this stellar blade sexy nonsense is all over the internet... I don't seem to have much of an opinion on it though. How does everyone feel about Stellar Blade being condemned for sexy outfits while more mature games, like BG3 are praised for nudity? #bg3#stellarblade
@ward In my opinion the biggest difference is that BG3 is a great game first, that also has sex and nudity. I haven't played Stellar Blade, but the marketing does seem to really push the sex appeal aspect of as much or more than the game play and story. Personally, I don't have a problem with either and I think there's room in gaming for both.
It is kind of funny that the chuds expected gaming journalists and "the wokes" to be furious about this game, but that really hasn't been the case from what I've seen. The reviews were all pretty decent for it and no one is freaking out about it. Even the article in your screenshot doesn't really condemn Stellar Blade for it's outfits. The author's main points ended up being that some of the outfit designs were goofy and there's a conflict between the way Eve is portrayed and the way she is written.
All I see is that one is pandering sexy stuff that doesn't fit the plot... while the other is more explicit sex and sexiness, but in an RPG with extremely well-written characters... but I don't know if one is more correct than the other. I'm not sure what the deeper ideas are here, but I must be missing something... or I just don't care enough either way.
@ward I'm guessing it's easier to criticize female sexiness the more typically male-gazed it is, which is often times very superficial female sexiness where there's no need for it. Like commercials and ads. In film and drama it's more acceptable (because plot?). Maybe there's a parallel to be drawn here. I don't know.
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