Yes her sexy ass is in the frame, but I think it is still miles better than the way most females are portrayed on covers. She looks strong. Her shoulders are squared, her fist is clenched, her eyes are keen. She doesn't look like she's about to drag you into a bed, she looks like she's about to turn around and punch you in the face. Sure she's got a sexy ass, but that isn't the only thing on display here, and that certainly isn't what she's thinking about at that moment. As a female, I give this cover two thumbs up. She looks like a hero, not a posing playboy model.Desert Punk said:
I don't disagree, but it's still self defence in the case of Lara's behaviour. While they weren't so much bad, as crazy it was still a case of their lives or hers. Very few games give you the option to go around killing people who wouldn't happily kill you first. Only RPG's or Sandbox games tend to have that option.shephardjhon said:
I think it's worth noting that if she'd been in that pose but facing the front, people would then be saying they are showing off her chest instead. While this kind of thing is certainly more common for female characters, people's own bias does often seem to play a rather strong part in how they look at it.Lilani said:
You have expressed the opinion that the game has misandric attitudes three times now, but not once provided a single example. If you can't provide any, then I am going to assume you are just making it up. It's not my job to look up the points you are trying to make. If you are going to claim a game is sexist against men, then it's your job to provide examples of this to back your point up.shephardjhon said:
With only one exception, the crew who arrived on the island with Lara are good people. So the good supporting cast consists of two men and two women.shephardjhon said:
Okay, first off showing her in this pose:Desert Punk said:I am not complaining, I am pointing outthat for all the fighting they did to keep her unsexualized they rather failed on the box art.
Its not just that she is facing away from the camera, it is the way the title is set up, going smoothly from Remember to Me, then they added the lense flair to the jeans over her ass to draw your eye directly down to it after you read the title.
Compare it to The Last of Us box art
The female lead here is also looking at the camera, more side on, but it deemphasizes her figure instead of drawing the eye to any particular part of anatomy.
God knows I am sick and tired of sexism debates, but I cant help but call bullshit on developers who whine about their struggles then go with such blatantly manipulative box art.
When you buy clothes, you generally buy the so that they fit, and when your job involves you climbing around buildings, running, fighting and basically being as mobile as possible you don't buy baggy clothes. As for why there is light on one side of her butt, you should notice that when light comes from one direction your body is not bright all around. The way she is standing suggests that if light is shined at her on her left side, then the left part of her body will be lit up. The fact that her back is darker is because her arm is shielding it from the light rays, but the top left hand corner has no obstructions, thus light is bound to shine there.Desert Punk said:
You were talking about the pose, and I was saying that the reason she is not in a sexy pose is because she is 14, which means it'd be pretty fucking sick of the developers to publish art work of a 14 year old girl to incite sexual stimulation. Yes, I got the terminology wrong, I was not aware, that is my bad, but my argument is still valid, the girl in The Last Of Us is a girl, not a woman. Women can be sexy without being sexualised, girls cannot. There is a big difference between titillation and an attractive person, and you seem to be blending the two together with some misplaced sense of white knighted-hood and a superiority complex so overgrown that it would make the head of activision blush.Desert Punk said:
