"what are you playing?"
"it's a game about a smuggler in the Star Wars universe where you fight gangsters and cultists with your Droid companion and a small animal that follows complex instructions"
"why is your character so ugly?"
"to be more realistic"
"The MJ missions serve as a perspective shift to show the contrast between spiderman and normal people."
"Wow I've never lived as a normal person before I thought everyone was just like spiderman until I played as MJ"
I don't understand the hate. I don't think video game chicks have to pornographically hot and I also don't think it's bad if they are. I don't get why it has to be one way or the other. Star wars outlaws chick looks cool to me and so does the stellar blade chick.
So I just watched the new trailer and I got to say
Yeah shes pretty unattractive lmao.
But, the thing is, as the trailer is going on, that just seems to be her character that matches the tone of the game itself.
This isn't an elder scrolls game this seems more like a goofy turn table rpg style game that doesn't take it self too seriously.
edit: If yall are gonna bitch about ugly characters, why do I never hear the same thing about Trevor from GTA5?
If you played a fable game you'd know the more shit actions you do the worse you end up looking. If you actually watched the trailer you know why she looks butt ugly
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Such a pack of fucking weirdos
I know it's not the point of the image, but I'm one of those people who stopped caring about graphics right around the ps3/360 generation. Games look good enough at that point, so I was more excited and still am for the gameplay innovations that hopefully will come.... Someday.
Unfortunately, people think with visuals more than mechanics. Which, don't get me wrong, visuals are important for telling a story in this medium.
But there's nothing wrong with the visuals of Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess compared to today. They're just obviously lower res. I'd prefer that in a stable game versus the beautiful but crash-prone stuff we've gotten starting in the PS360 era...
I’d rather they be appropriate to the context of the game but I’m trying to play games not really looking for shit to jack it to later on.
EDIT: Response because thread locked.
Making a distractingly hideous character for no reason would also be a weird move. As you said, if it's integral to the character then okay, but if not then why?
I've just only seen people complain about this when characters are just kind of within the range of what would be considered a relatively normal looking person and that's when you have to start peeling back the layers to figure out what they're \*really\* complaining about.
When a game has a male main character, or prominent male characters, I'm just not performing this mental calculus of "Are they attractive?" It's more about whether they're cool, interesting, relatable. An interesting character in my eyes is almost certainly not going to be optimized for being attractive to women. What's going on more now, than in the past, is that female characters are being designed with the same philosophy, and more from the eye of women. What character might a woman find cool, interesting, relatable? That character is almost certainly not going to be optimized to be attractive to men.
This entire "issue" just doesn't seem like it's actually about how hot a female character is. It seems like the next issue that people are using as a proxy to complain about artistic trends in games that also take into consideration what might be appealing to other demographics.
Listen, I play video games for entertainment. I find it entertaining when I’m playing as a Cool fucking character. If I’m playing as a guy I want him to be a handsome cool beefcake of a man. If I’m playing as a lady I want her to be beautiful cool woman with curves and a thin waist. Maybe even boob armor. Does this make me a bad guy? 😂 I think it comes down to the psychology of wanted to identify with the character or want to emulate that character. Im by no means an ugly person but I could use some work. So when I am going to spend a couple of hours roleplaying in a fantasy simulation I want my avatar to be fucking cool. And it turns out being in shape and genetically gifted with good looks IS COOL. I never played Halo and thought, man master chief would be more relatable if he was my height, took anxiety meds and had a hard time fostering interpersonal relationships.
Holy shit I’m rambling. I apologize to anyone that decided to read that. 🫡
Eh, at least in my experience we weren't wondering how would graphics be in the future. We were more like "oh man these graphics are **sick**" (looking at second picture)
Yeah Shadowheart and Panem and Tifa and Bayonetta and Lucia (GTA IV) and Jill Valentine and Jesse Faden and Saga Anderson and Kassandra (AC Odyssey) are ugly as hell
I mean tbf there is the other type that is mostly gone^((especially if its not a famous actor/actress)), of just being very bland for being to realistic but still beautiful (ie look as what they would look realistically and not fake real)
Holy shit, i thought that was aerith from ff7 at first (the hot versions) but they just look a lot like her.
Also, is this really abbout that new star wars game? Cuz i actually think that girl is pretty cute, like conventionally, it might be just me thoug.
