It's a fantasy image still aimed at heterosexual males though. The muscle freak design of men in gaming isn't done as an equal opportunities chance to ogle.
Man, I really miss Senri Kita's character designs from Path of Radiance. It's so jarring seeing the current stuff after that.
Yeah it's hilarious transparent. Pretty guys make and general female orientated fanservice makes certain sections of the male audience uncomfortable. But we can't have that can we! And how dare they take our scantily clad female characters!
I mean sure, I prefer that than other stuff, 2B and the other androids look, in my opinion, more "extra" and badass than sexy.
Yeah exactly. Characters like that aren't put in there so female players can ogle over them like male players are supposed to for skimpy female characters. They're there as like the peak idea of what a male players wishes they looked like. It's all in service of making dudes feel cool.
I'm not sure that's the reason to be honest. I get that 'some' teenagers won't complain if there are boobs in their games, but probably that's not the reason that would make them buy a game. If a teenager buys MGSV is for the tactical-espionage setting, not because of Quiet wearing a bikini....I don't think the game would have sell less if she was wearing a more appropriate dressing given the setting.
Quiet was very heavily featured in the marketing for MGSV, if I remember right.
I mean Japanese games by in large aren't as popular as most western orientated and there's no it's partly due to this stigma. Outside of Overwatch most of the biggest games don't lean into female fanservice in that sort of way. Even in japan this is true. Such blantant fanservice is usually relegated to much niche games. Most nintendo games are devoid of it and they have the majority of the biggest IP's in Japan. Even from third parties most don't tend to lean into it too much.
It's not selling in literal sense but rather making it more attractive for target audience. For sure all those sexualized characters aren't there for artistic reasons
Thats true, they have no issue with it. The excuse is for people with the issue. I agree, they should just be straight up. No need for excuses or apologies.
Cindy, every morning - Yeah, I think just my undies, with maybe a cap, shorts no bigger than my undies and a jacket just barely closed is a good choice.
But... Yeah, let me just wear the same jacket but with belly showing but..what if I get cold? THAT'S IT. GLOVES.
But my legs might get cold too, what if I just wear normal pants or an uniform...?
NO
High tights and white boots, I love wearing white boots in such a clean job as a mechanic.
Probably just Nomura and power fantasy, Gladio and most of the crew is just a cool gang of hip dudes, one is buffy and proud of it, and that's about it. There's nothing flirty or sexual about Gladio, he is just strong.
Power fantasy? Really? They straight up look like a J-pop band who are targeting a female demographic.
Yeah, everyone immediately jumps to "BUT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO DO THAT" when someone criticizes stuff like that. I don't think many people are trying to say Kojima isn't allowed to make bad designs. Games can be art, so when people like Kojima just use them as vessels for their weird fantasies like a horny kid, it's disappointing.
That's all well and good, but the underlying issue is that female sexualization in gaming is a direct reflection on societal expectations, standards, and its treatment of women. Saying "they can make whatever they want to appeal to the consumer" is not enough, because it's more than just a fictional world.
First off, that's not objectification. It's just a dude in a bathing suit. It would be objectification if he had like a glistening sweaty body, was posing suggestively, and had some clearly defined bulge. That's just Mario with no shirt. If anything, it's supposed to be comedic.Gladio was just as bad as Cindy, only he was around for like 90% of the time. I don't know why the Prince's bodyguard needs to walk around without a shirt, one would think some armor or more official attire would be used.
It's not just female characters, they just tend to get more ridiculous outfits more often. But all the tall, powerful, handsome looking male protagonists are also objectified.
Hell, even Mario is objectified in Odyssey!
It's sickening.
Not only in Japan, I've played enough mmorpgs to know that guys like to play female characters because they're more pleasing for the eyes than the males characters.
