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mezrabad wrote:Well, my

mezrabad wrote:
Well, my logic says to take your word for it. Actually, my gut says that, too. But my heart, which really liked the first game, keeps saying "NO! Why would they screw up such a nice gender-neutral/girl-friendly adventure with such crap?"

That's exactly how I felt about it, mezrabad. I can tell that we think alike on this, and my guess is that the moment you get to this scene, you'll have the same reaction I did.

Don't get me wrong; I'm not adverse to strong language, sexual situations, and so on as long as they have their place and aren't just put in for the sake of it. If you noticed in my review of TLJ, I felt that the cussing was overdone. At first, I was fine with the cursing. I thought, okay, this is a game for mature audiences; there's no reason why a game should be held to higher standards than a movie; and so on. However, after about the 50th f-bomb, I started thinking, okay, now they're just cussing because they're lazy and immature. It got to the point where I was very disappointed at the script writers. My thought is that a truly talented writer can come up with more creative ways to get his point across than just relying on cheap expletives. If the worst insult they somebody can come up with is f* you...

I can remember back to those days of boyhood when you enjoyed nothing more than sitting around and trying to cuss as often as possible. The idea was to show your manhood by cussing. Well, I left that kind of thing back at age 15 or so. I don't need to see it in a game now that I'm pushing close to 30.

My concern with the bra and panties in DF is based on a few criteria. First, this scene is very early in the game. Second, basically the first time we meet Zoe, she's in her underwear. Thirdly, there's no real reason to justify it. As I mentioned, later on there are more bra and panties scenes, but these make more sense in context (and we've had plenty of time to learn about the character and view her as more than just a sex object). Even if Funcom wanted to show Zoe getting out of bed, they could've used discrete camera angles and had her fully dressed by the time the character assumes control of her. Instead, we get zoom-ins on her boobs bouncing in her bodice, and then close-ups of her butt and what-not. Just for kicks, I tried going outside with Zoe still in her underwear, but was told something like, "Even I'm not that crazy" or the like. Well, why not get dressed before coming down and talking to your dad?

Anyway, play the game for yourself and let me know what you think. It's really too bad we don't have more female gamers here, because I'd love have their perspective on this.

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