Why are developers "manning up" female game characters ?.

[Grimaldus]

It's happening more and more in games where we see developers hire a beautiful woman
to play their ingame female protagonist or overall character... and they end up changing
the face of the ingame female so much they look more like a man with female characteristics than they look like the actual actress they hires for the job.

https://i.imgur.com/eZXlHzf.png

Now take a look at the games Star Wars the Fallen Order where the actor hired to play
the character Cal Kestis , he looks SPOT ON ... literally cloned into the game .

https://preview.redd.it/future-character-wishes-v0-g46zc98mv4u81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=0f4d2229751c1d12a5d0dedfeb70c9335b3d9729

Why can't game developers simply just let beautiful women stay beautiful in games
and stop changing them into female russian wresters .

[Aachen]

Because any random person’s ♥♥♥♥-tingles aren’t that important?

I’d like to see some pre-“female-Russian-wrestler”-changes screencaps, though, fwiw ….

…. Heh, so, just saw an article about this teapot.

[Kiryn]

0/10, not trying hard enough. Only one cherry-picked example (which I would say is an example of Really Weird face, not "looks like a man" face), plus for some odd reason thinking that mocap/scanned actors is how it should work in the first place.

edit: and what game is that anyway? Are all the faces in it so stylized/odd-shaped?

[Grimaldus]

Mass Defect Andromeda .
https://i.redd.it/5j6hyxzkcofy.jpg

Had A LOT of bad reactions about this strange change of the main protagonist
"facelift" ... and as you can see... not even close to look like the actress.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Grimaldus:

Why can't game developers simply just let beautiful women stay beautiful in games
and stop changing them into female russian wresters .

The problem ain't game developers. The problem is a whole industry based on ragebaiting people about whatever is trendy to get some juicy ad-revenue and interactions, and people eating hook, line and sinker of it.

[Spawn of Totoro]

No on ever said the two had to look the same or even be close to it. Most voice actors look nothing like the character they voice. The looks of the character are based upon that of the person in the game, not the voice actor. Some add a bit of similarity to fit with minor facial movements as it helps make it look more accurate for the speech, but that is rare in and of it's self.

I wouldn't expect a hardened mercenary to look like a model in a game, nor would it be realistic nor immersive to do so. They would look rough and battle scarred.

I suggest focusing less at the voice actress and more at the character's backstory to determine if someone looks right in the game.

[Grimaldus]

Originally posted by Spawn of Totoro:

No on ever said the two had to look the same or even be close to it. Most voice actors look nothing like the character they voice. The looks of the character are based upon that of the person in the game, not the voice actor. Some add a bit of similarity to fit with minor facial movements as it helps make it look more accurate for the speech, but that is rare in and of it's self.

I wouldn't expect a hardened mercenary to look like a model in a game, nor would it be realistic nor immersive to do so. They would look rough and battle scarred.

I suggest focusing less at the voice actress and more at the character's backstory to determine if someone looks right in the game.

Then WHY are developers making their character look EXACTLY like the actor hired,
but when it comes to good looking actresses, their appearence ingame is more often
than not, changed into looking worse or outright horrible (Mass Defect Andromeda) .

[xBCxRangers]

Because these developers are nuts. Best thing is to look at vids before buying, and anything with these ridiculous themes, don't buy them if it's not your thing.

[Tito Shivan]

Originally posted by Grimaldus:

Then WHY are developers making their character look EXACTLY like the actor hired,
but when it comes to good looking actresses, their appearence ingame is more often
than not, changed into looking worse or outright horrible (Mass Defect Andromeda) .

It's called confirmation bias.

[Spawn of Totoro]

Originally posted by Grimaldus:

Then WHY are developers making their character look EXACTLY like the actor hired,
but when it comes to good looking actresses, their appearence ingame is more often
than not, changed into looking worse or outright horrible (Mass Defect Andromeda) .

Again, look at the character's back story. Look in to the tech used to capture facial feature movements as well.

Also, makeup.

[Aachen]

Wait till you see how it went for Michael Dorn[fallout.fandom.com]!

[captainwiseass]

Yes, yes, every woman you don't find attractive is part of a conspiracy. Move along.

[Grimaldus]

Originally posted by captainwiseass:

Yes, yes, every woman you don't find attractive is part of a conspiracy. Move along.

If you read the OP and look at the links, you might actually understand the point i'm making.

[Crazy Tiger]

Originally posted by Kiryn:

0/10, not trying hard enough.

Agreed. Jester farming attempts nowadays are getting quite stale.

[Ogami]

Ah , another " all woman in video games should be fap material for my fantasies" thread.
Riveting.

[PootisMayo]

This thread is not worth anyone's time.