Look, there’s nothing wrong with a little anatomical allure, generally speaking. Hell, many an impressionable teenager hit pause to glimpse Chun-Li’s undies back in the day, and Capcom knew it. Sex sells, and, like all commercial media, video game developers aren’t immune to slapping some greasy smut on-disc in the hope of cementing another sale. Boobs, butts, oily pecs and sculpted crotches: gaming has seen it all — and Switch owners have seen more than ever before on a Nintendo console.
The majority of Gal Gun’s cattle-like cast, however, are Japanese high-schoolers. Whether or not they’re Junior or Senior students is left ambiguous, making the premise of sexually gratifying its targets largely at odds with legal systems across most of the world, which explains its banning in countries like New Zealand and Germany. 'But hey, they’re just, like, cartoons, man' is certainly one common argument in their defence.
‘Hikikomori’ is a Japanese term for a bedroom-dweller suffering “acute social withdrawal”, characterised as hermits who forgo sunlight and human interaction for a room adorned with anime-girl posters, pillows and video games. Gal Gun: Double Peace is tailored to such a reclusive audience, and does little to cater to those who desire depth from a gaming experience. Instead, its detail lies in its harem of schoolgirls, all desperate to take a bite out of you, the socially awkward protagonist.
You can choose from several personality types (one labelled simply ‘Pervert’) before being thrown into a part-shooting gallery, part-visual novel, part-dating sim. The story goes that an angel with cupid powers has done you an enormous disservice by making members of the opposite sex ravenously attracted to you. You need to fend them off by firing pheromones at them, essentially bringing them to ‘euphoria’ — the game’s preferred synonym for orgasm — before they drain your life bar by showering you with kisses or pinning you underfoot, dominatrix-style.
Your pheromone gun has several functions, including a charge shot that brings targets to instant climax, and a zoom lens with X-Ray properties that reveals bras, panties, and the odd hidden item, such as garter belts and… sandwiches. These items can be used to check off cell phone message requests in a between-stage directory, padding out the game’s longevity by way of fastidious underwear inspection.
Additionally, inducing pleasure on the mindless, giggling hoard builds a ‘Doki-Doki’ meter, which offers three stocks of usage. Triggering this allows you to freeze and select multiple on-screen girls for a molestation sub-game, where, within a set time limit, you get to touch-up their preferred erogenous zones until they blush and blow hearts all over the place. Additional rotating camera angles for these intimate moments can be purchased from the shop, so you can get a better look at a polygonal crotch should you be taken with doing so. Successful Doki-Doki clinches serve to wipe out all other on-screen assailants, too, acting as a ‘love bomb’ of sorts.
Graphically it’s bright and clean, and not a bad-looking game. It runs smoothly — a far cry from the sluggish PS Vita original — and the general presentation is superb, with plenty of nice illustrations and menus. The character models are the stars of the show, varied (in the sense they have different hairstyles and eye colours) and meld well with the game’s pastel tones. It’s been slightly smoothed over with a bit of PlayStation 2-style smudge, which tries to hide the fact that it’s not hugely updated from its PS Vita days, and there’s still a fair bit of loading to get through with all the cutscene interruptions.
The shooting stuff works perfectly well, with the broad aiming reticle doing a fine job, and plenty of options to adjust its speed if required — but Time Crisis it ain’t. The stages are short, which helps if you’re seeking to improve score, stage rank and your character’s attributes, but it’s all very static. There are no graphical flourishes going on from courtyard to classroom; no moving cars, roaming birds or fluttering handbills. It attempts variety by occasionally having you shift the camera in three directions, or pinpoint mini-demons fluttering around before the girls can be orgasmed out of existence. The skill lies in learning, by visual recognition and name tags, all of the students and their specific erogenous zones. Hardened players, for example, will know that the blonde with pigtails and glasses likes the pheromones up top, and can build strings of ‘Ecstasy Shot’ combos to truly master the game.
