Ugh, poor Lyn, you were a cool woman but unfortunately because 1, you’re from Japan and 2, gaming is still considered only for men you’ll be sexualized excessively. RIP.
Im not enthralled about the removal of hitrates&dodging, but I believe dumbing down the mechanics a bit is necessary in order to make the game more accessible to the general public.
Maybe I’m just becoming more sensitive because, despite many claims to the contrary women get fucked over hard in video games.
I’m also getting older and it’s something that’s designed to titillate teenagers, so naturally I’m out of the demographic and thus going to find it disturbing and off-putting.
What? I don’t even know why you’d say that. Because they’re too sexy? Men are the ones with continuous ‘heroes’ that are fat and ugly. Men are constantly portrayed as dim-witted idiots, whether the game is made by a man or a woman. For every Master Chief or Raiden, there’s a “dull emo loser guy” or “fat rapey sounding fuckwit” ten times over to replace him.
Now, if your complaint is that women aren’t being represented enough, alright. I see lots of female representation, personally, especially on Steam. Hell, my recommendations as of lately have included “Icey” and “Earthlock”, both of which feature prominent female protagonists, and all the rest of my recommendations either aren’t focused on a protagonist (Like ‘offworld mining company’) or if it’s a protagonist, it tens to be some masked faceless guy who might even be a woman for all I know. (See: Silent Storm Golden Edition)
The only one that features a male features two men and two women.
Granted, I mostly play indie games, but still… this isn’t 2010. Women have more representation than ever in games. I don’t see your complaint as valid at all.
No 4, no 5, no 9, no 10…
But look at all those characters from Awakening and Fates, the games where they literally just drew generic anime characters and gave them generic anime tropes.
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