There are some games where the ridiculousness of the concept is in fact central to the concept. You don't necessarily have to like that concept though.
This, right here.
Although the difference between ridiculous exaggerations of violence and sex (well, titillation, really) is that violence actually wraps around at some point, going from awesome to stupidly overblown back to awesome
because it's overblown to comic proportions (see: Devil May Cry 3, Shoot 'Em Up) and that winking asides about the absurdity of it are, if not humorous, then at least tolerable. Meanwhile, sex never actually wraps around; the flesh pile just keeps growing bigger and more people who might actually be interested in the thing are instead embarrassed to even touch it, and all the clever winking asides to the player about how ridiculous it is just keep getting sleazier and sleazier. If things like Queen's Blade were done tongue-in-cheek, nobody ever told the people who actually bought them.
The worst part is that despite designing a main character in what would normally be seen as a bid to drum up sales or obfuscate glaring gameplay flaws with breasts,
Bayonetta is a good game! I'm pretty sure me saying that just blew someone's mind, so I'll say it again:
Bayonetta is a good game.It really is a worthy successor to Devil May Cry in terms of gameplay, and I mean the
good DMCs when I say that, not like 2 or anything. It's just that... well, the art department
really needs to get out more.
I'd
everything but I've basically forgotten what I was thinking when I wrote all that. Oh well.
...and if anyone points out that I'm a giant hypocrite for saying all that I'LL FUCKING STAB YOU IN THE SOUL.
Can I point out that you're a gibbering retard?
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