Eh, I like the way she looks, most times. She was BANGING in that Sabrina show, some real peaches in that cast. But I was trying to show how make-up, lighting, and hair can affect her looks, and how ND went the extreme on her to, IMHO, her detriment.
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Ugly Masculine Female Leads In Video Games
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Fake
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Most of the men find physical attractiveness important. I can say this as man, unless you are not. Feel free to prove otherwise.
For you maybe. Taste is not discussed. And again you pick up a terrible picture to prove your point. She is very very ugly in that particular picture.
And I'm not saying you are wrong to "find her beauty", but I'm saying you are wrong for saying "she is beauty".
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Very true, those little bird-like bones on a slim chick makes them feel hollow.
Every now and then one has some real muscle to her and gets yah with a burst of speed though. But otherwise it's fighting in slow motion.
Little Chicken
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lughnasadh123
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There's lot's of reasons some will choose to be in a relationship beyond looks. To say it doesn't matter is wrong. Equating that as a necessity of any kind in a game is just fucking absurd.
lughnasadh123
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Men AND women find physical attractiveness important. I am a guy. Sorry, no dick pics.
Salty Pickle
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I never said pretty women in games is wierd you clown, but it is hardly the main focus of a game is it? But if it is for you then porn would be a wiser choice.
You must be one of those fringe types that wank to video games one-handed. How do you even do that, your schlong in one hand and the controller in the other?
Edit: Sorry I forgot, maybe you use M&K so How do you choose, keyboard or mouse? Don’t want to discriminate.
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This actress hasn't been altered. People have continously posted this completely photoshopped image of her
as if her actual real traits "are bad and should be hidden". Whoever did that photoshop completely botched her actual jawline with the brush tool
Fake
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Are you talking as a man or as a woman?
Because there are a loads of dudes here and somehow you are saying they are all wrong.
lughnasadh123
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If I tuck does that count? Go back and re-read wtf I'm even talking about. I'm done trying to convince anyone that a physical attraction isn't important to women. That's beyond even my help. Hell, even any brave women here would be laughing if they weren't too busy swiping left.
MayauMiao
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What's the context here?
Griffon
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This actress hasn't been altered. People have continously posted this completely photoshopped image of her
as if her actual real traits "are bad and should be hidden". Whoever did that photoshop completely botched her actual jawline with the brush tool
StreetsofBeige
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Is Sony sure the game shown is for ND's Intergalactic?
Looks like a character that would fit right in thugging in GTA.
Its a SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCCCCCCCCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE shaver!Who held the shaver right?
Maybe they need a sponsered head shaver like freebird...
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Doczu
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Well maybe if i was a mid trained soldier paired with a top trained woman with some martial arts i would say the same but change "boxing" with "soldier" with a mix of "martial arts".
There is a reason guys don't fight girls in martial arts.
Nevertheless - i don't care about it in my vidya or movies as long as it's a flashy action romp with explosions, ass and tits. If you take the tits and ass out i am going to care.
hyperbertha
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Men will go into a relationship because she is hot/cute. Women go into it for a million different reasons, money, lifestyle, vibe etc etc. For women only looks matter really and to say it's not is just willful delusion.
lughnasadh123
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For random hookups? Sure. For a long term relationship? Well, gl with that if attraction is your only criteria.
Griffon
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"iF yOU WanT To LoOk At Pretty GirLs THere's PornHuB."
Same thing again eh. You're proving my point.
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She ain't a skinny lady in the uncharted movie either if you find unflatteringly masculine shots
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She has makup on though. But I'm talking about her jawline and face which is her natural self more than the photoshopped shots people are using.
gow3isben
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Lost Legacy mildly helped by having her get repeatedly overpowered by that Indian dude
rabbity-thing
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Rockstar excel at making ugly characters and no one seems to care. Weird, right? Oh, also Wario because he's the best.
See, man... It's just a double standard. It's everywhere, too. Not just games. You don't really hear people complaining about men being too unattractive in media. No ridiculous arguments about "who will this appeal to?" No stupidity about how having a male lead that isn't hot will be overly self-serving. No one hoping that a movie will fail because, gosh darn it, Anthony Hopkins isn't hot enough.
TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Ok? Dude, I'm not buying games with ugly chicks, and I don't care how the males look at all.Rockstar excel at making ugly characters and no one seems to care. Weird, right? Oh, also Wario because he's the best.
See, man... It's just a double standard. It's everywhere, too. Not just games. You don't really hear people complaining about men being too unattractive in media. No ridiculous arguments about "who will this appeal to?" No stupidity about how having a male lead that isn't hot will be overly self-serving. No one hoping that a movie will fail because, gosh darn it, Anthony Hopkins isn't hot enough.
Call it double standards or whatever you like. For me, it's very simple: I'm a consumer and if the product doesn't appeal to me, then fuck that product.
Salty Pickle
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No you just can’t read or are too dumb to understand what you read.
Bernardougf
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Its not a serum its a virus.. the woke virus.Didn't play Uncharted 4, but I just watched the Nadine vs Nate + Sam fight.
What kind of super soldier serum is she using?
Ba dum tiss...
Ill let my self out...thanks
Treasure Hunter
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I can't wait for the next iteration of Lara Croft to be played by Erling Haaland, but with blue hair.
DeepEnigma
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TintoConCasera
I bought a sex doll, but I keep it inflated 100% of the time and use it like a regular wife
Roasties and cucks got to management positions and this is what we are left with.
Danjin44
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For me I don’t want play as ugly male or female characters, this is one of my reason why I’m more attracted towards Japanese games compare to western games.Rockstar excel at making ugly characters and no one seems to care. Weird, right? Oh, also Wario because he's the best.
See, man... It's just a double standard. It's everywhere, too. Not just games. You don't really hear people complaining about men being too unattractive in media. No ridiculous arguments about "who will this appeal to?" No stupidity about how having a male lead that isn't hot will be overly self-serving. No one hoping that a movie will fail because, gosh darn it, Anthony Hopkins isn't hot enough.
I’m not playing games for “realism” I don’t want butt ugly characters in my entertainment….its that simple.
SEGAvangelist
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Since this thread is really about Intergalactic, I'll say something I told a friend. Naughty Dog really messed up with the shaving of the head. If the main character wasn't unattractive and had hair in front of the scars, she could have brushed the hair aside to reveal the scars. That's way more intriguing and people would be coming up with theories on everything in the trailer instead of the current situation. It's just incredible how much ND goofed.
Zacfoldor
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All these ad hominem attacks against people who won't buy the game but strangely no attacks against those who would buy it.
Freedom is scary.
It's not asking much for the industry that we continue to fund, to conform to our desires - IF they want to sell us videogames. Nowadays there are plenty of alternatives and on this one they don't got me with nostalgia, so good luck selling this.
The game just doesn't appeal to me.
Freedom is scary.
It's not asking much for the industry that we continue to fund, to conform to our desires - IF they want to sell us videogames. Nowadays there are plenty of alternatives and on this one they don't got me with nostalgia, so good luck selling this.
The game just doesn't appeal to me.
KaiserBecks
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I didn’t realise there was a market for that. I don’t think I’ve ever purchased a game based on the look of the lead character. Then again, I’m not into those porn games that pop up on steam every once in a while.
SenkiDala
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Mario, Pikmin, Master Chief... What characters look like doesn't matter and never mattered.
And even if it did, seeing the main protagonist of this game as "ugly" and "masculine" just because she shaves her head... I mean look at her face, she's a very beautiful woman, and as long as I don't mind being surrounded by NeoGAF homosexuals, I'm still quite surprised.
Having hair or not does not erase your beauty, the harmony of the lines of your face. It is also a proof of beauty, if you are beautiful without hair you are beautiful in any situation, especially for a woman.
And anyway in the end beauty is subjective, to a certain level. As a person attracted by women I think she's pretty. In the same way that most of GAF users, who appears to be homosexuals, are attracted by guys like Nathan Drake, Kratos, or I dunno, Ryan Gosling ? Tell me guys.
TheUndeadGamer
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in my corner now.
Aion002
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FunkMiller
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The fact you immediately drop into childish ‘you’re all gay’ insults clearly indicates you have no interest in engaging with the salient point.
‘She IS beautiful. You’re all homosexuals’ is not much of an argument when the discussion is about whether games developers should tailor their games to the core audience that will make it a success or not.
Either act like an adult and address the conversation topic, or go back to Reee and celebrate how clever you are with them.
