The majority of gamers like sexy women. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in the games. What is the damn issue here?
Originally posted by Painlezz
Basement virgin little boys (or fully grown men who still have the brain of a child) are the primary cash flow for MMORPG's.
Also, when was the last time you saw a "Popular" magazine with an ugly cover girl? Sex sells. Sad maybe, but true. If they make the women thick, with large muscles, small boobs, and dressed like men people wouldn't be drawn to it.
I don't think the issue here was "women in video games are too sexy". The issue here was "women's armor in video games is far too skimpy" - which isn't saying anything about sexy or not. To be honest, the ranger's armor is probably some of the sexiest armor in GW2 I've seen, and it's really not that revealing. You don't need revealing armor to have sexy characters....
The majority of gamers like sexy women. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in the games. What is the damn issue here?
Originally posted by Painlezz
Basement virgin little boys (or fully grown men who still have the brain of a child) are the primary cash flow for MMORPG's.
Also, when was the last time you saw a "Popular" magazine with an ugly cover girl? Sex sells. Sad maybe, but true. If they make the women thick, with large muscles, small boobs, and dressed like men people wouldn't be drawn to it.
I don't think the issue here was "women in video games are too sexy". The issue here was "women's armor in video games is far too skimpy" - which isn't saying anything about sexy or not. To be honest, the ranger's armor is probably some of the sexiest armor in GW2 I've seen, and it's really not that revealing. You don't need revealing armor to have sexy characters....
I'm pretty sure the OP was simply referring to the overall slutty look of female characters. He even compared them to prostitutes. Like Painlezz said, the average gamer are horny males and like to be entertained with sex appeal. Everyone on this thread I'm sure understands that. The simple answer to the OP's question is yes, female characters are often over sexualized, that is blatantly obvious. There is no big mystery or conspiracy behind it. Sex sells, end of story.
#TeamVainlash Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
oversexualized? what did you expect? the games main target audiance is 12 to 18 yr little fat boys who spend most thier day in front of a computer moniter eating twinkys.
"We've noticed an imbalance in the sex appeal exhibited between the two genders in game. To compensate, all male package sizes have been increased by 3x and a large assortment of loin cloth based styles have been added to vendors."
Hell Yea!
/convert to total GW2 fanboi
I love snails. I love every kinda snail. I just want to hug them all, but I cant. Cant hug every snail.
Way too many uptight people in this thread. It's the reason that most western MMO art is usually terrible while eastern find beauty and show it off. I do draw the line with the Elin in TERA though. That is just creapy. As long as the models look age appropriate, i see no problem with skimpy, but I'm obviously a man and superficial.
I applaud Anet for being a western company and breaking the mold of ugliness.
This. Although I am still a little disapointed by GW2 gear so far, I think Tera has a much better selection (especially on High Elfs). It's no different for any form of American media, all kinds of burtal violence is fine but god forbid seeing a woman in her underwear. Now if we could just get an MMO with Korean Art and Western gameplay...
Way too many uptight people in this thread. It's the reason that most western MMO art is usually terrible while eastern find beauty and show it off. I do draw the line with the Elin in TERA though. That is just creapy. As long as the models look age appropriate, i see no problem with skimpy, but I'm obviously a man and superficial.
I applaud Anet for being a western company and breaking the mold of ugliness.
This. Although I am still a little disapointed by GW2 gear so far, I think Tera has a much better selection (especially on High Elfs). It's no different for any form of American media, all kinds of burtal violence is fine but god forbid seeing a woman in her underwear. Now if we could just get an MMO with Korean Art and Western gameplay...
American media shuns female nudity? I think not.
#TeamVainlash Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
Not that I'm complaining but I imagine some players want to play a female character that isn't running around dressed like a prostitute. So what do you think? Are female character's oversexualized?
It's just you. There is plenty of normal looking armor for females to wear in-game.
I guess that's why every single store has a rack full of american magazines with half naked women on the cover? Or why I can buy playboys and hustlers at the airport? Or why all I had to do was wait until 12+pm to spank one out as a kid in front of my cable television?
#TeamVainlash Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
"We're making games here, it needs to be eye-candy." - apprently art directors are like 12 year old boys... ffs.
You know what? I know the majority wants skimpy armor for females, but I don't give a crap about the majority. I don't want skimpy armor. I'm tired of that crap.
Way too many uptight people in this thread. It's the reason that most western MMO art is usually terrible while eastern find beauty and show it off. I do draw the line with the Elin in TERA though. That is just creapy. As long as the models look age appropriate, i see no problem with skimpy, but I'm obviously a man and superficial.
I applaud Anet for being a western company and breaking the mold of ugliness.
This. Although I am still a little disapointed by GW2 gear so far, I think Tera has a much better selection (especially on High Elfs). It's no different for any form of American media, all kinds of burtal violence is fine but god forbid seeing a woman in her underwear. Now if we could just get an MMO with Korean Art and Western gameplay...
