I have to be honest, all I am seeing from this is a bunch of complacent buggers bitching about something that doesn't need to be complained about. So what if characters are Exaggerated look in every game that's recently come out there are big exaggerations in them, loads of games have exaggerated characters in them, from BOTH sexes.
I can't really recall too many games that really show overly beefy cake other than God of War and Conan the Barbarian of which both protagonists pretty much run around in a loin cloth, I could add Gears of War but I haven't played the series and I doubt any of the protagonists have been seen out of their armour. We all know that females are overly exagerrated in games, I could point to Scarlet Blade where the only gender in that game you can play is FEMALE in which every character pretty much only ever runs around in a damn swimsuit. Lara Croft since her inception has been portrayed as a sex symbol, though they have tried to change that in their latest game. In fact if you look at many MMO's you'll find the females always tend to be portrayed sexily with skimpy outfits and armour.
This won't stop, people will keep exaggerating characters for fantasy, men will still be portrayed as mountains of muscle, girls will still be in their sexy outfits and skimpy armour. That's the god damned gaming industry. And that's why its called fantasy. All I can say is go blow your hot air elsewhere, every games art style is different and this guy TRIED something else. I do agree that some designs look peculiar in my eyes such as the barbarian, and I won't lie due to the fact I'm a guy I like the idea of a nice pair of tits on a girl but I don't play a game JUST because it has sexy girls in it otherwise I'd actually be playing Scarlet Blade (The games mechanics and gameplay just don't keep me entertained.) I play a game for good gameplay, a good storyline is a bonus, and good looking girls another plus. But at the same time the male characters look great too, you play a fantasy game to be something else, if that means I can be a god damned great hulk in armour with a sword so big it makes the ladies swoon at its very presence of of a single swing doth send my foe to the fiery pits of hell to burn...
And did you ever think that maybe there might be some girls that actually very enjoy the idea of playing a big burly man with a huge sword? Or a glorified sex symbol with a chest you can trampoline off? It depends on your tastes.
TL;DR: Stop bitching about sexism in games. Its been done over and over tenfold and I'm fucking sick of it. Sexism works both ways.
I can't really recall too many games that really show overly beefy cake other than God of War and Conan the Barbarian of which both protagonists pretty much run around in a loin cloth, I could add Gears of War but I haven't played the series and I doubt any of the protagonists have been seen out of their armour. We all know that females are overly exagerrated in games, I could point to Scarlet Blade where the only gender in that game you can play is FEMALE in which every character pretty much only ever runs around in a damn swimsuit. Lara Croft since her inception has been portrayed as a sex symbol, though they have tried to change that in their latest game. In fact if you look at many MMO's you'll find the females always tend to be portrayed sexily with skimpy outfits and armour.
This won't stop, people will keep exaggerating characters for fantasy, men will still be portrayed as mountains of muscle, girls will still be in their sexy outfits and skimpy armour. That's the god damned gaming industry. And that's why its called fantasy. All I can say is go blow your hot air elsewhere, every games art style is different and this guy TRIED something else. I do agree that some designs look peculiar in my eyes such as the barbarian, and I won't lie due to the fact I'm a guy I like the idea of a nice pair of tits on a girl but I don't play a game JUST because it has sexy girls in it otherwise I'd actually be playing Scarlet Blade (The games mechanics and gameplay just don't keep me entertained.) I play a game for good gameplay, a good storyline is a bonus, and good looking girls another plus. But at the same time the male characters look great too, you play a fantasy game to be something else, if that means I can be a god damned great hulk in armour with a sword so big it makes the ladies swoon at its very presence of of a single swing doth send my foe to the fiery pits of hell to burn...
And did you ever think that maybe there might be some girls that actually very enjoy the idea of playing a big burly man with a huge sword? Or a glorified sex symbol with a chest you can trampoline off? It depends on your tastes.
TL;DR: Stop bitching about sexism in games. Its been done over and over tenfold and I'm fucking sick of it. Sexism works both ways.
