I started working out so I could have a body like Leon Kennedy’s. It’s been over 16 months and I couldn’t be happier with my choice. And it’s all thanks to a hot character from a video game. More attractive characters please.
Let me put more: 4. Companies are very greedy and want money, almost working a lot of the times 5. People want strong content 6. People get angry at anything because of a game 7. We are made of flesh 8. We reproduce like crazy 9. People took it seriously when a videogame was controversial. 10. People don't understand some things
@@derekmaullo2865 Kinda of bastardizing the OP comment but: 11. The rest of the human race will let you down and make you wish you were omnipotent in your backyard resting moments.
As a girl gamer, I think their is nothing wrong with having good looking male & female characters. As for your question on who is the sexiest game characters. I will pick Geralt from The Witcher 3 & Lie Fang from the Dead or Alive games lol.
Well men tend to see those unrealistic proportions as goals to reach anyway, meanwhile the best way to reach the perfect female figure is plastic surgery, unless we can all make muscular tomboys the new standard so everyone can start grinding
@@thechugg4372 Men can't reach Arkham batman's physic without anabolics, a pump, hundreds of work out hours, and peak genes, and generally being dehydrated. Men 'want' to look more like them the same way a girl may 'want' to look more like black widow. The healthy individuals just get in the gym and get as close as possible, no one thinks they're going to look like Batman. Chicks can get bigger buns and better shapes by just being in the gym. Just not racks.
There's also another thing to consider : they're characters in a fictional setting. They're created, not real people. They can be whatever the devs want them to be for the purpose of the game they're working on. For Stellar Blade, they wanted a sexy, fit young looking woman and that's what they designed. For Gears of War, they wanted ultra-macho built man tanks that moved about as deftly as an overweight bulldozer. For Mass Effect, they wanted blue skinned space babes. So they did. And that's okay because that is their vision of what their fictional setting is about. Another example in fantasy that comes up often : elves. In most settings, elves are smaller, graceful and dexterous. They're the peak of beauty and grace. Then you come across some games where elves are presented differently. In FFXIV, elves (aka Elezens) are tall, lanky with long necks and while they retain some kind of elven theme to them, they definitively do not fit the mold most people would think an elf to be. And yet, people don't complain about it (well, giraffe neck jokes aside) and they simply accept it as part of the fictional setting as it is. And heck, having beautiful female (and male) protagonist isn't something that is desired only by men : how many clips you can find of women having the hots for beautiful female characters? Plenty of them... I'd even say that they're often FAR more obvious about it than men are because gawd forbid a man shows he's actually finding a bunch of pixels sexy but a woman can basically drool on camera and no one bats an eye. Those that complain about it? They're the ones caught in the middle, they're the people who are insecure about themselves and feel that they shouldn't be the ones to change but should have everyone else conform to their personal standards. Those people are vocal because they're not willing to do something about themselves and would rather try to make everyone else feel guilty because they don't share their faults. I'm not at a healthy weight myself and I'll never claim to be a "big beautiful man" because I objectively know I am the sole person responsible for that problem but I'm not going out of my way to admonish characters like Leon Kennedy or Marcus Fenix for being buff and/or fit and campaigning them to be fat like I am. I want Leon Kennedy, Nathan Drake or any male protagonist to look good because that could be a goal I can set myself to try and reach if only to improve myself just a bit more. It doesn't make me angry, it gives me motivation. They're fictional characters, they're fantasy, they're heroes, villains and the side characters that we can to embody, fight or help. So if a dev wants to make an objectively fat character be the hero of their game, go ahead... but they'd better not start crying because *other devs* do not do the same; they chose to go that route and the others chose to take other routes. And trying to take existing, established character and changing them just to fit some kind of agenda is wrong and it should definitively be called out. Respect established character for who they are, what they represented back then and what they represent now, good AND bad.
I can only imagine how Shin Jae-eun (the actress they body scanned for Eve) must feel about this. Like she is so attractive, that her body being in a video game made other people mad and called it unrealistic. Imagine that being the reason your trending rn, imagine how that makes the dude lucky enough to date her feel. It’s kind of hilarious.
Considering how Korean media responded to IGN France and some other western media complaints, I'm sure she'll be fine. She and the rest of Korea are probably just laughing about how ridiculous some people in the west are.
@@yishinliu2246 Bayonetta was designed by a woman plus her character fits her design as well. She is unapologetically sexual and bold and owns it. Haven't played stellar yet but I hope Eve is not just sexy but interesting as well.
The irony in this is that these are the same people who will say you shouldn't dictate what a woman is allowed to wear, but they are judging video game characters for what they are wearing?
Thus proving that you don't need to put your female characters in a string bikini for people to like them. They can also have a personality besides being a hot girl, and people will _still_ like them. They don't even have to be human! We literally have furries in this world 💀
@@Zeverinsenthis is admittedly a similar take I got. Think about all the smutty fanart of some cartoon characters eith no sex appeal. I consider it as more attracted to vibe/aesthetic
Let’s also acknowledge the fact that the IGN France article was trying to rewrite history by using Bayo and 2B as positive points of comparison. Bayonetta and 2B were also met with massive amounts of “they’re too sexy” controversy upon the release of their respective games. It’s time that makes designs “iconic”.
I'm glad you pointed this out. People used to complain that Bayonetta was made to appeal to the male fantasy and fans would try to counter that by reminding everyone that Bayonetta's design was made by a woman.
@@CyanRooper As a bisexual, I 'gaze' at all these characters all the time. I'm here for it. I wish there was more solidarity in supporting other lady designers and devs in a healthy way, honestly. But not that cringe stuff that demeans men. So many men are also supportive of women designers and artists, as well. There's no reason to exclude anyone that appreciates art.
As a woman, I'm perfectly okay with attractive looking ladies like Bayo; I don't get what's so offensive about a conventionally attractive woman. I wonder if it's just out of jealousy, like "I cAn NeVeR lOoK lIkE tHaT sO sHe CaN't EiThEr!" Unrealistic characters tend to be the most fun, like Dante from Devil May Cry. Speaking of the Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man himself, I don't see people complaining when he literally went shirtless for the entirety of DMC3. And for clarification, I'm not even attracted to ladies, I like me some big horned guys like The Iron Bull from Dragon Age: Inquisition and Hellboy or men who could definitely throw me with one hand, like Guts. I just don't like looking at uncanny valley ahh "female" characters like that new Fable protag and MJ from Spider-Man 2.
Exactly, people often forget why fiction was created. It’s not to represent our limited, boring and crude reality in our world. But to reinvent it or enhance it with creativity and imagination. Boosting the beauty, the strength, the power, the emotions, the designs, the mysteries, everything….
@@Tabletopcloud20 I grew up watching the Guillermo Del Toro movies as a kid and then later on I rediscovered Hellboy thanks to me finding the mini comic "Pancakes" on the internet. I love that big red monkey-man with all my heart and I hope the next reboot ends up going better than the 2019 one
@@digthesechild-bearinghipsb2842 Wow, we had similar experiences with big Red. He's honestly the reason I even like half demon characters in fiction now. Plus, he just has a near iconic design with that right hand of doom of his.
@@Tabletopcloud20 Honestly, same here. Because of Hellboy, I now have a love for big demon-ish dudes who can kick ass. He's also the reason why, if I'm given the choice in a game, I'll almost never pick a human character to play as. Humans are boring af, gimme something crazy instead
@@JohnDoe-gt3jr The whole Capcom thing is specifically triggered by that one snafu of a prominent streamer using a nude Chun-Li mod or whatever. Regardless about how you feel about it, it's bad publicity, and hurts the image of the company, the franchise, and the character. It doesn't matter "what it's supposed to be like", no amount of explanation or apologies will change how the greater public will react. It'll show up in the headlines, mothers will clutch their pearls and pass out, and then a bunch of kids will be told by their misinformed parents that they aren't allowed to watch EVO this year, because it's FULL OF PORN. The truth doesn't matter. Perception matters. It's 100% why Nintendo shuts down fan games and emulation. It doesn't matter that "that game only crashed and gave a that one kid a seizure because it was a modded version running in an emulator". The press, and uninformed guardians/consumers aren't going to sit there and do their research and be, all, "Oh, it wasn't actually Nintendo's fault". They're going to see video games/a franchise, see something they don't like, and run away with it like a Buzzfeed writer. If their reputation (and, therefore, the investments of their shareholders) weren't on the line, I'm sure there are plenty of Capcom employees that would be down with mods. Things that harm a game's image, and sometimes the community, can and do come in the form of mods, and the games can be fun without mods... so the reasonable/intelligent thing for them to do is say "No mods", and then... let everybody play the games and have fun anyway. Which is not to say I don't love mods. Just saying, I understand where they're coming from. When you finally realize that Capcom, Bamco, Nintendo, etc.'s product/money maker isn't their games, but, instead, *their reputation*, then you'll understand why they do a lot of what they do.
Girls in games with hips and boobs modeled after a real woman - "They're too sexy it's unattainable beauty standards for women." Cratos lifting the weight of the gods and looking absolutely jacked - "I need to go to the gym and look like him."
@@jackcolson4745No, going to the gym will not increase cup size. They might look up to a muscular woman in media and strive for that but unlike muscle mass, hip and breast size is not something you can control.
@@D-Doc-CI feel like breast size is overrated. Flat chested women should just be happy that they don’t get back problems and have a lower risk of breast cancer.
@@bobdobbz9334 It is unatainable for me as a men (through an unlucky roll with genetics) to look like Kratos as well, you don't see me crying about it either. I'm not gonna change the fact that i like hot people in fictional media, just because some snowflake can't live up to a *fictional* standart.
The hilarious part to me is that they reference things like 2B and Bayonetta in the exact same light until all of a sudden they flip the script when they realize no they're actually well developed characters who just happen to look conventionally attractive. We have articles from before both games were released of them doing the exact same thing they are doing now with stellar blade nothing changes apparently.
@@Jormyyy I mean look at Greek Saga Kratos dude has no top running around shirtless and look at Arthur. Lara Croft and Samus Aran are considered two of the most badass characters in video game history. There is nothing wrong with having sexy characters. People of both genders love looking at attractive things there ain’t no problem with that. Maybe you should look up some female gamers playing games with attractive men and see how many of them gush over how attractive they are.
men don't care if a 300lbs pure muscle dude is the protagonist of game, movie, etc, we take it as a role model, but when women see an attractive women, well...
Also, just to highlight...the bottom line with the discourse of body standards, can be basically summarized as forcing ideals. Not matter how we want to look at the intentions behind the people making these discussions, they're all arguing "How should a body look". Sure, there's a different direction as one side wants sexy or "idealized" characters and the others want something more "real", but when the other side gets called out with the fact that the character is indeed based on a living human being, the reality falls into the same issue of people wanting THEIR beauty standards to become THE standards.
I get what you're saying, but It being based on a real human isn't really a good argument. Imagine this argument was made about a character with a diaper butt and wisdom tooth shape and the defense is "well it's modelled off of a real person" when that person is Kim Kardashian
@@deonte9014 That's still a person, there are different body types all over the world and one way or another, we're still going back to the bottom line of folks saying "This is how people HAVE to look like". Regardless of the extreme examples we take, we're back at the concept of what kind of body fits on a magazine, but under the label of what bodies count as "Real People". And i thought we, as a society, agreed that was messed up.
