After recently starting Final Fantasy XIII, I decided it was time to revisit Final Fantasy X-2. Having only watched another play this game, I have long since decided never to endure a play-through on my own. With its Hannah Montana-esque plot, ridiculous costume change system and in-battle singing, watching FFX-2 effectively drained me of all wonder or concern over X's main protagonist, Tidus.
X-2 has been highlighted as a game featuring female protagonists but I may actually prefer the standard erasure of women to seeing these women protags. It's possible that Dead or Alive Beach Volleyball or BMXXX may be preferable to X-2, even as a gift to a niece.
If you're looking for a good game with an intriguing (or even mildly interesting) plot, interesting battle system, or strong female characters, look elsewhere. But if you're looking for an RPG with vocals that make you wish your eardrums would burst, painful battle mechanics or a plot as ludicrous as it is riddled with inconsistencies, then look no further.
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A new game has sprung up from the depths which may make games like Rapelay look like Nintendogs. It's taken me too long to write about this game. Every time I start to, I get sick to my stomach and filled with disgust and impotent rage. Imagine the sadistic depravity of games such as Tsuki Possession, Rapelay, Virgin Roster, or 7 Sins and combine it with the real-film look of The Guy Game and you may be getting close to understanding the sick trash that is Stockholm: An Exploration of True Love (Released 27 May 2009).
Stockholm is an interactive DVD in which you play a sadistic and creepy (even though it's first person) kidnapper. The point, as the name may suggest, is to get your victim to fall in love with you. This goal is to be accomplished through fear using torture, rape, forced nudity, suffocation, gassing, etc. Charming.
Billed as "The Controversial Masterpiece that was Banned from Amazon", Stockholm doesn't just trump other games featuring the domination of women in content alone. There are some things which challenge my beliefs. I don't believe in capital punishment, but Ted Bundy is a man I believe wholly deserving of that and more. I don't believe in torture, an eye for an eye, but I believe that the creator of Stockholm may deserve it.
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