LogFAQs > #912733622

Look, if you only care about a games' mechanics, that's fine. We're probably not going to find much common ground, but if you don't care about about the history of misogyny in God of War, or how its rigid definition of masculinity limits true reflection and growth, or how it represents fatherhood vs motherhood, and only care that it's fun to throw around the ax and has surprisingly good boss fights, that's fine. You do you. But you do not get to set the limits of debate, and discussing God of War's thematic elements does have a "basis on the game itself."

I'm saying it's wrong to judge a game based on your personal opinions. After all, how would you feel if someone said Mass Effect was a terrible game because it allowed for a lesbian relationship which is against God's word? Or that Dragon Age was ignorant because it DOES present religion (and one with similarities to Christianity) as both positive and true? Even if you would consider such people to be gamers as opposed to opinion mouth-pieces it's clear that their opinions are worth squat in terms of actually determining the value of a game.

if you're gonna get upset about being lumped in with GamerGate you might not want to repeat GamerGate talking points about Anita Sarkeesian verbatim.

Why the heck would I care about GG? I got put on it's side simply for saying that Depression Quest was a terrible game and that critics should focus on reviewing games and not inserting their personal beliefs into the review. I don't give a crap if people make me pro, anti, or neutral on GG. Just that you make good games and don't try to make me play some crap like Gone Home by telling me it's wonderful when it's really just you gushing over it's lesbian message.

@ the whole 'small town hero' thing. It's actually decently rare on the whole. Sure, it exists, but it's clearly something that's far from 'common'. I mean, in Final Fantasy, in 1, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 (arguably)/10-2, 13, 14, and 15 your character is blatantly not some small-town hillbilly but someone who was actually important or at least a trained fighter beforehand. Sure, in 2, 3, 5 (arguably), and 12 you're basically a normal guy beforehand (no clue about 11), but otherwise... Yea. It's not TOO common on the whole. I'm not including discovering down the line that you're actually a princess or something. In Fire Emblem Lyn, Eliwood, and Hector are all nobles. Eirika and Ephriam are nobility. Ike is the descended of not!Obi-Wan and a trained merc. Micaiah is... important in multiple ways. Robin's clearly not just some random person from the get-go. Corrin's nobility as well. Same with Marth and Alm/Celicia in the remade games. Sure, you get a bunch of BASICALLY random schmucks becoming heroes otherwise; but they're not really the stars of the game. I can easily thumb through my collection to find many instances in which the main character started off special and knew it or was at least trained to fight specifically.
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