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When will western devs realize that femininity sells?
LaughingStock
Member
She is cute af. It's the stupid hair that makes her look ugly. Any headgear that hides it improves her looks 100%.
She may be a bland character and not be very feminine. But she ain't ugly.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Bro wtf, that sounds kinda personal. Hope you didn't get triggered by my shitpost.
But since you ask... no, I like my women clean and smelling like flowers. Going down there just to realize it smells like fish is no cool at all.
I love redheads tho. Heard that at some point they might go extinct, which would sadden me to no end.
Anyway, wish you all a good day of videogames.
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I don't disagree regarding this
SoggyBiscuit
Banned
Just bring back Lara Croft's pixellated triangle titties and give the fans what they want. Sell 100m copies that way
Or better, bring 2001 Angelina Jolie Tomb Rider into the video game
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Nobody in this thread is even discussing those attributes, though.
It’s been entirely about looks.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Mod them in Left 4 Dead.
nominedomine
Banned
You can go as woke as you want and not go broke if your games is good.
You can go all anti-woke as you want and go broke if your game is crap.
You can go all anti-woke as you want and go broke if your game is crap.
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Ride to hell: retribution does prove this
KàIRóS
Member
True that's why I've kind of given up on the thread.
I would argue the bigger problem is the personalities given to the females nowadays not necessarily their looks, women are represented in a very masculine way in western media in general.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Phil's balls in my throat?
LaughingStock
Member
Yeah. Gameplay is king.
Kiya's Guard
Member
I thought this was gonna be a "sexiest women in videogames" thread, with a lot of "justificative examples". So far I'm disappointed
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Whore of Babylon - Wikipedia
Seems like a nice protagonist
Feminsity goes deeper than the superficial attributes we attribute to its construct.
Buh buh horizon she's fat and blah blah
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Sex Does Not Sell: Effects of Sexual Advertising Parameters on Women Viewers’ Implicit and Explicit Recall of Ads and Brands
When Sex Doesn't Sell
Does Sex Really Sell? Paradoxical Effects of Sexualization in Advertising on Product Attractiveness and Purchase Intentions
And so on. sex does not endorse your sales goals. End of story. If you want to yerk you are free to use a porn platform of your choice.Game characters need personality. I don't care if they look like ass fuck a girl, a boy or both, as long as they have an imerging story. On the other hand, the lack of such qualities cannot be hidden by any aesthetic attribute. Let it be an average woman as long as she has personality. Those who define people by their appearance have obviously not yet understood fundamental aspects of life.
Better change your attitude if you don't want to stay virgin the rest of your life.
MarkMe2525
Member
Confirmation bias for sure. There are also 321,578 crackpot conspiracy theories that are just fantasy.
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HiFiVideogameMusic
Banned
Good because Tifa>Aeris
Fredrik
Member
So what does fat lesbians like then?
I admittedly have extremely little experience in this subject. Bring down my world if you can, I probably need it.
Aenima
Member
HiFiVideogameMusic
Banned
Fredrik
Member
lmao that’s a legendary cosplay
Lupin25
Member
I got to this thread pretty fucking late…
…But I was NOT disappointed.
My thoughts are that western devs prioritize designing games catered for everyone and most people AREN’T pretty in real life lol.
It’s kind of what happened once devs went for the more “realistic” design route, but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t super sexy girls in games.
Just less.
All of this is subjective tho because we don’t find all the same people more or less attractive/ugly.
In the end, these are fucking games. No should really care THAT much, I care more about the QUALITY of the game and if it lives up to my purchase!
…But I was NOT disappointed.
My thoughts are that western devs prioritize designing games catered for everyone and most people AREN’T pretty in real life lol.
It’s kind of what happened once devs went for the more “realistic” design route, but that doesn’t mean there still aren’t super sexy girls in games.
Just less.
All of this is subjective tho because we don’t find all the same people more or less attractive/ugly.
In the end, these are fucking games. No should really care THAT much, I care more about the QUALITY of the game and if it lives up to my purchase!
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SenjutsuSage
Banned
Yep, Bethesda having the baddest bitches in videogames was the secret to Elder Scrolls' and Fallout's success the whole time, and nobody knew it.
Fredrik
Member
So we’re doing escapism and bring aliens and demons into our games because escapism is awesome but then we decide to uglify game characters to not be too unrealistic?
I make my own game. Main character deliberately looks like all the sliders are going past the max value
Tbh there is nothing realistic in there. Except maybe trees. And clouds I guess. Kids come up with enemy designs, it’s living rocks and big mushrooms spitting flies etc. Kids are awesome at thinking outside of the box! 
