Brink : No Girls Allowed

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Jarlaxl

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starfox444 said:
Vivace-Vivian said:
Discuss your thoughts on the topic.
It's done for balanced hitboxes. Otherwise everyone would play female characters that are harder to shoot since women are generally shorter than men and also have different body shapes. These physical differences would be exaggerated in a stylised shooter.
Hm. While I question if "everyone" would do it (Timmy/Johnny/Spike player demographics, eh wot), I find this to be a valid point.

I was going to suggest that armor be used to "bulk up" women, but, from the looks of things, that would go against the aesthetic style Brink has going for it. These aren't Space Marines, and it would be jarring for all females to walk around wearing half a refinery in protection while the guys don't.

This stance can't even really be assaulted from a sexist standpoint, because (a) biologically it's accurate, (b) the game is hyper-stylized, and therefore exaggerated in aesthetic (as mentioned), and (c) yes, women fight, but reality doesn't operate on a system of physics and/or gun-play/bullet effects similar to Brink's.

Also, your avatar: OMG BUNNY BUNNY BUNNY
 

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I also don't mind/care if there are no female characters in Brink but imagine if the company focused on the characters rather than on gameplay,anyways its just my opinion on the topic.
 

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They said very early on that they would rather have very deep customisation options in one gender, than relatively shallow options for both.
 

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Considering all the characters are pretty burly and have to be for the parkour, I don't want to see female characters in it.

And anyway how does being unable to play as your gender "exclude" you from playing a game? Following that trend only females will have played tomb raider or mirror's edge.
 

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. . . So, why is it so important to have a highly customized male, again?
its just a feature
like bum shots in bulletstorm, or charge kills in gears of war, something nifty to sell the game on. You know the whole reason games are made :)
I thought the whole reason games were made was so I could have a game to play XD
 

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Kukakkau said:
Considering all the characters are pretty burly and have to be for the parkour, I don't want to see female characters in it.
Huh?? Women do parkour.
 

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imagine a female heavy :S that doesnt really fit.
I can just imagine the stereotypical russian female olympian type. would give me the lols
see now that was my thought too, but if they implemented that exactly as you picture it, maybe thats being a little racist? and i doubt they would want lots of hate towards the game for that reason.
 

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SL33TBL1ND said:
They said very early on that they would rather have very deep customisation options in one gender, than relatively shallow options for both.
exactly my point i was trying to make, i didnt know they came right out and said that though.
 

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CardinalPiggles said:
SL33TBL1ND said:
They said very early on that they would rather have very deep customisation options in one gender, than relatively shallow options for both.
exactly my point i was trying to make, i didnt know they came right out and said that though.
They said that as soon as they said there would be character customisation. There's probably an old news post on here somewhere. Either that or it was on GiantBomb.
 

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Jadak said:
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Did Halo have female charecters in IT'S multiplayer? What about Section 8? I don't know why Brink is the upset. Of course, it is a little more jaring since there isn't power armor for everyone. Despite Spartans in Multiplayer looking male, it doesn't take much to imigine one as a girl.
The last one did have females, didn't it? Or was that just the campaign?
Both Halo 3+ODST and Reach has the option of playing female in the multiplayer.
 

Marik Bentusi

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Didn't stop me from wasting hundreds of hours on TF2, won't stop me now. Quality over quantity still applies.
 

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Kukakkau said:
Considering all the characters are pretty burly and have to be for the parkour, I don't want to see female characters in it.

And anyway how does being unable to play as your gender "exclude" you from playing a game? Following that trend only females will have played tomb raider or mirror's edge.
Because apparently leaving a female choice out of an MP game with customization means that they have some prejudice or something of the like against them, and it detracts from the game play somehow.
Funny, CoD: Black Ops has large customisation in MP but nobody mentions that you can't be a female there? same for TF2...And yet there are females playing those games, you know why? because they like the gameplay and they find it FUN. I fail to see how being a female (model) in an MP game has much affect on you playing the game itself and how much you enjoy it.

If there was a game where I had to play as a customisable female and yet it was really fun, then I would still play it. Even if it wasn't a great game but i still liked the way it played I wouldn't say I'm not buying it cos it doesn't have customisable males! sexist!1!1oneone. Honestly I can understand the argument they're making but...

...If you're going to ignore a game for 1 factor it should be the gameplay, not a factor which would be MERELY aesthetic (assuming this is all it is, not affecting abilities, speed etc), and especially when you don't even see your own model for a majority of time as its an FPS game. Some people are just being narrow minded.

Honestly, they've explained the issue, it'll be near half the options on each because of longer work times in both customisable sections as well as any extra costs and time delay on the game being released (it's been in the works for ages now), it's not an excuse its just an explanation.
 

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girls are distracting... well breasts specifically are distracting... it would give you an edge to be using an avatar with perky breasts and skimpy clothing as the hetrosexual male population's reaction time would drop???
 

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Meh...

Winter Voices had a pretty good customization, but no matter what I do my character could never be anything but female.

Planescape:Torment has a decent customization system, but you can't change gender.

Some games allow full character customization, some don't. The fact that you couldn't play a female necromancer didn't stop anyone from going Necro in Diablo 2, did it?
 

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I think its fair to say that if a game has a specific story and character than theres no need to fret about the gender whether they be male or female.....however if a game lets u customize an avatar...then i think its fair to include both genders, unless there is a viable excuse within the storyline as to why only one gender can fullfill this "mission" or "role" etc.....however usually thats not the case, so its probably just pure lazyness by the designers :S
 

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I get the line of reasoning and can't fault the decision. It wuold have been more work for them *shrug*. I?m disappointed yeah and it does to be perfectly honest make me less interested in the game but I?m not pissed off about it. I know that?s shallow but I prefer to play and customise my own gender in MP so they have to work harder to make me want this game than they would have had I been able to play as a female, just the way it is. I'm not going to not play just because I can't play as a female tho if it looks really good. If I only played games where I could be female I would miss out on a lot of great games.