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"Dragon's Crown" Is Out and No Women Were Harmed

BY LARRY HESTER | AUG 8, 2013 | 8:57 AM | PERMALINK

When the artwork for Atlus' Dragon's Crown first made the rounds of the video game media circuit, it was criticized for its exaggerated depiction of the human anatomy—specifically, its depiction of female characters' anatomies. The characters Elf, Harpy, Morgan, and especially Amazon and Sorceress fall into this oh-no-they-didn't category. Unless you've been avoiding the gaming community's trending topics, you would already know that large breasts, thick thighs, and huge butts are the artistic mark of the beast. When characters are designed with these attributes, the critics would have you believe that real-life women become cursed with a mystical hex that undoes every achievement they have ever accomplished. Since Dragon Crown's release, I was expecting the college degrees of women all over the world to vaporize and their once proud owners to mentally devolve into infants.

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rextraordinaire3906d ago (Edited 3906d ago )

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It's also strange that no one mentions the fact that the one woman who has supreme power in that game, princess Vivian, who becomes Queen at the start of hard mode, doesn't show any skin. There you have it, a strong woman that has power over everything because of her kindness and strength in adversity, yet not a single moral-paragon-reviewer ever mentioned it. Do they believe that having such character is bad for their cause too, or are they too blind to see the good parts of a game?

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GreatGamePlay3905d ago (Edited 3905d ago )

SPOILERS, that's Why.

Plus, It's misogynistic to restrict Women's freedom with so much cover. That's also why Amazon can fight very well.

admiralvic3905d ago

"yet not a single moral-paragon-reviewer ever mentioned it. Do they believe that having such character is bad for their cause too, or are they too blind to see the good parts of a game? "

Theory 1 - The average reviewer did not beat the game or really get into hard mode. I know some who reviewed the game (with a preview copy from Atlus) and did not actually beat the game or fully experience it.
Theory 2 - The characters that ARE sexualized are more commonly seen and some simple line of text isn't going to instantly change everything. Lets be fair here, you're 1,000,000,000% more likely to notice the Sorceress / Amazon are sexualized than notice / care that a girl with a few lines of dialog in a game that is not story driven, is not sexualized and has some power.
Theory 3 - Most people never cared. This outrage started with Kotaku and most people posted they never cared. It was NEVER a big deal with Bros before hoes (which was equally stupid) and 90% of the articles about it were about how it was silly. Sort of hard to blame reviewers / journalists when most of the details on the matter were about how silly the article was.

rextraordinaire3905d ago

All of the above, eh? :)

As for me, I love every single thing about DC. Except the evil rabbit. I hate the evil rabbit.

miyamoto3905d ago

PROOF
that women specially sexy well endowed women are not offended by Dragons's Crown, play Dragon's Crown and love Dragon's Crown.

Even women who play mostly on Xbox 360

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

slinky1234563906d ago

I was disgusted with the way they portrayed male characters in this game!!! Having bigger muscular arms and a single ab larger than their head!!! Completely unrealistic and sexist!!!

*End Sarcasm*

KonsoruMasuta3905d ago

Yesterday, I went to a strip club and grabbed a stripper and tried to pull her away from her life of being oppressed and taken advantage of. Guess what she did? SHE SPRAYED ME WITH PEPPER SPRAY!

This problem is worse than I thought. All of these video games must have brainwashed her and made her think that's what she wanted.

KonsoruMasuta3905d ago

When did you write a post about getting pepper sprayed by an oppressed stripper?

ifritAlkhemyst3905d ago

Just being a dick. I wrote about stripper oppression and one attacking me for trying to enlighten her in response to a Dragon's Crown article about a week ago.

ifritAlkhemyst3905d ago (Edited 3905d ago )

Nothing to see here people. Move on to the Hotline Miami 2 rape articles for your next fix of moral outrage and righteous indignation.

Dan_scruggs3905d ago

So if the article states that no women were harmed does that imply that the article is another example of a man speaking for women. Because that is sexist.

Hicken3905d ago

That doesn't make sense. A man speaking for women isn't inherently sexist any more than how the characters in DC are dressed is inherently sexist.

The article states that no women were harmed because no women were harmed. LOOKING for sexism where it doesn't exist is as sexist as actual sexism.

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Forget the PS5 For a Sec ! Let's Remember the Best Co-Op Games on the PS3

If you've come looking for great games, you are in the right place. Here are the best Co-Op Games you can play on the PS3

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Immagaiden333d ago

Why mention PS5 when talking about PS3

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Magog333d ago

The load times in retrospect are unbearable but I did have hella fun playing couch co-op with my gf on the PS3 and PS2.

anast332d ago

Couch co-op is the best alternative.

