Stuff: "Among the many things that Gears of War 3 does right - and it does a lot of things right - it deals with female characters respectfully and thoughtfully.
The game's two main female characters - Anya Stroud and Samantha Byrne - are tough and resourceful COGs but Epic hasn't dressed them in skimpy outfits that reveal cleavage or skin when they run through a battlefield: they're dressed as you'd expect a COG soldier to be attired in the heat of battle."
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I can't fk with this list. They missed on alot of games probably before the writers times. Also I know people loved some portal but I was never a fan.
Tomb Raider 1
Driver 1
Abe’s Odyssey
FF6
King of Fighters 94
Mortal Kombat OG
LINK 2 the past
Street Fighter 2
Resident Evil 1
Infinite but not the first two games? Witcher 3 but not the first two games?? GTA V but not literally any of the games before it??? Portal 2 but not the first? Also if you're going to play Shadow of The Colossus play the remaster and not the remake. Can't say I disagree with the list but my man it's all over the place.
I mean some sequels are objectively better and you don’t need to play the whole series.
But most of these games have a story to follow, sure you can catch up with a YouTube vid but where's the fun in that?
A list like this isn't telling you not to play the previous games if you want to. It's just giving you legendary games to play.
But tbh, you don't always have to force yourself to play every entry in a franchise to get to the better ones.
- The vast majority of Witcher 3 players never played the first 2 and had a great time. The first 2 games aren't in the same league.
- The GTA games are self-contained with the odd fun reference. You can easily jump into any of them.
- The Shadow Of The Colossus remake looks and controls better than the original (plus it has a 60fps option while the remaster is just 30fps). New players will enjoy it more.
- Portal 2 is a lot better than Portal 1 and takes the concept much further gameplay-wise. Storywise, Portal 1 is fairly light too. Not that you shouldn't play it but realistically ... you'd love Portal 2 whether you play it or not (at lot of Portal 2 players have never played 1).
Bioshock 1 is the only one I agree with you on simply because it's one the best games of all time and arguably better than Infinite. No other setting like Rapture.
Looking at the list, I'd recommend playing Uncharted 1 before 2 but no doubt, 2 is the legendary one you have to play.
I get it, but that's just my opinion on his opinion. I just think that before you play a sequel you should still play what came before it. Maybe it's just me but i find it fascinating playing through the first game in a series and seeing how it has evolved through its sequels. Like I said I don't disagree with the list, other than SoTC which I strongly believe the remaster of the original should be played above the remake.
Awesome list! Hot take on Fear (and it's hard af expansion Persaus Mandate!) Bioshock Infinite is stellar, so is the Witcher 3 and you nailed it by having Ocarina of Time. So many fantastic games! Gotta play 'em all! Next one on my list is Prey after I beat Dead Space 2 and Splinter Cell Conviction.
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Honestly Gears did this well, they became women jocks and enjoyed them being in my team especially Sam.
The only problem I have is that
A) I was still staring at their asses. The COG armour did nothing like the military armour we wear today.
B) They were thrown into the story to be that emotional person. Instead of grunts sfx's from males.
I was really pleased to see how they were portrayed in Gears, although I wasn't expecting it from Gears. Although in the past two games Anya was dressed normally, I was expecting her armour to show more.
Honestly, I expected more nudity from the gear girls.
Gears isn't a realistic game, I want to see BOOBS dammit! lol
Nice to have some of these "respect" around.. to add variety I guess..
Not for me though. I'd rather have em sexed out (not overly) a bit than not.. (Aya Brea PE 1 and 2 and some T3B)
just a preference. You don't have to kill me for it.
As long as they don't look like Shreks then Im fine.
A far cry from how I actually "treat" 'em ladies IRL.