Poll: Do you hate sexy armor on female characters?
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I think it's annoying but not a game ruin-er.
You see the guys with armour comparable to a baneblade and the females are running in with little more than dental floss but still taking an equal amount of damage.
I know being on the "sexy armour is bad" side paints me as a white knight but I don't care.
I am not gay or opposed to seeing female NPC "flesh" but if I want to look at flesh there are plenty of sites with human flesh to look at.
I would much rather have "GI Jane" than "Barb wire".
You see the guys with armour comparable to a baneblade and the females are running in with little more than dental floss but still taking an equal amount of damage.
I know being on the "sexy armour is bad" side paints me as a white knight but I don't care.
I am not gay or opposed to seeing female NPC "flesh" but if I want to look at flesh there are plenty of sites with human flesh to look at.
I would much rather have "GI Jane" than "Barb wire".
I'll agree with Zhukov. Context is everything.
I'd rather that the armor doesn't really differ *too* much from either gender. But I don't mind sexy armor. It just gets silly when a chainmail bikini adds +10000 defense, while fullblown plate armor adds +50. I believe Guild Wars does armors logically, VERY well. At the max level for any character(which is easy to reach) you'll never ever see a Caster type character such as a Necromancer or an Elementalist, toting around armor that offers more protection than the armor that a Paragon or Warrior would wear.
That being said, aesthetically, I think Kingdoms of Amalur does rather well, too. Like plate armors for Warrior type characters. The two genders aren't all that different from each other. The female versions are more fitted for the female form, but that's about it. Actually there isn't really much of a difference at all. Just slap a pair of boobs on the front of the torso armor and bam, you have the female version. This, however, I cannot say 100% holds true for the Mage or Rogue type armors, as I have not yet seen both versions of these armors.
I'd rather that the armor doesn't really differ *too* much from either gender. But I don't mind sexy armor. It just gets silly when a chainmail bikini adds +10000 defense, while fullblown plate armor adds +50. I believe Guild Wars does armors logically, VERY well. At the max level for any character(which is easy to reach) you'll never ever see a Caster type character such as a Necromancer or an Elementalist, toting around armor that offers more protection than the armor that a Paragon or Warrior would wear.
That being said, aesthetically, I think Kingdoms of Amalur does rather well, too. Like plate armors for Warrior type characters. The two genders aren't all that different from each other. The female versions are more fitted for the female form, but that's about it. Actually there isn't really much of a difference at all. Just slap a pair of boobs on the front of the torso armor and bam, you have the female version. This, however, I cannot say 100% holds true for the Mage or Rogue type armors, as I have not yet seen both versions of these armors.
The Majority of the time, "bikini armour" is more of an annoyance then an enjoyment. Yes, a hot chick in a literal breast plate (ie cover just the boobs)and Chainiki bottoms (chainmail bikini) is enjoyable to look at, but Im not watching a movie or playing a game to see skin.. I am watching/playing to enjoy the medium.. and I dont think that it needs to have every female character onscreen wearing just enough metal peices to make it not a porn.
That being said.... Very awesome picture of Xena.. I had a good laugh at that
That being said.... Very awesome picture of Xena.. I had a good laugh at that
I don't really mind it. Sometimes it's just over gratuitous to the point of complete ridiculousness, then I don't really get on with it. But in many games I play I'm already suspending disbelief as it is, I can suspend it a little further for a few good curves.