Bernard_Bernoulli

Next time they make that image they should include roguelikes, just to point out how ridiculous the whole size thing is

Square miles is kind of a meaningless metric unless movement speed and content are both taken into account.

Just Cause 2 had a massive map, but it's a chore to get across because there's nothing there except the same villages over and over. Skyrim was kind of the same

Shadow of the Colossus is mostly empty, but the atmosphere and the puzzle aspect of finding new colossi and that feeling of exploration more than make up for it

It's all a matter of perspective

@flstyle: Kojima? Really? That trailer was the worst

The PS conference seemed fine. Really, they all seemed fine. Nothing interested me, but people into those consoles seemed to be served. Not sure what anyone was expecting. New hardware?

Weird. I wonder who they have lined up to fill in at GBeast in the meantime

Then the question would be, "What do you have against women? Why don't you want to have a female main character?" I just don't see the point in attacking or questioning this specific game on this issue. No one's really been able to say why this specific instance matters other than now we're all talking about how they answered the issue and not whether it's an issue in the first place.

People also seem to be making a lot of assumptions, such as it's easy to replace the main character, that they ever had time to do so, that they're lying about why they didn't consider it, and that Zelda gets kidnapped in this game.

A game featuring Zelda as the main character would be neat and would be an empowering thing for little girls, etc., sure. This isn't that. Hopefully they consider doing that, as it'd be cool.

They can't really say they just don't want to. If they did, they would just be accused of being misogynistic. And the truth is, whether they want to or not, it's probably just not in the cards. The direction of this game was probably decided like three years ago, and once that's decided they have to steam forward. You can't just change or add a main character like it's a snap.

I think the discussion should instead be why this series in particular is getting singled out. I would love a female main character choice in Zelda, but I certainly don't expect Nintendo to do it just because I want it.

Why?

Nintendo is under no obligation to provide a second playable character, and there are plenty of franchises where no playable female avatar is offered and there's no discussion surrounding it. It would be nice, sure, but it'd also be nice if you could play through Doom as a female. Don't see people clamoring over that.

My comment was directed at people who are motivated to vote for a candidate. If you're not willing to vote for a politician who shares your values simply because they are a politician, this discussion can't really go anywhere.

I wonder how many people have actually looked at Hillary's platform and how many have just seen the Sanders/Clinton meme and thought, "She doesn't accurately reflect my love of Harry Potter!"

Like, are you for LGBTQIA rights? Do you want women to be able to choose whether they want an abortion or not? Are you against torture? Are you for education? The rights of minorities? The first amendment? Do you not want to waste money on another wall along the Mexican border? Then you should probably vote for her

Oh god no. Taco Bell and wrestling are both overwhelmingly terrible, the only good MGS story is the one from the first game, and I like being open to new ideas.

The Rock is okay. It's not some amazing action movie. Con Air is 5,000,000 times better.