Also, what characters look like and who they are very much do matter in narrative driven, third person action adventure games of the type Naughty Dog make. Super disingenuous to suggest otherwise.
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ResilientBanana
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South of Midnight, so naturally since it's made by Microsoft, it makes her ugly on this forum.
hyperbertha
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For women, money is mostly the criteria for long term. Men don't get into long term unless they are forced into it by societal norms. But that is getting rectified
hyperbertha
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I said it before. Both genders are different. Mens looks don't matter nearly as much as women's. Yes there is a double standard but that's just how the world is.Rockstar excel at making ugly characters and no one seems to care. Weird, right? Oh, also Wario because he's the best.
See, man... It's just a double standard. It's everywhere, too. Not just games. You don't really hear people complaining about men being too unattractive in media. No ridiculous arguments about "who will this appeal to?" No stupidity about how having a male lead that isn't hot will be overly self-serving. No one hoping that a movie will fail because, gosh darn it, Anthony Hopkins isn't hot enough.
SenkiDala
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Come on, I'm kidding because the subject is childish and pointless as fuck.
Since VG heroes exists some look cool, badass, some look stupid, some look realistic etc. I don't think that how the character of that game looks will affecet the sales a bit. Look TLOU2, the heroin is gay, doesn't look attractive at all, her gf look like a normal girl, etc and the game sold very well. In Souls games the characters (I talk about faces) look bad and the games sell very well...
While Stellar Blade sold well with its beautiful heroind, it didn't sell THAT well... 100% sure Intergalactic will sell A LOT better.
I think that what can sell bad is bad character design, for exemple in Concord the characters looked like shit, not that they are not well rendered in 3D but... They are ugly at the point they are painful to watch. For exemple in Valorant the characters look good for what they are, but in Concord... It's about a lack of talent.
I think that the character of Intargalactic looks badass, she reminds me Ripley in Alien 3, she is imo well designed, you can think she's attractive or not it's not the point but, "for what she is", she is well designed.
I'm joking (badly) on this thread because I think it's pathetic to debate about such pointless topic... It's so immature.
FunkMiller
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What exactly is immature about debating the way a major games developer chooses to target its core demographic? I agree that it’s dumb to constantly just whine about what she looks like, but it’s perfectly to valid to have a discussion over the rights and wrongs of the way Naughty Dog chooses to appeal (or otherwise) to its primary audience.
One of the reasons why so many games have failed recently is the refusal to engage with this, and I’m fascinated to see so many people seeking to dismiss something that could have a massive impact on sales.
rabbity-thing
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JayK47
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I am watching the video now and tend to mostly agree with it. Sales will be hurt by the bad reception of this game. And ND knows full well what they are doing. They are willing to take the financial hit. Most developers these days like to double down on decisions that lead to community pushback. There was a time when they would have listened and made changes to make fans happy. Those days seem to be gone. It is us, the gamers, who are to blame for not liking every game. Good thing there are so many games then, as I can ignore anything that doesn't look good and play plenty of other games. Let the market decide.
simpatico
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Are we talking "not fat" or "significant muscle definition"?
Fake
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Attractiveness took many forms. Some are more tolerant with near 'chubby' ones, others like a very shape woman.
I don't think I need to tell you that right? Don't confund standart beauty with getting in love with someone.
Tastes vary, but the principle are still in place. Face, eyes, breasts, butt.
InterMusketeer
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Yeah, we need more social engineering.
simpatico
Member
I was going to disagree in you meant "muscular" in a broad sense. It's certainly not worse than ultra-fat, but I dated a softball player in college and it's not ideal. It's like cuddling with your gym bro. The sculpted back during sex was also a turn-off. For me at least. Skinny with some padding is the way to go in ideal circumstances. Guys might think they want a muscular girl until they get one.
Fake
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I never mention muscular until you point out. Neither gym. I live in Brazil and a very low part of men here don't pursuit muscle into women. Brazil in fact is one of the top countries that women do plastic surgery, most near to our carnaval period.
Women here care about their aparence and body, nothing to do with 'going to gym' or 'muscle'.
If women here go to gym are to lose weitgh to be in form for our summer.
BTW, the model used for this game don't have muscle. Thats why her head is desproportional to the rest of the body.