Fist of Jesus

[Hagan]

Wow, just wow is all I can say.

I do not think G-man is religious, or has a religious belief, thus, such what he says he cannot see problems with.

[TBlaar]

TL;DR

Religious people are waaayyyy too sensitive...

[Ike_009]

I do not think G-man is religious, or has a religious belief, thus, such what he says he cannot see problems with.

I just remember previous debates were he wanted people to respect his lifestyle and believes but he can't return the same respect to my believes. Wtf

[StaggerLee]

Is that what I said? No, it's not. I was merely commenting on the fact that some people said it was a cheap marketing tactic on the developer's part. I still don't see how that is the case since the game is based on a film. If I make a game based on Hostel or a similar movie, I don't see how the controversy around it can be called a cheap marketing tactic. However, if they developed the game first, without any connection to the film, and then changed the game and the title after watching the film, then it becones justified to call it a marketing tactic.

Capitalizing on the success of established works without adding anything of value to those works is also considered a cheap marketing tactic. The developers are riding on the success and controversy created by the film and undoubtedly wish to stir the pot further. It clearly has crappy gameplay and doesn't bring anything new to the table other than the fact that it's a game featuring Jesus. This is a lazy way to drive publicity around an otherwise uninteresting game.

Instead of focusing on the fact that the game is offending or not offending some people, I think it's far more concerning that a piece of turd like this is being given any media attention at all. This is obviously what the developers intended when they created the game. Rather than aspire to entertain, the developers aspired to sow controversy and make a quick buck from it. That alone makes me feel nothing but contempt for them.

[Wyzak]

Is that what I said? No, it's not. I was merely commenting on the fact that some people said it was a cheap marketing tactic on the developer's part. I still don't see how that is the case since the game is based on a film. If I make a game based on Hostel (side note: I have only seen scenes from this movie and do not like it one bit, just using it as an example) or a similar movie, I don't see how the controversy around it can be called a cheap marketing tactic. However, if they developed the game first, without any connection to the film, and then changed the game and the title after watching the film, then it becones justified to call it a marketing tactic.

Anyway, I was just voicing my opinion. If you don't agree with it that's cool, doesn't bother me one bit, much like the game and film in question.

You somehow completely absolved the developers of any responsibility because the film crew originally came up with the concept. Although I agree that some of the blame belongs with the film crew I don't agree that the game developers should get off scott-free.

The developers could have backed off and said, hey we don't feel comfortable doing this...

[Hagan]

TL;DR

Religious people are waaayyyy too sensitive...

Depending on the context of "waaayyyy".
My father is VERY religious. At least once a day he'll make some reference to the LORD, Jesus Christ. He's incredibly loyal to his faith.

Any sort of seemingly blasphemous remark or comment, or just seemingly a comment about religion will get him talking. When he's talking religiously I typically just stare (no nods or anything).

Anyway... If any religious person sees what may be a reference to religion, but in a (seemingly) non-religious way - you can expect eyebrows and questions to be raised.

[Wlad]

You somehow completely absolved the developers of any responsibility because the film crew originally came up with the concept. Although I agree that some of the blame belongs with the film crew I don't agree that the game developers should get off scott-free.

The developers could have backed off and said, hey we don't feel comfortable doing this...

It might have seemed that way from the way I worded my post but I did not mean to say that the developers should be completely absolved and I apologise if it came across as such. I just meant to say that most of the blame should rather be directed towards the filmmakers as they originally came up with the whole Fist of Jesus concept. I can understand that it is offensive to some people, but I don't take either the game or the film seriously so they don't really bother me.

[Wyzak]

It might have seemed that way from the way I worded my post but I did not mean to say that the developers should be completely absolved and I apologise if it came across as such. I just meant to say that most of the blame should rather be directed towards the filmmakers as they originally came up with the whole Fist of Jesus concept. I can understand that it is offensive to some people, but I don't take either the game or the film seriously so they don't really bother me.

Ah ok, fair enough.

[MetalSoup]

It's strange that no-one ever made a fuss about this older game, it seems to be fairly popular.

[James]

spot on. the game is simply trying to turn a quick buck by courting controversy. If this was called "Fists of James", it would be a non-event

I heard my fists were being invoked.