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Neoma

(10,039 posts)
Tue May 15, 2012, 11:12 PM May 2012

Women warriors and underwear.

For once I'd like to see a video game without the use of belly buttons, cleavage, and only slivers of cloth over the characters big ass buttcheeks.

Tell me if you find one... The unknown videogame, not the buttcheeks.

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Women warriors and underwear. (Original Post) Neoma May 2012 OP
So, do women design any of these games? murielm99 May 2012 #1
Male characters already have exaggerated proportions. Neoma May 2012 #2
I was gonna say Metroid foo_bar May 2012 #3
I kind of like Skyrim in that regards ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #4
My problem with that is... Neoma May 2012 #7
Not to mention perpetuating the whole boxer/loincloth vs briefs thing ProgressiveProfessor May 2012 #8
It's been well over a decade since I played it, but I don't remember seeing that in Perfect Dark. laconicsax May 2012 #5
Err ... Elder Scrolls series? intaglio May 2012 #6
and stilettoes. Whisp May 2012 #9
How do you fight demons in high heels?! Neoma May 2012 #10
I'll have to call Blizzard on that Whisp May 2012 #11
The only MMORPG I played was Toontown LadyHawkAZ May 2012 #12
I'm an old D&D player FloridaJudy May 2012 #13
These warriors wear whatever underwear they want obamanut2012 May 2012 #14
Love the last one. Neoma May 2012 #15
Me too obamanut2012 May 2012 #16
You sure they haven't? Neoma May 2012 #17
Years ago my first job was at an electronics shop. LeftyMom May 2012 #18

murielm99

(31,392 posts)
1. So, do women design any of these games?
Tue May 15, 2012, 11:15 PM
May 2012

Maybe if they did, we would get games like that. Or, the women would look normal and all the men could have exaggerated proportions.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)
2. Male characters already have exaggerated proportions.
Tue May 15, 2012, 11:19 PM
May 2012

Muscle-wise.

I know that female computer programmers are really rare...

foo_bar

(4,193 posts)
3. I was gonna say Metroid
Tue May 15, 2012, 11:41 PM
May 2012

But then I remembered the "reveal":



Offhand, all I can think of is Portal (depending on your definition of "warrior&quot , Alyx Vance/Half-Life 2, and, uh, Ms. Pac Man (depending on your definition of "cleavage&quot

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
4. I kind of like Skyrim in that regards
Wed May 16, 2012, 12:03 AM
May 2012

- No capabilities differences between the genders (but some between the races (reptilian, feline, humanoid, elves, orcs...)
- You can marry any person, of any race, of any gender if they will have you.
- No heavy emphasis on breasts or genitals.
- Even when you strip a dead enemy of everything, they still have their underwear on and it covers things
- Women in leadership
- Minimal gender stereotypes.

Its not perfect, but for someone who has been actively ignoring the console gaming area for a number of years I was impressed by the visual representations, open ended story lines, and general approach to things. That said, its still a bloody swords/arrows/magic free for all and some have been unhappy about the possible parallels between the Foresworn and Native Americans.

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)
8. Not to mention perpetuating the whole boxer/loincloth vs briefs thing
Wed May 16, 2012, 05:56 PM
May 2012

I give the Bethesda some credit there for avoiding the prurient in a reasonable manner and putting out a game that at times seems as much art as recreation. GTA it is not.

 

laconicsax

(14,860 posts)
5. It's been well over a decade since I played it, but I don't remember seeing that in Perfect Dark.
Wed May 16, 2012, 01:39 AM
May 2012

Of course several of the costumes were skin-tight, but I think the closest it ever got to what you describe is a flight attendant's uniform you steal to sneak aboard Air Force One--the skirt was short, but not that short (IIRC).

The point of that game was more about shooting bad guys and reptilian aliens. Female protagonist who's the best agent/murderer ever, explosions, no stupid romance subplot, etc.

I was going to say that Jedi Knight 2 fit the bill since everyone's fully clothed and often in robes or stormtrooper armor, but then I remembered that the antagonist's apprentice wears a low-cut unitard that only has one leg. She trades in the unitard for a "proper" pair of leather pants and a bikini top in Jedi Knight 3, but that isn't even the most notable underwear issue in that game.

intaglio

(8,170 posts)
6. Err ... Elder Scrolls series?
Wed May 16, 2012, 01:40 AM
May 2012

Sorry, ProgProf, didn't see your post.

Other area of concern, apart from the Forsworn, is the racism of the Stormcloaks and the Altmer (Allies of the Empire)

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
9. and stilettoes.
Wed May 16, 2012, 06:05 PM
May 2012

my Demon Hunter has high heels - I thought my net connection or my comp was making me slow in game but its those stupid high heels.

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
11. I'll have to call Blizzard on that
Wed May 16, 2012, 08:37 PM
May 2012

It would be like a guy fighting demons with a six pack under each arm.

LadyHawkAZ

(6,199 posts)
12. The only MMORPG I played was Toontown
Mon May 21, 2012, 12:53 PM
May 2012

no breasts, belly buttons, buttcheeks or underwear of any kind. No killing things either.

FloridaJudy

(9,465 posts)
13. I'm an old D&D player
Tue May 22, 2012, 01:49 PM
May 2012

And we designed our own avatars. They were pretty much uni-sex: we just switched the heads. Who could tell which gender was which under all those wizards' robes or armor? You could always tell my venturing parties. They were the ones lead by Ben, Jerry, Haagen, Daaz, Godiva, and Edy.

Someone needs to design a MUD based on Darkover's "Free Amazons". They all dressed practically for the tasks.

obamanut2012

(27,725 posts)
16. Me too
Thu May 24, 2012, 11:22 AM
May 2012

I wish they would make it into a poster. I would buy it.

And, they really can wear whatever underwear and bras they want after Basic.

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)
18. Years ago my first job was at an electronics shop.
Fri May 25, 2012, 11:03 PM
May 2012

That was back when the Tomb Raider franchise was a big thing. One day a customer asked me if there was a game like that with a male protagonist. I must admit I looked at him sort of blankly for a moment before I figured out why anybody would want such a thing.

For the record, no, there wasn't. And in the intervening decade and change I don't believe anybody's come up with one.

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