Ok so maybe I'm not the first one to point this out but... how come a guy with a cybernetically augmented and enhanced body has an eyepatch, especially when his other eyeball already augmented/replaced? Why not just get a new second eyeball, Mr Cool?
(this is what you might call "LCF" or "Look Cool Factor", something added for no practical purpose, for the sole purpose of looking cool)
Very insightful read! Great parallels between the 2 stories, and yes Hotline Miami is one of the first over-the-top killgames that made me repeatedly ask myself "why am I doing this?" Believe me, I love a good killgame as much as the next manic, but this one feels really fresh compared to what's out there, and not being an AAA title I'd say that's a big feat accomplished! Also, to all y'all hatrz down there, no this article is not just some girls opinion on the ongoing national debate; it's a layered examination of they REAL psychology behind the issue, and yes I believe we should all be conscious and cognisant when we play games of any variety. Notice how she refrains from telling the reader how/what to think? She challenges you TO think.
you see....... thing about jetpacks, is kinda the same thing about flying cars:
THE AVERAGE PERSON IS NOT SMART ENOUGH TO OPERATE THEM.
The average person can barely even pay attention while driving a car. Texting on a jetpack? Forget about it. There's no way you can put every car on the road now into the sky without making them self/computer controlled, meaning all you can do is enter a destination and the vehicle does the rest.
But yes I do love this series, it's fun and realistic and takes a practical look at what's involved in these kinds of technologies. (for the real deal, watch some TED Talks)
The problem for me is that these systems not awarding neutrality - you can only be good or evil. In games like Jade Empire, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, I found my choices often led me to a 60/40 good/evil rating. Choices would only be opened up if I was a certain amount "good" or "evil", but I never met any NPCs who would offer me choices or incentives particularely for being neutral. Otherwise, I thought the morality/choice systems in those games were pretty well developed.
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