That said, Gal Gun is so leisurely on Beginner it teeters on boring. Expert Mode demands tighter wrist action and serves a modest challenge, but the game’s three hour runtime is mostly bolstered by its variety of routes, augmented by who you choose to “love” (non-reciprocally, of course) at the end of stage 1-2. Some options here are unlocked through extended play, and a few choice-based junctures occur during the adventure that affect the narrative. You’re also regularly offered options of whether to head off to the locker room, gym, library, etc., allowing you to tailor your scenery and uniform fetishes alike. The game is bursting with tacked-on secrets, endings, and collectible bonuses, from character profiles and journals to a shop full of lewd trinkets.
Boss battles are fairly sparse, and range from typical projectile shooting and timed target dispatching, to sections where you get to do a bit of finger rubbing and stick waggling to address an on-screen bind. These range from teasing a girl whose ass is stuck in an open window, freeing her through a process of heaving your analogs up and down, to destroying the tentacle-like tongues of monsters before they lick your fair maiden to death.
The original PS Vita and PS4 releases had several infamous DLC packs in Japan, costing almost as much as the actual game. One, known as ‘Pheromone Z’, would remove clothing during camera zooms, while the other allowed adjustment of the cast’s breast sizes. Although we didn’t reach a point where these particular features were unlocked, this Switch version touts all previous DLC, including the dressing room, where you can switch your love interest’s garb. It also features an exclusive opening cinematic, which unimpressively flings the game’s art assets around the screen to an insufferably annoying song.
The talkie bits in-between stages are trite, helium-induced bouts of cartoon waffle, updating you on your romantic pursuit as cutesy angels and demons attempt — and fail — to inject humour into proceedings. If that sounds like something you would normally skip, this isn’t a game for you.
If you consider yourself an anime-infatuated Hikikomori, adjust the scoreline below to a 10. You’ll love it. Everyone else should genuinely consider whether spending their hard-earned money on this is the best way to get their rocks off. It's also worth noting that Gal Gun diminishes the portability of the Switch by about 90%, because you almost certainly wouldn’t be seen dead playing it in public.
Conclusion
Gal Gun: Double Peace knows its audience, almost too well. Its entertainment factor is centred around crass perversion dressed up like a Saturday morning kid’s cartoon; and, if anyone attempts to tell you it’s a play on satire addressing the difficulties Japanese women face in a largely sexist society, feel free to laugh loudly in their face. That said, this is admittedly more of a game — and an altogether better game — than most that fall into the ecchi category. While simplistic, there’s nothing particularly broken about it, and its Expert Mode does offer a playable enough game to be mildly involving. But, if you don’t have a particular affection for its window-dressing, there’s not a great deal here to keep rail-shooting fans engaged.
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I've played Gal*Gun 2 on the train. It's a fun game and I couldn't care less what random strangers think.
I still find it hilarious how playing bloody and gruesome games in public like Mortal Kombat 11 or Doom is fine and cool, but when it's a "pervy" game suddenly it's a negative point against it, a point so prevalent it's even used to determin it's final score. Like, seriously? "ew icky! how can you play this in public?!?"
'The shooting stuff works perfectly well'. TMI Tom, TMI.
For me, I'm less bothered by the content, and more of the thinking that went behind it. Like some publisher was like "hey, all gamers like this stuff right? let's just make salacious content with no heart behind it, and watch the cash come through." It's so exploitative of the source material and the audience.
>The Switch’s portability is greatly diminished owing to the embarrassment of being seen playing it in public
...What? How is that a minus. That has nothing to do with the game, but more to do with something personal.
The series seems like pure trash, but, this review is probably the funniest review I will ever read.
So much blackmail to use here. So much.
Wait, how old are these schoolgirls supposed to be?!
From what I understand girls in Japan wear school uniforms up to the age of 18,
but concerningly, according to the review, the game leaves their age rather ambiguous.
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I've played this and would give it a 6/10 too.
It's got a fun anime like story that knows it's not gonna be taken seriously and decent gameplay that sadly gets repetitive too quickly.
I don't agree with comment number 4 that claims this has no heart because you can tell they actually wanted to make this game fun and funny to play rather than be just a pervy cashgrab.
@rawzeku this was my thought. If you have any sort of roommate portable is absolutely what you’d want from this game.
