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Yes and its kinda sad.
Some people here say there also sexy guy, that true but how many of these guy do some pole dance or sound pervert when they talking, not really much.





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Weegee said:
Yes and its kinda sad.
Some people here say there also sexy guy, that true but how many of these guy do some pole dance or sound pervert when they talking, not really much.



lol, where are all these games where the women pole-dance and sound pervert when they talk?

Sure there are SOME shitty perverted guy only games, but there would be shitty perverted girl only games if there was an audience for it. If you feel that strongly about it, there are readily available ratings for games, and you can easily read them, and avoid sexual content or explotative behaviour.

In fact, a lot of the "explotative" scenes in videogames are from real life. For example, in GTAIV, you can go to a strip club. However, in real life you can go to a strip club. If a criminal couldn't visit a strip club, the game would feel fake and censored.

I don't think you should try to censor stuff you aren't going to buy anyway, just my 2 cents. If there is an audience for it, and it's not hurting anyone, let em have it. Games aren't public domain like television or radio, and they could go much farther than they do it if weren't for the "games are for kids" stigma, which more censorship would further propogate.



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CollectiveCynic said:

Most female characters in video games are often sexualized with overly revealing clothing or really huge breasts. I say this is unfortunately a current trend that as happening often in video games, since women are portrayed as male fantasy sex objects and given shallow characterization. This tends to gives women a negative view towards video games and leaves a bad image for games. That's not to say every female character in video games are overly-sexualized, characters such as Alyx, Jade, and April Ryan (If any of you played The Longest Journey) prove that females can be sexualized without over-doing it and having deep characterization. Same cannot for most female video game characters though.

I don't hold anything against the female form like some crude conservative, but I believe it needs to be presented tastefully and with context.

You can say that men are often portrayed as overly muscular and hard-ass stereo-types, but it's usually worse with female characters because their outfits make them look like prostitutes.

 

This isn't unique to video games. The exact same thing happens in movies and tv (most genres anyway, certain action, horror, sci-fi - all the 'guy genres'). It also happens in the music industry, most female singers get 90% of their kit off tastelessly and without context  in their video clips because they will lose their record deal if they dont.

 

Theatre is about the only genre where this isn't commonplace (inb4 broad generalisations as to the sexual orientation of theatre patrons)



This is an ancient argument. 

Women in games are no more unrealistic in there portrayal than how the male characters are.  Take a look at the Gears of War III scans. You have to go to a game like Bayonetta to find the equivalent of that in female design.

People just like idealized representations of characters.  Strong and heroic for men, sensual and beautiful for women.  If you want to see the opposite, go walk down the street.  Not a pretty sight.

Hell, hell if I was in charge, all video game girls would look Ivy from Soul Calibur.



hatmoza said:
The statement/question paradox you've created in the thread title almost made my head explode.

So true, now that you mention it :D

Anyway, I don't fully agree. True, some are over-sexualized but there are only a few overkills. Most aren't that bad though they're definitely not depicted realistically either. And just like it's been said many times already, men aren't usually any better in games. Also, what's really bugging me is how shallow characters, male or female, are in games. Recently I've started to mind this more, even to the degree where it really annoys me. But them we might come to the question whether over-sexualized characters can have a deep personality and be beliavable at the same time.

Overall, it somewhat is a problem but I don't think it's that big.



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How about some more visual examples :D



A large number of video games are designed and tailored for teenage males and young men - the results are predictable.

Is it a good cultural message? No. But the problem is a widespread element of our current cultures. Look at movies, music, etc. As Zen notes, sex sells and will be used accordingly.



Try to be reasonable... its easier than you think...

ZenfoldorVGI said:
Weegee said:
Yes and its kinda sad.
Some people here say there also sexy guy, that true but how many of these guy do some pole dance or sound pervert when they talking, not really much.



lol, where are all these games where the women pole-dance and sound pervert when they talk?

Sure there are SOME shitty perverted guy only games, but there would be shitty perverted girl only games if there was an audience for it. If you feel that strongly about it, there are readily available ratings for games, and you can easily read them, and avoid sexual content or explotative behaviour.

In fact, a lot of the "explotative" scenes in videogames are from real life. For example, in GTAIV, you can go to a strip club. However, in real life you can go to a strip club. If a criminal couldn't visit a strip club, the game would feel fake and censored.

I don't think you should try to censor stuff you aren't going to buy anyway, just my 2 cents. If there is an audience for it, and it's not hurting anyone, let em have it. Games aren't public domain like television or radio, and they could go much farther than they do it if weren't for the "games are for kids" stigma, which more censorship would further propogate.

 

 

First they are some game like bayoneta , she often sounds pervert and when you beat the game she do some pole dancing in the credits.

I will not talk about the DOA franchise, in okami when you talking the the goddess amaterasu say some tit joke. Also in Viewtiful Joe the secraitaire almost always play with is boob. In Metal Gear Solid 4 when you're talking to girl you can move the six axis to move the breast. 

The trailler of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was just retard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbcMI0FjlBg. I can continue but you see my point that they more than 'some game'. (Mostly japanese game)

Also don't forget the question: Are the majority of female characters in video games are over-sexualized? 

Yes but they an audience for it.

Thank for the honest anwser. Now can I have the freedom to be not happy about this situation ? Can the creator of the this topic be also angry about this situation ?

