Let's Sperg No Male Heroes - Straw sexism at it's finest.

[Lucky Wildcard]

I meant to do this a few months ago, but better late than never.

No Male Heroes is a game made in RPG Maker by waza! games and released on January 3, 2015. Here's what the game is supposed to be about:

The main character Neil is a passionate video gamer in a parallel universe where gender roles are reversed. He is used to video games where women are in charge, without any male heroes. One day, the daily routine of cooking, cleaning and houseman boredom is disrupted by a chain of events getting not only threatening, but more and more surrealistic as well…

No Male Heroes is a short newsgame relating to the discussion about “Tropes vs. Women in Video Games“ from Anita Sarkeesian. News games aim to entertain and to offer new perspective or ways to give information about important topics.

No Male Heroes features:

• Deep narrative about gender equality in games
• Follow up information about the “Tropes vs. Women in Video Games" debate
• Lots of different possible choices and interactions
• Atmospheric and tense soundtrack
• It's available for free!

In reality, it's exactly what everyone on this board is thinking. A poorly made attempt to educate about sexism in gaming. As stated above, it's in an alternate universe where women have privilege and men are doing all of the women's roles. Why? Because reasons and a half-assed attempt to show men what it's like to be a woman and what they go through everyday.

It's also one of the most unintentionally fucking hilarious games I've ever played. I'm serious. It's pure narm from start to finish that you can't help but laugh at how ridiculous this game gets. It's also not a very deep story either. I easily completed it in 30 minutes, and less that that on subsequent playthroughs.

Not only that, but for the most part, there's not a lot of people talking about it. A youtube search only brought up (As of this posting anyway) four videos. It didn't get hype or attention, and as far as I know, it slipped under the radar. You're no doubt wondering why would I even want to check this game out. Well, this GameFAQs review, of all things. From there It was a matter of googling the game and downloading it due to bile fascination. After experiencing the hilarity, this was too good to NOT share with you fellow Kiwis. It's free, but there are (thankfully) optional donations if you wish to support the developers, the minimum being $1.00. Naturally, I didn't pay because I'm a cheapskate. =P

So here's how this is going to go. See, since this is supposed to be one of those narrative driven games, I've decided show off a screenshot playthrough of one the game's paths for your amusement. It'll be fun. Trust me. I'll cover 1 chapter per post. They're basically short anyway, and I should have it done within a day or two. Also, only two ending, but that only applies to what you do in the final chapter.

For now, here's a screenshot to set the mood.

 

[autisticdragonkin]

A poorly made attempt to educate about sexism in gaming

What ever happened to it not being the job of SJWs to educate us.

https://kiwifarms.net/attachments/nmh-trigger-warning-png.55800/

Are the trigger warnings supposed to be an example of misandry

 

[Derbydollar]

You actually played this all the way through? Geez
I would try it if it came in a portable form instead of in an installer.

It always gets to me when SJWs try to educate gamers with games...
They should realize their main audience are people who don't play games, especially uknown indie ones.

 

[Watcher]

I remember there was an episode of Sliders that did the whole "swapped gender roles" thing way, way better.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0702792/

 

[MrTroll]

Wow, playing this game really taught me how to feel empathy for oppressed peoples such as wealthy white feminists and critically examine my privilege. Thanks!

 

[AnOminous]

It always gets to me when SJWs try to educate gamers with games...

Especially when the only lesson they really teach is that they're shitty at making games.

 

[alex_theman]

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This is all RPG maker stock assets. Is anyone surprised?

 

[AnOminous]

This is all RPG maker stock assets. Is anyone surprised?

That should be the fucking trigger warning, not that other bullshit.

 

[Lucky Wildcard]

Is this supposed to be an example of misandry

You could say that. It's a typical abuse of the trigger warning, making the game more shocking than it is, but it's not. There is misandry as it's an alternate universe, but it's used as an strawman. It's basically "Let's see how you worthless men like it when you go through a woman's struggles everyday!" the game.

