That`s fair enough. I can`t argue against your points, since they are your opinion, but I mostly don`t agree, except the story. It was easily the worst thing about the game, as well as Chrom being the mDÞàt lord in the franchise, but everything else about it was good. I brought up the difficulty point since you see it as a kid friendly game.

As long as the game is fun and the sexualizing doesn`t impose on the game, I`m fine with it. A focus on over sexualized characters will not sell if the core game is bad. Though I don`t recall se being a selling point of the game. There are other things that sell the game to people aside from the `my room` feature. It`s not a main selling point.

Actually yes homo ;)

I know it doesn't take place in a certain period. But it gives off the vibe of it taking place during a time of when a lot of sex would happen and be crucial. Like how SOME (definitely not all) Game of Thrones sex scenes have an impact on the story. Same thing here.

What annoys me about oversexualization in certain IPs , especially if they didn't use to have it before, is that it serves literally no one. It's pointless. I mean honestly who of you is going to get off on a low poly mideval fourteen year old? We live in the age of the internet folks, porn is literally everywhere. Every desperate teen can just go on google and find some, it's not the 90's anymore and we don't need to have fanservice in every game just so some horny teen can spunk all over their 3ds. And if you really whant to see that hot Tharja action, theres more than enough fanart/fanfics to satisfy that, there's literally no need to make at least part of your core audience (see OP) uncomfortable.

I personally don't mind fanservice in games that were conceptualized with it, I usually get a chuckle out of it since it's usually utterly ridiculous and doesn't overlap with my definition of sexy either way, but I don't mind it in games like Bayonetta. The world and setting are so over the top already that it doesn't clash and Bayonetta is concieved as a sexy character and I'm fine with that. Where it annoys me is when it tonally clashes with the story and environements of the game (or my perception of what the game should be), would you be thrilled about an 'undressing Ellie' mini game in the TLoU? Having sexy times with adult Aurora from Child of light? Fondeling Solid Snake? (Yes he has an amazing butt, but so far I havent seen metal thong bikini alternate costumes for him and that's fine.)

Not every game needs to have fanservice. It's not a legitimate tool to broaden it's appeal like altering gameplay mechanics to make it more accessible. It doesn't make it more accessible, but as we can see from OP, in some cases it makes it less so.
I would also be uncomfortable letting children/young teens play the game. Not because 'sex is bad and OMG you can see her boobies', I don't have a problem with nakedness or sex, but because of the blatant objectification of the characters in the game. Sex is not a minigame. I wouldn't want my children to have the impression that a partner has to answer to all of their sexual whims.
And I'm sure that most of the people who enjoy the sexualization in the game, would enjoy the game with or without it. It's more of a bonus, rather than a core reason to buy the game.

This last one is more of a pet peeve of mine but, can we undress the male charcters as well? Is there also a male character onthe battlefield in nothing but a metal thong?
If yes, cudos game developers, you at least managed to not make your objectification sexist.
If not, great, another game concentrating on objectifying females for the pleasure of a narrow audience, namely Bi/straight males and bi/lesbian females. People, there is also the other half of humanity who like....y'know, guys.

I don't think my excessive eye-rolling at the game is go cause any permanent damage in the end, but I wont pretend I wouldn't have preferred them to not have a 'look at my underboob'-mini game.
As to the Impending 'censorship' in the western version, I don't give a damn, either way. I wasn't up in arms about bravely default, I'm not going to be over this either.

Is it just me, or do I say Gaius, Severa, Owain, and Inigo?

There are WRPGs without sexualized characters? Really? Even Fallout has sexualized characters, and the only thing you're complaining about is Fire Emblem.

Same artist so similar looking characters especially since those you mentioned, along with a few others, are among the most popular in Japan. Basically everyone that got one of special portrait images in the Awakening DLC besides Chrom (who technically will get to star as the primary Lord in the upcoming SMT x FE RPG) will get a shout out in Fates of some sort via similar looking character or other means.

Do you even know what slice of life is? This isn't even close to a slice of life series.

yawn, who cares in the end it's just some characters and it comes from a series that does not have a reputation of overdoing this sort of thing. I would at least check out the game or play it before throwing judgement out, it's hardly fair to come up with a big opinion about it when you've see but a few photographs

in the end its a form of entertainment, if you don't like the outfits and mannerisms of the female characters in the game show that by just not playing or purchasing it- not by trying to dictate the video game designers decisions based on your individual opinion

I just read their wiki pages. Those characters are Severa, Owain and Inigo! The ninja guy isn't Gaius though.

ToraTiger said: outlawauron said: Honestly, I find it strange that in the age of feminism that people are mandating for all of the female characters to be covered up or outrage. Well I'm a Christian and that type of thing does not appeal to me the way it might appeal to the rest of the population. And LoL@ at the guy calling sexualization "art".  You literally just make the characters look more provacative and you get more sales.  Playing on basic male sex drive.  I understand that feminism can get crazy, but I'm honestly sick to death of sexualization in media, even with men, but they seem to do it with females 100X more, which is pretty unfair.  Ultrashroomz said: If it means anything to you, NoA will probably censor a good chunk of stuff when the game gets localized.   Thank god they do.   This could get borderline the M rating in America, like it is in japan.  Sad to see a series good from the bottom of the rating scale at E, and now it's at M, just for the sake of sexualization.

mentions that you're a Christian and uses the Lords name in vain in the very same post :O video games is a weird place to bring up religion, as I seriously doubt and mega devout Christian is going to encourage spending lots of time playing any violent or fantasy games.

just bizarre. you have an issue with the sexualization of certain characters but apparently no issue with the repeated combat and killing of enemies (even if it isn't excessively brutal)