As long as I can turn off rumble features to not disturb other people I have zero issues playing ecchi games in public.
And you don't have to be a hikkamori to like it. I'm a normal guy, who happen to like ecchi games, and the Gal gun games are great fun.
@CharlieGirl Its not necessary they thought it fit all gamers, and these games absolutely have heart, the Gal gun games are absolutely hillarious. Would you say, for example Dream daddy (its my 'go to' game for example of games that don't fit me personally) is somehow problematic? Gal gun does not exploit me at all, thank you.
Hehe, tighter wrist action.
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Not a bad score considering this sounds like it was written by someone who hates the subject matter.
I really enjoyed this on PS4. Definitely the best of the Gal*Gun games in terms of its pacing, replayability, and density of secrets/optional content.
I'm guessing they still didn't include gyro aiming, though, which sucks.
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I'm not saying that enjoying games like this is the worst thing in the world. But how defensive people get about doing so does tickle me. If someone called me a pervert for having Rosalina in a swimsuit as my avatar, I'd probably laugh it off. Fair cop.
Just a friendly reminder to be both constructive and polite with your feedback! Thank you ❤
@Itachi2099 I think the point about playing the game in public is included in the summary for comic effect to be honest, but if not then I do agree it shouldn't be a point against the game - because you don't have to play it portably.
However I do think it's pretty much a rule of common decency in most societies, that if you're consuming media of a sexual sort that you do it in private.
It's not because the content is offensive in its own right, or because anyone has a problem with you being attracted to Japanese girls in skirts, it's because the feelings that the content is designed to elicit in the viewer can be perceived as inappropriate or threatening to others around you.
I'd feel uncomfortable sitting near someone on a bus who was blatantly watching porn just as I'd feel uncomfortable sitting next to someone on a bus looking at anime girls in skirts and shooting them with pheromones to enjoy them having an o*****.
I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, but I'm 100% saying that if the content of the game is as described in this review, then it's inappropriate to consume in public.
@DreamlandGem so we cant question anything thats wrong with the review just saying.
@Rosalinho Bishoujo is one of the most under appreachiated game genres you can find, especially ecchi games, so those who do like them tends to naturally be a bit defensive.
I really don’t get the appeal of stuff like this if its intent is to be sexy. At least something like Dead or Alive Xtreme 3 doesn’t infantilise the girls.
It’s also funny that this received an IARC-generated M rating (akin to ESRB T and PEGI 12), but had this game been properly peer-assessed, I’d bet that it would be banned, or if they’re in a good mood, slapped with an R18+ classification like some of the other games were.
I noticed that PQube must have redone the IARC form because the rating originally cited “Coarse language” only (suggesting that all of the pervy content could have been accommodated at the PG or even G ratings!), but it now also cites “Sexualised imagery” which is at least a somewhat fairer indication of the game’s content.
@frabbit i would agree wen it comes to porn and stuff thats shouldnt be in public places but these games are not as bad compare to xxx stuff.
@RiasGremory Hey there, you absolutely can but we please ask this to be in a polite & constructive manner 🙂
@CharlieGirl All gamers? Nah, just a niche. These games are cheaply made and sell well enough to that niche to become successful. You probably knew that though, but I guess we're all guilty of hyperbolic statements
@Franklin In the grander scheme of things does it really matter? They're not real
@DreamlandGem ok i wasnt trying to be disrespectful just puzzled on the con part.
@frabbit : Common decency, like common sense, have become rather uncommon over the last couple of decades. I’d also extend the need for privacy regarding most things of a sexual nature, but it seems that many have been emboldened to shout their appetites from the rooftops, which I find rather tacky, to put it mildly.
is that why i got funny looks on train to zurich here was me thinking i had my mask on upside down
@Matty1988
Well, I'm not an expert by any means, but from brief conversations I've had on the subject with police officer friends, the concern is that it normalises it.
@RiasGremory No problem! ❤
@Mattock1987
hears Beavis and Butthead laughing in the background
@Duffman92 I wish more episodes of that show were available to watch
@CharlieGirl Yeah, too many of these games seem to be made from an extremely cynical mindset: "Here's the required quota of T&A. Give us your money!".