American media shuns female nudity? I think not.
American media promotes the "perfect" body image for women, but it certainly does not promote nudity. American movies and games are severely censored compared to European and Asian counterparts. I am in grad school studying Sociology and this is almost a daily debate I have in class (mostly against women in their late 30s, big surprise there). Look into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated if you are interested, its a documentary about how MPAA forces movie directors into censoring anything that goes against their "Christian" ideals.
I guess that's why every single store has a rack full of american magazines with half naked women on the cover? Or why I can buy playboys and hustlers at the airport? Or why all I had to do was wait until 12+pm to spank one out as a kid in front of my cable television?
Bikini =/= half naked.
Show me a mag with nipples on the cover and you've made your point.
~Plus your info says you're Canadian. Gee-tee-eff-oh.
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I guess that's why every single store has a rack full of american magazines with half naked women on the cover? Or why I can buy playboys and hustlers at the airport? Or why all I had to do was wait until 12+pm to spank one out as a kid in front of my cable television?
you said nudity. not half-naked women on magazines wearing small dresses. nudity is a different thing. half-naked is not naked.
yes magazines with nude women are available at some airports and some certain specific places.
you may have spanked it to cable tv at 12pm but no there were not nude women on that cable tv at 12pm.
(edit: i did not realize you were talking about canada. i read America and thought USA. that is my bad, in the USA there are no naked people on cable tv or magazine covers in public places. i don't think they even sell playboys and hustlers at most shops here where i'm at)
"We're making games here, it needs to be eye-candy." - apprently art directors are like 12 year old boys... ffs.
You know what? I know the majority wants skimpy armor for females, but I don't give a crap about the majority. I don't want skimpy armor. I'm tired of that crap.
Art directors are following the desires of majority. That's their job. Majority also doesn't give a crap about you, if it's any consolation, by the way.
I guess that's why every single store has a rack full of american magazines with half naked women on the cover? Or why I can buy playboys and hustlers at the airport? Or why all I had to do was wait until 12+pm to spank one out as a kid in front of my cable television?
Bikini =/= half naked.
Show me a mag with nipples on the cover and you've made your point.
~Plus your info says you're Canadian. Gee-tee-eff-oh.
I moved to canada a few months ago, don't be trollin.
American media may not "promote" female nudity but they do a piss poor job of censoring it, hence owning the most porn revenue worldwide, and capitalizing from it is quite the opposite of shunning it. It's not hard to maintain a double standard
#TeamVainlash Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
We have such a strong porn industry because the entire nation is sexually repressed. Everyone puts up a front, then behind closed doors they are into the nastiest shit you can imagine.
See Japan.
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Way too many uptight people in this thread. It's the reason that most western MMO art is usually terrible while eastern find beauty and show it off. I do draw the line with the Elin in TERA though. That is just creapy. As long as the models look age appropriate, i see no problem with skimpy, but I'm obviously a man and superficial.
I applaud Anet for being a western company and breaking the mold of ugliness.
This. Although I am still a little disapointed by GW2 gear so far, I think Tera has a much better selection (especially on High Elfs). It's no different for any form of American media, all kinds of burtal violence is fine but god forbid seeing a woman in her underwear. Now if we could just get an MMO with Korean Art and Western gameplay...
I kinda felt the opposite, Teras gear have the same theme while in GW2 you can choose between practical and skimpy.
Since they havn´t added the cloth preview and most people havn´t started crafting yet you just see a small portion of the skins on player character, there will be plenty later.
As long as any character have the choice to dress practical I think the people complaining are a bit oversensitive. It wouldn´t hurt Tera to have a feel sensible skins as well.
Way too many uptight people in this thread. It's the reason that most western MMO art is usually terrible while eastern find beauty and show it off. I do draw the line with the Elin in TERA though. That is just creapy. As long as the models look age appropriate, i see no problem with skimpy, but I'm obviously a man and superficial.
I applaud Anet for being a western company and breaking the mold of ugliness.
This. Although I am still a little disapointed by GW2 gear so far, I think Tera has a much better selection (especially on High Elfs). It's no different for any form of American media, all kinds of burtal violence is fine but god forbid seeing a woman in her underwear. Now if we could just get an MMO with Korean Art and Western gameplay...
I kinda felt the opposite, Teras gear have the same theme while in GW2 you can choose between practical and skimpy.
Since they havn´t added the cloth preview and most people havn´t started crafting yet you just see a small portion of the skins on player character, there will be plenty later.
As long as any character have the choice to dress practical I think the people complaining are a bit oversensitive. It wouldn´t hurt Tera to have a feel sensible skins as well.