I feel like this isnt really valid. The "other group" only exists because of the first one. The "other side" isnt trying to set a standard (that only scans of models are allowed), but are trying to justify why an attractive character exists, and that the studio/fans arent sexist/never seen a woman/contribute to unrealistic standards. Leaving alone the fact that it seems to be a trend to take a model and then change them to negative reception (which intrinsically seems like a bit of an insult to the actors/actresses, but i digress). Bg3 doesnt have the most attractive women but its beloved, for good reason.
Twitter getting mad at a slim asian woman for being an unrealistic body standard, and not getting mad at Lady Dimitrescu, goes to show they think being not fat is more unrealistic than being 8+ feet tall
They were OK with Lady D because she is a boss girl who tortures the white male protagonist. But Ashley in RE4 being a cute damsel in distress with upskirts and ballistics was a problem. It's a constant double standard that is really pissing people off.
I ain't gay but Kiryu being shirtless oiled up and huffing and puffing beating some mf's ass is and has been the most hype moments in the Yakuza series
@imsentinelprime9279 its unrealistic in the sense that he has muscles on top of muscles to make it more aesthetic and pop more in the anime. Dude has like a 10 pack. You can train hard for years, eat properly and never reach that level. You also have to take into account ppls genetics are different, meaning some muscles might look different or bigger. Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger who is one of if not the greatest body builder ever. He's huge but nothing like goku. Aslo goku is natty💪 most guys that are really big are on the juice. Nonetheless, gokus body or any fictional character's body shouldn't be looked as a beauty standard. We should instead admire the lessons goku taught us, to train and never give up to be better stonger versions of ourselves...
I'm a woman and I've been gaming since I was 12 years old (26 now) and I've never had a problem with my girls in video games looking hot. Whenever I have a character creator available I try to make my character a mix of hot and "realistic". And I don't know if it's just me but I think I've seen more men than women crying about hot girls in video games.
Yep. It's called virtue signaling. Men are so desperate to not be seen as misogynist that they go to the extreme, not realizing that you can prove that you're not misogynistic simply by....not being misogynistic.
im a woman too and i try to make them as hot as possible during custom creation. i dont even care about unrealistic body standards. one piece bodies are my goal. if i cant customize it, then whatever. sorry girls but hot girls will ALWAYS sell. everyone loves hot women: gays, straight men, straight women, your mom, my dad. i think people put too much on media ruining mindsets and not enough on people letting media ruin their mindsets
There’s many reasons why Shadowheart and Astarion are my absolute favourite bg3 characters. 1. They look hot 2. They both have great character development 3. Random banter and drama between the two 4. Based on your pick, it changes the story drastically when choosing what path to take 5. Has approval and disapproval stats 6. Romance scenes (although the black screen will be featured very frequently) 7. Vampire 8. Dark Sharr goth mommy 9. Will your partner become evil or not turn evil, just choose whatever you want them to be And there is much, MUCH more to discover.
I think one of the problems is that some of these characters are based on real women, and attractive women make other women feel insecure if they haven't dealt with their own baggage. Some men in the industry that want to boink those women in turn, do sadly white knight to look good and agree with them. A lot of reasons for this, but I think it's become worse in recent years.
... Yes. People with psychosis, schizophrenia, and delusional thoughts exist. We should endeavour to help them deal with and recover from such things. And not cater to mental illness.
Honestly, the first choice that comes to mind for me is Tali from Mass Effect, you know, the girl that's literally completely covered up all the time in basically a hazmat suit. While it certainly is form fitting (those hips, tho), her main appeal to me is her personality. She's such a dork, and it's so adorable.
I was just gonna say this...Tali is best girl hands down and as you said those hips don't lie but what got me really into her was her personality as well...and that voice too ofc. Like I didn't even expect that I would be romancing her after I first finished ME1 she felt younger and *was* younger back then but BioWare did a great job showing how she matured in between the games without touching her dorky adorable personality and the rest is history for me lol
THANK you for speaking common sense out loud. Particularly the point about body positivity and how it's more an issue with self-image and projecting that on everything around, forcing everyone to consume media that's just there to suit insecurities. I know when games/media is pandering to me and I hate it. Show me what the devs/creators originally intended, not what a bunch of loud, insecure people have demanded at the threat of cancellation.
@@derigel7662 Yeah but gender swapping race swapping to suit the activist "writing" it and NOT the fans. Media is not made for anyone specific or any group of peoples, it is made to for the sake of making garbage and only for Hollywood itself of keeping up "the Image" within its own community. Watch The Critical Drinker, BOTH of you need this so badly. I agree a lot of people were called bigots for making actual fair observations for a lot of media and movies. If called bigots for hating Sonic's Teeth, we got that sorted. Sexist for making the character female unfairly like with the doctor in doctor who. Don't change to dammed formula THAT HAS WORKED for so very long all to SUIT the individual asshole making this a reality. That is the butt of the jokes, the disgruntled "SJW" in place of writers in Hollywood. Then we are the ones called shitheads. Fk that retardation.
@@derigel7662 You do realize it goes both ways right? Developers have a right to design the character the way they want and fits their vision regardless of whether you find that character attractive or not.
@@derigel7662that one was an obvious trap. Man, there was a ton of gaslighting involved in the production of that game, it's shameful. Kinda like the new Juliette, pure bait so they can counter with gaslighting
Like act man said its a "you" issue. Im not at my ideal physique, ive been working on it for years. Still overweight but im good. When i watch Dragon ball or other anime with muscular dudes i get the urge to workout. Its all about the mindset. People who think this is a problem arent right in the head or have self esteem issues.
If the man isn't hot, they're just a normal dude. If a women isn't hot, it's the woke mob hating hot women and stealing away all our male eye candy. If someone bitches about plain looking woman, they're a nobhead. If someone bitches about a pretty looking lady, they're a nobhead. Apply this rule evenly, then again to male characters for even coverage, and you'll be able to figure out who on what side isn't worth listening to without nary an issue!
My wife is not a supermodel and I dont look like Larry the lobster either. I think shes beautiful just the same. Just because I like attractive women in games doesn't mean I hold every woman I interact with to that standard. Its a fantasy. People need to grow up
Well said. It is a fantasy and it's ok for people to have those. The ONLY reason anyone has a problem with any of this is because it's a straight, male fantasy.
well said, after meeting marrying and building a family with my wife im just not attracted to other woman! now fictional woman...... well thats a different story lol!!!
On the topic of Baldur's Gate 3's attractive ass companions... Astarion. Yes, we all know he's BG3's poster pretty boy, a token sexy vampire, but what I find fascinating is that his character design really is very important to his actual character. Him being sexy is integral to his story and influences how he sees himself and how he assumes others see him, and its actually really sad at many points. I dunno, I just really enjoy character designs that tell a story
One thing that keeps getting ignored in the Stellar Blade issue is that it appeals to women too. Of course it's geared more to men but me and my female friends find it attractive as well. We're Asian and she represents our standard of beauty. It's more appealing and reflective of our pop culture than how Western media portray us. Do I feel bad I don't look like that? No, because I'm an adult who can differentiate fantasy from reality. I have my own identity and style; a look that suits me more and that I'm comfortable with. Doesn't mean I can't celebrate another beautiful woman, fictional or otherwise. Thank you for being the voice of reason. I don't get why female characters have become the new political battlefield and I hate both extremes. There is space for everyone and I'm sure we'll all find a character to nut to. PS: I literally went "aww thank you" when you said we look good without makeup ❤
You are right. I have heard multiple times from girls how they like and enjoy attractive characters as well, and btw there are studies that suggest that as well, and i also think that more women who play games should voice their opinions it would make things more transparent. But i never heard anyone reminding people about this important and obvious fact, that it's a Korean game and Korean culture and it doesn't have to reflect any of the Western bs. I feel like there's an "Americans think there's no world outside US" meme somewhere in here. "Western bs" started to creep in into Japanese mainstream culture and it's not a pretty sight. I can only hope that Koreans and Chinese will gatekeep better, there's a lot of beauty in unique and distinct cultures (and btw that's how diversity they claim they value so much looks and works) and it would be a shame to loose it to a gray androgynous swamp that Western culture has largely become.
I think you've put that perfectly. Let's face it, westerners (but mostly Americans) can't "differentiate fantasy from reality" and that's what causes 90% of these kinds of debates.
@@CakeMelons Ooh, trust me. Koreans are waaay better at gatekeeping this kind of stuff than the Japanese. Being ousted as a feminist there is a death sentence to one's carrer. The dynamics of the "cancel culture" are very much reversed compared to the West.
@@the_articulated_artist It's a good and inspiring watch, though. Try watching it regardless of *my* previous arguments. I just want *your* opinion. Whether it is negative or positive.
I think the fact is you just cant make everyone happy, and if you try, you just get a mediocre product that is loved by nobody. To quote a video i saw years ago "it's okay to not like things, but dont be a dick about it"
@the_articulated_artist The weirdest take is that you don't know the age bracket for a young adult. Young adult is 18-21 or 24, some people's bracket is slightly different, but regardless the addition of the word "adult" means beyond a minor, young saying they are early in their adulthood
@the_articulated_artist ohhhh now he's a minor? They never even say how old he is, just that he has graduated High School. You're really reaching here.
I remember one Resident Evil game had "black zombies" and it was criticized that it "demonized" black people. But they NEVER said anything that EVERY single Resident Evil game had only white zombies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm not even making this up. You can look it up.
Honestly, yeah some girls in video games I find attractive like “Songbird” from “Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty” but overall, as long as the gameplay is still fun, idc which character is and isn’t attractive
This was the funniest edit of this take I've seen. I paused the video to write this cause I didn't want to miss anything. This was suppose to be background noise, tf? Now I'm subbed.
This whole conversation is summed up at 17:04 people need to stop looking outwards for their own happiness and satisfaction and work on themselves to be what makes them feel good
I laughed way too hard at the washing machine and cooking simulator joke 😂 "Eve body is unrealistic, oversexualized and puts women in danger." Coming from the body positivity "go head girl. It's fine being 340lbs at 5'2. Live your truth. You're beautiful" crowd. Guarantee eves curves will lead to less harm to women than the health issues your message will. And to answer your final request it's Panam Palmer for me.
Not only that but it technically would be body shaming women who look like that character. Imagine folks pulling the oversexualization card when most women have Thicc thighs
The "sexy women in games put real women in danger" stuff is essentially the same as the violence in video games argument in the 90s, on for SA instead of violence.
SJW's in 2014: This game is sexist. Bayonetta is unrealistic because no real woman looks like Gamers in 2024: This game is woke. Abby and Kay Vess are unrealistic because no real woman looks like And then there's people like me who are tired are hearing about Stellar Blade because of the absolute brainrot on both sides of the fence
I love having one faction of people saying that having attractive people in video games is terrible, then another faction of people saying that “ugly” women in video games are propaganda. What a perfectly balanced and desirable media ecosphere that will produce only positive and constructive results in media discourse… right?
