People ♥♥♥♥♥ing about Hilde and '' boobplate ''.

[⎛⎝ Kupo ⎠⎞]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6KHz0qWQA9I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBtvS5yhTA8&t=1s

[Habaduba]

So the beef is that a WOMAN wielding a random combination of a SWORD AND A SPEAR, in full plate armour but WITHOUT HELMET fighting the likes of slabslinging german strippers who like to explode and japaneese power Rangers Has a breastplate that in its design trades a slightly more protective plate angle for the ability to breathe... Wow.

[ShadowSplit]

Hilde's breastplate is OK. Her fighting style would probably cost her life.

[󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡󠀡]

A bunch of idiot subhumans on resetera are complaining about the game they will never buy. If the devs didn't care about them before, they definitely shouldn't start now.

Enjoy the tiddies, bros.

[ShadowSplit]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝ Hisako ⎠⎞:

Her lack of helmet would.
But this is a game where people fight wearing no armor too, both male and female characters.
The male DLC character in Season 2 isn't wearing any at all and has an open shirt.

Edit: Btw, I do understand that some people liked her old design and don't like the new one. That's totally fine.
That's how it is for me sometimes too with character designs.

I am specifically talking about the people going '' yikes, boobplate '' who are obsessing over boobplate supposedly being bad or say that it's sexualized.

Could be a problem, yes. But in real fight sometimes you can't keep the helmet on all the time.

Big flagpole and short sword aren't really good combination to use simultaneously. She would have serious issues to keep with a fast opponent with those two, and after a while swinging wide would tire her fast enough.
Similar problems you can find with Cassandra. Her wild swing are not a characteristic of a good warrior. But this is a game so real life issues play little to no significance.

Heard similar things about Taki. I like her way to much to care what people think.

[John Thicc 3 - Parabelly]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝ Hisako ⎠⎞:

Yes, I am mad btw. Lol.
Or rather I am just EXTREMELY tired of it.

The Western game industry is so incredibly infected by an obsession with everything being '' practical '' and it's boring imo.
And they can't leave it alone whenever something is different.
It annoys the ♥♥♥♥ out of me.

The main reason people are complaining about Hilde is because she used to be pretty much the only female character that didn't have an oversexualized default outfit. The ONLY one.

This is far from calling for every female character to wear practical armor, because especially in SC for the most part that was never true.

Now that is gone too and the game ends up looking even more thirsty as a result, because they can't have a single design that isn't pandering.

[Habaduba]

Well, it is probably slightly less protective then a normally shaped breastplate, keep in mind armour Has been getting more and more angled to glance off pierces and Blunt damage, while fullplate is the peak of non modern armour without the doubt, and is basically unpenetrable by normall means, piercing damage from lances or powerfull missle fire could still deal damage even in case of really well made armour if such a hit would land propperly. And i would not reccomend redirecting a pierce and/or Blunt force to the centre of mass, that beeing said, the "boobplate" is still a good call, you need to breathe and while there is a minute chance of redirecting the strike to the ribcage, it also adds an angle that can help in deflecting a strike. The thing is that there were far too few wemen engaging in medival warfare on the frontlines and even less if any that could afford a tailored breastplate and still choose to fight to say whether the boobplate was an effective design. I belive i already expressed it but Ill say it again, this is fantasy, and if those ppl actually cared for historical accuracy, they would not be adressing that, but other, much more severe differencess.

[Habaduba]

Originally posted by ⎛⎝ Hisako ⎠⎞:

Originally posted by Habaduba:

Well, it is probably slightly less protective then a normally shaped breastplate, keep in mind armour Has been getting more and more angled to glance off pierces and Blunt damage, while fullplate is the peak of non modern armour without the doubt, and is basically unpenetrable by normall means, piercing damage from lances or powerfull missle fire could still deal damage even in case of really well made armour if such a hit would land propperly. And i would not reccomend redirecting a pierce and/or Blunt force to the centre of mass, that beeing said, the "boobplate" is still a good call, you need to breathe and while there is a minute chance of redirecting the strike to the ribcage, it also adds an angle that can help in deflecting a strike. The thing is that there were far too few wemen engaging in medival warfare on the frontlines and even less if any that could afford a tailored breastplate and still choose to fight to say whether the boobplate was an effective design. I belive i already expressed it but Ill say it again, this is fantasy, and if those ppl actually cared for historical accuracy, they would not be adressing that, but other, much more severe differencess.

