I am sick of being forced to play ugly characters

[Jefft]

New fable games protagonist is eurgh. I like fable, but they could have made her not actively ugly?

With lara croft they literally got rid of anything that made her 'sexy', and made her so plain now.

Apparently having curves is offensive. And 'representation matters'. OK what about representing women who have boobs and butt's but still want to be outlandishly badass?

The standard is still like such for men and no one complains about it. Its so frustrating :(.

Examples: Joanne dark, lara croft, Regina from dinocrisis.

I'm just gonna edit this because I've had to r/whoosh so many people:
'Don't play the game'
Not my point at all. I still enjoy games, I'm not butt hurt about a character being ugly or not attractive. I'm complaining about the lack of strong powerful but also independent and sexually liberated characters in the industry. Think Lara Croft Tokyo level, where she hides dual pistols in her garter and kicks ass.

'Play 18+ games'
I'm not after porn. I'm after a strong female character that can act as a role model. I remember being like 7-8 running around in my swimming costume with water pistols pretending I was Lara Croft. Being excited about growing older, and having the woman parts she had but also being as cool and badass as her. I used to buy the guide books which had the risqué pictures at the back and I thought she was so cool and strong and free thinking.

Most female characters now are a husk of that. If they are that level of attractive then they are boring and have no personality. Or are helpless. Think Ashley in Resi. Annoyingly helpless at times and it feels like Leon has to constantly baby her like 'ooh Ashley ur so good at turning a wheel, such big brain'. It's just, eurgh -.-. Give me more Ada Wong (minus the atrocious voice acting). Hell make a resi with Ada as the playable main char.

[ZZZZZ]

non-adventure games tend to have ugly characters cause they dotn focus on character appearance to begin with

[Jefft]

ZZZZZ a écrit :

non-adventure games tend to have ugly characters cause they dotn focus on character appearance to begin with

Doesn't make sense for the likes of Kratos, AC Odyssey (both m and f), any resi - any male protagonist in any game really.

[Shodan 2.0]

Jamie Skateboard a écrit :

tiny E a écrit :

Every day I come into OT and think, "That is the dumbest thread ever." and every day I'm proven wrong.

Sorry you're ugly. I don't really know what else to say. It is a genuine issue though - see Sydney Watsons take on it:

https://youtu.be/F7-18qCOfJo?feature=shared

She hits the hammer on the head and has said everything I've been saying to my boyfriend for a long time.

So, someone is not allowed to disagree without automatically being ugly? Amazing.

[gugnihr]

--=Nokturna Mortis=-- a écrit :

I posted these pictures in another post (which was deleted) with the exact same content.
Fable has always been notorious for being ugly. So you better find another object for your limited view.
Fable I:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1258662324
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1258662584
Fable II:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2944366894
Fable III:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=294772771

I do not like Fable, I never liked Fable, so I do not say this to defend it I'm just saying this because it is something I care about a lot more in general:
the problem is that when you make a ugly CARTOON character, it is still cute, it still has its charm somehow... it has artistic value to it even if it is not cute because it is not meant to be cute... if it's done well it is still pleasant to look at.
But Fable 3 is much more realistic, most videogames in general are much more realistic, and realism just suck. It is ugly, it is unpleasant to look at it, and people complain and notice it more when they see a ugly character.
Of course I know there are a lot of woke activists and sjw and so on who only want to have ugly women in media and attack everybody who make a good looking female character... I am not denying this because it is undeniable, but I bet that people notice this 10 times more than they would normally do because with those realistic art styles uglyness is just plain ugly, it sucks, and it is disgusting to look at. If videogames had a different art style it would be much less noticeable and less people would complain, I'm sure.

[Candyy]

Idk what she looks like now but meh ,is just a videogame character 🤷‍♀️

[Moogal™]

Jamie Skateboard a écrit :

Regina from dinocrisis.

One of the very hottest characters in gaming.

[Tonepoet]

You literally name one example of an unattractive female character and three examples of attractive female characters, while complaining that the unattractive female characters are overrepresented and the attractive female characters are underrepresented? Are you serious?

I struggle to think of any other examples of an adult human female protagonist who does not look like a super-model, and even amongst the non-humans, the examples are scarce and arguably live up to the standards of beauty for their kind, which is to say, Ms. Pacman certainly didn't have trouble finding a husband.

Also, regarding Laura Croft, the redesign kind of makes sense? Now I do not mean to suggest that she could not have been made more curvaceous if the designers wanted, but having a 1990s Playstation 1 mascot running around in a realistic environment is a rather ludicrous thought, and even if Laura works better than Spyro or Crash in that regard, she still looks too much like a Barbie doll that is ready to snap in half like a twig at a moment's notice for it.

Plus hey, we are supposed to be getting Tomb Raider Ⅰ–Ⅲ remasters where Laura looks more like her old fashioned self in February of 2024 anyway, so you can have fun playing those if, well, I'd say nothing else but there is plenty of else to be had. I mean, have you seen Samus? XP

[Yavin Shikanoko]

1st world problems

[Sidakte]

well, Regina from Dino Crisis came to mind when i read your post.
try them out if you haven't already.

and BloodRayne. Definitely BloodRayne.

[76561198356019466]

Tonepoet a écrit :

Plus hey, we are supposed to be getting Tomb Raider Ⅰ–Ⅲ remasters where Laura looks more like her old fashioned self in February of 2024 anyway,

That doesn't count because it doesn't fit his narrative and thus needs to be ignored.

But more seriously, TR 1-3 are three of my all time faves, but im just hearing this now. Doesn't look like it's hitting PC though.

Wait there it is. You can pre-order it here actually.

[PsychoPsyops]

No one is forcing you to play the games, therefore no one is forcing you to play the ugly characters.

[Acetyl]

3 states.
1) Masculine
2a) Null / neuter
2b) Divine Androgyne imitation / unity of opposites (Lilith as the Anima)
3) Feminine

They're focusing on 2 because that's their plan for humanity.

[Hammer Of Evil]

Jamie Skateboard a écrit :

I am sick of being forced to play ugly characters

no one is forcing you to do anything.

[Mensis]

Yeah, bring back lara's huge polygon titties, those triangles were way sexier

[Sidakte]

well, it is after all just a tease and it should be seen as such, but

https://youtu.be/jcVRojcq1mY?feature=shared