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kain_kusanagi on 18 March 2013
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DevilRising said:
kain_kusanagi said:

Those in defense all act like because they aren't offended than it isn't offensive. But the truth is that if someone finds it offensive than it is offensive. It doesn't matter if it was written by a woman or if the game is already over the top.

Sessler was disappointed in it's inclusion, but he didn't damn the game like so many people act like he did. I've seen so many people far more irate over what Sessler said than Sessler was when he said it. Sessler was more disappointed that the trophy undoes any maturity the game may have had than worrying if it will upset woman.

Honestly, it's the people who are so defensive about the critisism that are making it out to be more than it is. I doubt Marcus Beers would have had anything to say about it if it wasn't for all the fans blowing their tops because Sessler dared share his opinion on what he felt was an insulting Trophy title.

Sony apparently thinks it's worth patching so it's probably a little offensive to some.

 

 

Okay, the thing is, this would most likely offend women or girl gamers. Right? Which can be understandable, who wants to be refered to as a "ho"?

 

However, where was the outcry and uproar, again, in God of War 1 when Kratos literally was having sex with slave girls in between levels as a mini-game? I certainly don't remember outcry over that. And you'd think that is FAR more offensive.

To that I would say that Kratos can do and say almost anything because he is a fictional character with fictional motives for doing and saying them. If it's in the context of a story, while someone could be offended, it's not really insulting anyone. The Trophy title is Sony Santa Monica saying "Bros before Hos" which could be seen as insulting to women. It's like how it's perfectly fine for an actor to play a Nazi in a movie that says terrible things about Jews, but it's offensive if the same person insults jews in real life. The Trophy exists outside of the game, to comment on the game, and represents the game maker and their parent company Sony. That's why Sony is issueing a patch. Sony doesn't want it to look like they are calling women "hos".