Armor from Dragon Age 2
As lots of our posts pointed out already, elements of good armor are basically always the same, no matter the wearer’s gender and body parts.
And this here handy graphic on the left* is no different from any similar we featured before that showed a (presumably) male model wearing plate.
*Though honestly I’m a bit disappointed how painted-on the under-armor looks in the picture on the left. And how because of that I can’t tell if there’s supposed to be some other protective layer (maybe gambeson?) beneath it.
~Ozzie
While the armor was a bit thing, I was exceptionally happy with how they took the simple concept of making warrior armor “heavier” by simply adding more protective layers on top of basic armor.
It’s more or less how most heavy armor has worked throughout history and cultures.
– wincenworks
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As excited I was about ME:A being announced, this (i’m sure very fast) concept art put a bad taste in my mouth. Just goes to show how silly poses for women are so ingrained into artist’s heads that they probably did it without thinking, not realizing how they broke her out of perspective (check her shoulders and feet against the man) just to achieve it too. I mean they were probably drawn separately but no one was like wait a second… lol
Happy space adventuring!
Even with equal amounts of body coverage, Mass Effect characters can’t escape the double standard.
I think kaaaaaaaaaaaaaldwin puts the problem with original picture really well in here:
~Ozzie
Personally I am hoping that the E3 demo armor was chosen for conveying more dynamic motion and this is just a side effect of marketing people going overboard with it.
It is good though that they’re now promoting the female option right away and I do hope that the rest of the armors will be more like what we saw last year.
– wincenworks