You actually played this all the way through? Geez
I would try it if it came in a portable form instead of in an installer.

It always gets to me when SJWs try to educate gamers with games...
They should realize their main audience are people who don't play games, especially uknown indie ones.

It could be worse. When the game initially came out, it was $3.00 before it was free with optional donations.

All right, I got the screencaps ready, so here we go with the first chapter. I'm not gonna screencap all of the dialogue though, only parts which I find to be amusing. I'll just explain what's going on instead.

It opens with the main character, Neil, watching the trailer for "Jungle Raider" where the main character is Lawrence Craft (sigh) and reading an E-mail from his friend, Peter about the dinner party. Just as he's about to watch it again, this happens:

Neil struggles and eventually manages to succeed in rebooting the computer, just in time Leslie to tell Neil to make breakfast for her.

Yes, this is actually a challenge. You need to fix breakfast for her within the time limit. It's not that hard, but Leslie will get annoyed if you take too long. You can even get into a short argument with her.

Also, stock RPG Maker effect for frying eggs.

Regardless, after fixing breakfast for her, Leslie will ask why Neil was yelling at the computer. He says that it may have been a virus and it spoke to him about the reality being twisted. The name of the virus?

She also tells Neil to buy Forces of War IV for her at the video store, and leaves for work, excited that she hopes to get a job contract over her rival, Arlette. You can mess around in the house for a while if you want, but ultimately you'll need to take the car keys and leave for the video store. I'll cover this in a separate post if you want.

Chapter 2 coming up next.

 

[A Random]

Why does Leslie look like a darker-skinned Anita Sarkeesian?

 

[Lucky Wildcard]

Okay, time for Chapter 2!

We now head to the media store to try and get Jungle Raider. But you only have so much money, and can only buy one or the other.

People certainly ain't nice here, either. Regardless, the games are supposed to be on the right side of the store, so let's see what they have:

Interesting tidbit about The First Frontier (The game I'm looking at in the screenshot above). You can actually watch an trailer for it and buy it. But you won't get either Forces of War IV or Jungle Raider.

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Since I basically got Neil a free strategy game, I bought Forces of War IV for Leslie. The only way you can get Jungle Raider is if you order it from the counter after looking at what they have. Jungle Raider is not here. The reason is because they cater to a niche audience. Yeah, niche or not, I'm sure a video store would have more than than to simply stock 5 copies of a game that has rave reviews. But I digress...

I'm also posting a couple more screencaps with Neil complaining at the counter because typos are funny. Seriously, I've spotted several typos and various English mistakes throughout this game.

Time to leave back home. But something crazy happens on the trip home. Next up: Chapter 3!

 

[Ruin]

I love it when sjw's demonstrate that the reason they can't make it in the game industry isn't because of evil misogynists but because they're talent less hacks.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

But half of the gamer are men!

 

[Lucky Wildcard]

This next one's real short. Trust me.

Oh boy...

As Neil walks back to his car, he encounters some teenage girls who proceed to cat call him.

This is wrong on so many levels. SO MANY LEVELS. Regardless of whether you respond or ignore them, they'll hound you and corner you in an alley.

And then they beat you down and attempt rape you.

Neil's screaming for help, but I was trying to screenshot these RPG Maker Effects. A little girl tries to help, but...

Eventually, another woman named Mary comes to the rescue and saves Neil.

The teenagers fuck off and Mary goes to level 20.

Your given the option to have Mary kiss you on the cheek and then she leaves. Leslie calls him that she got Arlette's job from her and is really happy until Neil tells her about the assault on his life. She tells him to take a taxi home while she comes home as soon as possible.

I'd like to point out that this is merely the halfway point. It's where the really ridiculous stuff happens, but I'll finish it tomorrow. Chapter 4 will be up by then with the dinner party.

 

[autisticdragonkin]

This next one's real short. Trust me.

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Oh boy...

As Neil walks back to his car, he encounters some teenage girls who proceed to cat call him.

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This is wrong on so many levels. SO MANY LEVELS. Regardless of whether you respond or ignore them, they'll hound you and corner you in an alley.

