Now while it’s true that in this case, at least the male Mercenary has some empowerment, I honestly have no idea what that top is supposed to be… at all.
It’s like it’s a garment designed by someone who has never seen clothes but has heard about 90′s comic fashions.
And it doesn’t help that the marketing guys feel that the essence of an anime type MMORPG is cleavage and the occasional thigh on display.
– wincenworks
You guys like horror stories right? I’ve got one for you.
Once upon a time, in a video game development studio that had a fairly hefty publisher, they were making a game pitched as a serious dungeon crawler RPG game and their executives signed off on all these designs.
And the scariest part is… it’s all true.
– wincenworks
@nicksuckseggs submitted:
I don’t know if anyone has submitted anything from this game yet, but his is Skye from a fairly new game from Hi-Rez called “Paladins – Champions of the Realm” and it’s basically a free to play version of Overwatch. Skye is one of four or five characters but she is by far the worst in my opinion. Her costume is bad enough but my favorite part is the fact that her right leg is somehow transcending dimensions to that it ended up behind her left leg without bending. She kind of fits into the assassin archetype. She’s supposed to be fast and stealthy so I guess maybe having reality altering legs might be helpful for that somehow.
Skye’s outfit actually score surprisingly okay on the bingo, mostly because it’s not about showing skin but rather projecting a message.
Seems fine at first glance? Sure. But this is how Skye is introduced to you if you select her as your Champion in Paladins.
This was how she got introduced in their “meet the Champions trailer”:
It worth noting that Skye’s appearance is so ridiculous and lacking in credibility, she is the only hero who they show in action first before doing the intro cinematic or letting you see her from a third person view.
Hi-Rez apparently managed to make a sexy female assassin who’s less intimidating than Widowmaker due to “can we fap to this” being her only character concept design priority, then chickening out and putting black skin tight material over most of her skin.
– wincenworks
These are only a few of the armor designs for the MMORPG BLESS Online. As you can see, quality varies wildly between designs. It’s worth noting that these are all from the “Heavy Armor” category, so designers obviously thought they gave similar protection to the wearer. There are much worse ones that can all be seen here. I’m sad to see these cool, creative, protective designs side by side with boring objectifying bikini armor. At least they all have decent helmets.
The part I find most striking is that the bikini armor outfits look so uninspired from the front due to the use of “windows” to show off flesh.
Especially when juxtaposed with the more practical designs it really does look like they did a bunch of regular designs then had Creepy Marketing Guy come along and red line it where he wanted to put bits on display.
Sadly, it seems that this was not limited to the fronts of the outfits:
– wincenworks
Refreshingly honest marketing?
Though why they treat “leaves nothing to imagination” like a positive thing is a mystery.
~Ozzie
I want to say that it probably doesn’t contain anything from imagination either (seriously look how desolate and boring the landscape behind her is) but I’m pretty sure that outfit and anatomy have nothing to with reality.
– wincenworks
Refreshingly honest marketing?
Though why they treat “leaves nothing to imagination” like a positive thing is a mystery.
~Ozzie
I want to say that it probably doesn’t contain anything from imagination either (seriously look how desolate and boring the landscape behind her is) but I’m pretty sure that outfit and anatomy have nothing to with reality.
– wincenworks