We have seen action hero characters get tortured, beaten, and maimed. Being subjected to torture "completely removes one's agency and sense of empowerment" and yet is common fare for the action genre.
how often have those instances of torture been advertised so blatantly as this, though, as a crucial part of the development of the character? they're usually set up as another obstacle for that hero to overcome and boom it's back to fighting terrorists or sneaking through the enemy base or whatever.
i don't think rape and torture can be compared so easily. not to say that they're are not similar in some respects, but torture is most often about getting something, like information or cooperation. rape is mostly a power display through sexual violence.
i just don't think it's the kind of thing most video games can wield effectively as a narrative device.
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snowy
first name katana, last name swordsworth. also middle name katana