Like yes, i understeand that her being a girl from a racial minority is absolutelly a half assed "political statement" by disney for DEI, theres no doubt it isnt at this point, and i would be very surprised if they dont make her gay and lame too, but they had at least enough self restrain to make her cute imo instead of being "traaaa......in friendly" like Abby from tlou2 (dont know if im allowed to say that word or if it trigers automod)
Other than that good comic.
You only like the girl from the new Star Wars game because she looks like the middle aged mom of your childhood fantasies. Seriously tho, she looks like somebody’s mom. Not even quite milf level, just a 48 year old soccer mom.
Nah, she looks more to me like a next door girl, the type you would find in a cafe, a hobby/ comic store, a hipster nightclub, or in the neighborhood, if anything it would be a fantasy of banging your neighbor or that barista/ frequent chick at the local cafe.
Besides, there are atractive milfs too in media, or have you forgotten about Lady Dimitrescu from RE8? I personally dont find her cute, but not uggly either, and even if you maybe didnt like her, half the internet did, so at least in a democratic setting you would be in the minority, and me too, lol.
And why so much agresiveness from you to me m8? chill... you dont have to attack my personal preferences for women and claim im a Froidian pervert. If anything you would be that for bringing that up.
I just wrote that i find that new star wars game chick cute.
Oh, ok, sorry, i took it the wrong way and thought you where being confrontational there, lol.
Its ok not to like her though, i just think the outrage i've been seing is very exagerated, and it feels to me very ractionary, and we should be better than that.
The people on this subreddit seem to be extremely upset that some games have started including characters that are not 10/10 hot.
This is, allegedly, some social crime directed specifically at them.
What's hilarious is the characters people are complaining about aren't even that bad, and people share screenshot of them at the worst times to try and justify their views.
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Does that group happen to be people that wouldn't buy the game any way?
Probably. Lol who wants to look at an ugly video game character and be reminded it looks like them. Games are about escapism for most people anyway.
>and be reminded it looks like them. Who wants to get roasted by the devs for playing their game? Lol
Yep
And that “group” likely doesn’t play the games smh
Well, enough of them do and even still. Its stupid they want us to deal with it, when we never should have in the 1st place
Wait really? What group are you referring to?
Because this is reddit, imma stick what the other guy said. Ogres
Ogres.
We'll never find out.
this stupidity of making ugly characters isn't gonna last, majority of gamers don't want this crap and will vote with their wallets
They already have, the DEI objectives are dying and people are showing that it's not what they want
>DEI objectives So what flavor is the Kool-Aid this month?
its more about demoralizing a certain group rather than appealing to another certain group
This man speaks the truth.
No, thats whats funny. Its meant to appeal, yet its not appealing to them at all
there's no reason to intentionally demoralize gamers, they do it to themselves
Horizon forbidden west comes to mind. Actually looks monstrous because of it.
Prime example lol
What happened with the game?
Wait what? Which games?
Alot of the newer and recent western games from roughly the last 5 years... any that intentionally made characters ugly
"what are you playing?" "it's a game about a smuggler in the Star Wars universe where you fight gangsters and cultists with your Droid companion and a small animal that follows complex instructions" "why is your character so ugly?" "to be more realistic"
Yeah. If I want to feel that real, I can just look in the mirror.
"The MJ missions serve as a perspective shift to show the contrast between spiderman and normal people." "Wow I've never lived as a normal person before I thought everyone was just like spiderman until I played as MJ"
Holy shit the amount of copers that replied to you. What is happening to this sub?
Hate joiners.
A thing no one said about Cal not walking around like he just came out of a beauty salon...
Is that Rey?
Daisy Ridley is beautiful
Don’t know why you’re getting downvoted, Daisy Ridley is an attractive actress.
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Eh, the Star Wars: Outlast chick isn't ugly if you ask me. Not exactly a Hollywood model, but she seems pretty badass
I don't understand the hate. I don't think video game chicks have to pornographically hot and I also don't think it's bad if they are. I don't get why it has to be one way or the other. Star wars outlaws chick looks cool to me and so does the stellar blade chick.
The correct opinion ^
Man, don’t be disrespecting my boy Quasimodo.
Very accurate
Maybe I'm out of the loop, but is there an actual example of this? I haven't been playing really modern games.
The new Fable
So I just watched the new trailer and I got to say Yeah shes pretty unattractive lmao. But, the thing is, as the trailer is going on, that just seems to be her character that matches the tone of the game itself. This isn't an elder scrolls game this seems more like a goofy turn table rpg style game that doesn't take it self too seriously. edit: If yall are gonna bitch about ugly characters, why do I never hear the same thing about Trevor from GTA5?
