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Topic	Are people too critical of modern games?
Unbridled9 11/20/18 10:28:03 AM #73:	foolm0r0n posted... Unbridled9 posted... In other words; not gamers jesus christ how much more strict can your definition of gamers get? Anyone who complains about no playable women isn't a gamer. Anyone who complains about playable women in Battlefield isn't a gamer. Anyone who thinks MGS is political, not a gamer. Anyone who plays casual games, anyone who likes old games, anyone who doesn't think BOTW is the best game ever made, anyone who criticizes any game you like, not a gamer. Who is even left? Children? You don't even count by your own definition. Wow. Way to ignore basically everything I said. The issue isn't that you can't have political messages or whatever else in games. We see them all the time. After all, how many games have held an anti-religious viewpoint? The issue is that you have people who clearly do NOT understand even the basics of how gaming functions (the kind of people who think every game is Mario) coming in and imposing their own personal values, values that are political in nature or are little more than personal opinions that ignore basic aspects of the industry coming in and thinking that they hold as much sway as someone who has partook of three console wars. If everyone who played Candy Crush was a gamer on-par with someone who spends 6 hours a day working through no less than three titles at a time than the title is meaningless. Similar to having someone who likes TNG saying that they're as much of a trekkie as a person who sought down an authentic tribble prop and dresses up as Spock. Clearly that can't be the case. Hence why I don't feel that the criticisms made are accurate or reflective of real gaming culture. Complaining about Kratos's hyper-masculinity is something determined not by the game in the slightest but by real-life values and definitions. Complaining about a lack of female characters ignores massive swaths of the industry that even basic knowledge of gaming can disprove. As such I'd ignore someone who treated such things as valid criticisms of a game. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage <cite>Unbridled9 posted [p:912733596] in Are people... [t:77211708]...</cite> <quote><cite>foolm0r0n posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Unbridled9 posted...</cite> <quote>In other words; not gamers</quote> jesus christ how much more strict can your definition of gamers get? Anyone who complains about no playable women isn't a gamer. Anyone who complains about playable women in Battlefield isn't a gamer. Anyone who thinks MGS is political, not a gamer. Anyone who plays casual games, anyone who likes old games, anyone who doesn't think BOTW is the best game ever made, anyone who criticizes any game you like, not a gamer. Who is even left? Children? You don't even count by your own definition.</quote> Wow. Way to ignore basically everything I said. The issue isn't that you can't have political messages or whatever else in games. We see them all the time. After all, how many games have held an anti-religious viewpoint? The issue is that you have people who clearly do NOT understand even the basics of how gaming functions (the kind of people who think every game is Mario) coming in and imposing their own personal values, values that are political in nature or are little more than personal opinions that ignore basic aspects of the industry coming in and thinking that they hold as much sway as someone who has partook of three console wars. If everyone who played Candy Crush was a gamer on-par with someone who spends 6 hours a day working through no less than three titles at a time than the title is meaningless. Similar to having someone who likes TNG saying that they're as much of a trekkie as a person who sought down an authentic tribble prop and dresses up as Spock. Clearly that can't be the case. Hence why I don't feel that the criticisms made are accurate or reflective of real gaming culture. Complaining about Kratos's hyper-masculinity is something determined not by the game in the slightest but by real-life values and definitions. Complaining about a lack of female characters ignores massive swaths of the industry that even basic knowledge of gaming can disprove. As such I'd ignore someone who treated such things as valid criticisms of a game. --- I am the gentle hand who heals, the happy smile who shields, and the foot that will kick your *! - White Mage</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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