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Controversy and Gaming: Creativity vs. Tastefulness

GenGAME writes: "In the last few years we’ve seen a sizable palette of games that have garnered a good amount of controversy. Many people find these incidents to be unsettling at best – and offensive at worst. Should game companies cripple their freedom in order to bend to the demands of the easily-offended? Or should they hold fast to their creative autonomy?"

Jadedz4293d ago (Edited 4293d ago )

But when Metroid: Other M released - bam, instant garbage (by their standards). I liked Other M, and it isn't as bad of a title as some people claim it to be.

Story-wise: Other M is either, a hit or miss for players experiencing the title first hand, but the gameplay elements is what truly makes M:OM a great title.

oricon4293d ago (Edited 4293d ago )

The problemw ith other M's storyline is the perception of people had of samus, alot of people dont know the story of samus they think shes some super badass alien bounty hunter who isnt afraid of anything when shes not when people saw her fear Ridley they were like omg they made her weak and if you remember she never beat Ridley it was the metroid who saved her defeat Ridley.

Other M storyline is very faithful to the metroid lore from the mangas that series creator Yoshio Sakamoto work on to detail the whole storyline so it was a shock to players to really see how Samus is really like because the games until other M haven't really delved deep into the metroid storyline.

Jadedz4293d ago

Though the title didn't deserve the outlandish backlash it received.

coolman2294292d ago

THANK YOU! Someone who knows about the manga and Samus' characterization.

ShinMaster4292d ago (Edited 4292d ago )

I can't use my abilities or do anything until Adam f***ing says so. Her maturity was diminished and doesn't act like the killer that she's been established and just sits there almost like a child.

And this after the badass-ery that was Super Metroid? And all the things she's done on the other games that come before it chronologically? Come on!

oricon4292d ago (Edited 4292d ago )

@shinmaster she was never established as a killer thats what people thought she would be however with how little the story has been shown throughout the games most gamers who only played the metroid games expected her to be the typical badass fearless hero when shes not.

Yes she wants revenge on Ridley but it has been shown that she fears him still, if you read the manga by series creator yoshio sakamoto you would know this, in super metroid at the end she would have been killed by Ridley if it wasn't for the metroid that saved her and defeated ridley.

Here is samus encounter with ridley.
http://images4.wikia.nocook...

not what you expected right?

When they created Samus they wanted her to have human like characteristic despite being as strong as she is.

The backlash came from the fact that shes portrayed weak when facing Ridley in other M however most people dont know backstory behind Samus which hasn't been shown besides the mangas and other M where its shown shes traumatized by Ridley.

So i think people should stop complaining about her characteristics shown in other M because this how she was conceived from the beginning, it was the peoples own fault for creating an image of her without actually finding out the back story of the games.

ShinMaster4291d ago (Edited 4291d ago )

Like it or not, she's an experienced bounty hunter and has killed quite a bit in every single game.

You're telling me that the Samus we knew from every other GAME is suddenly a completely different character because a few people like you read the manga?

There are other issues with the game which I talked about above and you ignored. Like when I talked about here abilities.
Why does she risk being burnt alive instead of activating her Varia suit?
And why does her suit disappear or disintegrate into sparkles instead of breaking off(or exploding) when Ridley grabs her?

ShinMaster4291d ago (Edited 4291d ago )

For a Metroid game, it lacks atmosphere and exploration.

And that's all I have to say.

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ChickeyCantor4293d ago (Edited 4293d ago )

It's called bad direction. Metroid can be amazing with narrative story telling. The problem is ...Japanese drama.

Jirachi4292d ago

"Story-wise: Other M is either, a hit or miss for players experiencing the title first hand, but the gameplay elements is what truly makes M:OM a great title."
I agree 100% (and yes i enjoyed the story it may have issues but every story has issuses)

gamerben4292d ago

Other had terrible gameplay, sorry, but third person shooting just doesn't work in 3D, they should have made it 2D. The problem with it is that you can't aim upwards unless you point the wiimote at the screen, which doesn't allow you to walk.

Also, the areas in it were so linear, and if that wasn't enough they TOLD you where extensions were. Yeah, IMO Other M was garbage. It was possibly the worst game I've personally played this gen and that isn't exaggerating.

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CouldHaveYelledUiiW4292d ago

Other M is OK, so far. I had to get use to the voice (liked the deleted MP1 actresses voice better but I got use to it...)

