Games that couldn't be made today / video game things that wouldn't be acceptable today

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

Oddworld: Stranger’s Wrath probably wouldn’t be made today due to the main character

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trying to pay for an invasive surgery merging his four legs into two. The big reason being that he’s in hiding due to being part of an endangered species that’s highly valued for their heads.

Later in the game when his secret is revealed and is out on the run, it’s implied through the Grub leader that Stranger feels shame and hatred towards himself. Add to the fact he’s described as being “scrawny for a Steef” and that he doesn’t have horns implies that he very well could have been the runt of his respective litter and probably didn’t feel worthy of being a Steef.

So in essence, him trying to get surgery that mutilates a signifier of what he is is not just running from those hunting him, but also running from himself.

By the end of the game though, he takes pride in who and what he actually is and wears the armor of his ancestors. Including a helmet that gives him horns.

The game’s aged like fine wine.

Don't forget about the villain, the guy controlling it all, he is someone who does not belong in that land but tries to appear more local. in the end he is found out and slithers away

 

[Titos]

The entirety of this game.

 

[The handsome tard]

If Castlevania 3 was made today, they would have made a bigger deal of Sypha being a disguised woman.

Castlevania 3 was perfect because, like Samus, it was a twist only achieved in her ending and they dont make a big deal about it.

 

[Dysnomia]

I was playing Phantasy Star Portable and wanted to add some hair accessories. As I was scrolling through stuff I found a feathered headress. It wasn't a war bonnet. But I think it would be close enough to trigger some people. Especially if it was paired with the Indian themed clothes you can buy on Moatoob.

 

[Kurtis Trent]

Remothered Tormented Fathers is a horror game about how a little girl's life was ruined because her father forced her to transition and live as a man. It ruined her body, affected her mental state and made her addicted to drugs.
I can't believe somebody was stunning and brave enough to write that kind of story in 2018

 

[modern horrors]

I can't believe somebody was stunning and brave enough to write that kind of story in 2018

Game director is Italian and they have a long history of absolutely fucked up horror films which is a good excuse source of inspiration.

 

[IDanceonTrannyGraves]

Mr. Mosquito. Happy I still have a copy of this game.

I don't think flying around a teenage girls nether regions while she naps or takes a bath to complete the goal of sucking her blood would fly today.

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Happy to have one too. It's really fun and so is the sequel, which has some hilarious voice acting.

Along with this, I nominate Chulip. You have to go around the town and impress people and kiss them. Might as well be RapeLay for journalists nowadays.

Second, I nominate Afrika. Even though it has gender options, you are a photographer working for Natural Geographic, and you don't harm any animals in the game, you're a white person in Africa and therefore evil. You have a black dude who works for the conservation park and is a clearly capable and competent person, but you just know that him driving you around to your photo shoot spots would bring up all kinds of articles about "power structures" and "colonialism" today. It looks like crap, but it is a super chill game with an amazing soundtrack.

Last, all of the early 2010 futuristic military games like Vanquish and Binary Domain are done. We won't see those for a long while, if ever again. I was shocked when Metal Wolf Chaos got a Western release, but that was mostly because it was so over the top.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

I realized, Shiny's Sacrifice has a lot of women characters topless for the evil hwite male gaze to gawk at.

Thank god we no longer allow these kinds of attacks on women, and instead have original and inspired games like Gone Home and Last Of Us 2

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

Also GTAV's recent non-free upgrade;

Basically they added a new patch and they expect people to cough up 10$.

 

[Mr. 0]

Also GTAV's recent non-free upgrade;

Basically they added a new patch and they expect people to cough up 10$.

We should've seen this coming when they snuck in "SA Goon" as a rank in Vice City

 

[Dom Cruise]

Lmao, this ad comes off very different today.



Lots of gamers fragging honor students in recent years.

 

[Local Degenerate]

The Shadow Hearts series. Fucking *all* of it.
Shadow Hearts 1 includes two very camp gay men that use their acupuncture and massage abilities to help buff you, with many complaints from the men in your party.

I actually missed Covenant.

And Shadow Hearts From the New World entirely follows around a pair of stereotypical natives, one of which is a big ass T.Hawk looking mother fucker, the other dresses like a squaw stripper, and turns into monster girls, as they travel to various tribe grounds. It also includes a hot blooded mariachi looking latino dude who plays a rocket launcher guitar, and is a flamenco player.

I need to replay that series.

 

[Beresford's Whip]

In Covenant you find gay porn for a gay tailor so he can make dresses for your doll. It was very odd when I played it back in the day, it's still odd today.

 

[Mr.Miyagi]

In the original Ratchet and Clank, there's an easter egg where, by doing flip-jumps in front of the hoverboard host, you can make her tits bigger.

Needless to say, this didn't come back in the remake.

 

[Gender: Xenomorph]

In the original Ratchet and Clank, there's an easter egg where, by doing flip-jumps in front of the hoverboard host, you can make her tits bigger.

Needless to say, this didn't come back in the remake.

Bloodrayne has a cheat that made tits bigger on women.

 

[Two Dollars]

Pokemon’s version-exclusivity is only accepted because of its Game Boy roots. If it were a new series created today, people would see the multiple versions as an unnecessary inconvenience at best and a shameless cash grab at worst.

(well, more of a shameless cash grab than it already is)

 

[Pitbull Victim]

The Punisher Game from 2004 (which fucking ruled) had a mechanic where you could brutally interrogate NPCs for information then execute them. Due to the terrible voice acting and extreme violence these were very funny

Stryker in Mortal Kombat

Basically everything about Redguards in Oblivion

-10 to Intelligence, Willpower, and Personality


+10 to Athletics and Blunts


Despite being only 13% of the population of Tamriel . . .


Bretons and Imperials know to never relax around Redguards

 

[Cyberpunk Panatela]

Syndicate (The RTS, not the FPS of the same name).



You had incredible latitude in how you did the missions(provided you met the mission criteria). This including blowing up civilians using suicide bombers and similar shit.

I remember exterminating a whole map's NPC population like that once just because I could.

That kind of thing would never fly nowadays, unfortunately.

 

[Balr0g]

Syndicate (The RTS, not the FPS of the same name).

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You had incredible latitude in how you did the missions(provided you met the mission criteria). This including blowing up civilians using suicide bombers and similar shit.

I remember exterminating a whole map's NPC population like that once just because I could.

That kind of thing would never fly nowadays, unfortunately.

You can also set tax rates in the districts and when you set them high as fuck you get a revolt. Or as some say: BONUS MISSION!

 

[IDanceonTrannyGraves]

This game came out this year and I can't believe it got localised.