@Tuckpoint @Ishiban I'm an American parent too, and my original post was poking fun at the article in question through what I assumed would be taken for sarcasm.
Ironic that a strong woman is generally one who in someway largely emulates a strong man. Personally, I have no problem playing a female protagonist. I loved games like The Longest Journey, and my main version of Shepard in Mass Effect is a woman, but it always strikes me that when equality is brought up what that person really seems to mean is the melting away of gender identity. Or, at the very least, one gender identity melding itself into the other such that there is only one i.e. masculinity. Is it so wrong that women be portrayed as feminine and men as masculine?
I find it ironic that people are screaming DMC clone, when one of the key founders of Platinum Games is Hideki Kamiya. You know, the original director of Devil May Cry? Yeah, that guy.
Square-Enix is really out of touch with its fan base outside of Japan. They keep making decisions which a majority of people do not like. I'm guessing their pride has been wounded over at Square, and they are unwilling to admit that something is wrong on their end. Hopefully they come to their senses before they go the way of THQ.
I'm hoping this isn't truly the last Witcher game CD Projeckt Red makes. I'd be happy if after shelving the series for awhile, they eventually decide to pull it off the shelf and give it another go. I understand why they are doing this, however. CD Projekt Red has become confident in their ability to tell their own stories in their own worlds. It'll be nice seeing them stretch their wings.
@NTM23 @Ishiban In general, I agree with you that the action in itself isn't the problem, I simply don't feel it matches Splinter Cell. To me it feels like they are trying to make Splinter Cell into game which competes with Call of Duty in terms of block buster appeal.
Ubisoft excising this torture scene also seems symptomatic of a wish to appease.
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