Parasite Eve: 3rd Birthday OR Squeenix are a bunch of fucking idiots

[EVILNess]

Look if I let every stupid design choice bog down my suspension of disbelief for video games I would never enjoy any game ever.

I mean, in most FPSes you don't have legs.

[Arlia Janet]

I tried this game 10 years ago, but I didn't pique my interest... I think because I felt the actual gameplay was clumsy.

However, does anyone else remember the art book/strategy guide came with the first game? This retrospective has images of it. The series has at least always been marketed using this pseudo-nudity regardless of the actual game content.

[Donomni]

Obviously, the only counter to this would be a next gen Ghosts N' Goblins or Maximo.

Oddly enough, cartoony dudes in heart-print boxers can counter a lot of things.

[Specterbane]

This whole topic reminds me of the Extra Credits video about holding video games to a higher standard and letting developers know what we do and don't like. Cause, seriously this:

Originally Posted by NonCon

I do not think this is pulling it off decently.

Is just ridiculous and shameless. We really should find a way to get developers to stop treating everyone like hormone crazed teeny-boppers.

[BitVyper]

how are they going to explain the clothing getting fixed as she recovers?

Hopefully it doesn't.

I kid. Although keeping the superficial wounds and clothing damage would actually make more sense than the alternative. Maybe add a tangible benefit to being clothed (there probably is in the form of armour, at least), and force the player to actually get new stuff occasionally, although that could just turn into an annoying weapon degradation system if you weren't careful, but having some kind of longer term penalty to letting yourself get set on fire could make it more immersive if done right.

In all honesty though, I don't really have a huge problem with it. Not the most tasteful design decision, but not completely senseless either. Hell, Soul Calibur's already done it. I wouldn't mind if this lead to a trend where we started to actually see the wounds and bandages on more heroes. It is kind of nice in a way, to see the current gen's graphical power being put to use for details like this, even if it is being done in a fanservicey way.

Edit: I kinda figure it's probably the sort of thing someone's wanted to do for awhile, and just wasn't going to be given the time/budget until it seemed to add a clear selling point to the game.

Edit 2: Of course I boycott everything Square makes by default these days, so I doubt I'll be trying it anyway.

[Kim]

Originally Posted by PyrosNine

Wasn't the entire premise of Parasite Eve kinda sexist? To the point that in the original book, the woman's evil mitochondria end up being defeated by male mitochondria? Which is why in the game, she seeks to obtain a sample of non-male mitochrondria sperm?

Originally Posted by Wikipedia

Mitochondria are, therefore, in most cases inherited down the female line, known as maternal inheritance.

Possibly, though there seems to be a valid argument for opting to make the female character's mitochondria turn evil, from a storytelling perspective at least.

In the movie, he defeats her by hugging her while on fire!

Also, wasn't aware about the pseudo-nudity in the strategy guide or whatever. I'm very disappointed.

[Azisien]

That's pretty hilarious. So what is it like....you get shot and suddenly you're in a bikini? And then you get a medpack and your clothes regenerate? Or do they have regenerating health/clothes?

The possibility for in-game hilarity is sky high. And yes, it would be equally if not more hilarious for me if this were a man.

[Nique]

I'm having a similar problem with a show I'm watching right now. I thought I could get through 'Star Trek Enterprise' but the fanservice is pretty obscene and this is the least of it's problems.

Yeah I don't need every female lead to be sexed up in order to enjoy the game/ story. There are plenty of succesful examples of this, though they are in the great minority.

[Shyria Dracnoir]

Maybe there's something inherent about television and video game production that naturally attracts the sexually frusterated elements of society.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Why is it that double standard seems to rise up every time a game shows even the slightest bit of fan service be it male or female?

That always bothered me. Its sad that games cannot evolve into full detail because of this. It's like we'll be forever stuck at this level. We might as well not even bother to improve graphics, hell we should decrease them if gamers are going to complain about it.

Almost convinced now that this gen should be the last. At least in till society can get past this fear of partial nudity.

My god we can't even have good looking characters without half the entire gaming community bitching about fan service. Is this really what I'm going to have to deal with when I get into the industry?