It's just culture war nonsense (that is deployed on both sides of the argument). Act Man completely nailed it. Getting mad over "hot" or "normal" looking video game characters is a giant waste of everyone's time. It's always going to exist. Look at what happened when Steam started to allow actual porn games. If western AAA devs completely get rid of sexualization in video games (they won't), it will leave a very profitable market open that will inevitably get filled.
I have a theory as to why some women have a aversion to sexy women in games. Its involves aome evolutionary psychology, but i think it makes sense. Men like sexy women because they like women. Duh. But they dont mind sexy men because they see those men as something to aspire to and improve towards, and for the most part, men can improve their looks and attractiveness. You many not be able to reach the ideal, but you can get closer to it. Women on the other hand may have issues with sexy women because women dont really have any natural way to improve their looks beyond makeup. This makes them self conscious about their looks if they srent comfortable with them and a part of their brain comes to see the fictional characters as competition. Its at least part of the reason.
@@graye2799women can improve their looks just as much as men can (besides getting jacked) its just that less women are autistically into looksmaxxing and instead go into shit like astrology In my opinion
But please not ignore the fact that ugly characters are ugly for a reason. It's because executives really believe that beauty characters are moraly bad. ridiculous...
I'm a female gamer that has been playing video games since before girl gamer was even a thing. Feeling threatened by something that's polygons, something that doesn't exist, just because it's attractive is silly to the max. I think they should have whatever the devs want to bring out in games, pretty characters, less pretty characters, whatever! Seriously, all this crying over stuff that doesn't even exist is just sad.
@Vasanthakumar1234 Doomer take. Unrealistic stantards can be an objective to strive for even if the real goal is merely to get closer to said standard.
Or the fact that it seems like the only morbidly obese characters like Bob from Tekken, Goldlewis Dickinson from Guilty Gear, Earthquake from Samurai Shodown, or Roadhog from Overwatch are dudes. We just go “THIS BIG MF HITS LIKE A TRUCK!”
@Vasanthakumar1234 idk in my experience Asian chicks with nice bodies are pretty realistic, one of them just broke up with me lmao. And as stated in the video the character this video is mostly about is based on a real woman. This isn’t about unrealistic standards, it’s just the regular old game journos and twitter people posting clickbait because they have nothing actually interesting to say
The Sexy Man is nearing the 2M mark--I remember him from way back, when 100K was a big deal. People found out he was a hidden treasure--always great reviews and analysis, and so flippin' funny. ✌🏻
Thank you for this , me and gf were watching this issue so confused . I’m a comic nerd, putting sexy people in tights and have them twist and turn is normal to me male and female
As a woman who has grown up playing games like Dead or Alive and has also worked in the games industry for a few years, omg thank you. I think I laughed out loud at least 5 times throughout the video. I hope that journalist never visits the UK for their own sake, considering that a large amount of women and girls here like to wear very tight gym leggings as casual wear, I'm not sure if their heart would be able to handle it.
Only where it's appropriate and the context allows. In a dating sim, yes, but definitely not in call of duty (maybe a couple lines of dialogue between characters, but nothing more than that).
I love how people are unphased by games full of destruction, violence, suffering, and war. But the same people have a meltdown when they see a mildly attractive person.
@supaskiltz9877 1.) I never said there was anything wrong with it and I'm not making a political statement about it. 2.) What was wrong? Is there not violence in video games that involve taking a life? 3.) The point is, if people can collectively agree that violence and graphic content are perfectly fine in a video game. Then, why do people lose their minds about body positivity in any scenario, let alone a game that focuses on death and destruction?
@@austinhenschen3280 1). I never said YOU personally said there was anything wrong with it, you said “people are unphased by violence” which is a flat out lie, you made up an argument against you that I never said and then defended yourself against it 2) IDK wtf you are even on about here again you are talking about nothing 3) your point is fucking wrong, people have not ever collectively agreed that violence is perfectly fine it’s been the most talked about topic revolving around video games for over 30 years, there was even a whole ass court trial over it using Mortal Kombat and Night Trap as arguments against video game violence. My point is just because the sexualised content is currently a hot topic that doesn’t make the fact that for over 30 years violence against video games has been the most talked about topic around video games, NO ONE HAS EVER COLLECTIVELY AGREED THAT VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES IS OKAY
As a gay man, I am perfectly happy when I see sexy men and women in my video games. Especially when they have an interesting personality added to them so that I can go "slay". Bayonetta, Miranda from Mass Effect and the classic/LAU Lara Croft instantly come to mind when it comes to women. Alistair from Dragon Age, James Vega from Mass Effect, Sebastien from The Evil Within, Daddy Duke Nukem and so on when it comes to men. And I have used NSFW mods for male characters in my games and literally nobody mentioned anything about those mods on Nexus. But every time a female character gets even a suggestive "SFW" mod, the comment section loses their minds. Double standards at their finest. So yeah, I am all for sexualizing men in video games. Keep em coming!
This is the best take on it ever. I never have an issue with how men are portrayed in videogames, neither does anyone else. I do bring it up against those that try to use "realism" (How did the guys in Gears of War have such HUGE muscle mass with so little food? Is this not unrealistic in this post-apocalyptic scenario?) But otherwise? Give me sex appeal on both sides. I don't care. Hell, if I'm going to look at a character for 20-100 hours (or more) I'd BEST enjoy the fucking view (Why did Bioware take so many of Miranda's ass shots out in the LE, dammit!?). Personality makes it so much better.
I dont think sexuality has anything to do with it personally, Im straight but so what, I still want to play as a buff dude because in real life im tall and skinny af, I have no problem with buuf good looking dudes and i certainly dont have an issue with attractive women either, im not going to delete myself because someone out there in the world is better looking than me, these people are so fragile that a fiction character goes against their fictional gender and they cant handle it, screw these people. give me my hobby back ive been doing this since the early 80s and i will not lose my hobby to people that dont EVEN GAME FFS
I like the message about how we are the only people who can accept and learn to address our insecurities. You can't let a stupid video game character (a completely fictional thing btw) affect you so much. It's important to realize that video games are art/entertainment. They aren't something to be taken too seriously. Play the games you enjoy, and don't play the ones you don't. It's all about what you make of it. As for your insecurities, just accept that you are a human being, and that there are always habits and areas you can improve on. Don't focus on things outside of your own control, worry about the actions you can take. Stop trying to be someone else, be the best version of yourself. And be who you truly are. Don't waste mental energy on fictional video game characters, games are meant to be fun, nothing more.
Finally, someone with common sense, pretty rare in a time where everything becomes a political hot topic for very dumb reasons. People have forgotten the difference between facts and fiction nowadays. Be careful though, common sense pisses of the extremes of the "culture war". (But their replies can be entertaining). Games just need to be games again, not some mouthpiece for peoples personal issues.
@@voiceofreason4551 Bru I think you missed the part where you 'precious" YT took away the Dislike button. Hey look, guys I found a WILD Slowbro. Get with it or get left behind.
@@voiceofreason4551In my opinion though I feel like most if the people we meet irl feel the same as I do. And to be fair I used to be one of those chronically online teens who really had no clue how people actually thought. But now I've learned and grown as I've had more irl experiences with people and learning what makes them who they are. But I do agree with you, for the record. Username checks out haha
The thing with outlaws only the protagonist seems to have had shotty mocap in the latest trailer another lady that appears in that trailer looks fine I'm more inclined to believe that someone at Ubisoft just fucked up with that trailer which wouldn't be far fetched after the classic collection debacle
@@hibarikyoya854the face is consistent along all trailers they have shown, so if someone fucked up, it was the person in charge of modelling her face.
you pinned it perfectly at the end, the only reason companies make these articles attacking characters being too hott or not being hott enough, is too get clicks and views on those articles so they get ad revenue and drum up more money for their news outlet, they will only report on things they know will get alot of attention and tend to write fewer stories about issues that matter that wont drum up attention or controversy in some way. it's not about tackling real issues, it's about grabbing peoples attention so your news outlet makes more money.
Dont act like they are not complaining about twitch and onlyfans lol, it makes the people that want to censor everything actually look right when people bring it up as a gotcha.
@@Random_GuardsmanI see they usually only complain if they rememebr that “men are sexualizing her!” otherwise much of the time people like this will have no problem with Onlyfans and Twitch itself, till again they remember that men exist. Sometimes you do see the argument tho that those things only encourages sexualization more, but again, that’s usually more so seen as a problem with society or men, rather than it is women on twitch or OF.
I'm a straight man and I agree! just add more options. more options is always better. just let everyone enjoy hot people. Add in toggleable settings like oily skin as just fun side content. back in the day we had stuff like: zero G, big head, big hands, etc, why not have more stuff like that too. They're games, they are supposed to be fun!
Its the double standard that bothers me the most in regards to this discussion. Can thirst over the male characters for any fanservice but shame the female ones. Plus they think women cant find some of the sexy female characters empowering too or ignore that some of the sexy designs have a narrative reason, though you can criticize whether or not its done well. Another thing I wish was covered was some people declaring that previous sexy characters like Bayonetta and 2B were always beloved or sexy females done right even though hey were criticized too. Ill always remember that polygon review of Bayonetta 2 where they listed the sexual nature as a negative and docked points. Overall, I agree with Act Man on this. Let both male and female sexy characters thrive and have them be well made and rounded characters.
That's because, according to radical feminists, when it's a hot male protagonist then it's a male power fantasy, but if it's a hot female protagonist then it is misogynistic sexual objectification for the male gaze. They don't see a double standard, they just see patriarchy.
Stellar Balde, Sony exclusive game with over sexualized protagonist. Sold millions. Concord, Sony exclusive game without visually appealing characters. Closed and refunded after 10 days. Yeah... Leaving visual appealing out of the formula is obviously the answer...
I’m tired of people shaming people for finding things attractive. You can’t force people to be attracted to certain body types. they like what they like.
*Can't. I normally don't do the whole 'correcting on youtube comments thing', but this seems like a typo that's actually pretty important for the message.
People are just entitled nowadays. They think they can control and demand people to dance to their tune. "How dare you have preferences and standards?!?!"
@@VanTheMan1099They’re not wrong. All attractions are not learned behaviors, they are inherent. When people “gain” attraction, that just means they realized their attraction after not knowing about it before. The “p-philia” falls in that category, same as the “z-philia”.
Honestly the only thing I have a problem with is how female characters don't ever get combat appropriate armour. Having bare skin on display isn't conducive to not getting killed.
I just... don't understand the people who actually want unattractive characters. Like...i may be a straight white dude but if clive rosfield was any less hot than he currently is i would be PISSED!
People aren't asking for butt ugly characters. They're asking to not make them all supermodels with barely any clothes. They also want better characters than just eye candy. Look at the three most popular female game characters: Samus Aran, Lara Croft and Tifa Lockhart. All three are attractive but also outstanding characters and more believably dressed.
