The two things I heard about Brink the day it was launched: It's a throw-away single player and there aren't females.
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You're missing the point. Gameplay is what's important, not the genitalia of the avatar you're playing or the sex of the people you're interacting with. Why would you make a superficial customization issue something that overrides the fun a game provides?Lucane said:
Lol, no. No feminist I have ever met or heard of has a problem with thin/athletic people. That would even be out there for 99% of this page: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StrawFeministRUINER ACTUAL said:
Yeah, Portal and Portal 2 are sure taking serious sales hits for having a female protagonist.Agayek said:
Well, if you get a game set in a war zone or with a resistence force in a country where women are second class, then yeah of course it's understandable.Zhukov said:
But if it's set in a civilization, on that civilization's soil, and is in fact a civil war (with a civilization supposedly set in the future), there should be women.
Though there should also be women in COD and such (if set in present day) since they are in the US military. Don't know if they are or aren't in those games. Just saying that's just as ridiculous, if not more so since, you know, the US military actually exists.
Personally I think the game was not just rushed, but the art department didn't know how to make women. Seriously. Look at those friggin monstrosities in Brink. Like it or hate it, that's an aesthetic choice that would look even goofier on female characters.
First off, Portal is a vastly different beast from Brink.Kahunaburger said:
Second, there's a larger percentage of customers that would prefer to play men over women, when presented with the choice. Hence, it makes greater business sense that if you must choose one, go for men over women. That's all this is, a business decision.
That's because they're operating it all behind the scenes - it's a well-known fact that a certain Ms. Turner is the majority shareholder in Thunderdomes Incorporated.Grey Carter said:
All these excuses about how "making female models is hard" and yet, I can make my Spartan female in Halo:Reach. That changes the model completely and yet there are still a ton of customization options. Its one of the most customizable shooters on the market. You even play "your" spartan in the campaign.
Say what you want about halo, but brink brings nothing to the table I can't get playing reach. Less in fact, reach has a poor story but at least its single player campaign is existent. I see no reason to be interested in brink at this point.
Say what you want about halo, but brink brings nothing to the table I can't get playing reach. Less in fact, reach has a poor story but at least its single player campaign is existent. I see no reason to be interested in brink at this point.
I certainly think that's how the people making the decision felt - playing it safe, etc. Although, has an all-female shooter even been tried? Honestly, I'd guess that buzz about the gameplay would supersede buzz about the gender of the characters, as it did in Portal and Mirror's Edge.Agayek said:
The women of that universe probably passed on taking part in it.
Besides, look at how the MEN are styled! A woman would be blocky, thick and built tough like a linebacker, so don't think those stick figure models would last long in it if that's what you're after.
Though it would be a nice change from "Thick glaring, built tough guy with skinny, slender, big tittied supermodel beside him holding a gun bigger than she is that passes for the women of in a combat setting. There aren't enough tough girls in games.
Besides, look at how the MEN are styled! A woman would be blocky, thick and built tough like a linebacker, so don't think those stick figure models would last long in it if that's what you're after.
Though it would be a nice change from "Thick glaring, built tough guy with skinny, slender, big tittied supermodel beside him holding a gun bigger than she is that passes for the women of in a combat setting. There aren't enough tough girls in games.
You know, I was originally really offended by them cutting females out of Brink's character customization, but now I realize that in order to have a female Brink character, you would have to make a FEMALE BRINK CHARACTER. So, something that looks like a woman, a horse, and a caveman crossbred. *Shudder* It would be almost as hideous as the male characters.
What awful facial design. Sheesh. Permanent derp-faces.
What awful facial design. Sheesh. Permanent derp-faces.
Fuck Brink .. that game has so much lag it's unplayable.
Don't care about what you can or can't do in the customisation screen.
Don't care about what you can or can't do in the customisation screen.
Well then, if they believe that, they might want to rethink their design. A visual style that does a poor job of portraying half the human population is not really a good one. What if they want to do sequels with women?Wow they sure are generous with the usernames said:
Although, honestly, I think women would look fine in that style. While the extra workload is a valid excuse, it still comes across as odd. Saints Row 2 had nearly as much customization freedom, and Volition had no problem including women.
Yeah, like The Witcher, where everyone with LESS than double D breasts was a fat guy merchant..WanderingFool said:
It's insulting to me as a guy that the developers think the game will be better if all the women have giant boobs..
Not to be a jerk about this but theres three standard character models in Brink. Light, Medium, and Heavy. The heavy model is like a massive tank. To balance play the female version would need to the be same size. That would be hilarious at least.Shamus Young said:
Females are naturally smaller and offers an imbalance to play. Halo gets around this with enormous armor... Socom got around this by having the female character the same size as all the rest ( a world of Tom Cruise size soldiers, hurrah ).