Dragon's Crown GameSpot Review-'Some offensive and unavoidable character design'

All I hope is that this kind of thing doesn't catch on by the time Bayonetta 2 is out.

Even if Gamespot scored it 0, i would still get this awesome dungeon crawler for the Vita, cannot wait for Europe release

[QUOTE="Kjranu"]where are teh gifs?? thread is worthless without the aforementioned 'offensive' items shown. ReadingRainbow4

I haven't been this offended since 2 girls 1 cup.

While I'm not offended by the art-styl personally, and don't necessarily mind some sex appeal in my entertainment media, I do find it stupid when devs go overboard and make the sex appeal so blatantly obvious like Dragon's Crown did, as if they were trying as hard as possible to make the game as sexual as possible to try and increase sales from young teenagers going through puberty.

Maybe some critics are going overboard in their criticism, and I don't think such art-styles should be censored, but TBH, I do see how some people might not exactly be able to appreciate something like Dragon Crown's art.

[QUOTE="LustForSoul"][QUOTE="Blabadon"]Who's buying it?DrTrafalgarLaw

While I'm not offended by the art-styl personally, and don't necessarily mind some sex appeal in my entertainment media, I do find it stupid when devs go overboard and make the sex appeal so blatantly obvious like Dragon's Crown did, as if they were trying as hard as possible to make the game as sexual as possible to try and increase sales from young teenagers going through puberty.

Maybe some critics are going overboard in their criticism, and I don't think such art-styles should be censored, but TBH, I do see how some people might not exactly be able to appreciate something like Dragon Crown's art.

DJ-Lafleur

it's lewd, yes, but intentionally so, and that's not a bad thing, and DEFINITELY not to cater to teenagers. if lewd was a bad thing, we'd have quite a few famous renaissance paintings to deal with.

bouncy

Game actually looks solid.

wolverine4262

on a side note, it would be much weirder if they didn't bounce. but i guess big breasts are satan now.

lolVideoGameJounalismLionheart08

It's not just big boobs, look how much ankle they show as well. LustForSoul

And now we wait for Carolyn's inevitable article about the art....wonderful...Jing16

just mad because he/she will never be objectafied

Why do big boobs hurt peoples feelings?

[QUOTE="Lionheart08"]lolVideoGameJounalismfoxhound_fox

My thing is, I'm not even upset over them taking note of the ridiculousness. I just find it odd that journalist only now seem to care about taking a stand to the "niche titles" and not big budget video games.

Where was this outrage when Miranda's ass was magnetically drawn to the screen in Mass Effect 2? What about Cole-Trains over the top characterization in Gears of War? 

I bet if Atlus had bought ad space, this wouldn't even be an issue. :P

What a load of bollocks.

They put that in the bad section? WTF! ugh people like this make me freaking sick. If I could slap this reviewer I would cause putting that as a negative is proboly the stupidist things iv heard and deserves a good slap to the face. Im sorry but reviewers like this piss me off to no end.

All I hope is that this kind of thing doesn't catch on by the time Bayonetta 2 is out.

Vaasman

Funny thing is bayonetta 1 got zero slack for the sexyness but now all of a sudden its wrong. Is he trying to impress some females or something complainging about the design.

[QUOTE="Blabadon"]

http://www.gamespot.com/dragons-crown/reviews/dragons-crown-review-6412299/

[spoiler] 8.0 [/spoiler]

inb4 buh Carolyn is the feminist one!

crimsonman1245

Big boobs are considered offensive now?

If only the developers had the foresight to dress the female characters in this game with full-body hijabs. Then it would surely get a 10/10 here. princeofshapeir

The feedbackula for this game is going to be wonderful since I know most of the comments would be about this reviwers fear of big boobs.

[QUOTE="Jing16"]And now we wait for Carolyn's inevitable article about the art....wonderful...CDWJUSTIN

just mad because he/she will never be objectafied

The feedbackula for this game is going to be wonderful since I know most of the comments would be about this reviwers fear of big boobs.

finalfantasy94

[QUOTE="finalfantasy94"]

The feedbackula for this game is going to be wonderful since I know most of the comments would be about this reviwers fear of big boobs.

Blabadon

Like I said in the other thread, this political correctness needs to die. clyde46

[QUOTE="clyde46"]Like I said in the other thread, this political correctness needs to die. Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="clyde46"]Like I said in the other thread, this political correctness needs to die. BrunoBRS

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Or at least be applied equally. Reviewers are quick to point out these "negative" things in niche Japanese titles, but oddly enough they tend to flat-out overlook them in blockbuster games like GTA and Mass Effect.

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] or any game that isn't dragon's crown, really. i can think of numerous examples of games that portrayed women (and only women) with ridiculous proportions, but dragon's crown (the game that has everyone with unrealistic proportions regardless of gender) is the only game that gets called out for it in the reviews. it's come to a point where it's media bullying.BrunoBRS

Those comments that are in reference are during a very early portion of the game, which makes me wonder if she actually played the game, or just read a highlighted list from one of her assistants? I'm getting off-topic here, so I'll shut up now.

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Or at least be applied equally. Reviewers are quick to point out these "negative" things in niche Japanese titles, but oddly enough they tend to flat-out overlook them in blockbuster games like GTA and Mass Effect.

Bigboi500

[QUOTE="Bigboi500"]

[QUOTE="BrunoBRS"] or any game that isn't dragon's crown, really. i can think of numerous examples of games that portrayed women (and only women) with ridiculous proportions, but dragon's crown (the game that has everyone with unrealistic proportions regardless of gender) is the only game that gets called out for it in the reviews. it's come to a point where it's media bullying.strawhatlupi

This just looks so amazing!!!! Between this and Pikmin 3 this will be a busy week for me!

Lol "pornography" and "betrayal."

[QUOTE="strawhatlupi"][QUOTE="Bigboi500"]Caro did something similar in the Project X Zone review a few weeks ago. She talked about sexist dialog in the game and spotlighted it as a negative... this shit is getting way out of hand, and would seem to be Western reviewers' new half-baked ammo.

BrunoBRS

this is very true.

Why are big bouncing bewbies a negative point ?

Seriously ?
Whats is this ? Saudi Arabia ?

Kind of a stupid complaint, but it's his opinion. It's not like no one saw this backlash coming pre-release.

Hey politically correct people!  Why you hate female bodies?

[QUOTE="DJ-Lafleur"]

While I'm not offended by the art-styl personally, and don't necessarily mind some sex appeal in my entertainment media, I do find it stupid when devs go overboard and make the sex appeal so blatantly obvious like Dragon's Crown did, as if they were trying as hard as possible to make the game as sexual as possible to try and increase sales from young teenagers going through puberty.

Maybe some critics are going overboard in their criticism, and I don't think such art-styles should be censored, but TBH, I do see how some people might not exactly be able to appreciate something like Dragon Crown's art.

BrunoBRS

it's lewd, yes, but intentionally so, and that's not a bad thing, and DEFINITELY not to cater to teenagers. if lewd was a bad thing, we'd have quite a few famous renaissance paintings to deal with.

I was unaware about the inspiration when making that post, so I guess the art-style isn't as silly as I did originally. 

Still find the sorceress' massive melons ridiculous though, whether they were inspired by frank Frazetta or not.

I tend to not be offended by or avoid t!ts and ass

It flopped, but i am still buying it

Whats offensive about boobs,everyone loves boobs don't they?

Does this mean the bigger boobs are the more offensive they are?

Thats strange cos the bigger boobs are the more appealing I find them.:)

It flopped, but i am still buying it

loosingENDS

I wouldn't find it offensive, but I could find it really distracting and out of place.