@@Ashtarte3D "They're asking to not make them all supermodels with barely any clothes. They also want better characters than just eye candy. Look at the three most popular female game characters: Samus Aran, Lara Croft and Tifa Lockhart. All three are attractive but also outstanding characters and more believably dressed." Except, the same people who complain about Stellar Blade also complain about Samus (that she is not trans), Lara (that she raids tombs and in later games, they literally trying to make her less feminine), and Tifa (dressed more modestly in remake). No, those people aren't okay with attractive outstanding characters.
The “best version of yourself” speech in this video was actually very inspiring, and I appreciate it. Going on a walk right now. Then hitting the gym after
@@acfan9384 *I mean more likely if people's interests were only for eve over the game* *They'd just look at images of her or some videos* *And not buy the game*
@@MartianManHunter2258 Yes? People tend to be interested in entertainment filled with attractive characters. That's the entire point. Those fans matter more than some random people that were never going to buy the game to begin with. I'm playing Black Desert and FFXIV because I can turn myself into an attractive character. I'm not playing New World because everyone looks like ass, and I can't stop myself from looking like ass. Simple as that.
Just keep it consistent in whatever franchise you're making. Don't uglify a traditionally sexy series or character and don't sexualize a traditionally non sexual series or character.
This is exactly the reason why Dead or Alive 6 never even popped off in ANY of the regions and the development was ceased only after few months. Before the game was released, they specifically stated that they decided to switch their art focus away from sexy characters. They doomed the game with one single tweet.
Agreed, for example, the fable trailer. Character designs in that franchise have always been purposely ugly because of it's setting. Anyone expecting a needlessly attractive character in that game are probably not fans of the series in the first place.
@@arionell DOA was pretty generic and meh to begin with. The only thing separating it from the rest of the fighting games was the sexiness. But because they had brainrot, they didn't realize they could just expand the sexiness to the male characters as well to balance it out. But no-o-ooooh: Women need to be protected and treated like children...
Jill Design in FF16, they didn't sexualized her character and didn't make her ugly 🤫 they made her modest and appealing at the same time. 😍😍😍 she my kind of women 😉
Who's the hottest video game character and why is it Uncle?
Halo 4 cortana 🍷🗿
Arthur Morgan.
That lumbago got me actin up
That maybe but to me Lady Dimitrescu🥵🔥
Batman from The Arkham universe
As a sexy character myself, I was so glad to see myself represented with Uncle in Red Dead Redemption 2.
Sexiness is his serious medical condition
You, are a SEXY BEAST
@@ShrimpEmporium Lumbagosexual
@@ShrimpEmporiumi thought it was the lumbago
@@almightyrasenSame thing
I started working out so I could have a body like Leon Kennedy’s. It’s been over 16 months and I couldn’t be happier with my choice. And it’s all thanks to a hot character from a video game. More attractive characters please.
Extremely based, can’t wait to get my kratos physique
Great job!!
They don't call him Leon Sex Appeal Kennedy for nothing!
You’re not a real man 💀 talk to me when you have the Kingpin physique
@@TheActManWheres everyone going, the gym?
Thing that are certain in life:
1: Death
2: Taxes
3: Twitter mob being offended by everything…
Let me put more: 4. Companies are very greedy and want money, almost working a lot of the times
5. People want strong content
6. People get angry at anything because of a game
7. We are made of flesh
8. We reproduce like crazy
9. People took it seriously when a videogame was controversial.
10. People don't understand some things
@@derekmaullo2865 7. people treat fictional characters as real people and will dox, frame, blackmail, accuss people of everything and anything.
@@derekmaullo2865 Kinda of bastardizing the OP comment but:
11. The rest of the human race will let you down and make you wish you were omnipotent in your backyard resting moments.
11. Content creator milking the shit out of it
Amen to that
Imagine acting for a game and then the entire internet says your character is too sexy. Massive ego boost.
The model behind eve is a legitimate 10 tho she'd be justified for being a bit egotistical. But she seems sweet when you look her up in Korean media
The only sex appeal I like is democracy
Damm right brother I will see you out on the field
FOR SUPER EARTH!!!!!!!!!!!!
Based
🫡
AMEN TO THAT
thank you for spreading democracy, diver
*"Sex sells in every industry."*
- The Based Man
This isn't even accurate anymore though. It keeps being repeated despite being proven false.
@@thewholething430 You say that like it's a good thing, it's not
@@thewholething430well context is also important but it's safe to say in a huge amount of cases it does
@@thewholething430it kinda still is true, but dude it's not that serious
@@thewholething430 There's a reason why Sydney Sweeney became famous, for example.... Couple of reasons, actually
If every woman in tights is supposed to be a sex object, then my high school is The Red Light District.
Exactly. If a girl isn't wearing shorts shorter than my underwear, then they're wearing tights.
Ikr? Aren't tights super trending atm? Not really at the pulse anymore...sounding more and more like a dad 😭
Sometime I wonder if the women are objectifying themselves
Same but here in college instead. 😂😂😂
Maybe we should just accept we are raising young women to be sloots?
As a girl gamer, I think their is nothing wrong with having good looking male & female characters. As for your question on who is the sexiest game characters. I will pick Geralt from The Witcher 3 & Lie Fang from the Dead or Alive games lol.
But its not not Uncle though
I am a dude and yes Geralt is indeed a good choice
What about Roman Bellic ?
@@wayne79. Oh hell no, he would annoy me by ringing me up wanting to go bowling every 5 seconds LMAO!
For girls I’d say Tifa Lockheart for males I’d say Ganondorf
If the games don't make the female characters attractive enough the artists/modders will
Modders gotta start working on Fable ASAP
@@TheActMannah
Yeah cuz they're weird
Overwatch SFM hentai > Overwatch
@@thegreatacolyt1277 Not really. It isn't weird to want characters to not look ugly.
Bro by that logic, I should hate the Arkham games. They gave Batman the biceps of a damn gorilla. Unrealistic standards.
Never forget -> racism and sexism only go one way.
Well men tend to see those unrealistic proportions as goals to reach anyway, meanwhile the best way to reach the perfect female figure is plastic surgery, unless we can all make muscular tomboys the new standard so everyone can start grinding
@@thechugg4372 Men can't reach Arkham batman's physic without anabolics, a pump, hundreds of work out hours, and peak genes, and generally being dehydrated. Men 'want' to look more like them the same way a girl may 'want' to look more like black widow. The healthy individuals just get in the gym and get as close as possible, no one thinks they're going to look like Batman.
Chicks can get bigger buns and better shapes by just being in the gym. Just not racks.
🤦♀️
@@thechugg4372 yeah, you are not getting batman's biceps without roids or making fitness your life, they are most certainly not a realistic goal
There's also another thing to consider : they're characters in a fictional setting. They're created, not real people. They can be whatever the devs want them to be for the purpose of the game they're working on. For Stellar Blade, they wanted a sexy, fit young looking woman and that's what they designed. For Gears of War, they wanted ultra-macho built man tanks that moved about as deftly as an overweight bulldozer. For Mass Effect, they wanted blue skinned space babes.
So they did. And that's okay because that is their vision of what their fictional setting is about.
Another example in fantasy that comes up often : elves. In most settings, elves are smaller, graceful and dexterous. They're the peak of beauty and grace. Then you come across some games where elves are presented differently. In FFXIV, elves (aka Elezens) are tall, lanky with long necks and while they retain some kind of elven theme to them, they definitively do not fit the mold most people would think an elf to be. And yet, people don't complain about it (well, giraffe neck jokes aside) and they simply accept it as part of the fictional setting as it is.
And heck, having beautiful female (and male) protagonist isn't something that is desired only by men : how many clips you can find of women having the hots for beautiful female characters? Plenty of them... I'd even say that they're often FAR more obvious about it than men are because gawd forbid a man shows he's actually finding a bunch of pixels sexy but a woman can basically drool on camera and no one bats an eye.
Those that complain about it? They're the ones caught in the middle, they're the people who are insecure about themselves and feel that they shouldn't be the ones to change but should have everyone else conform to their personal standards. Those people are vocal because they're not willing to do something about themselves and would rather try to make everyone else feel guilty because they don't share their faults.
I'm not at a healthy weight myself and I'll never claim to be a "big beautiful man" because I objectively know I am the sole person responsible for that problem but I'm not going out of my way to admonish characters like Leon Kennedy or Marcus Fenix for being buff and/or fit and campaigning them to be fat like I am. I want Leon Kennedy, Nathan Drake or any male protagonist to look good because that could be a goal I can set myself to try and reach if only to improve myself just a bit more. It doesn't make me angry, it gives me motivation.
They're fictional characters, they're fantasy, they're heroes, villains and the side characters that we can to embody, fight or help. So if a dev wants to make an objectively fat character be the hero of their game, go ahead... but they'd better not start crying because *other devs* do not do the same; they chose to go that route and the others chose to take other routes. And trying to take existing, established character and changing them just to fit some kind of agenda is wrong and it should definitively be called out. Respect established character for who they are, what they represented back then and what they represent now, good AND bad.
Man you should write a book because gd this shit was well put together.
This deserves more likes very well said my guy🤘🏼
Thanks Actman for finally making a review of sex
When will they release Sex 2 tho??
@@TheActMan dunno man, gotta ask TheSexyMan
@@TheActMan Sex 2 Electric Boogaloo Revengeance part 1.
@@TheActMan they won't - they can just keep updating the first's engine indefinitely, as long as people still play it...
@TheActMan yeah really enjoyed the review of Sex. I hope to try it some day
I can only imagine how Shin Jae-eun (the actress they body scanned for Eve) must feel about this. Like she is so attractive, that her body being in a video game made other people mad and called it unrealistic. Imagine that being the reason your trending rn, imagine how that makes the dude lucky enough to date her feel. It’s kind of hilarious.
Well, it's probably 80% plastic surgery, so it is unrealistic.
@@ledkitKorean diet and lifestyle is healthier than the average American diet and lifestyle. This is pretty much most of Asia too.
Considering how Korean media responded to IGN France and some other western media complaints, I'm sure she'll be fine. She and the rest of Korea are probably just laughing about how ridiculous some people in the west are.
@@ledkit that’s kinda a rude accusation to make. Or do you have proof?
@@luckystarplays1837 Rate of plastic surgeries in Korea kinda speaks for me.
....The Bayonetta defense is so wild. Her cloths are made of her hair and her most powerful abilities practically strip her naked.
The best thing you can do with overly sexualized and/or ugly characters in gameplay and/or plot is have their appearance tied to it.
they just forgot when Bayonetta come up, they also yell "sexism" to the game.
@@yishinliu2246 Bayonetta was designed by a woman plus her character fits her design as well. She is unapologetically sexual and bold and owns it. Haven't played stellar yet but I hope Eve is not just sexy but interesting as well.
@@ogikay7056Eve was also designed by a woman. Hell, her entire character is a bodyscan of an actual woman.
@@Yodalemos That's not what I mean lol. Bayonetta was designed BY a woman. Eve designed by a man. Eve is not 1 on 1 scan of the actor like Fragile.
The irony in this is that these are the same people who will say you shouldn't dictate what a woman is allowed to wear, but they are judging video game characters for what they are wearing?
it's because people that made character are men, if woman sexualize herself it's good business
Just look at Mei in Overwatch -- literally covered her in a snowsuit and the internet still creates thirst traps of her.
