Sexism in gaming & A review in comic form: "How it feels to be a girl playing Sly Cooper 4"
Very few male Sly fans seem to understand why this game bothers me. This comic was my attempt to illustrate it in a way they might understand:
( Read more... )
( Read more... )
Also, Stu and I were plotting and we got an evil idea for Sly's viking ancestor. We figured we need to have Sly see one of his ancestors get killed by Clockwreck to start the plot of him deciding to just get rid of him altogether which cause the Inspector Cooper AU timeline.
So, the guys go and find the viking ancestor who is married and has like ten kids. He's one of the few ancestors that instantly believe Sly and starts to act very fatherly to Sly.
Viking: So, you are grandson?
Sly: Well, several times great grandson, but yes.
Viking: AH! Then you are family! *ropes Sly into a bearhug*
Thus, he and Sly get a little bonding time, but then during the heist/battle of the level Clockwreck attacks and kills the viking ancestor who give some comforting parting words to Sly before he dies. Thus, this begins Sly wondering if perhaps he should go back and get rid or Clockwreck altogether.
Like I said, it's evil, but it would be fun and fitting.
Reply
All the Sly 4 villains were lame. Two of them had some redeeming qualities (Grizz was funny and Miss Decibel COULD have been a great tragic character if Sanzaru hadn't spent so much time reminding the audience that she's a "gross fat chick" :P), but not enough to be worth salvaging.
However, I've been wondering if La Paradox could be worked into a "Severus Snape" type of character for our AU. So, instead of wanting to wipe out the Coopers because Sly's dad screwed over his dad (that's his motivation in Sly 4), he wants to wipe them out because he had a thing for Sly's mother and blames the Cooper lifestyle for getting her killed.
I was thinking that Sly would defeat La Paradox toward the end of the game. But when the time comes to fix what La Paradox screwed around with (mainly, Penelope's history with the gang and Clockwerk's defeat), Sly instead opts to go back to the day his parents were murdered and just fix that. He assumes that everyone else would simply be better off if he changed history so that he lived with his parents and never dragged his friends or Carmelita into his life. But then Sly 5 proves him wrong....
Also, Stu and I were plotting and we got an evil idea for Sly's viking ancestor. We figured we need to have Sly see one of his ancestors get killed by Clockwreck to start the plot of him deciding to just get rid of him altogether which cause the Inspector Cooper AU timeline.
I love that idea! I can't remember if that ancestor ever got a name. But it'll be fun to create that back story.
Also, I envision a scene where Bentley reminds Sly that Viking-Cooper's death was inevitable and Sly snaps at him for being insensitive. And his grief combined with his anger/frustraion at Bentley and the reminder that most of his ancestors probably died this way helps fuel the decision to choose his parents over his current friends/brothers.
Reply
Leave a comment