Customization doesn't really fix the outfit for those taking issue with it. You can customize hairstyle and skin, hair, eye and outfit colors, but the outfit itself will always be that.
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Why women criticise sexualised character designs |OT2| I have no pants and I must scream (READ OP)
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Customization doesn't really fix the outfit for those taking issue with it. You can customize hairstyle and skin, hair, eye and outfit colors, but the outfit itself will always be that.
ResetEra has plenty of Discord channels, many of which are replete with material for the more discerning individual.
True, there are a lot of discords out there but I don't think there is one specifically for this thread
Throwback to when Nami was a D cup and then shit got out of hand. Now a lot of the women look incredibly stupid due to them having balloon sized breasts.
Anyway, representing big boobs at this point is like representing white people. Shits way over-saturated
Anyway, representing big boobs at this point is like representing white people. Shits way over-saturated
Almost done with Torna, got to say Lora's design js pretty good. They couldnt resist the tighs showing I guess but overall, especially for the game it is (lol), its quite good.
I really dislike how these fools have started use progressive language to defend regressive ideas. It's a poor argument anyway since big breasts are well represented.
Now good representation ie giving these characters support and not having them be defined by their breasts isn't common, but we all know they don't give a shit about that and just want boobs flying everywhere hence their anger over giving Tifa a sports bra.
Torna is actually quite tame in the shitty fanservice. The only sexualized characters are Mythra and Brighid, and that's because they were in the base game. Haze actually looks great without using any terrible outfit.
As for knowledge of the main game, the expansion assumes you know most of the terms like Blades, for example. Standalone, it is great and in many ways better than the main game since it doesn't have that awful gacha system and the main party is good.
From what I seen it still uses a lot of tropes that the XB2 has which is annoying but generally it a better approach.
Started? They've done this since day 1. I'm surprised they're not pushing "erasure" to refer to Tifa's breasts or "blackwashing" for Heimdall in Thor (or at least I've not come across it).
And yeah, if someone believes big breasted women need more "representation" in videogames, I'm sure they also think white people are underrepresented. Won't someone think of the poor white cishet dudes. :(
A new trailer for the video game adaptation of Gloomhaven came out today.
The game itself seems to be going in the right direction, but I'm not sure about the art style.
Going from this:
To this:
... it's kind of losing a bit of charm. At least they kept the same kind of clothing and didn't sexualized the women more than in the original art. Like esserius said, a 2D game might have been better than a full 3D thing.
The game itself seems to be going in the right direction, but I'm not sure about the art style.
Going from this:
To this:
... it's kind of losing a bit of charm. At least they kept the same kind of clothing and didn't sexualized the women more than in the original art. Like esserius said, a 2D game might have been better than a full 3D thing.
Found in Twitter this fanart of Female Byleth.
What a difference. She looks great wearing that instead of the abomination she is wearing in 3 Houses.
What a difference. She looks great wearing that instead of the abomination she is wearing in 3 Houses.
That's excellent! I hate when artists post some fantastic piece and label it a quick doodle though. Get outta here, that colouring took some time!
Couldn't find a better picture but just noticed in the MHW beta, Girros armor went from this
To this as the upgraded version
it's not show clearly but now she has short pants and untied skirt, also the upper body doesn't cover her whole torso.
It's not like it's terrible like others armors but it's weird having the higher Master rank version less covered. The MMO syndrome I guess.
To this as the upgraded version
it's not show clearly but now she has short pants and untied skirt, also the upper body doesn't cover her whole torso.
It's not like it's terrible like others armors but it's weird having the higher Master rank version less covered. The MMO syndrome I guess.
Couldn't find a better picture but just noticed in the MHW beta, Girros armor went from this
To this as the upgraded version
it's not show clearly but now she has short pants and untied skirt, also the upper body doesn't cover her whole torso.
It's not like it's terrible like others armors but it's weird having the higher Master rank version less covered. The MMO syndrome I guess.
Capcom, what are you doing??
What? Don't you go out in the winter cold in just your boxers?
...ok maybe not the fairest comparison because when I lived in Noth Dakota I never wore long sleeved shirts, let alone coats in -20*F weather.
I'm not an expert so someone can correct me, but IIRC the female ninjas I've seen haven't been anything too bad + FFXIV has a glamour option that let's you use any clothes/equipment you want and keep the design(s) you like, instead of forcing you into bikini armor at higher levels, as per MMO tradition. Like, if some high level equipment looks like crap, you can just make it look like some better set of equipment while keeping the higher stats.