But she is beautiful and people are making fanart of her being thiccy and not fat how is supposed to be!
/s
Why did Mercy feel the need to rebuild Genji's cyborg body with such a sweet ass?
The world may never know.
Thus proving that you don't need to put your female characters in a string bikini for people to like them.
They can also have a personality besides being a hot girl, and people will _still_ like them.
They don't even have to be human! We literally have furries in this world 💀
@@Zeverinsenthis is admittedly a similar take I got. Think about all the smutty fanart of some cartoon characters eith no sex appeal. I consider it as more attracted to vibe/aesthetic
@@thomasritzgerald4997FOOL! It was entirely necessary!
With an ass that tight and firm, he can sneak up on any enemy without a single sound!
It’s about how they carry themselves Laura Croft is sexy but has a badass personality
first
Carry them ahhtahs
Them hoo nanners
Lara*
Lara Croft
Let’s also acknowledge the fact that the IGN France article was trying to rewrite history by using Bayo and 2B as positive points of comparison.
Bayonetta and 2B were also met with massive amounts of “they’re too sexy” controversy upon the release of their respective games. It’s time that makes designs “iconic”.
I'm glad you pointed this out. People used to complain that Bayonetta was made to appeal to the male fantasy and fans would try to counter that by reminding everyone that Bayonetta's design was made by a woman.
Good point!!
Yeah that article was 100% gaslighting its readers, both of those characters were heavily scrutinised at launch.
Same as MGSV quiet if I'm correct
@@CyanRooper As a bisexual, I 'gaze' at all these characters all the time. I'm here for it. I wish there was more solidarity in supporting other lady designers and devs in a healthy way, honestly. But not that cringe stuff that demeans men. So many men are also supportive of women designers and artists, as well. There's no reason to exclude anyone that appreciates art.
As a woman, I'm perfectly okay with attractive looking ladies like Bayo; I don't get what's so offensive about a conventionally attractive woman. I wonder if it's just out of jealousy, like "I cAn NeVeR lOoK lIkE tHaT sO sHe CaN't EiThEr!"
Unrealistic characters tend to be the most fun, like Dante from Devil May Cry. Speaking of the Wacky Woohoo Pizza Man himself, I don't see people complaining when he literally went shirtless for the entirety of DMC3.
And for clarification, I'm not even attracted to ladies, I like me some big horned guys like The Iron Bull from Dragon Age: Inquisition and Hellboy or men who could definitely throw me with one hand, like Guts.
I just don't like looking at uncanny valley ahh "female" characters like that new Fable protag and MJ from Spider-Man 2.
Exactly, people often forget why fiction was created. It’s not to represent our limited, boring and crude reality in our world. But to reinvent it or enhance it with creativity and imagination. Boosting the beauty, the strength, the power, the emotions, the designs, the mysteries, everything….
You like Hellboy? Based
@@Tabletopcloud20 I grew up watching the Guillermo Del Toro movies as a kid and then later on I rediscovered Hellboy thanks to me finding the mini comic "Pancakes" on the internet. I love that big red monkey-man with all my heart and I hope the next reboot ends up going better than the 2019 one
@@digthesechild-bearinghipsb2842 Wow, we had similar experiences with big Red. He's honestly the reason I even like half demon characters in fiction now. Plus, he just has a near iconic design with that right hand of doom of his.
@@Tabletopcloud20 Honestly, same here. Because of Hellboy, I now have a love for big demon-ish dudes who can kick ass. He's also the reason why, if I'm given the choice in a game, I'll almost never pick a human character to play as. Humans are boring af, gimme something crazy instead
Boy oh boy, do I love the modding community
Same. 😊
Too bad Capcom and Bandai don't. I swear it's like they saw what other companies do here in the US and copied them.
@@JohnDoe-gt3jr The whole Capcom thing is specifically triggered by that one snafu of a prominent streamer using a nude Chun-Li mod or whatever. Regardless about how you feel about it, it's bad publicity, and hurts the image of the company, the franchise, and the character. It doesn't matter "what it's supposed to be like", no amount of explanation or apologies will change how the greater public will react. It'll show up in the headlines, mothers will clutch their pearls and pass out, and then a bunch of kids will be told by their misinformed parents that they aren't allowed to watch EVO this year, because it's FULL OF PORN.
The truth doesn't matter. Perception matters. It's 100% why Nintendo shuts down fan games and emulation. It doesn't matter that "that game only crashed and gave a that one kid a seizure because it was a modded version running in an emulator". The press, and uninformed guardians/consumers aren't going to sit there and do their research and be, all, "Oh, it wasn't actually Nintendo's fault". They're going to see video games/a franchise, see something they don't like, and run away with it like a Buzzfeed writer.
If their reputation (and, therefore, the investments of their shareholders) weren't on the line, I'm sure there are plenty of Capcom employees that would be down with mods. Things that harm a game's image, and sometimes the community, can and do come in the form of mods, and the games can be fun without mods... so the reasonable/intelligent thing for them to do is say "No mods", and then... let everybody play the games and have fun anyway.
Which is not to say I don't love mods. Just saying, I understand where they're coming from. When you finally realize that Capcom, Bamco, Nintendo, etc.'s product/money maker isn't their games, but, instead, *their reputation*, then you'll understand why they do a lot of what they do.
“I jerk off to pixels and drawings” is a weird thing to publicly state.
Nexus mods? Lol.
Girls in games with hips and boobs modeled after a real woman - "They're too sexy it's unattainable beauty standards for women."
Cratos lifting the weight of the gods and looking absolutely jacked - "I need to go to the gym and look like him."
It is unatainable for women with an unlucky roll of the genetic dice.
@@bobdobbz9334
Going to the gym can achieve the same goal for women
@@jackcolson4745No, going to the gym will not increase cup size. They might look up to a muscular woman in media and strive for that but unlike muscle mass, hip and breast size is not something you can control.
@@D-Doc-CI feel like breast size is overrated. Flat chested women should just be happy that they don’t get back problems and have a lower risk of breast cancer.
@@bobdobbz9334 It is unatainable for me as a men (through an unlucky roll with genetics) to look like Kratos as well, you don't see me crying about it either.
I'm not gonna change the fact that i like hot people in fictional media, just because some snowflake can't live up to a *fictional* standart.
The hilarious part to me is that they reference things like 2B and Bayonetta in the exact same light until all of a sudden they flip the script when they realize no they're actually well developed characters who just happen to look conventionally attractive. We have articles from before both games were released of them doing the exact same thing they are doing now with stellar blade nothing changes apparently.
The problem has never been that characters are sexy. The problem is when they're objectified (commonly for the cringe male gaze).
@@Jormyyy "cringe male gaze". That's a really cringe way of admitting you are gay
@@Jormyyy I mean look at Greek Saga Kratos dude has no top running around shirtless and look at Arthur. Lara Croft and Samus Aran are considered two of the most badass characters in video game history. There is nothing wrong with having sexy characters. People of both genders love looking at attractive things there ain’t no problem with that. Maybe you should look up some female gamers playing games with attractive men and see how many of them gush over how attractive they are.
@Jayalen I'm literally straight lmao
@@JormyyyCloseted maybe but definitely not straight 😂
men don't care if a 300lbs pure muscle dude is the protagonist of game, movie, etc, we take it as a role model, but when women see an attractive women, well...
Basic human nature really
Women love sexy women too.
I as a woman... whenever I see bayonetta I want her to ruin me.
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Big problem happen.
Wait. This is not about CJ's Sex Appeal stat..
Welcome to San Andreas, I'm CJ from Grove Street
Land of the heinous, gangbangers and cold heat🔥
In Los Santos, neighbors get no sleep
Beefin' with anybody competing, even police
Let's all take a moment to remember that stat was almost entirely based on how expensive your clothes and car were.
Ballas! Driveby!
@@grayashes9621 For deepin' a green rag wit both feet
Blast wit a flag on strap, dats OG!
Also, just to highlight...the bottom line with the discourse of body standards, can be basically summarized as forcing ideals. Not matter how we want to look at the intentions behind the people making these discussions, they're all arguing "How should a body look".
Sure, there's a different direction as one side wants sexy or "idealized" characters and the others want something more "real", but when the other side gets called out with the fact that the character is indeed based on a living human being, the reality falls into the same issue of people wanting THEIR beauty standards to become THE standards.
Excellent point!! I very much agree
I get what you're saying, but It being based on a real human isn't really a good argument. Imagine this argument was made about a character with a diaper butt and wisdom tooth shape and the defense is "well it's modelled off of a real person" when that person is Kim Kardashian
Very good point
@@deonte9014 That's still a person, there are different body types all over the world and one way or another, we're still going back to the bottom line of folks saying "This is how people HAVE to look like".
Regardless of the extreme examples we take, we're back at the concept of what kind of body fits on a magazine, but under the label of what bodies count as "Real People". And i thought we, as a society, agreed that was messed up.
I feel like this isnt really valid. The "other group" only exists because of the first one. The "other side" isnt trying to set a standard (that only scans of models are allowed), but are trying to justify why an attractive character exists, and that the studio/fans arent sexist/never seen a woman/contribute to unrealistic standards. Leaving alone the fact that it seems to be a trend to take a model and then change them to negative reception (which intrinsically seems like a bit of an insult to the actors/actresses, but i digress). Bg3 doesnt have the most attractive women but its beloved, for good reason.
Twitter getting mad at a slim asian woman for being an unrealistic body standard, and not getting mad at Lady Dimitrescu, goes to show they think being not fat is more unrealistic than being 8+ feet tall
It's more of a *Reddit* mob thing now. *Twitter* is equal parts BASED, since *Elon* fixed it.
@@Chadw1cKed Did he, though?
@@Chadw1cKed
Internet buzzwords
They were OK with Lady D because she is a boss girl who tortures the white male protagonist. But Ashley in RE4 being a cute damsel in distress with upskirts and ballistics was a problem.
It's a constant double standard that is really pissing people off.
Not being fat is actually achievable with some effort, and that scares them.
I ain't gay but Kiryu being shirtless oiled up and huffing and puffing beating some mf's ass is and has been the most hype moments in the Yakuza series
I think ur gay dude. Bisexuality to be accurate
People care too much about bodies of video game characters, but when it comes to their own body they neglect it.
especially when its fictional characters that we know are unrealistic af but love like Goku for example
That's why attractive characters upset them. It reminds them they've failed
@@CoolArrowCatgokus physic is not unrealistic. Just workout have a good diet and you get like that.
@imsentinelprime9279 its unrealistic in the sense that he has muscles on top of muscles to make it more aesthetic and pop more in the anime. Dude has like a 10 pack. You can train hard for years, eat properly and never reach that level. You also have to take into account ppls genetics are different, meaning some muscles might look different or bigger. Look at Arnold Schwarzenegger who is one of if not the greatest body builder ever. He's huge but nothing like goku. Aslo goku is natty💪 most guys that are really big are on the juice. Nonetheless, gokus body or any fictional character's body shouldn't be looked as a beauty standard. We should instead admire the lessons goku taught us, to train and never give up to be better stonger versions of ourselves...
