Caly submitted:
So this is a cinematic trailer for a card game called WAR 1937 that is coming out. It’s so ridiculous and silly that I can’t help but laugh and cry at the same time. How are developers still getting away with making this kind of stuff?
What did I just watch? O_o
Someone… anyone?
~Ozzie
Wait, did someone watch Kill la Kill and think that the concept would work better if it was rendered in high definition and without the sense of goofy self awareness?
– wincenworks
(Also we’ve been informed by a number of followers that the “setting” for this game is the Nanking Massacre, an actual horrific real life event – the tastelessness just keeps on compounding)
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
ms-silver submitted:
*While commonly referred to as male, It has been stated by Motiga that Tyto’s actual gender is to remain unknown.
**There’s actually another male character, but he’s currently getting a design overhaul, and as such I felt there was no need to include him.
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Now that part of the NDA is lifted, I can feel comfortable showing the male/female character lineup for the new currently in beta MOBA, Gigantic.
While yes, the males do seem to have more of the monstrous selection, and yes, some of the females don’t have the best of attire into battle, I have to note that really I don’t get the “Look at these SeXy GiRlS!” feeling that I do from a lot of other games. Not to mention that several of the male characters also don’t necessarily have the best attire to dive into battle with as well.
Even with their characters like Xenobia, there doesn’t seem to be a major focus on the fact that she has a cleavage window, and that is even with them using her in their promotional art.
But of course, the game is still in closed beta and things can and likely will change before the game actually goes live. Here’s to hoping we get more monster-y female heroes in the future!
Another important aspect about this game is this is their line-up on their web site, to let you know what heroes are available:
Even using just portraits there’s a lot more diversity in the female body types and personalities than we are used to seeing. I mean compare it to Vainglory’s promotional line up:
And they’re not even the worst example, not by far.
Each one of the ladies in Gigantic looks like she’s got a story and personality and it’s going to be different and not be lampshading to justify sexy costumes. I like that, I like that a lot.
Please do update us when/if they add the monster lady (or ideally, ladies).
– wincenworks
edit: Minor change to how characters are placed on the graphic, so that they appear bigger on dashboards.
peaches submitted:
I decided to take a look at the rest of the armor in hyrule warriors. I love the game to pieces, so these may be a little bit biased. The first one is my favorite, obviously, Impa. Looking at her design critically, she has several flaws, but her armor is surprisingly practical (at least, for this game). Some definite improvements can be made on the torso (hello, single, literal boobplate, and bare skin galore), but it seems to match what many male fighters in her genre wear. My main problem with this, and the source of my anger, is a) heels? Why? and b) How come she can’t be bothered to wear a shirt underneath, when a very, very similar character in design and personality, Volga, is so heavily decked out?
His armor is nowhere near practical (especially with all of those sharp edges, ow), but at least he’s wearing some sort of clothing underneath and has actual protection for his vitals.
Either way, neither of them has anything on Zelda, and none of the aforementioned characters are even close to the monstrosity that is Cia’s armor.
Speaking of Cia, Lana, another title-exclusive character thus far, can score a pretty good number of x’s on the card herself.
Note- I added an extra “how does it attach”? Because you cannot convince me that that cape, with the huge, heavy metal piece on the shoulder, will sit politely during combat. Also, it’s not surprising that her costume is less revealing, as Cia disappointingly falls into a vat of cliches- “evil is sexy”, “villainesses want heroes”, etc.
This is a great illustration of the trend of double standards when it comes to unrealistic and impractical designs.
Men get ridiculous costume designs to make them look scary, or powerful, or super intelligent, etc.
Women get them to fit them onto some sliding scale from “sexy” to “ridiculously over the top sexy”.
– wincenworks
