I am very surprised that this topic is able to fill 15 pages on a forum..... People worried about pixels that might just show a little bit too much virtual pixelated side boob.

On the news people die of starvation, floods, atomic bombs, nuclear disasters, diseases, murder (etc, etc, etc) and we get this served on a daily basis by every medium available today....  

/me is worried about mankind!

Originally posted by tinuxnl

I am very surprised that this topic is able to fill 15 pages on a forum..... People worried about pixels that might just show a little bit too much virtual pixelated side boob.

On the news people die of starvation, floods, atomic bombs, nuclear disasters, diseases, murder (etc, etc, etc) and we get this served on a daily basis by every medium available today....  

 

/me is worried about mankind!

Not me though.

I EMBRACE sideboob

OP if you don't like female model then play tetris.

it's a fantasy game and there is nothing to see.

Originally posted by Rohn

Originally posted by atziluth

If you want to see sexualization... look no further than Tera... I hear one of the bosses is pedobear. 

That's the funny thing.  Regardless of the obfuscation, GW2 is every bit as bad as TERA in regard to over-sexualization.

Is that a joke? This is not even debateble.

Tera...

And the winner for pedobait...

GW2...

Yes, the female armors have a bit of the "less protection than a fig leaf" quality. From what I saw GW2 is at least decent in a lot of cases of warrior, guardian, engineer armor (though, is it me or does a lot of warrior/guardian armor make the women's bottom's look huge when you look at it from the side?)

But then I played Elementalist, and I laughed when I realized my Town Clothes actually looked far more protective than my armor. I think if you're gonna design "armor" it should at least be as protective as the stuff you call "clothes".

But then again, the horny teenager population out there would rip my tongue out for saying that. I posted a comment on a youtube video a while back about the armor in a character creation that I saw, and this is what I got as a reply:

seriously nobody care about female armor looking realistic in mmorpg so stop bitching about it. if you want realistic armor play a male character, nobody ask you to play a female character, and who said a warrior can't be sexy anyway? its a game its not even suppose to be realistic.

So, there you go.

Originally posted by chelan

Originally posted by Cromica

The clothing for the femaies was actually designed by females  so I don't see an issue

of course. and those female designers in the interest of saving their jobs had no external design pressures put upon them by the game, the developers, or even the generally sexist attitudes of most of the industry.

and I should care about any of this?

Originally posted by tinuxnl

I am very surprised that this topic is able to fill 15 pages on a forum..... People worried about pixels that might just show a little bit too much virtual pixelated side boob.

On the news people die of starvation, floods, atomic bombs, nuclear disasters, diseases, murder (etc, etc, etc) and we get this served on a daily basis by every medium available today....  

 

/me is worried about mankind!

I don't think anyone is worried, we're just discussing these issues. It's actually not very resource consuming to post on a forum about an issue we (and you) have an opinion about. We can still post here AND care about people dying.

Besides, if you're so worried, why are you even on this forum? Shouldn't you be somewhere helping people? :)

The majority of gamers like sexy women. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in the games. What is the damn issue here?

Basement virgin little boys (or fully grown men who still have the brain of a child) are the primary cash flow for MMORPG's.

Also, when was the last time you saw a "Popular" magazine with an ugly cover girl?  Sex sells.  Sad maybe, but true.  If they make the women thick, with large muscles, small boobs, and dressed like men people wouldn't be drawn to it. 

TERA took it too far for my tastes by having little girls run around half naked.  People try to defend that game saying they're actually an "ancient race of highly advanced beings who just look like little girls..."  

If it looks like a little girl, talks like a little girl, and dresses like a whore, doesn't matter what lore you try to stuff down my face, you're a pedo in my book!

I find it disgraceful when men are dressed in skimpy shorts, with steroid filled muscles, and nothing else.  That's blatant explotation!

Unless it's me of course...I look very manly in my undercrackers.....just saying :P

Originally posted by atziluth

Originally posted by Rohn

Originally posted by atziluth

If you want to see sexualization... look no further than Tera... I hear one of the bosses is pedobear. 

That's the funny thing.  Regardless of the obfuscation, GW2 is every bit as bad as TERA in regard to over-sexualization.

Is that a joke? This is not even debateble.

Tera...

And the winner for pedobait...

GW2...

This guy wins the post.  Thank you sir!

Originally posted by SkullyWoods

The majority of gamers like sexy women. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in the games. What is the damn issue here?

Originally posted by Painlezz

Basement virgin little boys (or fully grown men who still have the brain of a child) are the primary cash flow for MMORPG's.

Also, when was the last time you saw a "Popular" magazine with an ugly cover girl?  Sex sells.  Sad maybe, but true.  If they make the women thick, with large muscles, small boobs, and dressed like men people wouldn't be drawn to it.

I don't think the issue here was "women in video games are too sexy". The issue here was "women's armor in video games is far too skimpy" - which isn't saying anything about sexy or not. To be honest, the ranger's armor is probably some of the sexiest armor in GW2 I've seen, and it's really not that revealing. You don't need revealing armor to have sexy characters.... 

Originally posted by ZenonSeth

Originally posted by SkullyWoods

The majority of gamers like sexy women. If they didn't, they wouldn't be in the games. What is the damn issue here?

Originally posted by Painlezz

Basement virgin little boys (or fully grown men who still have the brain of a child) are the primary cash flow for MMORPG's.

Also, when was the last time you saw a "Popular" magazine with an ugly cover girl?  Sex sells.  Sad maybe, but true.  If they make the women thick, with large muscles, small boobs, and dressed like men people wouldn't be drawn to it.

I don't think the issue here was "women in video games are too sexy". The issue here was "women's armor in video games is far too skimpy" - which isn't saying anything about sexy or not. To be honest, the ranger's armor is probably some of the sexiest armor in GW2 I've seen, and it's really not that revealing. You don't need revealing armor to have sexy characters.... 

I'm pretty sure the OP was simply referring to the overall slutty look of female characters. He even compared them to prostitutes. Like Painlezz said, the average gamer are horny males and like to be entertained with sex appeal. Everyone on this thread I'm sure understands that. The simple answer to the OP's question is yes, female characters are often over sexualized, that is blatantly obvious. There is no big mystery or conspiracy behind it. Sex sells, end of story.

Originally posted by Cromica

The clothing for the femaies was actually designed by females  so I don't see an issue

Of course I am sure they were approved by and implemented by a man.

Out of all the armors only a handful are skimpy enough so I don't get the issue here

oversexualized? what did you expect? the games main target audiance is 12 to 18 yr little fat boys who spend most thier day in front of a computer moniter eating twinkys.

Here's Anet's view on the issue as far as functionality vs. entertainment. This is a podcast with the art director over there. Skip to 20:32.

From the horse's mouth

GW2 oversexualized? nah

now this : at 1:53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqx3QOW1LK8&feature=plcp

0_O

Originally posted by Prankster

Originally posted by Cromica

The clothing for the femaies was actually designed by females  so I don't see an issue

Of course I am sure they were approved by and implemented by a man.

I definitely "approve" them.

ifyouknowwhatimeanandithinkyoudo

I dont know wht the fuss is about. Most of the girls i work with look like Gw2 chars.