Would you like an RPG packed with controversy?

[Destai]

Would you be pushed to play an RPG if there was a party member who betrayed you and commited suicide, you are forced to murder a loveable female heroine, have a child molester villain, had a subtley noted homosexual or lesbian character and was over all extremely controversial and -
kickass graphics, music, battle system and equally controversial storyline? I'd love it and would love to make an RPG like that. Is that just me or would you like to play it?

[Lindy]

My dear, I will play anything that is good enough to hold my attention, regardless of controversy.

[omnitarian]

We already had that, it's called FF6. Kefka will always be a female heroine in my eyes.

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... Spam aside, I guess I would play it, if it was good. I'm not going to give it a go just because everyone's raising a stink about it. In fact, they would pretty much have to prove to me that the taboo parts are integral to the game, and not just a ploy for free publicity.

[kikimm]

If I thought it looked good, then I don't care what it's got. If it's it's done well, I'm there.

EDIT:

In fact, they would pretty much have to prove to me that the taboo parts are integral to the game, and not just a ploy for free publicity.

But this is also very true.

[Dignified Pauper]

yes, so, get crackin Cid, i mean Destai.

[XxSephirothxX]

If it was a game designed for an adult audience with a mature plot, then absolutely. If it was controversy for the sake of shocking people, like BMX XXX, then no. It would most likely suck if it was designed for the latter reason, anyway.

[Camanche]

I think you guys need to check out Digital Devil Saga 1 & 2. The two parts of the series contain almost everything Destai mentioned, and then some. It is also an M rated game, with an awesome mature story. GREAT voice acting too.

Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, by the same company, also has a sweet, mature story that I throughly enjoyed.

Both are for the PS2.

The links in my sig are to RP sites based on said games, no websites with information on the games or anything.

[black orb]

>>> Spoilers Ahead..

Would you be pushed to play an RPG if there was a party member who betrayed you

>>> (SPOILER)This remind me Jowy Atreides and Snowe (from Suikoden 2 and 4), both of them party members and the hero`s best friend betrayed you at some point of the game..
In Suikoden 3 Luc which was part of your team in previous Suikoden games, betrayed Leknaat and tried to comit suicide.

You are forced to murder a loveable female heroine

>>>(SPOILER) Jowy Atreides (Suikoden 2) murdered Anabelle which was a kind of loveable female heroine.
In Suikoden 3 Chris Lightfellow who IS the female heroine murdered the Hero`s best friend which was a mere child..

have a child molester villain

>>> (SPOILER)Have you ever heard of the greatest villain ever "Lezard Valeth" from Valkirye Profile?
well he was breeding lots of little girls (homonculi) in his lab for unknown purposes, and I remember Mystina (his partner), saying that he has a lolita complex..

had a subtley noted homosexual or lesbian character

>>> Im sure there are some homosexual/lesbian characters in some RPGs, damn even in Suikoden games i think you can find some them but I yet have to find convincing clues about that.
Anyways, in Suikoden 3 anyone remember that bath scene between Melville + Roddy + Louis.
I tell you, it was very suspicious..

Thats why I love Suikoden and Valkyrie Profile games so much..

[Lindy]

If it was a game designed for an adult audience with a mature plot, then absolutely. If it was controversy for the sake of shocking people, like BMX XXX, then no. It would most likely suck if it was designed for the latter reason, anyway.

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php...02-10-18&res=l

[MecaKane]

Would you be pushed to play an RPG if there was a party member who betrayed you and commited suicide, you are forced to murder a loveable female heroine, have a child molester villain, had a subtley noted homosexual or lesbian character and was over all extremely controversial and -
kickass graphics, music, battle system and equally controversial storyline? I'd love it and would love to make an RPG like that. Is that just me or would you like to play it?

You're more or less describing Xenosaga there, guy.

[Dreddz]

Its clear that you made this thread due to the loss of Xenosaga in the UK, which was because of it being a controversy game. I dont mind the controversy, but can UK stop being such tits and bring out these damn games. We didnt get Digital Devil Saga either, as well as ALL Xeno games. This stinks

[Mirage]

Yeah, it's obviously UKs fault that Square didn't want to release them in Europe.

[Lindy]

Actually, it's Sony.

Xenogears was made by Square, Xenosaga is Monolithsoft and Namco.

You can see it's the fault of Sony, because the Namco produced games Tales of Symphonia and Baten Kaitos were released on the Gamecube, ESPECIALLY Baten Kaitos since it's not even that big or popular a game, yet it was still released.

The PS2 version of ToS on the other hand was never released outside Japan, and the Xenosaga games were never brough to Europe.

[Destai]

Its clear that you made this thread due to the loss of Xenosaga in the UK, which was because of it being a controversy game. I dont mind the controversy, but can UK stop being such tits and bring out these damn games. We didnt get Digital Devil Saga either, as well as ALL Xeno games. This stinks

Thats a really interesting but its wrong.
If you're interested the UK has nothing to do with the games not getting released over there, also half the stuff (if not all of it) wasnt, to the best of my knoweledge, in Xenosaga so far in the series.

[DJZen]

It's just about impossible to be controversial these days. Even the controversy around Grand Theft Auto isn't all that big compared to how up in arms parents in the mid 90s got when Mortal Kombat and Night Trap came out.

You're not going to shock anybody just by having the use of drugs, nudity, sexual content, or excessive violence, even toward women (who are OBVIOUSLY weak and frail and could NEVER defend themselves against ANYTHING, but it's okay to kill men :rolleyes2 ). Pretty much the only way you could possibly cause a stir these days would be to actually make a game about molesting children, and I'm frankly not interested in a game about something like that.