It’s not really clear what heroes defy, but so far it seems to be Blizzard’s claim that they’re trying to represent female characters better.
Honestly, with all the appeal that Heroes of the Storm has going for it, if this was the best campaign their marketing people could think up then they should probably find a new agency.
– wincenworks
@edgion-the-great submitted:
Some ‘beauties’ from Game of War: Fire Age.
Male armour thrown in for comparison >_>
Also the top left one has that weird metal armour that moves with her as she breathes (And when she breathes her boobs expand)
Game of War – because why have design quality when you can just have the most expensive ad campaigns and create a game where the main source of revenue is letting the richest 1-3% bully the other players.
– wincenworks
Chandra Nalaar’s costume never ceases to amaze us in how unapologetically it ignores even the most basic things about how armor (or any material involved in making it) works.
Let’s once again list all the nonsense here that goes beyond the usual sexualized armor tropes:
- bared thighs which contradict armoring all the other body parts
- skin-tight chainmail that also includes mail turtleneck
- boobplate somehow placed on top of said spandex chainmail
- loincloth that conveniently never flies up to display her crotch… and doesn’t catch on fire
~Ozzie
Now while it’s true that in this case, at least the male Mercenary has some empowerment, I honestly have no idea what that top is supposed to be… at all.
It’s like it’s a garment designed by someone who has never seen clothes but has heard about 90′s comic fashions.
And it doesn’t help that the marketing guys feel that the essence of an anime type MMORPG is cleavage and the occasional thigh on display.
– wincenworks
Since League of Maidens is such a creative game*, I decided to bingo their obviously most original character, Wonder Woman, I mean Wendor Wamon, I mean Athena (wut, another one?).
Putting the question mark on No head protection, because of how small and unhelpful in fight that tiara is and on Boob window, as the straps between her boobplate and necklace do form a window of sorts.
~Ozzie
*Even their name is totally creative, evoking similarity to League of Legends, League of Angels as well as Justice League (well, they do shamelessly ripoff DC and Marvel heroines)… Though it seems no-one in their marketing team checked what search results “League of Maidens” tends to give first. Or maybe somehow they’re just okay with being associated with Nazis, who knows?