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[ZehDon]

When posting articles like this, can we please include an archive link in the OP so that we don't accidentally give them ad revenue?

 

[SportsFan581]

I half expected the first one to do a spin, figured she was practicing her runway routine.

 

[UnNamed]

Kotaku: "Things you like are wrong, and you're lucky we are here to tell you how shitty you are"

 

[TheGrat1]

Kotaku in 1 picture:

In one video:

 

[Honey Bunny]

People like this are so narrow-minded. Sexualized women are just as legitimate an expression of creativity as non-sexualized women. Fucking prudes.

 

[A Rifter in Space]

Not sure that degenerate site deserves even the moniker of "journalist" but you get my point.

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

In all honesty I just think people need to get the fuck over themselves.
You're not entitled to always have a choice and I am getting really tired of these kinds of people who are so incapable of dealing with having something they dislike exist.

I personally really love the female characters in Lost Ark, animations included.
And I really don't like most male characters in games, they're something I put up with rather than enjoy the same goes with most female characters in Western games.
The difference is that I don't act like it's a crime against humanity that they exist.

It's just so tiresome that this has to be a conversation literally every single time, it was the same with the Project EVE trailer.
And what makes it even more frustrating is that whenever I ask for more feminine options people jump down my throat and throw every stereotypical insult my way.
But then these same people will sit around shit-talking stuff like this it's so one-sided.
The difference is that I barely have any options that I like in games while people who dislike these characters have almost every game and character nowadays catered to them.

The notion that there needs to be like a modesty toggle option and an option for different animations just reeks of entitlement imo.
To me it's like me saying that in TLOU and HZD or Assassins Creed Valhalla there needs to be an option to turn the female characters into like in Lost Ark.
It's like why are these people more deserving of an option just because this one game doesn't cater to them and why wouldn't I be for games that don't cater to me ( which again is most )?

No one is entitled to an option, the devs decided that this was what they wanted to make and they made it that's it end of story.
People can decide to not play it or play it.

Dude, it’s a MMO with character creation. You should be able to make a woman who doesn’t look and move like a stripper if that’s what you want. It’s not like this article is complaining about Bayonetta or something.

 

[Karppuuna]

This is bullshit, games are filled with steroid junkies male characters, if woman have natural big boobs, who the fucking cares, at least it natural!

 

[Kokoloko85]

Its a bit exaggerated, both the walk animations and the Kotatku sjw

 

[SpecialAgentZ]

They are the ones stuck in the past. 10 fucking years talking the same shit and they still didn't learn nobody gives a damn about their so called "causes". People who cares for this stuff are no-lifers who don't have to work to pay their bills.

Go to Instagram and you will see that lots of girls love dressing sexy booty and so on and don't give a shit for this concern trolling from girls that looks like a caveman.
10 minutes on instagram and you will see girls cosplaying sexy female characters from games and animes but not the character who is a dude who thinks he is a girl from the latest horror circus series produced by Netflix. Because even girls don't give a damn to this shit.

 

[Sleepwalker]

Expectation: big boobs and asses

Reality: walking animation.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

Looks like practically every Japanese game I've ever played, not to mention Aloy's hip sway in HFW isn't that far off. Women =/= Men

 

[0neAnd0nly]

What truly hard hitting journalism this is. Truly.


We should bow to them for bringing up such horrid injustices in gaming. Thank you, Kotaku.

 

[Hari Seldon]

There is an episode in season 2 or 3 of Always Sunny entitled "Dee dates a retard". Every time I see a Kotaku hot take I think of this episode.

 

[RanoNL]

The walking animation is weird as fuck. Even models on a catwalk walk more natural than this shit.

 

[SSfox]

Who they think they are to decide what is out of date and what is not?

 

[LectureMaster]

Korean dev is the best in this regard. I freaking love its depiction because I love beautiful attractive sexy women.

Can't wait to play project Eve.

Kotaku can fuck off.

 

[NikuNashi]

Animations remind me of PN03. Absolutely awesome main character.

If you are reading this devs, ignore everything Kotaku writes and make the game you want to make. It will be successful if you do. These writers and twitter mobs know nothing of Korean culture, kpop etc, they see the whole world through their western eyes and cannot fathom that different people want/like different things. When they come across a different opinion thy cry outdated and try to ridicule. They shout about diversity yet throw a fit when they see something different. If they got their way every women in games would would be wearing work boots, a vest, man's shirt over the top and men's baggy cargo pants.

As the the female 'gamer' in the video, if she has bought into the 'you go girl' 3rd wave, sex and the city feminist mantra then by the time she hits 40 she will be single, childless and looking forward to a lonely old age without family. So just pity her.

 

[Bo_Hazem]

Actually the walking and running animations are extremely stupid looking and goofy.

 

[lughnasadh123]

I'm 100% for sexualization and objectification of characters in games but I understand why some women get annoyed with it when it's often one sided the same way it would be if the guys in Souls games all had banana hammocks and buttplug tails. Skimpy armor, full armor, regular walk, slut walks, what the hell ever should be optional and available to all genders in game. We should be asking for more options to choose from, not limiting what's available.

