Sindell from Mortal Kombat is supposed to be a mystical queen of another world, yet has always been depicted as well, let’s just say “empowerment” isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. Particularly whens he’s on screen with other women from the series:
So, now that Mortal Kombat is blaming their own characters for the attire that the dev team put them in, and Sindel is supposed to be scarier than ever before (now that she’s once again an NPC). How do you suppose they decided to change her look for Mortal Kombat X?
I have to admit I’m kind of surprised they thought to add those straps to answer the question of “how does it attach”, though this is not the kind of progress that I consider worth celebrating.
– wincenworks
Successive pictures show her as she levels up, so at least she isn’t getting skimpier at higher levels.
Dunno what’s more annoying about this design, the fact that despite gaining more clothes with level-ups she’s nonetheless sexualized or that the game is shitting on the good name of Queen Boudica.
Cause obviously, real warrior women of the history need to be either denied from ever existing or re-invented as generic erotica for the purposes of entertainment.
Funny (as in, not funny at all) thing about this series is also that
, the rare well-armored female character, happens to be an alias of a MALE semi-historical warrior, King Arthur.
~Ozzie
Successive pictures show her as she levels up, so at least she isn’t getting skimpier at higher levels.
Dunno what’s more annoying about this design, the fact that despite gaining more clothes with level-ups she’s nonetheless sexualized or that the game is shitting on the good name of Queen Boudica.
Cause obviously, real warrior women of the history need to be either denied from ever existing or re-invented as generic erotica for the purposes of entertainment.
Funny (as in, not funny at all) thing about this series is also that
, the rare well-armored female character, happens to be an alias of a MALE semi-historical warrior, King Arthur.
~Ozzie
doctorsanity submitted:
Charlotte from the latest Fire Emblem Fates. If you look closely you can see she has high heels on.
While I understand her gimmick is wooing richer men to spoil herself, I basically find the design embarrassing.
I feel that the biggest flaw with these designing a character around them being seductive approaches is that they sort of disregard for the idea that:
- Seduction is a personal and intimate thing, particularly if it’s for something longer than overnight.
- People with wealth and power can usually have attractive company any time they like without being seduced and fleeced.
- Advertising that you’re trying to be seductive and sexy probably doesn’t help them relax and slip into being seduced.
From what I can gather about Charlotte… part of her being a seductress is she’s trying to pretend to be innocent and she’s also meant to be a mighty warrior. I can’t help but think that maybe more armor would help her with both of her goals.
– wincenworks
Bingo done by our reader nibelung
The more images of Niele’s outfit I manage to find and the more I have her “reasons” for it explained, the less sense she makes.
As nibelung informed us, she’s not even choosing to dress like that, her magic staff MAKES her clothes transform into… whatever that’s supposed to be.
She even gets berated for being coerced into wearing only belts. The speech bubble in the fourth image translates to “Don’t you have any shame?”.
Because that’s so totally is a fool-proof excuse for having a character run around virtually naked: “A wizard magical artifact did it!”
~Ozzie