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[The Chairman]

In old games we had female characters fighting zombies, monsters and armed men, and they were cool, strong and confident. they also showed emotions like fear, anger and sadness but they wasn't hysterical or made weird ugly faces to show that they are mentally unstable, is this a new trend i'm unaware of?

 

[lastmessiah]

Have you ever met a woman?

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

Games are now able to portray more realistic situations.
-- Last of Us Part II Director, probably.

 

[brap]

Have you ever met a woman?

FPBP

 

[Optimistic Gamer]

Pretty sure that lady from state of decay 3 was not mentally ill but imitating the sound of the new apex predators. The deer that killed the wolf later does the same scream.

Senua went through hell because she was not able to accept the loss of her man while suffering from her father's abuse. It was literally a game about mental illness. She was not sick because she was a woman; she was the sick protagonist.

Same for Ellie, she's a broken human; that's what that game is about.

No Idea about the gears of war chick, gears sucks :<

 

[GymWolf]

 

[Vawn]

Realism?

 

[Aion002]

Ellie is not mentally ill one bit. She's a teen in a post "zombie" apocalypse ffs.

Also.... You should play Hellblade...

 

[The Fartist]

In old games we had female characters fighting zombies, monsters and armed men, and they were cool, strong and confident. they also showed emotions like fear, anger and sadness but they wasn't hysterical or made weird ugly faces to show that they are mentally unstable, is this a new trend i'm unaware of?

One day you'll learn, my son, one day you'll learn.

 

[Entroyp]

Realism was kicked up a notch this gen thanks to graphics technology.

 

[Dabaus]

Because insanity, derangement, bedlam, bi polar, serial killer = strong waymen according to people who have never been around a woman for a period of time or pretend to be one.

 

[Beer Baelly]

Feminismen

 

[sonomamashine]

 

[Bernkastel]

Girls are usually able to depict more emotions than boys. Throw in a dude and he wont make those expressions.

 

[Goro Majima]

One day, you'll learn, my son.

 

[Hissing Sid]

Because games have left their toy roots behind and matured into high art.

 

[Psykodad]

I never met a sane woman.

 

[hard_boiled]

They're turning the gender war up a notch. An ideologue always pushes reality to match their ideals, but they are never satisfied. That's why they're always so crazed & angry: they can never get their fix & as a result are eternally blueballed & buttblasted.

 

[The Fartist]

I'd still hit it.

 

[Freeman]

Not everyone can be a charming sociopath like my man Nathan Drake.

 

[Aion002]

Also.... Mental illness... Well, meet Deacon:




Deacon>>>>your favorite character.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

SJWs are designing them now, that's exactly how they act.

 

[brap]

Western women are just being portrayed accurately

 

[TexMex]

For accuracy.

 

[Ballthyrm]

angry, hysterical, mentally ill, is also how i would define most Male characters TBH

 

[Rhazer Fusion]

Western developers portrayal of women are entirely different from Japanese developers. I guess Western developers see a crazy, angry, mentally ill female as more realistic or relatable? It could also be Western developers want their females to appear as unattractive as possible so they make them mentally deranged or aggressive to go with the more grounded aesthetics? Who would most gamers fall in love with more? Tifa with her girl-next-door attitude or Senua with her insanity?

Also, maybe to reflect realism and accuracy in today’s crazy society?

 

[carlosrox]

Hmm interesting point.

Kinda reminds me of how blacks are portrayed in films and I noticed it on my own, way before any SJW shit even became trendy.

Notice how "passionate", angry, and screamy they like to portray blacks in movies sometimes?

I know what they're doing, and I don't like it.

 

[Goro Majima]

I liked Kassandra from AC Odyssey and Aloy from H:ZD (although she was too wooden at times).

To me it's all parts forcibly shoehorning as well as the video game industry not writing women characters very well in general (probably because the writers aren't great to begin with).

I don't think anyone minds diversity done well and integrated logically but I'm a little tired of having my expectations subverted for the sake of it.

 

[JonnyMP3]

Because 'Karen's' need representation?

 

[brian0057]

Because being feminine is "cisnormative and binary" but also a girl that's basically a dude is a Ms. Pac-Man trope and that's bad. But also you can't have them suffer hardships because it's violence towards women but you can't portray them as pure and perfect because it's appealing to the "male gaze".

I don't know man. Pick your poison. Just typing that down made my head explode.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

good point. why was every woman in the Last Jedi a raving idiot lunatic who was shitty at their jobs?

i think i have your answer:

MALE FEMINISTS CAN'T WRITE WOMEN

 

[iorek21]

Only soy filled gaijin devs do that

Only japanese devs can save the gaming world

 

[DeepEnigma]

Even when written by other women. Projection?

 

[Coolwhhip]

Developers base them on their blue haired minority hired colleagues.

 

[JOEVIAL]

Have you ever met a woman?

 

[brap]

Developers base them on their blue haired minority hired colleagues.

And mentally ill men in dresses that act like psychopaths.

 

[Jon Neu]

Ellie is not mentally ill one bit.

She justs murders half the american population and then decides, out of nowhere, to spare the life of the actual person who she was justified to kill.

 

[iconmaster]

Because 'Karen's' need representation?

Karen Simulator 2021. Has it been announced yet?

 

[TGO]

Things change
2000's

2010's

 

[Vtecomega]

I'll just ask my girlfriend once she has me unblocked.

 

[DeeDogg_]

Badass women

 

[Aion002]

She justs murders half the american population and then decides, out of nowhere, to spare the life of the actual person who she was justified to kill.

It's a video game... Drake killed more people than ever and still is the nice guy that doesn't have an inch of regret. For the games that ND makes...

 

[StylishMGTOW]

Because games have left their toy roots behind and matured into high art.

Are you trying to turn me gay?









'Cause it's working.

 

[Astral Dog]

New realistic trend with more powerful consoles, i guess, so the developers like their characters to show more emotion.

 

[brap]

Are you trying to turn me gay?









'Cause it's working.

im gay now too brudda

 

[anab0lic36]

Only soy filled gaijin devs do that

Only japanese devs can save the gaming world

Anime is kinda like porn though, it sets you up for massive disappointment IRL.

 

[Rikoi]

Because being angry means being tough, strong, indipendent woman.
This is how these people think.

 

[StylishMGTOW]

im gay now too brudda

Cloud is a dreamboy, ngl.
If the west's goal was to turn me off of women, they've succeeded in doing that.

 

[GreatnessRD]

Because...

Dem bitches crazy, yo!*


*Ayo its a joke. Relax, warriors.

 

[Yoboman]

Yeah

These ones where they are screaming like maniacs are just odd. I cannot ever remember a male character doing it and its just odd. MS seem particularly fond of this

Im guessing its because women don't have personalities besides hot or crazy