![]() It's just that I feel neither that nor the current climate of the game industry should keep a game's developer from designing their characters as they see fit (be it sexualized to spectacularly diverse to satirical). I'm all for more diversity in games in all its forms. (That also depends on the characterization, of course, but I'm assuming 2B's personality is multifaceted here.) I can see how the protagonist's attire could be a factor in shaping the investment of the female audience, but then again, I also think that it's perfectly fine for a creator to narrow their audience if they wish to do so (if the content they create alienates part of their fanbase, then I'm inclined to say that that is beyond criticism though of course if that alienation wasn't desired it's still a worthy thing to give feedback upon.) Nor do I think that scantily clad = stripped of all merit as a role model/ an empowered character. I guess I could use some elaboration on how exactly sexualization makes their female audience feel (I'm male, so I'm not very experienced in that regard beyond scoffing at fit dudebros, as I'm fat). Regarding your second point, while I can see how that works I do not really see how you can really mitigate that when many video game characters differ wildly in physical condition from many of their audience. I just think that a designer saying "I designed a character in a sexualized way because I find that attractive" is OK and not problematic, which much of the discussion around fanservice seems to imply (at least to me). Of course I have nothing to say if "I wanted this character to be sexy so I got her into an outfit that doesn't make much sense" disappoints you as an excuse because it's contradictory with the game world, and I'd see why. I mean, it would be seen as something that sticks out in the game because it doesn't make sense in-universe, but I do not think that should translate to saying the game is sexist or problematic in its approach to that character. I can see that it'd be annoying to hear that it's only because of sexiness, but I do not feel that that necessarily translates into something that is sexist or problematic in such regard. He'll always have the right to create and admire fanservice, as does everyone else, and anyone who believes otherwise is lying to themselves. Any praise he's getting for "standing up" is undeserved. ![]() This tweet will do nothing but spark nonsense. ![]() To see a dev try and feed that crowd makes no sense, IMO. I wont say names, but I know what audience this baseless outrage appeals to, and they aren't pleasant people. There will be people who roll their eyes publicly, sure, but when has there ever been a situation when there's a big hate mob that violently pressured a dev to remove fanservice from their game, and it actually went through? If anything, it's usually a civil discussion of why it is bad between a couple of people, then everyone and their neighbor dogpiles them and tells them they're being "too politically correct", and to "stop censoring developers". ![]() I'm getting really tired of people involved with a game coming out and acting like a group of people are aggressively pushing for them to remove fanservice from their game. And Automata looks great! However, seeing this rubs me the wrong way. I see the problems with it, but it's never been an issue to the point where I can't look past it, as long as the game itself is good. Yikes! I am excited for this one, really.
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