Yes it is now, but a full half of the series didnt have that feature. And not killing in MGS1 was VERY difficulty at best.

Shut up or it will HEAR YOU!

Oh yeah, those moments when the body awareness engine kicked in and you were so aware of your body that you couldn't lift your foot over a two foot rise? Or you became so aware of your body that you just fell off the docks for no fucking reason? Or you were so aware of the body that your body was holding that you…

Four definitely improved on the camo system in a way that made sense. Huge points there.

It's about how 3rd person stealth games aren't as good as Thief, which is true. No one has matched the quality of it's stealth game play. In fact Metal Gear solid was built around staying out of the opponent's sight until you could make the kill. In fact until they got to the third game there wasn't really a way to…

I wouldnt say that. The first one had the most abstract environments, so I'd place it below the third one, but I would agree if you'd say that the third one doesn't trump the second.

I'm sorry, I never meant to offend or shut anyone out. It think it's long past time I gave up on this point, as I'm clearly not making it well, and seem to be making it worse with each reiteration.

Yeah I suppose 'damaged' is a loaded word. I'm trying to describe massive psychological scaring, deep dementia, aspergers or autism, these sorts of things.

Buffy wasnt broken until they brought her back from the dead, and Katniss isnt damaged, she's just hard to the world.

RIM SHOT!

I have never, nor likely will ever, have a tongue any closer to my ass than my balls, nor am I inclined toward it.

Mark Rein of Epic games is an asshole and should be disregarded unless he's promoting some game they're pushing. I dont think the vilification of used game purchasers is as deep as you think. There are a handful of vocal assholes. That's it.

I have nothing against damaged characters, I really enjoy them personally. But the article was making a point about characters leading the charge for women in Hollywood.

And we have a winner!

Sure it does, but only if you make note of the fact that her breasts are at the wheel and not the character. That might change soon with the upcoming 'Tomb Raider' where they're refashioning Lara into an honest to god person and not a pair of poligonal tits. Time will tell how successful they are.

While yes Lisbeth was a very strong character, she's also... what's the right word for this. Damaged? She's not all there as people go. Sure she makes it one of her strengths, but I dont know that she's the sort of character you want as the champion for the cause.

Katniss isnt the emotional/psychological time bomb that Asuka was either...

I'll have to talk to the girl about that. Maybe she enjoyed the time we tried it more than I suspected.

While you're right that single player experiences dont require the same infrastructure, at "2000" games and a willingness to buy used, it doesn't sound like it's "unbearable" for you.

Well with books the cottage resale industry never ballooned into a multi-billion dollar industry. It was quiet and quaint. Again the argument doesnt hold. Also books didnt require the publisher/authors to pony up cash to maintain the letters on the page so you could continue to read it. This is what game makers do…