Poll: Overcritical: Female Leads

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I think there is absolutely no way to portray a woman in a video game that will no be seen as degrading to at least some people. Since it seems the male gender doesn't seem to have that problem of being seen as degraded in games, maybe developers should limit themselves to male protagonists, male sidekicks, male antagonists, male NPC's and gender selection limited to two choices. Male, or Very Male.

That's how I would do it so that people shut their mouth about women being degraded in games.

It's similar to the racism issue. Someone, one way or another will look at it the wrong way.

Here's something to ponder about though. In a behind the scenes video of the development of Heather for Silent Hill 3, the lead artist wanted her to be wearing jeans but his female colleagues opted for a skirt to give her that "feminine quality". I'm not talking about the obvious tit bursting ones like Bloodrayne or Rumble Roses but the subtle ones like Zoe Castillo of Dreamfall. There's no reason why a female character shouldn't be able to accentuate and without falling to scrutiny.