Character Models

[Jarod]

Why does every RPG make the men look like they are feminine as ♥♥♥♥? I look at the trailer for this and thought it was a girl running around for a hot minute till he spoke.

[Tyler Durden]

Its that damn hairband they gave him... and his boots look like high heels lol. if they fix those two things, it'd be a big improvement

[ShivaRpgN]

I mean, you’re not wrong. I would have liked a slightly more masculine design but at least the voice actor and the dialogues did a good job to make him feel more like a dude. I also try to look at him as a Japanese teenager who’s too young and just deal with it. The game does luckily have 2 other guys in your party that are really well designed with that perspective.

[Eclisis]

You really asking that in a japanese game, it's called bishonen, which literally means a youth with androgynous beauty and its part of the aesthetic of anime and japanese games
I mean every Final fantasy has characters like this lmao nobody wants to play an RPG has an ugly old man, the characters are always young pretty boys

[RPG Gamer Man]

This is why i like games with character custimization. I also like facial hair. How come alot of times these femboys never have a beard or a mustache? They only put it usually on older characters. I had a mustache when i was in high school at age 16. It can happen.

[MJAndre]

Originally posted by RPG Gamer Man:

This is why i like games with character custimization. I also like facial hair. How come alot of times these femboys never have a beard or a mustache? They only put it usually on older characters. I had a mustache when i was in high school at age 16. It can happen.

It's a game for Japan FIRST. not the West. Japan likes THESE characters more.
FFXVI's Clive was designed "for Western audiences".

[Durgha]

Millions of Japanese gamers have access to Apple Arcade so we shouldn't assume Fantasian's design elements were made with North Americans in mind. iPhones have notably high market share in Japan compared to most other non-English speaking countries.

In the key art Zinikr is the second-most prominent character behind Leo. I suspect putting a grizzled, middle-aged man front and center was done intentionally to evoke Daddy Nier vibes from Western fans. The only other work I can find by the designer is Terra Battle 1 & 2 which looks to be aesthetically similar.

It reminds me a lot of Huang-Tae Kim's work on the Magna Cart games, if anyone remembers those. People also complained the main character in that series looked like a girl.

[Катюша]

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your perspective... Japan just doesn't like variety in their protagonists, especially Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy adjacent games. It's always pretty young boys, for as long as I can remember.

The odd occasion they might give us a female protagonist, but that's very rare.

[Eclisis]

Originally posted by Катюша:

Unfortunately, or fortunately, depending on your perspective... Japan just doesn't like variety in their protagonists, especially Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy adjacent games. It's always pretty young boys, for as long as I can remember.

The odd occasion they might give us a female protagonist, but that's very rare.

The heroes journey is about boys growing into men.

Would Star Wars be successful if in a New Hope Luke was bearded man in his 40's or if Obi Wan was the main character lmao

[mrTokon]

You guys seriously need to play Like a Dragon if you want a 40 year old protagonist in an RPG