Comment by Derto on January 16, 2013 at 9:56am

Hmmm, while I don't disagree, there's a premise I think that you're not taking in consideration. This game is for this specific audience that thinks that this stuff is fun - it's not for every gamer. This is not what you can call symbolic for the media and any criticism one might have towards this, should be guided towards those people who bought it, but not everybody who enjoys the interactive media.

Zombie holocaust didn't put the film media in a bad light in general, because there's such a big spectrum of styles and genres. Fifty shades of Grey doesn't damage the written media in general, Justin Bieber doesn't damage music in general etc.. One specific (and somewhat niché) genre does not affect the entire medium - perhaps only for those who choose to stay ignorant about the subject (I don't know ...soccer moms who're too busy to look after their kids; those people). This however does not mean that it cannot put the specific genre - in this case the zombie games, in a bad light.

It's in all honesty a fitting collector's edition, because the setting of the game is just what you said (before the zombies enter the picture): "BOOBZ, SECKS", beaches, party, music, swimwear etc., and this being hidden in a collector's edition does not change this. If this game puts the genre in a bad light, one shouldn't argue that it's because of the statue, but rather focus on the game itself.

With this said: I think the statue could have been better by having an actual statue instead of just a torso.

Comment by Purgatori on January 16, 2013 at 2:21pm

The devs apparently "forgot" that males aren't the only ones who play this. I put a lot of hours into the first game, and this bust has basically turned me off from playing the sequel. Now before anyone asks, if it was a bust of some shirtless guy or his "package", I would find it just as tasteless. A bit more of clothing would have changed things drastically, for the better. While I don't mind nudity, 99% of it is always for the male audience, and it's usually putting the woman on display like some slutty piece of unintelligent trash. Case & point, the God Of War series. Hell, I can't even play a game like Hitman: Absolution without running into a strip club full of strippers who happen to be constructed in such an outrageous manner you can't help but laugh while playing that mission. It seems like a lot of games are following this theme lately, and it's rather quite boring in my opinion. I don't mind nudity & sex if it suits the moment, and storyline, but I would really like to see the industry stop living up to these immature stereotypes. Just my opinion.

Comment by Gasper Polenik on January 16, 2013 at 7:38pm

well... some people like that. Actually a lot of people(excluding me though) like to play mindless games which have naked girls in them. The same goes for the movies. Hell the most played game is call of duty and it's mindless shooting with random explosion with no plot or goal. What I like is when the game has a female character and they simply replace it with a hotter one. No problem there. But when they have slutty nuns in Hitman that just seems retarded and breaks the immersion.

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