I've encountered a few exceptions, though, such as the original Gal's Panic, which gave us a pretty good update of the gameplay mechanics of Taito's Qix.
@Tobiaku Bringing up Dream Daddy would make sense if that game involved shooting male high schoolers and stimulating their erogenous zones. But it doesn't; there's no erotic content featuring high schoolers of any gender in Dream Daddy, which is the main aspect of Gal*Gun that many could consider "problematic".
I don't think I've ever seen a review where every single screenshot shown is downright incriminating stuff. Well done I guess?
Oh boy ANOTHER near porn game. This one even has the most generic girls I've ever seen.
For a family friendly system I'm almost to the point of actually being impressed at how much of this crap is on the eShop. If this sort of "game" is your jam you could "play" them until your hand(s) fall off with the massive amount of them.
It’s a fun series and I can’t wait to pick up my copy after work today.
@Kochambra I brought up Dream Daddy more as if it is bothersom that Gal gun for not being for everyone, Dream daddy is also not for everyone. Not that the content is exactly the same.
If I witnessed someone playing a game like this quietly, I would mind my own business and leave them to their interests as it doesn't impact me or others.
If I witnessed someone play this game with the volume on max in a public setting (such as a bus), I believe that gives me and others full right to judge them - not for their interests, but for their perceived pleasure in making others uncomfortable.
There's a difference between liking things that others find distasteful and deliberately making others feel uncomfortable for a reaction. It's hard to sympathize with an exhibitionist.
@PtM
What is?
@CharlieGirl And, judging by most of the comments here, the publishers are spot on. Or maybe this site is just full of horny 13 year olds.
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About the "high school" part... The game never says it's high school. It only says "Academy". This game could be set in college for all you know.
And anyway I am glad to see Nintendo is continuing to give Japanese developers creative freedom. One of the worst things Sony did was implementing that stupid censorship policy.
Also, about games like this possibly "normalizing" sexualization in real life and whatnot... Do people not realize this kind of thing has been in anime since the 70s, and it's still not normalized? If these games will have such an effect, when is it going to happen?
All that said, I wouldn't play this in public. I wouldn't even use my Switch on the bus without headphones, that's just being an annoyance.
And I agree with 6/10. I played this on PC and that's what I'd give it. I'm buying it again on Switch though, my Inti Creates fanboyism can't help it.
....Back to hating on fanservice games again huh?
I love me my fanservices games, but the gameplay in this series is so boring.
If it's banned in Germany, someone hasn't told the German eShop yet. Looks perfectly purchaseable to me.
To my knowledge none of these games involving schoolgirls have been banned here, usually they don't even get a mature rating like their NA counterparts.
@saintsflow20
How are you measuring normalisation?
@RubyCarbuncle
Judgemental about what?
None of the Gal Gun games were banned in Germany and only Gal Gun 2 got an 18+ rating, the others, this one included got a 16+ rating.
@RubyCarbuncle You willingly shared that you sat on a public bus and deliberately made an elderly woman uncomfortable by playing a lewd game at full volume.
You willingly shared (and to your credit, deleted) that you are a 44 year old man and age shouldn't matter.
All I contributed to your own statements was that this is unsettling to me based on all you have said.
I will cease to engage you and hope you have a better day.
@Neoicelord Children likely come here so it makes perfect sense.
@RubyCarbuncle
Well, as 35 year old Nintendo fan I know what you mean about age.
But from what I gather the judgement isn't about your age, but the indeterminate age of the characters in the game.
@Franklin In terms of existence of games like this endangering schoolgirls in the real world... It's just not going to. There is nothing pointing towards that it would.
In terms of, I guess, normalization of attraction to schoolgirls? This type of game won't have an effect. The vast majority of people will always think it's weird. There are barriers people won't cross. Games like this are firmly for "losers" and that will most likely always be the only audience.
In terms of in media, well, for anime, I don't think we've ever NOT been in a world where this kind of thing has not been "normalized" in anime media. Again for almost as long as anime has been around, so has this type of content.
@saintsflow20
Having lived in Japan, I can certainly say it's more normalised there than in the west.
