Bitmob: It seems that 2011's hot button issue is the depiction of women in gaming. Whether it be that they seem dependant on a strong man, lack depth, or look like Victoria Secret models with bowling balls shoved down their shirts . . . it seems that people tearing apart how females are portrayed. And to an extent, I'm with them; women are portrayed unequally in gaming.
But instead of citing all the instances at which this has occurred and bemoaning the fact that sexism happens . . . I'd like to look at WHY it happens. Similar to cigarettes and Jersey Shore, I believe that dubious products/practices become popular for a valid reason. I think following sexism for the beginning could do that.
VGChartz's Mark Nielsen: "Upon finally finishing Devil May Cry 5 recently - after it spent several years on my “I’ll play that soon” list - I considered giving it a fittingly-named Late Look article. However, considering that this was indeed the final piece I was missing in the DMC puzzle, I decided to instead take this opportunity to take a look back at the entirety of this genre-defining series and rank the entries. What also made this a particularly tempting notion was that while most high-profile series have developed fairly evenly over time, with a few bumps on the road, the history of Devil May Cry has, at least in my eyes, been an absolute roller coaster, with everything from total disasters to action game gold."
Me leaving it out should be telling of my thoughts on it. Better than 2 as a DMC game.
Still a good game though.
Best to good for me: 3, reboot, 1, 5
2 and 4 are trash, didnt like any of them.
5 has very good gameplay variety but i hated the foes.. it is just insects the whole time. Reboot has the best foes for me
3,1,4,5 to me, never played 2. 5 gameplay is amazing but level design was really disappointing to me, just a bunch of plain arenas, the story felt like a worse written rehash of the 3rd and the charater models looked weird ( specially the ladies ). Another problem with 5 was that there was not enough content for 3 charaters so I could never really familiarize with any of them
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God DMC2 was an awful game.
And in case this isn't obvious it goes worst to best
Order changes depending on your focus. I tend to focus on gameplay/fun factor, so...
5, 3, 1, 4, 2.
I really didn't like 4 but commend Dante's weapon diversity. The retreading of old ground was pretty unacceptable to me.
But even then... Still more enjoyable than 2 for me
This right here is my order as I thought DMC 5 was amazing and obviously 3 comes after 4 was great and 1 for the nastilgic value it holds 2 was so terrible that my local GameStop gave full refunds to people who returned it.
RPGs are often huge, sprawling endeavours. With limited playtime, we have to choose wisely, so here's the best western RPGs available today.
"I started playing games yesterday" the List... Meh!
How about a few RPGs that deserve some love instead?
1 - Alpha Protocol - Now on GOG
2 - else Heart.Break()
3 - Shadowrun Trilogy
4 - Wasteland 2
5 - UnderRail
6 - Tyranny
7 - Torment: Tides of Numenera
And for a bonus game that flew under the radar:
8 - Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden
Not only glorious jank, but the idea that the story can completely change depending on what you do, or say, or side with, makes it one of the most forward thinking games ever. The amount of story permutation is the equivalent of a Hitman level but in Story Form. And it wasn't just that the story changed, no, it was that you met completely new characters, or missed them, depending on your choices. Made Mass Effect feel static in comparison.
Alpha Protocol was absolutely glorious, indeed. And it was, and still is, more Next Gen than most anything out there these days. In this regard at least.
Pity.
Cultured Vultures: Put on your freshest dungarees and chow down on the ripest mushroom as we reel off the best Mario games ever made to celebrate Mar10 Day.
My top 3 are Mario 3, Mario World and Mario 64. Mario Odyssey is also excellent, and I enjoyed Sunshine but didn't care for the Galaxy series.
"Pretty much every fairytale we have ever encountered as children involves a man rescuing a woman; Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, even Cinderella went through a lot of trouble to snag a man she barely knew."
You can hardly fault centuries old fairy tales for not having modern values.
It's sad people criticize the old fairy tale princesses, while praising the newer Disney ones like Mulan and Pocahontas. Though I've found that it's mainly women who criticize female characters for being too weak and helpless and feminine, while forgetting that the whole point of feminism is to let women CHOOSE what they want to do with their own lives (careers, bodies, etc.). If they choose to be independent and take-no-shit, then that's great. But if they choose to be girly and feminine and not overly brave, then that's great too. So what makes Mulan or Pocahontas any better than Cinderella or Snow White? Just because Cinderella and Snow needed to be rescued from their situation by men, doesn't make either of them any less of a woman. The same goes for the game characters mentioned in the article. Just because Princess Peach needs saving, while Samus doesn't, doesn't mean Peach is any less of a woman than Samus.
Yes it would be awesome to see more females as the protagonists in GOOD shooters or actions games, but I hate that female characters who aren't 'tough' or 'badass' get criticized in the meantime. Doesn't that defeat the point of the sexist/feminist arguement? Criticizing one group of women in order to praise another?