Kotaku: Sometimes beauty is just that: beauty. Sometimes, it's sexualized. That kind of beauty is meant to appeal not just to the eyes or the heart but to the loins, to tap into something primal, to turn us on.
What makes me uneasy, what feels—my opinion!—gross is when these two things combine, when a game sexualizes some of its characters and then lets you bash their heads in the ground and rip them in two. That's when it feels weird. That's when I wonder why I'm being asked to have fun with this. That's when I start wishing that vivid violence and sexualized content wouldn't mix in video games in the manner they do in God of War: Ascension, not when there seems to be no other point than asking me to have fun with it.
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Thats uglyist!
Gamers aren't stupid enough to think that Sony Santa Monica is full of woman-haters because 0.001% of the total enemies killed in all God of War games thus far were female.
Stop trying to make up the context to a scene in an attempt to mislead people, and allow people to interpret it for themselves.
Attention "hoes" are the worst.
Hmmm hot demonic fury.
Anyways back on topic. How many of you hanged a hoe in GTA and then sliced her in half with a Katana to get your money back? Killing women in Video is nothing new and in my opinion it would be sexist if you could only kill men an not women in video games. Now the next step are minors but I doubt that will ever happen because most of the time they are invincible in the games.
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(im not gay)
but im guessing you kill loads of 'handsom' looking guys on the game
Imagine Kratos violently slaughtering everything in his path, then he gets to a female boss and goes "Nope, sorry, can't do it. That's a girl. I can't strike girls because that'd be sexist."
The Olympian Gods could do whatever they want to to piss him off and then just put a girl in his way to prevent him from fighting back. Quality game design there.
Worst part yet, these are dudes writing this!
Points i got from the articles are:
- The writer don't like God of War had scene of sexy-pretty-naked womens / monsters with bare tits, because Kratos not showing his virtual BALLS. ROTFL! This is the first time i read that someone wants to see kratos balls! XD
- Kotaku bitching why kratos not kill all male enemies by stabing their BALLS. Because, kratos kill the female enemies by stabbing them in the boobs. ROTFL!
So i sum all the writers bitching in one sentence:
He wants to see kratos balls and gender equality on how kratos kills his male & female enemies.
Seriously kotaku, are this the best articles that your journalist can churn every day?!?!
If you can’t handle it stay away and keep watching Fox News.
Yea seriously guys this stuff its going too far now. Too much political correctness and too much stupidity coming from people now-a-days. We need to turn it back on these people. Like for example, how many male workers at kotaku? *wait for answer* The ratio of men to women there is like 9:1, you frikken sexist!
This whole debate would be so much more tolerable if it wasn't wrapped in that polarizing "On our side or not." shtick.
Isn't Sony Santa Monica one of the few development studios with a female studio director?
I don't get why this has become a bigger issue these last few weeks. There are many other worse examples of misogyny that could & should be the focus.
And why does it matter that some of the women were sexy while still being just as vulnerable to the same type of brutality as the rest of Kratos' enemies? So it's not cool to kill sexy people, but less attractive people are fair game?
Some people just can't handle fictional material I guess...
Seriously, Anita Sarkeesian is a piece of crap that is using the hot button issue and her fake feminist ways to get the game community up in arms and laughing all the way to her YouTube bank. If we can stop giving her the luxury like this article does, we'll be better off.
If you played the game, this woman may be sexy, but she is also annoying. There's a reason we're killing her. You would know if you were following the story.
SPOILER ALERT: You don't actually end up killing her since she was playing tricks in your mind.
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Women already get a lot of things pretty easily by the power invested in them by BEWBS (Just Google the amount of stuff women have been able to get by showing their breasts. It's ridiculous." Then they want to complain? Whatever.
greek mythology is full of misogyny so is god of war. deal with it.
first comment on kotaku is a load of crap too. god of war is about brutal revenge and a guy who wont let anyone stop him from getting his.
if god of war was emo, kratos would be sitting in a corner crying and sulking. he's the complete opposite. nothing can control him or get in his way. period.
SUCK IT haters. this game rocks.
oh hey whered that extra bubble come from. disclaimer: im an asshole
the sign of a great game. playing it for hours beyond the trophies. shows that playing the game itself feels intrinsically rewarding. you're playing it for fun instead of just for internet points.
Annnnd extra comment well spent.
Look at all the male enemies in the game and they're all built with "perfect" bodies (minus a small few). And it's okay to mercilessly murder all those "man-like" perfectly chiseled bodies, but not do the same to the female-like enemies?
You rip dogs mouths apart, gut a man-like horseman and that's not an issue. We all cry "equality" but are being unfair and unequal in the process.
God of War is God of War. Kratos will gut/stomp/rip-apart/etc anything that gets in his way, when he damn well pleases. Regardless of how human they look.
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I'm so brave.
So in that regard I thank you for this article.
Wake em' up!
I miss those days when we all can play games without anyone making a fuss about killing anything or anyone. Whether it be men, woman, zombies, who cares!
Its a game, a form of entertainment; let us all go cry about movies that has a villain, that happens to be sexy and make a fuss about that?
This is why video games gets a bad wrap. Instead of creating relevant articles about a game and how its played or how fun it is, we get trash articles that talks about a whole different subject altogether.
'I miss those days when we all can play games without anyone making a fuss about killing anything or anyone. Whether it be men, woman, zombies, who cares!
Its a game, a form of entertainment....'
You seem to enjoy simulated murder...and you expect anyone sensible with a right thinking brain to take what you have written here seriously?
All I am saying is, games before used to be just about games, no BS about anyone complaining about such things as destroying an enemy as part of completing said game.
It did not matter whether you were hacking and slashing, shooting or hitting an enemy until they died. Why does it matter if the enemy happened to be "sexy"? Its a game for crying out loud.
Does it offend you that the enemy you are killing in the game happens to have attractive features to her?
It is kratos man, he doesn't care for who he kills, have you even played the games? He is hell bent on revenge, and you as the player should be understanding why he does what he does, not debating over what is right as a human being to do in the real world.
Take your complaints and BS elsewhere to discuss your most sought after question in your life -- To kill, or not to kill, polygonal woman who happens to be "sexy"
While I and many others continue to play games like GoW Ascension with a smile on our face, thinking how awesome the game plays and how awesome Kratos looks while ripping the enemy apart. Sexy or not. Kratos cares not! And neither should you....P**sy.
The author is the one being sexist.
N4G is so rigged. All the trolls who write blogs have tons of bubbles here, then you have all these horrible gaming news sites that always have the highest ratings in this place and all the ones who actually just care about games in general no one pays attention to really.
Makes sense.
Was Adam Sessler really the one who started all this God of War Ascension hate?? It wont affect anyone, but I'll be sure never to watch one of his reviews, or listen to his opinions ever again if that's the case. What a sissy. Greek Mythology was full of disgusting and sick stories and imagery, yet something like a trophy name was able to turn such a small thing into a huge problem...