Though I see what you're saying about actual criminal consequences.
I'd like to see the statistics mind.
And whilst criminal acts are one thing,
I would imagine it is still unpleasant to be a schoolgirl on the way to school, seeing an advertisement on the train featuring a similar age girl looking sexually submissive.
@Franklin That is understandable but I don't like the way some people have to come here and more or less attack others because of the type of game this is. Just a FYI I have since sold this game ( Gal Gun 2) and I don't intend to buy this one. Despite what that Astral Grain guy and those liking his comment may think I don't particularly like games of this nature. I like games like say Death End Re-quest Hyperdimension Neptunia but that's about it.
@RubyCarbuncle
And what type of game do you think this is?
@Ralizah
I kinda liked the first because of the gyro, but I was extremely disappointed when I got the sequel and it didn't have it.
Now I'm just kinda like... not interested if this game doesn't have gyro. Thats what made it fun.
If anyone is curious how old the schoolgirls are supposed to be or how old the target audience is, the Playstation 4 exclusive "Mom's Arrived Screen" feature speaks volumes.
"The PlayStation 4 version features an exclusive “Mama Kita Gamen” (“Mom’s Arrived Screen”), which makes the game turn into an RPG to keep players from looking indecent if someone enters the room."
Source: https://www.gematsu.com/2015/06/gal-gun-double-peace-ps4-ps-vita-differences-outlined
I want to reiterate no one should feel ashamed of their quirky interests others may find distasteful, but the developers are certainly aware that their content has a tenancy to make others feel uncomfortable.
@Kevember i don't know which potential reality is worse there
@RubyCarbuncle considering the amount of just, absurd stuff people say and do in these comment sections, it's not too farfetched to believe your comment was easy to take at face value (i know i did as well)
@Franklin It's a game about making young girls fall in love before the end of the day. You're given a special pheromone gun from an angel I guess? tbh it's a while ago since I played it so forgive me if my explanation of the game's plot is a little off.
@somebread That's why I removed it but insert user name here still replied in the manner that he did anyway when he didn't need to.
@RubyCarbuncle
From reading the review it seemed to me that the player gave them some sort of pseudo o*****, but perhaps I misunderstood.
@SteamEngenius Lately, the Sony console has been the "family" console, given how much of censoring they've been requesting to their developers.
@Franklin I thought that was a joke going around the internet tbh. Some say it's just a type of euphoria they reach (same thing I guess? sorry I feel awkward here) but looking at it now it probably isn't.
Ah, had this once on PS4 and pretty much enjoyed it. Liked this way more than the sequel which also came to Switch.
I need to get this game and play it at full volume in public just to spite the reviewer.
I'm sorry, but the review just sounds like someone that doesn't even like the nature of the games to begin with.
We get it, your not cool with it, but I would like a review, you know, so people who like the game can know if its good as a game or not.
@Joeynator3000 You know it.
@Franklin The slippery slope fallacy is one that's plagued games for years. There's been no link between violence and video games, nor paedophilia and video games. If it makes you feel better, they're all 21+
@PtM Call it what you want, but at the heart of the issue you'll need to accept that games are for everyone and just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean it should go away.
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@Matty1988
That's a curious approach.
Generally as a society, we accept there are certain moral limits.
If it weren't for certain moral absolutes we probably would still have child labour in factories.
And are games for everyone? 'Everyone' is an absolute term that would include, well, everyone, from antisemites, to torturers, to pig abusers.
@Snatcher (Apologies for tagging the wrong person)
If you had to review a game about something you morally abhor, you may also have difficulty suppressing your feelings about it while still doing your job of reviewing a game.
If one reads into the content of this game, it's easy to think it glorifies a male player dominating a school of girls (only referred to as 'girls') by forcing 'euphoria' on them via shooting them with a blast of 'pheromones' while also being able to use an x-ray gun to view their underwear at any time and also dress each of them as if they were human dolls.
It's easy to find this offensive if you read into it past the colorful video game surface. A lesser journalist would have just said "no" when asked to review this game.
@Franklin It's not curious at all. Media has been pushing boundaries consistently for about 100 years, but it hasn't resulted in mass indoctrination.