@@imsentinelprime9279don’t forget the steroids
This is why Kill la Kill is a goated anime, they went ahead and gave everyone equal fanservice, it was fucking glorious
they also gave the fanservice and stupid outfits a real purpose, what a legend indeed
ragyo kiryuin is the hottest character in the entire series
Ryuko, oh my fucking God. I’m so down bad for her.
@@winster32 same, Ryuko is the tomboy recipe perfected by a master chef. Peak character design
IRA GAMAGORI has entered the chat wearing nothing but his underpants.
I'm a woman and I've been gaming since I was 12 years old (26 now) and I've never had a problem with my girls in video games looking hot. Whenever I have a character creator available I try to make my character a mix of hot and "realistic". And I don't know if it's just me but I think I've seen more men than women crying about hot girls in video games.
If that's true, it would be hilarious.
SJWs*
Yep. It's called virtue signaling. Men are so desperate to not be seen as misogynist that they go to the extreme, not realizing that you can prove that you're not misogynistic simply by....not being misogynistic.
im a woman too and i try to make them as hot as possible during custom creation. i dont even care about unrealistic body standards. one piece bodies are my goal. if i cant customize it, then whatever. sorry girls but hot girls will ALWAYS sell. everyone loves hot women: gays, straight men, straight women, your mom, my dad. i think people put too much on media ruining mindsets and not enough on people letting media ruin their mindsets
Wait, crying in favor for or against hot girls?
There’s many reasons why Shadowheart and Astarion are my absolute favourite bg3 characters.
1. They look hot
2. They both have great character development
3. Random banter and drama between the two
4. Based on your pick, it changes the story drastically when choosing what path to take
5. Has approval and disapproval stats
6. Romance scenes (although the black screen will be featured very frequently)
7. Vampire
8. Dark Sharr goth mommy
9. Will your partner become evil or not turn evil, just choose whatever you want them to be
And there is much, MUCH more to discover.
The problem is, some people can't differentiate between fiction and reality.
Remember that scene in SEL? “Don’t confuse the internet with reality”. And it makes me think on how hate is abundant on the internet.
I think one of the problems is that some of these characters are based on real women, and attractive women make other women feel insecure if they haven't dealt with their own baggage. Some men in the industry that want to boink those women in turn, do sadly white knight to look good and agree with them. A lot of reasons for this, but I think it's become worse in recent years.
Another problem is that some people always want reality even in fiction.
Oh so like people on Twitter?
... Yes. People with psychosis, schizophrenia, and delusional thoughts exist. We should endeavour to help them deal with and recover from such things. And not cater to mental illness.
Honestly, the first choice that comes to mind for me is Tali from Mass Effect, you know, the girl that's literally completely covered up all the time in basically a hazmat suit. While it certainly is form fitting (those hips, tho), her main appeal to me is her personality. She's such a dork, and it's so adorable.
I was just gonna say this...Tali is best girl hands down and as you said those hips don't lie but what got me really into her was her personality as well...and that voice too ofc. Like I didn't even expect that I would be romancing her after I first finished ME1 she felt younger and *was* younger back then but BioWare did a great job showing how she matured in between the games without touching her dorky adorable personality and the rest is history for me lol
She was my choice as well ❤️
This proves that journalism is dead now a days
Now a days? Buddy, have you been under a rock since 2014 or something?
13:03 you take that back. Sex with Hitler is peak. What other game can I auto click a 500 round 12 gauge with zero damage fall off?
THANK you for speaking common sense out loud. Particularly the point about body positivity and how it's more an issue with self-image and projecting that on everything around, forcing everyone to consume media that's just there to suit insecurities. I know when games/media is pandering to me and I hate it. Show me what the devs/creators originally intended, not what a bunch of loud, insecure people have demanded at the threat of cancellation.
we did with Abbey from LOU2 and where called bigots by those people you spoke of.......
@@derigel7662 Yeah but gender swapping race swapping to suit the activist "writing" it and NOT the fans. Media is not made for anyone specific or any group of peoples, it is made to for the sake of making garbage and only for Hollywood itself of keeping up "the Image" within its own community. Watch The Critical Drinker, BOTH of you need this so badly. I agree a lot of people were called bigots for making actual fair observations for a lot of media and movies. If called bigots for hating Sonic's Teeth, we got that sorted. Sexist for making the character female unfairly like with the doctor in doctor who. Don't change to dammed formula THAT HAS WORKED for so very long all to SUIT the individual asshole making this a reality. That is the butt of the jokes, the disgruntled "SJW" in place of writers in Hollywood. Then we are the ones called shitheads. Fk that retardation.
@@derigel7662 You do realize it goes both ways right? Developers have a right to design the character the way they want and fits their vision regardless of whether you find that character attractive or not.
@@Camilothegodfather So don't complain if female characters look very sexy and wear skimpy outfits. LMAO.
@@derigel7662that one was an obvious trap. Man, there was a ton of gaslighting involved in the production of that game, it's shameful. Kinda like the new Juliette, pure bait so they can counter with gaslighting
Those articles have to be ragebait. No way people actually think like that
we can only hope
@@TheActMan Yeah
At least one was retracted because of how memeable it was
@@EpiCxWoundsx True
If only there was a bottom line to stupidity but journalists can make any standard lower lol
Remember if the girl is hot it's unrealistic, but if the man is hot men want to look like him.
Like act man said its a "you" issue.
Im not at my ideal physique, ive been working on it for years. Still overweight but im good. When i watch Dragon ball or other anime with muscular dudes i get the urge to workout. Its all about the mindset. People who think this is a problem arent right in the head or have self esteem issues.
If the man isn't hot, they're just a normal dude.
If a women isn't hot, it's the woke mob hating hot women and stealing away all our male eye candy.
If someone bitches about plain looking woman, they're a nobhead. If someone bitches about a pretty looking lady, they're a nobhead. Apply this rule evenly, then again to male characters for even coverage, and you'll be able to figure out who on what side isn't worth listening to without nary an issue!
𝗜𝗥𝗥𝗘𝗗𝗘𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗕𝗟𝗬 𝗦𝗘𝗫𝗬 𝗔𝗥𝗚𝗨𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧
@@SuperRedNovaDragonEvery men of every race wanted to be like Goku when they were a kid... and even as adults
*goes super saiyan*
You can conclude from that, that women are lazy and men are ambitious lol.
If you are offended by the size of game characters, it may be a sign that it's time for you to start working out.
- Confucius
My wife is not a supermodel and I dont look like Larry the lobster either. I think shes beautiful just the same. Just because I like attractive women in games doesn't mean I hold every woman I interact with to that standard. Its a fantasy. People need to grow up
Well said. It is a fantasy and it's ok for people to have those. The ONLY reason anyone has a problem with any of this is because it's a straight, male fantasy.
well said, after meeting marrying and building a family with my wife im just not attracted to other woman! now fictional woman...... well thats a different story lol!!!
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yeah I feel like that's the root cause of all these problems, people can't seperate reality and fiction.
Well said actually
Women: ugh she’s so unrealistic 😐
Men: damn I gotta hit the gym
lets be real, we think about it for a second and then just sit down again and keep playing our games rofl
🎯
@@atlantah5496dont say rofl again
@@28br right we say LMAO nowadays, lmao
@@atlantah5496 "Unrealistic"
On the topic of Baldur's Gate 3's attractive ass companions... Astarion. Yes, we all know he's BG3's poster pretty boy, a token sexy vampire, but what I find fascinating is that his character design really is very important to his actual character. Him being sexy is integral to his story and influences how he sees himself and how he assumes others see him, and its actually really sad at many points. I dunno, I just really enjoy character designs that tell a story
Did the act man just say gyat..
Please actman spare me from the brainrot terms
Im all for these Games TheActingMale 😂.
Ain't no way the Act Man dropped THIS before a Red Dead Redemption 2 review LOL
May is the month of Red Dead Redemption content. Stay tuned...
@@TheActMan Can’t wait!! Keep up the awesome content💪🏻
@@TheActMan I look forward to it
One thing that keeps getting ignored in the Stellar Blade issue is that it appeals to women too. Of course it's geared more to men but me and my female friends find it attractive as well. We're Asian and she represents our standard of beauty. It's more appealing and reflective of our pop culture than how Western media portray us. Do I feel bad I don't look like that? No, because I'm an adult who can differentiate fantasy from reality. I have my own identity and style; a look that suits me more and that I'm comfortable with. Doesn't mean I can't celebrate another beautiful woman, fictional or otherwise.
Thank you for being the voice of reason. I don't get why female characters have become the new political battlefield and I hate both extremes. There is space for everyone and I'm sure we'll all find a character to nut to.
PS: I literally went "aww thank you" when you said we look good without makeup ❤
You are right. I have heard multiple times from girls how they like and enjoy attractive characters as well, and btw there are studies that suggest that as well, and i also think that more women who play games should voice their opinions it would make things more transparent. But i never heard anyone reminding people about this important and obvious fact, that it's a Korean game and Korean culture and it doesn't have to reflect any of the Western bs. I feel like there's an "Americans think there's no world outside US" meme somewhere in here. "Western bs" started to creep in into Japanese mainstream culture and it's not a pretty sight. I can only hope that Koreans and Chinese will gatekeep better, there's a lot of beauty in unique and distinct cultures (and btw that's how diversity they claim they value so much looks and works) and it would be a shame to loose it to a gray androgynous swamp that Western culture has largely become.
I think you've put that perfectly.
Let's face it, westerners (but mostly Americans) can't "differentiate fantasy from reality" and that's what causes 90% of these kinds of debates.
@@CakeMelons Ooh, trust me. Koreans are waaay better at gatekeeping this kind of stuff than the Japanese. Being ousted as a feminist there is a death sentence to one's carrer. The dynamics of the "cancel culture" are very much reversed compared to the West.
@@mekingtiger9095 hmm, you talking positively about gatekeeping feminism doesn’t give me high hopes for that video you recommended I watch
@@the_articulated_artist It's a good and inspiring watch, though. Try watching it regardless of *my* previous arguments. I just want *your* opinion. Whether it is negative or positive.
You’ve improved so much as a content creator over the years. I found your channel in 2018 and only just got back into watching your videos.
kojima was ahead of his time adding swimsuit outfits for both men and women in mgsv
Based kojima putting his male protagonists in a skintight suit and be super buff
Truly ahead of his time
I think the fact is you just cant make everyone happy, and if you try, you just get a mediocre product that is loved by nobody. To quote a video i saw years ago "it's okay to not like things, but dont be a dick about it"
I feel QuantumTV should really tap into that after His Hissy Fit over Elden Ring
reminds me of Helldivers 2
The funniest thing is Stellar Blade is basically a Soulslike and we just had an amazingly hot fuckboi in Lies of P and NOBODY COMPLAINED.
I hate to be pedantic but Stellar Blade only has very light souls elements with loads of other action game influences mixed in
I swear the MC for Lies of P is just Timothee Chamalete
@the_articulated_artist young adults can't be attractive? Pretty weird take
@the_articulated_artist The weirdest take is that you don't know the age bracket for a young adult. Young adult is 18-21 or 24, some people's bracket is slightly different, but regardless the addition of the word "adult" means beyond a minor, young saying they are early in their adulthood
@the_articulated_artist ohhhh now he's a minor? They never even say how old he is, just that he has graduated High School. You're really reaching here.
