ze submitted:
First costume
Stockings rather than boots and there’s a window to her bare back, though it’s mostly covered.
Second costume
You’ll have to take my word for it, but stockings again rather than boots.
This is literally the first time she’s introduced wearing her new outfit. I did not crop her face out; the devs did.
Not sure if it counts for boobplate; there is skin-tight armor on the boobs, it just doesn’t connect in the front.Third costume
Two versions of it because she later sheds almost all of it for a single scene. Again will have to take my word for there being heels, and the outfit being mostly worn in a cold area. (You can’t see it, but the more bare one is in a rather small valley surrounded on all sides by snow-covered mountains.) Does this count as boob window and boob plate though?
I might be being generous with the “no padding” since there’s some kind of thin bodysuit under it. And with “no head protection” since there’s kinda some ornaments that were stated to be protective, but uh… yeah. There’s also no male equivalent to any of her costumes, but if matching armor designs in this game have any kind of theme going, it definitely follows the stereotype. (Minus being practical. Holy crap this game loves impractically ornate/pointy armor.)
Of course there’s also the in-universe excuse that bare skin = more sensitive to photons (basically any and all energy for both combat and resources) so you’re stronger. Except the outfit descriptions for full, flowing robes say their material is specially made to absorb said photons to make you stronger… So there’s still no real reason to not have more armor.
Do note that this “armor” doesn’t affect stats or gameplay in any way. It’s just flavor text for clothing to try and justify itself.This character, Matoi, is hardly the only offender in the series, but there’s too many costumes to go through since it’s an MMO. She’s just the worst offender from the main cast (not counting the player character, who can wear anything– even Matoi’s outfits).
First I thought this might be a Scarlet Blade character (as we asked for bingo propositions from it), then I noticed the name Phantasy Star Online 2.
Needless to say, being easily confusable with Scarlet Blade says everything we (don’t) want to know about this game’s design priorities.
And judging by their breathing through skin, I mean photon magic excuse AND how it is directly contradicted it for other costumes, Phantasy Star’s writing isn’t worth anyone’s time either.
While you probably are too generous with a few squares, ze, I wouldn’t say that in regards to “No padding”. Personally I don’t count something that looks like bodypaint as “padding”.
~Ozzie
@filipfatalattractionrblog submitted:
This above is the design of Penelope Pitstop in DC Comics’ upcoming series “Wacky Raceland”. Which is either a gritty reboot of Wacky Races that turns them into Fury Road knock-off…or a parody of such idea, it’s really hard to tell from how little we have right now.
For comparision here is the original cartoon version:
Normally I’d make some sort of witty comment here, but this is just too baffling, words cannot describe it.
You know, it’s kind of impressive – under normal circumstances I’d be pretty okay with a wasteland heroine having a ride like this:
But this is one of the many problem with “gritty reboots” and other re-imaginings of things made for children: They make the female characters “gritty” by sexualizing them to a ridiculous extent.
The guy and the dog up front appear to be Dick Dastardly and Muttley:
In both cases, while their attire was created with intent of making them look intimidating and dangerous… making this a case of a pet receiving more practical attire than a female character.
The Internet is already filled with places where you can find images of characters from your childhood to whack off too – there is no need publish an official comic with imagery like this. Especially not one where you’re trying to pass every other character off as an actual gritty reboot.
– wincenworks
@audio-sexual submitted (and Ozzie bingo’d):
I would like to submit for a bingo card: TERA’s latest class, The Brawler.
They must be a lover, not a fighter because they basically are wearing a hand-written in gold glitter gel pen invitation to murder them on the battlefield.
This pic was shared by my friend who noticed that the “armor” was getting increasingly more ridiculous until this stunner right here. I don’t know what that top/almost a corset thing is supposed to be or HOW IT WORKS…there are high heels, of course…& that crowning jewel, the diamond in front, rises & falls because the designers don’t know how breasts actually work.
As you can see, their character is just as enthralled with the look as we are.
Just when we thought underboob and boob windows couldn’t possibly get any worse… Though seeing how this is TERA, we’re hardly surprised, really.
Can’t get a good shot of this particular costume’s shoes, which would confirm the high heels and earn it a double bingo, but comparing it to other Brawler outfits (and, again, remebering it’s TERA), I’m 99,9% sure that’s the case. So, bingo?
For the record, here’s how other Brawler “armors” look:
~Ozzie