@Matty1988
I'm not really sure what you're saying.
Marriage age for instance has increased throughout most of the world over the last 100 years.
In any case, the concern isn't about it being en masse, but a significant minority.
For example, when there are concerns about terrorism, they know it isn't the majority of society that will be swayed by extreme ideology, but a significant minority.
@Franklin I outlined it in my first response to you - you're using a slippery slope fallacy as an argumentative point, something that has never applied to video games and rarely to media. What else do you want me to say? You've gone off on a strange tangent that has nothing to do with smutty video games.
@Matty1988
Your principle was;
"you'll need to accept that games are for everyone and just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean it should go away."
Just because something is popular with a certain demographic, doesn't mean it should be allowed, otherwise almost anything could be permissible (including the insinuated paedophilia in the above reviewed game).
That you view gratification over underage females to be merely 'smut' is also deeply concerning.
"just because you don't like it, it doesn't mean it should go away."
No, but we do as a society determine if certain things, such a s paedophilia, are not acceptable.
It is also not a slippery slope argument to hold someone to an absolute claim they've made.
My argument was about moral limits, ends in themselves.
@Franklin Oh that's not the post I was replying to lol. Yeah, I stand by that. Is there anything inherently harmful in this? It doesn't look like it, to be honest. I don't think going to extremes is helping your argument tbh
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@Astral-Grain Wait did you mean to tag me or?
But I do get what your saying,Because I'm not saying its an easy thing to do, I just wish they wouldn't have reviewed it at all because thats what i'm looking for a review, If I don't like a type of game, idk why I would review it, I couldn't give a good view on something I just don't like.
“Expert Mode demands tighter wrist action”
You did that deliberately! 😂
@Snatcher You were the intended tag.
I'm sure all journalists would agree with you. In a perfect world, they would only cover content that they're actually interested in. Unfortunately, that's just now how journalism works.
We can't blame the journalist for doing their job. We also can't blame their boss for making them take this assignment because they are also just doing their job by providing reviews for games that are either popular or at least draw attention to the site (look at all these comments).
Sometimes we get a review from someone that favors the game and therefore has bias for it. Sometimes we get a review from someone that dislikes a game and therefore has bias against it.
There are plenty of reviews for this game as it has been out on other consoles since 2016. The reviewer didn't seem to mention performance or Switch-only issues so a Steam review or PS4 review should be about the same.
@Astral-Grain And sadly, this is just fact.
I don't like it, but I can't argue those truths.
@Astral-Grain i appreciate your thought-out comments even when i don't agree with them
@somebread I appreciate your perceived opinion of me not completely clouding your judgement.
Not just appreciate, but I respect you for saying so.
@Itachi2099 It's probably a culture that comes from the US. Automatic guns are perfectly fine for toddlers, but you must be 18 to see half a nipple on screen.
Of all the culture shocks I deal with everything I moved between Japan and NA, sexual hang ups is always the most noticeable, and infuriating. The "outrage" at a game like this and the schoolgirl outfits is something I never get used to.
There is NOTHING more dangerous and unacceptable in Western society then fantasying about sex. If we let people see school girl panties in a video game everyone is going to rape children! Shooting people in the head and enjoying graphic and realistic brutal violence in video games or things like the saw movies are fine though, that's just fantasy.
Don't get me wrong, Japan's hang-ups around ACTUAL sex are ridiculous and overwhelming, but in Japan fantasy is fantasy. You can buy manga focused on rape, sexual violence and murder, underage sex, scat, whatever the hell gets you off. The understanding is that enjoying thinking about a thing doesn't mean you REALLY want to do that thing or ever well. Hell I have fantasies about killing several people every day, but currently have done ZERO murders!
It's called the "slippery slop fallacy" because it's a flawed argument. No where is it more obvious then the slippery slop around depicted sex.
Look I personally don't give a *****, I think both cultures should be respected. I understand better then most how meaningless the social construct of morality is given I have to drastically shift "right and wrong" ever few years. But nothing is more infuriating then hearing people in the west tell me that if they allow games like this, then sexual violence is going to increase.
