Halfway through the game I can't tell what to make of Metal Gear V's depiction of women.
I have four options for help in the field right now.
1: A horse
2: A dog
3: A robot
4: A woman
Note the other choices are animals and machines.
The woman is clad only in a slight bikini top and torn tights. She positions herself suggestively (bent over) and often her cleavage takes center frame in shots (such as taking her in the helicopter). When left alone in my base she lays on her stomach and undoes the string of her top to reveal even more of her ample breasts. When in my helicopter during a mission-select sequence she will stretch with her butt facing Snake (and by extension, the spectator).
Her breasts have their own jiggle physics.
She does not speak. Her abilities include disappearing entirely. She takes commands without question.
Thus far, she's the only woman I've encountered in the game, beyond the name of Mother Base.
The men on Mother Base hate her and initially try to kill her but instead restrain her and keep her locked in a cell. Men who try to clothe her leave the encounter "breathing through tubes."
The reason she refuses to wear clothes is that she takes air and water through her skin.
Whereas in Bayonetta it can be argued that the voyeuristic posing and framing was Bayonetta taking charge of her sexuality, Quiet seems the victim of it. (Fitting, as she was experimented on). Often the camera feels like it is experimenting on her still.
I should note that I completely adore the character. She's absolutely badass, she's my favorite sidekick by a mile, and she's the most interesting character in the game by a landslide. But I feel a little odd that her only alternate attire are liquids applied to her near-naked body. I always feel like I'm leering at her, and the game encourages that.
Whereas watching Bayonetta I felt like the guy trying to avoid the aging stripper begging for private dances, looking at Quiet I feel like a creep hanging outside an ice cream parlor in a 1986 Chevrolet Astro.
I have four options for help in the field right now.
1: A horse
2: A dog
3: A robot
4: A woman
Note the other choices are animals and machines.
The woman is clad only in a slight bikini top and torn tights. She positions herself suggestively (bent over) and often her cleavage takes center frame in shots (such as taking her in the helicopter). When left alone in my base she lays on her stomach and undoes the string of her top to reveal even more of her ample breasts. When in my helicopter during a mission-select sequence she will stretch with her butt facing Snake (and by extension, the spectator).
Her breasts have their own jiggle physics.
She does not speak. Her abilities include disappearing entirely. She takes commands without question.
Thus far, she's the only woman I've encountered in the game, beyond the name of Mother Base.
The men on Mother Base hate her and initially try to kill her but instead restrain her and keep her locked in a cell. Men who try to clothe her leave the encounter "breathing through tubes."
The reason she refuses to wear clothes is that she takes air and water through her skin.
Whereas in Bayonetta it can be argued that the voyeuristic posing and framing was Bayonetta taking charge of her sexuality, Quiet seems the victim of it. (Fitting, as she was experimented on). Often the camera feels like it is experimenting on her still.
I should note that I completely adore the character. She's absolutely badass, she's my favorite sidekick by a mile, and she's the most interesting character in the game by a landslide. But I feel a little odd that her only alternate attire are liquids applied to her near-naked body. I always feel like I'm leering at her, and the game encourages that.
Whereas watching Bayonetta I felt like the guy trying to avoid the aging stripper begging for private dances, looking at Quiet I feel like a creep hanging outside an ice cream parlor in a 1986 Chevrolet Astro.
