LogFAQs > #986518988

LurkerFAQs, Active Database ( 12.01.2023-present ), DB1, DB2, DB3, DB4, DB5, DB6, DB7, DB8, DB9, DB10, DB11, DB12, Clear

Topic List	Page List: 1
Topic	Why are there so many ugly people in video games now?
adjl 09/24/25 12:23:56 PM #30:	ParanoidObsessive posted... Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is another game that kind of shows off how that particular red flag can indicate a disaster waiting to happen. When they released concept art of what the female main character was going to look like, there were complaints that it was yet another frumpy, masculinized, desexualized ugly-girl meant to minimize the male gaze. Compounded with the years of development hell, the DLC controversy, and multiple other factors, it feels like there's very little chance that game is ever going to be anything other than a clusterf* dumpster fire. And Star Wars: Outlaws is another example, where a lot of people were borderline disturbed by what the female lead looks like in that game (and the fact that there was no option to play as a male character instead), and in the end it turned out to be a game that had WAAAY more problems than just "ugly main character". So... cases where the significant problems with the games had nothing to do with how sexy the lady protagonist was? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts. <cite>adjl posted [p:986518988] in Why are th... [t:81045580]...</cite> <quote>ParanoidObsessive posted... </cite><quote>Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 is another game that kind of shows off how that particular red flag can indicate a disaster waiting to happen. When they released concept art of what the female main character was going to look like, there were complaints that it was yet another frumpy, masculinized, desexualized ugly-girl meant to minimize the male gaze. Compounded with the years of development hell, the DLC controversy, and multiple other factors, it feels like there's very little chance that game is ever going to be anything other than a clusterf* dumpster fire. And Star Wars: Outlaws is another example, where a lot of people were borderline disturbed by what the female lead looks like in that game (and the fact that there was no option to play as a male character instead), and in the end it turned out to be a game that had WAAAY more problems than just "ugly main character".</quote>So... cases where the significant problems with the games had nothing to do with how sexy the lady protagonist was? --- This is my signature. It exists to keep people from skipping the last line of my posts.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Topic List	Page List: 1