Japan has had full on porn games around sexual violence and underage sex going back decades and that's not the case. In fact, 1 in 5 women in the US reports being raped at some point, with the vast majority happening before 18, while in Japan around 6 in 100 woman report being the victim of sexual violence of any kind. Not to mention every country in the world plays violent video games, but the US is the only place you are more likely to die of a gunshot then a car accident before you're 18.
Maybe the video games are the RESULT of culture, not the cause?
I'm picking this up at Gamestop next week. I had fun with this on PS4.
@RiasGremory The grabbing dragon can help solve any problems you maybe having though 😁
Not sure why not being a fit for public play has to be negative. Sure, I wouldn't play it on a bus or train just like I wouldn't watch porn on my smartphone as this is getting into sexual harassement territory if a bystander is exposed to it. However, there are plenty of other games I wouldn't play in public aswell like Mortal Kombat. In fact, the higher the age rating of a game/movie the more you should consider not playing/watching it in public as it may contain content that not everyone is okay with.
Anyway, I played GalGun 2 on Switch and it was ... okay. I like fanservice games but these games feel like they don't dive deep enough into the fanservice aspects which leaves you with just enough fanservice to be offputting for people who don't like that kind of stuff but not enough fanservice for the people who are really into it. The gun play is also very basic and the lack of gyro aiming doesn't help with this one.
@MajinSoul Genuine curiosity, why do you believe this game doesn't have enough fan service for those who are really into it?
Boob physics, X-ray vision, Dress/Undress with a selection of costumes, forcing girls into lewd poses with equally lewd audio, forcing girls to experience 'euphoria' by shooting them, having every girl you encounter instantly love you, etc.
One would think this is the description of a fanservice goldmine, right?
I remember watching a James Bond film with my niece, with all the shooting and violence I didn’t bat an eyelid but when James kissed a Bond girl I said to her to look away xx
@MajinSoul Do you mean there are not enough fanservice tropes or?
@Dragonslacker
How old was the Bond girl?
@Matty1988 slippery slopes aren't fallacies.
Societies continually slip down slopes until they fall of the cliff. The survivors realize the errors of their ways. Then the next generation start pushing toward that slope again. That's literally the story of mankind.
@BTB20 @Manah
Hey there. Perhaps it wasn’t explicitly clear, but the banning referred to was for Gal Gun 2’s previous 2018 release. I cross-referenced the information in several areas:
https://twitter.com/inticreatesen/status/961302412903424000?s=21
https://twitter.com/ricedigital/status/961253052262113280?s=21
https://nintendoeverything.com/galgun-2-refused-classification-in-germany-essentially-banned/
https://www.reddit.com/r/PS4/comments/7vx81v/gal_gun_2_banned_in_germany/?
If you feel this information is incorrect and needs to be amended, please let me know with your sources, and I’ll be happy to address it.
ive never played it, dont really plan to, but BOY are these comments snarky. We can all get along im sure, and i have the way here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWGixf0luDs
It's the new coconut mall remix. it's a little strange at first, but it grows on ya
@nowthisisepic I'm easy to get on with but ofc because of a joke people thought I was being serious and things went downhill from there.
I will not joke ever again as it seems there are many sensitive people here who are easily offended. A shame as we could all do with some laughter now but obviously there are those that don't want to laugh which is fine. I'll play along to keep the peace.
I love these games! Are they good? No. Are they fun? Yes! Do I own all three now physically on the Switch? Hell yeah, baby! Let's go!
@RubyCarbuncle calm down tiger, im just trying to remind yall these are games.
@nowthisisepic Hmm? I know lol I'm not mad in the slightest.
@RubyCarbuncle i assumed as much, text is such an inefficient way of speaking, as it can be interpreted in all kinds of ways. Have yourself a good one!
@Tom-Massey No problem.
@CharlieGirl Right on the money so to speak
@Itachi2099 If someone plays this in public, imma give that person a reassuring thumbs up for saying f you to what society thinks about them.
