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2000AD wrote:If they included hardcore sex scenes in the Tomb Raider games do you think sales would go up or down?
knowing the prudes, it probably would have a negative impact. of course there's enough tomb raider hentai floating about on the web it won't make much of a difference.
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2000AD wrote:If they included hardcore sex scenes in the Tomb Raider games do you think sales would go up or down?
Down. They'd be banned probably.
Point.
Though doesn't God of War have a mini game where you have to pleasure two women at the same time?
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Huge pic of Bastila. She's certainly attractive, but I prefer Lara over her.
2000AD wrote:Point.
Though doesn't God of War have a mini game where you have to pleasure two women at the same time?
:shock: Whaa--?? Sounds like fun. :P

But is it hardcore like porn movies or what? If so, I'd be really surprised that made it into a non-porn game.
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2000AD wrote:If they included hardcore sex scenes in the Tomb Raider games do you think sales would go up or down?
Chances are that it could make the game suck.

Besides, if I wanted to see/have sex with Lara Croft that bad, I'd either go elsewhere online or just go to bed.
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IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Did you forget Lara Croft is British? :D
Ooops. :oops:

But unlike the other two, she rarely talks anything! :)

I know Cate Archer and still prefer Lara over her. But now, this Bastila...hmm. I shall return with image(s).

Huge pic of Bastila. She's certainly attractive, but I prefer Lara over her.
If you haven't played KOTOR, now you have a good reason as any.

She looks 1000^99 better ingame! *goes to find pics*

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Here! http://swkotor.wz.cz/bastila.jpg
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Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Chances are that it could make the game suck.
I don't dispute the fact that it could only lead to negative ramifications to the game and the game industry as a whole, but why would the content itself suck? If that were the ending of the game, a chance to fuck Lara Croft, why would it make the game suck? That'd rule! Lara wankers would have their dreams fullfilled!
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Oberleutnant wrote:If you haven't played KOTOR, now you have a good reason as any.

She looks 1000^99 better ingame! *goes to find pics*
No she doesn't. Out of all of the images I've seen of her, I think she looks the best in that painting. But by all means, post whatever you find. :D
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Including in-game pornographic aspects tend to decrease the overall quality of the game itself, mostly due to lack of effort towards gameplay. Not to mention the whole oddity of having sex scenes for a character that the player controls.

I think there might be some small gender issues as well...
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That small ingame pic (added to my post above) I was able to find on a short notice doesn't do "her" justice. :)
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Oberleutnant wrote:That small ingame pic (added to my post above) I was able to find on a short notice doesn't do "her" justice. :)
Hmm...well maybe next time I go over my cousin's house I can demand to see her. He has it on SEXBox--err--XBox. :D
Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Including in-game pornographic aspects tend to decrease the overall quality of the game itself, mostly due to lack of effort towards gameplay. Not to mention the whole oddity of having sex scenes for a character that the player controls.

I think there might be some small gender issues as well...
You're probably right, but looking at it from the POV of heterosexual adolescent males whose fantasies have always been to fuck Lara's brains out, I'd say it'd be the best feature ever implemented in a game. :D
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Master of Ossus wrote:She looks better, but I still don't see her as the bombshell of videogames the way many others do. Honestly, there are much better-looking chicks in other games.
I haven't found anyone else better looking than her. I demand you supply us all with visual evidence to support your claim. :D
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Master of Ossus wrote:snip
Pretty much any of the DoA girls are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
Bah. Actually, I prefer Ivy Valentine over all of those DoA girls. And I'm not quite sure whom I prefer when it comes down to Ivy vs Lara. Tons of Ivy images.
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So when am I sworn into office? :lol:
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IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:snip
Pretty much any of the DoA girls are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
Bah. Actually, I prefer Ivy Valentine over all of those DoA girls. And I'm not quite sure whom I prefer when it comes down to Ivy vs Lara. Tons of Ivy images.
Ivy over Sophitia? :wtf:
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Master of Ossus wrote:
IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:snip
Pretty much any of the DoA girls are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
Bah. Actually, I prefer Ivy Valentine over all of those DoA girls. And I'm not quite sure whom I prefer when it comes down to Ivy vs Lara. Tons of Ivy images.
Ivy over Sophitia? :wtf:
Sophitia vs. Helena vs. Mai Shinurai.

