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Why do western devs make female characters uglier in their games?

Another one from the east team
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Modeling women is very hard lmao
 
I know some of the artists in that studio. Very talented people.

Personally I think the problem is that they'd rather show off their artistic skills rather than please their audience.
 
I mean this one belongs in the hall of fame of shitting the fuck on a model

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This is truly terrible, it's like they added Quentin Tarantino's and The Joker's DNA to the mix.

I don't agree with you OP. Given the whole context and the time the game is set (yes I know it's a fantasy game) she needs to look rough and not like an Insta influencer promoting beauty products. Plus, those picture you posted are from the actress being covered in make up and definitely old.
 
it's hysterical to see guys comparing video game characters that are having a really tough day, trying to not die while saving the world, to their actress's Hollywood glamour shots with thousands of dollars worth of hair, makeup and professional photography.

Guys, just wait until you finally get a girl into bed. You'll be devastated to find out that they can look a little different in the morning than they did in the club the night before.
 
it's hysterical to see guys comparing video game characters that are having a really tough day, trying to not die while saving the world, to their actress's Hollywood glamour shots with thousands of dollars worth of hair, makeup and professional photography.

Guys, just wait until you finally get a girl into bed. You'll be devastated to find out that they can look a little different in the morning than they did in the club the night before.

Yeah Jill Valentine and Lara Croft were having a great time in their games right?

Great argument lol
 
it's hysterical to see guys comparing video game characters that are having a really tough day, trying to not die while saving the world, to their actress's Hollywood glamour shots with thousands of dollars worth of hair, makeup and professional photography.

Guys, just wait until you finally get a girl into bed. You'll be devastated to find out that they can look a little different in the morning than they did in the club the night before.
I really wish comments like this would result in a straight-up ban.
 
I really wish comments like this would result in a straight-up ban.

Women use sex, access to sex, and insults like "incel" because that's the only power they hold over men and they know it. So it makes sense for women to say and do these things.

Men who say these things are just fucking retards, using female arguments thinking they hit the same, when they really just show how pathetic they are.

It's all projection, they just want a pat on the head for saying the right things, knowing damn well they couldn't get laid on an Afghani goat farm. So, no, don't ban them, just point and laugh at them like the jokes they are.
 
Women use sex, access to sex, and insults like "incel" because that's the only power they hold over men and they know it. So it makes sense for women to say and do these things.

Men who say these things are just fucking retards, using female arguments thinking they hit the same, when they really just show how pathetic they are.

It's all projection, they just want a pat on the head for saying the right things, knowing damn well they couldn't get laid on an Afghani goat farm. So, no, don't ban them, just point and laugh at them like the jokes they are.

Another question

Why do these soy boys bring up so much the subject of our sexual lives? Why do they care so much about what we do in our privacy? And what does has to do with videogames?

Are they gay or something?
 
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Women use sex, access to sex, and insults like "incel" because that's the only power they hold over men and they know it. So it makes sense for women to say and do these things.

Men who say these things are just fucking retards, using female arguments thinking they hit the same, when they really just show how pathetic they are.

It's all projection, they just want a pat on the head for saying the right things, knowing damn well they couldn't get laid on an Afghani goat farm. So, no, don't ban them, just point and laugh at them like the jokes they are.
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I really wish comments like this would result in a straight-up ban.
As a big antiwokeist and antifeminist here, i absolutely diseagree.
If its his pov, then thats that, it speaks volumes of him and how he looks at things/ppl but here truth/reality rules so no need to shut him up even if his opinion is wrong, its much better option to challenge that delulu viewpoint in polite and logical discussion :messenger_sunglasses: :messenger_ok:

Lets not forget here on gaf we got best kind of diversity, diversity of opinions and viewpoints, we are civilised enough to handle/tolerate others who have different or often even straight opposite takes :)
 
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Well, this thread has descended into toddler levels of retardation. Good luck with the circle jerk, very gay BTW not super chad of you lot. Can't wait to see another similarly stupid thread the next time a game has a female character in it that isn't up to your wanking standards :/
 
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I really wish comments like this would result in a straight-up ban.
Instead of ban, I think negative vote button should come like reactions vote. The higher the negative cumulative vote from other users, the less visibility for comments. And after certain threshold, hide comment. If wanna see it after that make it optional button to see saying something like "This comment has been downvoted a lot. Please click here to see it".

