Why are there no sexy outfits?

[water]

Hello everybody,

I think borderlands 2 is a genius game, do doubt.
Game mechanics, sound and the graphics are cool.

But something I think is strage.

I'm not living in the US but I'm wondering why there are plenty of selectable outfits but no outfit looks sexy.
I mean what's going on???
I know so many games and they offer one or two sexy outfits. This is common.
In borderlands they wear all trousers like in the middle age.
I thought we are living in the 21 century and it should be ok that women wear sexy clothes.
(Yes of course men too *g*, I want to be correct)

What do you think??

[Sodie]

100% agree with you man and there is always texmod wich can change the skins of the characters but ya over all Borderlands 3 should have some sexy DLC skins at least.

[Engine.ini]

just noticed this game has no Workshop :S

[Nakos]

Not overly sexualizing the female (or male) characters was actually a design goal of the Gearbox art team.

You're welcome to make your own decision on whether or not you think they were successful, but the lack of "sexy" outfits is actually a consious design decision. It's on purpose.


(No, I haven't forgotten Moxxi and I'm certainly not going to try to explain her (beyond mentioning that she's an NPC rather than a PC and to point out that despite her appearance, she's intelligent and devious and has her own goals and her appearance is calculated to help further those goals)).

[dontu_worry]

Originally posted by rowdycat:

In this case we are far away from overly sexualizing the female or male characters.
This even does not reflect the daily life.
Walking in winter clothes in the desert *lol*

If you want a game that is about fashion, go be a TF2 drag queen. There are plenty.

[dragongodofgames]

there is but you need to use Texmod. for the file google nude mods.( no its not a nude mod)

[dontu_worry]

Originally posted by rowdycat:

This game is not for children because of the violence, at least in european countries.
So where's the problem of seeing a bit skin???
If this would be a problem you could never see sports like Tennis, beach volley and many many more. You could not go to the public pool.

I don't understand it.

You should get out and see, and touch some real skin. Its even better than ingame nudity. Really.

[Mathias🦽]

Originally posted by rowdycat:

Hello everybody,

I think borderlands 2 is a genius game, do doubt.
Game mechanics, sound and the graphics are cool.

But something I think is strage.

I'm not living in the US but I'm wondering why there are plenty of selectable outfits but no outfit looks sexy.
I mean what's going on???
I know so many games and they offer one or two sexy outfits. This is common.
In borderlands they wear all trousers like in the middle age.
I thought we are living in the 21 century and it should be ok that women wear sexy clothes.
(Yes of course men too *g*, I want to be correct)

What do you think??

So you play the game instead of beating your meat

[Zen_Disaster]

Originally posted by rowdycat:

Hello everybody,

I think borderlands 2 is a genius game, do doubt.
Game mechanics, sound and the graphics are cool.

But something I think is strage.

I'm not living in the US but I'm wondering why there are plenty of selectable outfits but no outfit looks sexy.
I mean what's going on???
I know so many games and they offer one or two sexy outfits. This is common.
In borderlands they wear all trousers like in the middle age.
I thought we are living in the 21 century and it should be ok that women wear sexy clothes.
(Yes of course men too *g*, I want to be correct)

What do you think??

Well according to Anthony Burch (whose canon in BL2 is a bit shaky) Maya is like most Sirens "asexual" and Gaige is just a kid - cause they're the two female playable characters in the game, I guess there was no place for "sexy outfits" in Burch's game design?

[Cerberus Shepard]

considering you only SEE your character on the main screen what the point?

[you're not thinking creatively]

Originally posted by Nakos:

Not overly sexualizing the female (or male) characters was actually a design goal of the Gearbox art team.

You're welcome to make your own decision on whether or not you think they were successful, but the lack of "sexy" outfits is actually a consious design decision. It's on purpose.


(No, I haven't forgotten Moxxi and I'm certainly not going to try to explain her (beyond mentioning that she's an NPC rather than a PC and to point out that despite her appearance, she's intelligent and devious and has her own goals and her appearance is calculated to help further those goals)).

Moxxi is heavily ironic, especially in Borderlands 2. She mocks the kind of gamers who want female characters who can make them forget their virginity. In general the series is exemplary when it comes to diverse and non-stereotyped characters (which I think makes a better game).

Like Zen says, the writers said Maya is asexual so to overly sexualise her in outfits would be bizarrely out of character. I think that goes for the rest of the game too. I know our culture is obsessed with sex but it's really not particularly relevant to Borderlands 2. There are more important things going on. You ever tried fighting dragons in a bikini? And the caustic caverns isn't exactly a beach resort. This kind of request is just weird.

[Nakos]

Originally posted by you're not thinking creatively:

Moxxi is heavily ironic, especially in Borderlands 2. She mocks the kind of gamers who want female characters who can make them forget their virginity. In general the series is exemplary when it comes to diverse and non-stereotyped characters (which I think makes a better game).

Like Zen says, the writers said Maya is asexual so to overly sexualise her in outfits would be bizarrely out of character. I think that goes for the rest of the game too. I know our culture is obsessed with sex but it's really not particularly relevant to Borderlands 2. There are more important things going on. You ever tried fighting dragons in a bikini? And the caustic caverns isn't exactly a beach resort. This kind of request is just weird.

Yeah, I always find the overly sexualized outfits weird in gaming environments. Most of the time, in most games, the PC is a fighter. There's blood, dirt, grime, grease, all kinds of disgusting stuff. Really, who'd want to be wearing a skimpy outfit in all of that?

And despite the "Wild West" theme, most of BL2 takes place in sections of the planet where it's currently winter. Even if there isn't snow on the ground, it's still frequently chilly. Frankly, Sal, Maya, Gaige and Krieg could all use more warm clothing.

[Unicarn]

Why do people care this much about it?

If a game has scantily clad characters, (women specifically, because double standards are fun) then people freak out.

If a game doesn't have scantily clad characters, people beg for them.

[wolkenwand]

Originally posted by rowdycat:

In this case we are far away from overly sexualizing the female or male characters.
This even does not reflect the daily life.
Walking in winter clothes in the desert *lol*

coming from country that most wears decent clothes, i even think some of character shows too many body parts, moxxi or ellie is one of the example. In desert, people wear more protecting clothes in order to protect their skin from sun. I more comfortable play games with decently clothed character like shadow of mordor or call of duty. I dont have this game on pc, but i have the ps4 version.

[SunDrippedDevil]

What would the point of sexy outfits be? It's not like you can see yourself? Unless you want to play dress up all day long, or sit in the main menu and beat off?

If you want Maya and Gaige in sexy outfits, then Sal and Axton wear thongs too, or asschaps. Fair is fair.

[trukr]

Wow, for a second I thought I had wandered in to the sims forum.
Don't need to half naked PCs to shoot things in the face. Glad this game doesn't have that stuff so that moron Anita can worry about seeing Batman's butt and not what we do on Pandora.