In Defense Of Sexy Female Video Game Characters.

In Defense Of Sexy Female Video Game Characters. I created today's video to discuss a topic that seems to be coming up frequently in game reviews and discussion, but one that has a very charged atmosphere, to say the least. Ever since Digital Foundry gave their impressions of an upcoming action game, Project Eve, and specifically focusing on the female character model as "from a bygone era," I couldn't help but think about this topic. This growing concern/aversion to the sexual female form is not limited to Digitial Foundry, however, many game reviewers and critics will also flock to this critique at the earliest opportunity. This was another point of contention with the recent Final Fantasy 7 Remake, where Square Enix even issued a press statement about the reduction of Tifa's breast size (which I can't help but find funny). What's partciularly interesting is that the games that are being praised for their female character design, like Forspoken, have less detailed more generic and mannequin appearnces. The devs with the Tomb Raider reboot went out of their way to say that Lara Croft "will no longer be sexualized." Overall, in this video I try my best to give a justification as to why having a female character with some sexaul flair is not "problematic" and can lead (whether journalists want to recognize it or not) to an iconic female character that all gamers will gravitate to and enjoy.

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