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And then they beat you down and attempt rape on you.

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Neil's screaming for help, but I was trying to screenshot these RPG Maker Effects. A little girl tries to help, but...

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Eventually, another woman named Mary comes to the rescue and saves Neil.

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The teenagers fuck off and Mary goes to level 20.

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Your given the option to have Mary kiss you on the cheek and then she leaves. Leslie calls him that she got Arlette's job from her and is really happy until Neil tells her about the assault on his life. She tells him to take a taxi home while she comes home as soon as possible.

I'd like to point out that this is merely the halfway point. It's where the really ridiculous stuff happens, but I'll finish it tomorrow. Chapter 4 will be up by then with the dinner party.

irl tumblrinas would do the same thing but they would be trash mobs that even a lvl 1 NPC would have no problem with

 

[RJ MacReady]

I just noticed that the title font is very obviously an (unintentional?) imitation of the Minecraft logo, as if it couldn't be any more autistic.

 

[GeorgeDaMoose]

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Spoiler

HAS NO STYLE.
HE HAS NO GRACE.

I'm so sorry, that was the only thing I could think of when I saw that shot.

 

[Lucky Wildcard]

Time to resume!

Neil comes back home and heads to the bathroom. Here, you can clean up, take a few sleeping pills, or overdose on them, getting a game over. No seriously, here's the screen.

This is the only game over you can get in the game.

Even then, if you take a few sleeping pills, he'll get dizzy babble some crap and fall on the bed. I decided to get him cleaned up and go to the phone to call my friends and call off the dinner party. Unfortunately, you can't get time to talk to Peter, but you get to talk to Cathy, his wife. I decided to tell her about the assault and we should call the police tomorrow. I then go to sleep with Leslie waking me up.

Embarrasing, simply embarrassing. She needs to leave for a meeting and needs Neil to cook dinner for the party tonight.

Now you have the option to cook dinner, get drunk, or take your medicine before doing either.

That being said, if you drink 3 beers in a row, you'll get drunk and pass out in the bathroom. This'll also happen to you if you drink a beer after taking those happy pills. As compensation, she'll order from the delistore for the dinner instead. But I didn't do that, I took those pills and got to cooking.

Leslie comes home, and Peter and Cathy come to the party, as well as Mary (That chick who rescued him earlier) and her husband Karl, who is Leslie's co-worker. There's a few more screenshots than normal for this post, so first:

You'll start to enjoy your dinner, and Neil will either act happy or like a bitch to everyone, depending on whether or not you made him take the meds. Also, if you drink after taking the meds, the happy effects will wear off before the dinner party even begins. Cathy will ask as to whether or not you're okay.

Two guys decide to crack this joke:

Neil will act completely or slightly offended at this unless you took those meds, in which case you'll laugh along with them. Meanwhile, the ladies gush over how awesome Forces of War IV is.

Is Mary having an orgasm or something?

During this time, she brings up the fact that Neil plays a "Sweet Legend Crush" on his tablet all time. With the meds, Neil will be slightly embarrassed, or defensive without, which brings up these pointless choices.

Yes, a gender-flipped version of the Bechdel Test. Really? You can pick them all until the last option appears telling you to forget about it and give up.

Here, they'll talk about the fact that Mary saved Neil earlier in the story. If he took those pills, you can bring up the fact that Mary kissed you if you let her, to Leslie's surprise. Nothing important, though.

The party ends, the effects of the happy pills will wear off by this point. What happens next is pretty ridiculous.

More annoying spelling mistakes!

Anyway, remember Arlette? She kidnaps Neil since Leslie took her job away from her. Her response?

Chapter 5 is probably the most hilarious one of them all. It'll be up next post.

 

[Johnny Bravo]

But he was wearing long jeans and a long sleeve shirt when he got jumped. I'm not sure if this is some kind of statement about rape victims or just laziness.

 

[KingGeedorah]

Why do you guys spend your time playing shitty games?

At least DSP gets paid for it.