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I am annoyed with how women characters are sexualized in games (piefed.social)

submitted 6 days ago by JerryMerweather@piefed.social to c/goodoffmychest@lemmy.world

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Makes me frustrated and hopeless, Its quite clear that they do this for the male gaze and whatever its called, but that doesnt justify it and makes me very sick.

Not saying that beautiful characters are bad, but semi naked characters with unrealistic beauty which both have nothing to do with the game at all is terrible, very terriole.
Why ruin a good game for the so called" male gaze" or "sex sells" thing? why?

I feel like a hypocrite and a loser.

Not sure if indie games are any better, itch io is very good, it has great (hidden) gems.

But its also filled with dating games and whatnot, I didnt check the nsfw games, but I wouldnt be surprised if they filled the entire front page.

Anyway, Its a deep issue for me, wanted to vent, thanks for reading.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

One of my favorite games of all time is Neir Automata and I don't admit that to normies because it just makes me look like a fucking pervert because of how oversexualized 2B and A2 are.

It genuinely distracts from a beautiful story. It makes it less impactful.

[–] FireRetardant@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I found the constant almost upskirt shots to be distracting tbh. I thought they were kinda cool at first from an animation stand point but that feeling wore off pretty quick. I think it would have been better if they kept shots like that to a minimum, it would make the times it does happen stand out a lot more.

[–] JerryMerweather@piefed.social 1 points 5 days ago

I agree with you, there is also a game that I really really like the story of. But for some reason most women characters have to look sexy and the men characters look modest and humble (there are some sexy looking men too, but they are uncommon).