To give the reviewer some credit, he at least wasn't as harsh about the content and culture around these types of games as O'Reilly was, as these games are not for everyone, but I seriously doubt anyone would care all that much about what you play in public(especially since you probably won't be playing this game in public for multiple reasons). Like it's seriously funny to me how a lot of gamers outside of Japan judge other gamers who might casually enjoy something like this when they grew up in a generation with DOA Xtreme and the sort. This type of stuff was around since the mid-80's and it didn't normalize criminal behavior back then and still isn't now.
But honestly, these games are not my first choice to explore the world of Eroge. Wasn't planning on buying it and I still have no interest, They're just ok. They're not meant to be seen as deep or enthralling, just cheap fan service, but that's what I'd be there for. Honestly I would bump it up to a 6.5 or 7. All-in-all, let's try not to attack each other for our different tastes.
"the game’s three hour runtime"
after many 3 minute segments & naps
@Tom-Massey
Sounds like it was initially refused a rating (which isn't quite the same as being banned) but as of now, it's available on the eShop, rated USK18. I'm not sure if anything has been altered/censored, the shop on the console lists a much later June 2019 release, but the rating is higher than the standard USK16 for this type of game.
https://www.nintendo.de/Spiele/Nintendo-Switch/Gal-Gun-2-1350585.html
@PtM @Manah
Appreciate all of this input. It sounds as though it was reconsidered at a much later date for a rating that ultimately went through. The internet has made far less noise about this than they did for its initial rejection, making it less clear as to what the ratings board actually did. Censorship in this type of game would be hard, since it’s more the overarching theme that poses problems (the only amendment that might work would be adding ages to the character profiles that detail them as 20+).
Y'all know Deviant Art is a free website, yeah? No idea why people pay for these games.
@Jadamson929 I pay for them because I think they are fun games.
@Jadamson929
Worksafe NSFW, the fine line between outright porn and just lewd content that won't get blocked on school wifi.
@Dakotastomp
You are expecting a father with kids to give the glowing review about Gal Gun is something that wasn't going to happen any time soon.
Still this game made me made my peace with how Inti Creates handles their line of work in being a 16+ Indie label since they also made Gunvolt Franchise, Blaster Master and how they just openly embrace the naughtier side of Megaman that we didn't think too much about when we were kids.
@RedKhan I don’t have kids, and I don’t think this would be a qualifying factor in terms of judgement even if I did. The review is written for the broadest possible audience, rather than a niche who make purchases purely based on levels of ecchi material. In light of this, the review content and its score - both based on the quality of the title - are appropriate and fair, I believe.
@Tom-Massey
I was talking @PJOreily, he made some reviews where he panned the game for sexual content and the weebs on Nintendo Life took offense to that. Personally I don't mind if a review like that gets negative reception but fans of such games are already in a situation where they feel like they are constantly getting attacked by critics.
@RedKhan Oh I see, apologies for the confusion. I’m not familiar with PJ’s reviews for this particular series. Worth noting: it’s common for a reviewer to approach games of this type with an element of humour. That’s not really a sleight, but the perception among fans is that it’s making fun of the fandom. It isn’t. It’s for entertainment purposes and to meet the expectations of a broader audience curious about the title.
@Tom-Massey Maybe you don't intend to use that to make fun of fans of ecchi games, but others will. And in a world were gamers who enjoy this type of fanservice is marginalized, and where there are people very vocal about wanting said fanservice gone, its not entertaining to see us being called hikikomori. You don't need to like the game, but perhaps save the insults?
@Tobiaku As I explained above, it’s a review written for the broadest possible audience, and not for a niche. Articles have a form: introduction, explanation, appraisal, conclusion. The “Hikikomori” phenomenon was cited to provide context for the layman to understand the game’s appeal. You may consider this an extreme and a category you don’t belong to, and if that’s the case it wasn’t actually directed at you. If you feel insulted by this, I apologise. The important aspect is the critical analysis, and as it happens, the game scored well based on how it appeals to its target audience, and the fact that it’s playable. We can’t easily write articles on this kind of subject matter and pander to one particular audience unfortunately - a broader scope is required.
I would definitely be embarrassed to play this or mortal kombat in public and most people would. You guys that say that you wouldn't are either the rare bunch or just denying it.
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