Rynxie332d ago

Resistance 2 co-op was amazing! I wish they would remaster resistance 1-3 and killzone 1-3 for the PS5.

1Victor208d ago (Edited 208d ago )

Let me save you the time to scroll down no Warhawk or Starhawk, 2 of the best co-op games on PS3

mastershredder49d ago

Ricardo Irving is one of the best-worst bad guys / mini-bosses ever.

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Potential PS3 “Holy Grails” You Should Collect Now

We've rounded up a few PS3 games that show serious potential for big price jumps over the next few years. Could these reach "Holy Grail" status?

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Applejack1124d ago

I have a friend who still has a sealed copy of Folklore. I’m sure it’s worth more now than it was when it released but I’m not sure how much more.

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franwex1124d ago

Bought it for $5 at Walmart. I have yet to play it. But I did open it to look at it. Heh.

phoenixwing1124d ago

the game is actually good. I'd rather buy and play it than keep a sealed copy

Indigon1124d ago

Yeah I gave my brother my PS3 for free with a lot of games but I kept Folklore.

Teflon021124d ago

Folklore is an amazing game. Should have bought 2 copies. 1 to play and one to keep

Seraphim1124d ago

yeah I still have a sealed copy of Folklore too. I almost never do this but I had originally rented it. One day I saw it for like $20 at Walmart so picked up a copy. Always meant to re-play it but just never did. I think in part because it never got trophy support[?]. It was an interesting and unique game that didn't get the love it deserved.

I see Trails of Cold Steel II is tagged. Not sure where PS3 prices sit but the PS4 version of both Trails I and II were around $140 as recently as a little over a month ago. Ended up buying both of them digitally then buying III and IV on disc. Shame I kept putting off buying them. Just a couple months prior you could still get them both for about $45 each. Anyway I'm almost finished with II and hopefully be playing III and IV next.

Petebloodyonion1124d ago

I would suggest using price charting to evaluate the value of a past game.
https://www.pricecharting.c...
value for the game new is 60$

Hawk1986661124d ago

Its not worth much, about £20.

monkey6021123d ago

I want Folklore. I've been trying to find it for some time now. It's one of the only games set in Ireland so I've been busting to play it some time

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Godmars2901124d ago

And wait for emulation and/or till their PS3 dies?

franwex1124d ago

3D Dot Game Heroes is a cool game that may soon go up in price too. I enjoyed it.

Indigon1124d ago

That's one that has been quite hard to find for some time.

Godmars2901124d ago (Edited 1124d ago )

At least you didn't own ALL Panzer Dragoon entries only to sell them all on ebay.

Don't talk to me about seller's regret...

nommers1124d ago

I'm so glad I kept my copy of this game.

Soy1124d ago

Great game, lots of fun - and definitely tougher to find. I'm glad I kept mine.

Teflon021124d ago

Glad I still have it. One of my fav games that gen

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Gardenia1124d ago

PS1, PS2 and PS3 BC right now is pointless. The top games are extremely overpriced or aren't available anywhere anymore. The best that can happen is Sony putting all the games on the PSN and/or PS Now. That way we all can play the classics, with trophies and some optimizations.

Godmars2901124d ago

Pointless, unless you have a 2st stage production model PS3.

One have to get fixed, but still, I've got it.

gold_drake1124d ago

exvuse me
i still play games on my ps2.

Gardenia1124d ago

That's because you only think about yourself. 90% of gamers don't have PS1, PS2 or PS3 games lying around. What do think is going to happen when there is BC and games like Vagrant Story, MGS, Suikoden 2 will be on sale? The few that are will be sold for hundreds of Euro's/Dollars.

Digital is the only option for everyone to be able to play those games.

gold_drake1124d ago (Edited 1124d ago )

ooff yea im only thinking about myself by playing my ps2 games haha.
the whole point about my reply was that, BC is not pointless. alot of ppl still have their old games mind you.

HankHill1123d ago

Nobody agrees with you so I guess you're the one only thinking about themself.

TheColbertinator1124d ago

Still have the Neptunia box sets unopened. Every year they get more valuable

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Dragon's Crown's Iconic Sorceress Returns With Gorgeous Figure by Union Creative

The sorceress is likely the best-known among the playable characters of Vanillaware's Dragon's Crown, and she's getting a new figure.

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AK911429d ago

Oh its her old design? Thought they'd go with her more recent one with her 'assets' reduced meh not that I'm complaining.

Hellcat20201428d ago

Good gawd
A very well crafted piece we have here