So, speaking of games that claim questionable links to mythology, War Gods was a game which didn’t even bother to look into mythology during character designs.
Who produced this tacky Mortal Kombat ripoff? Right up to getting the same model as Sonja Blade? Midway, the same major development studio that made Mortal Kombat!
– wincenworks
@2goldensnitches submitted:
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright isn’t a combat game but I’m disclosing that it has some of my favourite storylines and character designs from all the games I’ve ever played. That being said, there’s one woman in particular:
Her English name is Foxy, and she is the only female member of a group of knights guarding Labyrinthia’s clock tower. She is depicted as a vain and rather spoiled woman who is much more concerned about her hair staying bouncy and her steel stilettos not getting muddy instead of her guard duties with the Vigilantes. She has two male groupies whose names are Servius and Treddon – in-game you even a demonstration of a footprint of hers on the back of his armour.
It’s a shame because the standard knight’s armour looks pretty cool.
But I guess they decided on a Certain Amount of In-Game Sexiness…and this was way after a character named Olivia Aldente explained and justified her midriff baring chef’s uniform despite handling sharp knives and boiling water in the kitchen.
It’s particularly disappointing not just for the adherence to painfully sexist tropes but because ornamental armor can actually be really amazing.
Why would anyone want to wear an ugly boobplate bikini when they would parade around in a work of art?
– wincenworks
@2goldensnitches submitted:
Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright isn’t a combat game but I’m disclosing that it has some of my favourite storylines and character designs from all the games I’ve ever played. That being said, there’s one woman in particular:
Her English name is Foxy, and she is the only female member of a group of knights guarding Labyrinthia’s clock tower. She is depicted as a vain and rather spoiled woman who is much more concerned about her hair staying bouncy and her steel stilettos not getting muddy instead of her guard duties with the Vigilantes. She has two male groupies whose names are Servius and Treddon – in-game you even a demonstration of a footprint of hers on the back of his armour.
It’s a shame because the standard knight’s armour looks pretty cool.
But I guess they decided on a Certain Amount of In-Game Sexiness…and this was way after a character named Olivia Aldente explained and justified her midriff baring chef’s uniform despite handling sharp knives and boiling water in the kitchen.
It’s particularly disappointing not just for the adherence to painfully sexist tropes but because ornamental armor can actually be really amazing.
Why would anyone want to wear an ugly boobplate bikini when they would parade around in a work of art?
– wincenworks
King Cashing
L. Scott Johnson submitted:
Since zombies’ only “vital” organs are their brains, the boobplate on this zombie is less of a hazard to its owner than most, but it is also not protecting anything that needs protecting (see also: no head protection)
Since Halloween is approaching, let’s continue (as briefly as humanly possible) on our theme of undead boobplate:
Glossing over how a slot machine combat game is an RPG, this one seems really dedicated to maintaining the use of boobs as a visual clue to gender, even when they really, really shouldn’t.
Along with what I can only assume is their attempt to balance:
Yeah, I’m just hoping that was “if no boob how woman” thing… because the alternatives are too horrifying to contemplate.
– wincenworks
King Cashing
L. Scott Johnson submitted:
Since zombies’ only “vital” organs are their brains, the boobplate on this zombie is less of a hazard to its owner than most, but it is also not protecting anything that needs protecting (see also: no head protection)
Since Halloween is approaching, let’s continue (as briefly as humanly possible) on our theme of undead boobplate:
Glossing over how a slot machine combat game is an RPG, this one seems really dedicated to maintaining the use of boobs as a visual clue to gender, even when they really, really shouldn’t.
Along with what I can only assume is their attempt to balance:
Yeah, I’m just hoping that was “if no boob how woman” thing… because the alternatives are too horrifying to contemplate.
– wincenworks