Offended by a game?

[Pacman555]

I always found Ryo's quietness lead him to being a virtual blank canvas onto which you could project your own personality. I generally find that kind of thing sucks me into games far more.

Sorry to go OT.

[Kotatsu Neko]

Prince of Persia Warrior Within offended me greatly. Partly by how naff it was, partly by how much Ubi had trashed the series, but mostly by the fake 'I'm angry' image they had forcibly inserted into aspect of the design. A truly horrible production, a crime against taste.

NFSU would offend me if I ever played it. Chav overload. No thanks.

[Ady]

Ryo had romance. He secretly fancied Ren.

Videogaming's first gay mainstream lead character, and no, I'm not jokingly referring to his looking for sailors.

Nah, I don't believe that.

I think there was genuine chemistry between him and Shenhua. She was the only person in the entire game he truly opened up to. It made the last disc all that more enjoyable.

It also makes the most sense, all things considered...

[anephric]

BUT: why have the option to stand "well away" from Nozomi when you get your picture taken?

Eh? EH? Or was Ryo just saving himself for his "dream girl"?

[dataDave]

All game characters are gay.

[Crisp_Rapper]

I always found Ryo's quietness lead him to being a virtual blank canvas onto which you could project your own personality.

does that explain why everyone thought he was gay? ha!

[Ady]

BUT: why have the option to stand "well away" from Nozomi when you get your picture taken?

Eh? EH? Or was Ryo just saving himself for his "dream girl"?

Well, he just saw her as a friend. He was solely fixated on his goal (Ryo comes across as being incredibly single-minded throughout most of the game...) and only complied to the photo to get Nozomi off his case. She may have fancied him, but I guess he just saw her as a friend and nothing more. Classic 'girl next door' type scenario.

That being said, Nozomi is closer to his age group (eighteen) than Shenhua (who was sixteen), but there was certainly more of a 'vibe' between those two regardless.

Like the best song lyrics, it's all open to interpretation, I think.

[Kotatsu Neko]

Personally I think Ryo should have hooked up with Joy.

[Big Seany]

I was offended by Final Fantasy X-2. I loved FFX, and found the stupid, j-pop infused girly style of the "sequel" to be an absolute insult when you compare it to the relatively sombre RPG-ness of the predecessor.

In terms of actually being offended by the content of a game, I would have to say I haven't encountered that personally - although I know my wife finds it hard to comprehend game violence - especially GTA - although she finds swearing in hip hop and certain metal bands I listen to offensive too.

I AM offended however by the effect violent or involving games can have on young kids. I am very careful not to let me 6 year old play anything I don't think he can handle. He becomes obsessed by some games very easily, so now I have to be very wary as even some of the 11+ games which I thought would be OK have turned out to be absolutely inappropriate. I suppose it depends on the child, but my boy is very impressionable, and some games (and even bloody cartoons, for ****'s sakes) are waaay too adult these days.

[Freddo]

You mean the game America's Army? Because that's how I feel about that too... it's quite worrying that they hope to encourage new recruits via a videogame. Doesn't exactly do wonders for America's gun-toting image either.

although that said the game is really really realistic, to the point where you have to pass basic training etc before your even allowed to play properly online, there's even a medic course you can do in there and it really does genuinly teach you first aid and then test you on it.

I wouldnt say it really tries to glorify the army all that much, just portray it realisticly.

[karlidog]

everyone else has already said similar things, but the only part of a game i've ever really found offensive is the objectification of women in GTA:SA. big tits and skimpy outfits are common as **** in videogames, and something i'll grudgingly put up with in a good game, but i've never seen active marginalisation quite as bad as in the early stages of SA (i'm not particularly far through it, and so can't comment on the later bits, but that's more down to the ****ty controls and wildly variable difficulty level than my being offended). but then, i suppose that's 'hip-hop culture' for you. to an outsider, at least, i've seen few subcultures that are as creatively, intensively and institutionally **** to women.

my in-game response to all this? dress CJ up like the campest man ever to live, and offer rival gang members roses

[Ady]

but then, i suppose that's 'hip-hop culture' for you. to an outsider, at least, i've seen few subcultures that are as creatively, intensively and institutionally **** to women.

80s hair-rock?

To my memory, Axl Rose and peers were hardly gentlemen.

Additionally, the less said about rock n' roll groupie culture, the better.

[Lyris]

I was shocked when I played Max Payne, the bits with the baby crying at the very start got to me.

But I haven't ever actually been offended by a game.

[Sketcz]

Soldier of Fortune. Not for the violence, but that pathetic and utterly **** narrative and plot overtones, which cut far too close to the bone for me. And they kept bigging it up in the cut scenes, so you couldn't avoid it.

I point blank refused to play it anymore, and boycotted the series as a result.

And just to show I had the last laugh, it was a Yarred copy! Ho ho! Which I burned in the end (literally).

So screw you Raven Software, and your poorly written, garbage games.


Showing clearly that the subject matter of a game's plot can be more offensive than any of the actual violent content.

[k0pp0]

Going back to Thrill Kill (which was sheeeite), I thought that virgin took the game engine and made that Wutang Clan Beat Em Up. Can't remember what it was called but it was known for it's goriness..