Tangerine
Member
Who's trying to take hot girls from my games? Antifa? Figures.
Watching the rad Brad play saints row is giving me PTSD. So bad. He seems to be liking it. No comments on the cringe factor of the main protagonists so far. Maybe it's a sponsored let's play...either that or there's no accounting for taste.
GTA6 could use it as a case study as to what not to do. Every cloud.
Watching the rad Brad play saints row is giving me PTSD. So bad. He seems to be liking it. No comments on the cringe factor of the main protagonists so far. Maybe it's a sponsored let's play...either that or there's no accounting for taste.
GTA6 could use it as a case study as to what not to do. Every cloud.
Lupin25
Member
So we’re doing escapism and bring aliens and demons into our games because escapism is awesome but then we decide to uglify game characters to not be too unrealistic?
I make my own game. Main character deliberately looks like all the sliders are going past the max value
Basically.
Realistic fiction.
So yeah, you could say it’s art direction, you could say it’s just a natural evolution of graphical fidelity, or even just a “wider” representation of the general public.
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Fredrik
Member
I don’t think graphical fidelity has anything to do with it, it’s no doubt art direction and in some cases a fear/drive to get the PR they want.
Cyberpunk 2077 annoys me, on the one hand they clearly wanted to be controversial and get PR as a controversial game, on the other hand they went super meh with the main character and both the man and woman just looks like a random fitness person and you have no choices except for the dick and breast size. I still love the game.
NPCs have lots of variety though so I guess there was too much work getting all the protags clothes to fit
Whitecrow
Banned
Sexuality GRANTS ATTENTION. That's one thing you have for free over ugly unnattractive characters.
So, if the game is ALSO GOOD, the extra attention brings more sales. It's called marketing.
Why do you need to spin it that hard?
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Cyberpunk 2077 annoys me, on the one hand they clearly wanted to be controversial and get PR as a controversial game, on the other hand they went super meh with the main character and both the man and woman just looks like a random fitness person and you have no choices except for the dick and breast size. I still love the game.
NPCs have lots of variety though so I guess there was too much work getting all the protags clothes to fit
I was disappointed to see that Switch Sports didn’t allow me to adjust dick size. I’m guessing it would give an unfair advantage in Tennis, so they left it out.
ShadowNate
Member
The games with a super uggo main character do stand out, but I don't think they are taking over the industry or anything. Alloy did look pretty in Forbidden West, even though I do enjoy those meme images where she's super fat -- always good for a chuckle.
It is a conscious choice, to go with a character looking like the chic in ME: Andromeda, but it doesn't happen at developer level, and I guess whatever point they are trying to make (which is kind of obvious; "not all women look like models" has for some reason be hammered by having you play as an ugly woman, complete with... damaged facial animations). If it's done badly, only for ideological purposes then I'll probably avoid the game, since it's not really addressed or appealing to me.
However, this "cuts" both sides. There was at least one mod for Half Life 2 that offered a model for Alyx, which made her look like a hooker. The original model for her is very pleasant in the eyes and completely fitting with the premise of the game. This is just one counter-example that I vividly recall, but there probably are more like these. Also not appealing to me.
It is a conscious choice, to go with a character looking like the chic in ME: Andromeda, but it doesn't happen at developer level, and I guess whatever point they are trying to make (which is kind of obvious; "not all women look like models" has for some reason be hammered by having you play as an ugly woman, complete with... damaged facial animations). If it's done badly, only for ideological purposes then I'll probably avoid the game, since it's not really addressed or appealing to me.
However, this "cuts" both sides. There was at least one mod for Half Life 2 that offered a model for Alyx, which made her look like a hooker. The original model for her is very pleasant in the eyes and completely fitting with the premise of the game. This is just one counter-example that I vividly recall, but there probably are more like these. Also not appealing to me.
crackajack
Member
Hoping for Phantom Hellcat. Not necessarily supersexy just fit and regular real life level of feminine attractiveness. Like Alyx Vance.
NeoIkaruGAF
Gold Member
It’s more like the people designing these characters have this thought that smart, brave, strong women cannot be beautiful.
They also seem to think that it’s somehow better that a male gamer controls a smart, brave, strong woman than a beautiful woman.
Edgelord79
Gold Member
This thread.
Attention ist only the first step during consumer journey towards conversion, satisfaction and later on to loyality. It's not that hard.
Dr. Kitty Muffins
Member
Some studio needs to openly state that they are making games for gamers who do not want to play woke games.
Grow a set.
Grow a set.
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