| richardhutnik said: "Mature gamer" has nothing to do with the game difficulty, according to G4. I believe it has to do with themes that adults only should have to face.... like doing taxes, or dealing with Zelda getting wasted in a drive by, or being sexually assaulted. Having Link also have to deal with a drug addiction is also another part to make it "more mature". First G4 goes off on Mario. Now they attack Zelda? Next up is Metroid isn't mature enough? What happened to games that are great because they are GAMES? ... I would say also, if someone wants "mature" then how about they get a book or watch a movie or something? |
While it's obvious that there would be a mismatch between Zelda's estabilished tone and the themes you suggested, I can't see why dealing with emotional scars and physical handicaps, trudgin through life's bleakness, fighting addictions and moral flaws could not be a part of an interactive electronic experience just as they are part of narratives in books, theater, movies, painting, pen and paper RPGs and music.
Your bolded sentences are a non sequitur. Games that are strictly games and don't tackle any subject only a mature person would appreciate, or don't tackle any abstract subject at all are still here and many of them are highly regarded.
Srill, no need to be overdefensive on the fact that some people ask something different from the medium than what you seem to have crystallized somewhere in an 80's arcade. The "pure" games aren't going anywhere, why should they be the only kind of experience everybody care about?
