or care for the characters, if they think the sexism was over the top and became a distraction or if a game overused QTE's, it's all fair game. Reviewers are opinion. If we don't agree then we naturally find opinions that are more in keeping with our own. That's the way it works.
Some have stated that the Misogyny is a distraction. Some think it's fitting in the context of the greater GTA universe. Either way, I think if it impacts the overall experience it's the job of reviewers to point it out.
At the end of the day, even those pointing out they had felt it was a bit much (and there are a few of them out there) no one seems to think that it's had a profoundly negative impact on their overall enjoyment of the game. Too many are acting like reviewers mentioning the level of sexism in the game are somehow making a point unrelated to the game itself. Of course that's ridiculous. If a movie or book overused misogynistic themes for no discernible reason the review could pinpoint, I would expect any honest reviewer to make a mention of this if it had a negative impact on their opinion. Why are game reviewers any different. Story, theme, music, gameplay, characters, it's all part of the package.
We shouldn't damn reviewers for simply bringing up these points because we might not agree. It's their opinion, after all.
I understand what he saying...seriously who in their right minds believe that people of the crime world are morally sound politically correct people. Misogyny and degrading racist terms would be very plausible and do add to the types of people they are as characters in the game when compared to the real world. Sure it may be offensive but its the truth...if the truth hurts..at least know what you are getting into. With society's tastes shifting and stuff like this^^ becoming an issue with GTA when it wasn't as much before. I'd say there will be a time where GTA might become irrelevant if everyone becomes disgusted by it. I for one know what Im getting into from the start and I understand the reasons behind it.