2014-05-28, 12:20 AM
Maybe some of you have already seen this, but
http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/27/5746116...one-review
Let's just get this out of the way before even looking at the content of the article, THE TITLE IS "SPOOK COUNTRY".
SPOOK
COUNTRY
JESUS.
Anyway, it's kind of a typical review until we get to this, the second cringeworthy part;
"Victim" and "criminal" are just about all that exist in this game; either someone is getting fucked up or someone is fucking someone up. And if they are doing neither, generally the player is fucking them up, so that's still a victim I'd say...and by the way, RACIALLY TONE-DEAF WHILE CALLING YOUR ARTICLE "SPOOK COUNTRY" does not give your article many merit points.
Personally I think the flavor text can be the funniest part of the game, but that's just me. When I saw the screenshot of the blood donor with HIV I almost pissed myself laughing, but I digress. I might play this at some point, but overall it looks kind of bland to me; if I wanted GTA I would play GTA, and I've seen videos showing that you can basically ignore hacking anything in most cases and just go rambo against 999999 squad cars and helicopters, just like GTA.
http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/27/5746116...one-review
Let's just get this out of the way before even looking at the content of the article, THE TITLE IS "SPOOK COUNTRY".
SPOOK
COUNTRY
JESUS.
Anyway, it's kind of a typical review until we get to this, the second cringeworthy part;
Quote:Watch Dogs' narrative stumbles are bad enough, but it ventures into even more troublesome territory with some of its representation. Female characters in Watch Dogs are victims, to be kidnapped or murdered in the interest of plot or character motivation and are almost all overtly sexualized. Black characters fall into two camps the aforementioned victims, or, just as maddeningly, criminals. The city of Chicago has an incredibly complicated, difficult history with race, discrimination and segregation. This is a difficult subject to explore in any kind of entertainment. But Watch Dogs' portrayal of Chicago's racial divide seems potentially tone-deaf.
Meanwhile, the Profiler's "flavor text," dynamic descriptions assigned to the randomly created NPCs that fill Watch Dogs' Chicago, frequently seem to be lowest-common denominator attempts at humor. When I saw "transgender" and similar attributes presented as throwaway personality quirks, I wasn't laughing.
"Victim" and "criminal" are just about all that exist in this game; either someone is getting fucked up or someone is fucking someone up. And if they are doing neither, generally the player is fucking them up, so that's still a victim I'd say...and by the way, RACIALLY TONE-DEAF WHILE CALLING YOUR ARTICLE "SPOOK COUNTRY" does not give your article many merit points.
Personally I think the flavor text can be the funniest part of the game, but that's just me. When I saw the screenshot of the blood donor with HIV I almost pissed myself laughing, but I digress. I might play this at some point, but overall it looks kind of bland to me; if I wanted GTA I would play GTA, and I've seen videos showing that you can basically ignore hacking anything in most cases and just go rambo against 999999 squad cars and helicopters, just like GTA.