One can hope from mods.
 
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it's hysterical to see guys comparing video game characters that are having a really tough day, trying to not die while saving the world, to their actress's Hollywood glamour shots with thousands of dollars worth of hair, makeup and professional photography.

Guys, just wait until you finally get a girl into bed. You'll be devastated to find out that they can look a little different in the morning than they did in the club the night before.

Yeah, we know real women don't wake up all dressed up and glamorous. But we're not talking about real life, we're talking about a video game with a $250 million dollar budget that needs to sell five million copies just to break even. GoW: Laufey is not a hard hitting documentary from a warzone, it's lowbrow action game entertainment set in a fantasy world that should appeal to as many people as possible. Asian movie/game producers know how this works: cast popular actors and cater to the audience. It's just weird that here in the western world they've become so deadly afraid of the male gaze that even the idea of making a female character (or the actress playing her) look appealing is revolting to them. They drain every ounce of female sexuality out of those characters.

What doesn't make any sense at all is that the attitude to sexuality is completely the opposite in the music business. There the motto has been "SEX SELLS" for decades and female singers have no issues whatsoever with using their sex appeal to sell records. Then it's suddenly called female empowerment and leftists lap it up. But in a video game context it's haram, sinful, degrading, etc etc.

Personally I'm not a fan of oversexualized pop singers and video game characters, but on the other hand, the Puritanical prudishness that's en vogue among broad swathes of the US videogame business is just as extreme. I just want a return to normality where a game with attractive female characters is not seen as catering to incels and chuds but simply normal.
 
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it's hysterical to see guys comparing video game characters that are having a really tough day, trying to not die while saving the world, to their actress's Hollywood glamour shots with thousands of dollars worth of hair, makeup and professional photography.

Guys, just wait until you finally get a girl into bed. You'll be devastated to find out that they can look a little different in the morning than they did in the club the night before.

Did you get drunk in the club and hook up with a tranny?
 
Did you get drunk in the club and hook up with a tranny?
Bro, some of the decepticons can pass for a 6/10 in club environment(guys being drunk/bad lighting) no probs until they open their mouth or if u are smart enough and look at their adam's apple/hands, modern day surgeries are pure evil 🤣🤣🤣

Imho its full fat sexual assault if they dont reveal that shit infront(before the kiss not to mention anything more serious even :messenger_astonished: ).
 
Instead of ban, I think negative vote button should come like reactions vote. The higher the negative cumulative vote from other users, the less visibility for comments. And after certain threshold, hide comment. If wanna see it after that make it optional button to see saying something like "This comment has been downvoted a lot Please click here to see it".

One can hope from mods.
Lay off the soy.
 
Instead of ban, I think negative vote button should come like reactions vote. The higher the negative cumulative vote from other users, the less visibility for comments. And after certain threshold, hide comment. If wanna see it after that make it optional button to see saying something like "This comment has been downvoted a lot. Please click here to see it".

One can hope from mods.

If you want an echo chamber where impopular opinions are downvoted so you don't have to seem them, there already is a place for you.

 
The West is in a serious death spiral :messenger_tears_of_joy:

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You can't honestly say, looking at these two faces that something rather weird has infected Western development

I'm not even talking about if they're pretty or not, just the basic fact of making a normal face

What are we even doing here? It's nuts

Did we become retarded? Is it 'vibe' coding? What is it??

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it's hysterical to see guys comparing video game characters that are having a really tough day, trying to not die while saving the world, to their actress's Hollywood glamour shots with thousands of dollars worth of hair, makeup and professional photography.

Guys, just wait until you finally get a girl into bed. You'll be devastated to find out that they can look a little different in the morning than they did in the club the night before.
Mate we all know that in a post apocalyptic world nobody showers and the world has run out of toothpaste.

