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Atomkilla · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 19:15 Post subject: Female armor in video games

This topic may have been discussed a million times over, but this article on Mad Art Lab might just interest you.
Writer makes some good points, or, essentially, sums up majority of arguments in one place. In addition, the writer is an armorer himself, so there is a dose to expertise to it all.

Interesting read, though I personally find it strange that he points out Mass Effect 2 as having good female armor in it. The particular armor he has given as an example may be good, but I can't get a thought of women wearing those spandex suits or Jack's attire out of my head...
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Sabirah · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 19:46 Post subject:

He made some very good points. Too bad that the internet gaming community will react to it the way they always react to criticism (that is, freak out and declare that feminism is some objectively evil force attempting to ruin all that is good in the world).

He was especially right about Mass effect. that is the only game I can think of at the top of my head that had actual protective gear. Instead of glorified stripperwear for lonely westerners.
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Atomkilla · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 19:53 Post subject:

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Sabirah · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 20:36 Post subject:

http://i1093.photobucket.com/albums/i428/EagleEyeTZ/ZWAME/Mass%20Effect%203/me3_ce_alt_costumes_1920-1.jpg

Sad

I liked Mass effect. I LOVED Mass Effect 2, but this, this is really not right.

and suddenlly I feel how NMA felt when Fallout 3 came out Razz

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Atomkilla · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 20:41 Post subject:

I can't say I'm surprised or overly disappointed.
Mass Effect 2 was a let down for me in many small aspects I appreciated in the first one (as it was for many people here), so I'm not really expecting anything special from the third one.
I'm looking forward to it, the ending of the series and for my Shepard, but I don't expect to be playing an RPG by any means. I just hope it at least has a good story, one that will be connected to the previous two in a, say, natural, organic way, and not just a canon-breaker.
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Sabirah · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 20:49 Post subject:

Eh, I never cared for the rpg aspects. I liked the diolauge and writing most. Those were the highlights for me and that's why I liked how in ME2 they got rid of the more annoying bits to the system.
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Ausdoerrt · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 21:20 Post subject:

Well-written article, I think it drives the point home: it's possible to design female armor that looks realistic, unless you're making fantasy porn. Most just don't try hard enough.

White Knight · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 21:27 Post subject:

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Walpknut · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 22:00 Post subject:

I've never played any of the Mass Effect games, so I can't comment on that one, but it was a very good article, I read something very similar before either in a book or another article, but stil la good read, it would have been better if he had gone into making a desing example and his methodology, the bit about historical sources seemed a little lacking, but okay, good read anyway.
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requiem_for_a_starfury · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 22:04 Post subject:

Courier · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 22:07 Post subject:

Meh, it's kind of sad that there are so few games where female characters aren't just sexualized caricatures.

Half Life 2, Portal, Bioshock 1&2, and the Fallout games are the only games I can think of off the top of my head that have major female characters that aren't overly-sexualized. I could add a couple more to that list if female A.I. counts.

Edit: And the earlier Metroid games.

Walpknut · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 22:12 Post subject:

Per · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2011 22:44 Post subject:

There are actually paintings of Joan of Arc with a boobplate, though not necessarily contemporary.
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