Ironic how they push “my body my choice” agenda then proceeds to harass a game that does exactly that
Surprised swimsuit Tifa didn't feature in the video. That was incredible fan service
Sephiroth is hotter ngl
I remember one Resident Evil game had "black zombies" and it was criticized that it "demonized" black people. But they NEVER said anything that EVERY single Resident Evil game had only white zombies. 🤣🤣🤣🤣 I'm not even making this up. You can look it up.
They also did it with Left 4 Dead 2
What the fuck 😂 “Re4 is so racist!!!!’ Why do these Spanish people look and sound like Spanish people!?!?!
Yes, Resi 5 - set in Africa. Africa.
Where the hell are the white zombies supposed to come from?!
@@Arphemius are you kidding me. Capcom is so fucking racists dude. Why are Africans, African while speaking with an African accent 🤬
@@Arphemius South Africa?
Honestly, yeah some girls in video games I find attractive like “Songbird” from “Cyberpunk Phantom Liberty” but overall, as long as the gameplay is still fun, idc which character is and isn’t attractive
Mannnnnnnn screw songbird. ***spoiler*** She got my girl killed. Yes I know in one ending but that's my cyberpunk 2077 Canon ending.
I actually didn't find her in particular attractive really. So just goes to show that this shit ends up being subjective anyway.
Bruh, Aurore castell from the same dlc
Songbird can rot after what she did to Alex. And yes I know it's in one ending but that's my Canon ending.
@@mix7893 exactly, beauty is subjective.
This was the funniest edit of this take I've seen. I paused the video to write this cause I didn't want to miss anything. This was suppose to be background noise, tf? Now I'm subbed.
Conventionally attractive protagonist: *exists*
Twitter: "thats illegal"
Female protagonist that doesn’t have Sydney Sweeney’s massive honkers: *exists*
Also Twitter: “Woke propaganda, the west has fallen”
@@Ravensbro04 Then again, it's because of the first example that we have the second to begin with. The difference bewteen the cause and the effect.
@@mekingtiger9095 Please elaborate further on that.
@@Ravensbro04😂
Yeah
[Obvious fictional media portrays fiction], Some People: STOP! You've violated the law! Pay the court a fine or serve your sentence.
This whole conversation is summed up at 17:04 people need to stop looking outwards for their own happiness and satisfaction and work on themselves to be what makes them feel good
Truth
The Act Man on point as usual!! Great video my G
I laughed way too hard at the washing machine and cooking simulator joke 😂
"Eve body is unrealistic, oversexualized and puts women in danger." Coming from the body positivity "go head girl. It's fine being 340lbs at 5'2. Live your truth. You're beautiful" crowd. Guarantee eves curves will lead to less harm to women than the health issues your message will.
And to answer your final request it's Panam Palmer for me.
Not only that but it technically would be body shaming women who look like that character. Imagine folks pulling the oversexualization card when most women have Thicc thighs
The "sexy women in games put real women in danger" stuff is essentially the same as the violence in video games argument in the 90s, on for SA instead of violence.
@@graye2799 I'd expect this from strict hypocritical Christians or conservatives but there just reaching at this point with their mental gymnastics
SJW's in 2014: This game is sexist. Bayonetta is unrealistic because no real woman looks like
Gamers in 2024: This game is woke. Abby and Kay Vess are unrealistic because no real woman looks like
And then there's people like me who are tired are hearing about Stellar Blade because of the absolute brainrot on both sides of the fence
@@Danny-mp8dq only the latter one has more merit.
I love having one faction of people saying that having attractive people in video games is terrible, then another faction of people saying that “ugly” women in video games are propaganda.
What a perfectly balanced and desirable media ecosphere that will produce only positive and constructive results in media discourse… right?
LMAOOO
It's just culture war nonsense (that is deployed on both sides of the argument). Act Man completely nailed it. Getting mad over "hot" or "normal" looking video game characters is a giant waste of everyone's time. It's always going to exist. Look at what happened when Steam started to allow actual porn games.
If western AAA devs completely get rid of sexualization in video games (they won't), it will leave a very profitable market open that will inevitably get filled.
I have a theory as to why some women have a aversion to sexy women in games. Its involves aome evolutionary psychology, but i think it makes sense.
Men like sexy women because they like women. Duh. But they dont mind sexy men because they see those men as something to aspire to and improve towards, and for the most part, men can improve their looks and attractiveness. You many not be able to reach the ideal, but you can get closer to it.
Women on the other hand may have issues with sexy women because women dont really have any natural way to improve their looks beyond makeup. This makes them self conscious about their looks if they srent comfortable with them and a part of their brain comes to see the fictional characters as competition.
Its at least part of the reason.
@@graye2799women can improve their looks just as much as men can (besides getting jacked) its just that less women are autistically into looksmaxxing and instead go into shit like astrology
In my opinion
But please not ignore the fact that ugly characters are ugly for a reason. It's because executives really believe that beauty characters are moraly bad. ridiculous...
Came for video, left with strange drive towards self-improvement
I'm a female gamer that has been playing video games since before girl gamer was even a thing. Feeling threatened by something that's polygons, something that doesn't exist, just because it's attractive is silly to the max. I think they should have whatever the devs want to bring out in games, pretty characters, less pretty characters, whatever! Seriously, all this crying over stuff that doesn't even exist is just sad.
Us men don't bitch about how muscular or unattainable their physique are when were represented. We embrace there strength and athleticism!
Its probably males complaining about this ngl
@Vasanthakumar1234 Doomer take. Unrealistic stantards can be an objective to strive for even if the real goal is merely to get closer to said standard.
Or the fact that it seems like the only morbidly obese characters like Bob from Tekken, Goldlewis Dickinson from Guilty Gear, Earthquake from Samurai Shodown, or Roadhog from Overwatch are dudes. We just go “THIS BIG MF HITS LIKE A TRUCK!”
@Vasanthakumar1234 True, but we are talking about video games here.
@Vasanthakumar1234 idk in my experience Asian chicks with nice bodies are pretty realistic, one of them just broke up with me lmao. And as stated in the video the character this video is mostly about is based on a real woman. This isn’t about unrealistic standards, it’s just the regular old game journos and twitter people posting clickbait because they have nothing actually interesting to say
The Sexy Man is nearing the 2M mark--I remember him from way back, when 100K was a big deal. People found out he was a hidden treasure--always great reviews and analysis, and so flippin' funny. ✌🏻
thank you
True. He’s a hidden gem.
@@TheActMan You’re the best, my dude. 🫂♥️
Thank you for this , me and gf were watching this issue so confused . I’m a comic nerd, putting sexy people in tights and have them twist and turn is normal to me male and female
As a woman who has grown up playing games like Dead or Alive and has also worked in the games industry for a few years, omg thank you. I think I laughed out loud at least 5 times throughout the video. I hope that journalist never visits the UK for their own sake, considering that a large amount of women and girls here like to wear very tight gym leggings as casual wear, I'm not sure if their heart would be able to handle it.
Tekken 8's menu screen is literally zoom ins on kazuyas ripped body. I didnt hear anyone complain about that.
True. Kazuya’s a sexy antagonist.
Fan service will always be good. Doesn't need to be the focus, but it is always nice.
not always, too much is a bad thing
To add to this, when fanservice is nonconsenual, it's just bad. I see it shockingly often in anime. @idlegameplayer3756
I agree I like attractive looking characters but it also helps if they have dept to their character
Only where it's appropriate and the context allows. In a dating sim, yes, but definitely not in call of duty (maybe a couple lines of dialogue between characters, but nothing more than that).
Lets also not pretend there hasnt been a trend to androgenize female characters.
Everyone seems to be having a good time, except Kotaku.
I hope they keep having a bad time.
As always...
God damn you nailed again, I love your videos with this comic style and also with a good statement of the situation, amazing as always, stay classy ^^
I love how people are unphased by games full of destruction, violence, suffering, and war. But the same people have a meltdown when they see a mildly attractive person.
Well…
“Violence in video games” has been the biggest way to try and get rid of video games since the 80s, I’m sorry but that’s flat out wrong
@supaskiltz9877 1.) I never said there was anything wrong with it and I'm not making a political statement about it. 2.) What was wrong? Is there not violence in video games that involve taking a life? 3.) The point is, if people can collectively agree that violence and graphic content are perfectly fine in a video game. Then, why do people lose their minds about body positivity in any scenario, let alone a game that focuses on death and destruction?
You mean a mildly attractive woman.
@@austinhenschen3280
1). I never said YOU personally said there was anything wrong with it, you said “people are unphased by violence” which is a flat out lie, you made up an argument against you that I never said and then defended yourself against it
2) IDK wtf you are even on about here again you are talking about nothing
3) your point is fucking wrong, people have not ever collectively agreed that violence is perfectly fine it’s been the most talked about topic revolving around video games for over 30 years, there was even a whole ass court trial over it using Mortal Kombat and Night Trap as arguments against video game violence.
My point is just because the sexualised content is currently a hot topic that doesn’t make the fact that for over 30 years violence against video games has been the most talked about topic around video games, NO ONE HAS EVER COLLECTIVELY AGREED THAT VIOLENCE IN VIDEO GAMES IS OKAY
As a gay man, I am perfectly happy when I see sexy men and women in my video games. Especially when they have an interesting personality added to them so that I can go "slay".
Bayonetta, Miranda from Mass Effect and the classic/LAU Lara Croft instantly come to mind when it comes to women.
Alistair from Dragon Age, James Vega from Mass Effect, Sebastien from The Evil Within, Daddy Duke Nukem and so on when it comes to men.
And I have used NSFW mods for male characters in my games and literally nobody mentioned anything about those mods on Nexus. But every time a female character gets even a suggestive "SFW" mod, the comment section loses their minds. Double standards at their finest.
So yeah, I am all for sexualizing men in video games. Keep em coming!
This is the best take on it ever. I never have an issue with how men are portrayed in videogames, neither does anyone else. I do bring it up against those that try to use "realism" (How did the guys in Gears of War have such HUGE muscle mass with so little food? Is this not unrealistic in this post-apocalyptic scenario?) But otherwise? Give me sex appeal on both sides. I don't care. Hell, if I'm going to look at a character for 20-100 hours (or more) I'd BEST enjoy the fucking view (Why did Bioware take so many of Miranda's ass shots out in the LE, dammit!?). Personality makes it so much better.
I dont think sexuality has anything to do with it personally, Im straight but so what, I still want to play as a buff dude because in real life im tall and skinny af, I have no problem with buuf good looking dudes and i certainly dont have an issue with attractive women either, im not going to delete myself because someone out there in the world is better looking than me, these people are so fragile that a fiction character goes against their fictional gender and they cant handle it, screw these people. give me my hobby back ive been doing this since the early 80s and i will not lose my hobby to people that dont EVEN GAME FFS
Im not gay, but Leon s Kennedy could get it any night just as equally as Ada wong, that how you know capcom do it right 🙏🙏
As a bisexual, HELL YEAH
@@waurfy2267 I am as gay as I can possibly be, but Ada Wong can step on me and I'd say "Thank you ma'am, please do it again".