---Nintendo just needs to find a better excuse for Samus to keep losing (not using) her powers.
But I know that generations pass so that, what is cliché' to me is fresh to another Gen.

I would like to see Samus's powers in an open world for once and to have to approach Bounty Hunter duties in more of a "Sam Fisher" way.
(Not a fan of Splinter Cell, don't hate it, just can't get into stealth games).

But with Samus it would be nice if instead of them focusing on the connective-ness of a whole world-

get that thing >then go back there> unlock that

-They could make houses or skyscrapers containing a guy or objective that you have to "collect", then allow you multiple ways to infiltrate -Even Zero suit methods.

If they make the puzzle choice harder or combat choice more focused...having all of your powers is in no way an asset or hindrance, just an ever-present tool-kit.

(Maybe you will docked for killing civilians)

>But I think Story telling through speech and text, rather than solely scans and cut scenes, would be better for Samus.

Nintendo would just have to expound upon their Cinematic strengths but also allow for cause and effect in the dialogue choices.

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Where are These Missing VR Games?

As is they're coins down a sofa, some announced games seem to just disappear. So just where are these missing VR games?

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anast45d ago

There wont be enough demand until the tech gets better and more affordable.

ApocalypseShadow45d ago

The article is more concerned with where the announced games are. Not about VR demand.

Even with my thoughts on Facebook, they did supposedly sell over 20 million headsets. Not that I think that many are still using their Quest headsets. But even if it's only 10 million users and 5 million are interested and able to play GTA SA, that's still a lot of consumers and a lot of sales.

It just comes down to why these developers are taking so long. Is something like GTA canceled? Is it being held back for a future event? It's not like there's competition in the stand alone space. And now that I have a Quest 3 myself, I'm wondering as well what's the hold up.

Profchaos44d ago

For GTA SA
Meta made a lot of budget cuts and cancelled a fair few exclusive game contracts we don't know if this was cancelled but it's possible and this was announced prior to the release of GTA definitive edition which was slammed and eventually moved to be supported in house by Rockstar.

Since then we have just gotten the mobile versions a d they are actually the best way to play the definitive edition unfortunately the consoles never got a retrospective patch to implement the improvements they made in the mobile games.

But for VR we know a VR mode was found in the definitive editions game files thanks to data miners so seeming it was meant to be using the definitive edition as a base given its ue4 that makes sense. And the mode is there right now (some Polish may be required still) I would assume this is ready to go but meta got cold feet and cancelled it given the games reputation.

I do hope Rockstar forge ahead and still just launch it anyway on psvr2 as it's a game I've loved since day 1 on PS2 I'll even tolerate the de version to get it in VR

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The reason why there are two different codes for each cheat in GTA San Andreas

From GTA BOOM: "Recently, Obbe Vermeij, a former developer at Rockstar North, shared some intriguing technical details about the ingenuity that went into creating the cheats for the GTA Trilogy"

Gamingsince1981145d ago

I bet it was painful not charging for the cheats as microtransactions

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Why GTA San Andreas Needs a Modern Remake

While GTA V is set in the same place, Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas still deserves a complete remake.

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isarai186d ago

They missed their shot, leave it.

shinoff2183186d ago (Edited 186d ago )

It truly does. To this day it's my favorite. In reality though this will never happen, unless they get ai good enough to do it idk lol

outsider1624186d ago

Release a gta4 remaster first atleast..

Profchaos185d ago

A real one please not what we got with rdr

Profchaos185d ago

This is a tough one we've all seen the remakes of GTA SA in ue5 and they look nice however this is a 6th gen game it's artstyle is so heavily directed by the limitations of the PS2 era machines things such as fog and draw distances were so interwoven.

Ignore the de release but if you were to remake this game it couldn't be made the same the city's are not that big when shown in the hd era instead what would work is a game heavily inspired by the GTA SA and the world would need to be expanded on.

But in many ways I feel like they need to leave the original game alone relicense the original songs and release a 4k 60 version for consoles without the modifications we got and really it should be free for owners of the de edition.

Right now the definitive edition is realistically the PS2, pc disc (not steam as they patched music out) or Xbox if you can tolerate white and black buttons.

Nacho_Z185d ago

It's nice to imagine full blown remakes of VC and SA but I have zero faith that Rockstar would take them on or do them justice. Not enough money in it.

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