AgentBJ09 said:
That said, I never even noticed the outfits with the women in MK9, even when some folks point it out. Sheeva's, maybe, but everyone else's didn't bother me at all, so I don't get what makes the ones in this game stand out when there are so many other examples you could use.
Still, this is a very old topic, so I should be too surprised.
What makes Mortal Kombat 9 stand out is saturation. I have no problem with skimpy outfits. What I dislike is when there isn't
a single female character who doesn't have her tits hanging out (This includes the Special Ops operator who's wearing what appears to be the worlds skimpiest life jacket). There is one female character in the game who isn't wearing high heels. She's barefoot.
OutrageousEmu said:
Anyone notice how no-one ever makes the point that Johnny Cage and Lui Kang are forced to fight completely without a shirt? So, what, beefcake is fine, but we're not allowed cheesecake?
Actually whenever this discussion comes up someone always brings up that one of the male characters isn't wearing a shirt as if it's a counterpoint. Counterpoints, in order.
A
Saturation, again. Johny Cage is one male character out of about twenty. The rest are mostly clothed, if not
armoured. None of the female characters are wearing even reasonable clothing.
B
Character. Johny Cage is a humongous douchebag. So his bare chest and honking great tattoo fit his character. Sonya, on the other hand, complains bitterly about people not taking her seriously and is offended when Cage assume she isn't a badass super soldier and is in fact an exotic dancer. The fact she's dressed like a military themed stripper never seems to occur to her.
C
Bare male chests are not the same as bare female chests. Physically and socially (perhaps unfairly) when a man rips off his shirt in a public space (that isn't a beach) in my experience it's for one of two reasons. Either he's on fire or he's about to get in a fight. Can you say the same for women? A topless man is interpreted by other men (the target audience of MK I might add) as aggressive and confrontational, not so for topless, or nearly topless women.
The physical aspect is easy. Tits are big bags of fat. They are heavy. They are mobile. It'd be like fighting with two weights attached to your nipples by strings. If Kitana tried to throw say... a hook in that outfit the centrifugal force of her massive norks would send her hurtling off the side of the arena like one of those pod racers from star wars.
