Effie from Fire Emblem Fates (submitted by horriblecatpun)
So close, yet so far (to a good design). I even like the pink/gold color scheme! But I think we know why they left those 4 inches of skin on her legs… <sideglance at clothing damage> But this seems to be a thing for Fire Emblem ladies, unfortunately. Who needs pants anyway?
Also, is it just me, or is her left arm really long in that first pic…?
-Icy
Can we discuss how egregious her boobplate is, though?
So much ornamentation frames the breast cups and their cleavage, just in case anyone forgot she had titties and they were very definitely separated. If no boobs, how woman, after all?
~Ozzie
nicksuckseggs submitted (and Ozzie bingo’d)
This is the newest addition to High-Rez’s hero fighter, “Paladins” who is one of the more interesting characters on their roster as far as her character goes, but that just makes it so much more disappointing that this is the design they ended up going with. This full screen image was the first thing I was greeted with upon logging in after the latest patch.
My biggest question is how she’s going to find the person who stole the rest of her outfit (and mangled her spine?) with that blindfold on, and hopefully that necklace doesn’t impale itself into her chest while she’s chasing them.
The one positive I find in this creatively sterile design* is the fact that Seris, unlike most Paladins champions, isn’t a direct or indirect ripoff of any Overwatch character.
Though it won’t surprise me if she was heavily influenced by someone from a more fantasy-oriented franchise, like LoL or WoW… or maybe Warmachine [x]:
~Ozzie
*Seriously, this is the top stock illustration for a “blind sorceress” that google proposes.
theshadowbiohazard submitted
I just heard of a new upcoming video game called Battle Chasers: Nightwar which was based on a comic book of the same name. It seemed to be the type of game I would enjoy but first I needed to see if the designs of the characters were good (Bad designs can easily ruin the whole experience for me) so I checked on Gully…
“Wow! That is actually a pretty damn good design!” I said to myself.
Then I checked on Red Monika…
I reacted like anyone who actually has a good amount of brain cells.
How is that you could make one good female character design and then make a terrible female character design in the same fucking series?! HOW DID YOU SCREW THAT UP?!
So based on the promotional materials on their website, Red Monika (gee, her name reminds me of a character to whom she has a striking similarity) is a flirtatious acrobatic pirate/scoundrel type, which really makes me wonder what magical glue she uses to prevent her breasts from falling out. Her boobs also jiggle when she moves, cause that’s totally important when your view of the battlefield looks like this:
I, too, have a sexy swashbuckler character with large breasts, and they wear a sports-bra equivalent even when they decide to flirt and show some cleavage. And they don’t even do back flips in combat.
The lack of creativity here is painful in the most boring way.
But this game is based on an existing property; maybe it’s the fault of the comics that made Monika look this way.
… maybe not.
-Icy
90s comics was once of those amazing periods in history that’s hard to explain to people unless they were there – I kind of hope that one day Martin Scorsese will make a movie about it.
However Battle Chasers did have a ton of interesting material and a lot of promise – by that I mean the cast who were not generic fantasy hero and generic evil sexy lady.
So, let’s take a look at what they chose for their feature video and hope that the game creators realize that and don’t think that a classically 90s comic figure and outfit is what made this comic so interesting…
Oh dear.
– wincenworks
Vikings: War Of Clans
@avatarwill113 submitted:
I can’t believe it’s not porn.It’s the advertisement for the latest strategy game Vikings;War Of Clans!
When I thinking Viking I think uncomfortable underwear. She has a good helmet, shame about everything else. I’m sure this will sell millions of copies, and certainly won’t be forgotten within a month.
Well, given it’s from the creators of Stormfall, Total Domination, Nords and of course Sparta: War of Empires (who had an affiliate actual steal images from a porn movie cover once) and include promotional imagery like this:
It’s not terribly surprising to discover that this image,which is hosted on a major affiliate networking site that makes bold promises:
Is actually fetish art, literally off deviantArt*, and the fetish in this case is highly sexualized female gladiators brutally killing each other. This is apparently, a stock standard image that the affiliate site keeps on their servers just in case they get a client they think will match that.
I can’t be the only one who thinks this is all more than a little messed up that a major advertiser thinks this is a great generic fantasy game image. (I don’t even want to think how they found this image in the first place)
– wincenworks
Looks like somebody searched the dA image category of “artistic nude.” Even if we’re stretching suspension of disbelief for the “almost naked gladiator fighters” trope, the design is just… boring. They didn’t even put in the minimal effort of giving her some kind of insignia or blood splatter or anything.
-Icy
*The artwork can be found here. Please be warned that the linked deviantArt account features disturbing content including gore and sexualized death.
@banette-is-thoughtful submitted:
I was looking at a few upcoming PS4 games coming out this year and I saw this and found this character. Her name is Brunhilde and she is one of the main antagonists in the upcoming game called Valkyria Revolution. Can someone help me understand what am I looking at and why does this exists?
This pic above is a special pre-order image straight from SEGA. Yeah, I as soon I saw these I just had to submit it to BABD. First time doing this, so please tell me if I’m doing it right. Love all of the work you guys do and I hope more people stop designs like these from getting into media.
Sources( valkyria.wikia.com, theplatformer.net, www.segalization.com)
Well the main reason that it exists is that publishers and Creepy Marketing Guy really like this myth that sex sells, because well it’s essentially idea that there’s a magic, shortcut and that that it happens to allow them to get work to pay for images that appeal to them personally (and may, if they’re lucky, make them temporarily popular with certain demographics).
The other big appeal, commercially, is that if you decide that generic softcore pinups are the precious commodity that will motivate your customer base – you’ve got a fairly low effort product in comparison to say unique designs that integrate into your product’s lore, a character’s individual personality, etc.
The ultimate form of this is, of course: The asset flip.
It’s just a shame that their the games industry can’t put more emphasis and faith into the actual game.
– wincenworks
Bingo: Nowi from Fire Emblem Awakening
FEAnon submitted:
Nowi is a Manakete(Dragon in human form) from Fire Emblem Awakening. Nowi is a controversial character due to her skimpy outfit combined with her young age as a dragon as she is proportionately 14 at most, though the localization makes Nowi act more mature to downplay the controversy.
This is made much more controversial due to the player being encouraged to marry Nowi off to other units and have children which if spoofed in this webcomic. While Now is first encountered captured, it is revealed Nowi made the outfit herself and wears it of her free will.
A Male of the same race and class for comparison.
Anyone up for a bingo?
Bingo you say?
Now, of course, there’s the argument that I’m sure will be coming about it being her choice, or her being a dragon so she doesn’t need protection, yadda yadda yadda.
Ultimately though, it’s very simple: If the most creative approach someone can take to a character concept such as a dragon in human form and decide it’s a “get out of criticism free card” for a worryingly sexualized teenage girl – then it’s safe to say the fluff was never really a big concern to you.
– wincenworks
@averyordinarymop submitted:
So this ad popped up on my instagram. All I can say is… at least they acknowledged that the game is only geared towards heterosexual men?
@ihavenotfallenyet submitted:
I saw this on facebook. I’m not surprised, yet still disappointed.
Time to bingo that… thing.
At this point I’m so desensitized to random boobwindowy dress-lingerie-armor-thingies like this that I’m more distracted by her freakishly long legs than her boobs obviously slipping out in a second.
~Ozzie