You see these guy, and

I want women version of these guy , baddass girl not in swimsuit . But its appear that its too much to ask, some people seem to hate equality and feministe.

 

(P.S. Ubisoft have said in a interview that a female protagoniste in Assassin's Creed is not out of question. Sounds cool)



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Weegee said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Weegee said:
Yes and its kinda sad.
Some people here say there also sexy guy, that true but how many of these guy do some pole dance or sound pervert when they talking, not really much.



lol, where are all these games where the women pole-dance and sound pervert when they talk?

Sure there are SOME shitty perverted guy only games, but there would be shitty perverted girl only games if there was an audience for it. If you feel that strongly about it, there are readily available ratings for games, and you can easily read them, and avoid sexual content or explotative behaviour.

In fact, a lot of the "explotative" scenes in videogames are from real life. For example, in GTAIV, you can go to a strip club. However, in real life you can go to a strip club. If a criminal couldn't visit a strip club, the game would feel fake and censored.

I don't think you should try to censor stuff you aren't going to buy anyway, just my 2 cents. If there is an audience for it, and it's not hurting anyone, let em have it. Games aren't public domain like television or radio, and they could go much farther than they do it if weren't for the "games are for kids" stigma, which more censorship would further propogate.

 

 

First they are some game like bayoneta , she often sounds pervert and when you beat the game she do some pole dancing in the credits.

I will not talk about the DOA franchise, in okami when you talking the the goddess amaterasu say some tit joke. Also in Viewtiful Joe the secraitaire almost always play with is boob. In Metal Gear Solid 4 when you're talking to girl you can move the six axis to move the breast. 

The trailler of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was just retard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbcMI0FjlBg. I can continue but you see my point that they more than 'some game'. (Mostly japanese game)

Also don't forget the question: Are the majority of female characters in video games are over-sexualized? 

Yes but they an audience for it.

Thank for the honest anwser. Now can I have the freedom to be not happy about this situation ? Can the creator of the this topic be also angry about this situation ?

You see these guy, and

I want women version of these guy , baddass girl not in swimsuit . But its appear that its too much to ask, some people seem to hate equality and feministe.

 

(P.S. Ubisoft have said in a interview that a female protagoniste in Assassin's Creed is not out of question. Sounds cool)

You're all forgetting Alyx Vance (she kicks arse, is an intelligent and great engineer too, and all with a normal amount of clothing!)... and what about Samus Aran who's all covered up? The characters are there.



Scoobes said:
Weegee said:
ZenfoldorVGI said:
Weegee said:
Yes and its kinda sad.
Some people here say there also sexy guy, that true but how many of these guy do some pole dance or sound pervert when they talking, not really much.



lol, where are all these games where the women pole-dance and sound pervert when they talk?

Sure there are SOME shitty perverted guy only games, but there would be shitty perverted girl only games if there was an audience for it. If you feel that strongly about it, there are readily available ratings for games, and you can easily read them, and avoid sexual content or explotative behaviour.

In fact, a lot of the "explotative" scenes in videogames are from real life. For example, in GTAIV, you can go to a strip club. However, in real life you can go to a strip club. If a criminal couldn't visit a strip club, the game would feel fake and censored.

I don't think you should try to censor stuff you aren't going to buy anyway, just my 2 cents. If there is an audience for it, and it's not hurting anyone, let em have it. Games aren't public domain like television or radio, and they could go much farther than they do it if weren't for the "games are for kids" stigma, which more censorship would further propogate.

 

 

First they are some game like bayoneta , she often sounds pervert and when you beat the game she do some pole dancing in the credits.

I will not talk about the DOA franchise, in okami when you talking the the goddess amaterasu say some tit joke. Also in Viewtiful Joe the secraitaire almost always play with is boob. In Metal Gear Solid 4 when you're talking to girl you can move the six axis to move the breast. 

The trailler of Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 was just retard. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbcMI0FjlBg. I can continue but you see my point that they more than 'some game'. (Mostly japanese game)

Also don't forget the question: Are the majority of female characters in video games are over-sexualized? 

Yes but they an audience for it.

Thank for the honest anwser. Now can I have the freedom to be not happy about this situation ? Can the creator of the this topic be also angry about this situation ?

You see these guy, and

I want women version of these guy , baddass girl not in swimsuit . But its appear that its too much to ask, some people seem to hate equality and feministe.

 

(P.S. Ubisoft have said in a interview that a female protagoniste in Assassin's Creed is not out of question. Sounds cool)

You're all forgetting Alyx Vance (she kicks arse, is an intelligent and great engineer too, and all with a normal amount of clothing!)... and what about Samus Aran who's all covered up? The characters are there.

Don't worry I don't say strong and not sexualised women doesn't existe. I like Jill Valentine and Claire Redfield from Resident Evil. But they a lot of Female Protoganiste archetype that doesn't even exist like the two guy a mention above but in women. Full amored girl is rare , in MMORPG it's often like this for women.

If the guy was sometime sexualised in video game I would less complain. Like imagine Dante meet Nero the first time and say something like

Dante : You seem strong ... and sexy

Nero : wut ?

That would be more equal and hummm ... special?



           Sequel I want the most :

Patapon 3 , Elite beat Agent 2 , ROTK 12 , Mother 4, Legend of legaia      3, Resident Evil outbreak 3.

Favorite Youtube poop        McDonnald                 Morshu