LOWELL_RICHARDS'S PROFILE

author=treeghost

In a serious work, no character should be a sex object first and whatever else second, and females consistently get the short end of the stick.

Soul Calibur and Metroid are very serious games.

They where up until Taki and Ivy became the poster girls of the next issue of Playboy, but lets face it more than half the games we've played draw fuel from some form of stereotype that clearly sets a predefined idea of how certain genders, ethnic groups, etc behave and it quite honestly pisses a number of people off. The games themselves has been less about improving on the old and making the games fun and more on selling with tactics like sex appeal or 3rd Party characters like Yoda and Spawn to boost sales.

author=Kindredz

author=Thiamor
You do know, if a woman gets pissed at a game in this sense, stop freaking paying attention to that game. It isn't like an actual man, being sexually abusive to you, the women, to your face. It is a game in which isn't being forced onto the buyers. If you don't like it and feel it is wrong, you turn your head. It isn't real, and if it were real, would've been stopped already.

Also if you're feeling bad for the FAKE woman in the 'said' game, then you need to get locked up and treated for being mentally insane.

A game, is a game, is a game. No need to start pulling some feminist bullshit out. that would be like Peta being pissed at fake animal abuse.

You're making too much sense so get outta here. People with nothing important to do or think about need something to argue about...lest they realize that they have nothing important to do or think about. I don't know anyone that will accept the fact that they and their thoughts are useless in the grand scheme. Making people feel that they and their thoughts are important and valid...the fuel that America runs on.

As for you two, you honestly surprised the hell out of me with comments like those.
@Thiamor, Regardless of whether not it's real most games and movies that portray abuse of some form are more often than not based on events that happen everyday. That's right, somewhere in this paradise we call earth a women is getting beaten or locked in a cellar somewhere with nothing but her abuser there. More often than not, gamers are reminded at some point of time in the conscience that these games aren't always make believe.

@Kindredz, You're joking right, if you really think that there is some almighty power that has our entire future written out or that there is no power to the many individuals that don't work in the government then you need to get your head examined. Slavery, Women's Rights Movement, and Gay Marriage. I'm pretty sure each of those went against "Fate" and Government plenty of times.

That one Dragon in the Volcano is a pain in the ass. Took out my initial party without breaking a sweat he did. Other than that very very fun game, and now I'm contemplating what to buy in the shop.

If that's the case then there should be sections each with an individual score that's averaged. For example Story, Graphics, Audio, Gameplay, and Immersion, each having an individual score between 0 and 5 that's added together, averaged, and rounded

The essence bug seems to be related to the equip system, looks like the last four or so slots get emptied out for some odd reason when switching characters I presume.

Definitely a fun game but some minor issues.
* When I went to save and quit to make a quicksave, the game crashed
* After clearing the first floor I had about 90 Chilly Harps and 60 Fiery Harps
* Enemies seem to jump back up on the turn order phase after sleep is lifted.

Other than that, the characters could probably use a weak attack with no cooldown, I often found myself being able to do absolutely nothing but defend a handful of times.