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[Kinyou]

I've played enough games and MMO's with women to know they love the tits and midriff as much as blokes do.

Women like sexy women.

 

[jambo]

Alyx Vance (HL2)

 

[JTran2003]

Close thread now.

Who is this?

 

[Kinyou]

http://i.imgur.com/BiQSW.jpgIMG][/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p293/JAD1176/ep2_outland_010003.jpg

Thank god that RDR isn't available on PC

 

[Fimbulvetr]

Ozma
A Templar Commando (or Knight Commander), a highly ranked knight in the game. She is also the fastest character with one of the best unique classes who can access one of the best equipment sets.

So glad they made her recruit-able.

I love her dialogue with the other Dark Knights, so much hatred.

Who is this?

Shanoa.

The lead protagonist of Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia.

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

Bonnie from RDR definitely gets a nod.

 

[gunbo13]

I've played enough games and MMO's with women to know they love the tits and midriff as much as blokes do.

Projection; both sexes do it.

 

[Hcoregamer00]

I think an effective argument could be made that Selvaria was a sexualized character due to her oversized breasts and her backless uniform, but she is also a strong and effective character who has a great role in the plot.

 

[Mephala]

So glad they made her recruit-able.

I love her dialogue with the other Dark Knights, so much hatred.

YES! I have screenies of one of them, though they were taken on different playthroughs hence the different weathers. Ozma always knows how to annoy the other Dark Knights.

 

[Femmeworth]

I think an effective argument could be made that Selvaria was a sexualized character due to her oversized breasts and her backless uniform, but she is also a strong and effective character who has a great role in the plot.

I didn't think she was that strong of a character, but perhaps her massive tits were distracting me. You make it sound like there is a debate whether she is sexualized or not, when there is not.

 

[Makoto]

I would have to agree with the Valkyria Chronicles picks. In fact, I think all of the main female characters of Valkyria Chronicles are strong with the exception of Alicia who does start out pretty strong but then

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gets more fragile emotionally despite her literally getting stronger in the latter portion of the story.

I do think the writing of the female characters deserves praise. In the hands of another writer, there would have undoubtedly been a super-masculine I'm-as-strong-as-the-dudes character in there, especially since it takes place during a war.

 

[Luthos]

Maybe someone should just make a thread asking what your favorite unattractive female character is.

 

[nib95]

Obvious choice.

 

[go nana go]

Great character growth
Becomes Rita's Role model
Bruiser when played right
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qzo-DehtmYU

 

[Wolves Evolve]

Thread says : not sexualised.
Thread actually is : sexualised.

 

[More Fun To Compute]

What is the definition of non sexualised female characters?

As far as I can tell it is:

A: Dirty, dirty pillows fully concealed for the sake of propriety.
B: Perfect skin and facial features partially obscured by dried blood and dirt or something.

 

[Korigama]

I would have to agree with the Valkyria Chronicles picks. In fact, I think all of the main female characters of Valkyria Chronicles are strong with the exception of Alicia who does start out pretty strong but then

Spoiler

gets more fragile emotionally despite her literally getting stronger in the latter portion of the story.

I do think the writing of the female characters deserves praise. In the hands of another writer, there would have undoubtedly been a super-masculine I'm-as-strong-as-the-dudes character in there, especially since it takes place during a war.

I disagree with not counting Alicia. If anything, it's rather understandable that

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having so many in her country suddenly look to her specifically as some sort of savior after a power she never asked for is awakened within her would make her feel pressured. I see that uncertainty as something that further humanized her, not something that made her weak; being strong does not mean being completely impervious emotionally.

In truth, I believe how that was ultimately resolved was one of the better aspects of the game's story. However, I cannot say the same about Selvaria, whom I feel Sega wasted by

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having her feel obligated to follow Maximillian's order to sacrifice herself anyway, in spite of it being made abundantly clear that he cared absolutely nothing about her.

 

[bigboss370]

Obvious choice.

uhhh, something looks off. what happened to her face? did they really change it?

 

[Sn4ke_911]

 

[whalleywhat]

What is the definition of non sexualised female characters?

As far as I can tell it is:

A: Dirty, dirty pillows fully concealed for the sake of propriety.
B: Perfect skin and facial features partially obscured by dried blood and dirt or something.

C: Mannish. This is the ideal which women should aspire towards.

 

[Kinyou]

http://s3.gamefreaks.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Catwoman_Risky_f3.jpg[img][/QUOTE]
I see your Catwoman and raise you Black Cat from Spiderman: Edge of Time

[IMG]http://i52.tinypic.com/28rl7c2.jpg

 

[bigboss370]

 

[More Fun To Compute]

C: Mannish. This is the ideal which women should aspire towards.

I forgot, a woman can only be a bro as long as she fully follows the bro code.

 

[nib95]

uhhh, something looks off. what happened to her face? did they really change it?

Yea, the eyes look more life like now. Less glassy.

 

[subversus]

Obvious choice.

Plastic surgery? WTF?!

 

[Diomedeskun]

Irrelevant. Women can be as sexist towards other women as men are, and if you happen to be working in a male dominated industry with all of the pressures that implies, chances are you're going to cater to those whims. A woman's involvement with the design of Bayonetta makes no difference to the character being a fetish for guys who like their fu** puppets actiony.

Plus, women in Japan view sex roles very differently from women in many Western countries.

 

[DragonGirl]

Plus, women in Japan view sex roles very differently from women in many Western countries.

Naturally, the more patriarchal the society, the more patriarchal the citizens.