[quote=idlehands]
Like I pointed out before, do you think they'd ever make a game where Solid Snake or some other grizzled action hero was a wide eyed private? No, because no one wants to play a noob who will throw up when he kills someone or cry when he's scared.
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THEN THAT IS WHAT YOU SHOULD BE COMPLAINING ABOUT. THE FACT THAT IT'S NOT ENTERTAINING AND NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY THE BADASS BEFORE THEY BECAME THE BADASS. THE FACT THAT YOUR PRECIOUS LAURA CROFT, WHICH YOU HAVE MADE OUT TO BE A SYMBOL FOR FEMININE EMPOWERMENT, IS NOT PORTRAYED AS A BADASS IN THAT GAME IS [i][b]COMPLETELY FUCKING IRRELEVANT[/b][/i] TO SEXUALIZATION IN VIDEO GAMES.