It seems that times have changed in the way women are portrayed in video games. More and more developers are casting female characters as the lead in their video games. A lot of gamers out their today are women and recent studies are showing that women make up around 48% of the gaming population and some studies actually women gamers ahead with 52% of the gaming market. So are female characters just used for sexually objects now? or has the gaming industry evolved?
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Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.
Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.
Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'
I’m more interested in what else he said.
“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’
He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.
I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.
Well, I don't know. To be honest, I don't mind half naked female characters in video game. Like really, I don't mind. But I do prefer a female character that confidence and badass. In the past, Ripley from Alien series, she is the most badass female characters. I can name more. Aloy from upcoming Horizon Zero Dawn, the more I see her the more I like her design and her personality. When I heard Aloy is inspired by Ripley and other famous female characters, I'm freaking excited.
And about female gamer, well I don't know how to say but I do have some female gamers on PSN. They are good friends and they are just playing video game for fun. And yes, I do know female gamer do face some serious issues on internet. Before this "cough" SJW "cough" happened, we gamer used to have discussed this and it wasn't gonna be problematic. Now it just getting annoying for us. I don't care about gender, I only care about who is good or bad. Not every individual groups are prefect, but SJW is just so selfish and misguided for so many reasons. And gamer, no offense, but we do lose patience and can be way off with our word. And about my previous comment about diversity of gaming, now we gamer don't have problems with but force to do the " diversity " is not okay. Look if you want us to make diversity of gaming, let us decide for ourselves not you(SJW). If Nintendo want to make a female main character in Zelda game, let them decide. Freedom which is for people to decide what they want.
Ask Koei Temco. In any case, I will leave it up to the developers.
I'd have to say Lara Croft is still my all time favorite! these new games released in the last few years have been mind blowing. looking forward to the next one.
BTW, those studies include "gamers" who tap on their smartphones or play games on Facebook.
Lara Croft never was a sex object in one of the games. At least not in the old ones.