bosnianpie
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We have a shared visual language from our culture for females too. The Intergalactic protag looks counter-culture, bitchy, pissed off. These are all negatives to me. I don't want to hang out with her. She doesn't look friendly, or cool. She's not pretty in a way that makes my brain light up. She has androgenous features. In real life, I am more likely to want to be friends with attractive people--even if I'm never going to sleep with them. The Intergalactic girl just looks like someone who cut me off in traffic and doesn't take care of herself.
It's arguing in bad faith to boil down the reception of this character to a lack of sex appeal. She looks the way she does because what is depicted in the trail is what someone at Naughty Dog thinks are "cool" traits --the rejection of classic gender roles, a flippant attitude towards authority, unearned confidence bordering narcissism.
Well said, this was my first impression as well. I simply didn't vibe with the main character for some of the reasons you mentioned. I'm ready to give ND the benefit of the doubt and play the game with an open mind, but I tell you - they're playing with fire. This better be something really amazing or it will be shredded to pieces online. Times are changing and I'm afraid ND might believe they're untouchable. They're not.