 

[Danknugz]

it's all about not making girls/women who play games feel like they have to live up to some unrealistic ideal of what the female body should look like, because it can lead to things like eating disorders, depression etc. i get that.

not sure this fits that whole thing though, seems a little over the top to complain about a walking animation.

 

[Mod of War: Remastered]

Kotaku?

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

The walking animation is weird as fuck. Even models on a catwalk walk more natural than this shit.

Looky here fellas we got one of them pro-Kotaku SJW cucks. Do you want sharia law or something?

 

[Stuart360]

it's all about not making girls/women who play games feel like they have to live up to some unrealistic ideal of what the female body should look like, because it can lead to things like eating disorders, depression etc. i get that.

Who the fuck plays a videogame, and tries to identify as that character, and think they should look lik them in real life?.
And even if that was a true thing, why has it been alright for years to have Arnie looking muscle freaks in games, with no 'worry' about how that will affect men?

 

[IKSTUGA]

Those animations look fucking stupid.

 

[RoboFu]

You can make a character that doesn’t walk like that right? I mean its a character creator thing correct?

 

[recursive]

Game has been out for 3 years in South Korea. Why all the concern now?

 

[Stuart360]

Game has been out for 3 years in South Korea. Why all the concern now?

Well from what i understand most asian countries dont give a shit about this woke nonsense.
God bless them.

 

[Barakov]

Lost Ark's Depiction Of Female Characters Feels A Decade Out Of Date

The free-to-play action MMORPG forces women to wear heels and has gender-locked classes

kotaku.com

Ah, the ol' sexy ladies are problematic article.

 

[MagiusNecros]

Game has been out for 3 years in South Korea. Why all the concern now?

It's a slow day. They need clicks. Nothing gets clicks like big booba booty girl walks like a duck and I hate it.

 

[Duchess]

You all played FF7 Remake, right? Aerith has the most girly / dainty walking and running cycles I've seen. And it's perfect, because it strongly contrasts with Tifa's.

 

[FearlessBelgian]

Nothing about black face on european typed and korean typed characters ?

 

[Doom85]

If it is true about playing a gender locks you out of certain classes, then that is outdated. Players want to have all the gameplay options regardless of the gender they pick. If it was a single player RPG with predetermined characters/classes, fair enough, but a MMO where you’re supposed to give your players a ton of options? That’s just dumb.

And if somebody actually tries to call me “woke” for criticizing poor gameplay design:

 

[Exede]

Don't give Kotaku any clicks. No clicks no money no Kotaku bullshit anymore.

 

[ZoukGalaxy]

Kotashit: no thanks

 

[JackMcGunns]

Nice form

 

[Venom Snake]

"it seems as if the folks making this game just ignored the last decade or so of discussions and debates surrounding representation of women and non-masculine characters in games."


Yeah, it is called freedom of expression, something you ironically failed to grasp.

 

[Huevos de Oro]

Looky here fellas we got one of them pro-Kotaku SJW cucks. Do you want sharia law or something?

Get me the 9 inch strap-on of shame to pound his ass!

 

[ANDS]

I’m convinced that kotaku and resetera want sharia law for women.

That's a wild response to having characters walk naturally. The game is fun but some of the design decisions are goofy as fuck. Like why is the Gunslinger in booty shorts the entirety of the grind to level 50 (unless you buy some skins)?

 

[TheMan]

I’m not against sexuality in games, but yeah the way the women walk is pretty exaggerated

 

[Faust]

The only thing out of date is Kotaku and it’s writers.

 

[FingerBang]

Everybody at Kotaku should just suck a bucket of girl dicks and have a sexual awakening playing Minecraft... but God, those are terrible animations. Femininity is fine, I consider myself a connoisseur of the big P, but theres a limit

 

[ManaByte]

Women =/= Men

Transphobic bigot. /s

 

[IntentionalPun]

Why are they strut shaming?

 

[Hendrick's]

Decade old female representation?

 

[anthraticus]

Next time don't give them any attention by making a thread about it.

Exactly. Why even keep posting shit from sjw sites ? We know they suck balls.

News at 11

 

[Mabdia]

Not sure that degenerate site deserves even the moniker of "journalist" but you get my point.

The funniest part of this is how this looks new even after all the time that it has being said.

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Well... played the game that I just happen to know thanks that nest of psychos called kotaku. My last MMO was Ragnarok Online back in 2004 or so. So I'm completely lost. But the game is fun to play. Sadly there is no archer.

The females characters looks really beautiful, so does the males ones. My potato PC can run it decently. So I'll play it a little longer during this month to decide if I'll keep playing it. Walk animations sucks though.

 

[Javthusiast]

Screw you Kotaku.

 

[ResilientBanana]

Could you imagine if they wrote this article, and no one responded to it? It wouldn't be considered "newsworthy" would it?

Instead, we're 3 pages deep on GAF complaining about it.

 

[Kenpachii]

Could you imagine if they wrote this article, and no one responded to it? It wouldn't be considered "newsworthy" would it?

Instead, we're 3 pages deep on GAF complaining about it.

Exactly the reason why they make it.