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People throw the term "realism" around like that's a good thing. I don't want my video games crammed with realism. Entertainment is largely great because it can escape the bounds of realism. And that's why most entertainment is not realistic at all.

I want my video games to be maximally enjoyable. Different levels of physical attractiveness are a thing, and like almost all living mammals human beings are biologically programmed to prefer physically attractive people.

Babies as young as a few months old can be tested and demonstrated to show a strong preference for "attractive" faces. Attractive people are both consciously and subconsciously preferred and favored in virtually all social settings and situations.

There's a reason the vast majority of actors and actresses are MUCH more attractive than the average person. They don't look like the random people in line and Wal Mart at even though those people are far more a realistic depiction of an average person.

I want my video game dudes buff chads and I want my video game girls hot and sexy. I want to see and celebrate the ideal in my entertainment and most other people do as well.

We've entered this very strange era where a very vocal minority of misfits are threatened by depictions of conventionally attractive people. They dress up their bitterness and insecurity as some sort of social crusade but their true motivations are as transparent as grandma's underpants.