The whole way this apparently went down with the "what if that character was a woman?" question and all reminds me of
this video where Anthony Burch talks about cynical reasons for diversity in gaming. It's interesting and worth a watch, no matter what you think about his writing. He basically mentions that they originally had three men and one woman as playable characters in Borderlands: The presequel and then changed one of the men into a woman just for the sake of gender parity. That woman turned out to be Athena who is one of the best characters in the Borderlands universe imo especially in Tales from the Borderlands. It really takes the wind out of the "but we shouldn't do it just for the sake of diversity" arguments. If you end up with a kickass character then why the fuck not?
Yup.
And of course The Last of Us, where Druckmann said he was inspired by Anita's critiques, and we ended up having amazing female characters like Ellie, Tess, Marlene and Maria.
"B-b-b-ut we'll just get tokens!", they say. Yeah, fuck off with the fake concerns.
But we are playing the HERO in a computer game where we beat lots of baddies, yes exactly I beat up a few 6 ft + hulks in armour no problem, but a slender girl is too strong to even get close to - its an indiana Jones type game, at least make the baddie like Mother Russia.
What the fuck does size matter? Plenty of action flicks have slender villains who are still competent in martial arts. Those hulks in armour were grunts, and Nadine was the
boss. In action flicks the bigger mobs are never the main boss, they're just the grunt, and the real threat is from the head honcho. So how can you use the "it's a pulpy Indiana Jones like thing" as an argument when it completely undermines your criticism? It's ridiculous.
A good baddie for such a romp would be a Bane type character.
Ah, a good baddie is a big white man with a mask speaking unintelligibly? lol, plz
On what planet is such a lame-ass character like Bane better than Nadine anyway xD and I say this as someone who thinks Nadine is rather underdevelopped. But Bane, really? FFS
Remember, its supposed to be fun for players, not an Exercise in Political Correctness at every step.
Ahhhh... I see what this is about now.