I like the message about how we are the only people who can accept and learn to address our insecurities. You can't let a stupid video game character (a completely fictional thing btw) affect you so much. It's important to realize that video games are art/entertainment. They aren't something to be taken too seriously. Play the games you enjoy, and don't play the ones you don't. It's all about what you make of it. As for your insecurities, just accept that you are a human being, and that there are always habits and areas you can improve on. Don't focus on things outside of your own control, worry about the actions you can take. Stop trying to be someone else, be the best version of yourself. And be who you truly are. Don't waste mental energy on fictional video game characters, games are meant to be fun, nothing more.
Damn this is really good advice
Finally, someone with common sense, pretty rare in a time where everything becomes a political hot topic for very dumb reasons.
People have forgotten the difference between facts and fiction nowadays.
Be careful though, common sense pisses of the extremes of the "culture war". (But their replies can be entertaining).
Games just need to be games again, not some mouthpiece for peoples personal issues.
@@voiceofreason4551 Bru I think you missed the part where you 'precious" YT took away the Dislike button. Hey look, guys I found a WILD Slowbro. Get with it or get left behind.
@@BlackMoonHowls what are you so pissed about?
Need a hug?
@@voiceofreason4551In my opinion though I feel like most if the people we meet irl feel the same as I do. And to be fair I used to be one of those chronically online teens who really had no clue how people actually thought. But now I've learned and grown as I've had more irl experiences with people and learning what makes them who they are.
But I do agree with you, for the record. Username checks out haha
15:10 the way I saw this portrayal of the character is not being “ugly” but more of just a normal person, to kind of show that anyone can be a hero.
When they can properly mocap the Fallen Order protag's face, and not Outlaws, something feels fishy.
The thing with outlaws only the protagonist seems to have had shotty mocap in the latest trailer another lady that appears in that trailer looks fine I'm more inclined to believe that someone at Ubisoft just fucked up with that trailer which wouldn't be far fetched after the classic collection debacle
Its sexist like i know i sound like a twittertard here but they dont want to show the female VAs face because shes a woman and they dont want backlash
@@hibarikyoya854the face is consistent along all trailers they have shown, so if someone fucked up, it was the person in charge of modelling her face.
Development time and budget went to scan and mocap, just to go back and edit it agaim
@@voltus20 yeah should've also pointed out previous trailers she looked fine so someone fucked up on this trailer specifically
you pinned it perfectly at the end, the only reason companies make these articles attacking characters being too hott or not being hott enough, is too get clicks and views on those articles so they get ad revenue and drum up more money for their news outlet, they will only report on things they know will get alot of attention and tend to write fewer stories about issues that matter that wont drum up attention or controversy in some way. it's not about tackling real issues, it's about grabbing peoples attention so your news outlet makes more money.
Complaining about it lets them put pictures of the character on the article, which in turn is what helps drive people to even look at the article.
True
I think Aloy looks fine. However the Fable girl looks like she was modeled after Steve Buscemi.
This is the most objective and unbiased The Act Man has been on certain subject.
So objectiving women is problem... but twitch and onlyfans is not??
And like virtually all beauty, hair and clothing advertising, I mean you can literally be a model, an object for these products to be shown on you.
Dont act like they are not complaining about twitch and onlyfans lol, it makes the people that want to censor everything actually look right when people bring it up as a gotcha.
*A Wild Incel Has Appeared
@@Random_GuardsmanI see they usually only complain if they rememebr that “men are sexualizing her!” otherwise much of the time people like this will have no problem with Onlyfans and Twitch itself, till again they remember that men exist. Sometimes you do see the argument tho that those things only encourages sexualization more, but again, that’s usually more so seen as a problem with society or men, rather than it is women on twitch or OF.
No weirdly enough, it's somehow seen as empowerment. Makes no sense whatsoever.
I need more oily men in my games.
You will get oily gender neutral homosapiens very soon.
I'm a straight man and I agree! just add more options. more options is always better.
just let everyone enjoy hot people. Add in toggleable settings like oily skin as just fun side content.
back in the day we had stuff like: zero G, big head, big hands, etc, why not have more stuff like that too. They're games, they are supposed to be fun!
Street Fighter has Zangief
Play SF4 then. Hakan is what you're looking for.
I hope you'll get what you hope for.. Or what you need :)
This video was not only entertaining, but it has a great teachable moment at the end. Thanks Actman.
Indeed. That’s why I love Act Man. His content is not only entertaining but very teachable as well.
Imagine if every time there was a muscular guy in a video game people said that they are being sexist and treating men like an object 💀
So many people bothered by others' bodies instead of taking care of their own. I hope people grow out of this already.
They're too lazy to eat healthy and exercise, so they demonize those that do
"american women"
Improving oneself takes too much effort. Its so much easier to tear everyone down while pretending to be good.
makes sense most of the complaints come from america, the greatest obese nation in the world lmao
It's been around for decades, human
Its the double standard that bothers me the most in regards to this discussion. Can thirst over the male characters for any fanservice but shame the female ones. Plus they think women cant find some of the sexy female characters empowering too or ignore that some of the sexy designs have a narrative reason, though you can criticize whether or not its done well.
Another thing I wish was covered was some people declaring that previous sexy characters like Bayonetta and 2B were always beloved or sexy females done right even though hey were criticized too. Ill always remember that polygon review of Bayonetta 2 where they listed the sexual nature as a negative and docked points. Overall, I agree with Act Man on this. Let both male and female sexy characters thrive and have them be well made and rounded characters.
That's because, according to radical feminists, when it's a hot male protagonist then it's a male power fantasy, but if it's a hot female protagonist then it is misogynistic sexual objectification for the male gaze.
They don't see a double standard, they just see patriarchy.
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The guy writing that:🔥🔥🔥✍️
Stellar Balde, Sony exclusive game with over sexualized protagonist. Sold millions.
Concord, Sony exclusive game without visually appealing characters. Closed and refunded after 10 days.
Yeah... Leaving visual appealing out of the formula is obviously the answer...
also concords gameplay sucked ass and it was a 40 dollar overwatch clone but i guess we gonna ignore that
I’m tired of people shaming people for finding things attractive. You can’t force people to be attracted to certain body types. they like what they like.
*Can't. I normally don't do the whole 'correcting on youtube comments thing', but this seems like a typo that's actually pretty important for the message.
Honestly. That includes if they look like a minor
@@sadscientist9995 uh no
People are just entitled nowadays. They think they can control and demand people to dance to their tune. "How dare you have preferences and standards?!?!"
@@VanTheMan1099They’re not wrong. All attractions are not learned behaviors, they are inherent. When people “gain” attraction, that just means they realized their attraction after not knowing about it before. The “p-philia” falls in that category, same as the “z-philia”.
How bad is someones insecurity that they have to make everyone ugly in a video game instead of just finding someone to love them unconditionally?
You still believe in unconditional love? In current year? Can we trade places?
Well my parents love me unconditionally, so yes!
Video games let you do all sorts of crazy unbelievable things but me being attractive is just too unrealistic. Totally ruins my immersion smh my head.
Are you saying that attractive people in games ruins your immersion????
@@ronel7836woosh
How dare you shake your head! What about people who dont have one? Stop being ableist 😡😡
@@aJamBiscuit He's not just shaking his head, he's shaking his head his head.
@@mix7893 doubly ableist 😟😮😮
Honestly the only thing I have a problem with is how female characters don't ever get combat appropriate armour. Having bare skin on display isn't conducive to not getting killed.
I just... don't understand the people who actually want unattractive characters.
Like...i may be a straight white dude but if clive rosfield was any less hot than he currently is i would be PISSED!
That's because those people *actually* don't want unattractive characters. They just want *you* (straight white dude) not to be able to have fun.
Thank you their fictional characters just like I find Tifa beautiful and play as her because guess what she is nice to look at
People aren't asking for butt ugly characters. They're asking to not make them all supermodels with barely any clothes. They also want better characters than just eye candy. Look at the three most popular female game characters: Samus Aran, Lara Croft and Tifa Lockhart. All three are attractive but also outstanding characters and more believably dressed.
@@Ashtarte3D "They're asking to not make them all supermodels with barely any clothes. They also want better characters than just eye candy. Look at the three most popular female game characters: Samus Aran, Lara Croft and Tifa Lockhart. All three are attractive but also outstanding characters and more believably dressed."
Except, the same people who complain about Stellar Blade also complain about Samus (that she is not trans), Lara (that she raids tombs and in later games, they literally trying to make her less feminine), and Tifa (dressed more modestly in remake). No, those people aren't okay with attractive outstanding characters.
@@Ashtarte3DThat hardly ever happens anymore so I'm not sure how that's relevant to the discussion.
The “best version of yourself” speech in this video was actually very inspiring, and I appreciate it. Going on a walk right now. Then hitting the gym after
yes!!
*people who complain about stellar blade don't actually care about the game*
*Just the character model itself*
Same can also be said for some "fans".
some of the fans are getting it for just for eve and not the gameplay , oof
@@acfan9384
*I mean more likely if people's interests were only for eve over the game*
*They'd just look at images of her or some videos*
*And not buy the game*
@@MartianManHunter2258 Yes? People tend to be interested in entertainment filled with attractive characters. That's the entire point. Those fans matter more than some random people that were never going to buy the game to begin with.
I'm playing Black Desert and FFXIV because I can turn myself into an attractive character.
I'm not playing New World because everyone looks like ass, and I can't stop myself from looking like ass. Simple as that.
@@arionell your view of entertainment is incredibly shallow.
Halfway through and you've made some hilarious points 😅 great video, lovin it
Just keep it consistent in whatever franchise you're making. Don't uglify a traditionally sexy series or character and don't sexualize a traditionally non sexual series or character.
Yes this☝🏿
This is exactly the reason why Dead or Alive 6 never even popped off in ANY of the regions and the development was ceased only after few months.
Before the game was released, they specifically stated that they decided to switch their art focus away from sexy characters.
They doomed the game with one single tweet.
Agreed, for example, the fable trailer. Character designs in that franchise have always been purposely ugly because of it's setting. Anyone expecting a needlessly attractive character in that game are probably not fans of the series in the first place.
@@sirnoto5753 Fable used his own unique art style, but the new game uses conventional realism.
@@arionell DOA was pretty generic and meh to begin with. The only thing separating it from the rest of the fighting games was the sexiness.
But because they had brainrot, they didn't realize they could just expand the sexiness to the male characters as well to balance it out. But no-o-ooooh: Women need to be protected and treated like children...
Equal rights, equal tights.
Jill Design in FF16, they didn't sexualized her character and didn't make her ugly 🤫
they made her modest and appealing at the same time. 😍😍😍
she my kind of women 😉
Ah, another fellow Jill enjoyer!
She practically perfect, in every way possible
@@Batcena 😉
Y’all are seriously down bad lol 😂 lmao go get a real woman
6:00 WHY HAVE I NEVER HEARD THAT LINE BEFORE!?! IM DYING LOL