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      YoungBats
      I agree with both sides of this argument. From a female perspective, it does get annoying and seemingly a tad [...]
      I agree with both sides of this argument. From a female perspective, it does get annoying and seemingly a tad sexist when games keep repeating the cliches. Not all females in reality are the same, nor should all females in video games be. However, I also agree that these are just games. As a girl, I wouldn't be nearly as inclined to play a game where the main character was a fat, unattractive slob who tries picking up attractive, skinny girl (*cough* the annoying manager dude out of Tony Hawk Underground *cough*), whereas I'd be there in a heartbeat if the main character, or one of more frequent characters, was a sexy, well built guy with an attractive voice/accent (you see, this is the reason that I like my superheroes and Assassin's Creed ^.^ But the one thing that DOES get me is when people start to believe that everyone is supposed to be like how their sex is portrayed in games. I mean, when guys start to see girls as having to have big boobs and small waists and nothing else, or when girls see guys as having to have a rippling six pack and be shirtless 24/7 (admittedly, that would be nice c; ). I'm just saying, it's understandable why they would do that - it's for the viewer's enjoyment, not a documentary.
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      dmaster225
      WTF? Why do women keep hating on the way they are portrayed in videogames? Theyre not real you know. It [...]
      WTF? Why do women keep hating on the way they are portrayed in videogames? Theyre not real you know. It takes a real insecure person to be offended by the way whatever group they have placed themselves into is portrayed in a computer program.
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      gilgamesh310
      Point 11 is just a lie in itself. There are many female game characters that aren't defined by their gender. [...]
      Point 11 is just a lie in itself. There are many female game characters that aren't defined by their gender. I could make a big list of them if I wanted, but I'm sure intelligent people know who they are.
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      jmcgrotty
      Irrelevant. In a perfect world, it wouldn't have online capability at all. And call it what it really is: a [...]
      Irrelevant. In a perfect world, it wouldn't have online capability at all. And call it what it really is: a retard tax.
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      angelusdlion And let's call your statements what they are. Inflammatory and stupid.
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      MetroidPrimeRib Like anyone is going to play that shit
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      Omegadash
      I didn't fully agree with Itagaki's design. I loved his style of gameplay but feel it lacked progression from 1 [...]
      I didn't fully agree with Itagaki's design. I loved his style of gameplay but feel it lacked progression from 1 to 2. I don't feel slowing down the combat and adding QTE to a game makes it classy though :P
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      samsneeze
      And then there is the whole "making the game serious business." Dead or Alive was never meant to be taken [...]
      And then there is the whole "making the game serious business." Dead or Alive was never meant to be taken serious. It already told a rather competent and coherent story, then, once again, Dimensions came along and jumbled everything together trying to fit it in one game. And they turned anyone not part of the main story into air head one note, dumbasses. Hitomi is a vapid fan girl. All of the men have no problem knocking the women down for talking. Leon is treated like he doesn't exist. Bass is just there to growl. I can't even remember if they even used Tina in the story or not. What about Zack? Is he supposed to be serious too? He's supposed to be Dennis Rodman at the peak of his insanity. There is nothing to take serious about that. The list goes on. Dimensions is not a clear representation of what the series is at all and is just a blueprint for whats to come. “like a magazine for high school kids, with women portrayed in that sense. But that's not what we want.” Wait, what? Did Hayashi ever even play a Dead or Alive game? I mean, I could see where he's coming from, but the women in the series were already plenty strong before he started to make them depend on the men. No seriously. Tina wasn't just some model because it's sexy. She was a model because she was ambitious. She wanted to be something her father could be proud of, although he just wanted her to lead a simple life. This is reinforced by the fact that she lost her mother at a young age. Then there is Christie, who is a fucking assassin. She killed Helena's mother and later became "friends" with her as part of her contract with Donovan. Helena, after losing her mother and having to take over DOATEC, spent her time trying to fix the things she and her family had done. Kasumi and Ayane are the best examples. Kasumi left her village on her own after her brother Hayate went missing during the first tournament. This would mean that she could never return and would be hunted for the rest of her life. Ayane was charged with finding and killing her sister Kasumi. This didn't bother Ayane because she had a growing resentment for Kasumi due to the way she was treated. Ayane is Kasumi's half-sister and her father is Radou. Radou raped Kasumi's mother and was subsequently booted from the village because of it. That and the fact that Ayane was cursed at birth and has the eyes to match. So yeah, there's that and about twenty other characters with great back stories going for them already. Hayashi just wants to turn Dead or Alive into a fanfic and Team Ninja into a joke of a development team. People who say Team Ninja is better post Itagaki are just wrong.
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      minimaxi
      As a fighting game nut, I'm anticipating doa5 as a 'party' game, without gratuitous T&A it better have a damn [...]
      As a fighting game nut, I'm anticipating doa5 as a 'party' game, without gratuitous T&A it better have a damn good fight system. Even if so, I would still be dissapointed if Christie doesn't have questionable attire
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