I never had time to get into smite, that said I've followed the game from it's icneption, reading up on the site lore, browsing the art gallery and watching some streams here and there telling myself "One day I'll install this and play it". What has happened to this game is the perfect example of why modern society is fucked up the ass over sex. The way7 some bigoted close minded ass-hats with no actual fucking knoledge of history ***** and moan about the character designs in this game is just ... argh! And the only thing sadder is that hi-rez actually gave these fucking clowns the time of say and altered their designs.
So ok, let's do this: All these female goddesses, no matter the most bestial aspects some may have, all share a common theme: somewhere in their story they must represent the pinacle of a female trait. They were ment to be visions of the perfect female traits, as seen by their respective societies at the time. So what do you do when you bring those ideas in a modern game? You update these depictions to represent modern visions of perfect female traits. Most common among all ancient goddesses was beauty/sexy-ness. Where does the bullshit sping up here? Aparently it's considered exploitation to show what an idealized female body would look like to our modern society. Because aparently you can be morbidly obese whale, if you have a vagina you must be allowed to think you are perfect and you must not be shown what an actual fucking healthy woman would look like. Because aparently beeing a sexy woman that is not afraid of her sexuality and accepts it and has no problems showing it labels you a whore in today's prudish society of political correct bullshit. Aha ... fuck that noise.
The second pieace of bullshit in all this is this: It's a fucking f2p game. No one is forcing you to play it. NO ONE! Got a problem with it's art? Boycot it. Don't play it. Don;t be an entitled litttle shithead and demand something you clearly have no interest in ever touching be changed because it "offends" you. You know what? Life sucks! Wear a helmet. If you are such a cry baby you must demand the entire world change it's tune because you felt offended, then go crawl back up your mom's vagina. Smite isn't some state-mandated game that all people must play. Chose not to play it, and let those who do fucking play it enjoy their game.
The final and worst piece of bullshit about the game is this: The counter Kali crap, which someone before me brought up: Bastet. She started out a little strange, but feline, but then lo and behold, the players thought she was ugly and complained no one was playing her. So they make her a sexy lady with feline features (kind-off like an anime version of bastet). But then people who have no fucking connection to the game see this and cry foul like the pussies did with Kali and then the shit never ends.
Ultimately what do we learn from here? That if Hi-Rez actually had some common sense they would have taken one look at all this crap and said: "Don't like our art style? Don't play the game. Shit, you guys aren't even playing the game, why the hell would we change for you?" as for the Bastet scenario, what I would have done was straight make her a furry character. But of course, it would be "pornofied" because somewhere in the corners of the internet a sad 14 year old who just discovered paint made a naked version of her and posted it on deviant art. Yeah ... Bottom line: Smite's goddesses to me look like what would have happened if someone in modern times decided to invent goddesses based around the same ideeas the ancient people did.
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