A Discussion of sexualised design of male/female characters
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Just SFV? XD Have you seen SFIV?
No one seems to like his face at all. When he was first revealed on SFV and I saw a youtube video, I was pleasantly surprised when I saw his face, but a lot of comments said he didn't look right although I tried to explain that he's supposed to have a face like that, SF just can't do attractive faces 100% seamlessly like say SC can. But it's mostly all about personal taste.
What do you mean by "He's supposed to have a face like that?" Vega is supposed to be "strikingly handsome", says his wiki page. The face he got now is anything but handsome. It's a mess.
Even though there is the saying that beauty is in the eye of the beholder there are still certain standards to a well proportioned face. Vega's doesn't follow these standards. A small nose is for example only beautiful in cooperation to the rest of the face. A puffy round face and a small, pretty nose look off together. That's the reason I actually made is nose longer and bigger.
What I mean is that some other users did see that he had a babyface of sorts and one said that it didn't suit him. His face may not be exactly handsome by our standards but it looks leagues better than what Ken and Ryu have imo, they just poorly executed the character designs and made most look awkward, apeish, or primal in some cases.
Juihau
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The thing about Saints Row is...it's the same kind of game as Postal 2, but at the same time, not. Postal 2 is pretty much specifically engineered to offend as many people as possible (at least at the time it came out). Saints Row has a similar goal, but instead of asking "how can we use this to piss off as many people as possible?" It asks, "how can we make this so ridiculously over the top that nobody even cares anymore?"
Let me give you an example. By the third game, the series' titular gang, the Saints, have completely taken over the generic American city of Stilwater. Like, not in the sense that the city is overrun by gang violence (which it still is), but that the Saints have become nationwide pop culture icons, and they can get away with whatever they want because of their mainstream relevance alone. By the beginning of the fourth game, they're in control of the US. Their leader (the player character) is the President, and all major political positions are filled by either Saints or their affiliates. This is all played out like a cheesy action comedy full of random references.
Or, to give an example more relevant to this topic, the third and fourth games have a 'sex appeal' slider that's available for both male and female characters. You should only need one guess to figure out what they do.
Balloon breasts and colossal cocks.
UpSideDownGRUNT
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SR2 also had a gender slider that allowed you to be transgender, if you watch the Break the Build streams on the SR games Volition has on their Youtube they actually tell stories about what they could and couldn't do in the games
some new renders came out for Persona 5 and have gotten a tiny amount flack for the female poses. Personaly the only one that seems over the top is Anne
but if you expected anything less than that then im not sure what to say. i mean this is her Persona
she obviously has some sexual aspects to her character. im not sure what they are at the moment, but i feel like the idea of bring awareness to the portrayal of women was so there would be more choice of sexualised or not, not a removal of those traits especially if they fit a character.
the other one is from Futaba who yes i can kind of see, but people making spine breaking jokes are pretty ridiculous. i sit like this when im relaxing its not uncomfortable at all. when you're presenting a character they either need to be cool or sexy or both and since she has no weapon and doesn't actually fight its kind of hard to make her look aggressive like the others.
then you have others where that doesn't apply at all
but if you expected anything less than that then im not sure what to say. i mean this is her Persona
she obviously has some sexual aspects to her character. im not sure what they are at the moment, but i feel like the idea of bring awareness to the portrayal of women was so there would be more choice of sexualised or not, not a removal of those traits especially if they fit a character.
the other one is from Futaba who yes i can kind of see, but people making spine breaking jokes are pretty ridiculous. i sit like this when im relaxing its not uncomfortable at all. when you're presenting a character they either need to be cool or sexy or both and since she has no weapon and doesn't actually fight its kind of hard to make her look aggressive like the others.
then you have others where that doesn't apply at all
UpSideDownGRUNT
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Anne's forward pose is kinda representing of her Thief name though, her name is Panther, though, she's not like a super sexual character at all.some new renders came out for Persona 5 and have gotten a tiny amount flack for the female poses. Personaly the only one that seems over the top is Anne
but if you expected anything less than that then im not sure what to say. i mean this is her Persona
she obviously has some sexual aspects to her character. im not sure what they are at the moment, but i feel like the idea of bring awareness to the portrayal of women was so there would be more choice of sexualised or not, not a removal of those traits especially if they fit a character.
the other one is from Futaba who yes i can kind of see, but people making spine breaking jokes are pretty ridiculous. i sit like this when im relaxing its not uncomfortable at all. when you're presenting a character they either need to be cool or sexy or both and since she has no weapon and doesn't actually fight its kind of hard to make her look aggressive like the others.
then you have others where that doesn't apply at all
She is always doing the typical girl angry at the perverted male characters thing, in a recent trailer she catches Ryuiji and MC staring down her top lol so she pulls the break to send them flying.
I love this and the other character illustrations! O: Who cares if it is sexualized? She also clearly takes inspiration from Cat Girl/Black Cat. She's just bending like a cat.
The guys imo exude sex appeal in their illustrations and outfits too:
That we know of. I can imagine they gave her that Persona for a reason. Whatever hidden issues she has going on is likely to be sexual based on the current heavy S&M imagery associated her character.
Of course that's not her final persona either. so who knows in the end.
Man can't wait to see what Goro's battle outfit is going to be. I completley forget he was even supposed to get one ti I saw those renders.