Or Why Lollipop Chainsaw and Bayonetta are OK and Hitman Absolution isn’t
CalmDownTom says, "The internet exploded in condemnation, but why? There have been lots of games and games trailer with more lady flesh on display, more violence or more blood. Despite the fact that I think this trailer is only mildly shocking, I think it is distasteful, and I think its as much to do with the execution as the content. Its infantile sure, but I think the main reason its seen as offensive is that it simply doesn’t work."
At fans request apparently.
i wonder if they looked into what a remake would cost and went "NOPE Remaster it is" haha
It probably has to do with what the producer had mentioned recently. The thing about not wanting to change the essence of the original (e.g censorship). So maybe remastering the game was the best choice.
The link to the story didn’t really answer the question. It makes no sense that you have to censor a remake and not a remaster.
What I got from that article is licensed music forced them to change to a Remake(?) and that they’re working hard with the platform holders to negotiate not censoring, which Sony is stupid about.
My question is, how would a Remaster not have to go through censorship?
I’ve seen dialogue changed in FF7 and Baten Kaitos. Then you have actual cutscenes being removed like in the dmc remaster.
I assume the same could be done to this game.
Bull sh*t, you show me where fans wanted a Remaster instead of a Remake. I was more onboard with a Remake, I’m less excited just playing the same game I did before but now with sharper textures and better framerate.
Probably realised this won't do the numbers so didn't want to invest.
No harm, I love Lollipop Chainsaw but it's a bit of a niche title.
Loved it back in the day and have my copy sat on the shelf and ypu are right, it was super niche, which is why my copy is increasing in value slowly but surely. Hoping a remaster doesn't tank the value of my PS3 copy
It's game time!, or is it hacking and slashing time? Doesn't matter! Enjoy the best hack and slash games on the Xbox 360
Ninja Gaiden 2 was never multiplat. NG Sigma 2 is a remixed game not the same game at all
Dante's inferno... such a great GoW inspired game. So sad the sequel was canned, it sounded like it was going to be even more epic than the first.
Yeap, classic GoW is still better mechanically. But the aesthetics and atmosphere of Dante's Inferno were just top-notch. Shame it never got a PC port, but at the very least is available on modern Xbox.
I just can’t get into the devil may cry series. In my opinion you never feel powerful in those games. The guns are pointless as they only serve to be a flashy part of a combo. DMC was the only one that I could tolerate long enough to beat.
Twinfinite: "During the PS3’s tenure, plenty of huge games launched, but the interesting thing is, many of the system’s rarer titles are largely not amazing games. Sure, there are one or two exceptions to that rule (I’m looking at you Ni No Kuni!), but many of the more desirable and valuable games in the PS3’s library are usually rare for a reason."
Hindsight is a wonderful thing.
Sold my Painkiller for around £3 years ago and my Asuras Wrath for even less. Managed to pick up Lollipop Chainsaw and Splatterhouse again but they cost me a fair bit more than I initially paid on release when I first bought them.
Wish I bought Godzilla, the number of times I saw it in the game store for the price of a coffee and didn't bother.
i own nba, lolipop and nino kuni. never heard of the rest tbf xD surprised they are worth that much, for what they actually are.
Getting a valuable game is all luck.. I had three of these. Africa is one that people might have seen coming, but otherslike Ni No Kuni wouldn't have been.
My most valuable game I remember owning was Conkers Bad Fur Day. When the game was being re-released on Xbox (remake/ upgrade if you will), the price dropped dramatically. Once the game released and the changes were seen, the value went back up. Then it was released on Rare Replay and value dropped again. 2020 hit and all collectables shot up along with Conker. Before stopping around $110 which it currently is.
Games change all the time because their digital media that can be reproduced even in weird contract bindings (GoldenEye as an example). One day it can be worth $300 and the next $150. The shrink wrapped items in mint condition cannot be reproduced.. but that takes strength to spend, not open, and hope its worth something.
Jill Valentine=Good Sexy
Lollipop Chainsaw=Bad Sexy
However, sexy is an opinion of the person being asked. This is mine.
What does it matter? It's not as if Bayonetta or Lollipop Chainsaw are anymore contextually sound than Hitman Absolution. They were designed that way for the sole purpose of inducing nerd boners. If you're okay with one, you should be okay with the other.
Stop sweating lollipop chainsaw and this nigri chick, im already completely tired of both. Frankly, I hate games that uses women as a selling point, not because it objectifies them, but because its just the developers way of distracting people from flaws or unoriginality. Lollipop chainsaw isn't new as honestly, I think it does nothing better than l4d, dead island, or dead rising etc., so suda is using sex to sell it.
I know my comment might not 100% go wih this article, but im so tired of lollipop chainsaw and Jessica nigri, that I was gonna eventually explode on the next article I see either of those two in.
Saw the hitman trailer loved it. They were female assassins dressed as nuns to either avoid suspicion or to show the impact or emotion of the scene like female assassins of god. Also their main outfits weren't bad it wasn't skanky and stupid like suda lollipop chainsaw outfits.
Everyone is trying to put their finger on why this trailer evokes such emotions of dislike or even praise.
I personally think its our social upbringing and general moral stance on violence against women.
Nothing more.
If you were brought up to truly view women as equals....to truly believe that women aren't partially the better sexual half....then you'd see this as simply silly game volience.
I'm betting that they are part of some female crime syndicate who wear those outfits like bikers wear leathers or yakuza wear suits.
But whatever. The trailer was incredibly effective. It's got people talking and puts Hitman in our thoughts.
The devs are laughin!
The only real theory here is it's funny when cult favorite Japanese studios do it because they get the benefit of the doubt. It's not funny when anyone else does it. Shadows of the Damned dick jokes are good yet Bulletstorm dick jokes are TERRIBLE and EMBARRASSING. Why? Because "Yay! Japan is wacky!"