Trying to make augs into victims is a funny plot point. Hey you, the woman who can jump to the roof with your super legs and the guy who can outsmart me because you have a chip in your head, prepare to be victimised by me, the not-so-well-paid security guard.
I still think Abzu is a really cool name for this.
If you're not into ancient mythology, Abzu was the primeval sea in the Ancient Mesopotamian Religion. I think it's roughly cognate with "abyss," which is why they're pretty similar words.
His consort, Tiamat is also cognate with "abyss" "deep" etc and sounds like "tumult" like a whirlpool. The Babylonian mythology is all about water since it was a precious resource in the desert.
@redking56: don't have face touching mini games randomly inserted into fairly serious RPGs.
That's an unfortunate example of lost in translation. In Japan it is common for family and close friends to tap each other's faces as a sign of affection. It's just a cultural difference like Mediterranean countries it's common to greet men and women with a kiss.
@humanity: I was just speaking to how women are treated in Japanese media, which is a lot better than how they are in mainstream western media.
Their appearance might be excessive or even be considered exploitive but they're at least given character and motivations in most cases that go beyond being love interests which is more than you can say about some recent mainstream films in the west, Creed being a recent example I saw. I liked the film but the female lead was one of the most egregious examples of "insert love interest" I've seen
This is especially important when analyzing games from Japan where the culture and general gender role sensibilities are quite different to the west, and sadly quite a bit outdated.
This is an outdated opinion when even Kojima's female characters from Snatcher are still written with more depth and purpose within the plot than the average American film these days. People can't see past the clothing to notice that they add more to the story then something the male character can talk to and this is true for a lot of Japanese media having strong independent female presence, especially in their music which has a lot of female musicians and all female bands compared to other countries.
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