To be fair, we all know "why" the developers made Diana look like "that"; there just isn't any other logical reason to create a robot that looks and acts like a child.
You're not the only one, and that pain was felt for many or nearly all depending on the game. I still remember the pain and anger I felt when DmC got announced.
I remember the HYPE but I also remember the confusion and then DMC 5 came out and I was like... hmph, good.
Would you say the same about bioshock 2? Or any game involving taking care of a young person?
If you're referring to positive "hype", that was mainly the games journalists who were either apathetic to the OG games at best, or saw them as "old news, relics of the past," and part of the "Japanese gaming is dead/no longer relevant/not needed anymore".
Depends on who you're talking about and what sector. Many did, bother didn't or took in a different direction one may or may not approve of. Most of the Western AAA lost their luster years ago, and but it was really noticeable in the middle of 8th generation. While many of the Japanese AAA or those of smaller sizes either got it back again, or already had it, and continued to improve themselves further.
It was me, I was hyped
Isn't it borderline xenophobic?
I had mine since 2020 launch via PS Direct and never had an issue, I did notice that the UI was horizontal for the majority of the system itself. But they fixed that (Thank God) and made everything vertical instead. The only issue I can see for overheating is that you left the console standing instead of leaving it laying flat like I have. There WAS a internet browser at ver. 21 I was able to screen shot a image on google images as my profile banner before they removed that feature
My console has always been laid sideways on the stand that it came with, and the browser is still accessible last I checked via messages by sending a url to a friend and then clicking on it, but it can't play videos and is functionally useless.
Agree! It doesn't stand out because it needed to appeal to the masses.
For some reason the initial reveal trailer gave me the impression we had something special here (like I argued in my OP), so when we entered said development hell I was terrified that this special thing was gonna get canned, and when the new trailers finally came out and picked up the hype I prayed that it would actually reach the finish line.
Google: "Loli" is a Japanese term, short for "Lolita," referring to anime or manga characters that are young girls or young-looking, petite female characters. It is often used to describe a specific, innocent, or child-like aesthetic (moe) in fiction."
Sure, they have done a good job... but they are also following a set template in an evergrowing pile of over the shoulder action (shooter) games.
When a term reaches the general public, it tends to be used in a stupid and incorrect way.
There's a difference between the literal definition of a word and the context of their use.
Even the PSP remake of the first two Persona games are pretty clunky, and that's after the QoL improvements.
True, Persona 2 PSP not only goes at the speed of molasses, but got even easier. And then PSP Persona 1 has the encounter rate be atrocious at times + they replaced the soundtrack but didn't fill in most areas so it has less variety
That doesn't make a lick of sense, one of the first hit manga was literally about a robot that looks and acts like a little boy. That's all it was too.
I have only played a little bit of it, but it is striking to me how repetitive it seems to be.
Trust me, you're not the only one.
I remember thinking something very similar about bioshock 1 and 2 actually. Also you need to keep in mind that Diana is not a real human that just happens to be a child when the game begins, she is a robot created by humans to look and act exactly the way she does; her being a "loli" is the whole point of her existence.
Yeah, I don't do cultural stereotyping, nor make excuses for it.
It's like asking why a robot can be female-presenting (like Maria from Metropolis).
And I think it's a xenophobic way of treating things just because they came from a different country...
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