Cool thanks. I'll see if I can give her some victorian-like clothing while I ninja the shit out of monsters XP.
Haven't you seen Street Fighter V?
Capcom has been on full "fanservice-mode" the whole generation.
Yeah I know... somebody needs to scold them and make them sit in a corner so they can think about their behavior. Also, no dessert!
MHW expansion armor for womens looks really disappointing. This and making pc players wait makes me not want to buy the expansion.
Hi. I lurk this thread sometimes (you all make a lot of great points about excessive sexualization of women in the industry) and I just wanted to point out that it's not all gloom and doom over in Monster Hunter land.
The Direwolf set for Women is the exact same as it is for men (and super appropriate given how cold the new zone is). Plus, it's 100% cosmetic and you get it from free when starting Iceborne.
Also, there's this sick Beotodus armor, which I was super impressed by.
I'm not going to defend the Girros and Banbaro sets for their lack of full pants (Banbaro especially looks ludicrous), but compared to previous games in the series, Capcom's improving. Even if they're doing it very slowly.
The Direwolf set for Women is the exact same as it is for men (and super appropriate given how cold the new zone is). Plus, it's 100% cosmetic and you get it from free when starting Iceborne.
Also, there's this sick Beotodus armor, which I was super impressed by.
I'm not going to defend the Girros and Banbaro sets for their lack of full pants (Banbaro especially looks ludicrous), but compared to previous games in the series, Capcom's improving. Even if they're doing it very slowly.
Holy shit. The Girros set is one of those I initially picked for my female hunter (before I abandoned her) because it's one of the only ones that look solid on women too. And now they're ruining that too?Couldn't find a better picture but just noticed in the MHW beta, Girros armor went from this
To this as the upgraded version
it's not show clearly but now she has short pants and untied skirt, also the upper body doesn't cover her whole torso.
It's not like it's terrible like others armors but it's weird having the higher Master rank version less covered. The MMO syndrome I guess.
Fuck off Capcom.
Sadly this is actually par for the course with them. All the games have had some female armors that are actually really good like those ones, but they're always accompanied by others that have the same kind of issues we see today. They say they go for variety, but their idea of variety for the male armors is a spectrum of practical to stylized, while for female armors it's a spectrum of sexualized to non-sexualized.
Like the anime spinoff thread, it probably needs its own place instead of going off topic here.
I think this character useless chains everywhere, unnecessarily exposed chest, and are those stickers plastered on his outfit? lol
Those are talismans, like the kind used to defeat Chinese vampires.
I know it's a late reply, but here are the level 60-70 sets, they're pretty much the same independently of gender which I think is fantastic.
You can find more armor sets on this link: https://xivstyle.com/
not specific to videogames, but since it was a videogame (One Piece Pirate Warriors 3) that made me start rewatching the show, I just wanted to say, it's rough being a One Piece fan man :(
it's certainly much better about it than Xeno 2, there are a couple of characters / blades from 2 in it, who are very sexualized (Mythra and Brighit) as they were in 2, but at least Mythra is using the "leggings" version now, which shocking noone, looks 146 times better
it also covers the boob window. Weird thing, this picture shows her costume (both versions) as being see through but its not like that in the game, either in xeno 2 or Torna. Unless that's soemthing you only notice on a big tv? I only played them portable.
it's certainly much better about it than Xeno 2, there are a couple of characters / blades from 2 in it, who are very sexualized (Mythra and Brighit) as they were in 2, but at least Mythra is using the "leggings" version now, which shocking noone, looks 146 times better
it also covers the boob window. Weird thing, this picture shows her costume (both versions) as being see through but its not like that in the game, either in xeno 2 or Torna. Unless that's soemthing you only notice on a big tv? I only played them portable.
not specific to videogames, but since it was a videogame (One Piece Pirate Warriors 3) that made me start rewatching the show, I just wanted to say, it's rough being a One Piece fan man :(
it's certainly much better about it than Xeno 2, there are a couple of characters / blades from 2 in it, who are very sexualized (Mythra and Brighit) as they were in 2, but at least Mythra is using the "leggings" version now, which shocking noone, looks 146 times better
it also covers the boob window. Weird thing, this picture shows her costume (both versions) as being see through but its not like that in the game, either in xeno 2 or Torna. Unless that's soemthing you only notice on a big tv? I only played them portable.
