Don't be quick to dismiss games as merely consumer products and not art just because Bioware is hiding behind their artistic integrity BS. Many great works of art have always been massively popular for multiple generations, because our need for mental stimulation under the form of creative expression does sell, despite the attempts at feeding us mediocrity. Therefore, not only did Bioware fail as a business judging by negative fan feedback, they also failed on their "art" excuse since that is exactly what the fans are angry about
@thisisgrey Get off your two-headed high horse standing on one foot atop a gothic style chair next to a woman dressed in blue who utters one single word for an entire two hours ("poop", I think). Doesn't matter if one indie game proclaims itself to be a work of art or a major AAA title bombards you with flashy screenshots and trailers, the major title can still be considered more artsy if it actually contains artistic expressions
"But the work of art is done, it is finished. It cannot be altered or deleted." I agree, fans shouldn't have too many Great Expectations that all end up like Broken Steel. It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to figure that out.
All I know is this "article" doesn't make a case as to why homosexuality is important for the future of video game storytelling, and forcing the issue itself is tedious at best.
Many anti-heroes could fit in these criteria. Being psychopathic doesn't mean your morality automatically turns satanic-like unless something got warped in your head. The traits listed made Cole a better detective compared to his peers even. What about his partners? The scumbags, the dregs of society that he frequently encounters? Despite showing a lot of characteristics that make you want to give them the Black Dahlia treatment, are they possibly less "psychotic" compared to Cole with the all-knowing, all-encompassing personality test as a pointer? My memory is sh!t so I can't recall these characters' particularities to try it out myself. Obviously, if some numbers typed in to be processed by the computer determine these individuals are more "normal" than, or at least as "psychotic" as, Cole, then some PTSD quirks don't necessarily turn you into a monstrous serial killer (like what is usually portrayed in the media lol).
rollerloller's comments