GamingOgre:
It must be difficult being a female gamer. They’ve been bombarded by negative connotations of their sex since the dawn of gaming, they’re stereotyped at being bad at games – or worse, preferring casual games like Mafiaville or Sorority Life or whatever shit they’re cramming down Facebook users throat’s – and when they do step up to tournamant level gaming, they’re made fun of ‘cause of their sex and generally taken not seriously. Of course this a grand generalization. Not all girls who enter the rings of gaming tournaments are bombarded with gender-specific remarks. Just… most the time.
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
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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.
Interesting article despite typos here and there.
I greatly doubt that the N4G community will agree with those sentiments though.
every time a feminist says something out of touch with reality or pretentious, they get trolled relentlessly giving them ample ammo for a pity party. its an endless cycle.
I thought we established there is no sexual assault in Tomb Raider? So rape isn't used in Tomb Raider, we good? Can we move on from this non-issue that never existed?
Am I the only one who thought that Hitman trailer was amazing? Why all of a sudden are we upping the standards with Hitman? Considering the fact its not live action its an amazing piece of work. The part where 47 was taking off his shirt was one of the closest to photo-realistic that I have seen. As pre-rendered videos go its really impressive work.
It bothers me that female assassins in sexy nun outfits in a trailer for Hitman is where we need to draw the line. That the folks who made it are held to a higher standard than Tarantino and Rodriguez. That after all the work put into creating those characters its the lack of "substance" that's the issue. That they were unable add something to a 3D model that even a moderately talented actress can do.
Substance or no, it was damn fine work. To gloss over that work is very unfair in my opinion. Creating life-like characters in 3D, even with facial and body mocap, is extremely hard.
I think there are plenty of male gamers out there open to a different portrayal of female characters in games. If the males are doing it wrong maybe its time the women stepped up. Seems to me, the folks that have an issue with how women are portrayed in games expect the males to adopt a female perspective. Bit unfair if you ask me.
I was very pleased with the new Lara Croft and thought the less "sexualized" version much more appropriate, but it didn't really matter in the end. Turns out, no matter what you do someone will find a reason to be upset whether real or imagined.
They aren't held to a standard higher than Tarantino or Rodriguez. The fact of the matter is that both of those great directors have attractive females with interesting stories and great character development and usually have a ton of internal strength.
Tarantino's side: The entire Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, the entire cast of Death Proof, Jack Brown. From Rodriguez we have Cherry from Planet Terror, She and Jessica Alba from Machete, the girls from Sin City and hell, I'd toss in Lava Girl.
These developers are reducing themselves to cheap tricks to get the dude audience on their side. Wouldn't have been more interesting to see one really great, realistic/clothed female assassin have a really great fight against 47, have it be really close, then 47 win instead of our man ripping these latex nuns to pieces like they're nothing?