12 Classic Things Most Modern Video Games Are Missing

2. A Lack Of Political Correctness

If there's one social aspect of gaming that's improved significantly over the last decade, it's how women are depicted in the medium. Though there are still plenty of gorgeous, ridiculously-propotioned women cavorting around in absurdly revealing costumes, on the whole devs are much more sensitive to audience concerns, and as such, treat gamers both male and female with a lot more respect. After all, gaming isn't a pasttime solely favoured by basement-dwelling neckbeards who've never met a girl in real life, is it? The problem with this is that it also gives way to overt political correctness, where any sexual depiction of a female is dissected with a knee-jerk, faux-offense by the gaming media, and frankly, by 2014, it feels rather tired. Sure, if left unchecked, studios can trot out awful games like rape sim Custer's Revenge, but a sexy depiction of a woman is not automatically sexist, regardless of what some might tell you. The debate also transpires through to violence: when GTA V was released, much was written about the controversial torture mission By the Book, with numerous websites spouting unconvincing outrage, that the scene had apparently disturbed them to their core. Is everyone else who merely appreciated that it was a game just sociopathic? Surely not: they merely realised that the entire mission was wrapped in satirical context (as a critique of the US government) and moved on with their lives. Though some objectionable material is worth complaining about, on the whole, if you don't like it, just don't play it.