The problem is you. You are the problem. "The world is sexist, so what's wrong about legitimizing that sexism through a game?" Are you seriously asking that?
So what you are saying is... we can't trust documentation that the dark ages were a particularly sexist period of history because the people in charge who controlled said documentation at the time were sexist? How did this conversation even take this turn, from discussing whether a trope is inherently sexist or not to arguing whether sexism is appropriate or not in games? Let's just end the unnecessary polarizing and move on, seriously, we're not even talking in terms of tropes anymore and people are passionately skewing other peoples opinions into a position that they clearly never held to begin with.
yeah, that will be good... or change encounters if possible... At least on a few ABS (if I remember right), low level enemies run at the sight of higher leveled characters
I also hate blocks though I understand when they may be necessary sometimes. A lot of games have open maps so they may need to create something in the plot that prevents you from walking into an area of the map that is intended for a much later time and you'll get wrecked by the encounters. Though I'd say it would be more funny and just as effective to let the player learn the hard way to not go that direction. But no, I hate it when there is something in the way just for the sake of making you go through a dungeon. And the sole objective of that dungeon is getting 'the thing' and offers almost no plot advancement. Also, if I say, have a mage in my party; why can't they just burn/blow up that door?
The thing about that is you have to separate the game play from the story. That makes it a bit easier to swallow. Otherwise, it's no different than several other game play mechanics that don't work in the story (such as when a character is killed via the story when the player could previously revive them). Trying to blend game play with the story is okay if done right, but quite often the trek to realism winds hurting the game even more.
Glad to hear it lol. Perspective is such an awesome thing to have when engaging with art or media. It allows you to see greatness were others can't or won't, and it makes the world a richer place. Not saying most people here lack perspective, just that it's important to remember that messages really do change depending on your outlook *looks at the people who think damsels in distress are inherently sexist*
See, that one actually made sense to me. It wasn't so much about not being able to overpower the guards as much as the protagonist is a Good Guy, and running from the legitimate authority over a crime he KNOWS he's innocent of is not a Good thing to do. His options were: kill the guards who technically didn't do anything wrong, run and become an actual fugitive, or go with them and hope to work things out within the system.
