before i get into the meat of it. no, this is not about how minority's are represented in video games, I'm SO not qualified to even go there.
no, this is about the lack of races in a fantasy setting, beyond the human/elf/dwarf standards.
why am i bringing this up? something odd struck me last night when i was playing a texted based flash game last night, here, in this humble indy adult game, there is more creativity in playable races then then i've seen anywhere else. likely for fetish reasons but hey it's a start.
to give an example, i have, a Shark Girl, a Succubus, and a Centaur on 3 different saves.
and there's a laundry list of other races and hybrids you can become through to use of items
(IE shark teeth = shark girl, pure honey = bee girl, or combine the to for a shark girl with ether a stinger or bee wings)
so ... what every one elses excuse? is it really THAT hard to come up with new races? and i mean NEW races, not stand in's cause your want dwarves and elves but with a different model type. now i know some MMO's have kinda branched out, EQ2 has a crap ton of different races, WoW has a few unconventional ones, but every where else its human/dwarf/elf, and with nothing on the horizon to indicate any ones thinking out side the box like this
its not a big complainant or one that effects much of what i play or buy, just me wondering
no, this is about the lack of races in a fantasy setting, beyond the human/elf/dwarf standards.
why am i bringing this up? something odd struck me last night when i was playing a texted based flash game last night, here, in this humble indy adult game, there is more creativity in playable races then then i've seen anywhere else. likely for fetish reasons but hey it's a start.
to give an example, i have, a Shark Girl, a Succubus, and a Centaur on 3 different saves.
and there's a laundry list of other races and hybrids you can become through to use of items
(IE shark teeth = shark girl, pure honey = bee girl, or combine the to for a shark girl with ether a stinger or bee wings)
so ... what every one elses excuse? is it really THAT hard to come up with new races? and i mean NEW races, not stand in's cause your want dwarves and elves but with a different model type. now i know some MMO's have kinda branched out, EQ2 has a crap ton of different races, WoW has a few unconventional ones, but every where else its human/dwarf/elf, and with nothing on the horizon to indicate any ones thinking out side the box like this
its not a big complainant or one that effects much of what i play or buy, just me wondering