I am pretty sure busty women is now what made Diablo so popular, and if a company has any decency they can avoid doing it, just like so many others did. And they could always make a busty sorc and a non-busty WD and so on.
I'd be interested in playing this "Witch" stereotype, for once.
I never implied that it was the scantly-clothed women that made the game popular: that was the gameplay. The looks and lore of the characters help bring people in though. I hear so many people complaining about the "old man" look of the male WD, yet if the looks were reversed people would be in much more of an outrage.
I can't recall a single video game that didn't have a sexy female character in it if there were females in said games, barring Metroid unless you beat it quick. Sex sells and the gaming majority is male (although the female gaming community is quickly catching up), so it's no wonder that at least a few female characters would have some sexiness to them.|||Quote:
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I never implied that it was the scantly-clothed women that made the game popular: that was the gameplay. The looks and lore of the characters help bring people in though.
The name brings people in. The gameplay. You may think that sex sells, but it's not really all that many buyers. Hellgate didn't sell so well and it used sex in its advertisements extensively. For me, it was a sign of a game being worthless.
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I can't recall a single video game that didn't have a sexy female character in it if there were females in said games,
Well, I can't say that Baldur's Gate II, for instance, is extensive in that department. I have a female cleric right now and she looks pretty decent, in any case, you can't say that the game was made for horny teengers. Then again, you have to read in that game, most of the "gaming population" doesn't like to read that much does it.
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And that's a good thing? Why should a huge company with plenty of money have to cater to the population of horny teenagers who would buy a game just because sex was advertised in it?
You know, the bestselling game out there is Sims. That's what sells. Should everybody follow suit? Make games like that just because they SELL? If that's what Blizzard was making games for it wouldn't be Blizzard anymore.
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and the gaming majority is male
Are you saying they are all horny, without girlfriends, and totally need busty women in a VIDEO GAME? There is porn for that. Why should I have to look at exaggerated and incorrect forms of women in games just because some random guy wants them (mildly)? There are tons of kinds of men out there. Including men who don't like being treated with busty women or having that advertised in their face (Hellgate).
I don't mind the state of DII's females, for the most part, but if they go on in that direction blatantly against any form of realism I'm not going to be too happy with Blizzard's target market. I prefer my games realistic (and please don't tell me it's a fantasy game that has nothing to do with women and their huge bouncy breasts).|||A bit off topic: Just get don't bring over WoW's "/dance". Nothing like a 13 year old guy playing a female nightelf, dancing like a stripper for free items to ruin the dark mood of a game.|||Quote:
The name brings people in. The gameplay. You may think that sex sells, but it's not really all that many buyers. Hellgate didn't sell so well and it used sex in its advertisements extensively. For me, it was a sign of a game being worthless.
The name will only being people in in the case of sequels. Looks help bring in people in while gameplay keeps them there. The amount of sexual references in a game is not proportionate to the quality of said game, that we agree upon.
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Well, I can't say that Baldur's Gate II, for instance, is extensive in that department. I have a female cleric right now and she looks pretty decent, in any case, you can't say that the game was made for horny teengers. Then again, you have to read in that game, most of the "gaming population" doesn't like to read that much does it.
I never said horny teenagers, I implied adolescent to young adult males. I doubt much of the gaming community doesn't like to read, then most game genres wouldn't sell nearly as well due to weak plots.
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And that's a good thing? Why should a huge company with plenty of money have to cater to the population of horny teenagers who would buy a game just because sex was advertised in it?
I never said it was a good thing, in fact I find it silly. It's not "horny teenagers" they are catering to: it's every human's sexual desire that is piqued by what is considered physically desirable. Since most modern humans will gravitate to someone who has charisma and the easiest way to portray this is to have someone who looks physically desirable.
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You know, the bestselling game out there is Sims. That's what sells. Should everybody follow suit? Make games like that just because they SELL? If that's what Blizzard was making games for it wouldn't be Blizzard anymore.
Games of that style cater to God complex more than any other style of game, hence their success. The impulse to take claim and dominate as much as possible is close to as powerful as the impulse to pro-create. Whatever edge a game can get is certainly fair game, if it happens to be physically appealing people then so be it.
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Are you saying they are all horny, without girlfriends, and totally need busty women in a VIDEO GAME? There is porn for that. Why should I have to look at exaggerated and incorrect forms of women in games just because some random guy wants them (mildly)? There are tons of kinds of men out there. Including men who don't like being treated with busty women or having that advertised in their face (Hellgate).
Whatever edge a game can get is certainly fair game, if it happens to be physically appealing people then so be it.(I know I used that statement already, but it still holds true.) Sure not everyone likes busty women. Just look at the modeling industry where for the most part the skinnier the better.
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I don't mind the state of DII's females, for the most part, but if they go on in that direction blatantly against any form of realism I'm not going to be too happy with Blizzard's target market. I prefer my games realistic (and please don't tell me it's a fantasy game that has nothing to do with women and their huge bouncy breasts).
I'm not gonna argue against that. D2's women were a nice balance, especially the Assassin. The 'zon was a little top-heavy and historically "anatomically incorrect" when it came to bow skills and the inclusion of the right/left breast, but no one seems to mind.
I'm quite sure not every female in the game will exude as much sensuality as the female WD, but in the jungle you're not gonna wear much clothes and a younger person would fare better trekking around the world killing stuff left and right than someone older, depending on skills. Of course, it's more likely that Blizzard wanted to show a contrast in characters instead of just all-young all-beautiful that the previous titles showed, as far as the PCs are concerned.|||as a male i am most comfortable playing only male characters. Playing female characters as a male is in my opinion not right, and can almost be linked with transvestitism on a imaginary non-physical level.
For those who say, that like the aesthetics of a female character..well i doubt they would even play the female barbarian..she is just ugly as hell hehe.|||You know, the bestselling game out there is Sims. That's what sells. Should everybody follow suit? Make games like that just because they SELL? If that's what Blizzard was making games for it wouldn't be Blizzard anymore.
Ejem... Blizzard is an enterprise with shareholders who want profits (specially now, with the whole share market falling). It was NOT created to entertain you, (entertaining you is not their objective, what they gain by doing that is to make sure you stay faithful to their brand). Be realistic they are a lucrative firm.|||Quote:
as a male i am most comfortable playing only male characters. Playing female characters as a male is in my opinion not right, and can almost be linked with transvestitism on a imaginary non-physical level.
For those who say, that like the aesthetics of a female character..well i doubt they would even play the female barbarian..she is just ugly as hell hehe.
hahahahaha thats was realy funny man! You may think however you want, were in a free world, but I at least dont think that choosing a female barb will make me any less man than i am! jajaja There was in the baba forum a man who said he would make a female baba and call her : "OneToughB****" and i agree with this view, i think it will be funny to play a female baba yet that doesnt mean im a travesti!|||Necromancers in the WD forum! Heresy!
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Necromancers in the WD forum! Heresy!
Yes! Call in the Inquisition.
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