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GTA V is released, gets (rightfully) criticised for being misogynistic; fools throw tantrum

- Article by Matt S.

It's almost predictable now. Big budget game gets released, draws some criticism by a critic (wow, critics being critical! WHAT IS THE WORLD COMING TO?), and BAM! Because someone dared to say something mean about their favourite game, a bunch of entitled and less-than-rational people take advantage of that anonymity of the Internet to embark on a truly nasty campaign to prove to the world that, yep, games shouldn't be taken seriously by any functional member of society. Not with that kind of community being the vocal representative of game players.

Killer is Dead and misogyny; how do critics miss the point by this much?

Goichi Suda has done it again. He's created a game (Killer is Dead) and released it to a mass outcry of misogyny from the critical community. It's happened in his games before (see Lollipop Chainsaw) and once again the people making the complaints are, in taking a very simplistic approach to their analysis, missing the point of the game.

This time around it's the "gigolo" missions that take place in Killer is Dead that are drawing the ire of the critics. Here's a direct quote from a review, but note that what's quoted below is a common analysis of the game: