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This is for the new God of War game they showed yesterday where you play as Kratos’ deceased wife.

Utterly predictable response TBH. What’s funny about this particular comment is that Alfred is arguably just as capable as Batman. The average gamer culture warrior not only doesn’t have media literacy, he just hasn’t read the material.

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[–] justdaveisfine@piefed.social 57 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Wasn't Alfred like SAS or a British Intelligence Officer? I'd 1000℅ play a game with him as a protagonist.

[–] jontree255@lemmy.world 37 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Yeah I think that’s his backstory. There’s comic panels where Alfred straight up says he’s not Batman and he’ll kill people if he has to.

[–] Godnroc@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Whilst holding a shotgun of I recall correctly. I want this game!

[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

HBO did a three season show starring Alfred in a wildly stylized 1960s called Pennyworth. Was a pretty fun ride.

[–] TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

The only thing I know about that show is that they soft-retitled it in season 3 to be "Pennyworth: The Origin of Batman's Butler".

[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm no Batman buff, but I think that's a more recent version. In the older versions, he bordered on doddering, to the point where Batman had to keep him out of trouble.

[–] andyburke@fedia.io 24 points 3 days ago (1 children)

remember when these little twats used to call everyone "snowflake"?

lol.

lmao.

[–] jtrek@startrek.website 16 points 3 days ago

Every conservative accusation is a confession

[–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 8 points 3 days ago

Be Alfred? I'd play that game as long as it wasn't a PlayStation exclusive.

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

I'm so sick of incels getting a seat at the table

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm just glad it's not Kratos's annoying ass son.

Not to give The Gamers any benefit of the doubt, but (to me) the main reason the new GoW works is that it's interesting to see Kratos live with all the shit he did in the previous games, so I think any character would have trouble replacing him.

Though, to be fair, after two giant ass games hammering that point, it got old.

[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I just wanna see more of her gelatinous cube

[–] Malyca@lemmy.zip 4 points 3 days ago

Exactly Frank the cube is where it's at