Depictions of Women in Gaming (and other related issues)

[Kosheh]

There hasn't been any substantial evidence to support that fanservice can make people sexist.

this is literally the dopiest thing i've ever read on an internet forum

i'm sorry koopaul, but that just


reads silly. of course there's no "substantial evidence", just like how there's no "substantial evidence" that eating too much McDonald's will kill you

Post about Sophitia's design in the SC series gradually becoming pandering

but...couldnt another reason for her updated appearances be Namco's attempt to push their rendering engine? :/
namco's doing a team ninja here


thinking about it, graphics like these on a PSX (sophitia btw, in the original soul edge)

was pretty mindblowing back then. I feel like each Soul Calibur had a character that pushed certain limits (i.e. Xianghua showing silk against lighting effects [and Kilik too? but a different type of fabric] and Ivy being...well, jiggle physics)

Sophitia's is more of like, a showcase of opaque cloth, and each SC title showcasing how many more polygons they're able to throw down to render nicer, more natural looking cloth.



And they improved on the rendering techniques with SC4 - look at that semirealistic opaque cloth, and, looking at the model against the art, she actually doesn't look too bad ingame (in fact she seems somewhat more modest than in SC3, where she just looks...scant); just seems like the graphic artist responsible for drawing her said "this looks too boring i need to Spruce It Up"



...though, now I'm kind of fallling into the same boat as some of you, wondering why it was necessary to get rid of her armor entirely. :/

though, i'm pretty sure if there's any rendering marvel to be witnessed, i think it's "layering many opaque textures to make a texture with a solid appearance"

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Now imagine, most female characters' rebooted appearances being an exercise in polygon budgeting as opposed to "how many titties can we fit on the screen at once euehueheuheheuhehe" Large breasts not completely sexual but exercises in lighting and modeling. =:0

* Kosheh grumbles and goes back to watching anime fanservice porn