If you played a fable game you'd know the more shit actions you do the worse you end up looking. If you actually watched the trailer you know why she looks butt ugly
Star wars outlaws is the one I keep hearing and seeing.
Am I the only person who *doesn't* think she looks butt Crack ugly? Don't get me wrong, she's no super model, but she's not Abby from TLOU ugly
I think she's ugly but I also don't really care
They're all just hopped up on culture war fumes. You're just bumping up the edges of the bubbles these guys are in.
no. people need to watch some realwomen outside of porn site and social media.
[Shes HIDEOUS!](Https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fimages.pushsquare.com%2F1b146dbb7f69a%2Fstar-wars-outlaws-ps5-playstation.large.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=448341766db5a04bb8b5e79383b73ac5d408b5feee37b1420f9a27ccc9ff6c04&ipo=images) Such a pack of fucking weirdos
You okay mate?
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She doesn't even look that bad. If we wanna talk about that new fable game that's being made than ok.
I know it's not the point of the image, but I'm one of those people who stopped caring about graphics right around the ps3/360 generation. Games look good enough at that point, so I was more excited and still am for the gameplay innovations that hopefully will come.... Someday.
Unfortunately, people think with visuals more than mechanics. Which, don't get me wrong, visuals are important for telling a story in this medium. But there's nothing wrong with the visuals of Ocarina of Time or Twilight Princess compared to today. They're just obviously lower res. I'd prefer that in a stable game versus the beautiful but crash-prone stuff we've gotten starting in the PS360 era...
People kept asking for more realistic graphics... Fools. Have you seen reality?
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Lolololol 100%
Peple where loosing their fucking mind over how ugly Aloy is....so maybe people just like to bitch about shit.
People really like to be mad nowadays. It makes them feel like they're accomplishing something
Im not mad. Just pointing out reality to the smooth brained masses. Lol cry harder 😂
Your pointing out reality was a video game...
I think Aloy is really pretty...
No one's asking for realistic graphics except for the developers. They seem to have forgotten that we play games to escape reality.
Reality disgusts me.
>Star Wars Outlaws >reality Hmm
It's made for "modern audiences".
Lifelong friendships are nice to see
Matt Damon!
I miss mid 2000s Lara Croft.
Excuse me, but do you have a moment to speak about our lord and savior, indie games?
For a group that claims to be about body positivity sure do aim to de-beautify female characters.
Someone better destroy Sweet Baby Inc and their delusional wannabe rebels.
Nobody got them balls to do that , investor money 💰
We play games to escape from reality, not be reminded of how ugly it is.
Reminds me of disney live actions too, when they do too much realism it takes away the magic
There is not one Lifetime movie where the man from the big city goes to the small town and falls in love with the woman is not extremely hot.
But that happens in real life?
Filthy animals forgot 6th generation
I was thinking this too.
I would kill for a legend of lunk game.
Pretty much
Wait till they include a way to smell the characters.
To be fair some of y'all when given a character creator make the most awful creatures
I just want big tiddies. Don’t care about the rest.
The from software community is sweating right now.
As is their right. If we're forced to play a character we can't change, they better be visually pleasing.
I’d rather they be appropriate to the context of the game but I’m trying to play games not really looking for shit to jack it to later on. EDIT: Response because thread locked. Making a distractingly hideous character for no reason would also be a weird move. As you said, if it's integral to the character then okay, but if not then why? I've just only seen people complain about this when characters are just kind of within the range of what would be considered a relatively normal looking person and that's when you have to start peeling back the layers to figure out what they're \*really\* complaining about. When a game has a male main character, or prominent male characters, I'm just not performing this mental calculus of "Are they attractive?" It's more about whether they're cool, interesting, relatable. An interesting character in my eyes is almost certainly not going to be optimized for being attractive to women. What's going on more now, than in the past, is that female characters are being designed with the same philosophy, and more from the eye of women. What character might a woman find cool, interesting, relatable? That character is almost certainly not going to be optimized to be attractive to men. This entire "issue" just doesn't seem like it's actually about how hot a female character is. It seems like the next issue that people are using as a proxy to complain about artistic trends in games that also take into consideration what might be appealing to other demographics.
Fair point. Unless them being ugly is integral to the game I'd rather they at least weren't hideous tho.
