A Discussion of sexualised design of male/female characters

[Russian-chiropractic19]

It's been awhile but this popped up on my feed and I wanted to talk about it.

http://kotaku.com/video-game-fashion-reviewed-by-people-who-know-fashion-1756950307

Interestingly enough their thoughts for the most part mirrored most other critics about them Lightingis thigh bag, Sammus high heels, Quiet's ....everything. they were howeve a big fan of the long coats for the men which is generally loved as are deign choice. maybe the guys would have liked it more.

 

[Chapstick]

Boy what a diverse judging panel they got

 

[Tyaren]

Quiet's outfit critique was fun. XD Love the utter shock and disbelief it caused.

It is indeed a disaster in so many ways and however you look at it. D:

What I didn't understand at all:
Giving Chloe's look 7/10 - 8/10...

...even though she's a walking, talking, dressing cliché. A very annoying one at that (Argentus would probably love her though XD)

...and giving Adam's outfit just 3/10.

What's so wrong with his outfit other than it borrowing (a bit much maybe) from Matrix?

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

How is Chloe a dressing Cliche? I know many people that dress like that o.o

 

[Tyaren]

How is Chloe a dressing Cliche? I know many people that dress like that o.o

You just answered yourself.

Google search: "Emo girl"

Super quick search. Thousands of Chloes.

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

You just answered yourself.

Well in that case what's the problem? Chloe is supposed to be an average teenager going through a phase in a game that's set in 2013.

She's not meant to be fantastical she's supposed to dress realisticly.

 

[Jadeinchains]

I can't really blame them for not liking quiets outfit because seriously does anyone? Lol at the last one telling her to take a shower!

To be honest considering how melodramatic some people are when it comes to video game characters showing any skin. I actually agree with them on a lot of these. ( except lightning's thigh bag because they got strangely obsessed with that )

One thing I'll say is that they should have had better ones for men because they both look the same.

 

[UpSideDownGRUNT]

What's wrong with Lightning's satchel? I mean she IS a soldier soldiers have stuff like that.

 

[Jadeinchains]

What's wrong with Lightning's satchel? I mean she IS a soldier soldiers have stuff like that.

Yeah I kept thinking that. Have they never seen that every soldier has at least something around their leg. Oh well they do write for a cheesy women's magazine so I guess they wouldn't know anything about that.



I went to there website and this is an article that was posted 10 minutes ago. You know that hard hitting journalism.

Article title ( These Disney princesses are cooler than you )

 

[Tyaren]

Lol, no wonder Chloe is a style icon to them... XD

 

[Xhominid The Demon Within]

Well it makes sense Quiet's outfit is a fashion disaster...I honestly wonder why that was even a part of it past watching them freak out lol.

 

[XVideos]

Boy what a diverse judging panel they got

LOL, all middle class white women, and 4 of them are from the same company.
None of them are in the fashion industry, they are editors in a bunch of different topics that aren't about fashion. I don't know why they are qualified to talk about this.

 

[Dark-truth]

I honestly do not get why people make such a huge fuss about video games they're not real so who the fuck cares what they wear Or what they do.

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

I honestly do not get why people make such a huge fuss about video games they're not real so who the fuck cares what they wear Or what they do.

define "huge fuss"

 

[Dark-truth]

define "huge fuss"

i was exaggerating

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

so i was getting pretty hyped about Alex coming too SF5 and decided to check some videos out only to stumble upon this win screen

no seriously dat ass though


and Elena is there too i guess XD

 

[Argentus]

Quiet's outfit critique was fun. XD Love the utter shock and disbelief it caused.

It is indeed a disaster in so many ways and however you look at it. D:

What I didn't understand at all:
Giving Chloe's look 7/10 - 8/10...

...even though she's a walking, talking, dressing cliché. A very annoying one at that (Argentus would probably love her though XD)

...and giving Adam's outfit just 3/10.

What's so wrong with his outfit other than it borrowing (a bit much maybe) from Matrix?

No ALEX's outfit is cliche. Long black trenchcoat and shades is just so generic.

The blue haired girl actually looks like a punk girl. She stands out. and yes I do like her, minus the tattoos.

What's wrong with Lightning's satchel? I mean she IS a soldier soldiers have stuff like that.

Every tried to run with a heavy bag constantly banging against the back of your legs?

Its not that she has a bag, its where its positioned. Where it is, it would hinder her mobility.

so i was getting pretty hyped about Alex coming too SF5 and decided to check some videos out only to stumble upon this win screen

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no seriously dat ass though


and Elena is there too i guess XD

My two mains

But yeah Alex was always kind of an asshole lol. Seriously telling the friendly loves everyone girl to "do something else with those legs" to get guys to like her XD

 

[KasumiLover]

No ALEX's outfit is cliche. Long black trenchcoat and shades is just so generic.

The blue haired girl actually looks like a punk girl. She stands out. and yes I do like her, minus the tattoos.



Every tried to run with a heavy bag constantly banging against the back of your legs?

Its not that she has a bag, its where its positioned. Where it is, it would hinder her mobility.



My two mains

But yeah Alex was always kind of an asshole lol. Seriously telling the friendly loves everyone girl to "do something else with those legs" to get guys to like her XD

Ugh, I just realized what he meant now that you said it, I didn't understand the first time ~_~

 

[Russian-chiropractic19]

yeah hopefully they improve his personality to exclude the sexist talk because i really like him otherwise. his design is just so simple yet with very little effort its completely unique and id say very colorful, its only 3 colors but they contrast beautifully.

his physique is also one of the better done ones imo since he has a shape, ie hes not just a solid group of muscle

 

[Kodachi]

#bootyequality

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