Women videogame characters aren't getting uglier, but men ones aren't getting prettier

[Yavin Shikanoko]

The problem is people complaining about it are just too used to see women in adult movies and cartoons. Asian games usually hold that anime-like characteristics (for example Final Fantasy). If they went outside more they would notice the wide variety of people, including women.

The thing nobody talks is how ugly the men characters tend to be, many of them are not that attractive and some of them are straight up ugly.

[ImSoCool599]

Is this something people genuinely care about?

[gugnihr]

Originally posted by Mahoutsukai Yavin:

The problem is people complaining about it are just too used to see women in adult movies and cartoons. Asian games usually hold that anime-like characteristics (for example Final Fantasy). If they went outside more they would notice the wide variety of people, including women.

The thing nobody talks is how ugly the men characters tend to be, many of them are not that attractive and some of them are straight up ugly.

Gugnihr has heard that some people are better looking than others. He has no opinion on the matter. All people are beautiful to him.

[Yavin Shikanoko]

Originally posted by ImSoCool599:

Is this something people genuinely care about?

Not really

[Yavin Shikanoko]

Originally posted by gugnihr:

Originally posted by Mahoutsukai Yavin:

The problem is people complaining about it are just too used to see women in adult movies and cartoons. Asian games usually hold that anime-like characteristics (for example Final Fantasy). If they went outside more they would notice the wide variety of people, including women.

The thing nobody talks is how ugly the men characters tend to be, many of them are not that attractive and some of them are straight up ugly.

Gugnihr has heard that some people are better looking than others. He has no opinion on the matter. All people are beautiful to him.

Based take

Originally posted by Breathe:

I don’t play these games for the visual appeal of the characters though so I don’t care much. More like I like the play and visual appeal of everything else.

Same

[Ysosrscat]

The women are uglier because beauty is privilege and the thin skinned types are made to feel inferior by anything not on their level.

The men have different metrics, but I'm sure they fail to meet even those standards now.

"I don't play games for visual appeal" is cope, things can be better or worse, and it usually doesn't end there.

[Xero_Daxter]

This is why we need more femboy main characters.

[Mega Ultra Chicken]

The female characters can take a slight downgrade in looks, but making them look like actual men is ridiculous.

[Blunt Raps]

What u mean op?
Almost every male character either looks like john cena. An average size pretty boy. Or the token grizzled vet.

[Phirestar]

This whole lack of beauty in modern video games seems to be prevalent almost exclusively in games that are trying to be as realistic and “true to life” in their graphics as possible.

It’s why I’m more than happy to continue playing games that are hand-drawn, pixel art, cel shaded, and whatever else. Games that go for a distinct artstyle that clearly separate themselves from reality, or sometimes simply just games with a heavy handed art direction, rarely or never struggle to be visually appealing to look at.

Put the artist back into the art, I say.

[Ysosrscat]

Originally posted by Breathe:

Originally posted by Ysosrscat:

"I don't play games for visual appeal" is cope, things can be better or worse, and it usually doesn't end there.

It sounds like you need to cope. I just skip the cutscenes anyway. And I don’t need videogame characters to look attractive, whatever that means, because real people exist in the real world and videogames are just a game. But you do you, boo.

If you don't care, and you claim it doesn't matter, why make excuses for making it worse.

Also real people are mediocre, that's why there are mythological heroes.

Excusing mediocrity is a problem.

[Pixie]

You guys need glasses or doing that cringe male feminist thing to get friend zoned by a sociopath?

Just go to McDonalds and see an attractive girl, they not unrealistic at all

[Yavin Shikanoko]

Originally posted by Pixie:

You guys need glasses or doing that cringe male feminist thing to get friend zoned by a sociopath?

sounds like projection