So Adam Sessler just posted his review of God of War Ascension today on youtube. For those of you who don't know, he was the former host of G4's X-Play but is now working for Rev3Games. I have been watching Sessler for years now and I highly respect his opinion. He pointed out alot of good things about God of War Ascension, but one bit of critisism he pointed out was rather interesting. The link to the video is below, but for those who are to lazy, I wrote what he said down below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjIpPUE8epA
"There is one more depressing aspect of God of War Ascension. After the very best boss battle in the game, there is a cut scene which displays one of the most violent things I have ever seen in a video game. It is Kratos, boot stomping a Furies face in. While the image of a woman's face being kicked in is borderline, the overall dark nastiness of the franchise, and it's lack of gender role outside the famous sex scenes, kept it just inside a tonal context. But following the conclusion of the cutscenes, you get a trophy.....this one (*shows image of a playstation trophy*) Bro's before Ho's. This gut punch of misogyny irredeemably sours this game and is shocking to see a talented developer with traffic in such a contemptible attitude. I have always liked the adult fantasy of the God of War games, in all it's overall silliness, and in this moment, it is reduced to frat house joke making it making me ashamed for thinking that it was ever more than that in the first place".
-Adam Sessler
I was actually curious to see what the escapist community had to say about this, if they have anything to say about it at all. Do you agree with him? Do you think he is reading to deep into it? Post your thoughts below.