That's just her Smash Bros art version. She still use the left version in Torna.
Edit : There is some alternate costume option I've missed it seems, but it's optional and you have to look for it.
Gracias, I'll check the site and see if i can recolour the armors XPI know it's a late reply, but here are the level 60-70 sets, they're pretty much the same independently of gender which I think is fantastic.
You can find more armor sets on this link: https://xivstyle.com/
Well with Barioth coming to Iceborne, that means these badass armor sets (well just the blademaster) could make it in for the Master Rank.
By far some of the best looking female armor sets in the series.
By far some of the best looking female armor sets in the series.
Not in MH3 it wasn't... 😖Well with Barioth coming to Iceborne, that means these badass armor sets (well just the blademaster) could make it in for the Master Rank.
By far some of the best looking female armor sets in the series.
Not in MH3 it wasn't... 😖
Yeah the non G-Rank version can join with most of the sets of being crap. Thank god they brought in a much better design for G-rank. Too bad the same can't be said for many others.
You can
the 60 set only requires tomestones to upgrade to change color.
The 70 set however, I think requieres you to go back and doe eureka to upgrade it to be colorable... Which given the new expansion is out ... might be difficult because that place is probs empty
I saw Bloody Spell on a Giant Bomb stream. It's a Dark Souls style game that just allows you to a lady in a thong at the start. You know, Dark Souls. And they really think it's a big selling point. It's most of the gifs on the store.
I'm really sorry, it's a bit off topic and it's late so things are funnier than usual, but the thread title... kinda makes me laugh. I know it shouldn't, because it's a serious subject, but it does. I have to think about the original story (I Have No Mouth) and connect it to what people here are actually discussing. Then the goofy grin gets wiped off my face. And I start to feel like shit. So I guess this is a confession, really.
Sorry...
Uh... (stay on topic, stay on topic)
Women deserve awesome outfits that aren't also bullshit. Treating human beings with dignity and respect is cool and I fully support it. Even if right now it kinda seems like I don't? Ah, damn.
*flees topic*
Sorry...
Uh... (stay on topic, stay on topic)
Women deserve awesome outfits that aren't also bullshit. Treating human beings with dignity and respect is cool and I fully support it. Even if right now it kinda seems like I don't? Ah, damn.
*flees topic*
I know it's a late reply, but here are the level 60-70 sets, they're pretty much the same independently of gender which I think is fantastic.
You can find more armor sets on this link: https://xivstyle.com/
Could have sworn some of the female sets have shorts instead of the full pants for some of the races... Maybe I imagined it or it was the 50 set.
I have to wonder if the whole clothing design wouldn't need to change if her body design wasn't so busty from the start.not specific to videogames, but since it was a videogame (One Piece Pirate Warriors 3) that made me start rewatching the show, I just wanted to say, it's rough being a One Piece fan man :(
it's certainly much better about it than Xeno 2, there are a couple of characters / blades from 2 in it, who are very sexualized (Mythra and Brighit) as they were in 2, but at least Mythra is using the "leggings" version now, which shocking noone, looks 146 times better
it also covers the boob window. Weird thing, this picture shows her costume (both versions) as being see through but its not like that in the game, either in xeno 2 or Torna. Unless that's soemthing you only notice on a big tv? I only played them portable.
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Well only tangently related I sure am glad the Smash community is mature to the point where it chased out an up and coming Smash player because she was a girl. Context: earlier this month a young 15-year old girl with the tag name Boshi defeated Ally (a top 10 player) at a local tournament using Isabelle. This caused people to pay far too much attention to here as well as bullies to mock her and say she was only popular because "she was a girl" and even got thrown "fake gamer girl" accusations thrown in her face (you know despite beating a top 10 Smash player). This got so bad she stopped using her twitter handle and will probably not come back to the Smash community after being harassed for the crime of being a girl who dares to be good at a video game.
It's ok, that's what the subtitle was chosen for. All of those things together.
Can you link me some articles or tweets about this? Sounds like something a FGC would do but I'm afraid that this might be an overreaction on someone's part because something extremely similar happened with Smash 4 but it ended up being a prank. If people were just saying shit because they're sexist then yeah fuck 'em, but if it was people saying that this was the same thing as the prank 5 years ago I feel that'd shed some things in a better light.
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