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I don't think the issue here was "women in video games are too sexy". The issue here was "women's armor in video games is far too skimpy" - which isn't saying anything about sexy or not. To be honest, the ranger's armor is probably some of the sexiest armor in GW2 I've seen, and it's really not that revealing. You don't need revealing armor to have sexy characters....
I'm pretty sure the OP was simply referring to the overall slutty look of female characters. He even compared them to prostitutes. Like Painlezz said, the average gamer are horny males and like to be entertained with sex appeal. Everyone on this thread I'm sure understands that. The simple answer to the OP's question is yes, female characters are often over sexualized, that is blatantly obvious. There is no big mystery or conspiracy behind it. Sex sells, end of story.
#TeamVainlash
Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
Of course I am sure they were approved by and implemented by a man.
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Out of all the armors only a handful are skimpy enough so I don't get the issue here
Block the trolls, don't answer them, so we can remove the garbage from these forums
oversexualized? what did you expect? the games main target audiance is 12 to 18 yr little fat boys who spend most thier day in front of a computer moniter eating twinkys.
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Here's Anet's view on the issue as far as functionality vs. entertainment. This is a podcast with the art director over there. Skip to 20:32.
From the horse's mouth
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Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
GW2 oversexualized? nah
now this : at 1:53
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqx3QOW1LK8&feature=plcp
0_O
I definitely "approve" them.
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I dont know wht the fuss is about. Most of the girls i work with look like Gw2 chars.
Hell Yea!
/convert to total GW2 fanboi
I love snails.
I love every kinda snail.
I just want to hug them all, but I cant.
Cant hug every snail.
This. Although I am still a little disapointed by GW2 gear so far, I think Tera has a much better selection (especially on High Elfs). It's no different for any form of American media, all kinds of burtal violence is fine but god forbid seeing a woman in her underwear. Now if we could just get an MMO with Korean Art and Western gameplay...
American media shuns female nudity? I think not.
#TeamVainlash
Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
Um, yes it does?
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I think every teen game is like this, I think its worse in TSW.
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It's just you. There is plenty of normal looking armor for females to wear in-game.
I guess that's why every single store has a rack full of american magazines with half naked women on the cover? Or why I can buy playboys and hustlers at the airport? Or why all I had to do was wait until 12+pm to spank one out as a kid in front of my cable television?
#TeamVainlash
Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
"We're making games here, it needs to be eye-candy." - apprently art directors are like 12 year old boys... ffs.
You know what? I know the majority wants skimpy armor for females, but I don't give a crap about the majority. I don't want skimpy armor. I'm tired of that crap.
American media promotes the "perfect" body image for women, but it certainly does not promote nudity. American movies and games are severely censored compared to European and Asian counterparts. I am in grad school studying Sociology and this is almost a daily debate I have in class (mostly against women in their late 30s, big surprise there). Look into http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Film_Is_Not_Yet_Rated if you are interested, its a documentary about how MPAA forces movie directors into censoring anything that goes against their "Christian" ideals.
Bikini =/= half naked.
Show me a mag with nipples on the cover and you've made your point.
~Plus your info says you're Canadian. Gee-tee-eff-oh.
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you said nudity. not half-naked women on magazines wearing small dresses. nudity is a different thing. half-naked is not naked.
yes magazines with nude women are available at some airports and some certain specific places.
you may have spanked it to cable tv at 12pm but no there were not nude women on that cable tv at 12pm.
(edit: i did not realize you were talking about canada. i read America and thought USA. that is my bad, in the USA there are no naked people on cable tv or magazine covers in public places. i don't think they even sell playboys and hustlers at most shops here where i'm at)
Art directors are following the desires of majority. That's their job. Majority also doesn't give a crap about you, if it's any consolation, by the way.
I moved to canada a few months ago, don't be trollin.
American media may not "promote" female nudity but they do a piss poor job of censoring it, hence owning the most porn revenue worldwide, and capitalizing from it is quite the opposite of shunning it. It's not hard to maintain a double standard
#TeamVainlash
Why did Marceline's dad eat her fries? I mean...cause she bought them and they were hers...
We have such a strong porn industry because the entire nation is sexually repressed. Everyone puts up a front, then behind closed doors they are into the nastiest shit you can imagine.
See Japan.
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Now Playing: Skyrim, Wurm Online, Tropico 4
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I kinda felt the opposite, Teras gear have the same theme while in GW2 you can choose between practical and skimpy.
Since they havn´t added the cloth preview and most people havn´t started crafting yet you just see a small portion of the skins on player character, there will be plenty later.
As long as any character have the choice to dress practical I think the people complaining are a bit oversensitive. It wouldn´t hurt Tera to have a feel sensible skins as well.
http://tera-online.cc/gallery/highelf-fl/
http://tera-online.cc/gallery/highelf-fh/
Seems like a pretty even selection to me, a lot of the sets have full cover for the body and legs.