...WHAT?!
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SirNitram wrote:Sophitia vs. Helena vs. Mai Shinurai.

...WHAT?!
A matchup like that one calls for Zorro, whose masterful swordplay will doubtless up the... erm... human interest in the battle.
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Master of Ossus wrote:
IRG CommandoJoe wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:snip
Pretty much any of the DoA girls are jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
Bah. Actually, I prefer Ivy Valentine over all of those DoA girls. And I'm not quite sure whom I prefer when it comes down to Ivy vs Lara. Tons of Ivy images.
Ivy over Sophitia? :wtf:
Hell yes. In voice, appearance, and especially attitude,, I'd take Ivy over Sophitia any day. :D
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IRG CommandoJoe wrote:Huge pic of Bastila. She's certainly attractive, but I prefer Lara over her.
2000AD wrote:Point.
Though doesn't God of War have a mini game where you have to pleasure two women at the same time?
:shock: Whaa--?? Sounds like fun. :P

But is it hardcore like porn movies or what? If so, I'd be really surprised that made it into a non-porn game.
Nah, you only get to hear voices, and a jar gets rocked off a pedestal and breaks.

You get an assload of powerup orbs the first time you do it, though.
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Ivy's got some simply wonderful throw moves that makes the submissive in me get all tingly... :mrgreen:
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Hmmmm...
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How could they go down? Five people bought Angel of Darkness, and there's at least five people IN THIS THREAD that'd buy a revisioned version.
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What are you talking about? Including hardcore pornography into a video game would cause all of the Joe Lieberman-types to try to ban the game. And if they don't succeed in banning the game, it'd get a lot of bad press anyways. Also parents wouldn't allow their children to buy the games since they would hear about it in the news. Usually parents don't know wtf is in video games and their kids wind up getting it because they lie about the content in it. But with the shit storm created over porn in a TR game, they're bound to find out what their kids are playing.

And there are those who wouldn't want it in the game, like Spanky, and might not buy it out of principle.
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Uraniun235 wrote:What the hell is with the excessive makeup?
A girl's gotta look her best.
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Master of Ossus wrote:She looks better, but I still don't see her as the bombshell of videogames the way many others do. Honestly, there are much better-looking chicks in other games.
Yup, but how often we see a good-looking *in-game* chicks? Sure Rinoa Heartily looks hot, but in the trailer, doesn't she?

Except... Probably I'm just light-years behind new games.
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Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:
Master of Ossus wrote:She looks better, but I still don't see her as the bombshell of videogames the way many others do. Honestly, there are much better-looking chicks in other games.
Yup, but how often we see a good-looking *in-game* chicks? Sure Rinoa Heartily looks hot, but in the trailer, doesn't she?

Except... Probably I'm just light-years behind new games.
It's hard to find a good image of her online, but have a look at Elite Force's Kleeya.

The only half-way decent shot of her is from the back. (Sorry, but you have to scroll down to the 4th image... I'd spend some time with her in Stellar Cartography.)
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Oh hell, 'whats with the thing about people wanting to see VG chicks in their birthday suit?' apparently there was enough with it that playboy did an entire section on it and featuring a few characters in the buff (notably Rayne from Bloodrayne).

VG Porn in mainstream games? its only a couple hundred thousand religious fundamentalists away. To be effective it would have to be an 'Under the Radar' game, IE, no promotion and NO scheduled release date. slip it in silently to store shelves and let the buzz rise, by that time it would be too late for them to react and pull it, because by that time its mainstream and people will already have it.
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