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Worst Female Character Design in Gaming?
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search on page 132 of the manual "how to fight dinosaurs", it explain how to dress correctly in case of dinos
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Mobile Suit Gooch
Grundle: The Awakening
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Paging Jawmuncher.
Souls has one female design that's pretty mediocre
I feel terrible criticizing anyone who's part arachnid, but Scorpioness Najka is just so bland and underwhelming compared to Chaos Witch Quelaag from the previous game. I actually think it's mostly the human half that falls flat; she looks so plain and small and doesn't really combine with the intimidation of her scorpion half. I like a lot of Dark Souls 2's designs, but this one definitely wasn't a winner.
She's magic and can phase handcuffs through her skin but also there's weird limitations with her getting thirsty or something?? I still don't really get how she works scene to scene.
I woulda liked if she had weird looking burnt up veins all over her that were popping in and out of existence. Having that as an element would have been a little more interesting in a "Jack wears very little to show off her tattooes in mass effect" kinda way I guess.
I think there's something to the Lara Croft thing and I've thought about making an imagechart of every character that's just hungergames girl design (short brown hair in a ponytail with jeans and a tshirt. Not exact but that's the general idea.) I think that's sort of becoming the Nathan Drake/Tom Cruise of "safe" female character designs that test well in most demographics. Even both female leads in Force Awakens and Rogue one kind of have that. Go to Mass Effect Andromeda and it's literally Nathan Drake and Hunger Games girl. (Last of us does it, even before Hunger Games you could say L4D and Portal 2 did it with Zoey and Chell.) It's just such a common look as a "generic female action star" that I think making a big list of characters that all fit that same mold would actually be kind of amusing.
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What? What's wrong with that character? She has a cool sneaking suit and looks pretty solid as far as attire and design goes. The art style is kind of plain but I don't really see what could be called bad about this character design?
Really? Huh, I see this Zelda often coming up in 'best Zelda designs' threads and it always baffles me. So I thought it was quite a popular design. Glad at least someone else sees it the same way.
What? I like fanservice, I like boobs. Put 'em in a game and if they're done right I'll have a smile on my face whenever they're on screen. Nothing unusual or shameful about that in the slightest. Quiet definitely delivered on that score - she was gorgeous, and the amount of skin shown was outrageous. I get that she's ridiculous, but for me, I enjoyed it.
Honestly went over my head for years until someone pointed it out a little while ago.
They kinda pull that shit Riku in FFX as well.
This image has always made me seriously uncomfortable. Scrolling through a thread at speed you think 'Wait, what the FUCK did I just see?'
Transistor
Banned
Vomit inducing
You just lit the Jawmuncher signal
Evolved1
make sure the pudding isn't too soggy but that just ruins everything
Duuude what?Vomit inducing
I mean, your opinion and we like what we like... but scrolling down my jaw dropped.
Jawmuncher
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Vomit inducing
I hope you enjoyed your life to this point.
His senses are tingling, no doubt he's logging in as we speak
hououinkyouma00
Member
Every single time somebody mentions Nier Automata I die inside.
Sexy doesnt mean its a bad design, just like ugly doesnt mean its bad. It depends. I personally like sexy designs, much more likely to play a game honestly. Blah blah disrespectful to women, have you seen how young girls these days dress?
I dont care if its male or female, sexy designs dont automatically make something bad. Who fucking cares, its a video game. I personally love that Japan doesnt give a fuck about political correctness. PC ruins shit.
Sexy doesnt mean its a bad design, just like ugly doesnt mean its bad. It depends. I personally like sexy designs, much more likely to play a game honestly. Blah blah disrespectful to women, have you seen how young girls these days dress?
I dont care if its male or female, sexy designs dont automatically make something bad. Who fucking cares, its a video game. I personally love that Japan doesnt give a fuck about political correctness. PC ruins shit.
Im not disagreeing with that but NRS literally just put boobs on dudes and chop their dicks off.
funkystudent
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Dead Space 2 ellie was cool.
Dead Space 3 Ellie was... well...
Dead Space 3 Ellie was... well...
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Exactly. The issue is that it does make sense, she's not there to be oogled at by a perceived male audience. She's a power fantasy.
Man, RE6 isn't just a bad RE, but a terrible life-affirming waste
DiipuSurotu
Banned
I think the Castlevania Judgment artist was just going for a different kind of horror
Jawmuncher
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Keep the thread on topic, I can't keep coming back in here to set you heathens straight.
Oh my god. Those are spandex she's wearing at least right? JesusHonestly went over my head for years until someone pointed it out a little while ago.
Alright I'm usually pretty into the female designs in MK but this one always pissed me off so much. So fucking stupid. And her alt in the game isn't any better.
I think it's pretty fucking insulting that one of the most important female characters in the game is reduced to ass shots and ogling for a good portion of their screen time. Not to mention incredibly shameful. How are we supposed to make the case for video games being for more than horny teenage boys if every female character is objectified to hell and back? Fan service is gross as fuck.
How do you feel about ethics in video game journalism?
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Then I'm happy to be the complete opposite of these people.
What I expected coming into this thread: Quiet, Ivy, Tales of Bersaria girl, the usual women in combat wearing things no women in combat have business wearing
What I'm seeing now: People criticizing Lara Craft and Makoto for not being playboy bunnies
What I'm seeing now: People criticizing Lara Craft and Makoto for not being playboy bunnies
The Warcraft night elves are supposed to be Amazonian warrior women. So why is she wearing a fur bra and panties? She's got some sort of armor on her forearm and shoulder, but nothing whatsoever on her legs or torso? Wouldn't those chains and decorations slow her down, or make it harder for her to sneak up on people?
Memento_Mori15
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Probably will be part of the few who will agree with you. Her proportions her everywhere.No Bayonetta so far?
Nameless
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Is this a worst outfit thread? Because there's more to a character's design than what they're wearing. If GG put Aloy in the Nora equivalent of a micro-bikini, while problematic, I don't think it automatically negates everything they got right. Ditto with Quiet. The issue is more the default costume and how the camera treats her.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Likewise.
The problem is that there is a major prevalence of designs where we're supposed to take them seriously while the male cast is either reasonably designed or designed and framed as a power fantasy for a perceived male audience, so the small female cast tends to stick out as stupid. Because the two aren't the same.
Oh man. I LOVE this design. I never played that Prince of Persia game, but that girl looks both super-hot and badass to me. I even like the short hair.
When it comes to female character designs that I dislike, there are many that I find very unattractive or plain boring, but Makoto from Street Fighter 3 is probably my best example. She has giant feet, nothing visibly feminine going for her and she looks too similar to the king of vanilla character design (Ryu).
I do concede her ball-punch Ultra attack in SF4 was pretty funny.
I really dislike Zarya from Overwatch too. I like her face and her gun, but her super-muscular body is something I'd rather not see.
Oh wow.
Wow, dude.
Here, I have something for you:
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Holy cow those hips are ridiculous.
There can be place for both. The movie medium is somehow also considered to be for more than horny teenagers despite michael bay.
FalsettoVibe
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Bland, boring, generic, grey, uninspired, uncreative, unattractive, non-feminine, terrible.
Laura's design looks fine.
Salty Rice
Member
OP ask for worst female design and picks the best like wtf.
Clothing is a pretty important part of a character design. Stuff like Han Solo's black vest or Obi-Wan Kenobi's brown robes are important, memorable parts of the characters' appearance.
Quiet is awful though.
Rickenslacker
Banned
I knew Quiet would show up but I think it takes more than being in a bikini and torn pantyhose to be that bad. I mean, sure, Kojima's infantile defense of it made it a memorably lame design, but this is still the series with a sniper with a prominent part of her being exposed cleavage in arctic weather, and a whole game of PTSD supermodels that will groggily try to fondle you before their death throes -- including being able to put them in a pandery photo shoot.
hououinkyouma00
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Laura Craft doesnt exist.
My issue with Quiet is the reasoning behind her design. Just make her sexy for no reason if you want, I dont want stupid even by MG standards
reasoning behind why you created a sexy character.
Also why do people only bring up the two girls from DC and not the guys with their giant unrealistic proportions? Its just the games style, I think its cool because its different but I dont really care for any of the designs sans the Elf
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Laura Craft doesnt exist.
no Lara design has ever been very good, old one isnt great and the new one is really boring
My issue with Quiet is the reasoning behind her design. Just make her sexy for no reason if you want, I dont want stupid even by MG standards
MGS is one of my favorite series of all time, and Id follow Kojima anywhere
Also why do people only bring up the two girls from DC and not the guys with their giant unrealistic proportions? Its just the games style, I think its cool because its different but I dont really care for any of the designs sans the Elf
Morrigan Stark
Arrogant Smirk
So many already listed:
Quiet
Ivy
Anyone from Castlevania Judgment
Girl from Tales of Berseria
That pedobait from DoA Xtreme Volleyball (yeah yeah adult women can look younger, but they don't typically dress up like pre-pubescent girls, y'know...)
The abomination from PoP Warrior Within
Cya from Hyrule Warriors
The Great Fairy in Zelda
Cindy
etc.
But there are so many more. So I nominate the following
Code of Princess
Nowi from Fire Emblem
Also, I find Bayonetta and 2B to be eye-gougingly bad too, but that's going to be an unpopular opinion around here...
LOL. Pathetic.
Quiet
Ivy
Anyone from Castlevania Judgment
Girl from Tales of Berseria
That pedobait from DoA Xtreme Volleyball (yeah yeah adult women can look younger, but they don't typically dress up like pre-pubescent girls, y'know...)
The abomination from PoP Warrior Within
Cya from Hyrule Warriors
The Great Fairy in Zelda
Cindy
etc.
But there are so many more. So I nominate the following
Code of Princess
Nowi from Fire Emblem
Also, I find Bayonetta and 2B to be eye-gougingly bad too, but that's going to be an unpopular opinion around here...
Bland, boring, generic, grey, uninspired, uncreative, unattractive, non-feminine, terrible.
LOL. Pathetic.
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We used to be friends.
FalsettoVibe
Member
Dragon's Crown
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
A character design that literally makes no logical sense isn't the best of anything besides being the best at showing how bad representation can be for women in this medium.
Idk, I feel like video games are worse off because A) you can control the camera and thus become an active participant in ogling women, B) video game characters are 'constructed' and static, so their proportions can fall way more into fantasy than reality, and C) video games have a lot more to prove than movies, which are already established as 'art'. It's hard to make the 'games as art' argument when MGS V, one of the highest rated games of it's year, routinely treats its female characters like sex objects that should be ogled and fantasied about. Movies are bad too, of course, but because they're non-interactive deal with it in less overt ways.
Nameless
Member
Clothing is a pretty important part of a character design.
Didn't say it wasn't. But the fact that most people have no issues with the character outside of one costume is pretty telling. One of the worst designs in gaming would be bad wearing anything.
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