Meanwhile, real historical armor [i.imgur.com]...
Not to even get started on Samurai armor which is so completely full of nonsensical and impractical fluff for the sake of style that would only get in the way or be easy to pull on in battle.

But yeah...
I think that people just extrapolated a lot out of her previous designs that was never there or intended by the developers.
People keep saying that she was supposed to be '' the non-sexualized character '' but the developers have never said this.
The most that can really be said is that she was inspired by European Knights, but she is also a Princess. Her new design seems to play more on the Princess part and also made her look a bit more ceremonial with the mantle and tiara.
It might even play into the story really.

Siegfried also exposes more skin than in his previous designs, his arms are basically open.
And I mean Nightmare has a huge spike as a breastplate...

Wow I'd live more info on that design, that's a really unique breastplate, as for samurai armour, It played a larger cultural/intimidation role then in EU, and there is no doubt that European counterparts were generally more practicall and protective.
There have always been some mad ppl going wild about the female charrs and fortunatelly Okubo doesn't give a damn.
As for Siegfried, im a big fan of knoghthood... But sieg is so absurd with his needlessly broad sword, and silly armour...I just can't help but avoid the guy.

[Habaduba]

Originally posted by Habaduba:

Originally posted by ⎛⎝ Hisako ⎠⎞:

Meanwhile, real historical armor [i.imgur.com]...
Not to even get started on Samurai armor which is so completely full of nonsensical and impractical fluff for the sake of style that would only get in the way or be easy to pull on in battle.

But yeah...
I think that people just extrapolated a lot out of her previous designs that was never there or intended by the developers.
People keep saying that she was supposed to be '' the non-sexualized character '' but the developers have never said this.
The most that can really be said is that she was inspired by European Knights, but she is also a Princess. Her new design seems to play more on the Princess part and also made her look a bit more ceremonial with the mantle and tiara.
It might even play into the story really.

Siegfried also exposes more skin than in his previous designs, his arms are basically open.
And I mean Nightmare has a huge spike as a breastplate...

Wow I'd love more info on that design, that's a really unique breastplate, as for samurai armour, It played a larger cultural/intimidation role then in EU, and there is no doubt that European counterparts were generally more practicall and protective.
There have always been some mad ppl going wild about the female charrs and fortunatelly Okubo doesn't give a damn.
As for Siegfried, im a big fan of knoghthood... But sieg is so absurd with his needlessly broad sword, and silly armour...I just can't help but avoid the guy.

[Umbral Priestess]

Is this topic actually talking about realism in a soul calibur game? lol, the game where you can get overheaded with a giant axe and you're still fine.

Come on, now.

[Ghosttown]

Originally posted by Dark Priestess:

Is this topic actually talking about realism in a soul calibur game? lol, the game where you can get overheaded with a giant axe and you're still fine.

Come on, now.

:D

[Cyker]

I will just use the classic Yoko Taro quote against these people triggered because of a fictional female character: I just really like girls.

[AGA | prinnyuber]

People are complaining about something cosmetic?! Not about the fact that Hildebear is a returning character being sold as dlc?! Well alrighty then.

[kn1ghtsabre]

If you look at the history of armor, and you recall a little... ahem... some times not so little... piece of armor on many suits called a cod piece that exaggerated a male reproductive organ. It's not too far fetched to think that if they made armor for a woman it would also accentuate her reproductive organs... So is it realistic? Absofreakinlutely!

[Thundercracker]

Originally posted by kn1ghtsabre:

If you look at the history of armor, and you recall a little... ahem... some times not so little... piece of armor on many suits called a cod piece that exaggerated a male reproductive organ. It's not too far fetched to think that if they made armor for a woman it would also accentuate her reproductive organs... So is it realistic? Absofreakinlutely!

i dunno, i want a codpeice bigger than my junk because if someone hits the codpeice and breaks through it, my wiener would be a shishkebab.

i've never really heard someone seriously complain about boobplate, in my day it was the chainmail bikini that caused the most offense.