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. 

Err.. I really do not think that the attractiveness of a character and the time designing them correlates at all.

Designer: "Sir, should I make this female character look feminine and attractive to appease to the largest group of gamers possible?"

Exec: "Nah.. that will take too long. Just make her look like a man, that´ll do it. We need to focus on gameplay!"