And yet in a movie everyone looks good and has perfect teeth. Why do you think that is?

Realism has no place in entertainment.
 
We all know why. It's about inclusivity. I'm 50 now. I've understood that our world will cycle itself anyways.. We are dinosaurs in this game. Let the children play together and sort it out amongst themselves. I can tell you this though.. Before any progress, we will always endure some backlash.
Stop noticing... How can anyone seriously suggest this is not going on, and there is an insidious agenda behind it all. Not suggesting people can't be fine with it... but lets at least admit it's going on..
 
Another question

Why do these soy boys bring up so much the subject of our sexual lives? Why do they care so much about what we do in our privacy? And what does has to do with videogames?

Are they gay or something?
I just think they are working up the courage to ask for dick pics.

In all seriousness, It's extremely fucking weird for strange men on the internet to start talking about or making assumptions about other dudes sex lives. It's cringe and it's almost always projection. Literal feminine behavior.
 
Is it me or Capcom is now trying to be more fateful to old characters design? She looks almost nothing like the female model from RE2. Leon (from RE9) also looks like old Leon design than the male model they used since RE2.
It could be that they changed the actual face model, maybe the previous one didn't want her likeness used for this game, who konws.
 
I mean, to be perfectly honest, Faye doesn't look all THAT bad to me.

I definitely wouldn't avoid game because of her face, which is ok, I guess.

That being said...



Twitter isn't perfect, but it has its moments. :messenger_beaming:
 
It's not just Sony. Cortana looks like a man in in the new Halo. Either it's an agenda or Western devs have lost the ability to recognize the difference between the bone structures of women and men. Very few actual women have a square jaw, far less than women who are super attractive. I would prefer it if people would just be honest and admit this is political, and explain as to why they agree with it than deny it exists. The way women in games outside of Asia look is how a child would draw an animal.
 
Instead of ban, I think negative vote button should come like reactions vote. The higher the negative cumulative vote from other users, the less visibility for comments. And after certain threshold, hide comment. If wanna see it after that make it optional button to see saying something like "This comment has been downvoted a lot. Please click here to see it".

One can hope from mods.
Ugh, let's not take stuff from Reddit. I honestly hate how impopular posts get lower visibility. I want to see all posts even if they are retarded or controversial.
 
It's not just Sony. Cortana looks like a man in in the new Halo. Either it's an agenda or Western devs have lost the ability to recognize the difference between the bone structures of women and men. Very few actual women have a square jaw, far less than women who are super attractive. I would prefer it if people would just be honest and admit this is political, and explain as to why they agree with it than deny it exists. The way women in games outside of Asia look is how a child would draw an animal.
It's both. It started as an agenda and it's morphed into the fact these people pretend men are women and women are men. When you work side by side with a 6 foot tall "woman" with a five o'clock shadow, hairy legs, broad shoulders and no waist line, you start pretending that's what actual women look like. Microsoft is every bit as bad, maybe even worse than Sony, but it's pretty much a Western developer problem.

I mean, to be perfectly honest, Faye doesn't look all THAT bad to me.

I definitely wouldn't avoid game because of her face, which is ok, I guess.

That being said...



Twitter isn't perfect, but it has its moments. :messenger_beaming:

She's definitely not the worst case I've seen Sony push out, but it's not just her, the entire game just got mogged by a sophomore studio's new trailer. Every part of SB's trailer made GoWL look dated in comparison.
 
It's both. It started as an agenda and it's morphed into the fact these people pretend men are women and women are men. When you work side by side with a 6 foot tall "woman" with a five o'clock shadow, hairy legs, broad shoulders and no waist line, you start pretending that's what actual women look like. Microsoft is every bit as bad, maybe even worse than Sony, but it's pretty much a Western developer problem.


She's definitely not the worst case I've seen Sony push out, but it's not just her, the entire game just got mogged by a sophomore studio's new trailer. Every part of SB's trailer made GoWL look dated in comparison.
It is the insane push to normalise what is not normal. ;)
 
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