Attractive characters improve games. True or false?

[IkePoR]

LegitHyperbole said:

IkePoR said:

True.

Pretty privilege. If a game has asetically pleasing characters but isn't very good, I'm at least willing to watch a trailer or a review just to give it a chance. 

I wouldn't have bought FF7 remake, I played the demo and the exaggerated anime personalities turned me off but I just kept thinking ah, maybe they'll change later in the game and probably subconsciously my brain was thinking everyone's so good-looking sure it must be good. Got past the bike sequence and they were still all acting weird and I just couldn't stand it anymore. So pretty people don't carry a game, that's for sure but if they hadn't been so mindless and anime I'm sure it would improve the game and I bet it improves the game for people who like that.

It sounds as if your hatred of Japanese culture put you off(don't worry, I hate it too).  I think something like Lolipop Chainsaw is carried by it's pretty person - the entire premise is based on the MC being hot.  Or the Senran Kagura series; a series that lives and dies by it's fan service.  To this day, I have no idea what the plot is or even what the gameplay looks like but I remember both of these games getting headlines because of the chicks in them.  I don't think either of these games would be culturally relevant if the characters weren't attractive.