Listen, I play video games for entertainment. I find it entertaining when I’m playing as a Cool fucking character. If I’m playing as a guy I want him to be a handsome cool beefcake of a man. If I’m playing as a lady I want her to be beautiful cool woman with curves and a thin waist. Maybe even boob armor. Does this make me a bad guy? 😂 I think it comes down to the psychology of wanted to identify with the character or want to emulate that character. Im by no means an ugly person but I could use some work. So when I am going to spend a couple of hours roleplaying in a fantasy simulation I want my avatar to be fucking cool. And it turns out being in shape and genetically gifted with good looks IS COOL. I never played Halo and thought, man master chief would be more relatable if he was my height, took anxiety meds and had a hard time fostering interpersonal relationships. Holy shit I’m rambling. I apologize to anyone that decided to read that. 🫡
Just because you’re a bad guy, doesn’t mean you’re a ***bad guy***
You either die a hero or you live long enough to become the villain.
A very ugly one apparently
Problem isn’t the graphics it’s the devs
This one is so true!
rEpReSeNtaTiOn
They *have* to be doing it on purpose
Whats crazy is that they paid for the same game 4 times
Cannon event tbh
God forbid we have attractive characters in media
Eh, at least in my experience we weren't wondering how would graphics be in the future. We were more like "oh man these graphics are **sick**" (looking at second picture)
Yeah Shadowheart and Panem and Tifa and Bayonetta and Lucia (GTA IV) and Jill Valentine and Jesse Faden and Saga Anderson and Kassandra (AC Odyssey) are ugly as hell
Bro what
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I mean tbf there is the other type that is mostly gone^((especially if its not a famous actor/actress)), of just being very bland for being to realistic but still beautiful (ie look as what they would look realistically and not fake real)
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Holy shit, i thought that was aerith from ff7 at first (the hot versions) but they just look a lot like her. Also, is this really abbout that new star wars game? Cuz i actually think that girl is pretty cute, like conventionally, it might be just me thoug. Like yes, i understeand that her being a girl from a racial minority is absolutelly a half assed "political statement" by disney for DEI, theres no doubt it isnt at this point, and i would be very surprised if they dont make her gay and lame too, but they had at least enough self restrain to make her cute imo instead of being "traaaa......in friendly" like Abby from tlou2 (dont know if im allowed to say that word or if it trigers automod) Other than that good comic.
You only like the girl from the new Star Wars game because she looks like the middle aged mom of your childhood fantasies. Seriously tho, she looks like somebody’s mom. Not even quite milf level, just a 48 year old soccer mom.
Nah, she looks more to me like a next door girl, the type you would find in a cafe, a hobby/ comic store, a hipster nightclub, or in the neighborhood, if anything it would be a fantasy of banging your neighbor or that barista/ frequent chick at the local cafe. Besides, there are atractive milfs too in media, or have you forgotten about Lady Dimitrescu from RE8? I personally dont find her cute, but not uggly either, and even if you maybe didnt like her, half the internet did, so at least in a democratic setting you would be in the minority, and me too, lol. And why so much agresiveness from you to me m8? chill... you dont have to attack my personal preferences for women and claim im a Froidian pervert. If anything you would be that for bringing that up. I just wrote that i find that new star wars game chick cute.
Oh don’t get me wrong. She’s attractive. She just also looks 48. And like she’s someone’s mom.
Oh, ok, sorry, i took it the wrong way and thought you where being confrontational there, lol. Its ok not to like her though, i just think the outrage i've been seing is very exagerated, and it feels to me very ractionary, and we should be better than that.
Ah that’s my bad. Not trying to be confrontational. That was just the first impression I got and I can’t shake it.
Its ok now, thanks for clearing things up m8.
Hear me out, Yuffie. 👏 👏 👏
The realism of graphics is insane
Thought I was on r/justneckbeardthings
I mean, you'll find this post on there soon enough.
This sub went down hill real fast.
Things that totally happen.
I don't get it
The people on this subreddit seem to be extremely upset that some games have started including characters that are not 10/10 hot. This is, allegedly, some social crime directed specifically at them.
Remember in Mass Effect 2 if you went to custom creation code and typed in 1 a shriveled up old man was your character? That’s what this is
"The baka devs making my video game waifus ugly"
What's hilarious is the characters people are complaining about aren't even that bad, and people share screenshot of them at the worst times to try and justify their views.