Attractive characters improve games. True or false?

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Torillian said:

LegitHyperbole said:

^ This is it. Not secualized or anything, just done properly with respect to the characters, their fitness and the fit they're in. Very cool to see. The women look feminine and the men look masculine and they look like heroes. 

But it's also a game where you yourself take issue with the gameplay. Maybe they spent a bit too much time  on these designs you like so much rather than the game. 

The gameplay great, people are loving it and I was having fun. What I take issue with is the speed and pace of the game, they choose to slow it down for some reason and the complaints I have are very minor little tweaks like the character move speed, TTK and what not. All design choices but not mechanical failures. Looks like they spent a LOT of time on these 33 characters which is a wild number and getting them half way balanced before release. I'm sure they'll tweak the game as players demand.